R. Dawnraven - Author

@rdawnraven

They/Them 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️ Indie Author YA & Adult 🏳️‍🌈 Fantasy Purchase my books: Linktr.ee/rdawnraven 🐴Reins of Magic - Cozy Romantasy 🌶 Out Now! #queerbooks #indiebooks #booksky

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R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· 21h

Tropes in Heart of Thorns! Coming early September #indiebooks #booksky #books #queerbooks #romantasy

Image of the cover of Heart of Thorns surrounded by tropes with arrows pointing to the cover.
The tropes: stand-alone, male x male, spicy, romantasy, human x fey, single POV, big guy x little guy

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· 3d

The gorgeous cover for Heart of Thorns, done by @ashesnghosts.bsky.social Out early September #indiebooks #booksky #romantasy #achilleanbooks

Image of the front cover of Heart of Thorns. The cover shows the two main characters framed by tree trunks and mushrooms. There is a full moon overhead. Out early September

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· 4d

Heart of Thorns cover reveal coming tomorrow! #indiebooks #booksky #indieauthor #romantasy #queerbooks

Image of a parcel that is torn to reveal a small corner of the cover of Heart of Thorns by R. Dawnraven.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· 9d

Quick reminder you can find physical copies of my books at some Chapters/Indigo locations, and they can be ordered online from all of them. #indieauthor #booksky #indiebooks #books

Photo of The Crystal Chronicles books on a shelf at Indigo in Canada.

Photo of Reins of Magic on a shelf at Indigo in Canada.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jun 2

Happy one year publication anniversary to Reins of Magic! My missing special edition finally showed up. It was supposed to arrive back in November. #books #booksky #mmbooks #romantasy #indiebooks

Photo of a paperback copy of Reins of Magic by R. Dawnraven with gold foil for the title and author name.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· May 23

Spent the morning doodling Cyan, the main character of my upcoming MM human × fey romantasy. #mmbooks #indiebooks #characterart #digitalart

Digital drawing of the head and shoulders of a human man with short, dark hair, brown eyes, and freckles, wearing a red top.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 28

My Reins of Magic ebook is on sale for 99 cents in the Kobo store! Purchase directly through the app (app is free to down download on any device). #transrightsreadathon #books #ebook #booksky #indiebooks

Screenshot of the Reins of Magic sales page in the Kobo app.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 28

Reminder my ebooks are half off on Itch right now! Rdawnraven.itch.io #transrightsreadathon #indieauthor #books #booksky

Screenshot of R. Dawnraven's sales page on Itch.io

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 11

The first draft is done! Tomorrow, I begin the venture into the editing and rewrite mines. Human x fey MM romantasy #writing #mmbooks #romantasy

Screenshot of a writing program showing a total word count of 47,401.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 7

Post the cover of a book you love from the '90s. (Any century.) #booksky #bookchallenge

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 7

This first draft hit 45k words this morning! I'm so close to finishing it. Human x Fey MM Romantasy #writing #mmbooks #romantasy

Screenshot from a writing program that shows a total word count of 45,001.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 6

Describe your plot in five words or less—if you dare. The Twin Moons: Court drama and dragons.

Digital image of the front cover of The Twin Moons by R. Dawnraven.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 6

Describe your plot in five words or less—if you dare. The Hidden Crystals: Collect crystals to stop traitor.

Digital image of the front cover of The Hidden Crystals by R. Dawnraven.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 6

Describe your plot in five words or less. Reins of Magic: Gay elf men raise horses.

Photo of a paperback copy of Reins of Magic by R. Dawnraven.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Mar 6

Happy #worldbookday! I currently have three books out, and a fourth in the works! Reins of Magic is an MM cozy romantasy (18+). The Crystal Chronicles is a queer YA fantasy duology.

Photo of paperback copies of The Hidden Crystals, The Twin Moons, and Reins of Magic by R. Dawnraven l.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Feb 26

Just hit 40k words in my MM human x fey romantasy! #writing #booksky #mmromantasy

Screenshot of a writing program showing a total word count of 40,060.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Feb 20

Looking for a YA fantasy read? Try The Hidden Crystals! Linktr.ee/rdawnraven #booksky #yabooks #queerbooks #indiebooks #fantasybooks #kidlit

Graphic with tropes (chosen ones, slow-burn, pining, forced proximity, queer rep, fantasy world) surrounding the cover of The Hidden Crystals by R. Dawnraven.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Feb 16

A super productive writing morning of 1,500 words, thus bringing me up to 36k! I'm into the final quarter of this draft. #booksky #writing

Screenshot from a writing program showing a total word count of 36,155 and a daily word count of 1,505.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Feb 13

Artists, show us how you draw black women! I don't draw a lot of them. Here's Gale from The Crystal Chronicles. #art

Chibi digital drawing of a black woman with a red streak in her locs. She's wearing leather armour and holding a sword. The background is blue. Text on the image reads: Gale, The Hidden Crystals.

Digital drawing of a black woman with a red streak in her locs. She's wearing leather armour and holding a sword. The background is blue and magenta. Text on the image reads: The Hidden Crystals.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Feb 5

This first draft of my human x fey MM romantasy has passed 30k words! #writing #booksky #romantasy #mmbooks

Screenshot from a writing program that shows a word count of 30,048.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 26

Fresh book swag from Vistaprint to give out at events and for customers who order from my shop!

Photo of some small art prints and business cards featuring artwork for R. Dawnraven's books.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 25

Why.

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R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 24

Reminder that my ebooks are on Kobo! #booksky #ebooks #kobo #fantasybooks #author

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 20

Passed the 20k word milestone last night! Roughly halfway there in this human x fey MM romantasy. #romantasy #writing #writingsky #booksky

Screenshot from a writing program showing a total word count of 21,012.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 11

Hit 15k words in the first draft of my human x fey MM romantasy! #booksky #authorsky #romantasy #mmbooks

Screenshot of a writing program showing 15,406 total words written.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 9

What you can find in The Hidden Crystals: 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Characters ❤️Pining 🌟Shiny Rocks 🔥Slow Burn ⛓️Challenging Social Norms ✨️Illicit Magic 🧝‍♂️Elves #indiebooks #YAbooks #queerbooks #fantasybooks #booksky

Photo of a paperback copy of The Hidden Crystals by R. Dawnraven surrounded by text of the mentioned tropes.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 3

Passed the 10k word milestone yesterday! #writing #authorsky #booksky #romantasy

Screenshot of the word count in a writing program that shows a total count of 11,067, and they day's written count of 1,003 words.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Jan 1

My Storygraph wrap-up. I read 122 books this year, but Storygraph was lacking some of them in their database. #storygraph #readingwrapup #booksky

Screenshot of R Dawnraven's 2025 Storygraph reading wrap-up.

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Dec 18

All my ebooks are 50% off on Itch right now! Rdawnraven.itch.io #booksky #booksale #ebooks #fantasybooks

R. Dawnraven - Author@rdawnraven· Dec 17

I designed and drew the cover myself! #booksky