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Looking for something a little different to read? Something adventurous, high stakes, but also hopeful about humanity and their future?

In a future ice age…
Bleu’s expedition team emerges from their subterranean haven to discover humans are no longer the dominant life form.

https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook1

#hopepunk #clifi #scifi #fantasy #books #reading #amreading #amwriting #author #authors #hope #nonviolence #antiwar #peace #peaceful

Branwen OShea (she/her)Jun 1

Happy Pride Month to all my LGBTQA+ friends!
#pride

Branwen OShea (she/her)Jun 1

Need an escape? Try the future ice age hopepunk world of my Finding Humanity series!

Can the expedition team pull together or will their new discovery pull them apart, limb by limb?
#hopepunk #scifi #fantasy #FindingHumanitySeries #books #reading #amwriting #author #authors #ya #climatechange

Branwen OShea (she/her)May 29

I’ve got June’s #WordWeavers questions for you!
Written by @AlinaLeonova & I, you’ll find the month’s questions pinned to our profiles on the 1st. All are welcome to join in.
Participate with a WIP or an already published book.
As always, play the days you want, skip the others. Please use CW as necessary. Looking forward to seeing your answers & meeting new friends. And a big thanks to those contributing the community questions. (below)
#amwriting #writing #authors

Branwen OShea (she/her)May 9

Whenever I see such cuteness, I want to go pet him or cuddle up, which of course awakens him. Do you think such behavior trains our cats to come wake us up while we’re sleeping?😂
#cat #cats

Branwen OShea (she/her)May 5

It’s past time for May’s #WordWeavers questions! Better late than never?😂
Written by @AlinaLeonova & I, you’ll find the questions pinned to our profiles. All are welcome to join in.
Participate with a WIP or an already published book.
As always, play the days you want, skip the others. Please use CW as necessary. Looking forward to seeing your answers & meeting new friends. And a big thanks to those contributing the community questions. (below)
#amwriting #writing #authors

Branwen OShea (she/her)Apr 19

Fuming over this. One of my copyrighted books was stolen and fed into this without my permission. Their company is now worth about one billion, built on the backs of stolen works. And they have the nerve to say our books have no value.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/meta-ai-lawsuit
#books #authors #author #reading #AI #amwriting

This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”

As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the company’s stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and Andrew Sean Greer, are individually worthless.

Vanity Fair

Branwen OShea (she/her)Apr 17

On Sale $1.99, all online retailers!

YA future ice age hopepunk adventure with a touch of paranormal, found family, a usurped love triangle trope, enemies forced to cooperate to survive, a cute cave digger pup, and a touch of mysticism.
The Calling: Humanity’s Wake-up Call.

https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook1
# books #scifi
#hopepunk #fantasy

Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Calling by Branwen OShea

Branwen OShea (she/her)Apr 13

I’ve got so much new character art and I can no longer share it here, thanks to AI scraping. 🥲
Guess you all need to see it at my in-person events. Next one is May 10, New Haven, CT. So many authors are participating, that we’re sharing tables. I’ve got a table 1:30-5:00.
#author #authors #authorevents #Booksignings #EventsinCT #CT #books #art

Branwen OShea (she/her)Apr 12

Missing my best friend today. Nothing has been quite right since he left.
#horse #horses #rescues

Website	https://www.BranwenOShea.com
The Calling (1st in FH series)	https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook1
The Chasm (2nd in FH series)	https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook2
Silence of the Song Trees	https://www.amazon.com/Silence-Song-Trees-Branwen-OShea-ebook/dp/B08HY9VHYX