Michele C. Shaw

@micheleshaw.bsky.social

She/Her - Author, artist, devourer of content THE HONORABLE CON - the first in the epic fantasy series, the Obscura Saga. Join Con-Artist Ailyanna as she tries to escape her past and stop a civil war. OUT NOW!!! https://linktr.ee/MicheleCShaw

Drum Roll please... 🥁🥁🥁 May I present the first OFFICIAL art of my leading ladies. Ailyanna and Kresta. This moment is from the sequel The Cherished Debt, but if you want to know where their adventure starts, The Honorable Con is available now! The amazing @lepus__ (insta) did this phenomenal piece.

A short brunet woman in red and black armor, facing forward, hands at the ready for fighting, with a tall red headed woman at her back, looking over her shoulder at the viewer. She is wearing a gold and blue soldiers outfit and has a broad sword and sword breaker.

I need you to watch Witch Hat Atelier. Don't know if I'm talking to you? Are you currently watching it? No? Then I'm talking to you. You might be worried that I'm over hyping it, that I'll have gassed it up too much. You need to understand when I call it a master piece... I am underselling it

I’m drafting book 3 of #TheObscuraSaga while waiting for book 2 to come back from the editor and thinking that after book 3, I should probably work on something else and ensure the second half of the series has enough time. But I’d really like to keep to yearly releases for them if I can.

Just watched the latest Witch Hat Atelier and just... holy shit, holy shit... omg holy shit. Every now and then you get to come across a story that just makes you feel privileged to get to witness it. This is another one of those.

So The Honorable Con ebook is on sale for 0.99c at the moment!!! Ailyanna a con artist has one chance to earn her freedom. She just needs to pull off an impossible mission for the king, expose a dukes treason and stop a civil war. Easy done right? Read it now before the sequel drops!! #booksky

The Honorable Con cover, a red train gilded in gold, racing through a lush mountain landscape. A pair fight on the roof, silhouetted by the setting sun.

What I want to do with my Romantasy story: Project Kunzite. I want world building to be aesthetic but solid. I want characters to feel unique. I want focus on the emotional connection. Gonna earn that spice. I want to play with my fav tropes like forced proximity. I want to have fun! #booksky

I’ve finally continued on #thelockedtomb and have started Harrow. I have theories, thoughts, conspiracies, and observations. One of my key questions (that I don’t want an answer to, I will rafo) is if the prologue is a flash forward or not. Because it changes what I think Harrows great work is.