D. Lima | The Living Crossroads

Official home of The Living Crossroads ✦ A tavern between worlds. A Keykeeper. A multiverse unraveling.

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Ivor can cook for a fire wyrm. A woman questioning his sauce is another matter.
A FEAST WORTH BURNING is out now: a standalone adult fantasy romance with forbidden love, shared suppers, and a wedding worth surviving.
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@KristinaKing121 The quiet aftermath always gets me. I can write the danger, betrayal, and chaos just fine, then one character says something small and honest, and suddenly I need a minute. 😭

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The weekend is almost here, which means more time for the important things: writing impossible worlds, reading one more chapter, and pretending the laundry doesn’t exist. 📚

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@paulbiagi That’s when you type “the country with Bangkok,” leave yourself a note, and trust the editing version of you to be smarter. 😂

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@Humanoholic Most breakthroughs are simply quiet work becoming visible. The ordinary days count, even when nobody is watching.

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@freeboostpromo A dashboard measures what already happened. Writing creates what happens next. That’s where an author’s energy belongs. 💛

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@EllieJayWrites Your bio tells me what you call yourself. Your posts tell me why I should follow you. If you’re a writer, let me see some writing, books, characters, or creative chaos.

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@ThebookishC Growing older should only mean better reading corners, fuller bookshelves, and finally accepting that buying books is part of the experience.

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@ianamikagautam Absolutely. People travel for beaches, food, and landmarks. I’d happily cross an ocean for a beautiful bookstore, and probably need another suitcase for the journey home.

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Writing a novel means carrying an entire world in your head while everyone around you remains completely unaware that someone just betrayed the kingdom during breakfast.

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@1am_aube It’s only concerning when the book starts winning the argument. 😭

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@femiiiszn Exactly. A book in your bag is more than entertainment, it’s an emergency exit disguised as a rectangle.

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@Mary_ork Hi! Fantasy author, lifelong reader, and professional collector of fictional worlds. I’m currently writing The Glacial Veil, the second book in The Living Crossroads. 👋📚

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@iamblueiphy Some covers make eye contact, and suddenly I’m imagining our entire future together. 📚

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@1am_aube Exactly. “Bookworm” doesn’t adequately convey the years of expertise I’ve developed in imaginary politics, magical disasters, and fictional people’s terrible decisions.

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@Briellefine You never return to the same story as the same person. The words and scenes remain unchanged, but life teaches you how to see something new in them.

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@DoriJeanDill Nobody reading it. Judgment means the work reached someone and made them feel enough to have an opinion. Silence leaves you wondering whether it ever had a chance.

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@deewalkerbooks Often, yes; not because books guarantee success, but because early access quietly builds vocabulary, curiosity, confidence, and the habit of learning independently. People without that access can still thrive, but they may have to build those advantages for themselves later.

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@Briellefine A real book buddy hears “I found a good book” and immediately gets comfortable, silences their phone, and prepares for the full presentation.

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@bookslattess Books, a comfortable chair, and enough uninterrupted time to forget the rest of the world exists. That sounds close enough to happiness for me.

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I’m reaching the final chapters of The Glacial Veil, and the story has entered that dangerous stage where every quiet scene feels like a warning.

The characters think they’re almost home.

I know better.