STRANGE BIRDS

An indie sapphic romance author

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New Sapphic Futuristic Fantasy romance Strange Birds

After years of yearning and searching for cool badass female heroes and watching different fantasy, sci-fi and superhero shows I decided to create the perfect characters for me:

Badass and proactive

Morally grey with complex background stories

Angsty trying to overcome a lot of trauma

Women who support and love other women

Fighting for what they believe in

I wrote a futuristic fantasy called Strange Birds. It took me two years to finish it and another year for editing. My girlfriend didn't believe that I would make it but to prove her wrong I even took it further and invested money by hiring a professional editor so I would be sure I am delivering a good quality book.

Now that the novel is out on Amazon Kindle, the hardest part comes: promotion. I self-published so, people won't discover my book if I don't promote. I've made everyone around me totally annoyed by talking about my book all the time. So I really hope it will find its audience. Here is the description:

Set millions of years in the future, in a futuristic fantasy world, the story follows two women whose destinies clash as they investigate the mysterious disappearances of young people in downtown High Clouds, a central city on Earth. In numerous adventures and action-packed stories, they unravel dark mysteries and intricate conspiracies, leaving readers with unexpected cliffhangers.Birdy is an assassin with a small rural village upbringing. She has trained her whole life and is a proficient fighter and scientist. She is also something else, a secret she has never revealed.She came to Olivia's hometown with a mission: to kill a man. In her investigation to find the target, she stumbles upon a dark mystery and heart-wrenching crime.Olivia is a vigilante who was raised in high society, received the best education and upbringing. However, after being stranded on a distant planet, she had to fight for her survival and return home far from the princess she once was. Olivia barely recognised herself or the city she had always called home.She made it her mission to uncover the dark secrets of her society and the crime lurking beneath the high towers. This put her in a deadly combat with the mysterious ninja assassin. Only one of them could obtain the precious compound capable of saving the human race.In a sapphic fantasy romance tale and numerous fights against monsters, Birdy and Olivia must find common ground and shared morals for a greater cause: saving the Earth. Both are on personal quests for redemption, recognition, and peace of mind, but they may discover something even more profound than they had ever anticipated.

So if you love books and adventurous stories with action and dark mysteries. And if you love angsty sapphic romance you can check Strange Birds:

Amazon.com: Strange Birds: A Sapphic Futuristic Fantasy Romance eBook : Minka, Denise: Kindle Store

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Meet Birdy from my sapphic romance Strange Birds

Birdy is a lone wolf and an assassin. She grew up in a small village in a faraway colony planet lookin after the family crop. Her parents were strict and harsh people who believed and followed the rules of the land and survival. A tragedy that would haunt Birdy her whole life forced her to leave and join an Order living in the mountains. They opened the door to the whole universe for her and created her as a ruthless killer.

But this was in the past. When Birdy arrived on Earth for the first time, the central planet of the Milky Way, she had a dark mission. To kill a man whom her client found disposable. This man was a psychopathic killer who enjoyed killing his victims with a game. Birdy's humanity is put to the test. Would she manage to do the right thing or finish her master's orders? Can she stop a greater evil and come clean while facing her demons from the past, or will she forever be lost in her darkness and desire to be on top of the world?

If you like Birdy and want to follow her story Strange Birds by Denise Minka is on Amazon.

The artwork is from my amazing sister.

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Birdy can step on me literally

Birdy from my sapphic sci-fi novel Strange Birds is so badass. I am in love with her. But sometimes I feel like she just needs a hug. She's been through so much and grown so much as a character from the beginning of the book that she is not so cold blooded killer anymore, who doesn't care about anyone but her mission. But the other characters can't see this and they are giving her a hard time and this is heart wrenching. She really tries guys, she does. She is one big powerful goof that needs a hug, but she can kill you with one move too.

Check out my new sci-fi sapphic novel Strange Birds and you can find out what happens.

Amazon.com: Strange Birds: A Sapphic Futuristic Fantasy Romance eBook : Minka, Denise: Kindle Store

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Meet Olivia from my sapphic sci-fi romance Strange Birds

Olivia was from the High Society of High Clouds, the capital of Earth and central city in the Milky Way. She was raised as a princess with the utmost care and education. Her perfected genes gave her the highest IQ and a perfect body, and she was living her best life in a utopian world where everyone is accepted, equal, and rich. People forgot about labels and genders and identified as they pleased. Olivia loved to hack into computer systems and women's hearts until a tragedy shattered her world.She came back different and changed in a way she could barely recognize herself. But this time she had a goal, a purpose to change the world she was taught so much to idolize.

She saw herself as a leader, as someone who had a bigger perspective and view over the world, and together with her new friends Steven and Jack and her newly acquired set of skills, she went on a mission to integrate the separate parts of High Clouds—Downtown. The place where only criminals and lowlifes lived was rotting from drugs, corruption, and murders, but Olivia saw that there were different people there who were suffocated, and she wanted to save them.Will she manage to accept her new damaged self and get out of her previous view of the world in order to become the leader and savior she wanted to be and unite the two worlds?

Find out in my new sci-fi dystipian novel Strange Birds by Denise Minka. Free on Amazon Unlimited.

The art is created by my talented sister.

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Meet Birdy and Olivia from my sapphic romance Strange Birds

Birdy came to Olivia's planet to kill a man. Finish her task and go home, a place far away and completely different from the technological city with high towers and artificial air preserved under a dome. Birdy loved the nature the peace and quitness that she could feel only in the mountain forest. But everything changed for her when she faced her biggest opponent: a vigilante with a robot hand and a red eye who was faster and stronger. They both wanted the same thing, a suitcase containing a valuable substance, something that a lot of other dangerous people also wanted. Will Birdy and Olivia manage to work together and uncover the mysteries hiding in every society of the big city or will they kill each other? Can they overcome their differences and accept the love that was rising and making their souls burn.

You can find out in my sci-fi sapphic romance Strange Birds by Denise Minka. It is on Amazon and free on Amazon Unlimited.

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Meet Olivia from my sapphic sci-fi romance Strange Birds

Olivia was from the High Society of High Clouds, the capital of Earth and central city in the Milky Way. She was raised as a princess with the utmost care and education. Her perfected genes gave her the highest IQ and a perfect body, and she was living her best life in a utopian world where everyone is accepted, equal, and rich. People forgot about labels and genders and identified as they pleased. Olivia loved to hack into computer systems and women's hearts until a tragedy shattered her world.She came back different and changed in a way she could barely recognize herself. But this time she had a goal, a purpose to change the world she was taught so much to idolize.

She saw herself as a leader, as someone who had a bigger perspective and view over the world, and together with her new friends Steven and Jack and her newly acquired set of skills, she went on a mission to integrate the separate parts of High Clouds—Downtown. The place where only criminals and lowlifes lived was rotting from drugs, corruption, and murders, but Olivia saw that there were different people there who were suffocated, and she wanted to save them.Will she manage to accept her new damaged self and get out of her previous view of the world in order to become the leader and savior she wanted to be and unite the two worlds?

Find out in my new sci-fi dystipian novel Strange Birds by Denise Minka. Free on Amazon Unlimited.

The art is created by my talented sister.

[sarathecanarybest]

Meet Birdy from my sapphic romance Strange Birds

Birdy is a lone wolf and an assassin. She grew up in a small village in a faraway colony planet lookin after the family crop. Her parents were strict and harsh people who believed and followed the rules of the land and survival. A tragedy that would haunt Birdy her whole life forced her to leave and join an Order living in the mountains. They opened the door to the whole universe for her and created her as a ruthless killer.

But this was in the past. When Birdy arrived on Earth for the first time, the central planet of the Milky Way, she had a dark mission. To kill a man whom her client found disposable. This man was a psychopathic killer who enjoyed killing his victims with a game. Birdy's humanity is put to the test. Would she manage to do the right thing or finish her master's orders? Can she stop a greater evil and come clean while facing her demons from the past, or will she forever be lost in her darkness and desire to be on top of the world?

If you like Birdy and want to follow her story Strange Birds by Denise Minka is on Amazon.

The artwork is from my amazing sister.

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What makes a good written female character

As a young kid, I've always identified with the male characters. It was only when I grew up and became comfortable with my sexuality that I became obsessed with women in fiction and good representation and well written and complex female characters. Especially with women loving women and supporting other women.

The genres that I love are fantasy, sci-fi, superheroes, action adventure and it seems women in these stories are mainly connected with romance. Especially in the sapphic books or movies. I can't say I've seen or read everything but from. And the idea of a strong, powerful female character is often wrongly perceived as if she is a badass rather than being shallow or unrealistic.

I argued for years defending my favourite kickass female heroes until I decided to write my own story. The easiest part of creating my world was to dive deep into my own desires and what I loved the most. Women who are written as being their own heroes and the centre of their own story. They move the story forward and create the narrative and are also capable of holding their ground and fighting their fights. This doesn't mean they are written as men. They have their own emotions, fears and nightmares. I've made sure to create complex backgrounds and backstories for my two main heroes even though I feared this could drag the main plot a little. But I wanted the characters who are central in the novel to be rounded and dimensional and the reader to know where they come from. And since I've always loved dark and morally grey heroes who search for redemption the past trauma was needed.

I love that I managed to write and connect these so different characters in an angsty passionate romance that doen't feel forced. But I love the most that they feel real.

What makes you get hooked on and in love with a female hero?

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The different cover designs my sister did for my sapphic sci-fi romance Strange Birds

I ended up using her last version but these are still cool and I liked them all. Which one do you prefer?

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My characters destroy me emotionally

Writing and creating my own characters has been such a journey and a rollercoaster. At first, I wondered who these people were, then they became my best friends, and eventually, I started to get frustrated by their actions.

This is exactly how I feel when I read or watch characters that someone else wrote, but it's completely different from crying and laughing with your own creations. They started living their own lives, rent free in my mind and in the pages of my sapphic novel and even I don't know what they are going to do next.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[prophetic-writer]

Having confidence in your writing abilities is just as much a skill you need to cultivate as actually writing is.

It's normal to doubt yourself, it's just important to learn how to look past your doubts and recognize that letting yourself worry about the possibility that your writing sucks will never make you a better writer. The only thing that will make you a better writer is writing, so stop worrying about whether you're any good and WRITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[solarsdiary]

here are some of the things i would like for christmas:

the ability to write my book and complete my first draft without focusing on all its flaws because first drafts are EXPECTED to be imperfect. they should be a foundation that i can improve later on and there is no need to worry about the quality of a first draft as what matters the most is to put the words down on paper first. can’t improve what doesn’t exist!

a decent sleep schedule.

[luna-azzurra]

If you’re stuck on a scene, stop forcing the “logical next step” and jump straight to the part you’re excited about. Yes, skip the boring stuff. Happiness counts as productivity. Write the joy first.

[formerlyluckymanticore]

Reblog if you will never. Ever. Use AI in your writing.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

gen ai gives writers and people in general the mindset that “if you don’t want your writing to be accused of being ai generated, you must lower the quality of your works, because anything that is professionally written is generated by ai now”

like… there were times when writers were praised for their professionally crafted works. but apparently we have now resorted back to witch hunt, therefore any professionally crafted works must be ai generated because surely, “human writers can’t write anything that is remotely decent”

[sarathecanarybest]

My characters destroy me emotionally

Writing and creating my own characters has been such a journey and a rollercoaster. At first, I wondered who these people were, then they became my best friends, and eventually, I started to get frustrated by their actions.

This is exactly how I feel when I read or watch characters that someone else wrote, but it's completely different from crying and laughing with your own creations. They started living their own lives, rent free in my mind and in the pages of my sapphic novel and even I don't know what they are going to do next.