Hello and welcome to episode 55 of The Saved as Draft Podcast! This week’s guest is BentButTrue! Find links to some of the things mentioned in the show below:

* An Invitation to the Hollow Realm

* The Indie Ink Fund

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* Bloodlines by Carly Bryant Black

* String of Fate by Simran Kaur

* Golden Boy by M.E. Samm

Week 1 Lightweight Leaderboard

The Lightweight bracket is for authors with 0-100 subscribers. Here’s the top 5 stories from this bracket for week 1:

* Love in the Stars by Dave Boyko

* Guess the Liar by Daniel Coates

* For the Love of Hot Water by Mariah K. Porter

* 37 Degrees of Violence by Graeme Brandham

* Alphabetical Order by Sarah

Week 1 Middleweight Leaderboard

The middleweight bracket is for authors with 101-300 subscribers. Here’s the top 5 stories from this bracket for week 1:

* Xenophilia by The Cursed Dragon

* Daisy of the Stacks by J.M. Gooding

* Crashing, Together! by Richard Pack

* The Other Little Miss Psychopomp by LM Sypher

* Confessions of the Bookshop Marquis by Felix Thornfell

Week 1 Heavyweight Leaderboard

The heavyweight bracket is for authors with 300 or more subscribers. Here’s the top 5 stories from this bracket for week 1:

* The Morning Star by Maryellen Brady 💗📚

* Defrost by Tamsin E.

* STILL by BentButTrue

* Red to Play, Red to Stay by Verdant Butterfly

* N’gha ahor n’fhtagn—shugg uaaah by Connor Mancuso

What About Author Scores?

Leeron Heywood and I are tracking all of your total author scores behind the scenes! In the middle of the month, we’ll reveal the current leaderboard across all authors participating in the challenge in each of the three brackets.

Then, at the end of the month, we’ll find out who took home the grand prize in each bracket.

You all voted, and the prize this year is a special interview on The Saved as Draft Podcast, including questions from me and questions submitted by the community!

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