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Asteria Press is an independent publishing house specialising in feel-good fantasy.

21/02/2025

✨ 🌙 Kingdom of the Moon: Character Art Reveal 🌙✨

Another treat for our lovely KoM fans, the character art for our favourite boys of exile, illustrated by and commissioned by Hayley-Jenifer Brennan. Aloof with a splash of mischief, we think both brothers have been captured perfectly here! Who is your favourite? 🥰

Handsome and suave, Xiahndere is freshly back from exile to re-unite with his royal cousins before their coronation. Nobody really knows why their family were banished in the first place, but Xiah is keen to make amends.

Born in exile, Scáth is the younger half-brother of Xiahndere. With a wraith-like presence, Scáth doesn’t pay others much interest but his cravings for food is insatiable.

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Coming of Age | Star-Crossed Love | Magical Mayhem

Kingdom of the Moon: The Stroke of Midnight is a heart-aching cosy fantasy, merging romance and fighting for what is right. Orphan royals, Hazel and Finn, must come to terms with the forged paths they have been dreading to save their kingdom from dark magic that has infiltrated their ranks. While Finn must protect the very throne he resents being thrust towards, Hazel is forced to come to terms with magic she’s rejected her whole life.

Available now in paperback via our link in bio and ebook via Kindle and Kobo Store💙✨

24/12/2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we want to thank you all for being part of our publishing journey 🥰

This holiday season, may your days be filled with the same warmth and wonder we love to see in our fantasy titles. Whether you’re curled up with a good book or sharing laughter with loved ones, we hope you find joy in every moment 🎄✨

We're so excited for another year of magical stories and cosy adventures together. Happy Holidays!

Aimée & Wendy 💙

18/12/2024

✨ Dawn's Top Tips for Submission Success ✨

Are you curious about the ingredients that go into a successful manuscript submission? We recently caught up with Dawn on her top tips for approaching the process whether you are looking to query an agent or a small press. Here's what made it to her top five... 👀

1. Make the synopsis simple but holistic, pick up all the most important plot points of the story (it’s hard to leave stuff out, but it has to be done.）

2. Write the first few chapters and make them pop! (Especially after rounding back from the end. Does the first chapters set the tone of your story up for intrigue?)

3. Don‘t be afraid to go outside the box a little - I feel like the best stories are the one that don’t alienate the reader but also have unique bits that belong to the writer‘s vision.

4. Be sure that your story's worldbuilding and characters are consistent. It’s easy to tell if stuff are broken bits fixed together or if they are meant to be one thing.

5. Don‘t be afraid to go through with submission, even just to test your luck. It sounds easy but usually it’s the hardest part to let one‘s story be known .

If you are looking to query your manuscript soon, best of luck! You can check out more tips for submissions over on our blog @ asteriapress.com 💙

This post is part of our new 💫 Guiding Star content series. For more publishing tips, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes, make sure to follow us on our journey as we bring to life our next cosy fantasy title. 🥰 If you’re ready to launch your own stories into the stars, don’t miss our next instalment! Until next time! 👋

02/12/2024

🎄🎁 Christmas Cut Off Date Reminder 🌠

Planning to treat a friend to the magic of cosy fantasy this Christmas? A Case of Dragons and Kingdom of the Moon are available to order as paperbacks this holiday season💙

As we use a print-on-demand service to fulfil our orders, please make sure to place your order by 10th DECEMBER in order to receive the books before Christmas. If you are not based in the UK, please do allow for extra time for international shipping 📦✈️

Help us spread the joy of indie publishing and support the works of our brilliant indie authors this holiday season 🎁🥰✨

29/11/2024

✨ 2025 Title Announcement ✨

Happy Friday everyone!

We’ve been teasing you all for far too long... 🤭 We’re excited to share that next on the horizon is the publication of our third book, THE WITCH WHO CHASES THE SUN by Dawn Chen, landing SUMMER 2025. And, friends… this one will set the cosy fantasy genre ablaze 😍🔥️‍🔥

SYNOPSIS ⭐

This story starts at the very end… Two witches, born to opposing sides of a blood feud, meet again a decade after the war that ripped their found family apart. Will this chance reunion enable them to pick up the pieces and rekindle the flames of their yearnings? Or are shattered dreams best left buried?

A fate-torn story of love and grief, publishing Summer 2025.

🌠 You can join our publishing journey for THE WITCH WHO CHASES THE SUN step-by-step in our new Guiding Star series. Jam packed with publishing tips, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes, you’ll even have a chance to shape our final novel. Follow us on socials or sign up to our newsletter to not miss our latest updates!

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27/11/2024

💫 Submissions (Pt. 3): Making Decisions📄⚖️

Making the call is the toughest part of submissions. We receive so many wonderful stories and only have so much time and resources to publish books. It can feel impossible to choose. Here is how we approach making decisions on submissions as an indie publisher.

Rejecting a submission 🙅

Rejection is a central part of publishing, but it isn’t easy or fun. Authors have taken the time and made themselves vulnerable by sending their manuscripts to us for review. Even when a submission isn’t right for us, there is always something good to say about it. We recognise that a plain rejection can also leave an author floundering and lacking confidence. Where possible, we do try to include a constructive reason why it wasn’t right for us.

Making a full request 📜

We make full requests when a manuscript is ticking most of our boxes and we’re excited to see more of it before making a final decision. We make sure to include a piece of constructive feedback alongside sharing what we loved about the piece. A full request is something to be incredibly proud of. But it is our responsibility to manage expectations. Every book we publish sees every stage of editing. We think it is important to be transparent with our authors about expectations with developmental and line editing from the very beginning.

The acceptance emails 🎉

We love an acceptance email. It is actually incredibly nerve wracking for us as the response we are awaiting is essentially an acceptance email of our own. We hope our acceptance emails come across as virtual party streamers when they open it up. We also think it is important to continue transparency at this point, meaning open discussions about expectations in terms of editing, marketing, royalties and timeframes. Authors are part of our team, we love to get in a call to chat about expectations and visions. Indie publishing with a small, albeit dedicated, team at the beginning of their adventure is not for everyone. The message of our acceptance emails is very much: we want to invite you on our journey, would you like to join us?

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This post is part of our new 💫 Guiding Star content series. For more publishing tips, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes, make sure to follow us on our journey as we bring to life our next cosy fantasy title. 🥰 If you’re ready to launch your own stories into the stars, don’t miss our next instalment! Until next time! 👋

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