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Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 13h

Hey #WriteSky friends! I know I've been quite a while, life has been kicking my ass. Trying to get back to things...

In the meantime, my amazing gf @unioncityblue2.bsky.social is new to Bluesky (seriously, SUPER new) and trying to find her footing. Please make her welcome, she's a great writer! 💖

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 16h

I know. ❤️

a couple of cats are hugging each other on a balcony .

ALT: a couple of cats are hugging each other on a balcony .

media.tenor.com

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 1d

#LesFicFri 10 Oct: Jump

Third(?) draft of my still unnamed 🤦‍♀️ Vampire+Witch talking-out-their-300-year-relationship-stuff story.

Not sure why I'm trying so hard with this one, other than I feel like it needs context. 🤷‍♀️

"Ava, I’d like consent to use your eyes. Show me."

The return sending came immediately. "Of course, ma’am." I reached out to a familiar and willing mind, opened her eyes, and felt my heart leap to my throat.

A stunningly beautiful woman lounged at one end of a park bench. A nearby lamp illuminated pale skin and lustrous brown hair so dark it may as well have been inky black. I felt my knees, miles away, go slightly weak when she turned liquid emerald eyes toward my borrowed gaze.

Shock ruined my concentration as my vision returned to me in an instant. She finally showed. She stopped running. There was so much to be done.

I burned power to climb stairs faster and search more efficiently. Folded paper talismans found their way into my pockets. My leather jacket flew up the stairs and onto my arms. I swapped my filthy gardening trainers for boots with my mind still racing. What had I forgotten? Anything?

All the while I kept the picture of that park bench fresh in my mind. My apprentice was my anchor. The chill of the night air was my fulcrum. I extended power back in her direction and slipped through the darkness as if down a flight of stairs, using the gravity of Ava's willing presence and putting one metaphorical foot forward. The spell catapulted me toward empty ground leagues away.

I blinked and watched a blonde waif with more tattoos than hair jump when I silently appeared on the opposite side of the bench from her.

The seated brunette calmly smoothed her skirt and licked her lips before turning her head in my direction. "About time." Her voice was velvet. Her smile was sharp and highly contagious.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 18h

#WIPSnips *welcome*
Josh is dim.
#lesfic #sapphic

Kyle looked at his brother with sympathy. He was sweet, but so stupid sometimes. “No, Josh. But, maybe think about what it would take for Northton to welcome Pat.”
“I already tried.” Josh slapped his knees. “She said she’d take my tow truck and I could help the church ladies cook.” He left out the ass-fucking part.
Kyle laughed, shaking his head. “Do I even want to know what you asked her?”
Josh looked ashamed and shook his head. “Prolly not.”

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 1d

#PretendPanel 10

I love this question ❤️

My hope is, first of all, that I actually finish all the stories I want to tell before I die & manage to get them out in the world. If I do, I hope they can bring the same joy to people that my favorite books have brought me, especially when I was younger🧵

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 1d

#pretendpanel, I'm at a retreat over the next few days so I am incorrigibly absent! However, tell me...

October 10th: Writing and reading are kinds of necromancy. How do you hope your writing will hold/reflect your ghost after you're gone?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel
a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
October 10th: Writing and reading are kinds of necromancy. How do you hope your writing will hold/reflect your ghost after you're gone?
Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

Since my books will contain only the stories, characters, etc. that interest me, I hope they will provide an accurate look at my tastes, interests, and creative mind long after I'm gone. I hope my voice comes out strongly on the page and my storytelling preferences are conveyed well. #pretendpanel

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 1d

#pretendpanel, I'm at a retreat over the next few days so I am incorrigibly absent! However, tell me...

October 10th: Writing and reading are kinds of necromancy. How do you hope your writing will hold/reflect your ghost after you're gone?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

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Eliwood S. Gheist @eliwoodsgheist.com · 1d

Hello, #PretendPanel!

I've talked before about my fear of vulnerability as a writer, and not so long ago the thought of exposing enough of myself to leave an imprint to a reader was terrifying (but also impossible to avoid, I leave bits of myself around my books like laundry I didn't put away.)

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 1d

#pretendpanel, I'm at a retreat over the next few days so I am incorrigibly absent! However, tell me...

October 10th: Writing and reading are kinds of necromancy. How do you hope your writing will hold/reflect your ghost after you're gone?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

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Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 1d

#pretendpanel, I wear my heart on my sleeve as I write. I think people are genuinely getting a piece of me when they read my work. I mean, don't take that too literally: I definitely take things to extremes for characters, or I tidy things up so they're neater in the story
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Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 1d

#pretendpanel, I'm at a retreat over the next few days so I am incorrigibly absent! However, tell me...

October 10th: Writing and reading are kinds of necromancy. How do you hope your writing will hold/reflect your ghost after you're gone?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

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austin (🛤️ is querying 🛤️) @austinsgrace.bsky.social · 3d

HOW TO COME HOME
🛤️ CAT SEBASTIAN's historical queer domesticity
🛤️ KRISTIN HANNAH's poignant Americana setting
🛤️ PEAKY BLINDERS's complex family + criminal enterprise
🛤️ SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION's layered portrayal of incarceration
🛤️ HOZIER, MUMFORD & SONS, & MITSKI's lyricism

#DVpit #A #HF #LGBT #ND

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kej ✨✨✨ @kejart.bsky.social · 5d

you want a commission from me so much 👀✨

kej ✨✨✨ @kejart.bsky.social · 23d

updated my commission info

✨ kejartcommissions.carrd.co ✨
✨ kejartcommissions.carrd.co ✨
✨ kejartcommissions.carrd.co ✨

a collection of my art - mostly couples staring intensly at eachother or characters posing and staring at you; with a big caption that says COMMISSIONS on top

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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PapaDjinn is querying @papadjinn.bsky.social · 18d

Man, last week Tok was going for a jog in the woods. Now people expect him to fight in a war and lead people?! He's not even qualified to be a barista! I do not know that the True Mother is thinking!!
'A Sword in the Snow'

#UnhingedPit #A #F #Q

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Silkabelli (mutazione-piromane Edition) @silkabelli.bsky.social · 25d

Queen

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✨ Vash Taylor ✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ Open For Work @deuxdel.bsky.social · 18d

As I reach the end of my backlog, I've opened a couple of commission slots for October!

ko-fi.com/vashtheartis...

a print screen of the commission types and their base prices. Sketch commissions, $50+. Half-body commissions, $100+. Full Colour illustrations $600+

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 19d

"We're going to destroy access to useful, factual information and use a water-destroying electricity hog that screws up all the time."

people: that sounds bad. why?

"It'll make a ton of money for my underground bunker once I've drained all you rubes dry"

people: oh. can I write a novel with it?

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 20d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 19d

If you're screaming about TOS changes and haven't screamed into the feedback form yet, you should do that!

Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 20d

FEEDBACK FORM:

Shouting publicly is an incredibly powerful tool, and in addition, we can give them a piece of our mind in the feedback form

Desktop and mobile locations:

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Thérésa Hedges @theresahedges.bsky.social · Jan 1

Hello! I'm a writer of gothic horror & sci-fi. I'm a neurodivergent, Genderfluid goth who is absolutely obsessed with vampires. I live by the sea & I’m a dog mum (staffy cross rescue).
Please check out my linktree in my bio.

#writer #welsh #dogmom #goth #introvert #genderfluid #gothic

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · 20d

This is absolutely BRILLIANT

They didn't listen to our feedback, now we need to ESCALATE

Bsky is at 3.4⭐ - let's see how quick we can tank that!

Don't know what to write?

Copy/paste mine or use it as a starting point!

#SaveSpeech #BskyCensorship

Screenshot of bluesky in the play store at 3.4 stars and 47k reviews.

Bluesky claimed to want to decentralize social media, and then came out with a massive community guidelines update imposing sweeping restrictions to free speech

If I could give negative stars I would, these changes need to be repealed and they need to refocus on user facilitated moderation tools

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 20d

Exactly. This is the time to bitch and moan about the issue. Don’t tell me you don’t know how to complain about crappy policies because we know that’s not true

'Nathan Boo-goine 👻 @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, I’m not going to silence myself when the issue is being silenced—I’m going to take time every freaking day on my vacation to fill in another feedback report pointing out the flaws in the new terms and how it’ll be weaponized especially against queerfolk.

I think in this case, noise is better.

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'Nathan Boo-goine 👻 @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, I’m not going to silence myself when the issue is being silenced—I’m going to take time every freaking day on my vacation to fill in another feedback report pointing out the flaws in the new terms and how it’ll be weaponized especially against queerfolk.

I think in this case, noise is better.

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Holly March she/her 📚💙❤️‍🔥🌶️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 @marcherwitch.bsky.social · 20d

Smut is important.

Through well-written and drawn and acted smut, we learn what we like, what we don't like, and what is expected to keep us safe and consensual...

it's not surprising pals of epstein and diddy want smut off the internet.

smut makes grooming, abuse, and pressure more difficult.

smut saves people
from grooming,
pressured sex,
abuse, and a
lifetime of
believing that
they are broken
or weird.
don't let the
puritans win.

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Pamela Cochran @pamelaelaela.bsky.social · Aug 6

THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL
A cynical woman who can see the future grudgingly takes over a cage fighting ring to save her sick friend—and is horrified to find that she’s excellent at it.
🌘dystopian grounded fantasy
⚖️morally gray FMC
🔥romantic subplot
🫶found family
🌈diverse cast
#QuestPit #W #A #SFF

Background: an island superimposed with a woman pressing money to her face with a blackened hand

Title: An agent's guide to THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL by P. A. Cochran

Subtitle: Dystopian urban fantasy / 75k words

Background: a male fighter's back pressed against a chain-link cage

For fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Peaky Blinders, and The Last of Us

The pitch: Trapped in a bleak world, a cynical young woman with the ability to glimpse future possibilities grudgingly takes over running a cage fighting ring to save her sick friend--and is horrified to find that she's excellent at it.

Images: (1) a hand holding burning money (2) a figure walking down a city street filled with litter (3) an albatross flying across an orange sky (4) a crumbling hotel (5) a woman sitting at a red-lit bar (6) a fighter's back against a cage

Text: gritty neo-noir vibes | grounded fantasy | lyrical prose | FMC w/ "Breaking Bad" arc | found family | romantic subplot | cost of talent & obsession | hope's ability to save & corrupt

Opening lines:

It was the beginning of storm season, and Tremmel City was glossy and slick as a bloodied fist.

Arin didn’t mind. The wet paths up the caldera wall were dicey, but at least the rain muted the stench of trash and mule excrement. She pulled her jacket closed, the same black leather jacket she always wore. A relic of the past she couldn’t part with that swallowed her whole. She crossed her arms over her chest and climbed up the stone steps.

PENTA OR BUST

BLESS THE BRICKERS

CURB THE COGS

The graffiti was so repetitive it had long ago taken a melody in Arin’s head. She used to argue internally with each one: Don’t put your faith in the Pentathlon—only a fool would trust those odds. Don’t glorify the brickers—they only saved us once. Don’t demonize the cogs—some of us exercise self-control. But eventually the arguments petered out until all that was left was a bleak refrain.

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Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 21d

"I'm fine," she said plastering on a customer service smile even as she fought tears, figured out what she'd wear to work today, realized she didn't have time for coffee, & hoped a car would have the good grace to run a red as she was crossing the intersection.
"I'm fine."
#microfic #writesky

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 21d

#WIPSnips *obvious*
There's a joke in here, somewhere.
#lesfic #sapphic

“You brought me Lisa’s cat?”
“I’m still waiting for my thank you.”
“Er, thanks, I suppose.” Pat stood up. “Why did you think I needed a cat?”
“You don’t need a cat. Lisa needs you to take her cat. And it’s obvious you’re in love with her, so I removed that problem and did what needed to be done.”

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