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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙

@caradelaney.bsky.social

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Bisexual gremlin. Author of queer romance, sci-fi, fantasy, horror. She/they. BLADE OF THE CROWN out now! Books: books2read.com/CaraNDelaney Contact information: caradelaney.com

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · Jun 19

❤️ f/f romance
👑 a princess struggling to feel worthy
⚔️ a royal guard with grand ambitions
🏝️ an ambush that strands them on a deserted island
☁️ a strange fog that thwarts their escape attempts
🗡️ secrets that could cost them everything

tinyurl.com/bladeofthecrown

#romantasy #sapphfic 🌈📚💙

The cover of the book "Blade of the Crown" by author Cara N. Delaney. The background is the ocean, choppy with waves. The sky is grey and dark blue with storm clouds. Silver ornaments decorate the corners and the top and bottom edges. In the foreground is a golden crown in a classic shape. A slender sword with an ornamental cross guard goes through it vertically. The title is written in a silver, slightly translucent font, with one point of the crown filling the "A" of "blade". The author's name is in white at the bottom.

Cover design by Covercreator.uk

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Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 21h

At the end of the summer season Cheltenham Lido drains down the pool and re-fills for winter cold water swimming. But before that, they open it to dogs for the weekend. It's Mabel's favourite day of the year.

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 11m

I guess the Final Shape drop was to be expected. The story did end in a way, and I know a lot of people used that as their moment to quit and move on.

Curious to see if there will be a change re: New Player Experience with one of the coming expansions, to make it easier for new people to join.

Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 11m

This is super interesting because I've seen "player base is disappearing" since I joined during Forsaken, basically, but since Shadowkeep, things were actually pretty stable until after Final Shape 🤔
Goes to show that perception =/= reality. I do wonder though what that will look like going forward.

Clarity | Destiny 2 Perk Insights @d2clarity.com · 1d

Since the general discussions in the community seem to involve Steam playercounts on a daily basis nowadays, I wanted to highlight/shill a friend's project that has platform-agnostic daily active player data: popularity.report by Lieuwe Berg

The Daily online players graph shown prominently at the top of the linked popularity.report website

Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 2h

I might. Actually. Finally. Finish my Willow Creek rebuild today. Granted, I downloaded two houses from the gallery and modified them to fit the vibe, but still!

One neighbourhood down, uhh... twelve? ...more to go? Hold on a a sec.

Oh. Seventeen. And I don't even have all the packs.

Fuck me 😂

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S.E. Fleenor @sefleenor.bsky.social · 2h

Do I know/am moots with/am followed by any voice actors?

I am working on an announcement for auditions for voice actors and would love to run it by some people sometime before year's end?

Just...putting feelers out

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 2h

Curious to see what reviews were done this week for SFINCS3? Check out the updated page!
#bookreview
#writers
#booksky💙📚🪐

www.sfincscompetition.com/sfincs3

SFINCS3 | The Speculative Fict

www.sfincscompetition.com

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Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 3d

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 6h

The thesaurus is down.

Dr Brainstorm (Joseph England) @drbrainstorm.bsky.social · 7h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Full moon night shift

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 19h

And for the "but the devs were super rude" crowd: They just matched the energy. Professionalism? Sure. When everyone's playing by the same rules. You go in like this? You're gonna get the exact same back that you give.

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Scott Fright @scw.bsky.social · 20h

Franz Kafka writing Steam reviews

Steam review that reads “game is good but im some bugs”

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 19h

-according to your specific tastes. *That* is hella rude, and do you really think it will work? I mean. If you're getting answers like this from the folks who made the thing, take a wild guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ignoring something is free. A lot more people should practice that skill.

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 19h

"Wow, this game is really not for me! I don't like it at all!"
"Cool, then don't play it <3"
"You're being so mean to meee!"

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you don't like something, feel free to pretend that it does not exist. Don't go in and then demand that the creators change it-

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 2d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #Caturday!

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Digital drawing of a white cat sitting in a garden. There are layers of flowers echoing the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans flag. Blue hydrangea at top, pink roses, white snowdrops, pink daisies, and finally, small blue flowers among the grass at bottom.

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 21h

"Vaginoplasty Illuminati" would be my riot grrl band's sophomore album if I knew people and could play guitar

Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 21h

Once you conclude there's a vaginoplasty illuminati transing nine year olds, you might as well put on the white hood and call it a day

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 22h

Grateful to @locusmag.bsky.social for including TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS, my coming-of-rage horror collection, as part of "13 Creepy New Titles to Read in October"

What a coincidence, there are 13 stories in the book too 😈

locusmag.com/2025/10/13-s...

13 Spine-Chilling Books for October!

Brace yourself, horror enthusiasts! This was going to be a shorter list, but we felt it was only right to start off October with lucky number 13. So here are 13 new books to rattle your bones befor…

locusmag.com

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, he's just here for the candy corn^^

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 1d

I need this on a card for every single occasion.

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 1d

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "THE SEASONS MAY CHANGE, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN ASSHOLE"

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

www.skypeascientist.com

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 1d

There aren't many authors who get an immediate buy from me, sight unseen.

Chuck Tingle is one of the rare exceptions.

Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 1d

its the FABULOUS BODIES cover reveal, my latest horror journey arriving next summer. buckaroos are calling it DRIVE MEETS BEETLEJUICE (but COLLATERAL in palm springs with an undead queer icon also works). PREORDER NOW BUCKAROOS LETS TROT us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

cover of FABULOUS BODIES by chuck tingle it is greenish blue background with large pink text in the middle there are heart shaped sunglasses with pool reflection and at the bottom it says 'never meet your heroes'

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3d

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 2d

This is a parody.

Right?

Tell me this is a parody, I'm begging 😭 Nobody can say the phrase "life-maxing" and not be some sort of caricature come to life.

Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck's sake. I don't want this. I don't need this. Now there isn't even a decent option left anymore for when I need a new graphics card. I hate this so much >.>

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

For the people who have guessed that I and @chucktingle.bsky.social are the same person, here are the two of us in the same place at the same time. Two buckaroos proving love is real!

Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 2d

nerds (affectionate)

A picture of two men standing together in a pink lit bar. One is wearing a mask that says “Love Is Real” and a sequin jacket. The other wears an “alpha Male” tshirt in pink with jeans.

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 2d

Mood, Barry.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #Invertober Day 10!

Common earthworm (lumbricus terrestris)

Went for a different style as I wasn't sure how to make an earthworm aesthetically pleasing 😅

#Invertober2025

Black and white drawing of an earthworm in an S-shape on its side. The words would you still love me follow the curve on the left and the words if I was a worm follow the curve on the right. The background is an elaborate symmetrical doodle of teardrop shapes of varying sizes.

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