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🌈CJ Aralore
@cjaralore.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romantasy Author | GRAVITY'S FIRE 🙇🏼‍♂️ Introvert | 😼 Cat Owned | 💚 Romantic 🌐 cjaralore.com | 🔗 linktr.ee/cjaralore
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 11d
🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃
1. Introduce yourself & your WIP/story/book 2. LGBTQ History Month: Any queer history mentioned in your story? 3. Free Friday or National Body Language Day: Do you add body language when writing conversations between characters? 4. National Cinnamon Roll Day: Any cinnamon roll character? 5. Banned Books Week Begins: What might someone try to ban your story for having? 6. National Coaches Day: Any coaches in your story? (fitness, life coach, etc.) 7. National Inner Beauty Day: Does your story address outer vs inner beauty? 8. International Lesbian Day: GIF/Audio or description of personality of a favorite lesbian character 9. Curses or bad luck in story? 10. Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health? 11. National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story? 12. Astrology/horoscopes in story? 13. Indigenous People's Day: What people would be indigenous to where your story takes place? 14. Ghosts or spirits in story? 15. International Pronoun Day: GIF/Audio or description of how easily your character(s) adjust(s) to new pronouns 16. Dictionary Day: What word in the dictionary would have your MC's face next to it? 17. Free Friday or pitch your story as a horror novel 18. Line that foreshadows danger or scary scene/snippet 19. National LGBT Center Awareness Day: Where do your characters go to feel safe? 20. National Day on Writing: Favorite/least favorite part of the writing process 21. Asexual Awareness Week: Ace rep in story? 22. GIF/Audio or description of what emotion(s) you want/expect your story to make readers feel? 23. Does your MC/characters like being scared? 24. Free Friday or spooky queer reading recs 25. International Artist Day: Art share or role of art in your story 26. Intersex Awareness Day: Intersex or non-traditional gendered character(s)? 27. MC/character's worst nightmare 28. Rate your MC's and/or villain's scariness level from 1-10 29. National Cat Day: GIF/Audio or descrip
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 41m
Thank you! 💚
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
Keep reading.
Keep writing.
Keep fighting.
Keep hoping for a better future.

💚CJ

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Keep reading. Keep writing. Keep fighting. Keep hoping for a better future. 💚CJ
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
Fighting book bans is about way more than just giving queer kids something to read that they can relate to.

Queer books save lives.

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Fighting book bans is about way more than just giving queer kids something to read that they can relate to. Queer books save lives.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
While I still struggle any time I have to come out because of past trauma, I'm lucky. I wasn't kicked out, my "therapy" was all talk and no physical abuse, and I found resources that helped me unlearn the lies I had been taught. Not everyone is so fortunate.

Not everyone survives.

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While I still struggle any time I have to come out because of past trauma, I consider myself lucky. I wasn't kicked out, my "therapy" was all talk and no physical abuse, and I found resources that helped me unlearn the lies I had been taught. Not everyone is so fortunate. Not everyone survives.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
It is possible to be happy.

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It is possible to be happy.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
Growing up, everything I was allowed to listen to, watch, and read had to be Christian. But that opened the door to reading about LGBT affirming Christians.

After that, reading stories where queer people loved and accepted themselves and were loved and accepted by others gave me hope.

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Growing up, everything I was allowed to listen to, watch, and read had to be Christian. But that opened the door to reading about LGBT affirming Christians. After that, reading stories where queer people loved and accepted themselves and were loved and accepted by others gave me hope.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
My parents constantly lamented about all they were doing for me now and all the money they had spent raising me and dealing with my health issues.

I felt like a burden.

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My parents constantly lamented about all they were doing for me now and all the money they had spent raising me and dealing with my health issues. I felt like a burden.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
My mom bombarded me with everything about how teens with my "affliction" could change and grow to live normal heterosexual lives, which was the only way to be happy.

My dad blamed himself for my "gender confusion" by not being around enough or maybe once showing a girly emotion like sadness.

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My mom bombarded me with everything about how teens with my "affliction" could change and grow up to live normal heterosexual lives, which was the only way to be happy. My dad blamed himself for my "gender confusion" by not being around enough or maybe once showing a girly emotion like sadness around me.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
I was sent to therapy to "fix" me, though the only promise they made was to keep my "struggle" a secret so my parents wouldn't be kicked out of church.

I was treated like I had a transmissible disease that had to be kept a secret lest I scare anyone.

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I was sent to therapy to "fix" me, though the only promise they made was to keep my "struggle" a secret so my parents wouldn't be kicked out of church. I was treated like I had a transmissible disease that had to be kept a secret lest I scare anyone. I was kept away from younger kids since they're especially susceptible to contracting tolerance.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
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(Pamphlets and articles about being cured from homosexuality.)
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
Like far too many kids, I was raised to believe that being anything but cis and straight is a sin. This teaching taught me to hate myself and taught others to bully me just for suspecting what I didn't even know yet.

And, when I did know, these were the kinds of things I was given to read...

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Like far too many kids, I was raised to believe that being anything but cis and straight is a sin. This teaching taught me to hate myself and taught others to bully me just for suspecting what I didn't even know yet. And, when I did know, these were the kinds of things I was given to read...
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1h
World Mental Health Day (Friday, October 10)
National Coming Out Day (Saturday, October 11)
Banned Books Week (October 5 - 11)

How has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?

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World Mental Health Day (Friday, October 10) National Coming Out Day (Saturday, October 11) Banned Books Week (October 5 - 11) How has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 8h
#QueerPrompts October 11

While the dad who raised Nix baked him a rainbow cake when he came out, when Nix comes out to his biological father, that leads to a fight because his father wants him to be with a girl so they can produce biological children.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 16h
#QueerPrompts October 11: National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters. Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font. Center text is: #QueerPrompts October 11: National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 16h
I'm not familiar with that show (I had to Google it), but I definitely agree with you.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 16h
#QueerPrompts October 11: National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters. Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font. Center text is: #QueerPrompts October 11: National Coming Out Day: Do any of your characters come out in your story?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d
#QueerPrompts October 10

Definitely. I was raised to believe being anything but cis and straight is a sinful choice and that others making me suffer for being different was my fault. Reading stories where queer people were fully accepted by others and themselves was revolutionary.
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d
#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters. Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font. Center text is: #QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d
#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters. Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font. Center text is: #QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d
I heard that a lot of hashtags weren't working recently, not just this one, but I checked and it seems fine now, so maybe it was fixed?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d
#QueerPrompts October 9: Curses or bad luck in story?

Nix thinks he has bad luck. After all, every guy rejects him and he keeps falling down and breaking technology.

But then he discovers being rejected led him to Max, he always falls toward Max, and he breaks technology because he's magic. ✨💚
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d
#QueerPrompts October 9: Curses or bad luck in story?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters. Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font. Center text is: #QueerPrompts October 9: Curses or bad luck in story?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d
#QueerPrompts October 9: Curses or bad luck in story?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters. Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font. Center text is: #QueerPrompts October 9: Curses or bad luck in story?
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 3d
Tien:
a close up of a woman 's face with an ioiyi logo in the background
Alt: Annoyed girl blowing her hair away from her face.
media.tenor.com
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 3d
#QueerPrompts 10/8: GIF/Audio or description of personality of a favorite lesbian character

Gale is this chill, laid back biker chick who never really gets upset about anything.

Tien is her opposite, always getting annoyed, but still just as caring as Gale, who naturally she falls for.

Gale:
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 3d
#QueerPrompts October 8: International Lesbian Day: GIF/Audio or description of personality of a favorite lesbian character
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters. Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font. Center text is: #QueerPrompts October 8: International Lesbian Day: GIF/Audio or description of personality of a favorite lesbian character
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 4d
When making the character cards, I had to come up with weaknesses for everyone and his jokes making his students groan and facepalm are definitely a weakness for his respect factor. 😂
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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 4d
#QueerPrompts 10/7: National Inner Beauty Day: Does your story address outer vs inner beauty?

Both Nix and Max are insecure about their appearances, but only Max works out to change his. As they discover they're each other's perfect type physically, it goes far beyond that.

As Max says in the end:
“Besides, I know who you are. You’re the sun to my earth and the light I want to open my eyes to every morning for the rest of my life. Even when you’re old and gray and cranky all the time…” He chuckles. “…you’ll always be my soulmate.” - Max to Nix, Gravity's Fire (Text with background of sun rising over mountains.)
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