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

#WitchSky #TarotSky
You can believe you're on top, under control and pulling the strings, but when you lose your resources, you flail about and lose yourself. It's a prison of your own making. Find out who you are before that happens.

The emperor, seven of swords r. Five of pentacles, eight of swords r.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 19h

I used to see spelling errors in articles and leap to blame shoddy editing (which it is) but now I think "at least it was written by a person"

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 19h

And everywhere wants different sizes.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 19h

Did I get any writing done yesterday? No, but I managed to get my paperback covers uploaded after a million unspecified "wrong size" errors, so I've got that going for me.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 19h

Talia refuses to touch the Internet without a VPN

Callie uses Insta and keeps deleting pictures of herself

Sesi scroll, but never posts.

Pinga has someone else follow her around with a camera and run her accounts.

Lusa deals with the fallout when Pinga eventually says something stupid online.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

For the sake of this hypothetical, your characters have social media in their world.

Do they use it? What kind of things are they posting about? Pictures, video, or text? What do they have as a profile pic?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 19h

#WIPSnips *ultimate*
I went with *final*
#lesfic #sapphic

Lisa took a final cleansing breath to wash the desire out of her system. She needed to change the subject.
“So, tits or ass?”
Pat frowned. “What?”
“What are you into? Share with me, goddammit.”
“Yes?”
“You’re into everything?”
“All women are beautiful.”
Lisa rolled her eyes. “Wilma Perkins.”
“Wilma Perkins was smoking hot back in 1968. Then she had Tyler’s dad and joined the church.”

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

Pinga doesn't need help because everyone loves her. Talia is more concerned with keeping Lusa from making the same mistakes she did.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

Pinga's a reckless idiot who gets by on charm and Talia is her mom.😂

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

Talia can't handle winning.
Callie desperately needs to be told she's good.
Sesi has a praise kink
Pinga can't imagine losing
Lusa needs approval, but thinks she's better than everyone

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

We talked before about how your character handles failure, let's do the opposite: how do they handle success?

Are they a good winner? Do they gloat? Feel like they still need to do more? Downplay their role?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Tiffany E. Taylor | Sapphic Author 📚🌈 @tiffanyeauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Ready for a new week? Butch/Femme Fiction suggestions for the IHS reading challenge category for the week of 10/13/25: Spooky Sapphics.
📚💜💙 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance
#romancelandia #booksky #sapphicbooks #readingchallenge #butchfemme
@iheartsapphfic.bsky.social

Book covers for the I Heart SapphFic reading challenge category for the week of 10/13/25 on a shoreline/distant horizon background: Spooky Sapphics.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck, yes, you should.

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you?

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

They are pretty stunning

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

The Black Tarot by Victoria Iva.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

#WitchSky #TarotSky
Those dark and confusing times that you survived weren't easy or fair, but they turned you into who you are today and you're able to be the rock others need right now.

The magician r. Seven of wands r. Strength, knight of cups

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

And as always, for freebies, including artwork and erotica shorts, sign up for the newsletter at marinestjean.ca

Marine St Jean

Books about women who love women by a woman who loves women

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of which, if you liked Ellen Dunbavin's narration of Tyton, she's coming back for Remember Monsters! If you haven't heard her amazing narration yet, you can get it here. marinestjean.ca/tyton/
#audiobooks #cyberpunk #poly #lesbianromance #shibari #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #booksky🌈📚💙

Tyton

BuY Audiobook Direct Buy eBook Direct Buy Retail Callie used to love rope — the release of control, letting go of her life and her job babysitting one of the AI models that runs Tyton. That i…

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

Why such a long ARC period? Because I'll be selling direct first and then it will be on KU. I'd love to move away from it, but so many sapphic promo opportunities are locked to being on KU. Hopefully this is a decent compromise.

But audiobooks will always be wide as well as available direct.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

It's been a ridiculously busy week getting final edits done, formatting and ARCs out to readers. There are still a few spots left through BookSirens booksirens.com/book/B9HCN76... if you'd rather read about butch vampires during October rather than January.
#butchfemme #vampireromance

Remember Monsters (Remember Monsters: Book 1) by Marine St. Jean - Review Copy | BookSirens

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

#MarketingMonday
Let's start with an old one today, since it's spooktober.

Ghosts, witches, blood magic and butch blacksmiths in early medieval France. And a soul-crushing love story.

All of which you can now buy direct!
marinestjean.ca/the-smith/

#lesbianromance #sapphicromance #booksky🌈📚💙

The Smith

Buy ebook direct Buy Audiobook Direct Buy Retail Is love worth it when you’re on the run from the ghosts of your past?A village and a girl need an itinerant blacksmith with a mysterious past …

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 1d

#WIPSnips *push*
She really doesn't want to hear about it.
#lesfic #sapphic

“Then call me in a year to tell me all about the mind-blowing sex you’re having with the Hugh Jackman look-alike who, for some reason no-one can fathom, lives in Northton, even though I’m fairly certain they’re all related.” Pat pushed Lisa into the bathroom.
“You’re still not helping,” Lisa protested.
“You’re right. I really don’t want to hear about any of that. Spend less time here with me and more time out with Phaedra.” Pat shut the door. “And call me. I’m serious.”

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Tiffany E. Taylor | Sapphic Author 📚🌈 @tiffanyeauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Book covers displayed on vintage design coffee cup/reading glasses/open book background for butch/femme fiction new releases for week ending 10/12/25 with the quote, “Books may be the only true magic.”

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 2d

I started as a plotter, but my characters wouldn't act the way they were supposed to.

Now I pants the first few drafts, get to know them first and then plot.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 2d

#WitchSky #TarotSky
Annnnd now we know why "may you get everything you want" is a curse.

You'll be wiser at the end of this though.

Ace of swords r. Nine of swords. Judgement r. King of cups.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 2d

Remember Monsters ARC is live. You can get it here., at least until I run out of spots. #lesfic #sapphic #lesbianromance #vampireromance
booksirens.com/book/B9HCN76...

Remember Monsters (Remember Monsters: Book 1) by Marine St. Jean - Review Copy | BookSirens

Join the review team for Remember Monsters. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips *hope*
Dreams vs reality.

In the beginning, she’d held a faint hope that moving here would be like a Hallmark movie. She’d find a ruggedly handsome man that needed help saving a Christmas tree farm. Instead, she found Josh, the skinny tow-truck driver. Sweet, kind, caring. Perfect for someone. It satisfied an itch. Kind of. It also kept people from talking.

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