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Meg Writes, Maybe?

@megthewriter.bsky.social

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Just a little bit of a book nerd, writer, cat parent, occasionally writes about pirates and dragons, queer af, always chaos, lots of sparkle (❌️NO AI❌️) Founder/creator of @phenomenapress.bsky.social 🖤🩶🤍💜 She/they/ https://linktr.ee/megthewriter

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Meg Writes, Maybe? @megthewriter.bsky.social · Jan 1

A glimpse into 2025!

These are a mix of projects that I'm either actively working on at the moment, or want to pay attention to over the next year

Pirates, dragons, mermaids, superheros, inventors and more await!

#writesky #booksky

Image is a collage set over a background of green overlaid on an image of a forest.
Photos in the collage include a pair of hands reaching towards each other over an ocean wave, a pirate ship coming out of a cloud of fog, a dragon flying over a mountain range, a pair of steampunk-esque goggles around someone's neck, a neon sign that says "Girls just wanna have fun", and a figure leaning over the edge of a dinghy as someone coming out of the water grips their face. There are texts boxes above that read 2025 Project Sneak Peaks

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 2d

It's the last Friday of this submission period for Translunar Travelers Lounge. If you have some fantasy, science fiction, or other speculative fiction 5000 words and under, why not submit?

(Open until 15th October, please check the guidelines)
translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 2d

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

Submissions – The Bram Stoker Awards

www.thebramstokerawards.com

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 2d

Authors, in the interest of helping readers spot gen ai 'authored' books, how many novels do you publish a year?

I publish one 80-100k+ word (epic fantasy) novel, and I can only do that because I drafted 8 novels before I started publishing any. 📚💙

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Amaranth M @jazzelves.bsky.social · 1d

Periodically re-upping this b/c alas, things ain't great overall. Acute needs are all met, and I hate passing around the hat for myself, but I'd rather be like "hey, if I could fund another month while I still have savings and budget, that's MUCH more comfortable" than panic, y'know?

Amaranth M @jazzelves.bsky.social · Sep 9

Speaking of unemployable, I'm not in anywhere near as tight a squeeze as I was this time last year, but it costs me about $1K for living expenses each month and that do put a squeeze on things. So if you've got any to spare and feel like helping out, my tip jar is always open: ko-fi.com/jazzelves

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Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈 @faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 2d

If you're a writer of aspec and have ever wanted to have me as an editor for your work, our submission window is currently open at @phenomenapress.bsky.social !~

#submissioncall #writingcommunity

Image reads: Open call for submissions. Seeking aro/ace paranormal short stories for an upcoming anthology project! Submission period: September 15 - November 30 2025 There is a website link: paranormal-aspecs.carrdd.co/ There are three photos, one of a smoky figure, one of a hand against a pane of glass, and a foggy forest

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 1d

Werewolf packs are actually just giant family packs made up of anyone who needs or wants to be there, actually

Image reads: "Let me talk about werewolves for a second. If there was a werewolf in your neighborhood, they’d be that family of 10 kids always roughhousing outside and their house is the one all the neighborhood kids go to hang out at because Mr. Werewolf and Mrs. Werewolf are the Cool Parents that their kids find really embarrassing."

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EG ☕ @lzr-mki.bsky.social · 10d

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 10d

Submissions for our next unthemed issue are now OPEN 📣
Tell a friend! Everything you need to know is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 3d

My sapphic space fantasy is still on sale for ✨🌸$1 on my kofi🌸✨

Come get your cosmic lesbians holding hands while the horrors persist 🫶🏻

ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a

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Meg Writes, Maybe? @megthewriter.bsky.social · 3d

This came into the bookstore I work in earlier this week and I am SO keen to read it!

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 3d

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY!!! From these two baby gays! (And from me 🌈👋🏻)

The Incorruptibles is a middle grade book (ages 10–14), so the romance is very sweet and wholesome and kid friendly. 🥰 Hope you give it a chance if you’re looking for inclusive fantasy boarding school books!

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 3d

✨️Meet the Team✨️

Nicole fills out our wonderful editing team, and can be found right here! @faerywhimsy.bsky.social

#writingcommunity #booksky 📚🌈

With fancy flourishes, the image has a photo of a person with short hair against a red background.

Text reads: "Meet the Team- Editor - Nicole - she/he/they @@faerywhimsy.bsky.social "

With the same flourishes, this image reads "About - Nicole Field was the editor of Happiness in Numbers, the first anthology with a focus on polyamorous stories. It was, and still is, the only polyamorous anthology to de-center sex. As a novelist, Nicole has won the John Preston and Pauline Reage awards.

They are polyam and ace, with a focus for works across the spectrum of gender and sexuality."

Again with fancy flourishes, the text reads "Wants to see: Polycules inclusive of aro, ace and queerplatonic relationships -
Aspec stories centering neurodiverse characters -
Kinky aro fuckbuddies OR
Kinky relationships depicted without sex"

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 4d

Did you know? @bookshop.org is having an Anti-Prime Day sale wherein you can get free shipping for two days?

Did you know "Magica Riot" is available in print via @bookshop.org? And that you can support a local bookstore when buying?

Did you know I'd appreciate your purchase a bunch?

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Talli 🦇SILVER BLOOD audiobook! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 4d

Anti-Prime Day + free shipping on Bookshop Dot Org? Heck yeah! Here's your reminder that the paperback and hardcover of SILVER BLOOD are both available on Bookshop and you should totally get them there and support indie bookstores!

bookshop.org/p/books/silv...

Silver Blood

Check out Silver Blood - Cyrus Beldon was born to kill vampires. Or so says his indomitable family legacy.</p></p>For generations, the Beldon hunters have kept the peace between humans and vampires, n...

bookshop.org

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5d

Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.

Closing date: October 31st

#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry

Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine

Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026

thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 5d

There are a few signed copies of RAKESFALL you can get for supporting The Deadlands! psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

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Meg Writes, Maybe? @megthewriter.bsky.social · 6d

These are so lovely!

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Arka 🌸 slow response @arkadraws.bsky.social · 6d

Flowertober Day 2: Sunflowers

#Flowertober2025 #arkadraws

a whimsical drawing of sunflower field in clear daylight, with tiny ghost bees (or boos) floating around.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 6d

Ending with: 'The next flotilla is already on its way.'
Its progress being tracked here: freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tmtg-con...

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6d

The Gaza flotilla gives us hope because we can see SOMEONE is doing SOMETHING! | First Dog on the Moon

It reminds us of what people can do even though we have not (yet) stopped the genocide * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Meg Writes, Maybe? @megthewriter.bsky.social · 6d

I LOVE these designs

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Meg Writes, Maybe? @megthewriter.bsky.social · 8d

I'm only at work atm but I miss my boy

He is such a baby even though he's the biggest of my trio of terrors, I love him

Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 8d

Cats called Pumpkin count, right?

A ginger and white cat lies in a cat bed with his paws tucked underneath himself

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Phenomena Press @phenomenapress.bsky.social · 9d

✨️Meet our Team✨️

Robin is one half of our fantastic editing team, and you can find her at dragoneditingservices.com

#writingcommunity #booksky

Image has a decoration flourish at each corner, and a photo of a woman in black and white

It reads "Meet the Team - Editor - Robin (she/her) - dragoneditingservices.com "

With the same decorative flourish - the image reads:
Wants to see
- male-female friendships
- QPRs
- aroaces living their best lives
- any type animal/mythical creatures (bonus for dragons)

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 10d

November is Trans Awareness Month. But that title seems ill-fit to current politics, so I chose a better one for the Itch book bundle I'm hosting Nov 1-14.

Authors, if your MC is trans (yes including nonbinary!) and your book meets the criteria bellow, let me know and I'll DM you the sign up form!

Trans People Take on The World Itch Bundle

Background: trans flag

Text: Eligibility & Genre:
At least one Main Character is trans (yes this includes nonbinary!)
Plot-central trans (and LGBTQIA+) themes are welcome, but not required.
Your MC combatting transphobia is welcome, but not required.
MC's who are incidentally trans solving murders, defending their kingdom, curing cancer, fighting a zombie apocalypse etc are very welcome. (So SFF, Thriller/ Mystery/ Crime/ Historical/ Drama etc.)
Romance and NSWF involving a trans MC is welcome.

Categories: Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.

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Meg Writes, Maybe? @megthewriter.bsky.social · 10d

The ARC reader sign up for the 'From Me to You' cosy queer anthology by Tea & Books Press is up!

14 authors, 13 stories, and 1 poem - all of them about finding or holding on to your people

The ARC sign up link is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#booksky 📚🌈

From Me to You ARC Form

Thank you for your interest in reading an ARC of Tea & Books Press first anthology! ‘From Me to You: Anthology of Human Connections’ Blurb: Every day we make new connections, whether it is intentiona...

docs.google.com

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