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deza ☕️

@theliteraryshard.bsky.social

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short and grumpy collecting hobbies and being a menace to people’s expectations (including my own). journey before destination, yk? beacons.ai/theliteraryshard

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Jun 19

i’m finishing once there were heroes and having a crises bc both a time of dragons and the echoes saga are incredible fantasy series but they’re criminally underrated and not talked about nearly enough and i need people to know about this world and theses characters so much!!!

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Apr 24

i started reading Spiderlight by @aptshadow.bsky.social and i was just wondering if it's normal for me to be hating theses humans so much, like, what a bunch of self-righteous assholes! not Lief though, he's cool for now

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Apr 9

tumblr is down and i’m feeling like i was forcefully removed from my own room

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Apr 9

HELP! what happened with tumblr??

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Kristina Gehrmann @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social · Mar 31

I want to draw more women in armor ✨

A young woman in 15th century inspired black plate armor, looking wistfully and holding a longsword that has a magical golden light emanating from it. Behind her is a rich colorful tapestry with late Medieval motifs that's interwoven with gold thread.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Mar 26

I keep seeing people say that Murderbot refers to itself as "she/her" in the books (you know, the ones I wrote). Could someone comment with a quote (from the books I wrote) or point me (the writer) to where that is? Maybe I can clear up the confusion. In the books. Which I wrote.

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Mar 17

faz tanto tempo que não tenho uma crise de rinite que tinha quase esquecido que tinha… quase

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Julle @tulinokkaelain.bsky.social · Sep 1

Do you read the Nightrunner series? Have you read the Nightrunner series? Will you read the Nightrunner series? When will you read the Nightrunner series?

(Go read the Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling)

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 21

wow, I'm practically writing an essay right now on a topic I'm really passionate about and it made me realize that I feel most content when I'm being creative

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 19

my first substack post and it’s a review!!

The Overthinker Chronicles | deza mouzinho | Substack

Overthinking, One Post at a Time. Click to read The Overthinker Chronicles, by deza mouzinho, a Substack publication.

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 14

my nervous system unfortunately doesn’t know the difference between a real person and a fictional character

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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Feb 12

hey daniel greene can go fuck himself btw

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 12

a message to the smallest man who never lived (that fictional character that i hated so much that sometimes i even forgot he wasn’t real)

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 12

just had my first anxiety attack of 2025. I'm honestly surprised that it took this long all things considered.

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 11

me at any family gathering

MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · Feb 11

They all looked startled and uncomfortable. Almost as uncomfortable as I did.

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Edward Greaves @temporus.bsky.social · Feb 11

Just finished Witch King by Martha Wells and am once again reminded she is superlative at world building. Any aspiring author who wants to see world building that is both exceptionally well done while simultaneously serving the needs to the story being told would do well to be reading her work.

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 11

I really need to learn how to prioritize books and at the same time not feel guilty about the ones I don’t get to read

kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain on a stage .

ALT: kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain on a stage .

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✨️ mars 🪽 is writing @marsadler.bsky.social · Feb 10

Today I'm very excited to announce the re-release of my sophomore book, Blood & Flowers, with new content and a new cover done by the extremely talented @heavenlyystar.bsky.social

Coming Feb 14th to itchio and amazon, I'm so excited for y'all to see the expanded and updated version of this book!

Cover: A white man stands in front of an elaborate Victorian Style mansion. He has brown hair and his eyes are closed. In his hands he holds red flowers and a bloody dagger. The house behind him is blue and red, and the background is a dark blue with fog. A few bats fly around, and there are a few stray flower petals falling down around the edges. There is mist all around the house and man as well. In red and white text it reads "mars adler" them the top and "Blood & Flowers" at the bottom.

The cover is on a dark background with the vague silhouette of a house and tree branches and red smoke.

The post text reads: Illustration and typeset by Yune (@/heavenlyystar)

A trope map of the Blood & Flowers cover with red arrows pointing to it. White text on a dark blue and red background reads going clockwise):
- enemies to enemies who fuck to ?????
- sentient haunted house
- sex pollen & fuck or die
- generational trauma
- warring vampire families
- overuse of the term darling in a vampire way
- blood drinking induced orgasms
- trans witch mc x vampire LI
- 11k words added
- now includes a the 9.5k word holiday short story

A full cover spread of the Blood & Flowers cover with spine text that reads "blood & flowers mars adler' and a back cover that had the same gothic mansion in brighter colors and with pieces breaking off at the bottom. There is no back cover text.

The post's words say "coming Feb. 14th, avaliable in ebook on itchio and ebook & paperback on amazon"

Post is on a dark blue and red background

Back cover blurb, white text on a dark blue background with the blurry silhouette of a house and tree branches

Back cover blurb reads: Two scions of warring vampire families must put aside their bad blood to unravel the disturbing mystery of a cursed house.

Elio Kane is desperate to escape his father’s controlling, brutal hold. His plans never included pretty, vicious Valerian D’Arcy, but fate brings them together when their fathers order them to investigate the crumbling, abandoned D’Arcy family home.

Twelve months of undoing various traps and curses have taken their toll on the already tenuous truce between the Kane and D’Arcy families, but Elio just has to hold it together for one more night, where he and Valerian will enter the D’Arcy home to defeat whatever waits inside.

After a decade of mutual animosity, Elio and Valerian are more than hesitant to set aside their differences. But as they navigate the labyrinthine, malevolent halls of a house much different than the D’Arcy family left twenty years ago, they find they have no choice.

The house plunges them into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, toying with their emotions and sense of reality, and revealing deep, festering wounds that plague both families. Anger and lust fly and the lines between them blur as Elio discovers that the man he hates is far more complex than he lets on.

If they survive, will Elio’s relationship with Valerian ever be the same?

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 11

yay! i’m super excited and this cover looks amazing 🔥

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The thread o’ tweets @threadotweets.bsky.social · Feb 10

Cat Manning @catacalypto
[historian voice] it has always sucked
ass to be alive

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 10

definitely worth the read!!

in defense of pretension.

may this be the year of the snob.

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Irene Πoguerón @inogart.bsky.social · Feb 10

The age old question of is this anxiety or heart problems

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deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 6

are people really trying to normalize colonialism and ethnic cleansing??? in the year of our lord (i'm agnostic btw) 2025??? where the fuck are those meteors when we really need them?

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 5

i miss my girl Mudeok sm!!!

deza ☕️ @theliteraryshard.bsky.social · Feb 4

toda vez que eu vejo alguém panfletando a trilogia Daevabad como um romance eu me pergunto se tem uma versão alternativa desses livros que eu não conheço