Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Ailish Maura

@ailishmaura.bsky.social

23 followers 79 following 200 posts

LitRPG Fantasy author I'm also in grad school so please be patient with me (She/They) transgender lesbian

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · Aug 21

Check out my web-novel, Paladin to Witch. Including Girls Love, system-light LitRPG, and incredible cover and monster art by @botjira.bsky.social!

Read it on RoyalRoad: bit.ly/paladintowitch

Paladin to Witch

Indebted to the very demoness she was sent to kill, Thesa questions everything she’s ever known, bonds with the sexy [High Devil] Merijest, and practices her interpersonal skills. Can she help Merijes...

www.royalroad.com

3 7

Reposted by Ailish Maura

George @hannahtempler.com · 20h

showing him off :o)

a big polar bear holding up a small bear dog wearing a backpack who looks proud and sparkly

39 250

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 1d

"where you going to lunch today?"
"i was thinking of taking a walk over to--" *looks out the window* "on second thought..."

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 1d

if red states were truly as red as they claim, they wouldnt be working so hard to disenfranchise so many voters

4 25

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 1d

there's only one fanfic on AO3 about Gwynn and Canari. come on, everyone, we can do better than this! this is the best part of pokemon legends z-a so far

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 1d

yeah i keep using the wrong pokeballs for catches. i really wish theyd done this

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 1d

this is my familiar Ida

a black cat with green eyes on a windowsill next to a small potted plant

1 3

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 1d

truly. them girls gay

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 1d

for some reason my character was blinking when yhe game took the automatic profile image at the start and part of me doesnt want to fix it

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

not to mention one of the main couple is trans...

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

this is all true of my webnovel Paladin to Witch. you can read it for free at the link in my pinned post!

Valiant 🏳️‍⚧️ | Follow BOOM Goes the Bride on Backerkit! @valwrites.ca · 2d

Making up my own Bechdel Test but for Yuri. The Valiant test.

-Is it anywhere besides a school setting?
-Is it openly about lesbians?
-Do they kiss or is the relationship otherwise confirmed?
-Are they together at the end, & not dead?
-Is it aimed at women & not just Waifu Doll Sales, the show?

1 1 4

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

our blessed 'XD so random' vs their barbaric 'skibidi toilet'

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

are there actually any anime that pass this test btw? asking for a friend ✍️

Reposted by Ailish Maura

Nicole DeWitt @catastro-v.bsky.social · 2d

34yo nicole: hey guess what when you grow up you get to be a woman 🥰

13yo nicole: whaaaat but how?? vampires arent real so how could they bite me and turn me into a woman?

34yo nicole: …im gonna need you to remind me what i thought the connection between vampires and womanhood was when i was 13

10 37 290

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

true. i also don't mind the high school ones tbh (although it's always fun to find yuri that explores other settings)

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

Otherside Picnic (hasnt ended yet but i dont see death as a probable ending)

1 1

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

serebii feels like an anomoly. its a survivor from that more hopeful age of websites. im eternally grateful for the work put into it

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

can someone point me toward where to catch a Furfrou? i dont want to see spoilers so im avoiding searching stuff directly #pokemonza

a cartoon character is standing in a field with a fence and hay bales in the background

ALT: a cartoon character is standing in a field with a fence and hay bales in the background

media.tenor.com

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 2d

today could be big

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 3d

nevermind. way too many people. stop sports. no more of them. its not right.

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 3d

we'll see how i feel in a minute though. more people keep packing on.

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 3d

to be fair, the people on the train are actually being chill. nobody is being too loud on their own even if the train car is still collectively loud and packed with people. i just want to sit.

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 3d

hanging out with my in-laws on sunday: thats cool, i hope your mariners win. you seem excited and thats fun.

taking the train home from school, packed in with loud fans on their way to a game: all sports should stop

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 4d

I don't want to just become part of the cacophony of advertisements but I also feel like if I don't invest in it at all then I'll have an even harder time finding my audience. I like to think I'm above worrying about analytics but I'm also human (allegedly) so I do sometimes...

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 4d

The only paid advertisement I've done for PtW has been Blazed posts on Tumblr because I tend to think a certain type of chronically-online Tumblr user (like myself for better or worse) is part of my core audience.

Indie authors, do you ever use paid advertising? What kind? Is it worth it?

Ailish Maura @ailishmaura.bsky.social · 4d

100% of the time i find myself engaging in discourse online its because im sleep deprived. and to be clear, i am always right about my discourse but its still not worth it. goodnight