V.C. Willow 📚 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🏴 🇵🇸
@authorvcwillow.bsky.social
Writer. Feminist. LGBTQ+. She/her. Socialist. Whovian.
Unapologetic bookworm, word nerd and lover of humour. Human rights, equality.
Writing novels one word at a time.📚
Author contact: [email protected]
Unapologetic bookworm, word nerd and lover of humour. Human rights, equality.
Writing novels one word at a time.📚
Author contact: [email protected]
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You can't separate the art from the artist when they're still alive because they're still benefiting from the financial leverage, access to platform and power through influence that art provides.
Supporting abusive artists makes you an accomplice to harm.
Supporting abusive artists makes you an accomplice to harm.
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You don't like everyone you meet or meet everyone you'd like (to). The same is true for our writing, our books, our writer's voice.
Find your writer's voice. Hone it and perfect it until you're ready to show it to the world. Stay unique and true to yourself.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Find your writer's voice. Hone it and perfect it until you're ready to show it to the world. Stay unique and true to yourself.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity (posting this on here too)
Your book is NOT for everyone.💖
I'm saying this not to discourage, but to say "some insults are compliments if you look at them from another angle"💖
Your book is NOT for everyone.💖
I'm saying this not to discourage, but to say "some insults are compliments if you look at them from another angle"💖
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
You don't like everyone you meet or meet everyone you'd like (to). The same is true for our writing, our books, our writer's voice.
Find your writer's voice. Hone it and perfect it until you're ready to show it to the world. Stay unique and true to yourself.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Find your writer's voice. Hone it and perfect it until you're ready to show it to the world. Stay unique and true to yourself.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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just as not all people are for everyone.
we are all different and so are our stories.
we are all different and so are our stories.
#WritingCommunity (posting this on here too)
Your book is NOT for everyone.💖
I'm saying this not to discourage, but to say "some insults are compliments if you look at them from another angle"💖
Your book is NOT for everyone.💖
I'm saying this not to discourage, but to say "some insults are compliments if you look at them from another angle"💖
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
just as not all people are for everyone.
we are all different and so are our stories.
we are all different and so are our stories.
My book of the month (and I am aware it's only the 3rd February) has to be Queer Georgians by Anthony Delaney.
Entertaining, well researched and packed full of hidden queer history.
You'll want to keep turning the pages, well after it's time for lights out.
#Books #AmReading #Queer #LGBTQ+
Entertaining, well researched and packed full of hidden queer history.
You'll want to keep turning the pages, well after it's time for lights out.
#Books #AmReading #Queer #LGBTQ+
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
My book of the month (and I am aware it's only the 3rd February) has to be Queer Georgians by Anthony Delaney.
Entertaining, well researched and packed full of hidden queer history.
You'll want to keep turning the pages, well after it's time for lights out.
#Books #AmReading #Queer #LGBTQ+
Entertaining, well researched and packed full of hidden queer history.
You'll want to keep turning the pages, well after it's time for lights out.
#Books #AmReading #Queer #LGBTQ+
James Acaster hits the nail on the head here.
Funny how particular "edgy" comedians are so blasé about attacking minority communities but also incredibly touchy about criticisms of themselves.
Isn't it ironic...don't you think 🤔
Funny how particular "edgy" comedians are so blasé about attacking minority communities but also incredibly touchy about criticisms of themselves.
Isn't it ironic...don't you think 🤔
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
James Acaster hits the nail on the head here.
Funny how particular "edgy" comedians are so blasé about attacking minority communities but also incredibly touchy about criticisms of themselves.
Isn't it ironic...don't you think 🤔
Funny how particular "edgy" comedians are so blasé about attacking minority communities but also incredibly touchy about criticisms of themselves.
Isn't it ironic...don't you think 🤔
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How i handle criticism:
February 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
How i handle criticism:
Get to know me.
1 like = 1 answer
Everything I say will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Unless the answer may incriminate me 😉
1 like = 1 answer
Everything I say will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Unless the answer may incriminate me 😉
This has a fun variety. 👀
Some answers may be amusing.
Some might be like "whoah Khon, that's a bit much." 🥰
(For those that want to use this, I transcribed all the Qs for the alt text.)
Some answers may be amusing.
Some might be like "whoah Khon, that's a bit much." 🥰
(For those that want to use this, I transcribed all the Qs for the alt text.)
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Get to know me.
1 like = 1 answer
Everything I say will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Unless the answer may incriminate me 😉
1 like = 1 answer
Everything I say will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Unless the answer may incriminate me 😉
Normally (this time being the exception), I write hot and edit cold
It's absolutely possible to #write a shitty first draft, get all the way to the end before applying the editing process to your #writing
There's no one way to write. Only the way that works for you
Keep bloody writing!
#WriteSky
It's absolutely possible to #write a shitty first draft, get all the way to the end before applying the editing process to your #writing
There's no one way to write. Only the way that works for you
Keep bloody writing!
#WriteSky
Yeah and see I think that's fine! I think "shitty first draft" is a thing that's absolutely possible if you're also an "edit as you go" person
Shitty first draft in this case applies to the entire story. Front to end, shoddily written, no editing. I wouldn't say your case is the same!
Shitty first draft in this case applies to the entire story. Front to end, shoddily written, no editing. I wouldn't say your case is the same!
February 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Paraphrased, but an incredibly successful author once said 'the first draft is you telling yourself the story'
They're allowed to be shitty. That's what revising, rewriting, and editing are for.
The author? Sir Terry Pratchett.
They're allowed to be shitty. That's what revising, rewriting, and editing are for.
The author? Sir Terry Pratchett.
February 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Paraphrased, but an incredibly successful author once said 'the first draft is you telling yourself the story'
They're allowed to be shitty. That's what revising, rewriting, and editing are for.
The author? Sir Terry Pratchett.
They're allowed to be shitty. That's what revising, rewriting, and editing are for.
The author? Sir Terry Pratchett.
Your first draft is the bones of the story. It's not always pretty or poetic. It can be shitty. That's the point of editing. And of learning from experience the art and craft of writing. Even then, some WIP have shitty first drafts. Every story differs
The point is to keep #Writing
#WriteSky #Edit
The point is to keep #Writing
#WriteSky #Edit
is the writing community ready to admit now that "shitty first draft" is pep talk advice you give to 13 year olds on baby's first book, with the expectation that subsequent first drafts won't be shit?
successful writers aren't the ones writing shitty first drafts. it's not real world applicable
successful writers aren't the ones writing shitty first drafts. it's not real world applicable
February 1, 2026 at 11:06 PM
British people have always been and always will be a people descended from immigrants from across the world. It is what makes us unique, strong and diverse. Our blend of histories, cultures, languages and colours are united by our sense of community, kindness, neighbourliness and fairness
#British
#British
January 31, 2026 at 4:07 PM
British people have always been and always will be a people descended from immigrants from across the world. It is what makes us unique, strong and diverse. Our blend of histories, cultures, languages and colours are united by our sense of community, kindness, neighbourliness and fairness
#British
#British
The Sausage Redemption
January 29, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The Sausage Redemption
The Council of Europe has voted to ban conversion practices.
It's not been a good day for the transphobic activist organisation, Sex Matters today.
GOOD!
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender et al people know who we are and can not have our identities forcibly changed.
#LGBTQ+ #SexMatters
It's not been a good day for the transphobic activist organisation, Sex Matters today.
GOOD!
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender et al people know who we are and can not have our identities forcibly changed.
#LGBTQ+ #SexMatters
Official announcement out now: pace.coe.int/en/news/1018...
PACE calls for ban on conversion practices
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, today called on member states to adopt legislation to “prohibit conversion practices, providing fo...
pace.coe.int
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The Council of Europe has voted to ban conversion practices.
It's not been a good day for the transphobic activist organisation, Sex Matters today.
GOOD!
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender et al people know who we are and can not have our identities forcibly changed.
#LGBTQ+ #SexMatters
It's not been a good day for the transphobic activist organisation, Sex Matters today.
GOOD!
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender et al people know who we are and can not have our identities forcibly changed.
#LGBTQ+ #SexMatters
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Hampstead Heath ponds are to remain inclusive.
The high Court has blocked a legal challenge from the Transphobic group Sex Matters.
Good.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Our safety depends on us standing together.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #LGBTQ+
The high Court has blocked a legal challenge from the Transphobic group Sex Matters.
Good.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Our safety depends on us standing together.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #LGBTQ+
January 29, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Hampstead Heath ponds are to remain inclusive.
The high Court has blocked a legal challenge from the Transphobic group Sex Matters.
Good.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Our safety depends on us standing together.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #LGBTQ+
The high Court has blocked a legal challenge from the Transphobic group Sex Matters.
Good.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Our safety depends on us standing together.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #LGBTQ+
Not in our name with @goodlawproject.org is a collective of women who reject the weaponisation of our identities to justify trans discrimination. We want the media, government and other bodies to focus on the real threats that prevent women from thriving.
notinourname.org.uk?utm_source=N...
notinourname.org.uk?utm_source=N...
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
notinourname.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Not in our name with @goodlawproject.org is a collective of women who reject the weaponisation of our identities to justify trans discrimination. We want the media, government and other bodies to focus on the real threats that prevent women from thriving.
notinourname.org.uk?utm_source=N...
notinourname.org.uk?utm_source=N...
If you like Patience, you'll love Astrid: Murder in Paris(stream on All 4). I think we're on series 4 or 5 now. A detective (in Paris) Raph, is helped by autistic archivist Astrid. It's a brilliant, subtle, nuanced depiction of autism. The stories are fantastic too. In French with subtitles.
Ella Maisy Purvis is wonderful as the lead and title role in @channel4.bsky.social detective series #Patience so it’s disappointing she isn’t credited first in the opening titles.
January 27, 2026 at 7:44 PM
If you like Patience, you'll love Astrid: Murder in Paris(stream on All 4). I think we're on series 4 or 5 now. A detective (in Paris) Raph, is helped by autistic archivist Astrid. It's a brilliant, subtle, nuanced depiction of autism. The stories are fantastic too. In French with subtitles.
Using Trumpian logic, there are a lot of white Europeans about to be deported back to Europe by ICE since America is for Americans first...
Oh sorry, of course not! He only meant brown and black skinned immigrants.
Oh sorry, of course not! He only meant brown and black skinned immigrants.
a painting of a wolf howling at the moon
Alt: a painting of a wolf howling at the moon
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Using Trumpian logic, there are a lot of white Europeans about to be deported back to Europe by ICE since America is for Americans first...
Oh sorry, of course not! He only meant brown and black skinned immigrants.
Oh sorry, of course not! He only meant brown and black skinned immigrants.
My least favourite thing to see when I'm reading is the use of lazy stereotypes/bigotry. Misogyny, racism, xenophobia, homophobia etc used as lazy character descriptions. Hate that!
My favourite thing is to see characters who are unique & well written.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Booksky #Books
My favourite thing is to see characters who are unique & well written.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Booksky #Books
#ThisOne’sForTheWriters
What is your least favourite thing to see appear in something you’re reading?
Can be a trope, something to do with stylistic choices, whatever.
Just something you’re not fond of appearing in stuff you read
What is your least favourite thing to see appear in something you’re reading?
Can be a trope, something to do with stylistic choices, whatever.
Just something you’re not fond of appearing in stuff you read
January 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
My least favourite thing to see when I'm reading is the use of lazy stereotypes/bigotry. Misogyny, racism, xenophobia, homophobia etc used as lazy character descriptions. Hate that!
My favourite thing is to see characters who are unique & well written.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Booksky #Books
My favourite thing is to see characters who are unique & well written.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Booksky #Books
Similarly, Labour is not trying to save the UK from racist, xenophobic authoritarianism. They're trying to figure out how to hold on to power by becoming increasingly right wing & enforcing rights restricting legislation. They have thrown trans, disabled, working class and poor people under the bus.
Dems are not trying to save America from fascism, they’re trying to figure out how to regain power, and often becoming more conservative in order to try to do so. Buttigieg is a clear exp in how he has thrown trans ppl under the bus while also maintaining civility assimilationist politics.
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Similarly, Labour is not trying to save the UK from racist, xenophobic authoritarianism. They're trying to figure out how to hold on to power by becoming increasingly right wing & enforcing rights restricting legislation. They have thrown trans, disabled, working class and poor people under the bus.
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It tells you everything you need to know that Reform are parachuting in a rent-an-extremist - this isn't about representing the people of Gorton and Denton, it's about using this place as a platform for their careers.
Manchester will show him the door.
Manchester will show him the door.
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It tells you everything you need to know that Reform are parachuting in a rent-an-extremist - this isn't about representing the people of Gorton and Denton, it's about using this place as a platform for their careers.
Manchester will show him the door.
Manchester will show him the door.
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#WritingCommunity
Please - if you're sharing an excerpt or snippet of your writing as an image - put the text into the ALT text for the image.
If there's no ALT text, I'm a lot less likely to engage. Some people *cannot* engage if there isn't, too.
Help yourself - and your community - out!
<3
Please - if you're sharing an excerpt or snippet of your writing as an image - put the text into the ALT text for the image.
If there's no ALT text, I'm a lot less likely to engage. Some people *cannot* engage if there isn't, too.
Help yourself - and your community - out!
<3
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 AM
#WritingCommunity
Please - if you're sharing an excerpt or snippet of your writing as an image - put the text into the ALT text for the image.
If there's no ALT text, I'm a lot less likely to engage. Some people *cannot* engage if there isn't, too.
Help yourself - and your community - out!
<3
Please - if you're sharing an excerpt or snippet of your writing as an image - put the text into the ALT text for the image.
If there's no ALT text, I'm a lot less likely to engage. Some people *cannot* engage if there isn't, too.
Help yourself - and your community - out!
<3
You know people know you well when you get surprise book related presents like this 📚 😊
#Books #BookSky #AmReading #Happy #BookJoy
#Books #BookSky #AmReading #Happy #BookJoy
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
You know people know you well when you get surprise book related presents like this 📚 😊
#Books #BookSky #AmReading #Happy #BookJoy
#Books #BookSky #AmReading #Happy #BookJoy
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More of a grammar rule because I don’t particularly know writing rules, but I don’t mind splitting infinitives because 1) it often flows better and 2) if someone calls me on it, it’s an excuse to talk about Latin 😅
What's your favorite writing rule to break? Why do you break it? #WritingPrompt
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
More of a grammar rule because I don’t particularly know writing rules, but I don’t mind splitting infinitives because 1) it often flows better and 2) if someone calls me on it, it’s an excuse to talk about Latin 😅
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