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Beth Cohen

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Asexual AuDHD author editing a portal fantasy with a fat ND heroine. Cat servant. Anti-genAI. 🏳️‍🌈 🍉 ✨ It’s a pen name, mom. She/her. 💻 https://linktr.ee/BethCohenWrites

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hi all! I’m Beth, your friendly neighborhood thirtysomething fantasy author. I write about fat, queer, disabled characters, and I can’t wait for you to meet them!

📖 Read my (free!) short stories: bethcohenwrites.com/short-stories

💻 Around the web: I’m @bethcohenwrites on all major channels.

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1h

I did so much Book Admin today please clap

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 5h

ok no I got overwhelmed with actually making edits today so maybe I'll just trim down all the comments to things that need action and work on one a day until my line edits are due

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 5h

thinking about changing my discord handle to match with this branding. I made it before I really committed to the whole pen name thing, and I'd like to join another server or two before Moonshadow is published.

Is that a hard thing to do? Do other folks manage multiple discord profiles?

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 19h

sorry but do y'all know about rice crispy treats? why do these things go so hard

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 22h

ABSOLUTRLY LETS GO

a polar bear is standing in a glass container with snow falling behind it .

Alt: A spotted seal in a tube floating upwards

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 23h

if you could open a portal to your favorite fictional world, which world would it be?

moonshadow is a portal fantasy and i don't think my main character Rhea has ever thought about it. she loves a good fantasy book, but her feet are firmly planted in her chicago accounting job.

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

which language should I learn next year

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

twilight's soundtrack did NOT have to go that hard

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

What also gets me is “shoot me a message for dimensions” JUST PUT THEM IN THE AD

a white cat yawning with its mouth open

Alt: a white cat yawning with its mouth open

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I DONT GET IT

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

TELL ME WHAT SIZE THE DRESS IS, SANDRA. GIVE ME THE DIMENSIONS OF THE TABLE, PAUL!!!

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

My toxic trait is getting on Facebook marketplace and asking questions for information that should be in the listing but isn't, even if I have no intention of buying.

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I am firmly of the belief that we would have a chiller society if some people just accepted some healthy kink in their lives

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I'm taking Friday off and I'm using my floating holiday for Monday, so I have a four day weekend coming up.

Goals:

- FINISH MOONGLOW DEV EDITS
- create some good batched content
- nap lots

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you thank you!

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes when your hair cooperates, you gotta photograph it

A selfie of Beth, a white femme with pink and purple hair

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I think something is gonna happen today 👀

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 3d

in Moonshadow, Rhea is gifted a silver circlet with a teardrop-shaped moonstone that rests in the center of her forehead. It's one of the few magical pieces of gear she wears.

What do you think it does?

(please enjoy my crappy canva illustration)

a woman's silhouette on a purple fantasy-like background. There is an illustrated circlet, like a crown, on her forehead. in papyrus font, the text reads "graphic design is my passion"

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Bagels.

Thoughts?

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 3d

people seem to forget that Harrowhark Nonagesimus is a nun. a LITERAL nun. like you whatever with your AUs but making her goth just because she reads that way TO US wouldn't translate to a modern AU.

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 3d

sometimes I see xrays of someone with a typical spine and I'm just shocked at how STRAIGHT it is. #JustScoliosisThings

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 3d

readers will be like "i needed that" and it was just harnessing their own inherent power and taking down an empire

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Oooh thanks!

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 4d

What's your favorite non-humanoid creature from a book? I always love a good fairy or chimera, personally!

In Moonshadow, my favorite is Vasa the fox. Vasa is the beloved familiar of Ysea, the greatest mage on the western continent (and my main character's mentor.) She loves to steal snacks.

A stock photo of a fox sniffing at the camera, from Sunguk Kim on Unsplash

Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 4d

it's okay to be fat!

it's okay to be fat because of medication, or injury, or disability. it's okay to be fat for any reason, for no reason, or just because you like being fat.

the only person who gets to decide what happens to your body is you!

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