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Web serial author and half of The Shadows Crew. Host of #LateNightWrite. She/her, demiromantic asexual. Shadows Rise: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/24665/shadows-rise Solo projects on: http://ko-fi.com/blackbirb Profile pic by @oddlywynn.bsky.social

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · Oct 11

Hey there, Bluesky! I'm Blackbird, a Brazilian ace/demiromantic web serial author and translator. I ramble about my characters, meme, bitch about life and occasionally have opinions™️. I also co-host #LateNightWrite every other Monday night! You can learn a bit more about my work in the replies.👇

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Avery Aldan @averyaldan.bsky.social · 12h

You can ask me 728million music questions, I'm here all day!

Yeah I totally don't intend on making a stream comeback next year at twitch.tv/toxelola, absolutely not

#LateNightWrite

Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Thank you for joining us this week! Feel free to use this space to share links to your work, or anything you want people to go and check!

Simple canva graphic displaying the same prompt as the body of the post.

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 18h

And that was HALF the main cast now. So I'll do the rest tomorrow.

What you thought I was kidding? There is a whole damn lot of them. SR is the stupidest work of art to ever come out of my brain. 😆

Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 18h

Shadows Rise character theme #5:

Kyle. Fire boye. He's considerably less feral than Seb, which, you wouldn't expect from how he started out in Arc 01 but... Well, compared to Seb, the bar there is low. lol

Again whole song in this one, hit play and enjoy.

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 18h

Shadows Rise character themes #4:

Sebastian! Chaos child. The BOI.

This one would require a lil bit more explanation but let's just say that with knowledge of Valcrest lore the line "I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass" takes on a whole different meaning. lol

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 18h

Shadows Rise character theme #3:

Gerry! My grumpy fucken man. Because he's always building shit around the Wolf Hunters' base I've often joked that he should have been an architect or engineer.

"Some people build towers, I just dig holes" just sums him up way too damn well.

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 18h

Shadows Rise character theme #2:

Johanna. Babygirl. My tragic little murder hobo.

I don't have a specific quote to attach her to this song it's all of it.

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 18h

Shadows Rise Character themes #1:

Gabe Gabe Gabe Gabe... My problem child. My favorite human disaster. What am I to fucking do with you.

"I'm two steps from salvation
But I'm only taking one
Pardon me"

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 18h

You know what, in honor of #LateNightWrite having a musical theme tonight and wanting to go back to talking about SR since I'm working on the next chapter... I'm gonna quote my og character intros with a link to their theme songs. I got time, fuck it.

Sorry for the little bit of spam coming up. :)

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 19h

I love that song so much. Especially the acoustic version. It's so good.

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Stephanie Caye @kittensyay.bsky.social · 19h

#latenightwrite v excited to say I'm actually writing again after like four months of being mentally blocked. AND I am a huge dork and definitely have links to my book playlists on my website right at the bottom of this page heeeere: stephaniecaye.com#random

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Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 4d

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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💽 Cats' Jukebox @catatante.bsky.social · 20h

Returning to my world-building nonsense now #LateNightWrite, thanks for the distraction!
I'm still working out whether I'm going to build a website or now, but for now my writing's still located on ToyHouse. If you want to read my con-world's in-universe articles, go here: toyhou.se/~world/92125...

Snippet of an Obsidian note, with the heading "Marriage Customs in Ceres". The rest of the text is as follows:

Like a majority of the civilizations in Primaria, marriages in Ceres are both legal and spiritual proceedings. Since Ceresian culture prioritizes community above all else, most-- if not all-- of them focus on the union of families, rather than the union of individuals. It is mostly unheard of for a Ceresian to marry without permission or acknowledgement given by their families, but this does happen-- especially in the case of estranged, traditionalist families, or inter-ethnic pairings.

Collapsible box titled "Out-of-Conworld Note":

Even though these marriage customs are directly inspired by the traditional wedding ceremonies of the countries used as inspiration for these civilizations, this guide is not 100% based in our reality. This is due to the fact that the Humans in this con-world carried with them their old traditions, and those traditions ended up adapting to the struggles of living on this planet over millennia. (That, and most countries only do Western weddings nowadays, which is boring.)

Philosophies may remain, and imperialistic influence might still exist as well. Most of it is accurate to reality, but the "errors" that you see might just be intentional. Be mindful of this!

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 19h

#LateNightWrite I have an itch page here, and a current sale going on so you can get TWO books for the price of less than one! itch.io/s/159371/cos...

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Emil Bronze @tangurple.bsky.social · 19h

Here’s my linktree which has all the sites I upload to including the book that’ll serve as my official debut story

linktr.ee/tangurple

Cover art for the book Heart of Oak by Emil Bronze. It depicts a water color style illustration of a grassy hill beside a large lone oak tree

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Steph (they/she) Editor @ottersediting.com · 20h

#LateNightWrite thanks for all the fun songs!! You can check out my website here, where I do editing, and the blog is connected!

I posted a poem today if you want to check that out!

ottersediting.com

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 20h

it doesn't have a playlist and i don't think i even listened to music while writing it, but i'd love it if you checked out my sapphic ace romantasy about two disaster queers raising a baby dragon #LateNightWrite
books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6
vriccithode.itch.io/the-dragon-n...

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Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite
Thank you for hosting! This was fun!!
I’m revealing the cover for The Need for Dandelions later this month! Check it out!

bsky.app/profile/appl...

Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Thank you for joining us this week! Feel free to use this space to share links to your work, or anything you want people to go and check!

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 20h

add THE LORD OF THE WOOD to a TBR:

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

TheStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/books/d27e0a...

#LateNightWrite

Goodreads

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

www.goodreads.com

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 20h

buy THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS in hardcover (US/Canada) or paperback (Australia/NZ):

hardcover: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

paperback: hares-hyenas.com.au/p/the-keeper...

#LateNightWrite

The Keeper of Lonely Spirits

Check out The Keeper of Lonely Spirits - <strong>"Anderson writes a curmudgeonly immortal protagonist and a (literally) haunting story full of heart; a delightful novel." --<em>Library Journal</em> st...

bookshop.org

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Ms. Ocampo Writes @msocampowrites.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Just gonna share the link one more time. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP3MS2QP

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 20h

my upcoming queer cozy horror THE LORD OF THE WOOD (which has no playlist) is now on Goodreads and TheStoryGraph

and my queer cozy fantasy THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (which has a playlist roughly movie soundtrack in style) is out now

links below! (including to playlist)

#LateNightWrite

Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Thank you for joining us this week! Feel free to use this space to share links to your work, or anything you want people to go and check!

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Raven de Acutis 🌙🦁🐐 @north0fnowhere.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Yay! Thank you for hosting!

Find the freshly completed Thy Carrion Kind here: archiveofourown.org/works/62847453 (requires account)

And be on the look out for spooky/Halloween themed one shot coming soon! 😁

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20h

Never beating the car shitting allegations (unfortunately because they are true)

S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 20h

#LateNightWrite

Thank you for hosting, Bird!

Hey everyone. Want to read the novella that came out of a short story that Bird threatened to shit on my car for? Well it's up for preorder :D

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTWJ89VC

Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Thank you for joining us this week! Feel free to use this space to share links to your work, or anything you want people to go and check!

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 20h

Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Thank you for joining us this week! Feel free to use this space to share links to your work, or anything you want people to go and check!

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Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20h

#LateNightWrite Folks! *clap* it's finally happening... I'm working Shadows Rise again. Which means that if it's been so damn long you don't even know what I'm talking about... now is the time to check it out before an update comes!

www.royalroad.com/fiction/2466...

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