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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open!
@chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
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I write and do art things, just your average local gay | he/she/they | 🚫 AI/NFT 🚫 | don't steal my stuff I'm watching

my socials (and comms info): https://tcsmith.carrd.co/
I wrote a sequel: https://books2read.com/scarsoftheraven
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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · Oct 10
We all like indie books here yeah? Good news! We have a mega bundle of relatively unknown indie books that deserve more readers! You can get the whole thing for just $38:

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚
A graphic featuring some of the books in the under-rated books bundle, surrounding some text in the middle. Text reads: "itch.io under-rated bundle. oct 9th to 13th. bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." two rows of five stars can be seen above and below the text.
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
It's Black Friday season! Book 1 will be FREE Friday 28th - December 4th for Black Friday all the way until its 2nd book birthday! Get started on STORIES OF THE ANCIENT LANDS today, we have:

✨ epic fantasy battles
👑 political intrigue
🐺 an adorable werewolf
❤️ slow burn romance
🌈 queer & ND rep

🔗👇
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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punkdawg.bsky.social
Marwari horse

How long has it been since the last time I drew a horse? too long.

#art #horse
bust of a stylized marwari horse
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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conradaltmann.com
Zero ai in these Black Friday bundles. All indie authors and a variety of genres. Running today and tomorrow!

Make sure you check out the smaller sub-bundles too for more savings. 📚💙 #booksky

itch.io/b/3378/black...
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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conradaltmann.com
Memento Moreau has been declassified to the public.

conradaltmann.itch.io/memento-more...

Ethics are pushed to the wayside when scientific advancement is on the line. These seven accounts, recently liberated from HBT’s archives tell the stories of both victims and perpetrators.
📚💙🪐🌱 #booksky
The cover of “Memento Moreau: seven accounts from the HBT classified archives” by Conrad Altmann. Shows a scattering of manila folders with suspicious stains, an unsecured Petri dish and an orchid peeking from between the pages.
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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prismagic.bsky.social
[WIP, TBD]
Just let me look a little older, let me step a little bolder
A sketch of a long haired paladin. He holds his hand up with fingers crossed, pours blood from a chalice. His head and neck are wrapped in golden thorn brambles.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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blackbirb.bsky.social
"Oh you're just gonna end a friendship because of AI"

Let me tell you something... If I can't fucking *respect you*, we can't be friends. And shilling AI is one of the quickest fucking ways I'll lose every ounce of respect for someone. Simple as.
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
PSA to my fellow indies that if you're going to sign up for an itch-io bundle, make sure you actually check your emails and socials bc-

I mean this is ridiculous. 63 people might have to re-approve the bundle soon because ONE person couldn't be bothered checking my three emails or Insta DM
A screenshot of an itch.io bundle stuck in draft mode with the status "waiting on one participant"
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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lynnstrong.bsky.social
Hey #weaintbuyingit folks: My books are available worldwide through other stores (and libraries) besides Amazon, but Amazon has made up 95% of my sales (and the runner up is @queerliblib.bsky.social 💙)

When boycott waves happen, I haven't seen uptick in Kobo or B&N - I just see drops in all sales.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
#SaveSpeech

starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!

stop-paypros.neocities.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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acvalens.com
Spoke to a second source familiar with what’s going on with paypro censorship toward me. It seems I’ve been blacklisted among paypros as a creator, particularly for mommy domme content. This could escalate into debanking, I learned
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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acvalens.com
Kindly ask folks to raise a stink about this everywhere and anywhere. Money and all that can come later. It’s just a five-alarm fire situation now

bsky.app/profile/acva...
acvalens.com Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 10d
Spoke to a second source familiar with what’s going on with paypro censorship toward me. It seems I’ve been blacklisted among paypros as a creator, particularly for mommy domme content. This could escalate into debanking, I learned
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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mcburnellauthor.bsky.social
Found family is a trope I can't quit and don't want to. Come bask in the warmth of choosing who you love and what they mean to you!

🌈📚🪐
itch.io/b/3334/not-a...
Pale purple blotches with text on top. Text: Not all family is blood an itchi-io bundle with found families/friendship November 17 to 21
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com
IT LIIIIVES! Riyati Ripple is officially out! Come for the traumatized teens, stay for the increasingly further traumatized teens

Direct 🏠 store.aquakatpublishing.com/collection/r...
Itch Bundle 🔗 riyati.ink/itch-ripple
Other Retailers 🛒 riyati.ink/ripple

📚📢📚💙 🌈📚🌎 🪐📚⚔️🌈🚀 #QueerSFF #QueerAdultSFF
Header text that reads, “Every act of defiance steers you into the person you were always meant to become.” A 3d mockup of an ereader with Riyati Ripple’s cover is on the left. On the right, the following bullets are listed: Third book in series Dark Fantasy Contemporary & low fantasy with urban fantasy elements Buffy x Persona 4 Vibes 1st Person & Multi PoV Classism & effects of generational poverty Demi, ND fMC Found Family Reincarnations Intricate Elemental Magic Childhood Friends Slow Burn 97k words (~320 pages) Retailers Logos for the itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Kobo, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle are listed. Underneath says "+ more @ riyati.ink/ripple" The promo image is yellow and brown colors, with a faded yellow magic glyph with foreign characters. Text reads as follows: “After Nimaka’s death and the older selves returning to their own time, Kylie ran from all she’d known and grown up with at North Opal Pines, but she soon learns she can’t run far or fast enough. She thought she could leave it all behind: go back to being a normal high school student, make new friends, keep her grades up and her mother happy. But Nimaka’s death has only rallied the two others, and now they’ve stalked Kylie to her new school. Even worse, they have a mysterious new leader who no longer seeks to just kill Kylie but all those she knows and loves…. and the body count is rising. Kylie can’t get by on “just surviving” anymore: to protect herself — let alone those around her — she must become as strong and cunning as Siani was, or everyone she’s ever known and loved will die with her.” Illustrated character art for Kylie Rae, Jordan Boyle, and Maya Van Daele are together. To their right are mockups of an ereader, smartphone, and print book that has Riyati Ripple’s cover. Under the mockups is the text “riyati.ink/ripple” in a bubble. There are faded yellow particles and a yellow faded glyph on a black background. On top of the particles and glyph is text that reads: I just needed the damn piece of paper. That’s all that mattered. I could do this, would do this. Yet despite telling myself that more than once in the past few weeks, I still wondered if this had been nothing but a massive mistake. I pulled my jacket tighter around myself. Outside was like a humid swamp hell, but they must’ve had the AC running full blast inside. It worked for the best since I preferred long sleeves, but outside of work, I hadn’t been in an AC’ed environment in weeks now — nearing a month. It brought me back to the question I’d asked myself so many times now: how was I going to do this?   Just as predictably, there was only one answer as well: it didn’t matter; I had no other option.   -Maya On the bottom left, there is a picture of a teenage girl with dark brown hair and light emerald eyes pensively looking to the side. To her right, retailer logos are listed as follows: itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/ripple” is under the retailer logos. Riyati Ripple Launch Sales! Aquakat Publishing Direct Store: 20% off total order with code RippleRelease, valid until Nov 17 Google Play Books Bundle Discounts Buy 2 Riyati books & get 25% off Buy 3 Riyati books & get 40% off itch.io Bundle Buy all three Riyati books for $9.99 (reg. $14.97), valid until Nov 17
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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pinsterwglasses.com
Two more dono sketches! This time for @lezulla.bsky.social !
A digital, black and white, anime bust sketch of an elf character with dark hair and elegant clothing. A digital, black and white, anime bust sketch of a woman with piercing light eyes.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
I'm running an end-of-year fantasy bundle for indie books! If you have a fantasy book on itch-io, you can sign up below:

forms.gle/45t5y5NVCP...

📦📚 #BookSky
A green graphic for the end of year fantasy bundle with a silhouette of a man in a hat standing on a cliff looking at a hovering dragon. text reads: "end of year indie fantasy bundle. december 1st to 15th. sign ups open"
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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nollthere.bsky.social
Drop something blue
Digital painting of a bunch of blue, green, and white fabric rumpled and wrinkled in a pile. In the center is a white swan, swimming serenely in a black rectangle void floating beneath it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
hekk why not let's do this

1 like = 1 SOTAL lore drop
kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 23d
About to go to bed, but I'll post now and catch up in the morning: 1 like = 1 Riyati lore drop
ddwardiswriting.bsky.social Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 23d
1 like = 1 Lore drop

First commemt picks whether its Moonlight Hearts, The Last Paladin, or Star Sentinels.
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com
About to go to bed, but I'll post now and catch up in the morning: 1 like = 1 Riyati lore drop
ddwardiswriting.bsky.social Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 23d
1 like = 1 Lore drop

First commemt picks whether its Moonlight Hearts, The Last Paladin, or Star Sentinels.
victorylime.bsky.social Avery Bluesky 🌌 @victorylime.bsky.social · 23d
1 like = 1 lore drop

I will try to come up with as much good lore as I can because I contain multitudes probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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bornangelauthor.bsky.social
NEW BUNDLE!
2nd in series! If you bought the first in series back in August, you should pick up this bundle too! 20 books for $19! You can pick up HAUNTED ANGEL, the sequel to STAINED ANGEL which was a part of the August bundle.

itch.io/b/3359/conti...

#Booksky #BookBundle
Books in the bundle: (From L to R, T to B) White Out by Suzanne Schmidt Death of Summer by Ninanjan Soul of Ash by H.L. Moore Riyati Rivals by Kai Zeal Prajwalita by Geetha Kreshnan Moonshadow's Champion by Dianna Gunn The Wish of a Dragon by JD Rivers Land by Bjorn Larssen Cosmonaut: The Lunar Wars by Laika L Gagarin Kranlian Rendevous by Simon Wolfe Haunted by the Undead by C.L. Carhart The Elefae Champion by Chris Mitchell The Haunted Angel by Jenn A. Morales Exolegacy by Conrad Altmann Child of the Forest by Audrey Simmons The Bull at the Start by M.C. Burnell To Spy a Star by Jonathan Nevair Face of the Nether by William C. Tracy
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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rabahber.bsky.social
#Bonktober69 14: Translucent

She does have some shapeshifting powers

(As in, when she eats organs, she adds them to herself, so don't ask where she got that from)

#art
Sakuri, a ragdoll hopmunculus, posing in a translucent blue dress. One can see her breast against the thin fabric, and a large penis dnagling between her legs. She is sheepishly gesturing at you to stay quiet
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
I'm running an end-of-year fantasy bundle for indie books! If you have a fantasy book on itch-io, you can sign up below:

forms.gle/45t5y5NVCP...

📦📚 #BookSky
A green graphic for the end of year fantasy bundle with a silhouette of a man in a hat standing on a cliff looking at a hovering dragon. text reads: "end of year indie fantasy bundle. december 1st to 15th. sign ups open"
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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lucyturnspages.bsky.social
If you see this please subscribe! I'm just 44 subscribers away from my dream goal but it's difficult! I post cute cozy lofi

youtu.be/doD5276IBXw?... 🦔

Thank you 🫶🏼

Get 3 audiobooks for the price of 1 with the code SWITCH: libro.fm/referral?rf_... 📚
One Thing at a Time 💫 | Cozy Cute Capybaras 🩵 | Lofi Chill for Relaxation & Focus
YouTube video by Cozy Crew Lofi
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November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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edubenart.bsky.social
Oooo it's alive! 👀 Please check the kickstarter of this zine full of awesome art of many OCs by many artists (including a full page from me :D)!!! 💙💙💙
moonlitguild.bsky.social ⭐️ Moonlit Guild ✨️🌙 Kickstarter is LIVE! @moonlitguild.bsky.social · 25d
The Kickstarter is now LIVE!! 🎉✨️

If you want to help support human artists and love TTRPG's along with original characters, then this project is for you! ✨️

Please consider backing it, and any shares are greatly appreciated 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Moonlight Soirée: A TTRPG Character Zine
A zine themed around the gala session of your TTRPG campaign! Featuring work from 40+ creatives, along with original characters!
www.kickstarter.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
no, I think it’s incredibly good actually that Bluesky gives people opt-in tools that allow them to use social media *without* constantly getting into stupid fights with strangers.
willoremus.com Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 24d
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.

Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Margaret Mitchell, who was famously fired from Google after co-authoring the seminal "Stochastic Parrots" paper, has been posting on X lately because she is caught up in mass blocklists of AI industry people on Bluesky, making the platform borderline unusable for her. Here she's on X quote-tweeting fellow AI ethics researcher Giada Pistilli, who is in the same boat. Pistilli said: I really wanted 🦋 to work, but it looks like I’m on the worst block lists out there. Oh, well. Mitchell said: I think what many 🦋 Bsky users may be overlooking is that they’re blocking people in positions of influence *who want to listen to them*. As someone influentialish in AI ethics, it’s important for me to know what creators, critics, Luddites, etc., are thinking and seeing. Mitchell added in a second post: I’m an advocate in tech directly aligned with a lot of their values in the very spaces where decisions that affect them are being made. I need the stats, articles, hot takes…all the deets they can give me so I can be prepared when talking to regulators,academics, techies, etc
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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aimeecozza.com
Oh I'll credit the artist alright

it's me

I'm the artist

#Art #TLM #TWM
Full wraparound cover of The Warm Machine by Aimee Cozza with no synopsis on the back. It features two robots in different settings, one behind a fence and the other in a construction site, looking at the same colorful sunset. Full wraparound cover of The Lucky Machine by Aimee Cozza with no synopsis on the back. It features a shiny robot, walking across a fire escape catwalk towards a greenish lit shop, with a man in silhouette working inside.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM