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Sass Everett @sasseverett.bsky.social · 1d

My novella The Hand That Feeds still makes me very happy! I loved writing these characters so much
books2read.com/u/4APvDq
sasseverett.itch.io/the-hand-tha...
#lgbtqwriteathon

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 10:

What will you find in my Skeleton Crew cozy series?

- Chaos Kittens
- Found Family
- An adorable autistic vampire + their witchy girlfriend
- Knitting
- a cozy paranormal world filled with magic and mystery

readerlinks.com/l/4105779

#CozyMystery #ParanormalRomance

a photo collage including the book cover for A Curse for Samhain, A photo of tacos, a raven, a roll of yarn with knitting needles, and a tarot card reading.

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 1d

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 1d

The Ace Bee makes me so happy every time I use it.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

Curious if folks are getting the impression that those around them are unaware antifa is not an org? We know this admin is dead set on pretending it is & many media are uncritically perpetuating that. Feels like we’re watching an elite disinfo campaign move in both a rapid and absurdist fashion.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 1d

As a birder this breaks my heart. As a citizen of this extraordinary planet, this breaks my soul.

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 9:

Share pride flags or pride flag inspired moodboards for your WIP today!

The grief brain fog is strong today and I'm not up to making a moodboard. Gif it will have to be.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

It's clear by now that the Democrats won't press this case as aggressively as it needs to be pressed, and the media won't do that unless they have Democrats' quotes to use as a springboard either.

They won't do this work, so it's even more important that we circulate these stories ourselves.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 3d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 8:

What genre is your WIP?

I suppose Contemporary Romance is the genre that fits the closest.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 8:

What genre is your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 8: Genres.
BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 4d

/adds to lexicon/

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 5d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 4d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 7:

What is the setting and/or time period of your WIP?

It's set in Cornwall. Time period? I don't really say specifically but at the very least, it's after the LOTR's trilogy came out lol.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 4d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 7:

What is the setting and/or time period of your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 4d

Oh hey please subscribe
I talk about writing, media, tea and various other things catching my fancy
(and to everyone who remained subscribed while it lay fallow, thank you SO MUCH).

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 4d

Quick reminder I'm slowly restarting my patreon and you can subscribe here for recipes, excerpts, and nerdy deep dives
www.patreon.com/aliettedebod...

Also my newsletter is here if you'd rather
www.aliettedebodard.com/newsletter

www.patreon

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone should get to see themself in fiction. But I often can't find as much neurodiverse rep as I'd like, especially in SFF.

So for ADHD Awareness Month, I've gathered 22 mainly ADHD authors & their fantasy/ other books with main/significant ADHD chars in this bundle

🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

Adhd Awareness Month Fiction.
By mostly ADHD authors, most with 1+ significant ADHD character(s)
22 Book. Oct 1st-15th

Covers:
The Lady and the List, Elizabeth Briars
Side Tracked, S.K. Kelly
The Harmony of Falling Snow, Andora Brokaw
Bestiary Beas
The Players Act 1, Amy Sparks
The Weight of Her Gaze, RJ Martin
He of the Trees, Rob Macwolf
Song of the Wolf, T.C. Smith
Tales of Yamato, Odessa Silver
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle, Steve Hugh Westenra
Manipulator's War, Elise Carlson
A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger
Heart of Stone, Johannes T. Evans
Lantern, Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Wizard's Debt, Niranjan
Blood, D.C. Hart
Ancient as the Stars, Maya Darjani
A Dark Hole Darly, Drew Melbourne
Translucent, Wayward Spark
War of the Space Dargons, L'Poni Baldwin
Ants Waking, R.J. Huneke
Rage in a Cage, Joachim Heijndermans

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 5d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 6:

Goals day! What are your goals this week?

I'd really like to manage 600 words a day. It would keep me on track to finally wrap this WIP up by the end of October. We'll see.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 5d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 6:

Goals day! What are your goals this week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Rob Mullins @robertmullins.bsky.social · 5d

If I were an investigative journalist in the UK (are there any left?), I would be having a good look at the extent to which NHS leadership seems to have allied itself with a fringe medical movement that more or less condones conversion therapy. qnews.com.au/australian-r...

Australian report says UK’s Cass review should not guide transgender healthcare

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

qnews.com.au

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 5d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Andy Brokaw @andybwriting.bsky.social · 8d

#QueerWritersChat

I'm in a bundle of stuff with ADHD authors and/or characters right now. It's at itch.io/b/3300/adhd-....

You can also read about my MMF triad romantasy specifically and find its first 3 chapters at andorabrokaw.com/the-harmony-...

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J.M. Vázquez AKA Arwym @jmvazquez.bsky.social · 7d

It’s not exactly a promo? Not sure. But this is regarding a side project I started a couple of years ago, inspired by a short creative writing assignment I submitted for a class in 2021.

I’m working on a short story titled The Awakened Queen, and this is the moodboard I created for it a while ago.

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AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 6d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 5:

Line share day! Today's theme: fall

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 19d

My lovely gems!

I've decided to schedule the book release date following the campaign, Dec 17th! If you're interested in this book, the best way to get it is backing it!

ALL backers will get the ebook day 1!!

Follow now so you don't miss when it's live!
#booksky #writesky #tbb25 #bookbazaar25

Get Ready for Gems and Star Flowers Audiobook Campaign

From Amara Lynn - Get Ready for Gems and Star Flowers Audiobook Campaign

www.backerkit.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6d

not a real person (whatever that means)

*stares directly into the camera*

you know...that it's not...a person, right?

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 7d

*takes massive bong rip*

hailey
@hailey.at • 6h
an unfortunate irony about this post - and even if you are the staunchest anti-ai critic out there, i think you'd agree - is that some of the most bigoted things are being said to respond to this. copy/pasting phrasing and terminology used by bigots but replacing "dna" with "bits" doesn't make it ok
4J @dystopiabreaker.xyz • 3d
i'm completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron
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hailey
@hailey.at • 6h
if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 7d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 4:

Check in day. How was your week?

Well, I managed to hit my goal for the week and I'm on track to hit my goal for the month, but it's early days.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 7d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 4:

Check in day. How was your week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 7d

“We’re never too old to restart a romance. The question is…do you have the courage to try?”

books2read.com/skeletoncrew...

Dark blue/purple background with a faded graphic of knitting needles and a ball of yarn. Over the graphic is a kindle and a paperback version of the cover.
A black cat sits to the left of the books.
Cover: a dark blue cover with a black castle, a Scottish flag, a black cat, and books floating around. Words: A Skeleton Crew Anthology by Dahlia Donovan. Folklore, Fated mates, and Deleted Scenes. A Mixed Stew of Everything.

Text in the center of image: Queer love, cozy crimes, and a dash of chaos

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