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Daryl Marez
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ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ & ᴏᴠᴇʀᴛʜɪɴᴋᴇʀ [ʜᴇ/ᴛʜᴇʏ]
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ɢʜᴏᴜʟ sᴄᴏᴜᴛs, ʀɪᴅᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴘʀɪᴅᴇ +
ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇʀ ʙʟᴏssᴏᴍ sᴇʀɪᴇs
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ᴄᴏᴠᴇɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴅᴇʀ ʙʟᴏꜱꜱᴏᴍ - ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏɴᴇ // ᴏᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ
ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴅᴜʟᴛ • ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴄᴀʟ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ • Qᴜᴇᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ
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Daryl Marez @darylmarez.bsky.social · Jan 7
Hiya! I'm Daryl
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Queer Author | Gaymer | Occasional DJ
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Check out this thread for my posts about:
🪷 Writing & Projects
🏰 Minecraft & Gaming
🎵 Music & Listening
🔧 Tinkering & Nostalgia
📚 Reading & Recommendations
🌈 Community Highlights // #LoreOutLoud
Daryl wearing a t-shirt with rainbows. Author/Daryl logo against a green background.
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 014 // WEEK 2: LEANING INTO HEAT
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Repost the daily prompt with #LoreOutLoud to feature your entry in Queer Authors 🌈✒️ Dive into the feed to explore all the amazing stories unfolding during our community event: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 014 Letting It Be Hot - Where in your work did you let attraction stay messy, intense, or unapologetic? How did that feel to write?
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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markharris.bsky.social
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Just spent 20 minutes arguing with myself about what my MC would actually say in a certain moment...
Spoiler: no conclusion reached

🌈✒️ 📚💙
#AuthorSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
February 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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kattakis.bsky.social
🖤 If you want to give an indie author some love for Valentines/Galentines/Palentines week, leave a review of our books, tell a friend about them, borrow or request them from a library and/or reach out to say something nice. 🖤
February 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 013 // WEEK 2: LEANING INTO HEAT
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 013 Want vs. Worry - Where does desire clash with fear? What’s at stake if the characters give in?
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 012 // WEEK 2: LEANING INTO HEAT
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 012 Heat Without Touch - What scene proves that intimacy doesn't require contact? How is tension built instead?
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
darylmarez.bsky.social
An amazing review for Coven of the Elder Blossom 🪷 I wrote my debut novel with a deep respect for the people and history it's rooted in. To know that came through to a reader is incredibly meaningful—thank you!

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#AuthorSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
4islesbookshop.bsky.social Books, Blogs, & Blunders @4islesbookshop.bsky.social · 3d
It's LIVE, my review of 'Coven of the Elder Blossom is now available for your perusal...

buymeacoffee.com/4islesbooksh...

#blogger #bookreview #BookSky #WriteSky #QueerAuthors🌈✒️
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 011 // WEEK 2: LEANING INTO HEAT
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 011 Testing Boundaries - Where does a character push just a little further than before? What are they hoping will happen?
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Check out my latest one-take session 💖 For anyone already feeling the Valentine's vibes, this one's for you!
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🎧 Listen and share the love:
drive.google.com/file/d/12Lz3...
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#MusicSky #DJMix #MixOfTheDay
V'Day Mix
A mix of music celebrating Valentine's Day 2026
drive.google.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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4islesbookshop.bsky.social
- Action scenes SO powerful I dissociated 🤣😂 [this is a compliment]

- A KILLER cliff-hanger ["absolutely loved this book...when's the next one come out?"]

- RICH set & setting --- PICTURE PAINTED 🎨

So, if you haven't read 'Coven of the Elder Blossom' yet, WHY?

CHECK IT OUT:
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ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ & ᴏᴠᴇʀᴛʜɪɴᴋᴇʀ [ʜᴇ/ᴛʜᴇʏ]
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February 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 010 // WEEK 2: LEANING INTO HEAT
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Repost the daily prompt with #LoreOutLoud to feature your entry in Queer Authors 🌈✒️ Dive into the feed to explore all the amazing stories unfolding during our community event: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 010 The Look - What look between characters carries more meaning than dialogue ever could? What's being said silently?
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Surprise! I was planning to launch a new server, complete with a Queer Authors channel next month. This news now changes everything 🙃
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Does anyone know of any alternatives?
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 009 // WEEK 2: LEANING INTO HEAT
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Repost the daily prompt with #LoreOutLoud to feature your entry in Queer Authors 🌈✒️ Dive into the feed to explore all the amazing stories unfolding during our community event: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 009 Close Enough - Where do characters exist just inside each other's space—physically or emotionally? What makes that closeness charged?
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
To celebrate Bookshop.org (US) now selling paperbacks & ebooks from trad & indie authors (& profit sharing w. indie stores😉)...

Authors: drop your book blurb, graphic & bookshop.org link! Affiliate links are welcome.

(If your ebooks via D2D aren't on Bookshop yet, bookmark this 🧵& add them later!)
February 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 008// WEEK 2: LEANING INTO HEAT
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 008 Unignorable - Which desire in your work refuses to be ignored? How does it make itself known?
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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4islesbookshop.bsky.social
Did I say TWO reviews?! 😬 Seems my goals were loftier than my abilities this week... it happens!

My review of @darylmarez.bsky.social 's novel 'Coven of the Elder Blossom' will be available SOON!

For now, I must assume my #cat slave duties & scoop 💩 out of a 📦. Such is the life of a #writer 💁‍♂️
February 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 007 // WEEK 1: SENSING A SPARK
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 007 Held Breath - What moment from your WIP feels suspended? Why does that pause linger?
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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equitybd.bsky.social
Today we celebrate Stormé DeLarverie! A fearless civil rights activist, performer, and lesbian icon whose courage helped spark the Stonewall uprising. A biracial butch lesbian, Stormé spent decades protecting NYC’s LGBTQ+ community.

#StormeDeLarverie #LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory #Pride
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 006 // WEEK 1: SENSING A SPARK
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 006 Body Recall - Where in your work do bodies speak louder than words?
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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jackshoulder.bsky.social
#TodayInQueerHistory
Feb 5 (1993)
Last Call at Maud's, a documentary about the final night at Maud's, a San Francisco lesbian bar which ran from 1966-1989, was released #OTD.
Maud's was described as a "clubhouse, community center and bar". The owner, Rikki Streicher, also co-founded the Gay Games.
A poster for last call at Maud's, featuring archival photos
February 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
darylmarez.bsky.social
Day 005 // WEEK 1: SENSING A SPARK
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 005 Low Flame - What character connection simmers quietly instead of burning loud? Why does that kind of heat matter to you?
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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digduglett.bsky.social
MUPPETS ARE SO BACK OMGGGGG
February 5, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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disnerd89.bsky.social
I watched The Muppet Show 3 times today I really like it
a row of sesame street characters are lined up on a shelf
ALT: a row of sesame street characters are lined up on a shelf
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February 5, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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monstergram7.bsky.social
Today is WEDnesday- a mermaid and sunken treasure (Submarine Voyage, Disneyland)
#disneyland #submarinevoyage #mermaid #stickynoteart #disney #disneyparks #waltdisneyworld #magickingdom #todayiswednesday
A mermaid adorned with several strands of pearls casually leans on top of a treasure chest. A sight to sea.
February 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Day 004 // WEEK 1: SENSING A SPARK
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#LoreOutLoud, a community event logo against a globe; Hosted by Daryl. A pile of candy hearts as the background; Day 004 Sparkline Memory - When was the last time a scene made you stop and think, oh. there it is. What about it reignited you?
February 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM