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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 2d

Tysm!! 🥰 it’s been super fun to write so far 💙
One of the reasons I’m making it a sci-fi romance was so I can really hon in on the characters and their experience. Cal learning to “become human” while exploring his own process of what feeling and life means to him. Really excited to share this one 😁

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 2d

What does it mean to be alive?

Meet Cal and Vivienne, the heart of my sci-fi romance ALIVE, a story about a human and an AI learning what it means to feel, to want, to choose.

I’m obsessed 🥹 how do they look?

#SciFi #Romance #Art #RomanceBook #BookArt #WriteSky #WriterCommunity #BookSky #Scifi

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 2d

What does it mean to be alive?

Meet Cal and Vivienne, the heart of my sci-fi romance ALIVE, a story about a human and an AI learning what it means to feel, to want, to choose.

I’m obsessed 🥹 how do they look?

#SciFi #Romance #Art #RomanceBook #BookArt #WriteSky #WriterCommunity #BookSky #Scifi

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 7d

💾 ALIVE 💾

He wasn’t built to love her, but he learned anyway 🤖💙
A sci-fi romance duology about a human & an android learning to feel.
🫂 Found family • 🍰 Sweet, spicy, a little scientific • 💻 Emotional malfunctions pending

#Scifi #Romance #WIP #AI #Android #Spicy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

WIP REVEAL
ALIVE

GENRE: Sci-fi Romance
WORDS: 100–130k
POV: first person, present tense
BOOK TYPE: Duet
SETTING: Near-Future City

MAIN CAST:
C4-L1 – security android/AI
VIVIENNE – knitter & freelance journalist
RAVEN – tech genius & best friend

VIBE: romantic, sweet & spicy, funny, and heartfelt

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ALIVE?

He was designed to be a tool, not to feel.
But when an android begins to experience something like love, both he and his human companion are forced to question what makes someone truly alive.

A MACHINE LEARNS TO LOVE, AND A WOMAN LEARNS WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS
Love, laughter, and the philosophy of being human.
Domestic warmth with a side of science.
Sweet romance, spicy intimacy.
He wasn’t made for pleasure, but he learns fast.

HE WASN’T BUILT TO LOVE HER, BUT HE LEARNED ANYWAY

For those who enjoy their romances sweet & spicy, a little nerdy, and a little existential.

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 7d

💾 ALIVE 💾

He wasn’t built to love her, but he learned anyway 🤖💙
A sci-fi romance duology about a human & an android learning to feel.
🫂 Found family • 🍰 Sweet, spicy, a little scientific • 💻 Emotional malfunctions pending

#Scifi #Romance #WIP #AI #Android #Spicy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 14d

The #WIPSnips word for October 16th is "might"

I have the word! And even better KORDOK IS AWAKE! 🎉 he’s been awake for a little bit in my draft but I haven’t posted any snippet of him. In this scene he recently woke up and we are all happy (except him)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Brass Hearts Part Three

Kordok let out a faint huff that cracked into a cough, eyes shutting. “Oh good, sounds like I’ve got so much to look forward to.” When his eyes finally opened again his mouth twitched, that half-grin tugging at ruined lips. “Well, I guess I’m glad you’re here with me. If I’ve gotta wake up to someone, might as well be your ugly face.”
Johanna huffed a laugh that came out more like a scoff. “You could have easily woken up to angels. Instead you’re still stuck with me.”
“Figures. I’ve never been lucky.”
Instead of voicing her response, she perched herself on the edge of his cot and leaned down until her head rested against his chest. His arms lifted weakly, wrapping around her shoulders. Johanna squeezed her eyes shut as she sank into him. For a moment, she thought she heard a faint sniffle above her, but before she could be sure, his voice cracked out again—shaky, but trying for his old bite.
“…I really hate to tell you this, buddy, but even if you did rescue us and all…” His chest hitched under her. “…you’re still not my type.”

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 14d

The #WIPSnips word for October 16th is "might"

I have the word! And even better KORDOK IS AWAKE! 🎉 he’s been awake for a little bit in my draft but I haven’t posted any snippet of him. In this scene he recently woke up and we are all happy (except him)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 14d

The #WIPSnips word for October 15th is "care"

Technically I used “careful” 😅 Johanna’s healing arc might get cut down a lot during post 1st draft editing but I’ve been enjoying exploring her mindset. Writing her thoughts are kinda therapeutic even

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 14d

The #WIPSnips word for October 15th is "care"

Technically I used “careful” 😅 Johanna’s healing arc might get cut down a lot during post 1st draft editing but I’ve been enjoying exploring her mindset. Writing her thoughts are kinda therapeutic even

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 18d

The #WIPSnips word for October 12th is "hope"

Lenna has a perfect except for the word today 🖤 (my tendency to overwrite shines through always but in some cases it pays off, this time I think it did)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Brass Hearts Part Three

The Covenant had raised her that way. An orphanage dressed up as salvation, but it was a cage all the same. Days regimented with prayers, lectures, punishments. Lessons about sin drilled into her ears until she believed her own body was damnation walking. Fear of hell—they made it her whole world. She’d been told her skin, her body, her womanhood were burdens she had to justify. That obedience was her only hope. That questioning was rebellion. That rebellion was sin. That sin meant fire and brimstone.
They’d taught her to mistrust her own thoughts, to hate the parts of herself that didn’t fit their neat little categories, and she’d believed them. She had prayed herself hoarse, sobbing, begging God to please make her right, to please forgive her for simply existing as she was. That kind of terror carved its way into her bones and made her sure she’d never escape. Even now, years later, part of her still clenched at the fear of flames that possibly weren’t hers, if they were real at all, but felt personal enough to burn still.

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 19d

The #WIPSnips word for October 10th is "prize"

Gonna try to do these more daily again, but here is me gifting you an argument between Lenna and Raylar 😂 love my Leos

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Brass Hearts Part Three

Her tone iced over, “I had nothing to do with that. Your genius plan is what messed everything up. Stop deflecting and grow up. If Kordok lives, you take accountability. Ooohhh—so scary. Too bad. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Don’t start pointing fingers because you’re immature.”
He made another laugh, this one drier and harsher. “It is scary, actually. Darmani’s not gonna buy your little ‘accomplice’ excuse for why her brother’s a walking corpse—and neither will anyone else. Now we both look like shit. ‘Hi my name is Lenna, and I’m a pussy bystander who doesn’t stand up for people because I don’t know what it’s like to be oppressed. Oops, teehee, I’m gonna try harder next time’. See how stupid you’ll look, cause that's what it sounds like right now.”
“Oh, shut up!” A sharp sound of disgust from Lenna. “And what’s your idea, then? Smother him before Ries comes back? ‘Yeah, doctor, he had a heart attack, don’t mind the pillow over his head’.”

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 18d

The #WIPSnips word for October 12th is "hope"

Lenna has a perfect except for the word today 🖤 (my tendency to overwrite shines through always but in some cases it pays off, this time I think it did)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 19d

The #WIPSnips word for October 10th is "prize"

Gonna try to do these more daily again, but here is me gifting you an argument between Lenna and Raylar 😂 love my Leos

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 20d

👑 Genre-hopping isn’t a phase 🤷‍♂️

Published:
Brass Hearts (fantasy rebellion)
Love & Loot (cozy sapphic DnD).

WIPs for 2026:
Alive (androids/AI with feelings?! 😱)
Hunger (vampires, fighting or flirting?)
More L&L (duh!)

#WriteSky #LitRPG #Fantasy #Dystopia #SciFi #Romance #Sapphic #BookSky

Books by Jaz Pate

Brass Hearts Trilogy
Forged in Flames
A Perfect Storm
Part Three (WIP)

Love & Loot
Save the Princess
Slay the Stage
Retrieve the Relic

WIPs (Upcoming 2026)
Project HUNGER
Project ALIVE

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 20d

👑 Genre-hopping isn’t a phase 🤷‍♂️

Published:
Brass Hearts (fantasy rebellion)
Love & Loot (cozy sapphic DnD).

WIPs for 2026:
Alive (androids/AI with feelings?! 😱)
Hunger (vampires, fighting or flirting?)
More L&L (duh!)

#WriteSky #LitRPG #Fantasy #Dystopia #SciFi #Romance #Sapphic #BookSky

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 22d

New Intro! Woot!!! 🗣️

Hey, I’m Jaz 👋
Queer indie author, professional genre-hopper, and your official Goblin King 👑

Whether it’s gritty dystopian rebellions, spicy romantasy or cozy queer LitRPGs, every window leads somewhere different. Which one’s calling you?

#WriteSky #BookCommunity #BookSky

Jaz Pate
Author

Series (& Upcoming)

Brass Hearts (Dystopian Fantasy)
Love & Loot (Cozy Sapphic LitRPG)

WIPS (Beginning 2026)

ALIVE (Sci-fi Romance)
HUNGER (Gothic Romantasy)

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 22d

New Intro! Woot!!! 🗣️

Hey, I’m Jaz 👋
Queer indie author, professional genre-hopper, and your official Goblin King 👑

Whether it’s gritty dystopian rebellions, spicy romantasy or cozy queer LitRPGs, every window leads somewhere different. Which one’s calling you?

#WriteSky #BookCommunity #BookSky

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 29d

✨ Cozy sapphic romantasy alert!
Quest through cursed forests, enchanted dungeons, & romance w/ WLW joy 💖 📚 YA friendly LitRPG standalones

👑🎤💎 All on KU!
Series 🔗 ➡️ mybook.to/PpX77yS

#BookSky #wlw #Sapphic #Fantasy #LitRPG #Cozyfantasy #CosyFantasy #Romance #QueerBooks #KU #YA #Books

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · 29d

✨ Cozy sapphic romantasy alert!
Quest through cursed forests, enchanted dungeons, & romance w/ WLW joy 💖 📚 YA friendly LitRPG standalones

👑🎤💎 All on KU!
Series 🔗 ➡️ mybook.to/PpX77yS

#BookSky #wlw #Sapphic #Fantasy #LitRPG #Cozyfantasy #CosyFantasy #Romance #QueerBooks #KU #YA #Books

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · Sep 30

Sorry I’ve been gone 😭 Between work, writing, and life… social media slipped. But don’t worry! Brass Hearts Pt. 3 is still in the works, her cover’s coming, and there’s art on the way 👀 Finale drops early next year, she’s worth the wait! 💀🕊️

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · Sep 30

Sorry I’ve been gone 😭 Between work, writing, and life… social media slipped. But don’t worry! Brass Hearts Pt. 3 is still in the works, her cover’s coming, and there’s art on the way 👀 Finale drops early next year, she’s worth the wait! 💀🕊️

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · Sep 23

LOOK at them!

Yes, they’re lil figurines. Yes, they’re sapphic. Yes, they’re dungeon-crawling and treasure hunting. And YES, I’m completely normal about it 😌

Love & Loot series: mybook.to/PpX77yS (all on KU!)

#wlw #Sapphic #LitRPG #FantasyBooks #SapphicBooks #WriteSky #CozyFantasy #butchfemme

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · Sep 23

LOOK at them!

Yes, they’re lil figurines. Yes, they’re sapphic. Yes, they’re dungeon-crawling and treasure hunting. And YES, I’m completely normal about it 😌

Love & Loot series: mybook.to/PpX77yS (all on KU!)

#wlw #Sapphic #LitRPG #FantasyBooks #SapphicBooks #WriteSky #CozyFantasy #butchfemme

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · Sep 21

✨ Cozy sapphic romantasy alert!
Quest through cursed forests, enchanted dungeons, & romance w/ WLW joy 💖 📚 YA friendly LitRPG standalones

👑🎤💎 All on KU!
Series 🔗 ➡️ mybook.to/PpX77yS

#BookSky #wlw #Sapphic #Fantasy #LitRPG #Cozyfantasy #CosyFantasy #Romance #QueerBooks #KU #YA #Books

Love & Loot
Cozy Fantasy / LitRPG

Books & Order:
Save the Princess
Slay the Stage
Retrieve the Relic

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Jaz Pate Author @jazpate.bsky.social · Sep 21

The #WIPSnips word for September 21st is "disagree"

CW ⚠️ Medical trauma

How tf do I not have the word 😡 I picked “fight” cause it was the closest thing in my newest chapter

Not lenna being traumatized 🫣 nobody is allowed to be happy till the end! 😤

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Brass Hearts Part Three
Coming 2026

Lenna closed her eyes, trying to shake it, but that only made the imagery more vivid. The clinic smelled of rotting wounds and damp plaster, of sickness lingering too long in stagnant air. The building was no hospital, just an abandoned hall patched with scavenged parts. One machine forced air into him, another pumping fluid, another humming in a rhythm meant to trick the body into believing it wasn’t dying.
She squeezed her eyes tighter, fighting back bile. When she opened them, she was back on the streets. The wooden boards stiff underfoot, The streetlights flicking on above. Seabreeze smelt of salt, yet buried under it, she still smelled death. All she was left with was guilt. For him, for his family—Darmani, the husband who had stood by her, their little girl, Meti. They had to see him like that, Kordok wired into machines, ribs like sprayed switches under parchment skin. She didn’t know them well but she knew they were good people, better than most. Verdalia deserved so much better than this.

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