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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, thank you! [gif]

I couldn't resist that beautiful woman on the cover. She was perfect. Just took me a while to knuckle down and finish the story.

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 21h

#LesFicFri
“Oh, my god!” Laura shouted as the sometimes geeky-looking pack accountant ripped the front tire off the bike and threw it toward the assembled bikers like an Olympic discus.
Because she wasn’t under the thrall of Audrey’s alpha command, Laura #jumped out of the way of the tire.

Book cover for The Handyma'am and the Werewolves by JD Cadmon. A young Black woman with an afro stands to the side, holding her elbow on a city street under a full moon as two wolves approach her. The tagline is "Her New Job Just Got Hairy"

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👻Scarlet🎃Mitchell☠️ @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon

It's out today!

I'm in it!

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 23h

Awww. That's so sweet!

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon #QueerWriters Promo

Going to do things differently and promo a short story I've loved since I first read it. By Pain of Death by Suzanne Clay.

A queer and disabled retelling of Hades and Persephone with a trans Seph. It's beautiful storytelling.

www.amazon.com/Pain-Death-S...

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts Positive queer rep and mental health

At first, I thought "I guess?" It certainly hasn't hurt anything. But the more I think about it, I realize it's been essential. It helps normalize and make new things not scary. Things for me as I've figured out myself and for cishet others.

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?

Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

It's #caulktober! Which of my cock-owners have given blow jobs?

Basically, my bi dude leads all have or will
A FERAL SPARK
Jason, werewolf and former sex worker, lover of Eric
Eric, not yet but soon
BELLI & THE BEAT
Adam, drummer w/ a preference for men but in a polyam (and musical) trio w/ 2 women

Cocktober [#Caulktober] 2025 game board with 31 prompts for each day of the month. The background is with autumn leaves and harvest vegetables. Prompt of day 10: Tell us about your cock-owning character who... has given a blow job.

JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#WeeknightWriters A5

The FMC of my #Christmas #portalfantasy is Noelle, who loves Christmas, but is searching for meaning in her life. She's gone from job to job and doesn't feel like she fits in. That is, until she goes to a Christmas all the time pocket dimension, and her skill set is perfect.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q5: Tell us about your main character. Who are they? What do they want? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says "#WeeknightWriters: Tell us about your main character. Who are they? What do they want?"

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#WeeknightWriters A4

It might be making sure characters have their own dialogue clues and don't all sound the same on the page. I don't always remember to do that.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q4: What aspects of character development do you find most frustrating? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: What aspects of character development do you find most frustrating?"

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#WeeknightWriters A3

I do it instinctually, so it's hard to pinpoint a specific step I enjoy. But in general, I definitely do enjoy finding my characters.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q3: What aspects of character development do you enjoy most? What goes into making a character? #WeeknightWriters

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#WeeknightWriters A1

I think for the most part, I think of characters first and settings later. In fact, a previous discussion during the chat with @abastedo-writing.bsky.social revealed to me, I don't usually come up with fantastical setting sin need of plot. So, I'm slightly character first.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q1: Do you typically create characters to match the story you want to tell or build your stories based on character(s) already living in your head? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: Do you typically create characters to match the story you want to tell or build your stories based on character(s) already living in your head?"

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#WeeknightWriters Intro

I'm JD (she/her), writer of romantic SFF with bi leads. Usually.
I haven't written much. Fighting my own inertia because I need to finish my #Christmas novelette, but I'm ready to hibernate "like bear" /slavic

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall planning is going!

Notepad that reads: #WeeknightWriters Introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going!”

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 3d

THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 4 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia #booksky 🌈📚

Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen
Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer

The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem

The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge

cover reveal soon. preorder now, out January 29th.
autistic necromancer x undead ADHDer, mm romance, book curses and malicious magic, mutual aid, support, community, a new beginning, if im not a weapon, what good am i?, gwen to the rescue, the paranormal society is in peril, book 4 final book

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts Curses or bad luck?

Sort of? In the #Christmas WIP, Noelle breaks a magical snow globe. it starts their adventure, but without a way to fix it, the pocket dimension also starts cracking.

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d

#QueerPrompts October 9: Curses or bad luck in story?

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow. October. We #jump for joy for a new #LesFicFri!

Ocean @oceanwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thur #lesficfri Friends!
🤗

Tomorrow's theme is ****JUMP****

Got any JUMPY characters in your stories!

Don't be shy ~ JUMP in and share your words!
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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

Whisper: It's still October.

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

It's #Caulktober. We're discussing cock-owners who've received blow jobs.

Most in my published works have received blow jobs. The only exceptions might be Percival, the costume designer in "These Dresses Have Pockets," and Remo Belli, the asexual baker in Let's Bake a Deal. (Remo will eventually.)

Game board with an autumn leaves and vegetables background. There are prompts for every day in October. The text reads: Cocktober 2025 [#Caulktober] Tell us about your cock-owning character who... [day 9] has received a blow job.

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 1d

This amuses me so much! I wonder how far you could spin "Call" titles.

Wake up Call of Cthulu? (for the morning after)
Uh...

Call Center Cthulu (for all the phone sex needs)

Take those titles if you want. Ideas are cheap, and I'm having fun. :)

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 2d

Booty Call of Cthulu is a genius title!

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 2d

Took my lunch break and 25 minutes to do some novelette editing. My hardest stuggle with anything is starting.

So I started. I hope I can get this to my editor before the weekend. Now, if she lets herself take Thanksgiving off, that's on her. At least I know I'm done with it.

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Thea Landen, Smutty Author of Romance @thealanden.bsky.social · 2d

My toxic trait is saying "ugh, this pen is terrible, I hate it," then putting it back into my bag instead of getting rid of it.

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 2d

#QueerPrompts There are too many lesbians to choose!

I was inspired by a different user's Gif, though and wanted to share one of Ava Sharpe from DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Here she's flirting in vid chat with bi queen Sara Lance. [I couldn't find any gifs of her fighting, but she's fierce!]

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 2d

Showing up fine over here. There are some good prompts this month, too. You can always follow host @cjaralore.bsky.social to make sure you get the prompts.

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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon #QueerWriters Genre of the WIP?

I'll be doing different pieces through the month/end of year. The one that I'm fiddling with *right now* is a Christmas portal fantasy romance. At least I'm supposed to be. Fighting my own inertia.

Will be working on a specfic next.

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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JD Cadmon @jdcadmon.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #Caulktober is about magical powers.

In my Feral Spark series (inspired by X-Men and Anne McCaffrey's Talents universe), Eric Logan is the first of the Energy Shifters, who control one of 5 possible aspects. He controls Electricity with a thought and makes orgasms for fun.

99c sale Oct19!

Cocktober 2025 [#Caulktober] game board with a prompt per day on a background of autumn leaves and vegetables. Day 8: Tell us about your cock-owning character who... has magical powers.

Book cover of A Feral Spark by JD Cadmon. It has a shirtless man with bushy blond hair looking over his shoulder at a woman with fire erupting from her hand. Behind them is a cityscape and full moon. The text beside the cover reads: 99 cent book birthday sale! October 19, 2025 only. https://books2read.com/feralspark

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