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Judy Black @ Drafting
@judyblackcloud.com
Author. Game designer. TTRPG lover. Mental health advocate. Young, scrappy and hungry. AroAce as hell. Writer of many things. Gamer/DM/TTRPG Creator. Cats, coffee & chaos. Étudier le français.
Open for work. Email: [email protected]
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Hi Bluesky! I’m Judy Black, #ttrpg designer/writer, nerd, cat fan, lover of puns, and enjoyer of both coffee and tea!
Ever wanted a #dnd game filled with opossums? Well I've got you covered!
www.dmsguild.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Until further notice I exist under this pile of blankets with my cats and some hot cocoa.
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Swordsbreak Mine is a dungeon that can be dropped in to almost any campaign and hides ghastly secrets!
www.dmsguild.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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🍇The Midnight Muscadines Jam is here! 🍇

Submissions open December 15th and runs until the spring equinox on March 20th.

The jam supports not just writing adventures and supplements, but ✨crafting projects✨ as well!

Come join in the fun on itchio: itch.io/jam/midnight...
Midnight Muscadines Jam
A game jam from 2025-12-15 to 2026-03-20 hosted by Pandion Games. The goal of the Midnight Muscadines Jam is to support our community, players and GMs in creating their own content for Midnight Muscad...
itch.io
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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COMMON BONDS 2 Late Pledges close on December 10! Don't miss your chance to get your copy alongside all of our backers!

💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!

Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...

🌈📚
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Please keep supporting indie ttrpgs. It’s more important now than ever!
Play something new, gift them to friends and family, share your favourites on socials, rate and review on @itch.io.

Thank you!
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The sad #WIP novel continues to be sad.
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
WHOOO have hit 27000 words on this novel draft
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Doing a lil writing stream for a bit tonight. Trying to get 1500ish words written tonight. Come join in and let's write together.
www.twitch.tv/judyblackcloud
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Decision fatigue is real and it is rough. Here's what helps me with overcoming that hurdle.
www.judyblackcloud.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Also, I've been struggling to compile this, so if you work at an indie bookstore that will take books direct from authors/any distributor that isn't Ingram or the Big 5, can you please let me know below?

I have a small list but would love more!
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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STRIP vs STRIPE - PART 1!
#SaveSpeech

First goal: Remove shawl + skirt!

Comment below with your experience calling a payment processor! Each call/letter earns points, and they must be NEW to count!

Here's links for numbers, info, and scripts:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

#Lilya
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Apparently Smashwords royalties are changing as of January 1, 2026. Books under $2.99 will get 40% list; books $2.99 or over get 75%.

(Amazon KDP, for context, is generally 35% and 70% respectively)

Draft2Digital owns Smashwords, so if you publish via D2D it's easy to add ebooks there. 💙📚
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Not gonna lie lads, it’s fucking bleak over here.

Trans people can’t fight this on their own, cis women need to start leaving and boycotting these organisations that exclude trans women.

I go where my trans partner goes, if she can’t go I don’t go. We all have to do this.
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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For a story: I'm looking to speak to earlyish-career workers about their experiences working multiple jobs, whether it's multiple part-time/gig jobs, side hustles on top of full-time jobs, etc. Email [email protected], Signal rstauff.20, DMs open.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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RPG tip: Beach and shopping episodes give the characters a break between big climactic adventures.

#dnd #ttrpg
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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If you see your favourite indies, especially those who are wide or avoid Amazon, raise their prices... We all just had two emails in less than 24h:

- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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And here is the new Advanced Friends & Math Rocks design! #ttrpg #dnd

d20monkey.dashery.com/products/843...
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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❄️ Day 1 of the ADVENTure Calendar is here!
We’re kicking things off with a major holiday unlock -
📦 FREE US shipping on all orders $50+ throughout the entire month of December.
*US Only. Some restriction apply.
bit.ly/KPStoreAC
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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@drivethrurpg.com is running a Cyber Monday Sale with over Forty-Three Thousand (4300+) games on sale!

From self published indie-games to big names like Cyberpunk, there’s an RPG for everyone here.

#ad www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?pr...
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Hey all! Something to warm you up over the Winter Season! The deal is back on all 650 of my commercial use #fonts for December! 10 years of font output, for just $19! Cheers and Happy Holidays! :) Keep warm out there folks! hawtpixel.itch.io/hawtpixel-fo... #gamedev #indiedev #ttrpg #design #art
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM