L.C. Fathom (author)
@lcfathom.bsky.social
One cryptid lizard person (she/they) writing books to jam the gears of fascism and entertain its survivors. Also gardening.
Equal rights, empathy, and science first. No AI.
Book here: https://books2read.com/u/m20jRG
Blog and merch here: www.lcfathom.com
Equal rights, empathy, and science first. No AI.
Book here: https://books2read.com/u/m20jRG
Blog and merch here: www.lcfathom.com
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I wrote a book about a "tradcon" white man coming to grips with his and America's bigotry while in prison therapy. Why? Because no one else has, and people struggling to unlearn hatred need relatable characters to show them the way.
#SpoonieAuthChat #ShamelessPromoFriday #Booksky
#SpoonieAuthChat #ShamelessPromoFriday #Booksky
Do you feel more or less interested in cosmic horror with current events?
It makes me feel better, but maybe that's just me. 😬
#ReaderSky #Booksky #CosmicHorror
It makes me feel better, but maybe that's just me. 😬
#ReaderSky #Booksky #CosmicHorror
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Do you feel more or less interested in cosmic horror with current events?
It makes me feel better, but maybe that's just me. 😬
#ReaderSky #Booksky #CosmicHorror
It makes me feel better, but maybe that's just me. 😬
#ReaderSky #Booksky #CosmicHorror
Not gonna fight it anymore. My 700 page pet-project has captivated my brain and completely derailed any publishable projects I had in the works for another month at least.
On the other hand, it's fun.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
On the other hand, it's fun.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
a man in a suit and tie is holding a yellow sign that says hopes and dreams
Alt: A man in a suit sits at a desk stacking is pile of papers into a neat stack with label "hopes and dreams", then dead-pan throws them up in the air.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Not gonna fight it anymore. My 700 page pet-project has captivated my brain and completely derailed any publishable projects I had in the works for another month at least.
On the other hand, it's fun.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
On the other hand, it's fun.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
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I can print to the lab printer even though I'm at home so Imma spice things up by printing this
![Tweet from Science is fun @sciencefunn
My mom: "Study so you don't have to wash the dishes for a living!"
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January 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I can print to the lab printer even though I'm at home so Imma spice things up by printing this
When the neurospices drive your brain
When they try to make you go insane
When they take out the stem, right to the end
That's a-
#ADHD #AutismTime #Neurospicy
When they try to make you go insane
When they take out the stem, right to the end
That's a-
#ADHD #AutismTime #Neurospicy
beaker from the muppet show has flames coming out of his head
Alt: Beaker from the muppet show has flames coming out of his head while screaming and the caption says "who is going to put out the fire in my brain".
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January 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
When the neurospices drive your brain
When they try to make you go insane
When they take out the stem, right to the end
That's a-
#ADHD #AutismTime #Neurospicy
When they try to make you go insane
When they take out the stem, right to the end
That's a-
#ADHD #AutismTime #Neurospicy
I want a DND board game that is solely based on finding the mimic on the board. That's it. The whole game. Who has the ambition to make my dream liiiive?
#TTRPG #DND #Gimmie
#TTRPG #DND #Gimmie
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk
Alt: An image of Stephene Colbert from the Late Night Show reaching out to the camera and saying "Give it to me... Now" making a greedy hand-grab gesture.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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I gotta stop fartin’ around and start artin’ around.
January 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I gotta stop fartin’ around and start artin’ around.
It's 2026 and we're all still here...? WE DID IT!
a black background with white letters that says error on it
Alt: A black background with white letters that says "ERROR" on it, glitching in and out of different formats.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It's 2026 and we're all still here...? WE DID IT!
Just went 24 hours without coffee/caffeine, 1/10, would not recommend. On the other hand...the writing ideas/voices in my head insisting I need to type 24/7 were quiet for the first time in a week!
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
a cat is laying on its back on a bed with its tongue out
Alt: A close-up of a tabby kitten lying on its side under a blanket in bed. Then it curls up, paws together, under the blanket.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just went 24 hours without coffee/caffeine, 1/10, would not recommend. On the other hand...the writing ideas/voices in my head insisting I need to type 24/7 were quiet for the first time in a week!
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
Sooo I've been trying to read the entirety of Robert Frost's work... But then I hit his short stories and, lemme tell ya, I don't think I have the spoons to read about an 1800's couple arguing over their dead child.
#Poetry #Booksky #SpoonieAuthor #Spoons
#Poetry #Booksky #SpoonieAuthor #Spoons
a man is looking at a woman in a mirror .
Alt: A close up of Jim from The Office looking wide-eyed and tight-lipped with concern.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sooo I've been trying to read the entirety of Robert Frost's work... But then I hit his short stories and, lemme tell ya, I don't think I have the spoons to read about an 1800's couple arguing over their dead child.
#Poetry #Booksky #SpoonieAuthor #Spoons
#Poetry #Booksky #SpoonieAuthor #Spoons
I know there's All The Jokes about feeling like a schizophrenic while writing, but we need more about how it feels like being a lunatic with a hundred sock puppets and only two hands, trying to keep track of all those personalities at once.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
a woman in a pink apron is holding up a pair of gloves
Alt: A GIF from Golden Girls where one woman has sock puppets on her hands, enjoying making them talk, as another women walks in looking concerned.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I know there's All The Jokes about feeling like a schizophrenic while writing, but we need more about how it feels like being a lunatic with a hundred sock puppets and only two hands, trying to keep track of all those personalities at once.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
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Friendly reminder that the best gift you can give an indie author is a review of their book!
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Friendly reminder that the best gift you can give an indie author is a review of their book!
Being a writer means saying things to yourself like "ugh, I use that word too much" when you've actually only used it twice in 600 pages. 🙃
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
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December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Being a writer means saying things to yourself like "ugh, I use that word too much" when you've actually only used it twice in 600 pages. 🙃
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife #Booksky
Telling myself that I'm DEFINETLY going to work on my actual TBP book and not just my personal projects over Christmas...
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
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December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Telling myself that I'm DEFINETLY going to work on my actual TBP book and not just my personal projects over Christmas...
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
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A list worth reading, some of these gave me a good giggle.
The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A list worth reading, some of these gave me a good giggle.
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Maybe just a bit longer…
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Maybe just a bit longer…
Honest to god it's a strange revelation that sometimes writing... IS self care, not just labor.
What.
Like, if I don't write, my brain feels like it's holding its breath.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
What.
Like, if I don't write, my brain feels like it's holding its breath.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
a cartoon character wearing a colorful jester hat and glasses
Alt: Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus looking scared and shaking.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Honest to god it's a strange revelation that sometimes writing... IS self care, not just labor.
What.
Like, if I don't write, my brain feels like it's holding its breath.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
What.
Like, if I don't write, my brain feels like it's holding its breath.
#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writerlife
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This is the kind of political analysis I come here for. And the only kind I can handle today.
I am sure someone else has already come to this realization, but Gandalf is basically a neighborhood cat.
He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.
He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is the kind of political analysis I come here for. And the only kind I can handle today.
When you should've been working on writing tomorrow's campaign sooner but life had other plans. HAHAHAHA.
#DND #TTRPG
#DND #TTRPG
a man wearing glasses and a red shirt is holding his hand to his head .
Alt: A man leaning into his hand, looking thoughtful, then the camera suddenly zooms in and his eyes go wide in panic.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Baby Aspirin is the devil. I should not have to do MATH for pain relief!!!
Before you ask; baby was the only type the store had left.
Before you ask; baby was the only type the store had left.
a woman is sitting on a balcony and making a funny face with the words i lost count behind her
Alt: A woman sitting on a balcony looking exasperated and holding up her hands saying "I lost count!"
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December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Baby Aspirin is the devil. I should not have to do MATH for pain relief!!!
Before you ask; baby was the only type the store had left.
Before you ask; baby was the only type the store had left.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pet peeve #485: When a drink is neither tea nor juice. Only an uncanny valley of bland disappointment.
#Rant #Tea
#Rant #Tea
a cat is sitting on a couch with its paws on a laptop .
Alt: A cat with a very angry expression sitting on someone's lap with its paws on their laptop as if it's about to type.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Spend the day hyperfixated on sewing or hyperfixated on writing? There is no third option.
#ADHD #Writing #WritingCommunity
#ADHD #Writing #WritingCommunity
a south park character says i don 't have a choice
Alt: A south park character angrily saying "I don 't have a choice!"
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December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Spend the day hyperfixated on sewing or hyperfixated on writing? There is no third option.
#ADHD #Writing #WritingCommunity
#ADHD #Writing #WritingCommunity
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Anyone with 2026 releases???
Hello friends, I'm finalizing my 2026 TBR list!
So while I check all I had already, if you have a release in 2026 (SF/Fantasy/Horror/Romantasy), I would love to hear from you.
So while I check all I had already, if you have a release in 2026 (SF/Fantasy/Horror/Romantasy), I would love to hear from you.
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Anyone with 2026 releases???
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, born on this day in 1875.
#History
-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, born on this day in 1875.
#History
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, born on this day in 1875.
#History
-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, born on this day in 1875.
#History