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Lizzie Blackwood

@lizzieblackwood.bsky.social

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SFFH/Romance writer, occasional artsy craftsy person, and certified bog witch. Queerer every year. She/her. Website: lizzieblackwood.com Mastodon: https://wandering.shop/@lizzie_blackwood Profile pic by @roricomics.bsky.social Banner photo by me

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · Dec 5

For any new folks:

Hello! I'm Lizzie Blackwood, writer of queer romantic speculative fiction, mother of cats, cultivator of native plants. I support trans rights. AI users get blocked.

Current WIP in edits is a slow burn alien/human romance. Fellow demisexual monsterlovers, I've got you covered! 💕

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h

#LGBTQWriteAThon 10:

It's been a hard week and a bad morning, so I'm just going to share a thing that makes me happy, this photo of my little goober of a cat, Nona.

Much love to all my queer creative friends out there making at and surviving and finding joy as best they can in these times! 💜

A gray and white tuxedo cat lies belly-up on a figure-8 scratching bed in dramatic morning lighting, all limbs splayed out and toes spread to show pink and gray speckled toe beans.

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h

These are gorgeous! I'm thankful it's getting cooler near me, finally. Autumn is my favorite time to enjoy nature. 🧡🪾🍂

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 16h

for me, "something that makes you happy" can be one of only two things: dogs, or nature. I don't have a dog at the moment (🫠) so here are some photos that I've taken lately (and one my sister took of my new friend 🐸)

I hope everyone gets to enjoy nature where they are 🍂🍃✨

#LGBTQWriteAThon

a moodboard of photos from nature: a ladybird on an autumn leaf, crocuses growing from leaf litter, a crochet froggy peeking out of a black bag, a bee landing on some blue flowers, green leaves turning golden behind a tree, willow trees framing a pond, a muntjac deer on a path

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Jax Wolff Writes @jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social · 16h

#LGBTQWriteAThon The penultimate chapter of The Infinite Sadness goes out today, containing the kiss and a magic fight set to "Come On Eileen," for FREE.
jaxwolffwrites.beehiiv.com

Happy Bonus: My writing partner, who's modeling the first knitting project I've ever completed (and stealing my tea).

Beenjamin, OP's plush bee (and writing partner/rubber duck for rubber duck plot debugging), hovers over a red cup full of tea. He's wearing a red, gold, and gray scarf. Behind him is a computer; on the screen, Scrivener sits open to a document (for The Nameless Song), still on chapter 7.

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 16h

#LGBTQWriteAThon I talked about Lemon Balm last time (which is still on pre-order and comes out on Halloween!)

This time, let me talk about my art. I do commissions for bookish art, graphics, and formatting, and I keep my prices low in order to be more accessible to indies.

Check me out here!

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Amber Hathaway, Little White Flowers author @amber-hathaway.bsky.social · 17h

The fact that you can find print copies of Little White Flowers ina number of libraries in northern New England and Minnesota makes me happy!

#LGBTQWriteAThon

(Pictures from the Brewer Public Library in Brewer, Maine.)

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Bramble ~ Sci-fi and Fantasy Author @thebrambler13.bsky.social · 17h

I'm throwing a curveball here that has nothing to do with writing. I'm pals with an artist, @floofnsweet.io, who makes awesome stuff. Always brightens my day to see what they're working on. I highly recommend them, especially if you want to commission something!

#writesky #LGBTQWriteAThon #artists

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Sass Everett @sasseverett.bsky.social · 17h

My novella The Hand That Feeds still makes me very happy! I loved writing these characters so much
books2read.com/u/4APvDq
sasseverett.itch.io/the-hand-tha...
#lgbtqwriteathon

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 16h

Oh no! I'm so, so sorry, Matt, that's so scary and stressful. Much love and strength to you and your family. 🫂💜

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Roz 🏳️‍⚧️ @rosenkranz.bsky.social · 2d

Old Gods of Appalachia art for the spooky season

two panels drawn with a black fountain pen with some orange accents. the first one depicts a girl with red braided hair. behind her, there's a forest. in the foreground, there's a dark silhouette of a big stag. the girl says "hail, spirit". in the second panel, the girl and the stag stand face to face, the stag's antlers are amber. he says: hail, witch

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Adam Holcombe @adamholcombe.bountyink.com · 2d

In just one week, Bounty Inc. will be released to the world, and you can preorder it right now so you have it in time!

Do you like the found family/ensemble of Guardians of the Galaxy? The universe of Mass Effect? The absurd humor of One Piece? This is soup of all that and more!

Links below 👇

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

So cute! 😍🧣🐝

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

get a COIN

get some PRINT MAGS

JOIN THE DEAD

okay not that last but you get a COIN 😇

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

things you can do to help a skeleton crew out:

support our fundraiser: psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

join our patreon: www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

spread the word 🖤💀🙏🙏🙏

Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground

psychopomp.com

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

This sounds DELIGHTFUL, best of luck! 🤞💜

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve yelled about our Kickstarter a lot, so we wanted to take a breath and say thank you.

You funded Year 1 in 4 hours, Year 2 in 4 days. The emotions our team is feeling are SO strong. We’ve cried several times—and it’s only week 2! Thank you 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

THIS STORY IS SO HECKIN' COOL, it NEEDS to get repped and published! 🤩

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Anita Harris Satkunananthan @mythopoetica.bsky.social · 2d

Oh hey, it's #WorldOctopusDay? 😉 🐙

This is what I call my nearly-hard desi SF meets cephalopod-love short story. It got an honorable mention in Gardner Dozois's last Year's Best anthology.

CW for somewhat spicy and norty scenes; bigotry and prejudice.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/harris_08_17

Reversion by Nin Harris

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

clarkesworldmagazine.com

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Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

Frustrated little dude gripping a pencil saying “how do I pack this down into something I can actually share?” While swirling rainbows labeled “INFINITE POTENTIAL” float around them.

Little dude frowns at a tiny grey box, exclaiming “all that work for THIS?!”

Little dude shoves the grey box into another little guy’s hands; Frowning, stomping off, and saying “Here you go, I made this, it sucks.”

Second little dude cracks open the box, swirling rainbows project out onto their face.

Second little dude stares in awe at all the swirling rainbows now floating around them.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 2d

Submissions are open for one more week. Speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

translunartravelerslounge.com

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so excited for this, it sounds so good!

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 3d

hades gals 💀🌸

fanart of Melinoe from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (dark jeans, orange top), she has a big tattoo on her right arm, and is about to tie her hair with a hair band (is this how it's called in english ?)
her eyes are closed, she has nice arm muscles and looks extremely lesbian

fanart of Nemesis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (red jeans, black crop top with the Hades sigil as a pattern on it), moon shaped necklace, tattoos on her left arm and pecs, as she's about to tie her hair using a green hairband, her eyes closed
(green light on her right side cause she's standing next to Melinoe's glowing arm, off camera)

fanart of Eris, from Hades 2, she's sitting, right leg with her knee bent, in front of her
right hand on her right foot, left hand on her face, framing her left eye between two fingers
she's wearing big sneakers, micro shorts, some sort of sweater with stripes showing her shoulders
she has apple tree branch tattoos on her thigh and left shoulder

fanart of Medea from Hades 2, but wearing modern clothes (tiny leather shorts with double belt, red/purple leather crop top), a nose ring, necklaces, also big tattoo covering the entire left arm (a snake, a moon crescent, flowers and leaves)
She's sitting, resting on her left hand, her right hand next to her face, conjuring some plague magic that bathes her in green light

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

I can vouch that if you're looking for hard sci-fi that's ideologically complex and thoughtfully rendered, you've come to the right place! This book abounds with fascinating tech and philosophical quandaries with a tense and compelling plot.

Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

If you're a fan of well-researched and evocatively rendered historical fiction with sensual prose laced with emotion, you need this book!

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 3d

Happy book birthday to A Mouthful of Dust, standalone novella in the Singing Hlls Cycle, out today!

This time, Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant the hoopoe memory spirit are investigating the town of Baolin, famous for its pork recipe and its famine.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A Mouthful of Dust

Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...

us.macmillan.com

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Lizzie Blackwood @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

Remember, if you're supporting folks today for DVpit, DO NOT like or repost. Comment or quote repost instead (like this!)

Good luck to everyone pitching today!

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 2d

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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