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LJ Amber

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#1 Best Rated Tragic Fantasy Author on Royal Road The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon is free to read rrtewwbad.ljamberfantasy.com Queer Irish author living in Scotland. I write fantasy fiction for adults using accessible language. www.ljamberfantasy.com

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · Jul 23

📣 READ FREE! rrtewwbad.ljamberfantasy.com

"The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon," is the #1 work of Tragic Fantasy on Royal Road.

A heartbreaking and heartwarming fantasy about rejection and belonging, power and consequence, and the cost of being ourselves.

More info and reviews 👇 #BookSky

"The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon," by L. J. Amber

A strikingly beautiful elven woman – with ankle-length, golden, wavy hair, pale skin, and green eyes, wearing a shimmering silken dress in a style reminiscent of antiquity – is facing away from you with her hands clasped, looking back at you over her shoulder. She standing beside a field of red hyacinths, surrounded by forest to her left and right. In the background, a section of distant woodland is burning down, and above the black smoke, the golden clouds resemble a massive dragon.

Yet, at her feet, in the foreground, is the same woman as a child. She ten years old, wearing a child's sundress with a brown-red coat. She is barefoot, and sits with one knee under her, the other drawn up to support her chin. A single red hyacinth, separated from the others, is growing right by her side. She too, is looking at you.

This is Saphienne. In each incarnation, is she sad or angry? You find it hard to say. No matter how she feels, her gaze is judging you, and inviting your judgement in turn.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 1d

something something medically confirmed gock syndrome

LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 1d

Ironically, my memory holds 1000 terabytes of breasts.

Rayna @queenrayna1337.bsky.social · 1d

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 3d

Increasingly I'm of the opinion that intelligence is useless without the confidence to say "I can figure this out for myself," the patience to review the subject carefully, the security to be willing to try and fail, and the determination to then try again.

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WeCreateTogether @wecreatetogether.bsky.social · 3d

The winner of our 'Locked Out' themed challenge was the brilliant @afrocommie.bsky.social !

Come hear our interview with them, and hear their thoughts on art, creativity, 'Your Party,' and Milkshakes!

youtu.be/uFRMtHjhlHE

Society Wants To Lock Me Out - A WCT Interview with Marlowe

YouTube video by WeCreateTogether

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 3d

If you post on a platform you own, you will go insane.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 5d

A 7.77% reader-to-patreon-member conversion rate is really good, but I desperately need more readers to avoid going bankrupt.

If you haven't given this story a try, come see why it's earned the investment 👇

LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · Jul 23

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 7d

Microsoft Word strikes again.

This actually *is* a word, being the simple past of "wardrive," which is a jargon word referring to driving around searching for a wifi network.

Why in the *fuck* is this in the dictionary?

Microsoft word failing to flag "wardrove" as a typo.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 8d

Gock a song and make it better:

We Will Gock You

Valiant 🏳️‍⚧️ | Follow BOOM Goes the Bride on Backerkit! @valwrites.ca · 8d

Gock a song and make it better:

Gock me Amadeus

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 8d

Gock a song and make it better:

Another Gock in the Wall, Pt. 3

LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 8d

Scene: having to explain to an elderly family member what a "gock" is and getting asked all sorts of follow-up questions.

LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 8d

AI is a confidence scam. NFTs came before it. Next up is Quantum Computing.

It doesn't matter whether there's some theoretical marginal utility: it's going to be hyped up beyond all reality.

Because the second the music stops and the lights come on, the American stock market collapses.

LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 8d

AI is cooked.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 9d

Secret ambition: get big enough that people make fan art of the characters in The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 10d

Very lovely, you're highly talented and should be extremely proud.

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Cackling O'Brien, Chief Witch-gineer 🔵 @radobrien.myatproto.social · 11d

ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 12d

i'd love it if more people picked up (or reviewed lol) my sapphic ace romantasy with two disaster queers raising a baby dragon. also, you should go read @kurellian.bsky.social's work, especially death of mountains! #LateNightWrite
books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6
vriccithode.itch.io/the-dragon-n...

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 14d

This post is going to age like an exceedingly fine wine.

DracoDracul @mattilda-dracul.bsky.social · 16d

It feels like something akin to the subprime loan scheme

LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 15d

ahahahaha

News article:

Disappointed Christians say 'God is delaying the Rapture' until Epstein Files are released

After the rapture failed to happen on Tuesday, many Christians are blaming it on the fact Donald Trump hasn't released a trove of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein

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Vyria Durav, Dragon Princess of the Night @vyriadurav.bsky.social · 17d

they really aren't making enough cursed dragon statues that you can pick up and be blessedly remade by. Instead, I'm expected to talk to a 'surgeon' to achieve my ultimate form? Fucked up.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 17d

so if I want to be Raptured, do I take my Tylenol now or

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 27d

Recently received one of the best reviews I've ever had. No idea who this person is, but very happy they like my work 🧡

Listen to them, and come read the story 👇

The best story I’ve ever read
12/09/2025 03:33

5 Stars Overall
5 Stars Style
5 Stars Story
5 Stars Grammar
5 Stars Character

I finished reading the latest chapter probably half and hour ago, and I’m still sitting here catatonically stunned and viscerally in awe at the skill with which this author bends words to their will. Every chapter that I read, I become more and more impressed. I keep on thinking to myself “Is this the best story I’ve ever read? Surely not… It can’t be better than Dune and Dungeon Meshi and all of the Terry Pratchett books… right? Right?” And then this latest chapter released and just… yeah. It is. This is the best story I’ve ever read. My doubt is gone.

That it’s the best novel I’ve read on this site wasn’t even in question. That was a given. But this isn’t just that. It’s the best story I’ve ever read. Period. Which is not something that I say lightly.

It’s like a PHD-level thesis on developmental psychology disguised as a cute fantasy story. It’s the only coming-of-age story I’ve ever read that makes me actually *get* it, despite being so much more than just a coming-of-age story. If I was an English teacher (high school or college), I would somehow find a way to make this book into the primary reading material even if I had to stretch it out across multiple semesters or even years.

This book is just that good, and I don’t say that lightly.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 18d

Turgid prose makes you... erm... uh...

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Ixihl Ataraxia | ENVtuber @ixihl.hime.watch · 20d

Artwork "Saturn devouring his son" but with a "I consent!" sticker placed on where the dead body's head would be.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 19d

I don't think it's hard to draw a line between BlueSky being an organising forum for the pushback against payment processors and then BlueSky suddenly wanting to restrict the sharing of NSFW content here.

Someone, somewhere at BlueSky took a scary meeting with some powerful people.

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LJ Amber @ljamberfantasy.com · 19d

Dragon cult? I hereby apply for High Priestess.

If it's not a dragon cult, I hereby give notice of being the Heresiarch.

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🔞Bee @beedoodles.bsky.social · 20d

The only actual people who can consent in these situations are the people making the art and the people viewing it. A ban does nothing to protect those people. Content warnings and tagging do. Allow the real people making and viewing art to decide for themselves what they can handle.

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