Rachel Beth Ahrens
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Rachel Beth Ahrens
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Crochet cosplayer, designer, #ownvoices unpublished speculative fiction writer, content creator on Patreon and Ko-Fi. Continued from Twitter & Mastodon. Writing WIP: Debutante of Cassiopeia, Cosplay WIP: Firefly's Kaylee (but steampunk)
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Hey #WritingCommunity and #writersky along with the #crochetsky of this awesome butterfly app-
Good news, I won my Social Security case, but I'm also loosening up on my Patreon posts. More in this newsletter below. Please feel free to keep supporting me:
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Thanksgiving for me today, while boyfriend is having fun in the UK:
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Not feeling great this Wednesday. I thought it was Friday, a day closer to when my boyfriend Alexander gets home from the United Kingdom, but no, it's the day before Thanksgiving.
I'm miserable. And I'm trying to make posts to avoid Bluesky logging me out every 48 hours.
Going offline for a bit.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#WritingCommunity #bookvember #writersky
Mentor characters are actually hard to find in the books I tend to read, except...
I think in the Parasolverse by @gailcarriger.bsky.social , there's always Lord Akeldama, who is a darling vampire who dotes on Lady Alexia while also in love with Biffy.
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 25!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and discuss the tropes we love and hate.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Happy #DoctorWho Day!!!! WOOT! Wibbly wobbly timey wimey...
And my boyfriend is in the UK right now, so I feel sad I'm not celebrating it with him tonight.
There are so many episodes of the Tardis I love, it's hard to say which is the best one...
This will be a thread...
Happy #DrWhoDay! 🪐📚 "Time is a structure we construct." Doctor Who has inspired countless minds. What’s your favorite Doctor or episode? #TARDIS #SciFi
On this day in 1963, the British science-fiction television show Doctor Who first premiered. checkiday.com/51732de9ea65... #DrWhoDay #Tardis #SciFi #SciChat
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel
Actually, I think they do help, with a prompt involved or with help from my other writing buddies in some groups I'm in. In person or virtual write ins and sprinting can be fun and helpful. Do it!
#pretendpanel, thank you for the wonderful insightful answers yesterday. I wonder...

November 22nd: Do you find external challenges useful? e.g. writeathons, sprinting, prompts etc.

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hi everyone, been a hot minute since I posted anything to Patreon, but hey- I won a giveaway from Crafteaze/ Valari! I won an ergonomic pillow for my #crochet endeavors, can't wait for y'all to see this! It was a fun unboxing...
#valari #crochetsky #crochetcosplay
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November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel
Honestly, I think writers should be uplifting for each other in marketing as well as writing and pep talks so they don't lose hope or sight of what's important- for traditional and self publishing endeavors.
Writers should be helpful and make everything a safe space.
#pretendpanel, as this big writing month nears its end, I'm wondering...

November 21st: In your opinion, how can writers best help one another? 

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
Oh man, cut me to the quick! I'd try anything to get reading materials, but I really do prefer something to hold in my hands. E readers are great, but I haven't used my Kindle Fire 7 in years since my dad bought it in 2017. I'm looking into getting a new one.
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 21📚

What's your style? How do you prefer to get your reading materials?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#WritingCommunity #WIP #writersky #scifi
One of my main characters is Lady Phoenix in A Diamond of the Universe, and you find out close to the end...
Hee hee hee... Bridgerton in space...
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
This is TOUGH!!!! As much as I love sci fi and fantasy, I have to pick one genre?!
Like Alexander Hamilton, I want to read any book I can get my hands on! Fantasy and sci fi is what I write, but I'd like to get my inspiration from almost anything.
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 20 📚

One genre, forevermore, what do you choose? Curious to see how many folk say they only read one genre as it is.

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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$500 OVERDRAFT + GAS TO GET TO DR APPT URGENT!

Disabled. Chronically ill. Indie author. Fabric artist. Check out their shop for holiday gifts. Any combo ppl x $$ = $500, sales &/or donations, keeps them safe.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025
🚨 UPDATE URGENT 🚨

My bank account is still deeply in the negative!

Please help!

45/500

ko-fi.com/loustardust/...

#HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #Disabled #MutualAid #MABoost 💕💸
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
There are TOO MANY!!! :)
Yours Truly, 2095- Brian Paone (for ELO fans)
Tigerheart- the late Peter David, who signed my copy and was a gem
Enchanted, Inc. series- Shanna Swendson
Parasol Protectorate series- @gailcarriger.bsky.social
(1/2)
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 19📚

Someone asks you if you can recommend a good book, what is the one title that always comes to mind? (Or share as many as you have the character count for.)

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fox News is incorrigible for saying that only children should get presents, & all adults should get nothing.
There are LOADS of poor & homeless adults who can't afford clothes out there. I saw a long line in front of a church food pantry in HDG the other day.
GIVE to everyone, I don't care. Be kind.
Ah yes, the economic Golden Age of Trump where grandma goes without.
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
I would tag my best friend Kerensa or my boyfriend Alexander, but neither of them are on Bluesky.
Kerensa would be a rogue, probably, but one of the nice ones, a chaotic good, and Alexander would definitely be a knight, for he's very heroic! :)
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 17📚

Who is the one person who always gets your reading list and has recommendations you trust without reservation? If they were a fantasy character, what would they be?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey, obviously, as I've said before. Poorly written. Read one page of both and I tossed them back to the library where they came from. Also, I never liked horror books, give me nightmares like the movies too. Don't like Stephen King.
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 18📚

Sorry it’s late today. What’s a book others raved about but you secretly (or not so secretly) hated?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Beautiful fiber art next to a sweet kitteh... :)
Please support human fiber artists like Lou and me!!!
#crochet #fiberart #disabledcreator #ownvoices #crochetsky
#crochet #fiberart #fiberartist #disabledcreator 🧶

My current yarn #WIP is a project for a new pre-made gift box. 🎁
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
Distractions, things that force me to set priorities over reading, my migraines, and yes, bad editing. I've tossed both Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey because they were written so poorly.
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 15📚

This is easy, bad editing. A novel that hasn't gone through enough of an editing process, I will toss it in a heartbeat.

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel #writersky
Not so great writing wise- I'm over 8,000 words behind on my writings for Novel November, sadly. Alexander says it's ok, though- because physical, mental health and being with people are more important.
However, crochet & writing are the only things-
#pretendpanel, fascinating takes as always yesterday, thank you! A change of pace today...

November 15th: Halfway through the month! How's it going so far? (Whether you're in a November challenge or not, have a little reflection on your writing)

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
Another hard question. I have no traditions anymore with challenges in November. I used to be on NaNoWriMo before they lost their business, but now I'm on Pro Writing Aid's Novel November trying to write 50K, but it's rough. I've gotten to 17K when I'm super behind...
#pretendpanel, even before the last big controversy, November challenges have had their ups and downs. Tell me...

November 14th: BIG Challenges during November - what's your take? Good/bad tradition?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Taking a short break from Bluesky and my private Facebook accounts.
My cousin just posted she has breast cancer.
I'm hoping for better days for the the Ahrens family, and more love for 2026.
Lots of love to you.
#WritingCommunity #writersky #crochetsky
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
This is a tough question, really...
But honestly, it's any author who writes stuff that clearly they don't have firsthand experience- E.L. James for Fifty Shades of Grey for example. Originally a Twilight fan fiction (yuck), I read the first page and it sounded-
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 12📚

🔺 What would you have you back away from a person or even an author when it comes to bookish things? What are your red flags, warning signs, hard pass 🚧 ⚠️ 🙅‍♀️?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookskyclub #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
#WritingCommunity #writersky
I think I'm pretty much doomed in Debutante of Cassiopeia- in the Regency Era, I might die a lonely old spinster, as most single women in their late 30s were either dead or destitute. I'm over 25 and still unmarried, which would have been a scandal-
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 11📚

So, many writers kind of have a thing for putting their characters into unpredictable environments and settings (torturing their MCs on occasion). How would you fare?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
#WritingCommunity #writersky #crochetsky
Fun fact about me: I'm a crochet cosplayer and designer! Been crocheting for 30+ years since I was 6 years old. I'm now in the Master Class in Balticon Masquerade, hopefully returning in 2026 for Balticon 60!
My Balticon 60 WIP: Princess Beatrice Stardust,
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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I used to consider costuming a part of my identity! I don’t do it much now, but I still dress up for Ren Faire and a couple days a year at TusCon, a wonderful convention in Tucson, Arizona. Here are my costumes from last weekend! #Novmemeber
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM