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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝

@regwaltney.bsky.social

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Everything writing. Tarot witch. Disabled and powerful. Pronounced 'Ray'.

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hey! I'm an author of horror shorts with fantasy novels in various stages from drafting to querying. To goof off I train my own furbabies, play video games, and practice some eccentric witchery.

I'm also available for sensitivity editing (disability, trauma, LGBT) and writing consulting! DM me.

A picture of Re leaning on a railing and smiling at the camera with green leaves behind.

A poster or for Graveyard Press's SOUL anthology, an anthology about ghosts and possessions. Out now.

A white-and-tan dog and a smaller black puppy snuggle on a dog bed together.

Three tarot cards and a booklet lying on a purple altar cloth. There is a green lotus candle holder in the corner. The cards are black with gold designs and letters.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 21d

i believe that we will win

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 21d

I'm not loving how every failed presidential candidate gets paid the entire budget of the publishing industry that year to write a book called I Learned Nothing

Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 22d

Jesus christ. It angers me deeply how not a single damn person in power who wants to at least pretend like they give a shit shout trans people will read even one damn book about the history of sex segregation in sports, cause you’d see how it’s all just sexist bs. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Kamala Harris cites concerns about trans athletes in her book

The Trump campaign attacked Harris over her positions on transgender rights. She says they were misconstrued.

www.politico.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22d

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22d

Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.

www.accessible-social.com

Accessible Social

Accessible Social is a free resource and education hub that helps marketers and content creators learn about accessibility and how it relates to social media.

www.accessible-social.com

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Catherine Beavis @catherinebeavis.bsky.social · Sep 7

i opened the wistful doorway
to my heart
& found your poem
frayed
hidden away
holding your words of love
& sunset sonnets
from long ago
fading
lost in time
& i remembered with a smile
when i was your muse
you were my poetry
then i tucked your poem away
saved
for another rainy day

#vss365 #doorway

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Sep 7

In a world where the stupidest words are half blurred and censored in random articles, please do not add disabled to the list.

It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.

Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 15

I am not giving Youtube my photo ID.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.

This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 11

Fresh perspectives unlock worlds. Once I realized that I wasn't afraid of feedback anymore. There so muuuuch cool stuff I can only do with help and collabs.

Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 11

Oh really? Lord of the Flies was one of the only ones I could make myself read when assigned! And then no one was surprised when I got really into horror. :P

Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks to my amazing beta readers, my book's central relationship has evolved and deepened in ways I couldn't have imagined! I have a scene to expand into its one chapter, then an epilogue to rewrite, and then I'm going to be focusing more and more time on finer details and query prep.
#writesky

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 11

... whom I also didn't read until I did so by choice 13 years after high school.

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 11

It's "required reading" for intermediate genre lovers who are ready to take the commitment to full on nerdy mastery of the subject, ig. But just once I wanna see those 'masters' mention Mary Shelley, etc.

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Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her) @aketchum22.bsky.social · Aug 11

Some good news!

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Aug 8

A growing number of states are passing laws that require companies to sell wheelchair parts to wheelchair users so they can fix it themselves or bring it to a mechanic to fix it for them.

My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Wheelchair users are finally winning the right to repair

State laws are forcing private equity–backed firms—which can make buyers wait months—to allow DIY fixes.

www.motherjones.com

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Moira Baird 🏳️‍⚧️ ✍️ @moirabairdauthor.bsky.social · Aug 6

More books with women leads that aren't romance when?

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 8

I have an awesome short story that I think will resonate with a lot of us writers right now coming out in @folkloricmag.bsky.social 's first issue!

Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · Aug 6

It's like a virus. If they put out a statement at 2 weeks and we stop, then the next time they censor even more, we'll have to call 4 weeks to get them to even make a statement.

The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.

Coffee cat @honeyedcoffee.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money.

Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 6

Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 8

Gooood luck!

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泣鬼虫A R T🌻🎸 @nakimushiart.bsky.social · Aug 8

Since intersectionality is being brought up, Black trans women, enbies and men are being more disappeared, killed and abused than ANYBODY. So always remember to include antiblackness awareness in your activism or it’s literally useless.

Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · Aug 8

Anyone who belongs to any minority group needs to be aware that what is being done to trans people can and will be done to them. In a decade we have been stripped of our rights to exist in public spaces by a press campaign and a well funded lobby.

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 6

One of the best things about doing sensitivity edits and related consulting work is the people I work with. People who want to do their best by disabled/queer readers tend to self-select for being genuinely decent human beings.

This has nothing to do with a recent client, noooo.
#writing

Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sometimes I think half of my writing work is done while I'm waiting to fall asleep or cooking a meal! It just infects you.

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J Harper Clarke @jharperclarke.bsky.social · Aug 6

My journey into writing fiction started completely unexpectedly. Now it's taking over my brain. I think about structure, backstory, and character voices while brushing my teeth or standing on line for coffee.
I did not see that coming—but I love it.

#WritingJourney #WritingCommunity

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Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Jul 28

Oh, so many new followers!

I'll be more active as time goes on. We're still dealing with some loss. In the meantime, tell me about yourselves!

Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Jul 19

I love having a husband specifically for someone to yell at for toilet paper.

Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝 @regwaltney.bsky.social · Jul 19

I'm still alive!

We had a loss in the family. I'm recovering emotionally and physically. <3