Lindsay (she/her)
@topazlit.bsky.social
www.topazliterary.com
Editor and writer, conscious language advocate, library assistant, cat mom, can usually be found reading. 🌈📚
Editor and writer, conscious language advocate, library assistant, cat mom, can usually be found reading. 🌈📚
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NEW YEAR WRITING GOALS: We're going to have 5 whole days of speakers, writing prompts, publishing professional office hours, community building, and more.
Sign up before December 12 for a spot - and find out all about our programming here: wholeheartedwriters.beehiiv.com/p/programmin...
Sign up before December 12 for a spot - and find out all about our programming here: wholeheartedwriters.beehiiv.com/p/programmin...
What’s on offer: Programming details!
So many ways to learn and write together at Wholehearted Writers Week 2026!
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November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
NEW YEAR WRITING GOALS: We're going to have 5 whole days of speakers, writing prompts, publishing professional office hours, community building, and more.
Sign up before December 12 for a spot - and find out all about our programming here: wholeheartedwriters.beehiiv.com/p/programmin...
Sign up before December 12 for a spot - and find out all about our programming here: wholeheartedwriters.beehiiv.com/p/programmin...
Definitely Fae. I've never been good at staying up all night so vampires sound exhausting.
For an indie Fae book shout out to Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma. (Seasonally appropriate, too!) #AMoRaR
www.generalist.org.uk/iona/books-a...
For an indie Fae book shout out to Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma. (Seasonally appropriate, too!) #AMoRaR
www.generalist.org.uk/iona/books-a...
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Definitely Fae. I've never been good at staying up all night so vampires sound exhausting.
For an indie Fae book shout out to Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma. (Seasonally appropriate, too!) #AMoRaR
www.generalist.org.uk/iona/books-a...
For an indie Fae book shout out to Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma. (Seasonally appropriate, too!) #AMoRaR
www.generalist.org.uk/iona/books-a...
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A reminder that @henrylienauthor.bsky.social released this book in 2025 and it's a much needed read about exploring other structures for fiction. It's eligible as Best Related Work for the Hugos and Best Non-Fiction for the Locus.
Highly recommend @henrylienauthor.bsky.social's book about Kishōtenketsu (the Japanese name for the classic 4 Act Eastern story structure).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5...
Henry's slim book is concise & entertaining.
Should be in every writer's toolkit!
#writing
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish%C5...
Henry's slim book is concise & entertaining.
Should be in every writer's toolkit!
#writing
bookshop.org/a/102876/978...
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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this is how you lose the dish war
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this is how you lose the dish war
Lol
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Lol
We're not doing anything, why do you ask?
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We're not doing anything, why do you ask?
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FYI!!
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
FYI!!
Was told today *again* by a library co-worker that COVID is now "just like a bad cold." 🤡
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
As COVID Surges, the High Price of Viral Denial | The Tyee
Canada’s health system reels as by one estimate 1,000 die weekly. Each infection carries risks. Where’s the prevention?
thetyee.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Was told today *again* by a library co-worker that COVID is now "just like a bad cold." 🤡
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
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We should be investing billions into innovative ways like this to re-wild our cities and towns, rather than water-guzzling, BIPoC poisoning plagiarism machines.
Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley as part of a council-funded environmental scheme.
Sheffield charity given grant to fit 'swift bricks' in homes
The Sheffield Swift Network was given £7,000 by the council for a project to help the birds nest.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
We should be investing billions into innovative ways like this to re-wild our cities and towns, rather than water-guzzling, BIPoC poisoning plagiarism machines.
Portrait of a cat who is not allowed up on the mantle, actually
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Portrait of a cat who is not allowed up on the mantle, actually
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The best summary of Moby Dick still
reskeet with a tweet you still think about
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The best summary of Moby Dick still
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Actual footage of Joyce Carol Oates posting on social media
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Actual footage of Joyce Carol Oates posting on social media
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remember tuesday? that was 86 years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
remember tuesday? that was 86 years ago
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
Not my genre, but any #EdiBuddies interested??
Any freelance editors available that can be hired to help me chop 10k-15k out of a horror comedy novel? Got a *very* positive response from an agent but the length of the work is the issue (currently 110k on a horror/comedy, need to get closer to 90k-95k).
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Not my genre, but any #EdiBuddies interested??
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This smol baby *tucked herself in*
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This smol baby *tucked herself in*
Hey pals, if writing in community with funny, wise, caring, and altogether incredible humans is your jam, from the bottom of my heart I invite you to join Wholehearted Writers Week.
Applications close Nov 12! #Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/apply.html
Applications close Nov 12! #Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/apply.html
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hey pals, if writing in community with funny, wise, caring, and altogether incredible humans is your jam, from the bottom of my heart I invite you to join Wholehearted Writers Week.
Applications close Nov 12! #Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/apply.html
Applications close Nov 12! #Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting
wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/apply.html
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The best thing you can do to help your favorite author is to pre-order 150,000 copies of their next book.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The best thing you can do to help your favorite author is to pre-order 150,000 copies of their next book.
Editors, join us for an informative chat on a very cool topic! We're excited to share context, strategies, and tips big & small for folks working at all levels of edit.
Want to learn more about editing fiction with nonbinary characters?
Join me and @eliotedits.bsky.social for our @editorscanada.bsky.social webinar on November 12!
webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...
#AmEditing #QueerEditors #Editors 🌈📚
Join me and @eliotedits.bsky.social for our @editorscanada.bsky.social webinar on November 12!
webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...
#AmEditing #QueerEditors #Editors 🌈📚
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Every bit counts, friends. Please chip in if you can.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Every bit counts, friends. Please chip in if you can.
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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