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V. S. Holmes is querying

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Dark spec fic, from snarky archaeologists in space to slow-burn gothic fantasy and everything in between | STARS' EDGE: NEL BENTLY BOOKS and BLOOD OF TITANS | Writer for SolForge Fusion ♿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ he/they https://linktr.ee/vs_holmes

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

Querying: THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN, folkloric fantasy + gothic romance inspired by death, sex, and Frisian folklore

Snarky sapphic sci-fi archaeologists:
books.vsholmes.com/cnzvzl8ab2

Fantasy with bloodthirsty gods + broken heroes: books.vsholmes.com/m4juo9rp4d

Free shorts: vsholmes.substack.com

A promo image on a dark space background showing the six books in the Stars' Edge Universe with the tagline: Dr. Nel Bently discovers her pristine archaeological site is the center of an intergalactic feud. Tossed into a world of high tech and higher stakes, she only has her trowel, her attitude, and her badass and alien girlfriend, Lin.

A promo image on a dark forest background showing the four books in the Blood of Titans World with the tagline: When Alea's home is destroyed by a mad kin's genocide, she is forced to choose between mortals who play at gods and gods who pray for mortality. With the gods at war with the titanic creatures that created them, the only heroes left are as broken as the world they must reforge.

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 43m

And clearly I mean "plotted" 😅

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 53m

I'm a pantser through and through, usually not outlining until after a chaos and solid first draft. Tried a heavily planned/plottes outline a while back for the fourth book in my sci-fi series. Had to rewrite it so thoroughly I missed TWO deadlines.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 21h

Okay #WritingCommunity

Planners and Pantsers. Have you ever tried the opposite approach? Planners, have you ever just writtem with no plan? What happened. Pantsers, have you ever tried outlining? What happened?

Was there anything you kept from this experiment.

I switched from pantser to planner.

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4h

Got through revisions on the death scene, the sex scene, and the other death scene, so spending the next while in AC Odyssey

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 6h

1) New authors!

Be careful of people reaching out to you with promises of helping you market your book for a price.

Be sure to ask if they have experience with marketing in your genre and don't be afraid to ask for credentials, previous stats, and...⬇️🧵

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 23h

Beneath Strange Lights is NOT sold out online; it's still available wherever books are sold, right now today!

Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 11d

While you're waiting for Shadows Over Ravenkirk, you can still find the acclaimed books, The Amelia Temple Series, wherever books are sold!

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A promotional image for The Amelia Temple Series by Vivian Moira Valentine. Light purple smoke rises in the background behind white text that says Gay Nancy Drew Meets The C-Files With A Touch Of Cthulhu. The covers of Books One through Three - Beneath Strange Lights, Against Fearful Lies and Along Torturous Paths - form a column on the left side. At the bottom is a quote by Abra Conwell, writing as Jessica Conwell, author of Ghost Flowers: In this house we love Amelia Temple and Vivian Moira Valentine!

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d

LMAO this is what happens when you fight the creatives: *Oh yeah? I've got an inflatable frog suit. BRING IT.*
#FROGTIFA #AMPHIFA #AmphibiansAgainstFascism

AMPHIBIANS AGAINST FASCISM flag with frog
AMPHIFA

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 1d

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InbeeTalks @inbee.bsky.social · 1d

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TailgateProphet @tailgateprophet.bsky.social · 1d

Here is today's poem called "The Other Side"

Thank you for all the followers! Make sure to search #vss365 it is the best poetry and poets you can find!

#poetry #poem #vss365 #prompt #poetsofbluesky #writing #verve

The other side was never the point.
It was the crossing.

The gravel's shift beneath tri-toed feet--
the hot + bright white line--
the indrawn breath of air
before the rush of steel + shadow.

With a terrible verve
to the asphalt altar--
again + again.

A hunger artist in brown feathers--
the world holds only one truth--
the need to be,
for one pure moment,
perilously, in between!

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V @visceralhit.bsky.social · 3d

Happy International Lesbian Day. I've got a scifi-horror novel for you about language, taxonomy, and bodily autonomy for people looking to rip open what it means to be human and explore every sharp edge of ambition.

payhip.com/b/p9YWj
visceralhit.itch.io/beyondbringe...

A promo graphic for Beyond Bringers with Molly drawn in bright yellows and greens. Her arm has been replaced with a twisted gnarl of organic shapes, growing from her shoulder. The text reads:"That's going into me, right?" Molly asks, an intense look aimed at the long needle waiting on the workstation. Her eagerness makes her look like she's boiling, tiny bubbles of desire bouncing around so vigorously inside her she can't even sit still.
Nieve's hand pauses over the syringe.
"If you have any objections, speak now."

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 3d

Ooh yes. I read this two years ago, and last autumn it mixed with a lot of other stuff in the disaster-blender we're living in, and out poured an idea. So I'm writing about it now. Aside from being fascinating and important and infuriating, I'm grateful because it gave me a way to write the feels.

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 3d

A storm made from the viscera of its victims ravages the world. Until cheerful sex worker Mudlark (with her own corpse-laden secrets) gives Ivigh an offer he can’t refuse: find the necromancer who unleashed the storm or expose the bloody secret behind the hole in his chest.
#A #LGBT #TV #F #DVPit

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 3d

A god trapped in a cult is a really cool twist

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 3d

Floramancer sounds like a dream occupation, tbh

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 3d

They are so cool! "Mudlark" was born because I realized calling her "Batshit" wasn't gonna make it past the second draft.

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 3d

When addict and failed-necromancer Ivigh is given an offer he can’t refuse, he must face the witch who doomed the dead. But their shared history is much darker, rooted in the gaping, bloodless hole in his chest and his inability—despite his best efforts—to die.

#A #DF #LGBT #TV #F #DVPit

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 3d

With a devouring storm ravaging the world, the dead are stuck with eternal unrest. Until Mudlark, a cheerful sex worker with her own corpse-laden secrets, gives Ivigh an offer he can’t refuse: find the witch who unleashed the storm or be punished for false necromancy.
#A #DF #LGBT #TV #F #DVPit

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

VISCERA x THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN X GIDEON THE NINTH

🥀 Frisian Folkloric Fantasy / Gothic Romance
🌩️ Unreliable Narrator
♿ Disabled MC
💦 Weird, Ritualistic Sex
🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Masc MC
💉 Necromancy-Induced Addiction
🌦️ Grumpy x Sunshine
🌻 Plus-sized Love Interest
🪄 Magicless Witch

#A #DF #LGBT #TV #DVpit

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that DVPit today is a pitch contest, so liking/reposting is ONLY for agents/editors (you're free to comment or quote-post though!) Your support means so much!

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

Cheery Mudlark forces undead nihilist Ivigh to help her find the necromancer who doomed the dead. Mudlark's joy is as heady as the drugs Ivigh injects, but just as he realizes she makes the world worth saving, the bloody secret behind the hole in his chest comes to light.
#A #DF #LGBT #TV #F #DVPit

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

This sounds fantastic!

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

I'm always here for yearning

V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 4d

You had me at academic rivals and decay