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boneturtle
@boneturtle.bsky.social
i write and edit queer fiction, mostly for @duckprintspress. follow for updates on my writing and boosts of fellow indie and small-press authors! 100% human-created art, always.
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i'm cautiously trying out the social media thing again. if you're a reader or writer of queer sci-fi, fantasy, or romance:

editing requests: www.editingturtle.com
my writing samples: www.boneturtle.me
tips and support on your writing journey (newsletter): editingturtle.eo.page
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"do it for your oc" legit rewired my brain chemistry dawg
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.

Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀

IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Illustrations for each of the months in Ulla Thynell's 2026 calendar. (From Ulla: "In addition to these, there's one more full page illustration with some extra space for your notes! 🦄")

Available only while stock lasts!

www.atthisarts.com/product/cale...
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Baffling will open for submissions on December 1st!

More info here: www.bafflingmag.com/submissions
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I implore all of you, stop giving money to fucking Disney, cancel your fucking subscriptions. Stop paying to see their shit.
December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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refuse to RT that garbage Time cover, but it feels genuinely offensive to the steelworkers (largely immigrant & Haudenosaunee men, no less!) of the original photograph.

anyway, a book on the topic: bookshop.org/p/books/to-w...
To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities
How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities
bookshop.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The giant billionaire corporate studios were basically the only thing standing in the way of A.I. (due to the myriad of copyright issues) and their capitulation means the American media ecosystem is cooked.
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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They could’ve bankrupted OpenAI in lawsuits. Instead, they’re adopting OpenAI APIs and giving them a billion dollars.
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
my editor says there is not enough plot in my porn.
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Oh my gosh, I love this story so much, congratulations on getting a print edition!!!
🌸COVER REVEAL!🌸 I'm thrilled to say that Daughter of a Thousand Faces Book 1 will be printed by Inklore Books next year!

Like Chinese Fantasies? Raging girls accidentally adopted by morally reprehensible demons? This comic is for you.

PREORDER HERE! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747047...
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I'm sure no one remembers this shitpost but me, but I need y'all to know I actually did this, every time I didn't have a fic title picked out ahead of time. (There are, incidentally, more versions and editions of this label than you could ever imagine.)
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Hey #WritingCommunity, who is on scribblehub? What do you think of it?

Also, please share your scribblehub page so i can reshare it!
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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December has come around fast!

As promised, I'm going to try and post a daily advent thread of my top science fiction, fantasy, horror and spec fic books published in 2025 🤞

The bookshop gets a bit mad this month, but I'll try my best to keep up 🎄📚🪐

#SFF
#Booksky
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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My fave new books of 2025 pick for 9th is Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social:

A cozy scifi novella featuring a crew of abandoned food service bots who decide to open their own noodle shop ❤️

Found family, capitalism, post-war San Francisco & food that'll make you feel hungry reading it!

💙📚🪐
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"

Reviews.

Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)

Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Sketch vs. Final
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Baldur Bjarnason makes a very clear and persuasive argument for how LLM users fall for the illusion of intelligence. even more relevant now than when he wrote it two years ago: softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
repost with your model of positive masculinity:
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
i want people to have access to the things they need to survive and make their own decisions about their lives. i just want humanity to be the weird, creative, boring, dumb, brilliant, flourishing animals we deserve to be.
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Pantone picking the wrong colour of the year and being rejected by everyone and their mothers is the real recession indicator.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM