Wren L. Rivers | Author
@corvidarcana.bsky.social
They/them | author of queer seafaring fantasy series THE DIVINE ARCHIVE | FLOODWATERS coming Nov. 3rd | BLOOD OF THE GODS summer 2026
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How we all create art and find meaning in it is as unique as a fingerprint.
In visual art, that fingerprint impression is called having "a style". It develops in 3 parts:
1) your influences
2) what you enjoy
3) your special brand of laziness
In visual art, that fingerprint impression is called having "a style". It develops in 3 parts:
1) your influences
2) what you enjoy
3) your special brand of laziness
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
How we all create art and find meaning in it is as unique as a fingerprint.
In visual art, that fingerprint impression is called having "a style". It develops in 3 parts:
1) your influences
2) what you enjoy
3) your special brand of laziness
In visual art, that fingerprint impression is called having "a style". It develops in 3 parts:
1) your influences
2) what you enjoy
3) your special brand of laziness
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
Small Business Saturday is coming up soon! You should consider supporting a very, very, very, very, very...very...very small business (I have a book you should read!)
UBL: books2read.com/u/b6wAxp
Buy Direct: payhip.com/CorvidArcana...
#smallbusinesssaturday #indieauthor #booksky #writingcommunity
UBL: books2read.com/u/b6wAxp
Buy Direct: payhip.com/CorvidArcana...
#smallbusinesssaturday #indieauthor #booksky #writingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Small Business Saturday is coming up soon! You should consider supporting a very, very, very, very, very...very...very small business (I have a book you should read!)
UBL: books2read.com/u/b6wAxp
Buy Direct: payhip.com/CorvidArcana...
#smallbusinesssaturday #indieauthor #booksky #writingcommunity
UBL: books2read.com/u/b6wAxp
Buy Direct: payhip.com/CorvidArcana...
#smallbusinesssaturday #indieauthor #booksky #writingcommunity
The Divine Archive, my queer seafaring fantasy series:
Jonah’s sister being murdered by pirates. Right in front of him. Yippee, trauma!
Karina’s parents neglecting her the moment she turned six years old. Yippee, trauma!
And for Stranger… well, it’s kinda the whole plot of book 1 😂
Jonah’s sister being murdered by pirates. Right in front of him. Yippee, trauma!
Karina’s parents neglecting her the moment she turned six years old. Yippee, trauma!
And for Stranger… well, it’s kinda the whole plot of book 1 😂
What’s the biggest event from your MC’s past that informs who they are now? #WritingPrompt
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Divine Archive, my queer seafaring fantasy series:
Jonah’s sister being murdered by pirates. Right in front of him. Yippee, trauma!
Karina’s parents neglecting her the moment she turned six years old. Yippee, trauma!
And for Stranger… well, it’s kinda the whole plot of book 1 😂
Jonah’s sister being murdered by pirates. Right in front of him. Yippee, trauma!
Karina’s parents neglecting her the moment she turned six years old. Yippee, trauma!
And for Stranger… well, it’s kinda the whole plot of book 1 😂
Floodwaters is now on Itch! My store isn't the prettiest right now, but hey, it's functional 😂
Want a quick read? A tragic prequel novella that takes place in a larger world? You can now get the ebook here! corvidarcana.itch.io
Want a quick read? A tragic prequel novella that takes place in a larger world? You can now get the ebook here! corvidarcana.itch.io
Wren L. Rivers
corvidarcana.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Floodwaters is now on Itch! My store isn't the prettiest right now, but hey, it's functional 😂
Want a quick read? A tragic prequel novella that takes place in a larger world? You can now get the ebook here! corvidarcana.itch.io
Want a quick read? A tragic prequel novella that takes place in a larger world? You can now get the ebook here! corvidarcana.itch.io
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My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week!
Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week!
Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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"But Dune-"
*smack* "HERBERT IS DEEEEAD"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND HIS ESTATE DOESN'T FUND QUEERPHOBIC CAUSES"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND A RAGING HOMOPHOBE HE DIDN'T PLEDGE OVER 80% OF HIS NET WORTH TO DESTROYING QUEER PEOPLE"
*smack* "HERBERT IS DEEEEAD"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND HIS ESTATE DOESN'T FUND QUEERPHOBIC CAUSES"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND A RAGING HOMOPHOBE HE DIDN'T PLEDGE OVER 80% OF HIS NET WORTH TO DESTROYING QUEER PEOPLE"
August 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"But Dune-"
*smack* "HERBERT IS DEEEEAD"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND HIS ESTATE DOESN'T FUND QUEERPHOBIC CAUSES"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND A RAGING HOMOPHOBE HE DIDN'T PLEDGE OVER 80% OF HIS NET WORTH TO DESTROYING QUEER PEOPLE"
*smack* "HERBERT IS DEEEEAD"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND HIS ESTATE DOESN'T FUND QUEERPHOBIC CAUSES"
*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND A RAGING HOMOPHOBE HE DIDN'T PLEDGE OVER 80% OF HIS NET WORTH TO DESTROYING QUEER PEOPLE"
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Waiting for my ipad to charge, but I'm going to do a "pilot" art livestream in about 30 minutes (4pm EST)! Today's all about art, testing the waters, and making sure nothing goes horribly wrong (it's been 6 years since I last did a livestream LOL)
www.twitch.tv/corvidarcana
www.twitch.tv/corvidarcana
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Waiting for my ipad to charge, but I'm going to do a "pilot" art livestream in about 30 minutes (4pm EST)! Today's all about art, testing the waters, and making sure nothing goes horribly wrong (it's been 6 years since I last did a livestream LOL)
www.twitch.tv/corvidarcana
www.twitch.tv/corvidarcana
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Dammit, I received my order to replenish my book stock and they arrived with warped pages 😭
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Dammit, I received my order to replenish my book stock and they arrived with warped pages 😭
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There have always been trans people.
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
September 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
There have always been trans people.
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
There will always be trans people.
The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically.
Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
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sometimes a band is made up of an exasperated airport dad (he's also the youngest), a charismatic but problematic guitarist, and a drummer who just wants everyone to get along -- and I think that's beautiful
#KeepingTime #webcomics
🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning
#KeepingTime #webcomics
🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
sometimes a band is made up of an exasperated airport dad (he's also the youngest), a charismatic but problematic guitarist, and a drummer who just wants everyone to get along -- and I think that's beautiful
#KeepingTime #webcomics
🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning
#KeepingTime #webcomics
🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning
What if i 😳😳😳 applied for a job I’m qualified for 👉👈 with my favorite band 👀👀 even though I’d have to relocate internationally if hired 🤔🤔🤔
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What if i 😳😳😳 applied for a job I’m qualified for 👉👈 with my favorite band 👀👀 even though I’d have to relocate internationally if hired 🤔🤔🤔
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good morning, gang
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
good morning, gang
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
My printer can definitely smell fear. Went to print shipping labels so I can send out my next batch of orders, and it printed the barcodes all wonky…. Great 😂
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
My printer can definitely smell fear. Went to print shipping labels so I can send out my next batch of orders, and it printed the barcodes all wonky…. Great 😂
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Smash Into Pieces’ new album is KILLING ME, it’s so fucking good that my brain is rotting 👀
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Smash Into Pieces’ new album is KILLING ME, it’s so fucking good that my brain is rotting 👀
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"many" motherfucker thats a sweeping majority
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"many" motherfucker thats a sweeping majority