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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 11h

It's International Lesbian Day so, as a lesbian who often writes about lesbians being lesbian, celebrate and support by taking a look at my most lesbian of books, THE POWERS THAT BE! #lesfic #superhero #romance #booksky 📚🌈🪐

The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · May 16

Dr. Peril is a melodramatic mad scientist out to rule the world. Her nemesis, Diamond, is a kindly Midwestern gal who can lift a truck.

Clearly, they're meant for each other. Too bad the Department of Unnatural Powers disagrees. #lesfic #booksky #queerfic 📚🌈🪐
www.jbgarnerwrites.com/thepowerstha...

The book cover for The Powers That Be, the first book of the Unnatural Powers series by Temple Hart, a satirical lesbian superhero romance

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 4h

Often! And, as a editor, I've saved other authors from themselves. The ultimate team is a good writer and a goos editor working in tandem.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 5h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 10h

I have it on good authority that it's Lesbian Day, and my books are chock full of lesbians - trans and cis! And they're super cool and/or useless!

check 'em out at https://magicariot.com

Magica Riot - The Official Site

A novel about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot.

magicariot.com

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 10h

It's International Lesbian Day? Shit. Why didn't you say so?

I've got girlkisser stories to offer.

autumnwolff.myshopify.com

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 11h

It's International Lesbian Day so, as a lesbian who often writes about lesbians being lesbian, celebrate and support by taking a look at my most lesbian of books, THE POWERS THAT BE! #lesfic #superhero #romance #booksky 📚🌈🪐

The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · May 16

Dr. Peril is a melodramatic mad scientist out to rule the world. Her nemesis, Diamond, is a kindly Midwestern gal who can lift a truck.

Clearly, they're meant for each other. Too bad the Department of Unnatural Powers disagrees. #lesfic #booksky #queerfic 📚🌈🪐
www.jbgarnerwrites.com/thepowerstha...

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 12h

Let's get ACCOUNTABLE for Wednesday, October 8th!

Lingering cough, you are my eternal enemy! Besides that, I'm fully well and fully back to work. Essentials are done, so today is editing, revising, and a trip to the salon.

In other words, Eternal Catchup 2025 continues on!

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 13h

Just a little over three weeks until I make the move to Montréal, and I'm still raising funds to cover expenses and my future tuition.

Any help would be appreciated.

GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-autum...

Book bundle: itch.io/s/159177/the...

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 13h

Anyone have a decent way to support/ transport dungeon tiles so an assembled dungeon can be slid or placed down with the under-support on a table? This torn box isn't... cutting it. 😎 #TTRPG

An assembled dungeon made of dungeon tiles sitting in a torn cardboard box

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 13h

A cloak big and flowing enough to hide two girlfriends kissing inside.

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 13h

Sounds like something cool for my fellow #sci-fi folks!

Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 13h

#HardSciFi writers, ask your local chemist about this year's Nobel for Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) 💪 and how you too can use them in your #WorldBuilding. They are a great way to store hydrogen, oxygen, and other non-fissile fuels and utility gasses in stable forms for long journeys.

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I did my shift at the Factory earlier. We all got big stuff on the assembly line!

Bailey Bangtan, Lesbian Extraordinaire @b-saxon.femfactory.tech · 1d

Phenomenal things are happening in the Lesbian Factory where lesbian things are made

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 1d

This soap is a hit with my gaming group. It really does smell like Skittles.

Let trans kids become trans adults | optimistic-soap

“Let trans kids become trans adults” was created to show support for trans youth whose rights and healthcare are coming under attack.Pink, blue and white colors swirl, inspired by the trans pride flag...

www.optimisticsoap.com

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 1d

HANG UP YOUR SCIMITAR, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DARK THOUGHTS. AND YOU WILL WIN.

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I see Lamaty'i, I reskeet Lamaty'i.

EpicUrianger 🔜 GATEWay Fate @epicurianger.bsky.social · 3d

Another devious creation for the last minute ordering queue....

Wuk Lamat in the Sonic Adventure pose, there is a very distinct overlay of a devious elf at 10 % opacity overlay.

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Because I forgot yesterday, post haircut selfie!

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone should go buy trans books before I get disappeared for bringing up the Trust and Safety gooning incident.

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22

On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22

Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"

So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

For the benefit of all the lesbian vampiresses out there, my phlebotomist told me I have great veins, easy to find that give a lot of blood. 😘

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 1d

It's a simple corpo job. She provides a distraction while the main team grabs a particularly interesting piece of tech. She knows most of the crew from previous work. The facility isn't even in a high-watch sector of town. What could go wrong?

Also? Waggles

A #Lesfic #Cyberpunk #FlashFiction Story

Nina Fairweather - Diagnostic Suite Three

ninafairweather.com

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

This. All thus.

Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all want a hard truth? The world should be grateful most trans people are as kind and graceful and patient as they are.

I’ve seen how cishet people act when they believe they’re being mistreated, and let me tell ya, we could be so much worse.

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

The only way I am even resisting right now is that I don't currently have a gaming PC!

The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

You know you're going to the right clinic when there are right-wing Christian protesters set up out front.

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Nicely done!

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Yes, we do.

Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 1d

Lesbians be like: I love yuri dessert: 🍰 🏳️‍🌈💅

A picture of a business called Yuri’s Desserts

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 1d

witch of shadows

fanart of Medea from Hades 2, but wearing modern clothes (tiny leather shorts with double belt, red/purple leather crop top), a nose ring, necklaces, also big tattoo covering the entire left arm (a snake, a moon crescent, flowers and leaves)
She's sitting, resting on her left hand, her right hand next to her face, conjuring some plague magic that bathes her in green light

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Let's get ACCOUNTABLE for Tuesday, October 7th!

My body allowed a more reasonable amount of sleep last night, yay! So I'm up, fed, med'd, and properly dressed.

Today's agenda is bloodwork, a dinner out, a panel recording, FFXIV with friends, and any revision I can do in-between all that.

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