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Sandra K
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Writer, crime fiction/fantasy junkie, vintage rock chick & gamer, slow runner and book fiend. UofG MLitt grad.
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denesmera.bsky.social
New Chapter!
What You Made Me - Chapter 24: Bite me.

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Image: An alcove in the Elfsong tavern. Curtains frame the top and side of the picture. Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Astarion and Maeva sit around a table. They are talking and smiling. There are goblets, a tankard, bottles of wine and water on the table. Summary - What You Made me - Chapter 24: Bite me A servant with a problem, a visit to the Elfsong and a wanderer returns. Shadowheart’s memory of that afternoon at Astarion’s apartment is hazy at best. But hazy doesn't mean she remembers nothing. Of course, having your memory wiped continuously from a young age takes its toll. She imagines the surface of her mind must now resemble an old chalkboard. When new, each wipe of the duster removes every mark of the chalk. But over time, traces of what came before can be seen; the faint smudge and curl of the past – blurred, almost illegible, but still there.
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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What You Made Me - New Chapter!

This took forever but at last I have finished!

Chapter 23: Feed my Frankenstein:
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Chapter 23: Feed my Frankenstein Mysterious disappearances, a present from the Archmage and a much needed moment of respite. May'va frowns. But the unspoken consequences are clear enough. Astarion’s been in a foul temper lately. She’d like to think it’s because he misses her, the way things used to be between them, but it’s more likely to be the loss of his most recent favourite, conspicuously absent the last few days. Another mysterious disappearance. And Lord Ancunín has been conspicuously pissed off. If she doesn’t appear in the reception room at the appointed time, who knows what will happen. They sit in silence for a while, until Talli finishes her hair with a final flourish. ‘There,’ she says, clasping her hands together as through in quiet applause. ‘Don’t you look beautiful?’ A black and White image of Astarion and May'va - They are looking at each other and you can only see the back of May'va. Astarin is wearing a black shirt with lace ties.
August 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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What You Made Me - Chapter 22
'Caverns and Critters'

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Maeva and Astarion are in a dark storage cellar, lit by a candle. They are looking down at the Necromancy of Thay, and looking concerned. Chapter Summary A rummage in the cellar and a trip to see the wizards. ‘Do you think that Karlach and Wyll might be at the party?’ Maeva’s expression is hopeful, and Astarion realises with mild surprise that he’d like nothing more than to see them both at the party, but he’s not sure if even Withers has the power to bring Karlach back without irreparable damage to her heart. And knowing Wyll, the gallant fool would never leave her and come alone. ‘It would be nice,’ Astarion says. ‘But don’t get your hopes up too much, my love. It would be a tricky feat even for our death-wizened friend.’ He returns his attentions to the crate and spies the corner of something brown and aged buried at the bottom. ‘Ah ha!’ After some rummaging, he lifts out a heavy brown object and plunks it down on an unopened crate with a heavy thwaap. The rictus scream and petrified eyes glower back at him, strands of violet light curling and misting over the flesh and bone cover; the book elicits the same visceral chill as it did the first time he laid eyes on it.
July 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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What You Made Me - Chapter 21 - Breakfast in bed archiveofourown.org/works/564312...
Image of Maeva and Astarion standing close together as though they are about to kiss. Summary: Things get a bit soppy, and gently spicy - sorry not sorry. My love… her heart flips. It really is quite amazing how much that simple endearment can melt her into a gooey puddle. ‘You wish, vampire boy.’ ‘Actually I do. I did.’ He says quietly his eyes tender, pupils dilating. ‘And it appears my wish was granted.’ He runs a finger along her jawline then up to the tip of her ear. Gods, she loves how soft he is like this, the way he looks at her, the way he touches her. His kisses are less practiced that they used to be, and oh, so much better for that. They consume her, his mouth and hands hungry and searching.
May 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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What You Made Me - New Chapter! Chapter 20 - Under your Scars archiveofourown.org/works/564312...

#BaldursGate3 #Astarion #tavstarion #baldursgate3 #bg3fanfiction #bg3fanfic #originalcharacters #forgottenrealms
Image of Maeva and Astarion - It;s dark, they look at each other fondly. There are fireflies and small white flowers in the background. Violet's beautiful mind. What's all the plane shifting about? Back to Baldur's gate. Text: 'Let me get this straight. You’ve just had a conversation with yourself, but with better hair. Is that the general gist?’ They’re sitting around the long table in the guardhouse listening to Maeva. Astarion is actually a little fascinated, because who wouldn’t want to see another version of themselves? One who made different choices, achieved different outcomes? On the other hand, did he really want to meet an ascended version of him? He has no regrets vis-a-vis his non-ascension – well, not really and not often, but it would definitely sting if say, the ascendant hadn’t actually turned into an evil megalomaniac and was living a happy and fulfilled life. Of course, if he met him and he was an asshole, that would be fine.
May 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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joannechocolat.bsky.social
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2876234:
Don't worry too much about crafting the perfect first line. Sometimes it's easier just to write a few pages (or a few dozen) without thinking too hard about what you're doing; then, when you finally get to your first line, delete everything that came before.
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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What You Made Me - New Chapter! Chapter 19 - My demons. archiveofourown.org/works/564312... #BaldursGate3 #Astarion #tavstarion #baldursgate3
Maeva and May'va standing in front of a dark background. One is dark and one is blonde. They stare at each other. She’s spent her life doing things because other people deemed them necessary. This was supposed to be different. This life. Their life. It was meant to give her freedom, choice. Love. Astarion had promised her all this and more. But he lied. Or at least, he broke his promise, which amounted to the same thing. What’s the use of sex, money and power if you’re choking on the leash of the tyrant wielding them?
April 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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sandoz57.bsky.social
Bats prefer the new term.
 #deportmusk #Impeachtrump #diaperdon #putinpuppet #notmypresident #investigatemusk #disinformation #oligarchy #resist #elonstolenelection #fucktrump #slavaukraini #muskrat #felon #dementia #dumptrump #perjury #democracy #Constitution #presidentmusk #voteblue #project2025
February 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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radiomukhers.bsky.social
Win £500 of holiday vouchers, in the Hunted prize draw courtesy of Waterstones! You could even spend them on a Wyndham and Banerjee cruise with Sampan Travel!
Enter the competition here!
www.waterstones.com/win/hunted-p...
February 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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peterurpeth.bsky.social
Scotland's writers' pitch event has a new home. We are now Scotland's BlueSky Writers' Pitch, and the pitch date is Friday 28 March. Full details at link below...open to all writers living in Scotland
www.peterurpeth.com/bluesky-writ...
February 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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mikechenwriter.bsky.social
A reminder that one of our most outspoken, articulate, and effective communicators was inspired by one of Starfleet's finest in @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social. This is what you channel when you call your reps and tell them how they need to do better. trekmovie.com/2024/08/25/a...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talks Inspiration Of ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ And Captain Janeway; Kate Mulgrew Responds
A high-profile member of Congress sees Star Trek's vision of the future becoming reality.
trekmovie.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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dougskelton.bsky.social
Do you want to write a crime novel? Then this weekend
Crime and Publishment workshop might be of help.
I'll be there, talking about historical writing, while other authors will discuss various aspects of the game.
Click here for details:
crimeandpublish.com
Crime and Publishment
crimeandpublish.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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scarletrix.bsky.social
I'm pretty sure authors are already thinking about this... But without govt enforcing rather than deriding copyright and publishers robustly defending writers, translators and audio actors I'm not hopeful. And without full transparency, readers can't choose well either.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scotland's Makar: New writing needs protection from AI
Scotland's national poet says new literature faces huge challenges from computer-generated work.
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February 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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denesmera.bsky.social
New Chapter! archiveofourown.org/works/564312... #baldursgate3fanfiction #BaldursGate3 #Astarion #tavstarion #baldursgate3
Astarion and May'va (Half elf, blonde hair in thick braids with lilac highlights, wearing silver dagger earrings) Chapter summary: ‘What do you want Raphael?’ ‘Lady Ancunín.’ He presses a mocking hand to where his heart would be. ‘I’m hurt. I through we had a connection, an… understanding.’ A ribbon of snow and sleet spirals up from the ground and encircles her, twisting around her waist, transforming into insidious icy fingers which slide into her clothing, burning cold flames over her belly and melt down between her thighs. She gasps and moves away, clenching her fists and swallowing down a violent, acidic surge of hatred. How she detests these men and their mind games. He takes a step closer. ‘I’m just making sure that you take every opportunity to consider my last offer.’
February 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
There’s an old Scottish version of “every cloud has a silver lining” that goes “today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky”
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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louisewelsh00.bsky.social
Thanks for this thread and for mentioning The Devil Inside commissioned by @scottishopera.bsky.social A Very happy collaboration with @stuartmacrae.bsky.social We'd love it to have a new production 😈💜🎵🎶
asls.org.uk Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Feb 8
Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story “The Bottle Imp” was first published (in English) on this day, 8 Feb, 1891, in the New York Herald. It was originally published in Samoan translation as “O le Fagu Aitu” in the missionary magazine O le sulu Samoa (The Samoan Torch)

A 👿 🧵 …
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A newspaper clipping from 1891, showing a title and the opening few lines of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story "The Bottle Imp"
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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lisaunger.bsky.social
Carolinas pals! Join me for Books Over Drinks at the beautiful M. Judson Booksellers. I had so much fun last year and can’t wait to see you again on release day for CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO 10!

🎟️Tickets: mjudsonbooks.com/event/books-...
February 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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josephfasano.bsky.social
love poems ❤️
February 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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scarletrix.bsky.social
If you're pining for historical Glasgow and have reread the forays by Alan Parks and Liam McIlvanney to death, this sounds like something to grab with both hands 👇👇
orendabooks.bsky.social Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · Feb 6
Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down...

@dfr10.bsky.social returns this month with #TheWeekenders, an extraordinary, dark mystery – book 1 in The #Raskine House Trilogy

1960s #Glasgow.
There's religion, corruption, and murder...

📱 bit.ly/3WHbADl
📖 bit.ly/3CuwrDa

#BooksOfBlueSky #Books #Readers
February 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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kitdewaal.com
Deadline fast approaching for the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition - first prize £1000 and publication. If you've got a story in your drawer or hard drive that needs tweaking, this is the competition for you. Dust it off and enter! Details in the link.

Please share :)
Rhys Davies Short Story Competition - Swansea UniversityMenu
A distinguished national writing competition for writers born or living in Wales. We are delighted to manage this prestigious award on behalf of The Rhys Davies Trust
www.swansea.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM