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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈

@woldry.bsky.social

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Librarian, cat papa, husband, invisibly disabled, ancient theater kid, AuDHD gaymer out & proud in rural US for decades. Obsesses over historical linguistics. Author of Clueless Cabot (as André D. Michaels) & misc fantasies under way. Website: woldry.com

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · Dec 11

I'm Eric (he/him). I #write mostly #fantasy, but I've published #MMromance & #erotica under other pseudonyms.

Yes: #tea, #cats (obligatory--I'm a #writer), #theater, #conlangs, #linguistics, & other geeky stuff.

#BookSky #SkyWriters

No: unrequested DMs, MAGA, trans- or queerphobia, or ableism.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 7d

Who am I to ignore the words of the gods?

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 9d

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

A poster of a manifesto about reading, by Loki, with 6 points on reading "bad" books, short books, comics, audioooks, webcomics and fanfic, plus not finishing bad books cos life is too short.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 9d

A bit different, here's a pitch:

BEERS, BEARS & BEARDS

When his lifelong companion and love is dragged into the mountain's deadly depths during a mining disaster, a dwarf must descend into darkness to rescue him so their beards may finally be braided together.

#WIPSnips #writingcommunity

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 9d

From a backburnered May-December literary #MMRomance, "Still Waters." (Not a literal bear.)

"An older ginger bear living alone in a house full of antiques and art sounded like a man Ken definitely wanted to get to know better.
Much better."

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts 🌈✒️

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 9d

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips

The words for September 29th is "bear"

(While inspired by Fat Bear Week, as always, synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine, so it doesn't have to be a literal bear.)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 29 - bear
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 9d

TEA ALERT: This morning's #tea is Numi organic chocolate pu-erh.

You may now move on with the remainder of your day.

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Kaz ☭ 🇵🇸 @kaz01.bsky.social · 9d

It’s so bizarre that the person who shot up the ICE facility was some edgy 4chan classical Ron Paul libertarian with a fixation of video games and somehow, the FBI is still considering him a “leftist”.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 9d

Change a movie by adding a word.

Back Pain to the Future
Mars Bar Attacks
Love Handles, Actually
Saving Private Equity Ryan
Plan 9 from Outer Personal Space
Bacon Grease
Star Wars: Return Policy of the Jedi
Good Morning Breath, Vietnam
The Music Therapy Man
Like Water for Like Chocolate

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 10d

Change a movie by adding a word.

Citizen Kandy Kane

Camestros Felapton @camestrosf.bsky.social · 10d

change a movie by adding a word

Pride and Extreme Prejudice

Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 11d

TEA ALERT: This morning's #tea is organic Darjeeling.

You may now resume your daily ministrations.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 12d

Correspondence from "We Who Walk in Shadow."

No "mire," so I went with "muck".

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #FantasyWriters 🌈✒️

My lord (I know, I know, I’m not allowed to call you that anymore) —

“The Mother” could mean many things. Mother of vinegar, mother of saltpeter, and the prodigiously foul-mouthed folk heroine “Mother Muck” from bogling tales all come to mind. And no doubt you’ve ruled out old Avikella, the Wingèd Mother Herself? Or Sintenefrae, the Moonly Mother, who in the end—lucky deity!—welcomes all elves into Her bright embrace?

But with regard to an actual person a sylvan child might address as such, I have not come upon an answer as yet in any lorebook here. It’s not typical of Scathwood customs, which you probably know are infamously informal.

More context might help. I won’t mind digging further, though. The librarian is alluring enough to keep me motivated to return. She has the most beguilingly chilly elven demeanor. And you know me… my lord.

— M.V.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 12d

It's almost haiku

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 12d

Make no mistake, this kind of crackdown is coming to the USA if we don't stop Trump and the Project 2025 steamroller.

#QueerRights
#LGBTQIA+Rights
#FreedomOfSpeech
#Silence=Death
#Homophobia
#ImpeachNOW

Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social · 12d

“The law came into effect in January 2024 and in essence made any and all LGBTQ+ activism illegal in Russia.” Queer people in Russia face hardship and persecution. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/26/r...

Russian woman fined for ‘LGBT propaganda’ over five-year-old social media posts

A Russian woman was fined under the country's anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda law for five-year-old posts on social media of rainbow flag images.

www.thepinknews.com

Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 12d

All my Midwest mind can think is, "What do they do when it rains?"

superstardrifter, sentient stack of pancakes 🥞🌠 @superstardrifter.bsky.social · 12d

So, leaving a concert in Denver on Sunday night, my friend and I are walking back to our car when we stumble on this absolute masterpiece.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a purple El Camino with a ball pit in the back.

a purple El Camino with a ball pit in the back.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 12d

TEA ALERT: This morning's #tea is Golden Monkey with lemon zest.

You may now resume your usual regimen.

Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 13d

TEA ALERT: This morning's #tea is Barooti Assam with honeybush, rose hips, and raspberry leaf.

You may now go on about your day.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 15d

TEA ALERT: This morning's #tea is stalwart old English Breakfast.

Carry on.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 16d

Welcome to BlueSky! Some great writer community here.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 16d

Yeah, other than his taste in spouses, he's pretty sharp 🤪

Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 16d

I once told my brother (who said I was 'insensitive' to expect others 'acting on their principles' not to oppose my marriage rights) that we are literally fighting for our lives.

This is what I mean.

We *must* change this society if we are to survive.

#LGBTQIA+Rights
#transrights
#fightfascism

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16d

An Arizona man is facing felony charges for threatening to shoot up a gay bar to avenge Charlie Kirk. He was convinced the shooter had "transgender ideology." Fortunately, he was stopped, but this is on the media for running with the erroneous WSJ reporting. www.azfamily.com/2025/09/19/p...

Phoenix man accused of threatening to shoot up gay bar amid political anger

A Phoenix man is in jail after police say he threatened to shoot up a gay bar near his apartment reportedly because he was angry about recent political violence across the country.

www.azfamily.com

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 16d

No "flurry," but how about "blizzard"?

From "Fables of Fire," my cozy small-town gothic supernatural #thriller inspired by Hansel and Gretel and chock full of queer rep and fairy-tale allusions.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #FairyTaleRetellings

Though she needed the business, Peg was grateful for the blizzard.

Sitting on the high stool at the wooden work table, she pondered the model cabin built from stale bread and week-old cookies—the only disorder she allowed herself amid the stark white cabinets and stainless steel of the bakery kitchen. For weeks now, she’d tried to reconstruct the cabin entirely from a memory nibbled away by years and yearning.

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Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 16d

TEA ALERT: This morning's #tea is chocolate mint chip (Barooti Assam with cacao nibs, honeybush, and mint leaves).

You may now go back to your Monday regimen.

Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 17d

Follow Mike. You'll be glad you did.

mike @staykinduniverse.swifties.social · 17d

made a thing.

Eric Woldry (he/him) 🌈 @woldry.bsky.social · 17d

@bsky.app — I urge you to rethink these guidelines.

You have a unique opportunity to stand against the creeping encroachment of prudish sterility, and instead foster human creativity.

Don't squander it.

TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 17d

Romancelandia: even if you don't read dark romance, the new Bsky guidelines should concern you.

Disallowed: "Illustrated or animated" depictions of nonconsensual adult content.

Why ban fictional depictions of anything? And how will consent be determined from an illustration?