Teddy Patino
@ypaladin.bsky.social
Fantasy author | Twitch streamer (YPaladin, currently on hiatus) | History Lover
| Cat Dad | Perpetually Pessimistic Bay Area Sports Fan
Currently #writing
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Currently #writing
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Teddy Patino
@ypaladin.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Writing Battle — The peer-powered story contest
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I successfully completed another #writingbattle. This time I was given the following prompts: #cozyfantasy, observatory, girl next door.
What came out was the short story "The Wonder That's Keeping The Stars Apart". Please check it out!
#writingcommunity
www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
What came out was the short story "The Wonder That's Keeping The Stars Apart". Please check it out!
#writingcommunity
www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
Reposted by Teddy Patino
#BluePit is back for the summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#BluePit is back for the summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
Reposted by Teddy Patino
The Pink Hydra #4 is live!!!
As always a blend of tones, styles and lengths to suit, but I particularly want to recommend starting with "Edelyn's End," an #ownvoices heroic fantasy novelette by 24-year-old trans British writer Beth Cleaton. 🏳️⚧️
thepinkhydra.com/issues/0201202506
As always a blend of tones, styles and lengths to suit, but I particularly want to recommend starting with "Edelyn's End," an #ownvoices heroic fantasy novelette by 24-year-old trans British writer Beth Cleaton. 🏳️⚧️
thepinkhydra.com/issues/0201202506
June 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Pink Hydra #4 is live!!!
As always a blend of tones, styles and lengths to suit, but I particularly want to recommend starting with "Edelyn's End," an #ownvoices heroic fantasy novelette by 24-year-old trans British writer Beth Cleaton. 🏳️⚧️
thepinkhydra.com/issues/0201202506
As always a blend of tones, styles and lengths to suit, but I particularly want to recommend starting with "Edelyn's End," an #ownvoices heroic fantasy novelette by 24-year-old trans British writer Beth Cleaton. 🏳️⚧️
thepinkhydra.com/issues/0201202506
Realized a while back my novel needed to switch primary protagonists as the love interest had the stronger narrative drive.
It felt like a small change at the time but after feedback I'm realizing how much work I need to do to shift the original plot to reflect this change. #writing
It felt like a small change at the time but after feedback I'm realizing how much work I need to do to shift the original plot to reflect this change. #writing
June 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Realized a while back my novel needed to switch primary protagonists as the love interest had the stronger narrative drive.
It felt like a small change at the time but after feedback I'm realizing how much work I need to do to shift the original plot to reflect this change. #writing
It felt like a small change at the time but after feedback I'm realizing how much work I need to do to shift the original plot to reflect this change. #writing
Anyone else's #writing process gets completely thrown if they realize they understand very little about a topic related to their world building and then proceed to go into heavy research mode? Because... yeah, I'm now deep into the history of fashion and clothing and I didn't plan to be.
February 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Anyone else's #writing process gets completely thrown if they realize they understand very little about a topic related to their world building and then proceed to go into heavy research mode? Because... yeah, I'm now deep into the history of fashion and clothing and I didn't plan to be.
#AskAnAuthor
I always loved reading and would make up my own stories. But it was only when I was 15 and found fanfiction on an Inuyasha fan site I realized you could do more than imagine. Before that I'd never even thought about writing down my ideas. It was like a switch went on in my head.
I always loved reading and would make up my own stories. But it was only when I was 15 and found fanfiction on an Inuyasha fan site I realized you could do more than imagine. Before that I'd never even thought about writing down my ideas. It was like a switch went on in my head.
1️⃣ Every writer has an origin story—what’s yours? What first inspired you to write, and how has your journey unfolded?
Repost with your answer and tag #AskAnAuthor so others can find it! Don’t forget to like and share to keep the conversation going. ✨
#AskAnAuthor #WritingCommunity #Booksky
Repost with your answer and tag #AskAnAuthor so others can find it! Don’t forget to like and share to keep the conversation going. ✨
#AskAnAuthor #WritingCommunity #Booksky
February 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#AskAnAuthor
I always loved reading and would make up my own stories. But it was only when I was 15 and found fanfiction on an Inuyasha fan site I realized you could do more than imagine. Before that I'd never even thought about writing down my ideas. It was like a switch went on in my head.
I always loved reading and would make up my own stories. But it was only when I was 15 and found fanfiction on an Inuyasha fan site I realized you could do more than imagine. Before that I'd never even thought about writing down my ideas. It was like a switch went on in my head.
My goal for this year is to finish one of my #WIP novels. So clearly the best #writing strategy should be writing two different novels at the same time right. I mean they're set in the same world, just centuries apart, so this totally won't drive me insane trying to keep it all straight.
January 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My book for the evening at the silent book club
January 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
My book for the evening at the silent book club
Hi friends- raising for awareness, my dear friend @thereluctanthermit.bsky.social 's amazing doggo Pippin is quite ill and they could use any support in this difficult time. Even just passing this link along would be appreciated greatly.
www.gofundme.com/f/pippin-nee...
www.gofundme.com/f/pippin-nee...
Donate to Pippin Needs Your Support for Recovery, organized by Hermit Reluctant
Hi friends,
On the 3rd of January our beloved dog, Pippin became grievousl… Hermit Reluctant needs your support for Pippin Needs Your Support for Recovery
www.gofundme.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hi friends- raising for awareness, my dear friend @thereluctanthermit.bsky.social 's amazing doggo Pippin is quite ill and they could use any support in this difficult time. Even just passing this link along would be appreciated greatly.
www.gofundme.com/f/pippin-nee...
www.gofundme.com/f/pippin-nee...
Read my first book of 2025, and it was a true gem! Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is charming and sweet, yet holds both the grimness of the old fairy tales and the honest heart of any good novel. Definitely recommend!
January 6, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Read my first book of 2025, and it was a true gem! Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is charming and sweet, yet holds both the grimness of the old fairy tales and the honest heart of any good novel. Definitely recommend!
Finally done with this monster of a short story in time for the holidays. I'm pretty proud of this one, but I know I need at least one or two rounds of edits before its fully polished. This was one where the characters told me their ending as I was writing it, which is always fun.
#writing
#writing
December 21, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Finally done with this monster of a short story in time for the holidays. I'm pretty proud of this one, but I know I need at least one or two rounds of edits before its fully polished. This was one where the characters told me their ending as I was writing it, which is always fun.
#writing
#writing
Finally seeing the end of this short story (at this point a short novella) that's taken over my brain for the last couple months. Then I can get back to my WIP novels. Taking this break from them has given me fresh motivation and ideas. Anyone else have that happen?
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
December 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Finally seeing the end of this short story (at this point a short novella) that's taken over my brain for the last couple months. Then I can get back to my WIP novels. Taking this break from them has given me fresh motivation and ideas. Anyone else have that happen?
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
That moment when you strike upon an idea that makes your story flow so much better and resolves lingering issues, but also makes you realize you now have pages and pages of rewrites to do. I did that to myself twice yesterday for two different novel ideas.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
a man in a white shirt sits at a table
Alt: a man in a white shirt sits at a table, happy, until he comes to a realization
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December 9, 2024 at 6:18 PM
That moment when you strike upon an idea that makes your story flow so much better and resolves lingering issues, but also makes you realize you now have pages and pages of rewrites to do. I did that to myself twice yesterday for two different novel ideas.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Early christmas present from @jensilvo.bsky.social . I'm only a few pages in and this goes so hard. I don't know why Japan loves the French Revolution as much as I do but god bless them for it.
December 6, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Early christmas present from @jensilvo.bsky.social . I'm only a few pages in and this goes so hard. I don't know why Japan loves the French Revolution as much as I do but god bless them for it.
This is the first time I've had a physical copy of my work in my hands. I had a blast being part of Nat1publishing's Write, Wrong or Otherwise event, and I'm super happy to be part of this anthology.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
December 3, 2024 at 12:46 AM
This is the first time I've had a physical copy of my work in my hands. I had a blast being part of Nat1publishing's Write, Wrong or Otherwise event, and I'm super happy to be part of this anthology.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Anyone else in the #writingcommunity get paranoid about the things they search for while doing research? Like I swear officers I'm looking up this gruesome execution method so I can accurately portray the scene since, you know, a lived experience isn't possible to obtain 😅
December 1, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Anyone else in the #writingcommunity get paranoid about the things they search for while doing research? Like I swear officers I'm looking up this gruesome execution method so I can accurately portray the scene since, you know, a lived experience isn't possible to obtain 😅
No matter what else, ruining Ohio State's season makes this Wolverines season a success. Please keep Ryan Day forever OSU.
November 30, 2024 at 8:53 PM
No matter what else, ruining Ohio State's season makes this Wolverines season a success. Please keep Ryan Day forever OSU.
As someone who works in corporate America, I've either A)been a cog in the machine to implement "the brilliant idea that will fix everything", B)been its victim, or C)been a bemused spectator (Usually I'm A). Which makes this ep so enjoyable with how beat for beat it captures this experience.
We're back! Ep. 11.5-The New Protocols. Wherein halfbaked firmware updates drive everyone mad sites.libsyn.com/47475/115-th...
Revolutions : 11.5- The New Protocols
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November 28, 2024 at 9:56 PM
As someone who works in corporate America, I've either A)been a cog in the machine to implement "the brilliant idea that will fix everything", B)been its victim, or C)been a bemused spectator (Usually I'm A). Which makes this ep so enjoyable with how beat for beat it captures this experience.
#49ers are an injury riddled disappointment, the Warriors can't maintain leads, and... the #sjsharks crush the Kings 7-2? How is hockey now my one light in the sports darkness?
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face while talking on a stage .
Alt: Steve Harvey looking confused
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November 26, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Went with my lovely fiance ( @jessredolfi.bsky.social ) to see one of our favorite #musicals, Come From Away. Not only is it one of the most beautiful stories in any medium, it is also one of the ones that always leaves me with a sense of hope for us as humans.
November 25, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Went with my lovely fiance ( @jessredolfi.bsky.social ) to see one of our favorite #musicals, Come From Away. Not only is it one of the most beautiful stories in any medium, it is also one of the ones that always leaves me with a sense of hope for us as humans.
This story beautifully conveys the real impacts of revolution beyond the barricades and guillotines we think of, and how survivors, even the most broken, can try and do the very simple but oh so necessary things that help us all heal.
In this current climate, these types of stories matter.
In this current climate, these types of stories matter.
(A story of the aftermath of revolution, not unlike "In Memory of the Daihani Revolution" by Miranda Rain in BCS #420 right now. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/in-m... )
November 22, 2024 at 9:38 PM
This story beautifully conveys the real impacts of revolution beyond the barricades and guillotines we think of, and how survivors, even the most broken, can try and do the very simple but oh so necessary things that help us all heal.
In this current climate, these types of stories matter.
In this current climate, these types of stories matter.
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
I don't believe in many things but I do believe when this man tells you it's game over, it's over
I don't believe in many things but I do believe when this man tells you it's game over, it's over
November 21, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
I don't believe in many things but I do believe when this man tells you it's game over, it's over
I don't believe in many things but I do believe when this man tells you it's game over, it's over
I successfully completed another #writingbattle. This time I was given the following prompts: #cozyfantasy, observatory, girl next door.
What came out was the short story "The Wonder That's Keeping The Stars Apart". Please check it out!
#writingcommunity
www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
What came out was the short story "The Wonder That's Keeping The Stars Apart". Please check it out!
#writingcommunity
www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
Writing Battle — The peer-powered story contest
The writer's colosseum. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world.
Every story receives oodles of feedback.
Join the most supportive writing community on the web. ...
www.writingbattle.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:33 AM
I successfully completed another #writingbattle. This time I was given the following prompts: #cozyfantasy, observatory, girl next door.
What came out was the short story "The Wonder That's Keeping The Stars Apart". Please check it out!
#writingcommunity
www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
What came out was the short story "The Wonder That's Keeping The Stars Apart". Please check it out!
#writingcommunity
www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you
I swear this sometimes felt like a fever dream I had from watching too many power rangers episodes and reading The Once and Future King
I swear this sometimes felt like a fever dream I had from watching too many power rangers episodes and reading The Once and Future King
November 19, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you
I swear this sometimes felt like a fever dream I had from watching too many power rangers episodes and reading The Once and Future King
I swear this sometimes felt like a fever dream I had from watching too many power rangers episodes and reading The Once and Future King
I am mentally blown away that the head writer of one of my all time favorite youtube series is also the author of one of the best Warhammer books I've read, the Infinite and the Divine.
What a crazy crossover.
What a crazy crossover.
Hey Bluesky!
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
November 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I am mentally blown away that the head writer of one of my all time favorite youtube series is also the author of one of the best Warhammer books I've read, the Infinite and the Divine.
What a crazy crossover.
What a crazy crossover.
Finally started watching Arcane this week.
Things I like: its a complex, deeply personal story (tragic friends to enemies stories everywhere!) set in a dungeonpunk techno-magic world (which I'm a sucker for)
Things I dislike: It somehow tricked me into updating League and I might play again
Things I like: its a complex, deeply personal story (tragic friends to enemies stories everywhere!) set in a dungeonpunk techno-magic world (which I'm a sucker for)
Things I dislike: It somehow tricked me into updating League and I might play again
a cartoon character with red hair is sitting in front of a light
ALT: a cartoon character with red hair is sitting in front of a light
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November 18, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Finally started watching Arcane this week.
Things I like: its a complex, deeply personal story (tragic friends to enemies stories everywhere!) set in a dungeonpunk techno-magic world (which I'm a sucker for)
Things I dislike: It somehow tricked me into updating League and I might play again
Things I like: its a complex, deeply personal story (tragic friends to enemies stories everywhere!) set in a dungeonpunk techno-magic world (which I'm a sucker for)
Things I dislike: It somehow tricked me into updating League and I might play again