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#poem #poetry #poet #writer #writing #gothic #moderngothic #moderngothicpoetry

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February 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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February 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
hurrytothecapsule.bsky.social
Indie author here. New OwnVoices novel: a woman protagonist navigating life beyond her Czech hometown, with classical music, logistics, and a healthy romance. Set in Czechia and Yemen. Free ebook via subscription to Substack.
#globalthemes #indieauthor #OwnVoices
February 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
dianebillas.bsky.social
THE FINAL CHAPTER Recipe:
🍭Handful of Halloween candy
☕️Splash of coffee
🥐Dash of a croissant
🥜Fistful of crushed peanuts
Serve at the bookstore you work at with your sapphic crush. But be careful, someone’s already dead and you could be next…
#Foodpit #Q #YA #MY #LGBT
THE FINAL CHAPTER, cook time: 74,000 words. Ingredients handful of Halloween candy, splash of coffee, dash of a croissant, fistful of crushed peanuts. Directions: Add all of the ingredients together to get a 74,000 word #ownvoices YA sapphic murder mystery. Serve at the bookstore you work at with your sapphic crush. But be careful, someone's already dead and you could be next...
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM
rickrreed.bsky.social
My semi-autobiographical, coming out love story, UNRAVELING, is available on Amazon at amazon.com/gp/product/B... & Nine Star Press at ninestarpress.com/product/unra... Paperback also available! #ownvoices #WritingCommunity #gayromance
Unraveling
Unraveling - Kindle edition by Reed, Rick R.. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
pjcarlin.bsky.social
BHM Book 2: The Body by Bethany C. Morrow. I was conflicted about whether I enjoyed this until I watched an interview with the author about her inspiration & target audience. Also... I liked the end.

#booksky #blacksky #ownvoices #blackhistorymonth #amreading

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Review by pattiecarlin - The Body
I really need to process this for a day or two. I almost DNF'd but it did get more interesting...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
heather-martin.bsky.social
While all the essays in *Disability Visibility* are important and often revelatory reads, I think A. H. Rheaume's "Why My Novel Is Dedicated to My Disabled Friend Maddy" will be of particular interest to #booksky readers. #ownVoices #disability

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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong
A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disa...
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February 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
nickimags.bsky.social
Redwood Court [Book Review] by @readingladiesbc.bsky.social

#ThrowbackThursday #booksky #bookblogger #OwnVoices #DiverseReads #BlackHistoryMonth
Redwood Court [Book Review] #ThrowbackThursday #bookx #booksky #bookblogger #OwnVoices #DiverseReads #BlackHistoryMonth - Reading Ladies
Redwood Court is a character-driven memoir-like complicated family drama by a debut and "own voices" author, DéLana R.A. Dameron.
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February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Redwood Court [Book Review] #ThrowbackThursday #bookx #booksky #bookblogger #OwnVoices #DiverseReads #BlackHistoryMonth readingladies.com/2026/02/04/r... via @readingladiesbc.bsky.social
Redwood Court [Book Review] #ThrowbackThursday #bookx #booksky #bookblogger #OwnVoices #DiverseReads #BlackHistoryMonth - Reading Ladies
Redwood Court is a character-driven memoir-like complicated family drama by a debut and "own voices" author, DéLana R.A. Dameron.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
damppebbles.bsky.social
Redwood Court [Book Review] #ThrowbackThursday #bookx #booksky #bookblogger #OwnVoices #DiverseReads #BlackHistoryMonth readingladies.com/2026/02/04/r... @readingladiesbc.bsky.social
Redwood Court [Book Review] #ThrowbackThursday #bookx #booksky #bookblogger #OwnVoices #DiverseReads #BlackHistoryMonth - Reading Ladies
Redwood Court is a character-driven memoir-like complicated family drama by a debut and "own voices" author, DéLana R.A. Dameron.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
readingladiesbc.bsky.social
Do you enjoy complicated family drama?

https://readingladies.com/2026/02/04/redwood-court-book-review-throwbackthursday-bookx-booksky-bookblogger-ownvoices-diversereads-blackhistorymonth/
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February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
pjcarlin.bsky.social
#booksky #blacksky #blackvoices #blackhistorymonth #amreading #ownvoices
pjcarlin.bsky.social Pattie PJ Carlin @pjcarlin.bsky.social · 4d
My first 5 star book in February and my first Black History Month book. Burn Down Master's House. "Don't let them take what they can't touch." Thanks #NetGalley and #KensingtonPublishing for an advanced reading copy. My honest opinion: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/573c...

#BURNDOWNMASTERSHOUSE
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February 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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once more unto the breach, the #Crowdfunder link is:

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#OwnVoices #queer #poet #QueerPoet #trans #TransPoet #DisabledPoet #NeurodivergentPoet
"Made of Magic" hybrid poetry show @ EdFringe 2026
help a queer, non-binary trans, disabled, neurodivergent multidisciplinary artist revive his autibiographical poetry show for EdFringe 2026.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
oshowinston.bsky.social
My new sapphic psychological thriller is out! With its cozy setting, disabled inclusion, and warming feel, the book (to me) is a change from a lot of what is already on the market.
#booksky #ownvoices #indiebookrelease
February 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
AUTHORS—I’m launching my editorial business, and I’m starting off by booking FREE manuscript edits! If you need eyes on your MS and don’t have the budget, consider Corvid Arcana Literary!

Booking through June at www.corvidarcana.com/editorial

#writesky #authorsky #writingcommunity #queerwriters
Corvid Arcana Literary NOW BOOKING! FREE Manuscript Edits With Availability Through June Corvid Arcana Literary #MSWL Manuscript Wish List - Representation of Marginalized Groups (Especially transgender, aromantic/asexual rep, disabilities, characters of color) - #OwnVoices Manuscripts - Allegories for Real World Events - (Pandemic stories, climate change stories, critiques on the rise of tascism, etc.) - Fantasy!!! (I love a good 'ole sword & sorcery fantasy, but I especially love a fantasy world that pushes the boundary of the genre) Corvid Arcana Literary will NOT edit: - Manuscripts that perpetuate or romanticize racism, genocide, or colonialism - "Romance" arcs between a minor and an adult - Detransition stories - Anything written with Generative AI Please note that Corvid Arcana Literary specializes in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror genres, and will show reservation toward editing historical and contemporary novels, memoirs, and works of nonfiction. Corvid Arcana Literary BOOK A FREE DEVELOPMENTAL OR LINE EDIT AT CORVIDARCANA.COM/EDITORIAL Any length. One manuscript per author.
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
nicolermisra.bsky.social
#BlackAuthors #OwnVoices
Alt text: This slide features the book Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood written by Trevor Noah Alt text: This slide features the book Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism written by Derrick Bell Alt text: This slide features the book Your Name Is a Song written by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Luisa Uribe
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social
I have to share Mage By Blood, being released chapter by chapter!

It follows trans man and government mage Izak Biralei as he’s sent on a mission that goes very wrong. His country and family have been broken by warring ideologies about magic.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1453...

#OwnVoices #fantasy
February 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM
theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social
Try out my novel Mage By Blood, being released chapter by chapter!

It follows trans man and government mage Izak Biralei as he’s sent on a mission that goes very wrong. His country and family have been broken by warring ideologies about magic.

www.royalroad.com/fiction/1453...

#OwnVoices #fantasy
Mage By Blood
When a government mission turns deadly, Mage Izak must face long-lost family members across violently opposing ideological lines. One hundred years ago a revolution against the magical Empire of Westr...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
greeneandheaton.bsky.social
"Almost two years on, I have a contract for publication! I simply wouldn't be where I am now without taking a chance on The Greene Door!" - Helen Jones, debut author and Greene Door alum!

Open now, until 27th March!

#GreeneDoor26 #debutauthors #ownvoices @helenjauthor.bsky.social
greeneandheaton.bsky.social Greene & Heaton Literary and Media Agency @greeneandheaton.bsky.social · 17d
The Greene Door Project is back! We are delighted to be reopening our Greene Door mentoring scheme for writers from underrepresented backgrounds.

Closing 27th March 2026 📗🚪

More details on how to apply can be found on our website:
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February 2, 2026 at 11:27 AM
xibao24.bsky.social
I'm not interested in writing books that disappear after one trend cycle. I'm interested in writing books that stay. If realism scares the market, maybe the market needs to grow up. I'll keep writing anyway, trends pass, substance lasts.

#Writing #AmWriting #YA #Publishing #Ownvoices
February 2, 2026 at 6:44 AM
ellahadley.bsky.social
Late-night roundup for #questpit! Hope everybody participating had an amazing day! I enjoyed supporting everyone and meeting new people!

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#q #rf #f #na #bookclub #romantasy #dis #ownvoices #nd #lgbtq
ellahadley.bsky.social Ella H. ✨is querying a hidden world romantic fantasy!✨ @ellahadley.bsky.social · 7d
When a young woman discovers she’s the heir to the protectors of a hidden world devastated by civil war, she must overcome her self-doubt to unlock the extraordinary magic needed to save it.

☀️GrumpyxSunshine
🦹‍♀️Female Villain
🚫Forbidden Romance
🙅Denial of Feelings

#questpit #q #f #rf #romantasy #na
moodboard with blue/green circles, 2 daggers crossed, tree tunnel, chess pieces, waves, blue pendant, man and woman in a field
February 1, 2026 at 3:14 AM
psychemorrigan.bsky.social
Some more info:

🌙1st draft done, 2nd draft in progress
🌙Autistic MC (OwnVoices Author)
🌙Sapphic one-sided rivals to lovers
🌙The inherent horror of living in New Jersey
February 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
500sams.bsky.social
Sharing again for the #questpit night crowd!

✨DESERT STARS✨
Upmarket/contemporary #ownvoices
89K words #Q #A

✨Witty dialogue
✨Character-driven
✨LGBTQ leads
✨Multi-ethnic cast
✨Hollywood from the POV of a background actor on food stamps
500sams.bsky.social Sam Cavalcanti (they/them) @500sams.bsky.social · 8d
MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES meets THE ANIMATORS in this #Upmarket #LGBTQ #A #LF novel about a failed actor, her successful girlfriend, an estranged family, and a life-changing audition. #Q #POC #questpit
A 9 by 9 grid of pictures including a Los Angeles skyline with a plane over it, a multiracial lesbian couple, a meteor shower over Joshua Tree, a star on the Walk of Fame, and a faded polaroid of a married straight couple.
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 PM
inkandembers.bsky.social
Gran keeps 12yo Ryder's mother trapped in her memories and steals his nightmares to write her horror books

When a Boogeyman hunts them both, he must master dreamwalking to save her

Even if it means twisting nightmares like Gran and becoming what he fears

#OwnVoices Taíno #MG #DF #QuestPit #Q
January 31, 2026 at 6:52 PM
lolagracebooks.bsky.social
An agent’s guide to Windego, a 35K word speculative horror novella based on Anishinaabe folklore, exploring themes of: intimate partner manipulation, overcoming trauma, and the role our friends play in finding ourselves again
#questpit #Q #A #H #S #ownvoices
A cover slide that has a desert background with the words, “The 35K word supernatural horror novella Windego: An Agent’s Guide” A slide with a pitch and blurb. The pitch says: Ivy’s world comes to a screeching halt when her boyfriend, Vince, and his friends all vanish without a trace during a camping trip in West Texas. When Vince shows up cold and shivering on the doorstep in the middle of the night two weeks later, it feels like all of her prayers have been answered, but his strange and disturbing behavior leads Ivy to wonder whether he really ever came home at all. The blurb says: Ivy has everything a girl could want: a thriving pottery business, a beautiful home, and a boyfriend she loves . One weekend is all it takes to destroy her life beyond repair. When Vince and his friends all vanish without a trace while camping in West Texas, Ivy is left alone and adrift, until a stray dog shows up on her porch. She’s always wanted a dog, and Vince has always promised her they’d get one some day, just not today, or tomorrow, or next week. Taking the dog in feels like admitting that Vince is never coming home, but Ivy has to start rebuilding her life at some point. When Vince shows up two weeks later, cold and shivering in the middle of the night, unable to remember anything about his trip, Ivy is elated. She can see the life she’s always wanted coming back to her, and better than ever. But Vince and the dog can’t stand each other, and by shades and degrees, it becomes clear that whatever Vince went through has fundamentally changed him, and Ivy starts to wonder how different someone can become before they aren’t themselves anymore. A slide with a texas flag style background. On the left it says For fans of: The Only Good Indians, A House with Good Bones, The Lamb, and The Hollow Kind. On the top right, it says: Themes: Facing intimate partner coercion and manipulation, mounting paranoia and distrust in reality, social isolation, platonic soulmates, and overcoming trauma. On the bottom right, it says: Key elements: Based in native american folklore (own voices), Unreliable narrator, Surrealist blending of reality, strong imagery, and body horror A slide that says excerpt at the top and is followed by: Sometimes, he talks about how I’m different from Mike and Jake’s girlfriends. How Steph and Amber won’t run errands for them like I do for him, or how they insist on having something their way, how they aren’t agreeable or generous like me. I know it should be a compliment, when says he’s happy I’m not a “bitch-wife” the way they sometimes are, but it doesn't feel like one. When we first started dating, he only ever said bitch-wife to make fun of the men who married women they clearly didn’t really like - a jab at the idea of a man who thinks his wife asking for anything makes her unreasonable. We’d laughed together about it, said we loved each other too much to ever be that mean and bitter, that we’d always do anything for each other. I'd believed it too, when he'd said he'd do anything for me. I’m not sure when it changed, when he started to use it for real. It was slow, I guess. The kind of creep you don’t really notice until you hear it one day and it hits you that it isn't funny anymore. That it doesn’t mean what it used to. He still uses it the old way sometimes. Just enough that I can’t ever be entirely sure whether he’s really calling Steph and Amber bitches, or whether he’s mocking Mike and Jake. I like to think it’s the latter. I’m not sure when I stopped asking for things, either. When I started to fear becoming a bitch-wife, even while refusing to admit he means it. Texas is a state built on enduring. Enduring drought, choking heat, bitter cold, sweat in your eyes and dirt that tastes like blood in your mouth. An endless rocky, barren, bitter landscape that refuses to change, and people that refuse to accept it won't ever change. I am a true Texan. There are two more sentences, but they do not fit in the alt text limit.
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM