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Queer ND writer, reader, muso, academic, critic. Different hats, different names. Queer fantasy/romantasy/historical romance/sci-fi. Ask my characters about my gender. No DMs. No AI. https://archiveofourown.org/users/Nat_Lawless/pseuds/Nat_Lawless

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It’s like they believe their own BS, as if AI is actually β€˜thinking’ πŸ™„

13.03.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Elyan’s is, but he hates them, had genuinely forgotten when it was, and is very much against the whole idea of celebrating or acknowledging it even though (or maybe because) it’s a significant birthday.

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#authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #writerscommunity #queerprompts

11.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rathaliel was always the one who got lucky dice rolls and card draws when she was younger, and had a fairly charmed existence, but feels decidedly unlucky with major life events since and doesn’t play anymore. She’d expect the dice and cards to go against her if she did.
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11.03.2026 07:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Authors who use AI β€˜narrators’ and AI cover β€˜art’ πŸ™…. If you expect to be paid for your work, you need to pay others for theirs.

10.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
9 books laid out on a timber floor. Text: My trans rights readathon T.B.R.

Infinity Alchemist, Kacen Callender.

A Lady for a Duke. Alexis Hall. 

And they were roommates, Page Powars.

Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender.

Dulhaniyaa, Talia Bhatt.

Most Ardently, Gabe Cole Novoa. 

Hell Followed with Us. Andrew Joseph White. 

Doom Bringer. Marcel Liemant.

The Love Study. Kris Ripper.

9 books laid out on a timber floor. Text: My trans rights readathon T.B.R. Infinity Alchemist, Kacen Callender. A Lady for a Duke. Alexis Hall. And they were roommates, Page Powars. Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender. Dulhaniyaa, Talia Bhatt. Most Ardently, Gabe Cole Novoa. Hell Followed with Us. Andrew Joseph White. Doom Bringer. Marcel Liemant. The Love Study. Kris Ripper.

My TBR for #transrightsreadathon 2026! TRR is all about reading and uplifting books by and about trans, NB, 2S, genderqueer and all manner of gender non-conforming folk.

Give @trreadathon.bsky.social a follow and feel free to drop recs! I’ll no doubt add to the TBR as we go.

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10.03.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously you just need something that eternally expands to accommodate more books. (Lmk when you get it as I am also in need, lol)

08.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think so. It’s a different calendar from ours with different divisions of time etc, so it wouldn’t mean much anyway, and I haven’t decided whether I want to be that detailed. Also I don’t want to accidentally get the maths wrong, lol.

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

08.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But apparently β€˜everybody’ likes sport πŸ™„.

08.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It all makes perfect sense as it unfolds - he wakes up on a spaceship with no memory of who he is or why he’s there, so you figure it all out as he does.

08.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching the trailer is a bad idea! Forget everything you’ve seen. I read it knowing nothing about it except who the author was and LOVED it. It’s a very different story from The Martian but it does have similar kind of vibes and tone iirc.

08.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot WAIT for this movie! The book is so so good

07.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
About: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. How to participate: read and uplift books written by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Donate and fundraise for trans aid organizations in your community.

About: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. How to participate: read and uplift books written by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Donate and fundraise for trans aid organizations in your community.

#TransRightsReadathon begins soon. It's a decentralized event, which means you don't have to sign up or do anything in particular, you just have to love trans people and trans books. Here's what I'm doing this year 🧡

@trreadathon.bsky.social

06.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They are weird. Mine decided that 4am was the perfect time to eat chips and read the witchy goth queer romance I was in the middle of. 🀷

06.03.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Elyan and I are both neurodivergent AF, ace spec and GNC, though quite different flavours and expressions of the second two. Somewhat different expressions of neurodivergence as well, but we had very different upbringings & he has magic.

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#wip #amwriting #queerwriters #queerprompts

06.03.2026 10:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I never met either of my grandfathers, my dad’s mum died when I was three and my mum’s mum lived to almost 101!

05.03.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My maternal grandma was a kindergarten teacher and raised two kids, after raising her sister. Poppa was a Presbyterian minister (hello religious trauma). My paternal grandpa I’m not entirely sure because he died long before I was born and was born in 1880! My paternal grandma raised five kids.

05.03.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I once had a student write about the β€˜many centrefold images’ in Where the Wild Things Are…

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#authorsky #wip #amwriting #queerwriters #writerscommunity #queerprompts

05.03.2026 08:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s also a misunderstanding of what autism as a spectrum means. It does NOT mean a spectrum from a little bit autistic to super duper autistic and everyone’s on it somewhere, it means autism is a spectrum of traits and behaviours that different autistic individuals have to different degrees.

04.03.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was obsessed with The Famous Five when I was very young and incredibly disappointed that no matter how many times I tapped every inch of wall in my parents’ house, I never found a single secret passage.

πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™ πŸͺπŸ“š πŸŒˆπŸš€πŸ’« πŸŒˆβœ’οΈ #queerwriters #queerprompts

03.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was writing fanfic and had started creating this whole other set of characters and storyline within an existing fantasy world, but realised I actually wanted to create my own!

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03.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t wait to read the rest!!

03.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Universe. I’ve also started reading the Heartstopper series in French and finding I have to look up more words than I do with AstΓ©rix! Dragging my slang into the 2020s…

Counting the days until the second and third Sword Dance books arrive!
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02.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A collage of book covers, mostly fantasy or historical with a few contemporary. All queer.

A collage of book covers, mostly fantasy or historical with a few contemporary. All queer.

A collage of book covers, mostly fantasy or historical with a few contemporary. All queer.

A collage of book covers, mostly fantasy or historical with a few contemporary. All queer.

A collage of book covers, mostly fantasy or historical with a few contemporary. All queer.

A collage of book covers, mostly fantasy or historical with a few contemporary. All queer.

Some cracking new reads this month! @ajdemas.bsky.social’s Sword Dance, @sararaaschbooks.com’s Entanglement of Rival Wizards, @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social’s Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere and Benjamin Alire Saenz’s Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the

02.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re not born to a clan family, doing magic is outlawed. Officially, it’s only anyone *performing* magic who will be arrested, but in practice anyone found to be capable of magic is likely to be abducted and never seen again.

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#queerwriters #writerscommunity #queerprompts

02.03.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy anniversary!

28.02.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It might not be available in Aus generally - I had to import the paperback. Can’t see it available as an ebook generally, which is weird because the Royals and Romance series is on kobo.

25.02.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I prefer reading with my eyes first too! Thanks anyway, but I think QLL is US only (I’m in Australia)

25.02.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a good portrayal of the classical musical world, and violins in particular. Most of the people i went to school with and half of uni would have been lining up to sell their souls! πŸ˜‚

25.02.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love my library, but don’t love the wait times! I’m still waiting on Heated Rivalry.

25.02.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so good! Worth the wait.

25.02.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0