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Author of books about sad gay nerds πŸ“–πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Polite Menace β˜•οΈ RULES AS WRITTEN coming SOON! πŸ—‘οΈπŸ”₯ I think dogs should vote.

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Indeed!!

24.02.2026 10:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A selfie of me with sunglasses on

A selfie of me with sunglasses on

I am, in fact, alive.

23.02.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the things They don't tell you is that a lot of being creative involves wondering whether or not you're screaming into the void. And a lot more of it is realising that as long as you're screaming, that's the point. And a lot of the rest of it is working out if you're singing or screaming

23.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
A screenshot of Mad Men of Don Draper yelling. The subtitle has been edited to read, β€œthat’s why I write books!”

A screenshot of Mad Men of Don Draper yelling. The subtitle has been edited to read, β€œthat’s why I write books!”

I just don’t want β€œfilm a video and hope it goes viral” to be a β€œreasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!

07.09.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 2991 πŸ” 412 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 118

Hello, here’s attempt #347484 of me trying to use Bsky more often because the platforms I can tolerate using continue to dwindle.

23.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An old pocketwatch suspended in front of ancient leather-bound books

An old pocketwatch suspended in front of ancient leather-bound books

HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!

19.12.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 464 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 8

#AMoRaR #BookSky my time has come again

- Inner Universe books by @nataliekelda.bsky.social - depression, anxiety
- No Land for Heroes by @thatcalamity.bsky.social - PTSD
- Coal Gets In Your Veins by @catrector.com - generational trauma
- Perception Check by @astridknightauthor.bsky.social - trauma

27.11.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Books & More | Astrid Knight | Author of Modern Queer Fantasy Shop books and stories by Astrid Knight, a writer of modern queer fantasy, filled with real humanity.

And obviously you need to check out The Mages of Velmyra by @astridkwrites.bsky.social if you haven't already

www.astridknight.com/books

28.08.2025 09:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

for every trans account suspended the ill I wish upon JK Rowling only increases

18.08.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Constant hatred and negativity and upholding evil definitely doesn’t do much for people.

18.08.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think it’s body shaming to say that hatred drains you and ages you. And obviously there are many reasons not to become a Nazi.

18.08.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s very sweet of you to say! (I am nonbinary, so not much of a β€œgirl” but I do appreciate the sentiment.)

08.08.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love when people call me ugly as an insult. My brother in Christ, I LOVE being ugly. Are you kidding?

Like, I spent many years as a β€œpretty girl,” and it’s miserable. Now that I’m a fucked up little genderless gremlin, everyone leaves me alone! It’s incredible.

07.08.2025 22:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This sale ends on the 22nd!

(And thank you so much to everyone who has sent me a pic of the tshirt you ordered! You don't know how happy that makes me πŸ’œ)

21.07.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Major order of operations for book publishing:
Write the book
Edit it to the best of your ability
Beta readers for feedback
Editor (optional- developmental, line, and/or copy editing)
Edit your book again (as many times as needed til it's DONE)
Format your book
ARC readers
Publish to general public

21.07.2025 00:32 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

In what universe do these people think that Superman, the world’s kindest dork, would be pro genocide? Please be so for real.

13.07.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spoilers: the reason the right is pissing themselves over Superman is because the movie is an unabashed parallel to the Gaza genocide.

And Superman is pro-Palestine because OF COURSE HE IS.

13.07.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the Best Pop Horror Books of the Year Is by … This Guy? Lucky Day is weird, compellingβ€”and very surprising, coming from the author of My Billionaire Triceratops Craves Gay Ass.

There is no more delightful publishing arc than the one traveled by @chucktingle.bsky.social. Love is real, and so is kindness, and talent.

slate.com/culture/2025...

13.07.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 815 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8

I will never knowingly use or engage with GenAI so if you see me reposting it please do me a favour and tell me πŸ™

13.07.2025 08:38 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
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12.07.2025 17:00 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will a weird, unapologetically Black show about systemic power and social justice get picked up for an additional season in this fucked up political climate? Not likely, but FUCK, I hope it does.

09.07.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

binged all of the episodes of I’m A Virgo yesterday, and holy shit????? Why isn’t everyone talking about this show???

It also only has one season so far and no season two announced, and they BETTER make more of it or so help me…

09.07.2025 12:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But then the question becomes β€œwhat exactly IS worth trying then?” and…yeah.

I’m not doing awesome, is what I’m saying!

23.06.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, here’s me being very vulnerable right now: I’m finding it hard to be a creative right now.

Given just EVERYTHING (the rise of AI, the political climate, my own personal struggles, etc.) I’m asking myself nearly every day, β€œIs it worth it to keep trying to do this?”

23.06.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The moonlight hits it just right. A massive structure of solid somethingβ€”it’s hard to tell exactly what in the lowlight, only that the exterior is rough and drab, the color of clay. Bits of it slough off as it takes creaking steps forward on four legs that bring it up into the branches above our heads, and a lumpy stone head brushes leaves and sends already dead bits of debris onto the floor of the forest. If I only saw its shadow in a wooded area on Earth, I’d swear a gorilla escaped from the local zoo.
Adrian stiffens next to me, his hand on my shoulder clamped in a vise grip, moving me slowly backward as the stone monster approaches. β€œBad,” he mutters. β€œBad, not good, bad.”
β€œWhat is that?” I whisper.
β€œSomething bad.”
β€œYeah, I picked that up.”

The moonlight hits it just right. A massive structure of solid somethingβ€”it’s hard to tell exactly what in the lowlight, only that the exterior is rough and drab, the color of clay. Bits of it slough off as it takes creaking steps forward on four legs that bring it up into the branches above our heads, and a lumpy stone head brushes leaves and sends already dead bits of debris onto the floor of the forest. If I only saw its shadow in a wooded area on Earth, I’d swear a gorilla escaped from the local zoo. Adrian stiffens next to me, his hand on my shoulder clamped in a vise grip, moving me slowly backward as the stone monster approaches. β€œBad,” he mutters. β€œBad, not good, bad.” β€œWhat is that?” I whisper. β€œSomething bad.” β€œYeah, I picked that up.”

Should I actually do #WIPWednesday here?

Have a bit of RULES AS WRITTEN, maybe?

18.06.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police arrest scores of Chinese women writing 'boy love' fiction for money Police in China are arresting female authors of homosexual romance novels, in a widespread crackdown on the "boys love" fiction genre.

There have been mass arrests of authors writing boy love fiction in China.

15.06.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10
Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen
Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer

Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer

The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem

The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem

The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge

The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge

THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
πŸ’€Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
πŸ«€An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
πŸͺ¦ Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆMM paranormal historical romance
πŸ”—β¬‡οΈAvailable wide!
#romancelandia
πŸŒˆπŸ“š #booksky

13.06.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

This is such a wildly bad idea. Please take action. "AI", as the situation currently stands, is mostly a scam, is hurting the planet during a time of global crisis, is stealing from struggling artists, is very often wrong and hallucinating _more_ in newer models, and will get worse if unregulated.

13.06.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Doctors looked at my body, and couldn’t decide whether to mark M or F on my birth certificate. So instead of changing the form, they tried to change my body.

"What I experienced is the opposite of gender-affirming care; it's gender enforcement...

"I deserved to make those decisions for myself."

13.06.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 702 πŸ” 330 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3