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🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hmm. Tiff is the only one of my characters likely to be in a bar at all, and she definitely started the fight, although not by throwing a punch. She is a trickster and Goddess of Justice, after all.

She didn’t walk directly toward our target, but I didn’t think she was trying to be subtle. As she walked, she brushed by two of the men who I’d noticed her look at while she was scanning the room. I didn’t see any immediate fallout from these brief contacts, but I had no doubt something would come of them.
She passed within a foot of the man who was destined to become a god in a day and a half, but didn’t touch him. She then made her way back to Finn and me, taking a meandering path to do so. The only thing I saw her do, other than walk, in her entire circuit around the room, was slide a phone sitting on a table about eight inches to the right. No one else noticed, as far as I could tell.
“We should go.” Tiff didn’t slow down as she passed us, heading for the door.
Finn and I shared a glance, then followed.
As we walked out the door I heard a shouted “Hey!” and something about a phone. Tiff put her hands on the small of Finn’s and my backs to hurry us along. A resounding CRASH came from the pub as we reached the car.
A moment later, a chair came flying through the pub’s window with a spray of glass.
“What exactly did you do!?” Finn sounds angry.
Tiff holds up a hand. “No, no. It’s fine. B is going to end up with a broken arm and three broken fingers—”
Finn starts to speak, still looking angry, but Tiff plows on ahead.
“—which just so happen to match the injuries that his girlfriend reported a month and a half ago from ‘falling down the stairs.’”

A little, but far from all, of the tension in Finn’s shoulders eased.
“What about all the other people in there? I can’t believe he’s the only one who’s going to end up hurt.”
“You’re right, but that’s why I took the long way ‘round the pub. There’s a guy in there who beats his dog; he ends up with a broken nose. He’s going to be out of it enough from the pain that when he goes into his house, the door won’t catch when he closes it behind him. The dog will escape and be found by someone who will take good care of him.”
“And that’s it?”
“The rest will be minor injuries that are no worse than some harm the recipient has done recently. Do you want a complete list?”
Finn still didn’t look completely satisfied. “What about all the damage to the pub? That’s going to cost a lot of money to fix, isn’t it?”
“Probably, but less than the owners have been stealing from the employee’s tips.”

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Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 3w ago

I published Retconned last month. It's the story of a troublemaking trans girl with superpowers and how she finds herself, and makes connections. justsuper.net/works/retcon...

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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 3w ago

Retconned is my first self-published book, and I'm finding the data interesting. s expected, the bulk of my sales are through Amazon, but not by as much of a margin as I expected. I'm curious how this compares to other folks' experiences.

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Retconned Sales 2026/06/05 - 2026/07/16 Snapshot
Distributor Overall % eBook % Paperback %
KDP 51% 42% 71%
Itch 21% 30% 0%
Ingram Spark 9% 0% 29%
Kobo 7% 11% 0%
Apple Books 12% 18% 0%

Thanks to the tireless efforts of @catblackard.bsky.social the 3rd draft of The Egg Prime Directive is done & IT IS SO FUCKING GOOD I AM GOING TO EXPLODE! I've been blessed with a few really extraordinary writing partners in my life & the alchemy of those collaborations is nothing short of magic!

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

In Retconned, the only character that is specified as non-binary is Cat. She has a girl form and a boy form, and he uses whichever pronouns feel right for their current form (she can also be a cougar or an enormous bird of prey). He was nonbinary from the start They'll also show up in Awakened.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Officers shooting a man, running away from law enforcement, who is not a target of law enforcement, and who poses no threat to law enforcement, is murder. Federal officers do not have the power to commit summary executions because they are aggrieved.

DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 4w ago

Five living writers that you've read five books by, each. Naomi Novik Martha Wells T. Kingfisher Ashley Herring Blake Zoe Storm

Five living writers that you've read five books by, each. • Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman • T Kingfisher • Stephen King • Dean Koontz • Diane Duane ...and holy shit... I didn't know Brian Lumley had died!

Lizzie Blackwood@lizzieblackwood.bsky.social · 4w ago

#PretendPanel I'd say I'm pretty low on visual detail. Since I tend to write in first person, it largely comes down to what the narrator would notice or be thinking about. Overall, I think I focus more on feelings than visual detail.

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Alana Storm @alanastorm.bsky.social · 4w ago

It's not quite as whiplash inducing as it once was, but it still surprises me when I'm up to my knuckles in old PDFs and find a full-throated defense of trans dykes from a cis women.

By denying transsexual lesbians you are saying that there are men in this world who would have an invasive surgery, identify as lesbians and therefore women, put themselves into the enviable position of daily physical, emotional, and financial abuse.
You are implying that transsexual women are psychologically sick. This is exactly how lesbians and gay men were defined in the
'30s, '40s, and '50s. In the course of your decision, you have moved the lesbian movement back to pre-Stonewall attitudes.
We are regressing.

My lover, Kathryn Otter, is an accepted member of the New York lesbian community and a feminist. Besides her dedication to the homeless (she has managed and supervised the running of a soup kitchen in the South Bronx), Kathryn has escorted women through abortion clinic picket lines, been arrested twice for participating in the Needle Exchange Program and was recently convicted as one of the "Safe Sex Six" (the result of a protest in 1989 in St. Patrick's Cathedral). All this has been achieved as an OUT transsexual LESBIAN.

Molly J. Bragg 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Queer Author @themollyjay.bsky.social · 4w ago

Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg is coming to Audio Book on July 21st, 2026 from Tantor Media. rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97... #wlw #LesbianFiction #lgbtbooks #LesbianBooks #QueerBooks #Lesfic #SapphicBooks #audiobooks #nonbinarycharacters

Image is an Ad for the Audio Book Release of Mail Order Bride. It includes the cover of the novel, showing three people standing in an art deco lounge room. The one on the left is a woman with short brown hair, wearing a knee length sleeveless gray coat over a darker gray shirt and paints. The person in the middle is leaning against the woman's side. They are dressed in a long green gown, have long red hair, black fox like ears and a black nose. The person in the middle is holding hands with the person on the right, who is dressed in a long blue gown, has long black hair, fox like ears and a black nose. There is an Alaskan Malamute sitting between the person in green and the person in blue, and the person in blue is holding an auburn long haired chihuahua. Text of the Ad says, "Mail Order Bride, Coming to Audio July 21st, 2026 From Tantor Media, By Molly J. Bragg, Read by Jennifer Pickens." The Ad also includes banners for audiobooks.com, audible, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.

Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 4w ago

I've been sitting on it for a couple of months now, so I guess it's time to do a cover reveal for my next novel, The Princess's Dragon, a trans sapphic fantasy romance. It's still a WIP atm, about 2/3's done, though my patreon has all completed chapters available. www.patreon.com/cw/mogust

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 4w ago

From "Awakened"

A snippet from my WIP "Awakened". The text is:
Tink: Do you have a few minutes to talk?
Me: Sure. Phone or irl?
I hear a rapping noise from my bottom nightstand drawer. Really, Tink? I glance at myself and my room, decide everything is presentable, and slide open the drawer.
The instant the gap is wide enough, Tink launches herself into the air and makes two quick circles around the room before alighting on the back of my desk chair. Once there she stretches her entire upper body, wings included, as if she’s been cramped in a small space all day. She’s adorable.
“You know,” I say, “this makes me feel like your jailer—like I keep you locked up in dragon-girl prison all day.”
She tilts her head and gives me a puzzled look. “But I wasn’t in there until a minute or so ago.”
“I know, but—” This is probably not what she wanted to talk about. “Never mind. What was it you wanted to talk about?”
She pulls her wings in and wraps them tightly around herself, not quite hiding her face. How does she already have body language for this body she’s inhabited for maybe a couple of hours, total?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4w ago

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

If you'd enjoy a story about a troublemaking trans teenager learning the true meaning of FAFO, give Retconned a read. You can get it and supports a cool, queer, indie bookstore by buying the paperback at ebookwoman.com/book/9798996... or find other places to buy at justsuper.net/retconned

The front cover of the book “Retconned.” It shows a locker room with pink cinderblock walls. The front cover has graffiti of an upraised forearm and fist, with the forearm bearing an arcane mark. Part of the mark is obscured or replaced by a panic button.

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

The first character that I can actually remember writing is Syl Mendieta from my first screenplay, The Knack. Syl is a 19yo woman with a supernatural knack for finding people and things. She’s protective of and loyal to her friends. I’d love to turn her story into a novel, eventually.

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Who is the first character you ever remember writing? What were they like? Are they still a character you use? Or have they influenced other characters you currently write? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 4w ago

a victim's statement is evidence.

DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · last mo.

Frank: Proud? What’s there for any of us in this place to be proud of? None of us earned our mark. None if us chose it. What’s the f*cking point of being proud of anything? Oh, I guess I did get a 100 on my last calculus test.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last mo.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips From Awakened

A screenshot of text, reading:
She lands with surprising grace, then spins around, taking in her surroundings in the light of the phone screen. She stops motionless when she comes face-to-face with her reflection in my makeup mirror. Her expression flashes through confusion, awe, and delight, then through them all again.
She reaches her hand up slowly, like she’s in a trance, and traces her jawline. Then she traces the curls of her horns. Suddenly her wings, which have been held tightly against her back, unfurl to their glorious full ten-inch span.
A happy laugh, not as high-pitched as my spoilsport biology teacher at The School would have led me to believe would emerge from a being of such size, comes bubbling out of the girl.
I can’t help it, I laugh, too.
The dragon girl spins around, sees me in the dim light of the phone’s screen, and freezes. An instant later it topples, inanimate, onto the surface of the desk.

The #WIPSnips word for July 3rd is "out" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Author & Narrator @autumnwolff.bsky.social · last mo.

She’s here! (Don’t tell @gymbrat.northsky.social, but I’m using her copy for these vids)

Kayleigh Diaz 🫜@kayleighdiaz.com · last mo.

Before I started writing my novel Lucid, I thought I was a straight cis guy. By the time I was done, I knew I ws a trans lesbian. Since then, writing has been a way to connect to people in a way that's otherwise difficult for me, and a way to express myself and share the stories in my head.

3 | What has writing done for you? Is it cathartic? A necessity, or just a hobby? A blight upon your soul because editing is the bane of—*ahem.* All good things, all good things… #SummerOfStories #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompt

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