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haven

@hghrules.bsky.social

haven, 25, ey/em, disabled writer and artist and audio drama producer over at @audicinal! comms: https://havenblaine.carrd.co/ artfight: https://artfight.net/~hbxplain (i post there a LOT)

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 4d ago

Aha, finally sorted out my author website. havenblaine.com!

Haven Blaine – A Queer Writer

havenblaine.com

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 5d ago

#WIPSnips Ah, this is an interesting one...

“Stop!” Cain shouts, nearly begging now. “You don’t understand what that passage is capable of!”
Graham keeps reading, his expression twisted in focus, until suddenly the candles all go out, one by one, starting at the candle nearest to Graham and going all the way around the circle. Unnatural shadows fill the warehouse, and Oliver and Tomás quickly step away from Cain as the shadow solidifies around the man’s ankles.

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 6d ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 31st is "twist" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
July 31 - twist
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 6d ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 31st is "twist" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ahhh semi-professional communications with strangers are so taxing! I agonize over every word, and the autism is not helping haha. But beta reader swaps are worth it! #amediting #writersky

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 6d ago

Here's the first one that came up in my work Time to Kill for #WIPSnips!

Abel starts a relaxed pace back out of the building and off campus, and Graham settles into a surprisingly easy rhythm beside him.
It's quiet at first, but once they're outside, Graham finally gathers up the courage he needs to at least try to explain. Oliver didn't believe him. Tomás didn't believe him, either. But… third time's the charm?
"I'm in a time loop," Graham says, like ripping off a band-aid.
"Shit," Abel immediately replies, letting out a puff of air in surprise. "Okay. Damn."

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 7d ago

The #WIPSnips word for July 30th is "relax" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
July 30 - relax.
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 6d ago

Because I missed the first few days of this: Hi! I'm Haven, I have hEDS, Fibromyalgia, and suspected AuDHD. I've been writing since middle school; I remember making up stories with my friends on the playground haha. Now my writing is a lot different, but I'm glad I had that foundation! #PitchDis

#PitchDis@pitchdis.com · last wk.

Welcome to Day 1 of 12 Days of PitchDis! Here's the first prompt for the event - Introduce yourself! Make sure to include the #PitchDis hashtag in your reply and search the hashtag to see the replies of others participating.

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 6d ago

Oh man, I think it took... Wow! Apparently I finished chapter 1 on the 5th of last month. That's crazy! Nearly two months and 110k words later... Damn, I didn't realize how fast I wrote this sucker. I'm not QUITE to the actual pitching stage yet haha, but still, I'm proud of myself now! #PitchDis

#PitchDis@pitchdis.com · 6d ago

Day 4 of 12 Days of #PitchDis! Here's today's question: How long did it take you to write the book you are pitching? Make sure to include the #PitchDis hashtag in your reply and search the hashtag to see the replies of other participants.

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 7d ago

AHA! FINISHED! Clocked in at 109,825 words. This manuscript's ready for editing, baby! #amwriting #amediting #writersky

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · last wk.

Why is the last hundred words of the #writingWIP always the hardest!? #writingcommunity #writersky

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · last wk.

Ahh so close to the #writingwip finish line--but how to end it? I need to wrap it all up in a perfect little bow... #writingcommunity #writersky

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · last wk.

100,000 words on my #writingwip! It's almost finished--exciting!! #writingcommunity #writersky

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

I feel like this #WIPSnips prompt ("double") could describe a lot of my WIP, seeing as it's based around a groundhog day situation! (Yes, Graham is unreasonably calm here. He's having a good loop.) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSNIPS - DOUBLE
"Graham! I'm suffering here, dude!" Oliver complains through the phone. "Answer my texts!"

Graham rolls his eyes fondly as he walks. "It's only your seventh break up. Call me when you hit double digits."

Oliver splutters. "Okay, damn. Right on the money, though, it is our seventh!"

"Yeah, I know," Graham says. "I'm in a time loop."

haven blaine

#WIPSnips, a bluesky Writing Community Tag
July 25 - double
Share a line from your WIP with the dialy word for inspiration! Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt TExt for graphics. Synonyms, variations and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

@coffeeteaanddice.bsky.social Here is your full-color drawing of Opal, with and without background! I really like her design. Thank you for entering my raffle and welcoming me to Bluesky!

A cel shaded drawing of Opal, a pink-haired person with purple eyes, on a transparent background.

A cel shaded drawing of Opal, a pink-haired person with purple eyes, on a teal blue background.

Jenny Bright @jennybrightbooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

POV: you're the worst witch in your family and you inherit your grandma's house, but it's haunted by her ghost AND she's dead-set on matchmaking you with the guy that broke your heart in high school. Ooops. SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH x Taylor Swift's MARJORIE #QuestPit #A #R #S #AG #W

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

My final #questpit pitch of the day! Graham is stuck in a time loop where his former friend Abel always dies. Can Graham rekindle the relationship and garner enough trust to save him, all in the same repeated day? #W #YA #R #PR

Time to Kill is for you if you like:
Paranormal Death Curses
Time Loops
Found Family
Friends to Lovers
Friends to Strangers to Lovers
Second Chance Love
Requited Unrequited Love
Why Choose
Dysfunctional Families
Crossroads Deals
Polyamorous, Gay, and Trans Main Characters

The Pitch:

Graham hasn't talked to Abel in almost two years… but when he finds himself trapped in a time loop centered around Abel's death, it becomes pretty hard to stay away. Graham employs the help of his old friends in an effort to keep Abel alive until the next day, but it proves to be much harder than Graham could have ever anticipated when he learns he's not the only one carrying a curse on his shoulders.

With more and more things going wrong in every loop, can Graham find a way to escape the time loop without losing everything important to him?

Time to Kill is a story in 4 parts, each following one of the 4 main characters. These 4 main characters are each afflicted with a separate curse without (most) of the others knowing it.

Abel dies and resurrects the next day, over and over, and no one ever remembers.

Until Graham gets stuck in a time loop centered around Abel’s deaths.

The Grim Reaper follows Oliver, warning him when Abel is about to die...

While Abel’s best friend Tomás is afflicted with a curse that kills anyone he touches.

Snippet:

"It's not just to- I have my reasons!"

"You always 'have your reasons,'" Abel says mockingly, throwing his hands up. "Go have them somewhere else." He whirls around, walking off in the opposite direction, and Graham's worry explodes into full-blown panic.

"Nonono, please, please, please don't go," Graham begs him, his voice breaking pitifully.

Abel quickly comes to a stop, turning around with a concerned expression. He studies Graham for a moment, and Graham is so fucking scared for him, scared that he's messed this loop up already and Abel is going to walk away and die. He clenches his fists, digging his nails into the palms of his hands as he squeezes his eyes shut. Then he hears footsteps walking hesitantly towards him, and he sniffles as he opens his eyes.

"Graham," Abel says, much more gentle now. "What's going on?"

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 2w ago

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying #KidLit

❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 2w ago

✨ SIX OF CROWS X ARCANA ACADEMY✨ After an ancient prophecy resurfaces mid magic trial, six artists must uncover who is trying to enact calamity. This Adult Epic Fantasy features: 📜Deadly Deals 😈Ravenous Monsters 🤫Secrets Best Left Unspoken 💔Rivals to Allies to 👀 #questpit #F #DF #R #A #Q

An Artistic Deception - An Adult Sapphic Epic Fantasy - A girl dancing in an abandoned church

Enemies to lovers
Sapphic
Sentient Magic School
Indigenous Diaspora
Can Your Fate be Changed?

Martyred by her people, a priestess awakens as a refugee displaced through time to find her sacrifice in vain.

Agni attends a magical college to build a new life, but when the past resurfaces, she must either embrace martyrdom again or flee, leaving behind the life she’s built and the woman she loves. before fate claims another kingdom.

Reads like Hozier’s Yell

Putting the con in economy - The lies of locke lamora
a deadly education - my school is trying to kill me
six of crows - ensemble cast x found family
witch hat atelier - magic consequences for me like 💀
arcana academy - so you like pining?

Character art of Agni and Fala

“Can’t you ever do as you’re told?” Fala snaps.
“No.” The word rolls off my lips, sweet as candy.
“Impudent.”
“Arrogant,” I bite back.
We are toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, her amber irises trembling.
“You know nothing.” Fala seethes. I laugh, drunk on her wild temper on I can ignite. That may have been true at the beginning of term but not now.
I know all about the woman I’ve spent the year ruefully falling in love with.

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

Top 5 reasons to follow me: 1. I write queer romance, often polyamorous because we need more rep❤️ 2. Putting in the disability rep too 🦽 3. There's almost always a fantasy or paranormal subgenre to my work 👀 4. I'm a huge TTRPG nerd 🎲 5. I make art too! 🎨 #writingcommunity

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

My beloved puppy Fancy Mae (full name Fancy Mae Do Anything) is being particularly cute this evening.

a shih-bichon puppy making puppy dog eyes while peeking up between someone's legs

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

Character Introductions: Graham, Abel, Oliver, and Tomás! TIME TO KILL is a queer college story about four guys with paranormal death curses who band together to protect themselves and show each other the love they know they deserve. #questpit #W #YA #R #PR

Graham Nielsen:

The one with the time loop curse
Gay trans man
History nerd trapped in an accounting degree by familial expectations
The golden child, and his family’s only defender of his “black sheep” little brother
Supremely bad at handling his feelings
Best friends with Oliver since childhood
The reason Oliver started squeezing the words “dude” and “bro” into every sentence

Abel Holland:

The one with the resurrection curse
Gay cis man
Easygoing Art History major who loves alternative fashion
Grew up in poverty, now stupidly rich due to inheriting his uncle’s sketchy fortune...
Loves his sister Estee more than anything in the world
Best friends with Tomás, and the only one who knows about Tomás’ curse

Oliver Hart:

The one with the premonition curse
Bisexual cis man
The world’s biggest himbo
Major undecided, at college on a football scholarship
Dated his high school sweetheart (Danielle) for a LONG time before she finally clocked his repressed feelings for Graham
The first person Graham came out to
Comes prepared with stim toys for himself and Tomás

Tomás Carneiro:

The one with the death-touch curse
Gay cis man
Autistic with a special interest in video games
Shy IT major with an E-Sports scholarship
Extremely touch-starved
Knows about Abel’s curse, but doesn’t really believe in it
Forever trying to replicate his bio mom’s choco chip cookie recipe
Getting real tired of hearing about Abel’s crush on Graham

Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 2w ago

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBT #Dis #OV

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

TIME TO KILL is a queer polyamorous romance about 4 college guys afflicted with horrible death curses. Will they make it out alive? #questpit #W #YA #PR #R

Gay Trans Man Main Character
MMMM Polyamorous Romance
Paranormal Curses
The Grim Reaper
Death, Resurrection, and Time Loops
Modern-Day College Setting in a Made-Up Town
Themes of Grief, Acceptance, and Found Family

Snippet: Abel laughs, pained but still endlessly kind, and Graham whimpers as the girl begins rambling to the emergency services over the phone. "Why did you do that?" Graham asks helplessly, holding Abel tighter despite the way he winces in pain.

"She's too young to have a gun pointed at her head. Besides, I'll be fine," Abel assures him. The weakness in his voice is not very assuring at all. "The day will just loop, right?"

Graham cries, disbelieving. "You trust me that much?"

"'Course I do," Abel says. "But I don't need to. I'll be fine."

The text reads "¾ parts written: Almost done! Wish me luck!" and is accompanied by six images of the four boys in every possible pair of two.

Olivia Bey is Querying @be-tweenthepages.bsky.social · 2w ago

⚠️ Reader Advisory ⚠️ Reading A FACE SO LOVELY has been known to cause: 🫖 Distrust of tea parties 🌹 Looking twice at every rose ❤️‍🔥 Falling for morally gray huntsmen 👑 Persistent suspicion of beautiful queens ♠️ Compulsive riddle solving 💔 Emotional attachment to fictional characters #QuestPit #W #RF

Victoria Lurie is querying @vic-and-twisted.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE FRONTMAN (She’s the Man x Almost Famous) Lolly's lying to the nation, and it may kill her twin brother. She's finishing his 1983 tour. He's secretly in rehab. When rehab fails, Lolly must choose: save her twin or save his legacy, even if the truth ruins both their lives. #questpit #Q #A #U

A mood board of 1983, featuring Walkmans, jeans tucked into socks, cassette tapes, Jon Bongiovi, Peter Wabbit via The Guardian, and photos by Bruno Guerrero and Sebastian Ervi. The board promotes THE FRONTMAN, a work of upmarket fiction by Victoria Lurie, 100k words, where a rock band replaces their lead singer with his twin sister so they can finish their tour while he’s in rehab.

Julie Thompson-Adolf @juliethompsonadolf.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE INTERNS Commercial | Suspense 95K Words An idealistic American law intern escaping her past uncovers corruption in the Geneva-based NGO founded by her mentor and must discover the depths of deceit before it’s too late to save her mentor, her friends…and herself. #QuestPit #Q #A #NA #MY #C #BC

Comp title covers: Coded Justice, My Oxford Year, Writers & Lovers, Slow Burn

Tereza Maze @terezamazura.bsky.social · 2w ago

📁 CASE FILE: GAMA // QUERYING 📌 Location: Post-apocalyptic Switzerland 👉🏼 When her brain chip starts failing, Anna must return to the scientific collective she fled, where trusting the mysterious stranger she saved may cost her the only thing she has left. Her sanity ☠️ #QuestPit #Q #A #RS #SFF

Kirsten | Fantasy Author @kirstenwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

A DEADLY EDUCATION x NANCY DREW What if the chosen one failed, and the only one who could save him was a magic school reject? NOT A WITCH / YA Fantasy with dark academia and dystopian elements #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #DF #MY #D

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

TIME TO KILL follows four boys, each with a unique curse, as they try to navigate college and save each others' lives at the same time. #questpit #W #YA #R #PR

Graham hasn't talked to Abel in almost two years… but when he finds himself trapped in a time loop centered around Abel's death, it becomes pretty hard to stay away. Graham employs the help of his old friends in an effort to keep Abel alive until the next day, but it proves to be much harder than Graham could have ever anticipated when he learns he's not the only one carrying a curse on his shoulders.

With more and more things going wrong in every loop, can Graham find a way to escape the time loop without losing everything important to him?

"Graham often gets stuck in time loops centered around Abel’s deaths. He cannot escape one until Abel survives to the next day."

Graham is a black man with blue glasses and his hair in twists. He is wearing a blue flannel and holding a book.

"Anyone Tomás touches with skin contact instantly dies."

Tomás is a Portuguese man with long brown hair. He is wearing a hat, a hoodie, and an undershirt that comes far up his neck.

"Death Himself, also known as the Grim Reaper, follows Oliver around and offers warnings when Abel is about to die."

Oliver is an Asian man wearing a Letterman jacket and smiling.

"Death is drawn to Abel, but he always resurrects the next day with no one remembering his death but him."

Abel is a white man with dyed black hair and facial piercings. The grim reaper is peeking out from behind him, and it's in the format of a snapchat snap with the text across it saying "I lived bitch :D"

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

I just finished my 4-pack of wing pose references! They're available to download for free on my Ko-fi. :) #smallartist #artsky ko-fi.com/i/IT1O723R3EM

Wing Pose Pack - July 2026 - Click to view on Ko-fi

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haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

The winner of this raffle is @coffeeteaanddice.bsky.social !! Thanks for entering ^.^ I'll be drawing your submitted character soon!

haven@hghrules.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'm doing an #artraffle to celebrate me finally being active on social media haha. I'll be picking one human/humanlike #OCㅤㅤ from here and one from twitter to draw in full color! To enter: - Like, RT - Drop your OC ref - (Opt.) Follow if you wanna be #artmootsㅤㅤㅤㅤ! NO AI 💔

two dancing people, one a blond elf woman and one a winged black man