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Grayson Morley@graysonmorley.com · 9h ago

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If you want books that rage and rebel against abusive systems or which propose more empathetic alternatives then this is the bundle for you. A Better World bundle! itch.io/b/3829/a-bet... Includes NICEF, normally $8.99usd alone! 20 books for $25usd! #booksky 📢📚

Epic Fantasy ~ Wasphole 🌈 Adventure and hope 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Character driven 🌍 Deep world-building 🌟 New adult epic fantasy 🔥 High stakes drama Kindle, Paperback and Audio mybook.to/Wasphole Visit www.wasphole.com

Excited to be part of @aanpress.bsky.social "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity: A SECOND CUP. The Marsha's Brick is a near-future spaceship, flying a delicate cargo to Ramdas Dome, an agri-colony orbiting Enceladus. Gravity-assist flyby and years in space can strain a mind, a body, and a marriage.

Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 18h ago

Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday ! Share a pitch for your WIP or one of your published works (including links if you have them) and we'll give it a boost! Please use alt text in your images for accessibility & note that AI "work" will not be shared

"The Fall of the Tiger: the 'De Casibus Tigris' of Kabelard" is some semi-epistolary, queer, sword and sorcery/cosmic horror that'll be coming later this year from @doppelfoxxpublishing.com, but you can read preview chapters on SubscribeStar: subscribestar.art/werewolfhitc... #WriterShareWednesday

Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 18h ago

Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday ! Share a pitch for your WIP or one of your published works (including links if you have them) and we'll give it a boost! Please use alt text in your images for accessibility & note that AI "work" will not be shared

A disgraced alchemist must work with a swashbuckling countess to salvage an ancient mech and save the kingdom in, THE CATAPHRACT OATH, a fantasy novel combining the rollicking adventure of Dumas with the hard-hitting giant robot action of Gundam. (Also there is a dog). Available on KU!

Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 18h ago

Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday ! Share a pitch for your WIP or one of your published works (including links if you have them) and we'll give it a boost! Please use alt text in your images for accessibility & note that AI "work" will not be shared

It was posted too early for the @critdistance.bsky.social jam but seeing as Big Walk is relevant I thought I'd repost my thoughts about "friendslop" as a term hylkelanghout.com/2026/03/07/i...

I wouldn’t call it friendslop if you paid me

There are two kinds of co-op games. The first is a game that can be played either single player or co-op and will have roughly equal experiences either way. This is where you see games like Elden R…

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"saudi arabia owns EA" is going to be the headline you see basically everywhere for this one but "jared kushner is about to use EA as a vehicle for trump administration bribes" is equally relevant imo

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · yesterday

EA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners www.ea.com/news/ea-anno...

I got today's #WIPSnips too!! In fact, 1661 opens with a Mysterious Box.

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d ago

The #WIPSnips word for August 4th is "box" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

When I did a lot of work trade on farms, I learned about simple solar ovens, & they make an appearance in my debut novel Light After the Fall. #WIPsnips #box #permaculture #solarcooking

#WIPSnips A lot more crates than boxes, but I found one in my urban fantasy piece. A supernatural incident is affecting big tech companies. An IT team leader who routinely gets ignored realizes that being forced to be the gofer has provided her an opportunity.

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d ago

The #WIPSnips word for August 4th is "box" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

This is exactly it.

Wiggling@intense.wiggling.me · 2d ago

Chuds could have their own bubble here too if they want. But they don't, because what they want is to force their garbage takes in everyone else's face.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

I didn’t play all last month and decided to make a big push on the last day of the season. Still looking for a Trick Room compatible electric type, but managed to get the job done. #Pokemon #PokemonChampions

I’m now just 34 sales away from 100!! This story’s been out a year and I’d love to finally hit this milestone! 🥰 If you like epic fantasy novellas with magic and romance, maybe check it out! I would really love to get this book into more hands 🫶 [ #booksky ]

Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 5d ago

🗡️ fantasy novella ⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals 🏹 gallant knights 👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom 🌲 enchanted plants and forests 🥀 romance and friendship 🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ #booksky ]

These people are monsters and worse, without exception.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

“A new assignment doesn’t clock in until 9. You will not be paid for the missing time.” …fine, I’ll go out and get breakfast. *starts raining* …fine I’ll just make an order. *Takes over an hour because a driver stole my order and they aren’t making it again.* And my cubicle doesn’t have a chair.

AM's Intense Hate Speech from I Have No Mouth

Alt: AM's Intense Hate Speech from I Have No Mouth

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Been listening to a series of videos summarizing the lore of Destiny while I deal with post-vacation chores and prepping for the new assignment next week. Never played Destiny, but it sounds like it was a good time while it was going. I should be getting a crash course on FF14 for other reasons.

The list I have to hunt down and (mostly) eliminate during revisions and edits: a bit a little actually finally just They're basically verbal ticks that translated into my writing and dialogue. God they are draining to remove... #writingA

Susan Savage Lee@susansavagelee.bsky.social · 4d ago

What’s a word or phrase you overuse when writing? “That” is a big one for me, though I’m getting better at avoiding it #writingq #WritingCommunity #writers

you should be in jail, but instead you are describing an incredibly common abuse dynamic where the victim tries to keep the abuser happy to avoid another explosion this guy makes me sick

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."

Day 53 drawing #Hoenn Pokemon So with their ability to warn of severe weather, are they just really good at sniffing out when a bunch of Castform are approaching? #pokemon #pokemonart #art #illustration

So many fun looking daily prompt games this month, and my work situation means I don't know if I could keep up with them... 😔 I'm at least hoping the new assignment has enough flexibility early in the morning to able to do the crossword puzzle again. It was a nice mental warm-up and I missed it.

amazing video on the article for a welsh island

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#SundaySnips From a cruise gone horribly wrong. A bunch of mercenaries were sent to find out what happened. They're investigating the captain's quarters. Bloody footprints on a red carpet would be hard for most to see, but one guy's implants basically give him Detective Vision from the Batman games.

Samantha Breaux 🌻🌱@woodenvelt.bsky.social · 4d ago

Welcome to #SundaySnips! A once-a-week prompt game for writers hosted by myself and @hookandquillpress.com We are channeling cool vibes to beat the August heat. Share a snip featuring the word pool. #WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

Please use this link twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338... and tell twitch how fucking insane this is. Comment and let twitch know that this is horrible. Thank you

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 5d ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

something horrifying has come to me in a vision

#PretendPanel #writingcommunity Beyond word counts? Nope. I don’t need my hobby to bear any more resemblance to my job.

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com · 5d ago

I'm back, #pretendpanel ! And thanks to @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social I've got another month of questions 💜 so let's go... August 1st: Do you use data visualization to track your writing progress? What does that look like for you? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts