Anyone have strange writing idiosyncrasies? One of my weird habits is I will often write the stripped down dialogue for conversations first, then go back through and add in the narration and interiority. I’m a chaos gremlin when I write apparently 📚💙

No one: Me: Ever think about how we always have our noses in our line of sight but our brains are so used to it being there it just blocks it out unless we think about it? Also me: Oh it’s 8pm and all I’ve had today was tea. (Yup. I’m definitely perceptive and aware of my body at all times…)

If you see this quote the energy you bring to Bluesky

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Joanna Masters 🏳️‍⚧️@joannamasters.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/

I got two brand new digital zines up in my shop! A smaller creative non-fiction zine with art on gallows humor (Slogans of the Gallows) and then a longer short-story with illustrations (New Fires, Old Seeds.) Any other places for y'all post zines? ko-fi.com/ruesparks/shop ruesparks.itch.io

It's the last few days of our Kickstarter. Don't miss out on these amazing rewards! The merch bundle is just £5, so you don't have to pledge a lot to help us and grab yourself some amazing art by @ruesparks.bsky.social Please note - these are mock ups and not the final products. Link in comments.

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

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starting a collection of quotes like this

WIP based off the lyrics: “Always a riddle in the world she said Always a riddle inside my head” - In Dreams (Ben Howard) Sometimes you just gotta make the weird #art for yourself

📚💙 PSA FOR LIBBY USERS 💙📚 Found out a lot of libraries have cooperatives with other catalogs on Libby. You can use your own library card to access multiple library catalogs. I had 15 available?! You can look up your options here: reciprocard.com

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Discover which reciprocal library systems you can access based on where you live. More cards means more books on Libby.

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Cover process for my #zine with the #spokenWord piece I’m performing tomorrow night with added #illustrations The piece is about the inside jokes and tall tales we make between us and the people we love during hard times, and how we carry these jokes with us long after they’re gone.

📚💙 RANDOM PSA 📚💙 Check your spam folder. Seriously, check it. The past 6 months I’ve seen a significant increase in legitimate emails going there. If you’re doing any sort of querying, or working via email with anyone, or sending out requests for stuff a ton of it gets caught in spam now.

Never forget that they had to spend trillions of dollars, build massive data centers, consume millions of galloons of water and insane amounts of electricity, just to kind of do what you can do better with your imagination and a cup of coffee. That's how envious they are of what you can do.

Indie Author Question: does anyone know of paid promo sites that don't require your ebook to be on Amazon? Especially for Fantasy & SciFi. (I've tried Bookbub ads, and found my books too niche to find enough comp authors to target them.) Related: does anyone know paid promo sites for direct sales?

New #Patreon post! What we do (and do not) know about #NorseMythology, the struggles of primary sources written by the victors, mainstream beliefs on Ragnarok vs the original myths, how Odins quest for wisdom contributed to Ragnarok…

…and what the hell that has to do with my current book 📚💙

WIP is fantasy multi-POV franken-format book mixing visual & written elements. Right now I’m writing a Patreon post on taking inspiration from Norse myths like Baldrs death, the Binding of Loki, and the WTF-ery of Odin being so obsessed with stopping Ragnarok he low key sets it in motion. But gay.

Theo Transcendragons@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 3w ago

Welcome to #QueerWritersChat! Let’s start by settling in! Introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! No links, please! We’re saving those for the end. Next question at :15! @amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #writingcommunity #lgbtqwriters

It’s fine. Our planet is fine. I’m hundreds of miles from any of the wildfires but this is just a normal Thursday in Murica. Don’t Look Up.

Naysayers: “Fanfic is basic and silly and it doesn’t really count as writing” Me: *caught down a rabbit hole about Jeremy Bentham, social engineering, and rotunda prisons after learning the word panopticon in the second sentence of a fic*

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franz@franzanth.bsky.social · 4w ago

Because what goes around comes around, if you see this, share a circle, a disk, something round

Fantasy & SciFi Authors Selling Direct, It seems we need direct sales visibility, so I'm setting up a blog (inclu. small press) to share our stores! See the screenshot for eligibility. Q's welcome! If you're not on my Author Discord, I'm happy to DM you the sign up form. It'll be open 3+ months.

The Not/Feeling Better anthology is close to my heart as someone whose struggled with chronic illness for years, especially after developing a Chiari malformation about four years back that had me down for the count for a long time. I loved working on these, and look forward to doing more!

notanotheranthology.bsky.social@notanotheranth.bsky.social · last mo.

We're thrilled to have teamed up with the incredible @ruesparks.bsky.social, a disabled author, artist, and advocate, to bring you these amazing designs. The pop art inspired pieces will feature in the Not/Feeling Better merch bundle, prints bundle, tote bag, and everything bundle. Pledge today! ⬇️

My next anthology project is live! As soon as we're fully funded we'll open for submissions so 👀 get pledgin' www.kickstarter.com/projects/naa...

Who’s doing #ArtFight this year and WTF is this actually because I’ve joined and added a character and I still don’t really know what I’m doing LMAO?? Going to do some attacks this weekend I think??? artfight.net/~Thatwyrdkid

Anyone else shocked they’ve survived this long? Especially with #chronicIllness? People like to say you’re resilient, strong, brave. Pfft. Better people than I were those but didn’t make it because the world isn’t a meritocracy. Stubbornness, spite, and a strange sort of luck. Thats all for me.

New post on Patreon for my franken-format book! "As the book takes place over thousands of years, the characters of Umbra and Solari immortal alongside others, how would they react to the way they see their loved one's stories told?" www.patreon.com/archetypepro...

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Inspiration is a fickle creature, finding its home in the most obscure places. There is a local writer's group that meets every couple of we

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The hardest thing for people to understand apparently: Not. Everything. Was. Made. For. You. (Brought to you by the misogynistic rants I keep seeing about the new #Supergirl movie. Mocking MIlly’s teeth? Really??)

Me this morning: Welp I’ve turned 40 good on me for surviving to my mid life crisis I guess Me at 5pm: *Got sent to ER by my doctor* Well that didn’t take long

Rue Sparks (They/Them)@ruesparks.bsky.social · last mo.

Welp. I guess I’m 40 now. Surprised I’ve survived this long tbh. Someone stick me in formalin or I might not make it to 50. People I meet in person are often surprised when I tell them my age because I don’t look it, but I have the health and attitude of a 65 year old so I guess it evens out.

Welp. I guess I’m 40 now. Surprised I’ve survived this long tbh. Someone stick me in formalin or I might not make it to 50. People I meet in person are often surprised when I tell them my age because I don’t look it, but I have the health and attitude of a 65 year old so I guess it evens out.

As Pride Month is waning & Disability Pride Month is just around the corner, check out our "We Exist Without Permission" bundle. Every download supports a real queer/disabled writer who’s poured their voice into these pages. #PrideMonth #DisabilityPrideMonth #BookSky tinyurl.com/queerabled