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WIP: The Weight of Magic (Dark fantasy); The Changelings Trilogy (related, but lighter) Scientist 🧪, musician🎵, writer📝 Autistic, demi LGBTQIA+ friendly 🏳️‍🌈 No Gen-AI Open to beta-reading requests and/or swaps. Fantasy/sci-fi preferred.

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻@applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning #WriterShareWednesday! It's the anniversary of my debut book, Sweet & Wild! To celebrate, Sweet & Wild and its bonus short are 50% off AND I have two anniversary shorts that are available for free on Itch and Ko-Fi today! Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...

Sweet & Wild Anniversary Sale - 50% off Sweet & Wild and A Taste of Wild Honey on Itch and Ko-Fi A picture that depicts Terran, a man with tan skin, dark brown and green hair, and antlers lifts Micah, a man with light skin, blonde hair, and a straw hat as they kiss. There are flowers and trees behind them A pale yellow background and a wildflower border The cover of Wild & Sweet by Alex Larkspur It features two men, Micah and Terran, gazing at each other in a forest. Micah has blond hair, peach skin, and freckles. He's wearing a cream shirt and a straw hat. He's gripping the strap of his bag and blushing as he looks up at Terran. Terran is a tall man with tan skin and a dark brown hair that trails into green. He has pointed ears and antlers. He's wearing a brown shirt and a silver necklace and is crossing his arms as he smiles down at Micah
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2w 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

Photo of a sunny beach overlaid with the words "Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday! Share a pitch for your WIP or something you've recently published and be sure to include links if you have them!"
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 2w ago

I think I’ll be popping back on here every now and again. Postings might still be sporadic while we’re still dealing with health stuff, but bear with me. Now, for #AwesomeCharacters:

🌱🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊🪻@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters Of the six DnD-style abilities (see below), which one does your character score highest in? Which one is lowest? Strength Dexterity Constitution Wisdom Intelligence Charisma #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 4w ago

I’m going to be dropping off BlueSky for a bit. Life has dropped a ton of shit and I need some time away to focus on things at home. Moots can catch me in DMs (replies might be slow) or Discord if we share a server.

Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · last mo.

Protect yourselves, folks. GenAI is getting more and more sophisticated. If you’re not sure about whether an artist is genAI, reach out to others who know how to recognise it.

Gree_@greethewriter.bsky.social · last mo.

To my fellow writers, I would like to inform you that if you ever encounter a book cover designer named "Emily Anderson", and see this carrd link, be advised that this is a genAI scammer who is using genAI software for tracing, colouring, and illustrating. emilyanderson.carrd.co #writesky #booksky

Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · last mo.

#Juniplex Thanks Khonri for hosting! It’s been great working through the prompts for this month. It’s helped me to figure out some more of the background for what’s happening before and during my story and the response to it. Inklings of ideas are forming for a separate series in the same world.

Khonri 🫜@khonri.com · last mo.

We're at the end of #Juniplex 2026! Do as you will with today. 💜 But I am curious to know what discoveries you made about your world through whatever you worked on this month though! (🫙🪙 rattle in the reply @ ~6am, but not for me this time! Anything this month is going to our lovely Prof Emily.)

A daily prompt card for #Juniplex 2026 (aka the JunitaryIndustrialComplex), hosted by @khonri.com. Outro, Prompt 30. This is your free space day! Do your promo or whatever, leave feedback, tell me what fun and/or horrific thing you uncovered about your world thanks to this prompt. Interpret each prompt as suits your needs! Talk about relevant characters! Yap! Or don't! Develop a new military or guild or whatever or talk about one you've already built. Make friends. The background features a blurred, purple toned image of a old helmet laying in a field of grass in the foreground; far in the distance a castle and tall mountain peak are visible.
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · last mo.

#Juniplex 29 Oh dear. BLU collapse time! Generally, the Guild are all about trade, and ideally avoiding war, however it’s worth remembering that the monarchs of Fae are powerful magic bearers, which might get the hackles up of a few other organisations in the BLU collapse.

Khonri 🫜@khonri.com · last mo.

UH OH... This is the silly community interaction day! Our worlds all exist together now and the power of #Juniplex has magically put us in PLAYFUL conflict with one another. Where would your force logically find its allies and enemies in this scenario?

A daily prompt card for #Juniplex 2026 (aka the JunitaryIndustrialComplex), hosted by @khonri.com. Outro, Prompt 29. Uh oh, all of your war crimes have caused the walls of the Bluesky Literary Universe (BLU) to collapse. Where do your people find new enemies and allies, and how/why? (be cool about this, it's meant to be fun) Interpret each prompt as suits your needs! Talk about relevant characters! Yap! Or don't! Develop a new military or guild or whatever or talk about one you've already built. Make friends. The background features a blurred, purple toned image of a old helmet laying in a field of grass in the foreground; far in the distance a castle and tall mountain peak are visible.
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · last mo.

#Juniplex 28 For the most part, there’s been a lot of debate and not an awful lot of laws when it comes to war crimes, primarily because Light and Dark tend to want to outlaw the others tactics. HOWEVER, there are a few that made it in (or *will* make it in after in-book events)

Khonri 🫜@khonri.com · 2mo ago

This is a safe creator space because these are FICTIONAL WORLDS. Experimentation? Going after civilians and/or their infrastructure? Cruel and unusual weaponry? What was done in the aftermath? (Please hide this #Juniplex post if you think the content will disturb your day. Take care of yourself.)

A daily prompt card for #Juniplex 2026 (aka the JunitaryIndustrialComplex), hosted by @khonri.com. Culture & Consequences, Prompt 28. It's not a war crime the first time! What's an incident in your world that later became documented as a war crime or crime against humanity*? Does something like the Geneva Conventions exist? Interpret each prompt as suits your needs! Talk about relevant characters! Yap! Or don't! Develop a new military or guild or whatever or talk about one you've already built. Make friends. The background features a blurred, purple toned image of a old helmet laying in a field of grass in the foreground; far in the distance a castle and tall mountain peak are visible.
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Juniplex 27 Most people do not leave the Guild completely, though they might change roles or retire. Those who become unfit to travel so much, whether through injury or old age, usually end up living at Guild HQ or another Guild-owned site, but might choose to return to family or live elsewhere.

Khonri 🫜@khonri.com · 2mo ago

Today is National PTSD Awareness Day in the US, so I'm making today's #Juniplex question focused around it and by extension one of two groups with high incidence rates. How does your system handle its vets? How does society at large treat them? Is there even acknowledgment of the lingering ghosts?

A daily prompt card for #Juniplex 2026 (aka the JunitaryIndustrialComplex), hosted by @khonri.com. Culture & Consequences, Prompt 27. How are veterans of this organization treated? What acknowledgment (or lack thereof) are given towards physical and/or mental repercussions of having served? Interpret each prompt as suits your needs! Talk about relevant characters! Yap! Or don't! Develop a new military or guild or whatever or talk about one you've already built. Make friends. The background features a blurred, purple toned image of a old helmet laying in a field of grass in the foreground; far in the distance a castle and tall mountain peak are visible.
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Juniplex 26 I will catch up on the last 2 days at some point, but this is a faster one: For most fae, the traditional death rites are conducted via burning the body on a pyre (a few cultures excepted), so unless known otherwise, that’s generally what the Guild will make the utmost effort to do.

Khonri 🫜@khonri.com · 2mo ago

There is probably a very non-zero chance of death occurring on the job in your world, so let's talk about it. Fun(?) Fact: When I was researching this topic for #Juniplex, I had no idea that "death gratuity" was a thing. Interesting talk for our walkies and a bit grim if you think too much on it.

A daily prompt card for #Juniplex 2026 (aka the JunitaryIndustrialComplex), hosted by @khonri.com. Culture & Consequences, Prompt 26. How is the death of a member handled in or out of active conflict? How, if at all, are corpses retrieved, and what's done with them? Is there a system of "death gratuity" or survivor benefits? Interpret each prompt as suits your needs! Talk about relevant characters! Yap! Or don't! Develop a new military or guild or whatever or talk about one you've already built. Make friends. The background features a blurred, purple toned image of a old helmet laying in a field of grass in the foreground; far in the distance a castle and tall mountain peak are visible.
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So, all of this. Gen-AI does so much damage to creative communities, but making baseless accusations against real human artists does real harm, too. If there is any doubt at all, just don’t.

Barrows@barrows.itch.io · 2mo ago

This morning, I woke up to a comment on art of my OC, accusing it of being AI generated. It obviously was not. No harm done, right? Anyone with an ounce of brain in their skull agrees that AI is a plague. But you know what doesn't fix the problem? Witch-hunts. 🧵 1/8

Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Juniplex 23 A few days ago, I referenced the efforts by Uvali and Enru to prevent a revolutionary group from forcing the Court into war, however that operation was much more substantial than what could be done by a few members from within Court.

Khonri 🫜@khonri.com · 2mo ago

This was supposed to be #Juniplex Day 6 for D-Day, but it fits better here. This is separate from your legendary/mythological incidents early on. These are the 100% certified real incidents with minimal embellishments. I also love inviting brainworms of "what if?" to how you think about your world.

A daily prompt card for #Juniplex 2026 (aka the JunitaryIndustrialComplex), hosted by @khonri.com. Fame & Glory, Prompt 23. HAs there been a major historical battle, event, or operation that definitively changed the course of world history? What happened? What would your world be like if it hadn't happened? Interpret each prompt as suits your needs! Talk about relevant characters! Yap! Or don't! Develop a new military or guild or whatever or talk about one you've already built. Make friends. The background features a blurred, purple toned image of a old helmet laying in a field of grass in the foreground; far in the distance a castle and tall mountain peak are visible.
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#WIPSnips - no “finale”, but vibes with this “final” In the Prologue for this one, when the reader gets a sneak-peek into the reasons behind everything about to unfold for Cassie and her (witch) sister.

The choice wasn’t really made there, in that vault. Mòrag had already decided, from the second she had seen it - an obnoxiously bright burst of magic for a witch in training, with far more blue to it than she’d seen in hundreds of years, and the girl didn’t even break a sweat. This girl was the best chance Mòrag had ever had. A gift from the universe. And likely the last. One last, final chance, before she would have to admit to herself that it was over.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The #WIPSnips word for June 24th is "finale" (going with the World Cup inspo, this was supposed to be "final" but I made a typo on the graphic and didn't notice until I was uploading it and didn't feel like fixing it lol) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag June 23 - finale 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
Tina Writes 🫜@tinaduncan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#WIPSnips - no penalty, but vibes, with the price people pay for immortality. Unlike most vampires, the Mer-King Glaucus despises his, and would rather not have it. Cassie has some sympathy for him over that.

Unfortunately, as Glaucus says, immortality always has a price. For the vampires, it’s the susceptibility to silver, the craving for blood, the…” He looked away, suddenly appearing very uncomfortable to be having this conversation with me. “…lust it causes.” He cleared his throat. “I don’t know what it is for Glaucus. I’d rather not know. But he makes no secret of how he despises it.” If Glaucus was that old, it went some way to explain why he talked as if everyone were youngsters. But, like Ben, he would likely have lost everyone important to him over the years. That was bound to wear on someone, especially when you had no other immortals of your own kind to share it with.
✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The #WIPSnips word for June 23rd is "penalty" The words this week were absolutely not inspired by the fact that all that's been on our TV for the last week or so is the World Cup. Nope. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag June 23 - penalty 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