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Aiko Aslanian

@aiko-aslanian.bsky.social
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I've been writing all my life but it took me 40 years to have a project. Working on my first book. To what end? We'll see. This account to connect with writers, book lovers, readers, and all things literary.

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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well ten minutes of scrolling has cured that desire. Back to the grass
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 18/07/2026
Currently soliciting authors: this "new" publisher that appears to be entirely fake, with "team" members whose photos have been stolen, book cover images appropriated from indie authors and other publishers, and a shitty contract www.lexiconpublishing.org
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Lexicon Publishing | Discover & Publish Bold Stories Today
Lexicon Publishing champions overlooked stories with a no-cost, author-focused approach, leveraging industry experience to publish unique manuscripts and pursue awards.
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Today I left myself the revision note, "Add more emotional turmoil about the murders." Because feelings are for second drafts #amwriting
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I've been scarce on social media bc I've been too busy touching grass & chauffeuring kids to touch grass & omg I'm gonna lose my mind. I long for the oblivion of the scroll
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Homer Simpson: Urge To Kill Fading & Rising
Alt: Homer Simpson slumps in the snow soothed by the sweet comfort of television, his urge to kill fading
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Aurora's Pale Light by @ewdocparris.com follows up the madcap downfall of the world as the characters work to mitigate damage and get to the secret outpost where they can begin to rebuild. Fast, fun, violent, hopeful. Killer summer series; when is book 3 out? 📚💙
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Review by aikoa - The Aurora's Pale Light
Book One is the unravelling of the world and ends on a major cliffhanger, which is where this ...
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
See comments for contact instructions and suggested wording. The rule is dense; your comment need not be.
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons image
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Homer Simpson: I Am So Smart!
Alt: Homer Simpson dancing in front of a spreading fire singing, I Am So Smart! S-M-R-T!
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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 21/06/2026
hey it's exactly one month until the release of my queer cozy horror THE LORD OF THE WOOD, soooooooo ask me anything? (trope map with additions by @vriccithode.bsky.social hehe) #ama
E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark blue background with gold leaves at the top, surrounded by text in yellow (from E) and blue (from Ness) reading (yellow) "plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; wound-tending; LI turning slowly into a beast; dual-POV brother/sister; Beauty & the Beast-inspired but not a retelling; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality" and (blue) "secret lesbians!!!!!; there's only one bed; knife lesbian!!!!!; forced proximity times two; 'long COVID' rep." The Lord of the Wood's cover is blue, paler in the center, darker at the edges, with a central image of a stag of foliage and flowers growing from a tree whose upper branches drip black ooze and the tagline, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Literally just realized this is what's going on in the lovely children's book "Julian is a Mermaid."
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Current read! I am loving a fantasy world based in Tlingit mythology and the raven truly is rude
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I've helped as much as I can, I'm exhausted and burning out hard, but Ali's still struggling and I'm scared she's going to die on the street Please donate if you can & boost if you can't
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
As an English teacher I can confirm this is devastatingly true
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Olivia Atwater @oliviaatwater.com · 19/06/2026
The idea that some people don’t value money and social clout above all else keeps them up at night, and I just think that’s neat.
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Don't know how this will work out, but it was only when I started writing with absolutely no goals for publishing and with being okay with a book never seeing the light of day that I've felt the freedom to do it and also the sense that I might have something here. So for me, this feels very right
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Livejournal circa 2003-2009 and the Jezebel comments section circa 2005-2010
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 17/06/2026
HELLO ALL did you know: my publisher is doing a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY of my upcoming novel WICKHILLS! Please enter and spread the word! It is a good fantaspionage book! It only contains one (1) word of doom! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Book giveaway for Wickhills by Premee Mohamed Jun 15-Jun 29, 2026
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jun 15-Jun 29, 2026. Enter for your chance to win an ARC of WICKHILLS by Premee Mohamed!
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Luna Station Quarterly @lunastation.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's June, which means we're already thinking about December. Publishing work is a trip sometimes. What does time mean anymore? LSQ submissions are open now through Aug 15th. Women-identified authors, 500–7k words, genre stuff only please. We'd love to see your work! duotrope.com/duosuma...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Hey guess what! My book is available for preorder! Tell everyone! Don't not tell everyone! Read more about what to do about this breaking news: www.the-reframe.com/fighting-in-...
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Fighting in the Dark - Preorder Now!
My new book, FIGHTING IN THE DARK, is now available to preorder in paperback and Ebook! It comes out on August 4, 2026. Read on for more details.
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
People are confusing calling elections with certifying elections. A call is a *media* practice using statistics to project a winner based on an incomplete vote count. The count doesn't stop. Only once every vote is tallied is the election certified and the results final 1/3
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My first publication was an advice column style letter in American Girl magazine in approx. 1993 that I still stand by; hopefully my second publication will be a book Oh also that day when @thestranger.com let me & a few other frequent commenters take over Slog for some reason
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A large percentage of Bsky traffic has just been burnt
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Solar just produced more electricity than coal in the US for the first month ever and it won't be the last... Over the last two decades, the role of coal and solar in the US mix has changed drastically May 2006: 🪨 48%, ☀️ 0% May 2016: 🪨 26%, ☀️ 2% May 2026: 🪨 12%, ☀️ 13%
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I laughed out loud several times. I like my serious journalism grounded in facts, evidence, and spite. Ed's worth paying for.
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I got a very convincing text from my bank about money that was sent from my Zelle account asking to text if I had approved it I called my bank directly to ask about it and sure enough it was not them ALWAYS call your bank directly about any fraud, even if it seems like they are initiating it
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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Weekend sale! One could save 10% on hardcover of THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with contributions by Stephen King and a foreword by Joe Bob Briggs. If one were so inclined. Discount automatically applied at checkout. badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...
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The End Times Volume One (Hardcover) by Benjamin Percy with Special Contributions by Stephen King — Bad Hand Books
This is how the world ends: Benjamin Percy and Stephen King team up to bring you a post-apocalyptic novel like nothing you’ve ever read. Get The End Times (previously only available in monthly ...
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
To be constructive, if you need text chunked text (i.e. broken into small pieces), there are masking tools that let you only show small parts of the text. You can also use a piece of paper to cover part of the page as you go. Reading while listening to an audiobook helps make prose more accessible
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Accessibility does not mean all people can access all things at the same level. It means there should exist things that you can access, and if this is your access need for books, then good news there's already more in existence than you could read in 1000 lifetimes!
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Brady! @like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“yeah i can tell it was AI generated. how? just vibes, yeah. it has that certain gen-AI sais quoi”
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Hey not to be a dick & maybe this is just me, but if there's not a sample of the book available to read, then I'm not buying it no matter how interesting it sounds. Because no idea can be good enough to compensate for bad writing for me
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Anya Chalina @anyachalina.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Wanted to test the carousel function and also use it as an excuse to show my art 🤭
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Hey Kapernick, I know nothing about sports, but it seems like you're being inefficient. You guys train and practice a lot, but machines can lift heavy weights and go fast and throw balls, so replace inefficient human practice with machines, ok? I assume this will have no impact on the final game
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
One of the best books I've read in years. My best read of 2025.
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E.W. Doc Parris @ewdocparris.com · 09/06/2026
Hello Writers, Readers, and Reviewers! Let's do an Instagram lift! Drop a link to your Instagram below and we'll all follow everybody. #WriteSky #BookSky #ReadSky www.instagram.com/p/DZDX8K9CRs...
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brad is wearing the cursed amulet @bradicality.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Grok is my diarrhea from the cholera or the tetanus help Gork help hep help
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Post-apocalyptic Claude prompts or writer search history 🤔
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So I got overwhelmed today and missed that Someone You Can Build A Nest In is a Kindle Daily Deal! 2.99 for all the queer monster romance your eyeballs can carry! The deal is still live! For ten hours, I think!
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Amazon.com: Someone You Can Build a Nest In eBook : Wiswell, John: Kindle Store
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Artists should be paid for their work! And yet, when artists create with no intention to sell, that creates space for the strangest, purest (neutral) art Which not all art needs to be But we should all create *some* stuff with absolutely no ends in mind
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Public voting for the Ignytes is open. We really encourage everyone to learn abt the work of all the nominees.
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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 08/06/2026
Over here at HQP, we adore @professoremily.bsky.social 's THE GODS OF ATALANTIS - but we're pretty sure you'll love it, too! Here's some reasons why... #indiepublisher #hqpress #atalantis #booksky
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It just keeps getting funnier every time you read it He's being gaslit by lit gas
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Derek Prime @derekpr1m3.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Rayleigh scattering and refraction are woke and gay. Once you split white light into a rainbow it becomes political
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Ali is being evicted tomorrow and needs at LEAST enough money to get a dog safe hotel tomorrow night ASAP And then money to relocate to a safe, permanent home
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Fitz: Child probably misplaced or stolen by fairies Aurora: Would probably rescue child from Fitz, caring for it would stir bittersweet memories of her sons Periwinkle: Despite relatively progressive views on raising merlings, considers 50% survival rate reasonable
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Happy Pride to trans writers.
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Eliwood S(pooky) Ghost @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Happy #LGBTQWriteAThon 5! For EYES SHINE SILVER IN MOONLIGHT: * Sex pollen but divinely inspired * Everyone preferred the Beast form over Prince Adam * Immediate wife-guy-ification * Irritating someone into liking you
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Unhinged tropes in The Atlantis Job: Found family w/ blood family issues bc vampires Mermaids w/ camp counselor names But the mermaids are also anarchists Non-binary polyamorous vampire makes fun of everyone all the time The ocean is weird as fuck y'all #lgbtqwriteathon
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Honestly, no more adaptations. Let's have some original series that were written for the medium
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E.W. Doc Parris @ewdocparris.com · 04/06/2026
For all you readers and writers out there on Instagram, I hope you'll follow me over there. I was gone from Insta for a long time but now I'm back. #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity www.instagram.com/ewdocparris/
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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Just rubbing it in that he doesn't have any bills (because I pay them all)
The view to my immediate right from the desk where I spend all day working. A black and white cat, rotund af, stretched lazily across the sheets, head propped on a throw blanket, snuggled into the pillows
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