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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Nothing more devastating than reaching a boss with amazing music but there’s a glitch and the music doesn’t trigger, so it’s just awkwardly silent the whole time other than attack sounds and my character getting hit 😭

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

ISTG if I’m interrupted by ONE MORE Google Gemini AI selfie slop ad

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Was so delighted by that fanart that I had to draw a thank-you for it (featuring Shade and Asim, their tabaxi) 🎨❤️

drawing of Shade (muscular man with horns and wings) and Asim (a dark-furred tabaxi, aka cat-person) with a "thank you" at the top

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I received my first fanart for "Soul of Solace," featuring Shade from my book and this person's Tabaxi, I'm so touched 😭 Big Claw Bros, indeed ❤️

fanart of Shade (a horned, muscular man) high-fiving a Tabaxi (black-furred cat person) with the phrase "Big Claw Bros"

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Alli Hellegers @allidh.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Hi All! I'm opening to submissions between Dec. 1 and Dec 20 - a few short weeks so I can find something fresh to work on for 2026 - before going back to being referral only. For more on my updated manuscript wish list, go here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/al...

manuscriptwishlist.com

Allison Hellegers – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting. *An epic sapphic space fantasy about the rise of a dead cosmic god, the chronically-ill Herald of its arrival and the transfem Valkyrie who are just literally holding hands through the horrors. the-hallowed.carrd.co

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Lilly Lockwood 🔥SoBB is out NOW!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week! Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10 Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...

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✨Stardust Melody✨ — Polyamorous Lesbian Dragon Era @dragonsandsapphics.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The bonus short story is done! 30k words of Sky Pirate Captain Flora Sagar kissing women, hunting dragons, being pathetic for her wives and only a tiny bit toxic! Very nice. Very wholesome. ... what do you mean "a short story is under 10k"? Get em while the getting's good! itch.io/b/3364/poiso...

Image is an ad graphic on black and red ground. Text reads in white: Bonus story for Blade of Shattered Bone -- Empty Are The Skies Without You, in cracked text.

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Just hit 50k words of my second novel’s first draft, just about halfway!

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

It's my birthday! 🎉 (shameless request incoming) I've finished posting my debut novel for free on three sites (still buyable, but I wanted it to be accessible without a paywall), and I would love love love if people gave it a read/share as a present, it would mean a lot 💙📚 (links in thread below)

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Day 21 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 21 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Day 20 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 20 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Day 19 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 19 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Day 18 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 18 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Day 17 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 17 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Day 16 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 16 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Day 15 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 15 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Day 14 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 14 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Day 13 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 13 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Day 12 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 12 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Day 11 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 11 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Day 10 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 10 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Day 9 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 9 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The best way to find typos: read your post the second you publish it

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Day 8 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 8 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Day 7 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 7 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Day 6 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 6 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Day 5 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 5 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Day 4 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 4 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Day 3 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 3 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Day 2 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 2 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I do this cool thing where I exclusively think about scenes and characters when I have no time to write things down, it's a risky game with no winners

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

What’s your favorite music to listen to while writing? I love ambient, atmospheric soundscapes (can’t listen to songs with lyrics while writing, too distracting lol) 💙📚

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Alden Drake’s the name. Fell into some gay rabbit holes on AO3 a few years back, decided to give fanfiction writing a shot and discovered I really enjoyed it, so now I’m writing actual gay romance novels (and occasionally still writing fanfic on AO3) 💙📚

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Free novel! Money is cool and all, but I've decided sharing my novel in a more accessible way is more important at the moment, so I'm gonna start posting my debut novel "Soul of Solace" chapter by chapter on Substack and Tumblr so anyone can read (and hopefully enjoy and share) my work for free! 💙📚

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Man, working on a book is tough with a full-time job sapping most of my energy and brain power 5 days a week, barely have any focus left for writing by late evening when I finally sit down to do it 😞💙📚

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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

#PortfolioDay is here! I don't put out a great volume of portfolio-worthy work, but I work on both real paper and digital and greatly enjoy art. I aim to turn my novel series into a comic at some point. Feel free to check out my urban fantasy here: verati404.itch.io/echo-sight

A landscape of an inlet between two cliffs dotted with flowers. Clouds surround the sun but don't block it. It's all in black and white.

An art trade for feymien of their character Juniper. She's staring at a broken crystal ball on a countertop in surprise, a little dwarf man staring at it from under her cloak. She wears a purple gown with a fur overcoat, a transluscent blue crown, and hair in blue and purple tones. Behind her is a shelf of books and potions.

A tired, winged raccoon resting on a shaded branch in the middle of the day.

In homage to an old comic panel of Captain America punching out Hitler, this is of Captain Seryn (original character) punching out Trump with a large K.O. above it.

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

*word count of 6,000 and only halfway through chapter 2* Yeah my novel’s basically done, what about it 💙📚

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The nerve of Silksong to come out right as I’m trying to work and focus on writing a new book 😤 (it’s such a good game)

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Same, yet we persist through the horrors

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Roughly 1,000 words into the first draft of my next/second novel, only 100,000+ more to go, not including multiple rounds of editing 😭 hurts so good 💙📚

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Yikes I forgot how hard it was to write the opening/first page of a new novel 💙📚

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Ronove (aka S. Jean) @earlronove.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Sometimes, to really free yourself, something's gotta be destroyed. Be it expectations, your relationship with others, or maybe even that decrepit place the city plans to shove you when you get angel wings... Check out ERRANT WINGS, my coming of age novel today! ➡️ books.earlronove.com/errantwings

An ad for the book, Errant Wings by S. Jean which is out now. The background is a narrow street in autumn and atop it is a dark brown transparent band containing a physical copy of Errant Wings and an ebook version as shown on a small phone. To the left of the book is a short description. It reads: "Asher has his entire life planned around the coming of his devil wings. They mean freedom from the city's expectations and he'll get to continue what he's already good at: graffiti art and loving his boyfriend. Except then angel wings sproud from his back. Now the city expects his complete devotion--no room for anything else--and that's the last thing they'll ever get from him." Below that is more text detailing where you can get the ebook or paperback and the url. The url reads: "books.earlronove.com/errantwings"

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES!

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Alden Drake @aldendrake-author.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

AI actually stands for automated incompetence

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