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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Travis Baldree's books always find me when I feel fragile and need the safety & warmth of a hug. Recently, I read Brigands and Breadknives — 3d book from the Legends & Lattes series. 1/2 💙📚 #booksky #fantasy #books #reading

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This is such a good book! I read it a while ago and loved it 🥰 💙📚 #books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Excited to start writing my next Twine game 🎉 First draft of the opening passage, so forgive any typos, repetitive worlds and other imperfections. #NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games

A screenshot of a Twine passage called "The Beginning". It says: You crouch behind a trea as a projectile swishes by your ear. Smoke tickles your nostrils, cries echo in the air, and your head swims in the sweltering heat of a burning forest. It hurts as if your own body were burning, even though the flames haven't touched your skin yet.

As you lean your forehead against the trunk and inhale its rich aroma, your mind intermingles with the mind of the tree, signals of pain and panic traveling up its roots from the vast network below.

You bite your lip until it bleeds, as tears stream from your eyes. Your sole purpose in life has been to protect the Forest, but you have failed.

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I fell off the face of the earth again (not really, just the social media plane 😁). In the meantime, I wrote my second tiny #Twine #solarpunk interactive fiction game. If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu... #games

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Writing a Solarpunk Twine Game with SugarCube | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author

My second tiny Twine game. It's solarpunk interactive fiction that's based on building relationships within a community.

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I wrote a super simple & super short conflict resolution Twine game. It looks like a text game that runs in your browser, and takes a few minutes to play. Check it out or learn how to write your own simple Twine game. alinaleonova.net/blog/conflic... #games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine

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My First Tiny Conflict Resolution Twine Game | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author

I'm learning about game writing, and I created my first tiny game in Twine. You can play it as a text game in your browser or learn how to make your own simple game using Twine.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 17/07/2025

If you've not seen our LGBTQIA+ Book Collection yet, then here's an article explaining more about it, including a showcase of ten books that caught my attention while going through the collection! Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...

A promotional banner image from Grand Failure that shows a rider on a horse across a painted grass land. There are blue skies with clouds above. A rainbow cuts across the clouds to touch the ground. The text on the banner says Our LGBTQIA+ Book Collection.

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I've been learning about game writing and figuring out Twine. Made a few short scenes in it but couldn't conceptualize anything more complete I could actually finish.

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo 😈🧄👻 @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The Godsblood Tragedy by @williamjadams3.bsky.social Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Amazing how much of a difference starting a day with a workout & a cold shower makes (not that it’s possible for me most days 😅). Feeling energized, more patient, in a better mood, & I’m finally catching up on reviews I should have written a while ago while juggling other stuff 😤 #writing #reading

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

How do people keep up with social media? I constantly forget to post or even check on what’s going on 🥲 Well, let me tell you about the books I’ve read now that I’m here 💙📚 The Bride of the Blue Wind by Victoria Coddard was more like a fairytale than anything else. 1/ #reading #books #booksky

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I finished Legends & Lattes, and quite predictably, I loved it 🥰 Already started book 2. It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My next book is Legends & Lattes. I’ve heard a lot about it, and I’m in the mood for something cozy and fun ☺️💙📚 Very curious about it! #reading #fantasy #booksky

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Laken Honeycutt 💫 Book 3 Kickstarter is live! 💫 @mycelialwriter.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Is there anything in this existence that compares to a good book? In the mess that is everything right now, I would be completely lost without 📚✨ Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The Free People’s Village is one of the most punk rock books I’ve ever read! Just look at this gorgeous cover 🥰 Spec Fic (alternative timeline), activism, music, love, and young people trying to change the world. It was more tragic than I expected but hopeful in the end 💙📚 #solarpunk 1/

Book cover of The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern. Red background, a badass looking person with an irokez in the top left corner smashing a robotic dog with a bat.

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Laken Honeycutt 💫 Book 3 Kickstarter is live! 💫 @mycelialwriter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Anytime, anywhere… #CoffeeBreak Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide. #amreading #BooksWorthReading Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hoły crap, some men are creeps. I was walking along the beach & 2 young women were playing on the waves topless (common & not a big deal here). Passed by a guy & he was taking a pic of them 🤦🏻‍♀️Fairly sure he didn’t know them cause he was up the promenade not down on the beach.

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Just the Tips (from an editor): You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

That’s a book I really enjoyed 🥰

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I learned Spanish in college 10+ years ago, but I haven’t used it since except some rare basic convos, so I forgot most of it. But it’s such a beautiful language & I’ve been refreshing it with Duolingo for the past 2 weeks & getting better! 💪 Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 21/02/2025

Li'l bit o' worldbuilding fun from me today: The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by gastrobacter (little

Map of the Pentagonal Dominion. This is meant to show how Earth (the Terran Dominion) exists along with the PD, and so humans can be isekai'd to the PD through magical means

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I've started reading This Is How Immortals Die by @sayaashrah.bsky.social and I'm enjoying it. A very dark (literally) and unusual setting, a very flawed but badass MC, and I loved how the one bed trope was subverted in the recent chapter 😁 💙📚 #AmReading #fantasy #ReadingCommunity

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A surprisingly productive evening after some health stuff has been keeping me from writing and exercising for a while. A good workout on the terrace followed by a quick writing session that even gave me some ideas to connect certain dots. Feeling good now 😊 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Finally prepared my last newsletter of the year! It's got lots of #solarpunk books, but there are a few treats for those who like darker stories, too 😈 And I've got fans of space exploration covered as well 🛰️ 😊 There are also two cool book lists 💙📚 #books #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #reading #scifi

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo 😈🧄👻 @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Happy Holidays, everyone! 🙌🏽✨ This Is How Immortals Die, Book 1 of the World Without Love series: www.amazon.com/This-Immorta... My art is still very much in its beginner stages, but I'm also sharing a piece I'm proud of 💜 Website: nicolehidalgoauthor.com

The heavenly beautiful face of a woman (Aphrodite herself), a tear sliding down her only visible eyes, her hair flowing and blending in with the star-studded dark blue and purple cosmos behind her.

The author's name, Nicole Hidalgo, is on top, while the title, This Is How Immortals Die, sits at the bottom. Some letters are stylised as Greek letters.

A three-quarter portrait of Ashrah. Datusha rests on her right shoulder (the one farthest from the viewer), casting its soft blue light on a small portion of her face, leaving the rest in shadows.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

We know that mobility in cities is about space. More specifically, more trips in less space. We’ve seen lots of great images reinforcing that point. This one might be my favourite, from #Santiago, because it ALSO shows the inequality of having buses run in mixed traffic. Dedicated bus-only lanes.

Side by side images from a Santiago street, showing the relatively few people accommodated in a street full of cleaned cars, and the number of people in a full Santiago bus in that same gridlock.

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I can't believe there's going to be a presidential election in Belarus in 2025. It seems I've just managed to process what has happened after the last one. 1/

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 17/12/2024

Seriously. I don’t think readers—and especially other writers—realize how effective we are at selling *other* people’s cool projects just by talking about how much we love them. Signal boost the things you love!

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

There is so much negativity in the world that we could all use a little bit of hope ☀️ Check out my list of 5 solarpunk books to prove that people can work together for a better world 💙📚 shepherd.com/best-books/s... #solarpunk #books #booksky #reading #ReadingCommunity

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The best solarpunk books to prove that people can work together for a better world

Alina Leonova shares the 5 best books on solarpunk that proves people can work together. Have you read When You Had Power?

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Do you guys remember early Black Mirror when it was awesome, and thrilling, and kind of scary but also cool? The sweet spot on the intersection of tech, psychology & politics and how it affected ppl on a personal level? I made a list of books to read if you miss that! shepherd.com/best-books/i...

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The best books to read if you miss early Black Mirror

Alina Leonova shares the 5 best books on if you miss early Black Mirror. Have you read The Light Brigade?

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

A deep dive into the digital footprint of Luigi Mangione, a man radicalized by pain. shatterzone.substack.com/p/alleged-ce...

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Alleged CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione Was Radicalized by Pain

A journey through his online footprint and influences

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Just got one more review to write & a newsletter to send, and that’s it until the end of the year. Plus, still working on my WIP; just begun learning about game writing & will continue. That, and a thousand non-writing related things 😅 How’s your year wrapping up? #WritingCommunity

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Omg the new Stormlight Archive book is here!! 🫨⚡️Excuse me while I drop everything & read it. New York 2140 will have to wait (even though the story started becoming more cohesive, and I’m a bit invested now). #reading #ReadingCommunity #books #fantasy

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Oh wow. That’s an amazing initiative, but it’s so dystopian that we live in a world where such an initiative is necessary. I’m torn between the beauty of human spirit sadness about this broken system.

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Maria Gehrke | Art as a Portal to Your Vision ✨ @livelovemaria.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Led my 3rd Portal to Your Refuge sma group workshop today. It was awesome. And I also painted. Completely different style than usual - embracing a more flowy style. Will write a more detailed article about it tomorrow. #mindfulness #creativeworkshop #mindfulart

Flowy watercolor painting of a sunny bay and conifers.

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Hey bsky, do you add alt-text to your images? Boosts appreciated 🙏 1️⃣ Always 2️⃣ Sometimes 3️⃣ Never 📊 Show results

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

My #solarpunk writing tip of the day: Humans are wonderfully playful, inventive, and sometimes odd creatures. While I love seeing stories about sustainable futures, don’t forget to build joy into your solarpunk spaces. Brief thread of real-world projects that are as fun as they are useful:

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Yep, I do that, and it helps. I also use it to check some things like proper names of places or descriptions of uniforms from a previous book if I don’t want to stop writing to go hunting for the info.

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Alina Leonova @alinaleonova.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The 5th Sacred Thing is another #solarpunk book I read & here is my #BookReview 📚💙 💫 I liked: - solarpunk aesthetics - communal aspects - hard but rewarding work of building & sustaining a better world 1/ #reading #ReadingCommunity #books #booksky

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hello, I'm Sue, I write hopeful climate fiction cuz HOLY HELL we need a way out of this mess. Website: many novels, much short stories NEW: Metamorphosis: please buy so publishers will publish more #solarpunk I wish more people would read (free): IT'S IN THE BLOOD reckoning.press/reckoning-8/

Trio of recent releases from Sue:
1) "New Collection"—Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future, Edited by Grist, a short story collection including Sue's Seven Sisters story
(cover is a woman with a fish covering her head)

2) "Hopeful Climate Fiction"—When You Had Power (Nothing is Promised 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn, the first in a 4-part series of near-future novels about an energy island Sci-Fi mystery (cover is an underwater diver with a futuristic city in the background)

3) "Solarpunk"—Halfway to Better by Susan Kaye Quinn, a collection of short solarpunk stories by Sue (cover is print art from Eddie Spaghetti showing an assortment of images each representing one of the stories inside)

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Hey solarpunks! What do you think a basic nonfiction starter pack to get somebody started on the idea of a realist's utopia is? I'm focused on nuts and bolts books with clear how tos. Bonus if it's accessible to high-schoolers. #solarpunk #educate 🧵1

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Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Hey Speculative Fiction authors - sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and horror - join us at LimFic.com. We're building an alternative spec fic book community and directory that's also hugely queer friendly (gay owned) and progressive. Help us grow! www.limfic.com/membership-a...

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