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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 5th through October 11th. Synonyms, variations & ✨vibes✨ are fine, please include Alt Text on graphics with the snip text, Trigger/Content warnings if necessary, & no unsolicited editing on posts. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The #WIPSnips words for October 5th through October 11th are: October 5th - wall; October 6th - rice; October 7th - comparison; October 8th - lizard; October 9th - raid; October 10th - fuzzy; October 11th - cousin.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trans people and sex are the obvious ones. #QueerPrompts

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is varying neurodiversity across my cast, though many are not written intentionally neurodivergent. A lot of it is just emblematic of my own experience as a quasi undiagnosed adult.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I sure do! Daumantas Borzhegov in Sword of the Voivode is autistic, as well as Radu in Last Wolves of Paris. #SpoonieAuthChat

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Depending on where the people live, yes. There may be ramps, wider doors, extra places for people to sit and rest etc. Some buildings even have lifts, depending on the country. #SpoonieAuthChat

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✨️Zombie✨️@ drawing comics @zombieisok.gay · 18/09/2026

Hello, study sessions has updated with just the chapter 2 cover today. (which i like a lot, so i'm posting in full here lol) new pages next week tho. ✨🔮✨ studysessionscomic.com

green toned illustration of my comic ocs, Jade and Ryatt. Jade is the focus of the piece and he is standing with a cocked hip while confidently gesturing at an orb he's holding in his other hand. Ryatt is very small and looks uncomfortable and cramped inside of said orb. Get pondered, idiot.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Probably confused. I don't think 20 y/o me would think anything I'm doing (transition, self publishing, getting married) was even POSSIBLE for them.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I think my writing signature is to start with a suspiciously placid opening then everything goes sideways 3-5 chapters in.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 14/09/2026

In the largest crackdown in years, Turkish authorities raided LGBT rights organizations and arrested activists in major cities on September 12-14. 🧵⤵️ apnews.com/article/turk...

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Turkish authorities launch crackdown on LGBTQ+ and HIV support groups

Turkish authorities have cracked down on multiple LGBTQ+ groups and individuals, detaining dozens and raiding association offices and popular hangouts.

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Gabriel Hargrave (he/him) @ghargravewrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’ve been trying to book clients to pay for rent, but it feels like everyone is struggling right now. I only have a few more days before they start the eviction process, so I have to share this again. Any and all help is appreciated! I just want to stay housed. 🙏🏻😭 gofund.me/a192a7989

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Donate to Help Gabriel Stay Housed and Healthy, organized by Gabriel Hargrave

My name is Gabriel Hargrave. I’m a trans man living in Minneapolis, and I’ll be … Gabriel Hargrave needs your support for Help Gabriel Stay Housed and Healthy

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oh man, the memory of this sign is stuck with me forever.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#QueerPrompts My urban fantasy does! Rudolph Corvin, his daughter, and his vampire sire all speak Romanian and sometimes speak Romanian to each other on page. French, Spanish, Japanese and some ancient languages are refrerenced as well.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think I've pinpointed some of my writing focus woes: Burnout! But thankfully NOT from writing! My last supervisor was frustrating to work with and her legacy continues with some of the worst schedules ever made. But she's gone and we'll have new schedules come Nov. Fingers crossed things improve.

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Them @them.us · 12/09/2026

The Trans Voices Cabaret is back for another show on Saturday, September 19 at the Caveat in New York City’s Lower East Side, jam-packed with a variety of talented performers that span a range of styles and personas.

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A Cabaret Featuring an All-Trans Lineup Is Heading to the Lower East Side

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hm. The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie, Thud!, Monstrous Regiment, Netherford Hall is a little bit of a stretch but I think the vibes are on the same level, The Servant Soverign novellas.

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If anyone lives in the central Maryland area, I will be selling THE DEVOURING at the Queen Takes Book Local Author Fair on Thursday, September 24! Come check it out and support local authors from the DMV! #BookSky 💙📚 #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.com/e/local-auth...

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Local Author Fair - September '26

Come meet an amazing group of local authors and learn more about their books!

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think for me its that I feel very neutral about it. I'm much better at what I do in person, and my audience largely buys in person. Toiling on the Internet for an invisible audience is awkward at the best of times, so I keep it simple online.

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C.Quince🌈 Author @cquince.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ATBOD is out today! 🥳 🪾🪾🪾 If you love 80s Dark Fantasy films, you're my target audience! 😊 🪾🪾🪾 Buy direct: ninestarpress.com/product/at-t... Buy on Kindle: books2read.com/u/bzYoz9 Beautiful cover art by @kalimpaszmadar.bsky.social #heroicfantasy #lgbtq #books #darkfairytale #darkfantasy

Alt text: two medieval warriors stand back to back, swords drawn, in a dark forest of thorns. One young man is a knight of western origin, pale skin, brunet, one long straight sword, the other young man is west Asian and wearing Turkic clothing, brown skin, brunet, using two shorter curved swords.
Title reads At the Border of Destiny, by C.Quince.
The artist is Kalimpaszmadar.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing b/c I believe that a confluence of things are coming, some of which are already impacting self pub writers in major ways. I want self publishing to survive the AI apocalypse, but we NEED to shift how we think now or we won't make it.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I quietly boost other authors (though I know my follower count is small) but I'm not 'Brand' for many others to do the same for me. The digital landscape is deeply frustrating to navigate, with lots of dead ends and ill fitting advice for someone not focused on ebook sales (cont)

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Plus there's the hurdle of so much of self publishing being centered on Amazon, focusing only on things like boosting Goodreads etc. I moved two years ago and no help run a small spec fic con, so I've been adrift since publishing my first book. (cont)

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This year has been a tough writing year. I'm hard at it, but I know I need more support if I want to both improve and do better as a self published author. I've tried entirely too many Discords, and most are still packed with people wanting to trad pub. (cont)

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I work in healthcare. I wouldn't call it an expertise per say but I do dip into my pharmacological and medical knowledge from time to time.

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C.Quince🌈 Author @cquince.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

And please add my new book to your TBR! Especially on Goodreads it really helps indie books' stats since it is connected to the Zon. Add ATBOD on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Add ATBOD on The Storygraph app.thestorygraph.com/books/7fa07a...

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At the Border of Destiny

A Low Fantasy novel for readers who enjoy heroic Sword …

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C.Quince🌈 Author @cquince.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You like: books that feel like 1980s Dark Fantasy films🌌 I wrote: That! ⬇️ And it's out tomorrow 🥳🥳 Order direct ninestarpress.com/product/at-t... Kindle/Apple books2read.com/u/bzYoz9 🪾🌌🪾🌌🪾🌌🪾🌌🪾 #darkfantasy #booksky #lgbtq #swordandsorcery #bipoc #heroicfantasy

A graphic showing 80s movie posters for Excalibur, Ladyhawke, and Willow, next to icons of my book, At the Border of Destiny by C.Quince.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#QueerPrompts Daumantas already kind of does that? 😅Rudolph Corvin is also weak to book purchasing.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I write b/c I don't often see the kind of rep I'd like in a lot of genre fiction I (self) publish for mostly the same reasons tbh. But also b/c I'm deeply unimpressed with what available with adult trans rep in general.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Since I haven't in a bit, I thought I'd promo my books again. Sequels are coming, but writing has been slow & hard this year. #SpoonieAuthChat

image of the cover for the novle, 'Sword of the Voivode' surrounded by descriptors that read:
Trans man main character
Secret royals
Abusers get wrecked
Eastern European inspired setting
Autistic Love interest
Magical clergy
Queernorm setting
A father seeks forgiveness

Image of the novella,'Last Wolves of Paris', surrounded by descriptors that read:
Black transmasc man character
Romani love interest
Werewolf X Vampire romance
Anti-colonial
gentle monsters
Autism rep
Chaotic queerness

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As a trans author I know that there are forces out there that would be glad if I stopped, but the people who want and need my writing more. If I listened to the people who think I should go away I'd never have gotten where I am #SpoonieAuthChat

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Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Good morning! We're already over 60% funded!! 🥳 Can we reach fully funded in just 24 hours?? 😍 Please help spread this trans joy with a repost! Since this project works with a profit-sharing model, you'll be supporting a bunch of LGBTQ+ artists all at once too! ✨

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The writing is slow right now but overall my work is hopeful. A minimum, I like to imagine the spaces marginalized people make for themselves. #SpoonieAuthChat

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Trying to buy a house and I can see a lot of the process bothering both myself and my partner's neurospicy brains in different ways. Just take my money and be done with it!

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Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Every book in our library is a mirror for someone who’s waited too long to see themselves. Help us improve access and keep QLL 100% free, forever. 💸 Chipping in $10 today = one more book in a queer/ trans person's hands. Donate today! givebutter.com/qqlls-pride-campaign…

Photo of 2 senior queer femmes reading a book together. White scribble heart accents.

Text reads: LGBTQ+ people of all ages deserve to see themselves in books! Donate today. Share queer stories.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Laurent goes from the antagonist's co-conspirator to begrudging ally. Cyril kind of owes him for saving his leg.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It sounds like a really point-blank obvious observation, but its just that- the $$$ we take in goes right back into making things.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Back when I used to have erotica and games on Itch I could make about $100/year on the site. This helped me afford some smaller things that allowed me to publish Sword of the Voivode. When you pay small creators directly they can create MORE.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'd like to add that conferences can be much more expensive than more affordable events, like genre fiction conventions, so the price-to-useable knowledge ratio makes me wary of shelling out for a conference.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

4. The panels and info is all 'writing 101' stuff, rehashing *very old* very searchable information, no time to breath between workshops, everything is focused on getting Trad Pubbed

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1. Networking as an author is just easier for me in person (I do genre fiction cons but have never done a conference.) 2. Having the ability to ask questions & have time to talk to people IRL 3. New peers I can bounce things off of (if things go well) New knowledge! cont-

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#QueerPrompts Very helpful! My brain needs rest to be creative, so I only write 3-5 days a week. Trying to write every day is very stressful for me, and having flexible writing time helps me fit writing into my constantly shifting schedule. (forgot to post the other day!)

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 07/08/2026

Sharing for any fellow authors seeking a human cover artist, vetted by a team of artists as not using gen ai in their work. (Brought to my attention by @thistlearts.bsky.social having just been listed there.)

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Need a human artist for your next project? Start your search here. We have 400 artists and growing!

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm working on a direct sequel for my first book, but it gets far less attention than my urban fatnasy: bsky.app/profile/auth...

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#SFFChat A4: Cyril would probably be a big baby about it lol. He'd stay in bed and drink soup until it was over.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#SFFChat A3: Not quite a plague, but Straight by Chuck Tingle is probably the closest thing that fits the bill.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#SFFChat A2: Its a mix of magic and practical medicine, mostly administered by the medical leaning saintly orders of the Church of All Saints. Vuretsiv is a major hub for healthcare, especially for complex things like mental health and gender transition.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#SFFChat A1: I don't really have any fantasy diseases, so everything that exists in our world theoretically can exist in my second world fantasy.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#SFFChat Morning! I'm T.G. Joye and I write trans and queer focused fantasy. My favorite game of all time is Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#Queerprompts 📚 I like to read sci fi, sword & sorcery and older fantasy, archaeological news, older classic fiction, ancient sagas & myths 📝I tend to stick to writing fantasy exclusively, but I've written erotica in the past. I also have a few sci fi manuscript ideas sitting on the back burner.

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