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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey, so Second/Frame is also up on Inkitt now 🌙. Heads up though, it's the updated version 🏈📹 Here: www.inkitt.com/stories/1895... #MMRomance #SlowBurn #SportsRomance #QueerRomance #GayRomance #MLMRomance #WebNovel #OngoingStory #RomanceReads #LGBTQRomance

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌙 Opened v6 of Cat's Eye today. Immediately rewrote a scene I "finalized" in v5. I am not well. This is not a hobby anymore it's a hostage situation, and I am both the hostage and the guy with the gun. #DarkRomance #MMRomance #DarkMMRomance #WIP #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #IndieAuthor #SlowBurn

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🏈 Second/Frame is officially up on Inkitt now, the updated version, live and ready to read. Same slow burn, same two idiots taking forever to say what they mean. If you've been following on AO3, this is a second (cleaner) place to catch up or jump in fresh. #MMRomance #SportsRomance #Indieautor

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🌙 Anyone else have characters that never leave their mind? Because Taesung and Minjae have been living in my head rent-free. #MMromance #Indieauthor #writesky #writingcommunity #originalcharacter #originalfiction #gaybooks

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🌙 Took a short break from my manuscript because my ML has become so unhinged that even I, his creator, needed a breather. Now, I've regained the will to make things worse for him 🫡📖 #wip #amwriting #darkromance #catseyebook #MMromance #Indieauthor #writingcommunity #writesky

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🌙 me: I know exactly where this story is going also me at 11pm: actually, what if he— the outline has left the chat 💀 #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #BookSky #amwriting #gayromance #writingcommunity

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Getting comments like this makes it all worth it. 🌙 #secondframe #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #BookSky #amwriting #gayromance #writingcommunity 📖Second/Frame: archiveofourown.org/works/813526...

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🌙 Talking to myself daily about the stories I write is starting to make me think I’m insane. Lol I need an adult corner of the internet for queer romance, M/M stories, slow burns, character dynamics, and men who need one honest conversation and a nap. #writingcommunity #indieauthor #MMromance

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The cover for Second/Frame is in progress. 🌙 I can't believe I'm actually doing this. #secondframe #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #BookSky #amwriting

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

🌙 v1: "my story has no logic, my antagonist has no motive, and my chapters don't connect. other than that it's going great" #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WIP #CatsEye #MMRomance #IndieAuthor

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🌙 There's something about building a world from scratch that just does it for me. Slow love stories, dark edges, the occasional smut, my brain's happiest place. But when someone reads it and feels something? that's the whole thing. 💜 #MMromance #slowburn #indieauthor #originalfiction

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🌙 Finally mapping out 👁️Cat's Eye🐈‍⬛ properly, only to realize that it will need to be a duology. #MMromance #indieauthor #darkromance #gaycharacters #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting #slowbuild

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🌙 Second/Frame is complete. But Minjae and Taesung still have more life in them. 🏈 Side arcs are slice of life, married era, everything that didn't fit in the novel but belongs to them anyway. #WIPSnips #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #Writesky #amwriting #matureromance #spicyromance #writingcommunity

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🌙 Now that I got those out of the way. 😜 🐈‍⬛ Cat's Eye — set in modern Chicago, ft. Levi and Daejin. In the works. #CatsEye #MMRomance #DarkRomance #SlowBurn #gayromance #amwriting #Writesky #IndieAuthor #writingcommunity

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Also!! 😅 Chaos Instilled has been completed. 🌙 Ryu and the band have played their last set. If you want to spend some time in 1997 Tokyo's underground rock scene, the full story is on AO3. #chaosinstilled #MMRomance #SlowBurn #gayromance #amwriting #Writesky #IndieAuthor #writingcommunity

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

They made it. 🌙 Three moments from the wedding chapter, Petals, now posted on AO3. #secondframe #MMRomance #SlowBurn #gayromance #amwriting #Writesky #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #writingcommunity 🏈💓📹Second/Frame (Completed) - AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/813526...

White card with three sections of italic serif text divided by thin grey lines. First section reads: Moon closes the remaining space between them and drives his fist sharply into Minjae's upper arm. Minjae jerks upright. "What the hell!?" "Sit down," Moon says. Second section reads: The light finds him easily beneath the glass ceiling. For a moment the room simply holds. Then Taesung takes a step forward. Third section reads: "I don't look at you as my partner." He swallows. "I feel you as my soul." Excerpt from Second/Frame by Callisto Vale.

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Minjae and Taesung's story is complete. 🌙 Second/Frame is fully posted on AO3. Thank you to everyone who read, commented, and stayed until the end. These two will always have a piece of me. #secondframe #MMRomance #SlowBurn #gayromance #amwriting #Writesky #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🤘🎸🎤 The mood board for Chaos Instilled is live on Tumblr. Tokyo. 1997. Four guys in a loft. 🔗 www.tumblr.com/callisto-val... #ChaosInstilled #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #WriteSky #BL #SlowBurn #AO3 #Scribblehub #QueerFiction #AmWriting

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🌙🤘🎤 Interested in a plucky underground rock band in 1997 Tokyo? Ryu's got the voice, Kenji's got the calm, Naoki is the wild one, and Toru is the heart. In between, Yuta finds the soul. Chaos Instilled- completed. #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #Writesky #SlowBurn #BL #QueerFiction #ChaosInstilled

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🌙🥼 Daejin really got on his knees...in the lab...begging. 😖 Snippet from my #WIP Cat's Eye 🐈‍⬛ #WIPSnips #MMRomance #DarkRomance #Indieauthor #Writesky #amwriting #matureromance #spicyromance #writingcommunity #gayromance

A white image with black text showing a snippet from Cat's Eye, a MM dark romance. The scene reads: Daejin asks Levi to let him make it up to him. Levi refuses. Daejin blinks slowly and says softly "I promise, I'll be good." Levi sits straight up. Daejin then kneels in front of him, hands on his thighs, and breathes "Please. I'll be good."

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🌙 Grief stages of leaving a completed manuscript: - denial (one more read-through) - bargaining (maybe just one scene) - depression (nothing will ever be this) - acceptance (open WIP) - still thinking about the completed one #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #amwriting #writersky #writingcommunity

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🌙 Longform slow burn writers, talk to me about the middle. Early chemistry writes itself. The payoff is easy to picture. But that long middle where they circle each other chapter after chapter, how do you keep the build building? #indieauthor #slowburn #mmromance #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🌙 Theo is having a Time. 😆☕ Snippet from my WIP, Stagnant Water, a slow-burn MM romance set in modern Seattle 🌧️, about two men stalled in life who decide they want more once they cross paths. #mmromance #slowburn #booksky #amwriting #indieauthor #amwritingromance

Excerpt from Stagnant Water, a slow burn MM Romance set in modern Seattle.

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Theo's hand goes still on the trackpad. "What do you do there?" Theo inhales. He flexes his fingers. "I pretty much help people find better jobs than what I have." He says it quickly. He reaches for his coffee cup and takes a small sip. The coffee has gone cold. He sets the cup back down. "If I gave you my resume, where would you place me?" He smirks. Theo swallows. He sits up straighter and brings his feet under the chair. "Well..." He says it softly. "I would have to know your background... first." He looks at his hand. "What did you do before Bamcha. What do you like." He pauses. "I mean, what type of position you like." "Uh, not position, like top or bottom." He closes his eyes. "I mean what field." He pushes it out. He opens his eyes. Marcus tilts his head back and laughs. He holds his chest. When he pulls his head forward his cheeks are flushed. A few strands of hair fall over his eyes.

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🌙 He stands near the foot of the bed, towel low around his hips, the knot loose enough that a single tug would undo it. One droplet follows the dark line of hair down and disappears into the towel's edge. #MMRomance #SlowBurn #BL #ChaosInstilled #WIPsnippet #Spicyromance #adultromance #indieauthor

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🌙 The collision lands helmet-to-helmet with a low metallic crack that seems to travel through the turf. Minjae doesn't move. The stadium noise drains out in pieces until silence blankets everything. #MMromance #slowburn #indieauthor #gayromance

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

🌙 follow a band > Chaos Instilled 1997 Tokyo. a band carving their corner, a romance no one planned for, a rival closing in. slow burn sports > Second/Frame stadium lights, a sideline collision, one quiet thing. MM, slow burn, explicit. 🔗 ↓ #MMRomance #SlowBurn #BL #indieauthor #originalfiction

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🌙 Someone had been close enough to see him smile. Close enough to lift a phone. Close enough to try and capture what wasn't theirs. #MMromance #slowburn #indieauthor #originalfiction #originalcharacter #spicyromance #matureromance #adultromance #gayromance #queerbooks #secondframe

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🌙 Writing brain only has three modes: 1. 8-hour flow state, no food, no water, transcendence 2. Shark circling a swimmer, it has not decided about yet 3. Abandoning everything to start a brand new idea I had in the shower #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #writingcommunity #writesky #matureromance

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🌙 Things I think while writing sex scenes: He trembles. okay. We tremble. fine. The trembling intensifies. wait. Now, everyone in this scene is trembling. The bed is trembling. The lamp is trembling. I have lost the verb. I have to start over. #writesky #writeblr #mmromance #indieauthor

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🌙 Which one gets you every time: 🅰 The one who's terrified to say it first 🅱 The one who blurts it before they think One of mine is each. Reply with yours. #mmromance #writeblr #slowburn #bl #romancetropes #indieauthor #spicyromance #adultromance

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

🌙 Kenji closes the door the rest of the way and turns the lock. "How long?" Kenji asks. "How long what?" "Okay. I'll say it plain. How long have you and Yuta been dating." "We're not," Ryu says too fast. His leg starts bouncing before he catches it. #MMRomance #Indieauthor #queerbooks

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

🌙 "If it's like that with one person, what does that mean for..." He doesn't finish it. He doesn't have to. "I'm scared too," Minjae says. It comes out quieter than he means it to. #SecondFrame #MMRomance #Indieauthor #Slowburn #writesky #sportsromance #gayromance #amwriting

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🌙 The worst part of Friday is knowing Saturday is going to fly by in 4 hours and Sunday is just Monday's waiting room. Happy Friday! 😁 #MMRomance #IndieAuthor #SlowBurn #BL #WriteSky #BlueSky #AmWrtiting

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🌙 Minjae has three modes 1. on the field: lethal. focused. terrifying 2. off the field: golden retriever 3. within six feet of Tae: buffering #mmromance #slowburn #writingcommunity #amwriting #writeblr #queerfiction #bl #queerbooks #romancebooks #serialfiction

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🌙 Having a trusted reader changes your writing forever. Someone who knows your voice, catches the moments you missed, and tells you the truth even when it stings. It's the single biggest growth tool I've used. #writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthor #MMromance #Slowburn

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🌙 A defender lunges low. Minjae plants hard and cuts inside. Another angles in. He lowers his shoulder, spinning through it as his legs keep driving. "He turned a short throw into thirty yards of will!" #SecondFrame #MMromance #footballromance #slowburn #sportsromance #indieauthor

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🌙 writing m/m: tried to write "I've never felt this way before" and my character physically removed it from the page. He says it sounds fake. he wants to communicate his arc through silence and a slightly tilted head. i'm letting him. #writesky #writingcommunity #mmromance #indieauthor

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Callisto Vale 🌙 @callistovale.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🌙 Ryu jumps onto a chair. "You are not allowed to touch me in my no-no place!" Toru laughs outright. Masaru smirks around his cigarette. Naoki throws his arms around him in a dramatic hug. Ryu fake-cries. "I feel so threatened!" #ChaosInstilled #MMromance #slowburn #foundfamily #bandromance

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