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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s almost time for Halloween, and it couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time, because friends, I am: terrified. Follow me on Substack to watch me panic about my book’s rapidly approaching release & take a look at some new character art! #sapphicbooks #booksky #indieauthors

“But Easter,” the version of you I’ve invented in my head will say, “You wrote the book. What can, at this point, possibly go wrong?” And the answer the near-fleshlike incarnation of my worst fears that’s been hiding in the darkened corners of my home will give you is this:
“Everything.”

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Carla @carlafowler16.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My half marathon is just a few weeks away! I’m raising money again for the Muscular Dystrophy Association to give help and hope to so many families, including mine. Please donate if you can. Simply sharing the link for others to see helps too! Thank you 💜 mda.donordrive.com/participants...

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I'm supporting Muscular Dystrophy Association

Join MDA and help me fund research for cures for MuscularDystrophy, ALS and related #neuromuscular diseases.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s time for the cover reveal of my debut sapphic romcom, A Most Wonderful Time! Check out my newsletter for a look behind the scenes! #sapphic #indieauthor #booksky

Cover reveal! Image is of the front cover of A Most Wonderful Time by author Easter Kingston. The hues are wine red and shaded spruce. The two main characters are front & center, some stylized figures are in the background.

The back cover contains the book blurb printed over a bright teal snow-freckled sky, and an endorsement by Jazz Forrester, author of Shifting Gears, quoted as saying “One of my favorite authors. Will have you devouring every word!”

Save the date: November 3 2026! Tropes listed are: sapphic romcom, grumpy + sunshine, snowed in together, chosen family, cozy holiday vibes, sneaking around, no third act breakup, and bed sharing.

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Mia H. [commissions open] @moorgate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Every other creative industry con/event with panels now seemingly insists on having a panel about gen ai and the title is always essentially "ai - good or bad? 🤔" like can we stop pretending there might be some mysterious good side that isn't greed/laziness and somehow negates all the huge issues

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Jazz Terry | Illustrator @jazzajazzjazz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hey #portfolioday ! I’m Jazz, an Illustrator and Character Designer based in England. I’m currently looking for work relating to anything from children’s book illustrations to Indie games! 🎨: jazzajazzjazz.portfoliobox.net/main 📧: jazzajazzjazz@gmail.com

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

last night I dreamt that a book tour meant taking your readers on a trip to all the places that inspired scenes and settings from your book. I want to live in that reality please we would have SUCH a fantastic time

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Can I perhaps interest you in an ARC for a chill sapphic holiday romance in these trying times (the height of summer)? #ARCreaders #sapphicbooks #booksky #indieauthors

Seeking sapphic ARC readers for a steamy, laugh-out-loud lesbian romance

Zoe Zuydervelt is going to die.

As the new CEO of a controversial biomedical company, Zoe has survived private betrayals, public scandals, and her best friend Alma, trapping her on the wrong side of a Colorado blizzard and leaving her no choice but to spend the holiday with Alma’s family. But what awaits Zoe at her friend’s cozy mountain cabin may be her most perilous predicament yet.

Hanna Kaplan is going to kill her.

Hanna is disarming, fearless, and built like she came straight from the battlefield of Troy. She’s also Alma’s future sister-in-law, meaning she’s off-limits. Terrified to jeopardize the only real family she has for an entanglement bound to end in disaster, Zoe will do whatever it takes to resist the scorching chemistry between them—even if that means murdering Santa, playing laser tag with Jesus, and wrangling herself into a range of increasingly ridiculous outfits.

A steamy, laugh-out-loud lesbian romance about being brave enough to choose a life actually worth living.

A Most Wonderful Time ARC campaign details
ARCs go out: September 15
Book release: November 3
Approximate length: 110K/420 pages
Genre: F/F romance
Spice level: 3 1/2

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Some people are born to be romance writers. And then, of course, there’s me, who just told my beautiful, kind, intelligent wife that she has ‘gremlin-like qualities’

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Two enemies. One barren moon. 👀 Zero chance this goes according to plan. 🚀 The empire? Hated. 💥 Survival? Nonnegotiable. 🔥 The galaxy? About to get very, very interesting. 🎧 Get it today ▶️ www.audiobooks.com/promotions/promo… #BookSky #SapphicBooks #QueerSciFi

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sir, you are a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

to be fair, at least half of those are the seven hundred quotation marks that I managed to flip backwards in my formatting software RIGHT before sending it off to the printer

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

if you ever wondered why proof copies are a thing… ✅

A picture of the proof copy of my upcoming novel, taken from the side so the colorful page markers are showing where I still need to make edits. There’s dozens of them, often multiple markers on one page.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

lmao I’ve been EXACTLY where you are 😭

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Look, everyone’s entitled to their opinion on #TheOdyssey, whether it’s Nolan’s movie, the delightful article #EmilyWilson wrote about it or the ancient tale itself, but we can all agree that me & my knitted-slippered stage son are the BEST Penelope and Telemachus to ever grace your screen, right?

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Sapphic Action Support Squad @s-a-s-s.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Delighted to once again partner with #GCLS and share these wonderful instructions on how to continue to support sapphic authors by requesting books through Libby.

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Golden Crown Literary Society @goldencrownls.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

15 DAYS until con and love is in the air! 💖 See out 2026 Goldie romantic blend finalists and get ready for con in barely two weeks! #gcls2026 #goldies

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Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @jaeauthor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's Give Something Away Day! Dozens of sapphic fiction authors have put together a big event for our readers: 🏳️‍🌈 60 book giveaways 🏳️‍🌈 25 free ebooks 🏳️‍🌈 30 book gift cards Head over to my website to get the free books & enter the giveaways: jae-fiction.com/give-somethi...

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Well, there’s this: bsky.app/profile/east...

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

How houseplants, fandom and controlled demolition helped me become a writer again. The link to the full story is in my bio! #sapphic #lesfic #lesbian #indieauthor #lesficauthor

Bold white text on a deep pink to light blue background textured with plant leaves. The text is a quote from easterkingston’s Substack article that reads, “I discovered the one living thing that truly never sleeps: a fandom for a non-canon sapphic pairing on a show that had potential but consistently dropped the ball.”

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Last round of (line & copy) edits is DONE! Next up: finalizing my cover design. I’m glad I decided to do the artwork myself, because it turns out I’m the most difficult client I have ever had.

Close-up of a thick stack of papers held together with binder clips. The name EASTER KINGSTON is visible on the top page. A pencil with a detachable pink eraser tip obscures the title of the manuscript.

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queerficfan @queerficfan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

All kinds of excited for the Rainbow Crate edition of No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black! Man alive this book is so pretty. Davia and Kyran deserve nothing less. #WLW #SapphicBooks

A special edition of No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black with shinning rainbow lettering.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

That is awesome to hear, thank you so much!

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I have been working on an adaptation of You & Me & Holiday Wine, and will be publishing it this fall as a chunky, feel-good, sapphic romantic comedy. This means I’ll have to take the fic off of ao3. If you’d like to hear my heart breaking about it, come visit me @ easterkingston.substack.com!

An illustration of two women’s silhouettes against a snowy mountain backdrop. The words “I’m ready to make it official… I’ve written a novel! A steamy, laugh-out-loud lesbian romance coming this November”

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Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @jaeauthor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Some of my favorite sapphic romances are on sale right now! Ylva Publishing is having a book sale. You can get 14 sapphic romances at 50% off this weekend, among them my fake relationship romance Just for Show. Check out the sale: www.ylva-publishing.com/current-deals/

Book sale May 19 - June 1. Beyond the Epilogue. Explore their stories. Start the journey or dive deeper. All companion novels to our latest anthology are now at a special discount.

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𖤐 💀 demon smut 𖤐 @teethgrip.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

dear god just saw how an it looks when someone's hit with the account wide adult content warning and it's fucking MISERABLE blurred icon, blurred banner, every single post is hidden, even text posts, and posts that have images require you to hit unhide TWICE for the text and image, fucking nightmare

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reapersun @reapersun.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Bsky is apparently gonna start flagging whole accounts as nsfw soon so if you don't already know about your moderation settings, highly suggest switching nsfw from Hide to Warn; otherwise many creators will completely vanish from your timeline when they roll this out.

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Broads and Broadswords Zine @broadswordszine.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

HAPPY PRIDE! Volume III is still on sale but there are only 29 left of the ALL VOLUME bundle, so get yours before they disappear!!! broads-and-broadswords-zine.storenvy.com

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Úna-Minh (That's my first name!) 🔜 AdventureX @unaminh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

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Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @jaeauthor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The new Ylva Publishing anthology Beyond the Epilogue is out now! It contains short story sequels to popular sapphic romances from EJ Noyes, Cheyenne Blue, Carrie Byrd & more. I have a story in the anthology too, a sequel to my fake relationship romance Just for Show. geni.us/BeyondTheEpi...

Out now: Beyond the Epilogue: new Stories of Beloved Sapphic Couples.

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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It’s really frightening.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

throwback to when i said something on twitter and then made a little graph about it #fanfiction vs #foefiction

a twitter post by easterkingston (me) saying "the term ‘fan’ fiction assumes an unequivocally positive attitude toward the source material. what a lot of us are writing should technically be classified as foe fiction," followed by a graphic illustrating the desire to write transformative fiction is greatest when the author either loves (fan fiction) or loathes (foe fiction) the source material

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I was honored to write the introduction for Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project, which has been nominated for 2 Eisner Awards! Come Out and Play is also a Lambda Literary Award finalist for LGBTQ+ Anthology! EISNER VOTERS: Digital review copies available! tara[at]stackeddeckpress[dot]com

A For Your Consideration graphic for Come Out and Play.

For your consideration
THE QUEER SPORTS PROJECT
COME OUT ANDPLAY
Ooops...I Just
FIFY YEARS OF CATHARTIC COMICS
By Rupert Kinnard

STACKED
DECK PRESS
EDITED BY
MEGHAN KEMP-GEE G MEGAN PRAZ
• Best Anthology:
Come Out and Play
•Best Short Story:
"Football Is Not War"
• Best Comics-Related Book:
Ooops...I Just Catharted!
Digital review copies available for
Eisner Awards voters
COMIC INDUSTR

INTRODUCTION
by Heather Hogan
Last summer, when the 2024 USA Women's Basketball team squeaked by France to win another Olympic gold medal, I picked up my wife and twirled her around our living room. She laughed, a little pink-cheeked and teary-eyed
- and as we spun, she began to blur together in my vision with the players on our TV. Which makes sense because she was dressed just like them. She was wearing one of my most prized possessions: a *4 Teresa Edwards Team USA basketball jersey that | bought out of some man's car trunk in the parking lot of a dilapidated JC Penney during the 1996 Olympics.
When I was eight years old, my neighbor bounce-passed a basketball to me in his drive-way, and it clicked into place in my hands and in my heart like a Lego.
I was there, on a five-dollar ticket, when Teresa Edwards led the University of Georgia Lady Bulldogs to their first Final Four appearances in 1983 and 1985. I was there, ten years later, when Team USA began traveling the country by bus to play over 100 college teams in the lead-up to those Olympics in Atlanta. I was
I've been writing about LGBTQ+ sports and pop culture for 17 years, and I can tell you she's right. The difference between now and when I started this work - or between now and when I bought that Olympic trunk-jersey because merch for women's sports simply didn't exist in my teens - is that we know it. We know you can't win without gays on your team. Part of my job over the years has been to find and follow queer Olympians. My first time covering them, I could count the openly gay LGBTQ athletes on my hands, and I hardly needed the second one. Now, GLAAD has a Team LGBTQ medal tracker.
Our team wins more
EDWARDS
4
medals than most countries.
But numbers are
never the full story. Sports and politics exist in a symbiotic relationship, so of course one of the biggest fear-mongering issues of the day came crashing to the forefront of the conver-

"As I was reading Come Out and Play the first time, with tears running down my face, I kept thinking, "This is me! Here I am!"
Come Out and Play is about all of us.
Folks for whom sports and queerness are tangled together, inextricable. Queer athletes, at all levels, who want to be their full selves, on the field and the court and the pitch, in the weightroom and the pool, at the skatepark and the gym."
THE QUEER SPORTS PRECI
COMEOUT ANDPLAY
+ - Heather Hogan
writer and editor

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Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Everytime I read 'A human artist would not make this mistake' somewhere online, I, a human artist, start to sweat nervously.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

we’re live! if you like swords, valiant women & nonbinary champions, come get your order in—it’s for a terrific cause!

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Rusting cat @rustingcat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Pencil acquired, back to art:)

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

You may want to carefully consider the following info before feeding Speechify your writing, especially if it’s not been published, or is/will be published on kindle unlimited: bsky.app/profile/east...

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I miss the days where we could count on Google to take our very coherent translation requests and turn them into something you might find on a Tori Amos album. It was completely nonsensical, obviously, but at least it was consistent

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Weitzman has built his entire brand around the fact that he’s dyslexic and wanted to help people with similar issues, but with Speechify’s business model he has actively normalized putting accessibility tools behind pay walls. He is not in this for the greater good.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Thank you! I’d love to hear what (if any) response you get. Weitzman himself only ever gave the excuses you see in this slideshow, never acknowledging that piracy of self published or unpublished work for profit is wrong and keeping the door wide open for future copyright infringements.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

These should outline how the platform will interact with uploaded works and how they will ensure they won’t end up being sold on any of Weitzman’s apps without our permission. As long as Weitzman’s operations can’t verify who owns the copyright of a work, they shouldn’t be able to use it this way.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Weitzman never acknowledged that piracy of self published or unpublished work for profit is wrong, keeping the door wide open for future copyright infringements. As writers, we’ve asked that Speechify implement transparent guidelines for handling user-generated content.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Cliff only ever communicated with a few individual authors who contacted him directly and repeatedly, blocking people who addressed the issue on Twitter and quietly distancing himself from WordStream, apparently hoping we would forget it ever happened.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

That’s great—I hope you mean Cliff? Because his silence on WordStream’s copyright infringements has been extremely telling. All we ever got from him was the justification you see in the slide above, which he (and his sockpuppet accounts) posted in comments on the original Reddit and Tumblr posts.

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The Terms and Conditions are publicly available on Speechify’s website. The piracy was witnessed by thousands of us when WordStream was still fully operational with all the pirated work. I summarized that in this post here: www.reddit.com/r/AO3/s/Xmx4...

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From the AO3 community on Reddit: So your fic was stolen & then quickly hidden from view by Speechify CEO: update & full recap regarding the word-stream situation

Explore this post and more from the AO3 community

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Be careful uploading your unpublished work to Speechify: bsky.app/profile/east...

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easter 🐣 @easterkingston.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Just be aware that by using Speechify to read your drafts you’ve given them permission to sell your work: bsky.app/profile/east...

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