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they/he | almost 30 🏳️‍🌈♠️ | mdni | multi-book mood reader | idk if i can call myself even a casual bookstagrammer | works at huk, views mine campsite.bio/escapistlit

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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
was i late to a birthday? yes. did i get rad art? also yes lil haul from the inq comic fair held at the london lgbtq+ center today (it's also on tomorrow if you're in the area! bank side of blackfriars station) -->
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
need another book that'll rewrite my brain chemistry like all for the game and captive prince did
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/09/2026
1) Are we actually seeing a publisher putting principle over profit here because this may be a harbinger of something, possibly the end times 2) Dumping a backlist that size because of what it was he did? Holy *shit*.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/09/2026
I mean, yes, obviously, no shit
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/09/2026
So Think, Write, Edit, Romance has a lot about prose and a whole section on self-editing. In a moment of wild surmise, I asked the literal Final Boss copyeditor if he'd take a look at it. (When I said I was taking a punt on blurbs...) And he did, and this is some of what @bcdreyer.social said.
Flyer for Think Write Edit Romance. Quote: “...she offers up here the sort of expert advice on the nuts and bolts of prose, from punctuation to grammar, that makes my copyeditorial heart sing. And if that weren't enough, she does it all engagingly and wittily.  I can't imagine a writer, of romance or of anything else, who won't find much that's invaluable in these pages.” --—Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English and former Random House copy chief. Out 15 Dec in print, e and audio
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
increasingly been contemplating getting a cat and top surgery
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
i have booked a hee-ho kun
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 05/09/2026
If you are agented by: The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency ...read this and consider hard.
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
i saw death note the musical and i didnt really have any expectstions but it was not live action bad. production/set design did the heavy lifting tho
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/08/2026
JKR explicitly said she considers anything Potter-related, even fan-made, endorsement of her politics. And every time you engage with this franchise, you signal to the industry that there's still money in it and they should keep pumping out content from full-cast audiobooks to book box partnerships.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/08/2026
Harry Potter has been on the NYT Children's & Young Adult Series list for NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE WEEKS, in case you're wondering whether anyone gives a shit about giving the terf queen their money. And know that every pull to publish, fanfic, tattoo, pin, whatever the fuck keeps these books relevant.
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
i want another tattoo but idk what
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/07/2026
This is not about the OP, but honestly, I think the constant harping on "no do THIS not THAT as a consumer" is designed to make you give up on climate. This is a job for good old fashioned government, one that regulates pollution, including greenhouse gases.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 29/07/2026
Saying it again: Any "Human Authored" self-certification honesty scheme is bound to fail, because people who use the slop generator to "write books" are by definition dishonest.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
signal boosting, hachette pride's annual pride in writing event for london is next week at Bard Books! tickets: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...
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A Bàrd Salon: Pride in Writing | Bard Books
Hachette Pride have partnered with Bard Books for Pride in Writing 2026: a night celebrating queer writing across Hachette. Join us for an incredible and illuminating evening celebrating LGBTQIA+ writ...
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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 21/07/2026
Getting into a time machine and offing whoever it was that decided “ethical porn” was about the content of the fantasy and not the treatment of the performers
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Midgart @midgart.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
More little foxes ✏️ #aftg
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
poetry pharmacy in york. very cute. my sister got some chill pills complete with a prescription
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 15/07/2026
listen I know v little about football & its attendant lores all I know is that the sight of men dressed up as knights templar looking v sad brings me joy at an ancestral level
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
when the water company in your area bans the use of hoses
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
sometimes i do my little reports and checks at work and see a fun title. check if it's been officially announced bc it's feeding but no one's said anything including the author and so i sit in silence
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Salmon Toro&Tenmi🍉 @salmontoro.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e2... I hope this helps. I forget who posted it originally but they disable QRT so I am just dropping the URL directly.
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Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.
Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
knew the second we were flying over europe / nearing england and left asia. clear skies turned grim and cloudy almost immediately
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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 11/06/2026
Universal Basic Income
Purple background with black text reading "write an erotic story in only three words"
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/06/2026
Reminder: as ICE just got $70 billion more (fuck ICE), we are still sending out whistles to anyone who wants them. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 05/06/2026
As it's Aromantic Visibility Day of Pride Month, Authors; let's do an Aro Books thread! 🖤💚🩶 If your book(s) have significant aro rep, drop your book description, graphic & direct sales/ link to all stores! ♠️🌈📚
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
in i have actually finished a book or two this year, posted on ig recently. def rec IN YOUR COURT by kit haley, out july 16 www.instagram.com/p/DZK9m8YiWEs
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
i have downladed some 15 odd ebooks ive had forever and packed 3 paperbacks for two 14h flights and a week and a half holiday and did not pack laptop or switch. will i finish a book
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Hachette Workers Coalition @hbgworkers.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
HBG has launched their anti-union campaign by spreading anti-union flyers via our company portal and common spaces. The flyers use tired talking points, framing the union as a third party that will harm our existing benefits & workplace culture. But the union is all of us, & we won’t be intimidated
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Don't forget that you DO need photo ID, but you don't actually need your polling card. #LocalElections www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-e...
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Voter ID
You need to show photo ID to vote at polling stations in some elections.
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Andy Wang @andywang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We are the LARGEST union in trade publishing history, and we want better for our workers in order to make a sea change for creatives everywhere. Let's take a stand together against the existential threats to the arts, whether stagnating wages, the AI slop machine, and destructive layoffs.
Screen cap of Publishers Lunch article stating "Hachette Boom Group Employees Unionize" by Erin Somers. Start of article: "Employees of Hachette Book Group announced they have unionized with Washington-Baltimore News-Guild Local 32035 of the AFL-CIO. They have signed up a supermajority of 600 workers, making it the largest union in trade publishing history. The union says it is seeking better benefits, protections, and rights for workers, as well as increased equity, transparency, and agency in the workplace."
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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
a serious book review publication geared towards genre fiction and genre fiction only.
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Spencer Wan @spencerwan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This was the last trailer we made together at Studio Grackle. It never felt right to say it before the release, but I closed the studio a year ago. Thank you to @supergiantgames.bsky.social for always supporting us, and being the best creative partner I could’ve ever asked for. Credits below:
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Major @majorarschloch.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Guys being Dudes
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
love how instagram is like pay a subscription so we don't use your info for ads (i don't believe this for a second, they 100% will use some loophole to get around EU laws to monetize on user info + revenue from this subscription), or don't pay us (in money) and we'll use your info for ads
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 23/01/2026
I’ve heard about this anecdotally but here’s official confirmation. If, like me, you’ve already submitted a claim, you’ll need to contact the Anthropic claims administrator about amending it to include this declaration
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 23/01/2026
Hey APub authors who have Amazon works on the rights list--this could give you a LOT more money out of the Anthropic settlement.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 15/01/2026
Some news from me!
Publishers Marketplace announcement: Author of SECRET LIVES OF COUNTRY GENTLEMEN KJ Charles's THINK, WRITE, EDIT, ROMANCE, a craft guide for romance writers that takes the genre seriously, moving beyond story beats and tropes, guiding authors from the blank page to a complete, professional manuscript, by a seasoned editor turned romance author with success in both traditional and indie publishing, to Allison Janice at Hay House, in a one-book deal, for publication in Fall 2026, by Courtney Miller-Callihan at Handspun Literary (world).
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W2 @ladysisyphus.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Okay, if you know someone who showed up for the government-funded hockey yaoi, show them this!
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arty ✨ @escapistlit.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
nothing like sports anime to get me back in. oblivion battery and now blue lock. obsessed with the red heads and their tall beefy bfs
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Andrew Turley @aturls.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
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Orlando B ✍️ COMMS OPEN @sarkastiklover.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Anyone else feel like Nintendo's lawyers are unbelievably horny, right now?
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Japanese Organization Representing the Likes of Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and Studio Ghibli Demands OpenAI Ceases Unauthorized Training of Sora 2 on Their IPs - IGN
On October 28, the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an organization representing many of Japan’s major publishers and producers, submitted a written request to OpenAI. As previously r...
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I did this, took like 30 min. Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
"So...I read it."
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists. A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back. Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.
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jam @jammyness.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is still open. Canadians, if you're concerned about payment processors interfering with your ability to access legal content (and stand with adult creatives against censorship), make sure to sign!
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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