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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

✨SEEKING BETA READERS!✨ I'm currently finishing edits on my cozydark adult LGBTQ fantasy, THE KING IN THE MOUNTAIN. Complete length will be around 110k. It is VERY queer and neurodivergent. Pitch attached. Please comment or DM if you are interested! #WritingCommunity #LGBTQWriters

EMILY WILDE x BURY OUR BONES

A century removed from a catastrophe that nearly destroyed humanity, Silas, like everyone else, is living on borrowed time.

But rather than spend his life researching renewable energy or farming the land, all Silas has ever wanted is to discover a coven of vampires to study.

When he finally gets his wish, however, he is only allowed to stay on one condition: their leader, a former king by the name of Nicholas, tasks him with researching how vampirism works… in the hopes of learning more about the mysterious death of one of the coven members, centuries prior.

But when the prime minister shows up to the manor with a smile and a mission, Silas realizes that there is more to the coven than meets the eye – and that Nicholas is only one of many historic leaders being preserved through vampirism for a time when humanity might need them.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

If anyone wants to know where I'm at, it's here

The "distracted boyfriend" meme, with "me" as the guy, who is checking out "the sequel" over "the book I'm supposed to be editing"

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky Playing the new Octopath game after a long (LONG) day when suddenly... Excuse me sir but who even ARE you??? The disrespect --

A picture of a TV screen playing a cutscene from Octopath Traveler 0. An unnamed blond man points at someone else, saying "you are but a lowly writer. Know your place".

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky Working on the last bits of The King in the Mountain this week! Started off today by adding a little polish to this scene. It's one of my favorites: Silas' first interview with a real actual vampire! Ansel doesn't give him the answers he's been hoping for, though.

“Besides,” Ansel continues, “We barely kill any more these days. That guy they found in the swamp was asking for it, but on the whole his majesty likes to keep it humane, and that’s fine. I’m not about to complain. It’s not like any of us ever loved killing. It’s not fun, it’s not sport. But that’s how it goes. Humans kill to eat. So do we.”

That’s certainly one way to look at it. It’s a way of making sense of their existence, and it doesn’t exactly disagree with the stories, just frames the distinctly human perspective. No trapper sees themselves as a monster, but if rabbits could tell fairytales all of the villains would probably be human.

“Right.” Silas says, ticking down the bullet points on the page.

“All that to say,” Ansel says, “We’re not all falling apart at the seams or brooding in dark corners lamenting our miserable existence, or whatever. I’m sorry to have to be the one to tell you this — but eternal life is just life, but longer.”

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky I just hit 100k on The King in the Mountain!!!! 🎉 I had to adjust my goal, because I've still got a little left to write (it will probably end up around 105k) -- but overall I am SO proud of this story, and so excited to get to the editing stage soon! Woohoo!

A screenshot from Scrivener, showing 100,287 words written out of a new goal of 120,000.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#CatsofBlueSky #Cats Me: hm, the kitchen is kinda cold... I wonder why? The heat is up... My cat:

A large round brown tabby cat sits up against a baseboard. An arrow points to the space just behind his big round butt and says "the air vent".

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky Been writing for thirty minutes and I just hit 90k words on The King in the Mountain! 🎉

A screenshot from Scrivener that reads 90,125 out of 100,000 words written.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Hit 80k words today on The King in the Mountain! 🎉 AND I'm still going! Thank you #Writevember for the excuse to get cracking and not slow down! #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

A screenshot from Scrivener showing 80,250 words written out of a goal of 100,000.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Person behind me in line, talking to their friend: Oh, I didn't know you're neurodivergent! My guy, you are at the Stardew Valley concert. 🤨

A photo from the Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons concert, with a large crowd inside of a theater and an orchestra on stage preparing to play.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Me every year as soon as it gets under 50°F and rainy outside:

A still image of George Costanza (Jason Alexander) from Seinfeld with a firm, resolute expression on his face. The caption reads, "I gotta focus. I'm shifting into soup mode."

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky Me, at me: No. Everett, no. I don't CARE how much you like that shiny new idea, you've got two active projects and one backburner project right now. You can't lose focus chasing after something new, listen to me-- Me: ...

A screenshot from Scrivener, with the 'new project' option highlighted...

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The greatest trick the coven in The King in the Mountain ever pulled was living rent-free in the protagonist's head from day 1. Headed by former-king Nicholas, the coven is comprised of his former members of court and dearest friends. They're a tight-knit found family by the time Silas meets them.

When he thought he wasn’t listening, that other man in the (Coven? Family? Polycule?) house referred to him as his majesty — true. Could just be a weird sex thing. Could also be one of the hallmarks of a coven, relaying respect and deference to the head, oftentimes the maker of the other members.

Whatever it is or isn’t, his gut tells him something very strange and very interesting is going on there — true. But Silas hates trusting his gut. Making life decisions based on feeling over evidence is a fool’s way to live.

Connor swallows audibly. “You’re really lost in thought over there. What are you thinking about?”

“I met someone,” Silas says.

Connor’s eyes widen. “You did? That’s great! What’s their name?”

Rudely jerked from his train of thought, it takes Silas a few heartbeats to realize that Connor thinks he means he met someone of romantic interest. Hence the excitement, which he now dutifully tries to smother. “It’s not like that. I think he’s a vampire.”

The devastation that visibly washes over his best friend in the ensuing seconds should be photographed for its sheer magnitude. Under his breath, Connor murmurs “Silas.” As if he’s just admitted to some terrible thing.

“I know that you don’t believe. That’s fine. But I have to find out more about him.” And then, “You asked why I was lost in thought, and that’s the answer.”

Connor’s eyebrows knit tightly together. “Listen, I…” he’s going to say I know how you get about vampires. He’s been saying that since he was fifteen and Silas was sixteen, and Connor was the more grown up of the two of them. Instead, he takes a different turn. “How long have you known this guy?”

“I met him last night.”

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I didn't even realize that I hit 70k words on The King in the Mountain yesterday! Wow! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

a screenshot from Scrivener which reads 70,455 total words written out of a goal of 100,000.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Quick snippet from The King in The Mountain today. I can't believe I'm nearly at 70k on the first draft. :') #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #LGBTQWriters

A screenshot from Scrivener. It reads:

"“What is your specialty?” Silas asks the next day. He and Nomsa are together alone again, across from one another at her desk. She is bent over a textbook and he is bent over yet another quiz. Silas hadn’t failed to notice that the line behind him was even shorter this morning.

A long moment passes, and he wonders if she heard him. Finally, as if coming to some sort of conclusion she hums and says, “Time magic.”

“Time magic,” he repeats. Every book on magic he’s ever read — which admittedly isn’t many, but a few — has included time magic as a footnote at most. For a long time it was strictly theoretical, and then sometime just before The Expansion some mages started making their stopwatches pause on command. A whole lifetime of work, to make a second hand stutter. “Really?”"

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

What do you do when you meet a bunch of people living in the woods and you're SURE they're a vampire coven, but you can't prove it? You make an excuse to come back later so you can interrogate them some more, of course! (Spoiler alert: it works.) #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

A screenshot from Scrivener. It reads: "In the heat of the moment, in a single impulse he lets run wild out of desperation and fear, Silas pretends to miss his footing on the single step down into the foyer, and lets his pen tumble out of his limp hand. “I’m so clumsy, sometimes,” he says, “Goodness.”

“Careful now,” Ansel’s expression is a curated calm. He looks at Silas for a moment too long, but then pulls the front door open. “Have a good evening.”

“Good evening, my apologies again for the trouble,” Silas says over his shoulder.

The door shuts. Distinctly, he hears the deadbolt turn."

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity Silas (who is equal parts vampire-obsessed and hemophobic) having to give blood to the coven he's living with for the first time is the *definition* of pressure. :')

A screenshot from Scrivener. It reads:

“The night is young,” Ansel says, “And I think it’s high time you started to fulfill your purpose here.”

Silas glances down at his notebook. He is at maximum five pages deep in it, but already it feels heavier in his hands. “I’ve already taken plenty of notes,” he says.

“No, no, your purpose to us. This is an exchange, remember? You take notes and never publish them. We harvest your blood.”

The contents of Silas’ stomach turn to cold, swirling jelly. “I — yes, of course.” That was the agreement. Out of desperation that it was his only option, Silas agreed.

Rourke, for the first time in the short time Silas has known him, immediately seems interested. He stands up off the wall, chin tipped up curiously.

Between the two of them, Silas suddenly feels much less like one of those intrepid anthropologists speaking with a different culture, and much much more like a cornered alley cat surrounded by dogs. “I — can I ask for only one at a time?”

“Of course,” Ansel says, “It’s only proper.”

The door slams shut. Two voices clamor up the hallway — one woman and one, distinctly, being Nicholas’. Silas feels his blood pressure spike.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky Other writers: if my protagonist appeared to me in a dream they'd tell me that they want to hurry up and kiss their love interest! Or they'd tell me that they need to figure out this mystery sooner! My protagonist appearing in my dream:

a meme picture of Ben Affleck standing outside with a cigarette in his hand, looking exasperated and exhausted with the world.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Another snippet from the first draft of The King in the Mountain. #WritingCommunity #WeeknightWriters

A screenshot from scrivener. It reads: Weeks pass with Silas mostly keeping himself occupied. Nicholas and the others make themselves scarce, and he sees them for brief moments every other day or so. He’s given permission to use the television whenever he’d like, and he can use his phone so long as it’s outside, so in the end it feels less like being picked last in school and more like a somewhat lonesome vacation.

The sole exception seems to be Adelaide, who gets into the habit of being at the kitchen table every evening when he wakes up, sometimes with a small baked good just for him and a pot of tea to share.

She deflects any attempt he makes at interview questions until he is forced to take the hint, and since she seems to prefer small talk, that’s what they engage in. Under normal circumstances Silas hates small talk, but when it’s your only face-to-face social interaction of the day it’s perfectly bearable. The scripts are always easy to guess in advance, and they rarely differ. The weather for the evening. The weather for the next evening. What Abagail’s been up to lately, as she seems to be the darling of the household now.

In spite of her rebuffing any deeper conversation, Adelaide still lets slip little reassurances that Silas carries with him. Well, Nicholas seems to like you. Ansel thinks you’re hilarious. You’re the smartest donor we’ve had, for sure.

Donor, that’s what she calls him. Apparently that’s the term, although Rourke may call him a blood bag, she warns him. But it’s just his way of trying not to get attached. Or so she says. “In the old days, we called them vassals. I think I liked that a little better.”

“Ah,” is all Silas says, and bites into his cinnamon bun. If he tries to ask her what exactly she means by old days, he knows he’ll only get a swift change in subject anyway. “Vassal does sound a little cooler.”

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Just throwing out a quick scene from The King In The Mountain. I honestly love these two so much. (Nicholas is the titular King, being a 700 year old vampire. Silas is the vampire-obsessed autistic enby who stumbles on the coven. They're in love, your honor.) #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

A screenshot from Scrivener. It reads:

Silas eats breakfast (or, really, dinner) at the cafe on the bottom floor of the hotel.

People pass by the windows outside in seemingly endless shifting tides. Just as a rush of them begins to boggle him for the sheer scale of it all, the flow slows down to a trickle. Yawning people in stark business clothes stand together on the way home from work, too tired to comment to each other. A parent waits with a babbling toddler. Carriages pulled by high stepping horses fly by on the street when the light turns, trailed by a leisurely, overloaded trolley car. Even when he was away at school Silas never saw so many people at once. The cramped feeling of the city permeates everything now. Even in the hotel room, seventeen stories up, it feels as if anyone’s eyes might peer in at any moment — how do people here sleep? Or shower?

Silas sighs, and takes another bite of his food.

Nicholas sits across from him, expertly swirling his cup of tea and taking fake sips of it every few minutes — every now and again they play out an unrehearsed scene in which Silas takes it and sucks down a gulp and Nicholas offers a sly little smile as if he’s just allowing it out of patience and good nature. Silas thinks he probably would, if his biology allowed him to want the tea in the first place.

“Are you nervous?” Nicholas asks, on the third time they play out the scene for the waiter and whoever else might be looking. “Your first day of magic courses.”

Silas hums. “A little.” Then, when he figures that more honesty is probably warranted, “I don’t want to embarrass you.”

“There is no way you could embarrass me.” Nicholas says.

“I could, if I get kicked out of the class for being hopeless with magic.”

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I should have mentioned -- this is the mama of the adorable kitten that did numbers back in July!! Said kitten and her two siblings are doing amazing and have officially found homes, we are just waiting on them to hit 8 weeks old (roughly) and get their first shots/deworming.

A small gray kitten curled up in a gray and white blanket, fast asleep.

Two gray kittens and one black kitten curled up together asleep in a cat tree.

A gray kitten with white toes looking up very cutely.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I'm screaming because WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE FIRST TIME I PET THE FERAL CAT WE RESCUED WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

A black and white home camera image. A small black cat eats wet food from a plate on the floor while a human hand reaches out and strokes her shoulder.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

reading an Andrew Joseph White book when I am brutally attacked out of NOWHERE

Text from COMPOUND FRACTURE by Andrew Joseph White. Reads "“Dude,” Dallas says, “you’re thirty. You’re ancient. He’s had a day, don’t be weird.” Michael holds up his hands the same way Dallas did. “We’re gonna hang out for a bit.”"

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Divorced & spiraling, Silas starts chasing rumors of a vampire coven. He never thought he'd find it. But when the head of the coven, 700yo king Nicholas, asks Silas to research their condition, things get stranger. Because Nicholas is not the only king locked in eternity. #BluePit📖 #A #F #W #LGBT

A moodboard graphic featuring images of a medieval court gathered around a table, the sweeping appalachian mountains, vampire fangs, the dictionary definition of 'immortal', an old greenhouse, an overgrown abandoned bridge, and a screenshot of the quote "despite everything, it's still you". The text boxes read "Emily Wilde meets Atlantis". The title is "The King In The Mountain". The blurb beneath reads "an adult fantasy about ambition, failure, and change. What remains of us after we have lost everything? Featuring an autistic, non-binary MC, a two thousand year old secret society, an impending disaster and a hot but awkward vampire king!"

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

They were made to be expendable. Obedient. To free the human worker forever. They're not what they were made to be. Adler, a human-dog hybrid, has lost all hope of escaping the retraining facility he calls home. Finn, a captured feral, may just change his mind. #Bluepit📖 #A #SF #W #OV #LGBT #TR

a moodboard featuring images of: three people cuddling intimately, three people holding hands in the dark, a dimly lit hallway with illuminated eyes looking in from the darkness, someone sitting at the bottom of a stairwell in despair, sharp smiling teeth, someone's arm in medical restraints, bloodied hands, a paper sign saying "OPEN YOUR EYES THIS IS THE REVOLUTION" and an image of sharp teeth that says "LET ME BARE MY TEETH FOR YOU". The text on top of the images reads "THE MERCY OF GODS meets DOGS OF WAR". "HUMAN-ISH", "an adult sci-fi dystopia about oppression, passion, and letting people in so you can all break out"

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Checking on (very protective) mom and babies on the nest cam be like... #CatsofBlueSky

A screenshot from google home nest camera. A black cat looks up at the camera, but with night vision it appears as if her eyes are glowing creepily.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This is ridiculous. How am I supposed to get work done like this!?

A picture of a tiny gray kitten yawning with her paws outstretched. She is extremely cute.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Update: she is doing alright! Getting her to eat a lot without fussing over the bottle is the big challenge right now (the transition from mama milk to formula can be hard on them) but she is lively and chubby which is exactly what I want her to be. Her eyes should open very soon.

A picture of a tiny gray kitten curled up in some blankets.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Me: boy, my life sure is a mess right now! I could really use a big distraction! Husband: uhhh hey babe, so we found this kitten at work... Me: ... 🥴

An image of a small gray kitten, fast asleep. She is less than 10 days old and very cute.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The Song of Achilles STILL wrecks me every time. NOOOOOOOOOO -

An excerpt from The Song of Achilles. "“Ah.” A sly smile spread across his face; he had always loved defiance. “Well, why should I kill him? He’s done nothing to me.” For the first time then, I felt a kind of hope."

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

My cats, after receiving a new puzzle toy they now have to navigate to get their food: "😬🥲... Thanks..."

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Me, still on exercise restrictions after top surgery, watching all of my neighbors outside riding by on their bikes:

The "Dinkleberg" meme with no text on it. From Fairly Odd Parents

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Snippets - my goal is to write every day. That's HARD when you're ND and working full time. The snippets channels are for jotting down a quick conversation idea in 5 minutes when I can hide in the bathroom, on my lunch, etc. IT ADDS UP, I swear! Also I totally use emojis or just (laughs) sometimes.

A screenshot from discord that says "Silas: doesn't it bother you? Being on the edge of calamity.

Nicholas: I think, if you knew how often and how frequently humanity has been on the edge of calamity you would not worry so much about it."

A screenshot from discord that reads:

"I did not want to have to ask this of you, husband," Oisin murmurs as soft as a prayer, "Not at this time."

"If you don't wish to, then don't." Emyr says. "Ask what you will, or do not."

Oisin's eyes flash with something desperate and dangerous -- he has the look of a man with a blade to his back. And then, just as easily, it is gone. "I need an heir, Em. Please."

Emyr wants to recoil -- first at the request, and then at the tired old nickname. He scowls, in the instant it takes for Teyrnon to turn and glance at him and then he has twisted his expression into calm again. "You will have one," he says simply, "Eventually."

"We have been wed for a year," Oisin says, "Our alliance is just blossoming."

"And we are both busy maintaining it. Why must we rush now?" No doubt someone mentioned something to him in jest -- the ice king of Kvisto being just as frigid in the bedroom, or some such, and now he is out to prove them wrong.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Inspiration - song lyrics. Vibes. Comp titles. Things I found on BlueSky. Just a private place to put it all -- this comes in SO handy for mood boards, y'all, and coming back to something after a while. The longer I'm working on something, the cooler it is to see how things have changed.

A screenshot from discord. The text reads "first 4 chapters be like" and then a screenshot of a gif of two characters from Seinfeld slapping each other.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Ideas - usually the first one I make for a WIP. As things progress it becomes even more handy. I can go back and reply to an old idea and add "yes, but" and "maybe x instead" etc. this one sees the most 2am use, lol The idea below was changed from quad to triad and became The Delta Arrangement.

A screenshot from discord that says "Idea: what if the monarchs of various warring countries were arranged to be engaged in a polyamorous quad"

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Finally got to have my first little walk outside today and found that our cherry trees are in bloom! 🥹 Top surgery recovery is going great, even if I'm still not able to move a lot. All I want is to get moving and doing stuff again! #TransJoy

A picture of a small cherry tree with delicate fluffy white blossoms on it.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Woke up from top surgery today and apparently my first order of business was to confirm with my friends and loved ones that I survived and was okay -- the only issue being, you know, conveying that. 😵‍💫 Anyway I'm home and resting now! 🥳🏳️‍⚧️ #TransJoy

A screenshot from discord that says "Our safe rreom surgery l.neoin food but loopt"

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

You ever see a picture and think "holy shit did (my character) make this???"? Because, FinnCore. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky

A picture of a beautiful, peaceful forest. Over it are the words "you deserve a break. Stop healing. Choose violence. Go bat shit insane. Do it for the plot."

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

WHEW! Only thing that's standing between me and this new first draft today is my laptop's low battery alert. See ya! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

a progress meter from Scrivener, showing 4,670 words written today.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Happy TDOV! I hope yours is extra bright and fun this year! My name is Everett, I'm a trans man living in Minnesota! I love to write weird stories about weird people (like me!) AND I'm having top surgery in two weeks! 🥳 #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TransWriters #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

A selfie of a white blond man with glasses and green eyes.

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Everett Linden Clark [he/him] @everettwrites.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I *kind* of feel like this series of searches is weird enough that I don't need to specify I'm a writer, but... I'm a writer, FBI. I promise. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

A screenshot of my most recent google searches, which include "location of jugular vein in humans", "new deal FDR", "how much blood in the human body", "outraged synonym" and "what is a fish hatchery called"

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