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Halo Quin

@haloquin.bsky.social
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author, storyteller, witch, singer-songwriter. queer, pagan, neurodivergent. feral goblin queen. www.haloquin.net

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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
hi all, just to let you know I have a CLEARANCE SALE on in my print shop for the month of Feb with some items under £10. help me make space in my studio! #art #printmaking #witchsky shop.frankduffy.co.uk/8100-2/
a linoprint with a trans lion on it, surrounded by esoteric symbols and the words TRANS POWER
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Rabbit rabbit! Blessed Imbolc-tide! Happy St Brigit's day/ Dydd Santes Ffraid hapus! And happy national storytelling week 😁 In honour of the incoming inspiration season I thought I'd share some stories with magical musings, from my Faery Doctor livestream: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Storytime with the Faery Doctor - YouTube
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Merl Fluin | Performance Storyteller @merlfluin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In specifics, and in general, this.
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South Wales Pagans @southwalespagans.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The Pagan deaf/hard if gearing moot is meeting online this Thurs 30/01/2025 at 20:00. Please follow the link to join the group and get more details. 😊 www.facebook.com/groups/62335... #paganmoot #deaf #pagansky #witchsky #druidsky #occultsky
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Nimue has written a lovely review of my next book, out on Tuesday! I love both storytelling and magic, and one of my home traditions has a strong relationship with stories, but I know a lot of people who feel intimidated by the idea of even learning a tale so I wanted to show how easy it could be!
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Moon Books are really good to work with, there's a lot of transparency at every stage of the process and the team work hard to help the authors act as a community. If you've got a pagan book you fancy pitching to a publisher, now is a good time.
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
*bouncebounce* so excited for this book! And I'm offering a gift to folk who preorder a copy - The Magic of the Voice Masterclass (through any platform, though I encourage you to support indie!) Remember: your local library will also order books in! Request it! haloquin.net/published-wr...
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BOOK: Storytelling for Magic
New Book in 2025! Storytelling for Magic – bardic skills and ritual-craft for witches and pagans, by author and storyteller Halo Quin
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Katria Raden @katriaraden.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
UK based illustrators, please fill out this survey from AOI by January 31st. The UK government is proposing a new AI policy that would let AI companies freely use copyright protected work without permission — unless you explicitly opt-out. www.surveymonkey.com/r/ai_consult...
Graphic reading: “Attention illustrators! We need your help filling and sharing out most crucial AI survey yet”Graphic reading: “The UK government wants to let AI companies use your creative works to train their models.

No license, no fee. Only a vague promise that you can opt-out. With no indication of how this option would work.

Think this sounds fair? Neither do we.”Graphic that reads: “We are currently responding to the government’s current AI consultation, where data is king.

We need to provide solid numbers in order to present a compelling argument to achieve change.

Real data = better policy. 

This is where you come in.”Graphic that reads: “Your voice counts.

Take 5-10 minutes ti complete our AI consultation survey today (link in bio)

Share this post with your peers to help spread the word!

The survey is for all illustrators”
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This sounds like an interesting book!
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South Wales Pagans @southwalespagans.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Also, today is the Aberystwyth Pagans Cafe moot. @haloquin.bsky.social Moots take place in Aberystwyth between 3pm and around 6:30/7pm. #paganmoot #pagansky #witchsky
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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Rather than making one big resolution for a new year, I like to do a BINGO sheet with lots of different goals. Even if I fail at one resolution, there are so many other ways to score a win for myself. Here's a blank if you wanna try it out.
A blank BINGO sheet for 2025 with the word "SURVIVE" in the center square
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I love this question, and the conversations arising in the comments are golden! (I've added my response below this quote post, but definitely check out the original thread!)
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
It's Mercury retrograde! I was born under Mercury Retro & somehow do better when it comes around. So, just saying: don't be worried. Do tie up loose ends, research, reflect, revisit old interests... And remember it's only 1 aspect of the sky weather. Look for where things are supportive for you.
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
AI could be used for marvelous things... Instead we're getting rip-off merchants charging authors $5000 to have AI do the work (probably poorly), & flood the market. It's a get rich quick scheme for them, exploiting people who like the idea of being published. Don't feed these trolls.
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Hi new folk! I'm Halo Quin; pagan author, storyteller, singer-songwriter, witch, & teacher of magic. My magic is spirit led, rooted in Feri, Reclaiming, & Druidry, but not limited there. I'm also adhd, disabled, queer, PhD in philosophy, living in West Wales. Nice to meet you ☺️ www.haloquin.net
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Halo Quin
Author, storyteller, singer-songwriter, witch
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Today I missed my bus because I got hyperfocused on writing. I'm annoyed at the hour wait for the next one but actually really happy that writing without a deadline is becoming easy again.
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Nimue is good people... And writes daily! Today: on rest as anticapitalist, environmentally friendly, magical practice. 💖 Remember that rest looks different for different folks, and at different times. It might be sleeping, daydreaming, crafting, hiking, reading, socialising with trusted people...
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The witch uses temporary alters. The witch uses altar gifted by nature. They are never any less strong than altars of man-carved stone. We consecrate with intent, not slivers of saint bone. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #Witchcraft
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Can't believe we're on our 4th year of the Goblin Masquerade! A fantastical mini festival in Wales, just before the season kicks off, for wyrd & wonderful folk to come share shinies, dress up or down as their magical selves, & show off their talents! Sat 8th March '25 www.goblincircus.carrd.co
Black and white poster with a fantastical border including a raven looking mysterious and text: The Goblin Circus presents the fourth Goblin Masquerade on Saturday 8th March 2025. Including the renowned goblin market with free entertainment 1-6pm, and an evening fairytale ball 7-11pm (tickets £5). Fancy (and comfy) dress quickly, come as your fantastical self! At Borth Community Hall, Borth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK. www.goblincircus.carrd.co
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
One of my favourite singer songwriters... Check out their gorgeous work! I love hearing about why people are proud of their creations 💖 (though I usually forget to share my own in this way, to be fair 😅)
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Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩‍🦯 @veron4ica.com · 17/11/2024
I have low vision and I rely on alt text and image descriptions to provide context about images on platforms like BlueSky. If you don’t know how to write #AltText yet, I have several guides on my website that can show you how— take the #AltTextChallenge! veroniiiica.com/how-to-write... (1/10)
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How To Write Alt Text And Image Descriptions
The ultimate guide on how to write alt text and image descriptions for the visually impaired, written by someone with low vision who uses alt text
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New blogpost up: reflections on Dr Robert A Plimer's talk at the South Wales Occult Conference - Egyptian Fetishes! (magical objects). haloquin.net/2024/11/18/o... (image: a notebook open to illegible scrawled notes in black biro with red and yellow watercolour highlights)
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Occult Con Reflections: Egyptian Fetishes
No, not that kind of fetish. Part of a series of posts inspired by the South Wales Occult Conference in Cardiff on 2nd November 2024 – find the first post and index here. Dr. Robert A. Plimer…
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Back to my blog and writing up reflections from the South Wales Occult Conference earlier this month... Next up: Dr Bob Plimer's talk on Egyptian Fetishes (no, not that type!) I want to get back into the practice of writing blogposts more often... How many of you are reading blogs on magic?
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 15/11/2024
But really, the MAGA blocklist is a must subscribe to, as it catches most of these before they even start. bsky.app/profile/skyw...
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
If you don't know Olwen, of Welsh, Arthurian legend, "Culhwch ac Olwen": Protagonist Culhwch is bespelled to fall in love with Olwen, but Olwen's father is a violent giant, prophecied to die when she is finally married. Olwen is kept isolated, and her father kills any suitor that comes near... 1/3
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Today I was lucky to volunteer at the "Young Storytellers of Wales Festival" - storytellers aged 5-17 shared their voices, & retold tales in their own ways. Welsh dragons, Japanese ghosts, Slavic Lake goblins, deals with the devil & a secret life of Olwen the giant's daughter. A treasure trove. 1/2
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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Reposting from A Different Site b/c it applies here since it's growing so quickly. If you’re going to stay on social media, like me, here’s some advice from a Professional Online Person: 🧵
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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Presented in the style of a naturalist’s field notes, The Dragon Journals comprises 52 pages of pencil sketches, studies and observations of tiny Welsh Dragons. Find it here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/7311...
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Had such a lovely time at our first full moon faery circle tonight... Online means we could circle with witch-kin from across the planet, could share in magic across language barriers, & explore & learn together. The spirits cross those boundaries anyway, now we can too. Happy full moon, #WitchSky
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Before they come to roost the starlings dance at dusk, where the land meets the sea, as the summer turns to winter. Their flocking is a murmer in the sky, painting messages in a liminal place, twice-liminal time, as groups merge, becoming one, coming home. Finally they settle down to dream.
A cloud of starlings, dark dots in a grey sky over the sea, a short pier and a cliff just in view.
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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
So, in terms of #FolkyFriday, if you've never taken part, we're a daily hashtag along with #MythologyMonday, #FairyTaleTuesday, #WyrdWednesday, #FolkloreThursday, #BookWormSat, and #FolkloreSunday. Our theme for 22/11 will be "Pagan Gods" so tag related posts #FolkyFriday then and let's DO THIS!!!
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Mark Norman is a fantastic speaker - entertaining, informative, and passionate. If you're an indie bookstore who hosts speakers, check him out!
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
World events notwithstanding this year has had some excellent highlights for me... Teaching witchcraft in Italy, speaking at Occult Conferences, setting up a performance CIC, the 3rd Goblin Masquerade, teaching multiple monthly magical classes in TEA, being part of Worldwide Witchcamp... Much joy.
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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
The starter packs I need: Paranormal-but-not-fash Occult-but-not-Nazi Witchy-but-not-anti-science
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The Wild Hunt News @thewildhunt.bsky.social · 01/04/2024
Halo Quin offers advice for Witches and Pagans with ADHD and for ritual leaders to make their rituals welcoming to neurodivergent practitioners. “My neurodivergent brain has some great magical strengths! But it definitely comes with challenges – like when someone was… wildhunt.org/2024/03/how-...
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How to create rituals that work for Pagans with ADHD
Halo Quin offers advice for Witches and Pagans with ADHD and for ritual leaders to make their rituals welcoming to neurodivergent practitioners.
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Jo Conklin Author @joconklin.com · 13/03/2024
It’s still out there. In Atlanta one of the critical roles in the Pride Parade is the Pansy Patrol, who carry giant cutout pansies on sticks to block out the violently hateful signs that protesters carried. I love the reclaiming, but I’m not sure how many of the younger folk get the reference.
A scene from Atlanta Pride 2023 where a smiling person in a pink Pansy Patrol tee shirt stands in front of protesters with giant colorful wooden pansy flowers on long sticks. The pansy flowers hide the protesters’ homophobic signs from the view of people in the Pride parade.
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Nimue Brown @nimueb.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
Opening the evening part of The Goblin Masquerade in Borth at the weekend.
Jessica Law and the Outlaws - left to right - Keith, James, Jessica, Nimue. Keith has an outrageous hat that looks like an insect.
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Hopeless Maine @hopelessmaine.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Nimue will be at Borth with Keith Errington, James Weaselegrease and Jessica Law - not as Ominous Folk this year, but as Jessica Law and the Outlaws. There will be copies of New England Gothic and The Oddatsea on the table.
Flier for The Goblin Masquerade, 9th March, Community Hall, Borth, Wales. free daytime event, evening tickets £5 on the door.
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Nimue Brown @nimueb.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
I have some fairy events coming up, and I love how inclusive they feel. druidlife.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/i...
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Inclusivity and fairies
(Nimue) Here we are in Gloucester with a small fairy parade to promote an event at the end of the month. There was a lot of singing in the street and some productive testing of songs for future paradi...
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
The Goblin Masquerade is this Saturday... I'm both excited and nervous!!! Running events is so weird, you put all the things in place and then *hope* people turn up, and ideally have fun!
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
I've just signed another book contract, this time with @politybooks.bsky.social for 'Fairies: A History', which will be a complete history of the origins and development of belief in fairies and kindred beings in Europe and beyond drfrancisyoung.com/2024/03/04/f...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
This is how you do it. The overturning of Roe vs Wade is driving change across the world. This is a world first from France.
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France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic Versailles vote
Eiffel Tower lit up to mark change, seen as way of protecting law that decriminalised abortion in 1975
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Eric O. Scott @ericoscott.bsky.social · 25/02/2024
Hello #Pagan and #Witchcraft writers - I'm looking for pitches from new writers for @thewildhunt.bsky.social's weekend section, especially Pagans outside of the Anglosphere. If you are interested, send a pitch to eric at wildhunt dot org. We pay $40 per article. I fear BSky doesn't support hashtags.
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Bookbound 📚 @bookbound.substack.com · 27/02/2024
the quote that got me into writing @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com 💙📚👀
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Halo Quin @haloquin.bsky.social · 24/02/2024
Finally had the headspace to contact the local uni about offering philosophy classes through their "lifelong learning" department. I did my PhD because I love philosophy and want to lecture but had almost given up on that dream... And then I got asked to guest lecture on ADHD & it relit the spark!
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Nimue Brown @nimueb.bsky.social · 24/02/2024
Depression isn't always cured by changing how you think. Sometimes the answer is to escape from the source of your distress druidlife.wordpress.com/2024/02/24/t...
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Trust and Healing
(Nimue) One of the things that has become apparent to me over the winter is the significance of self-trust for mental health. Learning to trust myself has been a key part of my healing process. After ...
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