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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Lanterns finale was the exact kind of ending I absolutely adore which explains why so many people seem to hate it.

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Laurie Vojeto 🏳️‍⚧️ @lavojeto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Engaging in ANY Harry P*tter bullshit is a block from me. Y'all, she FUNDS anti-trans movements and legislation. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. PICK UP ANOTHER BOOK, I PROMISE YOU THEY'RE JUST AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER

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Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just 8 hours left for the Veronica Mars Book Project Kickstarter campaign. Backers requested I leave it open for late pledges but there will be a tiny price raise starting tomorrow, so please consider backing us tonight! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...

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The Veronica Mars Book Project

Taking you behind-the-scenes of Veronica Mars. Funded in 24 hrs. Our next stretch goal is $10K for more art, merch, & reward tiers.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indie authors of sapphic romance and sex, I CALL ON YOU! Recommend me your books! I MUST LEARN YOUR SECRETS! My next book will have some WlW sex scenes but I gotta improve through reading what ya'll are writing first, so hit me! I'll buy 'em today! #writingcommunity #indieauthors #sapphic

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LizardWizardBlizzard @lizwizblizz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stop treating it like a big film franchise and start treating it like a comic book. Hire weird sci-fi writers who want to do their own shit. Have Doctor Who become a *prompt* for weird sci-fi stories, not a giant story of its own right.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

me, left behind them, on gen ai

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I only wrote one line today and there's a lot about it I still want to fix. But I do like the vibe of this new book. I'm finally finding the parts of myself and the world where it came from.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's a pretty close tie between Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish but I'mma give it to the panda today.

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Po Kung Fu Panda Energy Blast

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I WILL BE METROID RAVENOUS FOR SAMUS ARAN

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A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 1 Intro I'm AJ. I write a range of fantasy and some sci-fi. My current WIP is Wrath of the Dragon-kind (book 6 in a series that is yet to be published.) My next book release will be Rites of Departure in March. The MC is a ghost and it was so fun to write!

#FantasyIndiesSeptember
1. Introduce yourself and WIP
2. How do you choose your next read?
3. Education in WIP
4. Free Friday or do you collect anything?
5. Saturday Snippet
6. Do you know what your next WIP will be?
7. Something in your WIP that surprised you
8. Would/does your MC like school? Favorite subjects?
9. What magic or super powers would you/your MC choose to have?
10. Does your MC want knowledge or power? How far would they go for it?
11. Free Friday/Books that remind you of autumn
12. Saturday Snippet
13. How organized are you/your characters?
14. Lessons learned in WIP
15. How would your characters describe you?
16. Poem/Flash Fiction featuring the word autumn
17. What type of book would your MC write?
18. Free Friday or share pet photos
19. Saturday Snippet
20. Words you tend to overuse
21. Power-hungry character in WIP
22. Your autumn TBR
23. What grammar rules do you struggle with?
24. Interesting facts from your WIP's world history
25. Free Friday/music you've been inspired by
26. Saturday Snippet
27. What research do you do for your writing?
28. Your thoughts on DNFing books
29. Are you/MC an introvert/extrovert/ambivert?
30. Monthly wrap-up

A photo of AJ Calvin at Ft Collins Comic Con 2026

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Having the kinda crazy good writing day I normally only dream of, let's fucking goooooooooooooooo!

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Authors, to get some positives on our feeds, share an excerpt from a review of your book that you're proud of!

I think everyone should read this book. It’s a reminder of what humanity is all about, it’s a ray of hope in an otherwise uncertain world. Holliday you did an amazing job.

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 01/09/2026

"Preorders numbering in the four digits" Given where my book sales sit currently I can confidently say I have sold more books about trans magical girls than Mr. Beast and James Patterson have sold of whatever this is. Where's my money and deals and PR push, eh?

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Me: "Oh this game looks like it could be cool." Me: "This has some sick ideas!" Steam page: "The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this" Me: "GOD FUCKING DAMMIT CAN WE FUCKING NOT! EVERY FUCKING TIME! FOR FUCK'S SAKE! NO MORE FUCKING AI!"

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Read, watch, listen, play. Engage with as much art as you can, from as many mediums as you can, from as many places as you can, with as many levels of quality as you can.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s implied but I want to say it anyway: Go analog as much as possible. Let go of it all for stretches and it’ll have less of a hold on you.

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T(errifying) C(ryptid) Parker (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When the woman who made the fucking *Matrix* can't get funding for a project because the queerness scares the VC horses, you know we're all fucked Support trans creators. Publish trans books. Visibility STILL MATTERS

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the "Better World" book bundle! It crossed our target earlier today!

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Don't watch the TERF show, especially because Little Witch Academia IS RIGHT THERE AND YOU SHOULD WATCH THAT INSTEAD!

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Little Witch Academia: Sucy Pranks Sleeping Akko

ALT: Little Witch Academia: Sucy Pranks Sleeping Akko

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 19/08/2026

I keep inventing hot woman antagonists for my girls to deal with

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 19/08/2026

oh no. ppl can see what i like now. now everyone will know that i, a 33 year old woman, likes pornographic material made for adults over the age of 18 🫢

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky... Honestly I think it'll be fun, so long as I avoid the penguin!

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A. E. Bennett @aebennettwrites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

ok break over... back to the day job... but also... buy some of my books! 😁 www.booksbybennett.com

The cover of Gathering of the Four on a sparkly purple background.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026

Introducing 20 Fantasy/ SciFi/ Spec Fic authors, our books, LGBTQIA+/ Disability/ BIPOC rep, & where you can buy direct from us! (I've been wanting to do this all year!) 🌈📚🪐 elisecarlson.com/2026/08/09/q... Fellow SFF authors who missed my opt-in post, let me know! I can add more authors!

Fantasy and SciFi Direct From Authors.
Author and book photos of: A.E. Bross, Burgundy Athena Pendragon, G.M. Nair, Patrick Charleton-Oshea, Janina Franck, Stephanie Caye, C. R. Collins, Veo Corva, P. J. C. Cahill, Rien Gray, Nicole Hidalgo, May Barros, JD Rivers, Kit Muse, Sadhbh Frost, Niranjan, Barry Ryerson, Elise Carlson, R. A. Meenan, Kay F. Atkinson.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I absolutely adore Merel's nostalgia for the people of her school that does not forget her loathing of its systemic flaws. The cruel institution that raised her also raised other children with whom she had camaraderie... but that institution was still cruel. This is never forgiven by the writing.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I really hate this shot at the end. I've seen so many people on the internet drooling over it but I really think this is an awful shot. Setting aside, for a moment, Doom no selling the two-finger block... Thor's axe having no real reaction to hitting the finger just looks awful.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026

Update: she went viral, so Amazon decided to get off their backsides and have a human phone her & restored her account. So your Zon account being deleted for no reason may be fixable, IF you manage to go viral about it 🤪 Like I said above (links & all 😉), plenty of Zon alternatives exist!

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Creatives, this has been a weird, WEIRD day. Amazon restored my publishing account. You know, the 14yo one they deleted? They restored it because of YOU. Community matters. Thank you. #amazon #kdp #k...

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 14/08/2026

Friendly reminder that I hate genAI, I hate Meta and their sex criminal glasses, and if you're a big fan of either or both I think you're a laughing stock joke of a person and you should fuck off into the sun

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's so fucking annoying to see an indie game (or any game but especially indie) that might have some cool ideas or might be something I'm interested in trying out... and then seeing that they used AI.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Reskeeting with a post from my own blog which dove into Audible specific problems and alternatives. www.hollidayvermont.co.za/blog/why-i-m...

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026

I won't just boost👇 Amazon bad news for authors. I'll re-share this 2025 blog post with info on Amazon (& Goodreads) alternatives and links, for authors & readers.

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Abandoning Amazon as Reader AND Author - Elise Carlson

Store, subscription, library app and digital TBR alternatives for readers, with notes for indie authors abandoning Amazon.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The "A Better World" bundle has both the ebook and audiobook editions of The Knowing Doll! For an extra $4 you get both of those plus 19 other books from 19 talented authors! The books in this bundle raise critical issues with the world we live in or pose a better future itch.io/b/3829/a-bet...

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME BLUEPOCH! YOU CAN'T HIT ME WITH FEELS IN THE MENU SCREEN!

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 13/08/2026

Head's up Indie Authors still on KDP "I finally got in touch with a human, who told me... that only artificial intelligence could determine if your book was legit." "It's our books that made it (Amazon) the ebook retailer. We have the power to take that away, if you're just brave enough to do it."

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Amazon just deleted my KDP account. You need to pay attention.

YouTube video by Ruthanne Reid

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Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It has been 122 days since I submitted The Knowing Doll's audiobook to Audible. Libro.fm had it up in 3 days.

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Alina Lee, Yurisaurus Regina @typewriterlizard.northsky.social · 11/08/2026

20 books from 20 people who saw how the world could be better, even if we have to fight the system to make it happen. A Better World. Because we all need to imagine a world worth fighting for. itch.io/b/3829/a-bet...

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M. K. Nedjelkovic (they/them) @nedjelkovic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm part of another amazing bundle in August. Please go check this out! #booksky #writersky #writingcommunity 🌈✒️📚️ itch.io/b/3829/a-bet...

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 11/08/2026

I have characters who are some form of ace or aro (actually gonna be an element of book three in fact) but like, that exists in their characterization, not the setting I much rather have sexuality existing as a natural force in the world w/ characters who either engage or don't with it

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 11/08/2026

even though I keep the steaminess to a PG-13 level the girlies *do* fuck. Hazel literally sets up her own polycule because she's horny for the trans girl she adores *and* for the trans robot girl who fell for her trans girl I make positive fiction, not fiction scrubbed of any human desires

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 11/08/2026

the post about Fields of Mistria going around re: "can you please make a mod to cover up this cleavage" is partly why I tend to bristle at anybody associating Magica Riot with "cozy fiction" My books are good-natured but my girls *love* tits

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Stefanie 🏳️‍⚧️ @foxenlock.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Sometimes the writing comes easy, communicating with the divine. Other times, peeling your own skin off like a body glove feels preferable.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My gays aren't doing enough crimes. Need to fix that.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This goes for indie publishers as well! Buy books Write reviews (or even just star ratings) Tell people about the stories you've loved or are excited for* *online & in person! Request them through your library Ask your local bookshops to order them Word of mouth makes a huge difference for us.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If I have an idea, I go down the hall to my little sibling's door, kick it until they answer, call them "Bad Neb" because they're not "Good Neb," then we have drinks in the kitchen as I ramble about made up book lesbians for 2 hours. Much more effective than AI.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

EXACTLY! I enjoy working things out for myself, learning how to do it. And if it's something I CAN'T do then I go to humans to help. My friends give plot feedback, my father built my website, my sisters help at markets, I paid artists, and a narrator I don't need or want AI I have me I have people

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I beat this drum so often but I don't want to be "helped" by AI. I don't want AI to "work on my hobbies" for me—they're MY hobbies and the undertaking is part of the pleasure. I don't want AI to write my books for me, because they're MY books & each one let me dig deeper into my soul. FUCK OFF.

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Holliday Vermont @hollidayvermont.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The phrase "I checked Reddit" is normally how a horror story begins but this time it's how I found someone leaving the NICEST COMMENT under a 9 month old post they found about my book! I'M MAKING SO MANY HAPPY HOLLIDAY NOISES #booksky

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