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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Look what is waiting for me in the library 🤗

Title of the book I requested thru ILL, Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography

J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It appears I may have accidentally written a cozy-adjacent book, so I had to investigate! 📚🏳️‍🌈 snowjc.substack.com/p/what-even-...

Three books on a green blanket, with the banner Cozy!: The keeper of magical things, can't spell treason without tea, and legends & lattes

One book on a green blanket, with the banner ...cozy?: The Seaglass Blade

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

My derpy friend Pacific lumpsucker says hi (and also my January newsletter is out)! open.substack.com/pub/snowjc/p...

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The Seaglass Blade is now up for requests on Netgalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Book cover for The Seaglass Blade, with text A queer epic fantasy: sapphic lovers defending their home at the end of the world. On netgalley for a limited time!

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Bookmail! The paperback print proof of The Seaglass Blade arrived and it is _gorgeous_ 🥰

Cover of The Seaglass Blade by JC Snow: print proof ready to order for Kickstarter backers!

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Did you know that Baskin Robbins makes aice cream cake shaped like a turkey and it is delicious but also kind of weird 😅

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Old style proofreading: the final frontier 🙃 It is really worth doing this even though I've gone over this mss so many times already. A few punctuation things, a few typos, and occasional unnecessary sentences or unclear dialogue tags add up!

A page of The Seaglass Blade, with a typo circled in red ink.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Stretch goal 4 unlocked: all Kickstarter backers get all the digital art! One week left to back The Seaglass Blade www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Supermoon over soccer practice

Moon through trees in an urban night sky, shining on metal bleachers.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The derpiest of pumpkins wishes you a happy halloween (courtesy of the cutest kid and his artistic vision)

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The Seaglass Blade was just chosen as a Project We Love on Kickstarter! Thanks KS! And we are at 299% funded and one more backer will get us to the second stretch goal! Thanks to all of you 💕 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Check out this beautiful Yisue and Majen character art, by @monafinden.bsky.social ! This scene remained through so many revisions of The Seaglass Blade, and all Kickstarter backers will receive a digital copy as the next stretch goal ($1800 or 45 backers)! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

Two young men sit on a beach after a storm. Majen (with dark hair) offers a small white flower to Yisue (with long white hair). Art by Mona Finden.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Seaglass Blade queer epic fantasy kickstarter launched this morning and hit its initial funding goal in 10 minutes! 🥰 We have unlocked the first stretch goal and I hope we'll reach stretch goal 2 soon! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

Book Cover for The Seaglass Blade, by JC Snow

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Public service announcement from CA Attorney General

The following resources are not intended as legal advice.
If you see Official Federal Immigration Officers, you may call Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership (ACILEP) at (510) 241-
4011.

State agencies and trusted organizations have provided the following guidance:
• RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT - You do not have to answer questions about your status or birthplace.
• DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR - Unless they present an arrest warrant naming someone at the residence or a search warrant describing the area to be searched, and the warrant is signed by a judge.
• DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING - Never sign documents without consulting an attorney. It may affect your rights.
• DO NOT PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION - Never falsify documents or misrepresent your citizenship status.
• SEEK LEGAL HELP - Contact an attorney or a trusted organization more assistance.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

This is all, this is the post

A handwritten sign saying "protect democracy"

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Line edits done! Four colored pens gave it their all for this moment.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Happy National Coming Out Day from a lesbian and her Scorpio and some incredibly cute Icelandic sheep 🏳️‍🌈

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

It takes a lot to set up a kickstarter and I spent all day today working on rewards and shipping estimates but look! I have a new banner! Ten minutes collapsed on couch before picking up kid now 🎉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

Kickstarter banner for The Seaglass Blade

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

If you are looking for the shyest and most earnest sword lesbian ever, I give you Aili Fallon :) And if you want to see her in action, the first chapters of The Seaglass Blade are now available on my website! jcsnow.com/writing/the-... thanks to @rebiesque.bsky.social for the art! 🏳️‍🌈📚

Character art of Aili Fallon (The Seaglass Blade): a white woman with short blonde hair, wearing blue and black cultivation robes, holding a sword angled across her shoulders in a martial arts pose.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I love when the rays come to visit! Thanks for saying hello, friend

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

It would definitely make Monday morning better to wake up and see 100 people following my queer epic fantasy kickstarter 🥰 (if you are, you know, into sword lesbians and emotional trauma) www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

Kickstarter Banner for The Seaglass Blade: queer high fantasy exclusive hardcover, by JC Snow. Currently at 97 followers.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The Seaglass Blade: Final Revision is complete! Still have to do line edits, but Aili Fallon, traumatized sword lesbian, is on her way to you in Chapter One. Planning to post my first chapters on my website, newsletter, and Kickstarter in the next week or so, if you want to sign up or subscribe :)

Trope Map for The Seaglass Blade, by JC Snow: book cover with a scarlet phoenix hovering over a building set on a cliffside, with surf and deep water beneath. Trope arrows: Found family in danger (not the cozy kind!); established sapphic couple; immortality (or not?); emotional damage; sword lesbians; cat with a secret; phoenix and demon; deepsea dragons; who hurt you? oh, it was me

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We made it to the Renaissance Faire! I felt vaguely like my wife's bodyguard since I ended up in charge of the sword our kid didn't want to carry anymore 🥰

Me (white woman with blue hair, vaguely piratic outfit, katana) and my wife (Filipina woman with glasses and a malong sash looking very cute) being sweaty and happy at the Northern California Renaissance Faire)

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It's cover reveal day for The Seaglass Blade! Much gratitude to @alawinans.bsky.social for this incredible artwork. It captured so much of the feel and themes of the book (and it's just flat out gorgeous so I love to look at it!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

Book cover: The Seaglass Blade, by J.C. Snow. A phoenix wraps her wings protectively over a building perched on a cliff above the sea, dark blue and filled with hints of half-seen things.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Didn't get a lot of writing done today but absolutely worth it

Pale pink and white hoodoo at Bryce Canyon

Yellow-orange Hoodoo with two windows of blue sky

Queen's Garden hoodoos and Navajo Wall at Bryce Canyon

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Today's beach trip before the rain

Sun through clouds above the ocean, grassy dune in the foreground and mountains visible across the Bay

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

California spring, brought to you by the neighborhood turkeys, low tide in the Bay, and my dog 🥰

Two wild turkeys in grass full of flowers, next to a car in a driveway

A figure on sand at low tide, shining water and pale blue sky, moutains in the distance

Black and tan dog lying on a porch bench, next to some flowers in a bowl

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I want to say something cutting and clever but just disgusted. There is no gesture too petty and mean-spirited for these people.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Queer cultivation fantasy duology wide :) books2read.com/b/phoenixand... books2read.com/theshoreless...

Two books, The Phoenix and the Sword (red bird and golden sword) and The Shoreless River (blue dragon and golden sword) on a rock near a wild seashore

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We have found the snow :)

Me and my wife resting in the snow after sledding with kids :)

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I am eligible for short story :) first time eligibility!

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

In a world with so many amazing stories to consider for awards, here is a sapphic epic fantasy short story to include in the eligibility parade! Free to read in _Beneath Ceaseless Skies_.

Hillside beneath clouds, with text Awards Eligibility 2024 Publication: The Institute of Harmony, short story, sapphic epic fantasy, Beneath Ceaseless Skies 410.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Oh no OpenAI did someone illegally steal your work without permission to train an AI that competes with you and undermines all your efforts? That is so awful. No one should do that.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

My wife made beignets 😍

Mmmmm fried beignets with sugar (and a box of beignet mix in the background)

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Someone reassure me this doesn't mean what I think it means (if it does, my sample pages on Amazon are leaving posthaste).

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

If you see this, post a book (or books) you've read more than once

Book Cover: The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuin

Book cover, English version of Heaven Official's Blessings (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Volume 1

Book cover, Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Thank you to readers who nominated The Crane Moon Cycle for the Queer Indie Awards! I would love to see Zhu Guiren win Best Villain (he is currently in a corner scribbling on the wall and pretending he doesn’t care)

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Haven’t posted in a while because we flew back from the Philippines in a big airplane and now I am line editing while jet lagged

Three piles of manuscript with various post its and scribbles

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Sitting on the ferry leaving Puerto Galera, where I learned to scuba dive and saw sea turtles and a sea snake and also this little friend, a lizard who came and went with only cute little footprints to show they were ever there.

An incredibly tiny lizard who lost its tail sitting on my hand with its adorable little sucker feet. I let it go in a well camoflauged spot outside :)

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

I am here now and all the travel and kid meltdown and waking up at 1 am was worth it. Thank you family who brought us here ✨🌴🌈

A beach in the Philippines: sand, blue sky, clear water shading to turquoise and dark blue, a white boat in the foreground.

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Eating my first bibingka 🥰 somehow I imagined bibingka as a much smaller thing!

Bibingka: sweetened rice flour cake baked over charcoal wrapped in a banana leaf. Mmmmmm this one has egg in it too

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Posting about Indie Ink Award nominations! I am so happy to be nominated in _these_ categories because writing fantasy centered on queer characters was always my dream and it worked and meant something to readers! 🌈❤️🔥🧵 1/?

Indie Ink Awards, Nominated for.. Writing the Future we Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation, LGBTQ Representation, Transgender or Nonbinary Representation, gold on red, with book cover for The Phoenix and the Sword by JC Snow

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

And we are here in Manila! Boats in Manila Bay through the fog as we landed

Fog and darkness and a plane wing over lights reflected in dark water

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Phoenix and the Sword is nominated for the Indie Ink awards! I'm thrilled by the categories 🥰 Best book cover/cover artist Best morally gray character Best setting Prettiest book interior Side Character MVP Writing the Future We Need: 🌈Gay or Lesbian Rep 💟LGBTQ+ Rep 🏳️‍⚧️Trans or Nonbinary Rep

Book cover for The Phoenix and the Sword by J.C. Snow, a gold-hilted sword superimposed over a crimson bird with wings spread wide, wrapped in a scarlet flowing ribbon

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

This weekend, The Phoenix and the Sword is .99, along with 150 other indie books either .99 or free! A great opportunity to get ALL the books you'll need for an epic, emotional, humorous, magical, grimdark, queer, romantic, and cozy December ALL AT ONCE! tabdalla.com/blackfridays...

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Looks like I haven't been on social media for oh, ten days, but look what I did instead! #authors #nanowrimo2023

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

nano day 2! I made this for #lgbtqwrimo but I also actually, you know, wrote. #nanowrimo #authors

fake "book cover" for "Flower Heart," photo women in elaborate dresses swirling about a single, still figure dressed in black near a pillar in a room of carved stone, arches, and parquet floor.

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