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Mel Waverly @melwaverly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From WIP 1 - These Words Remain Unsaid 🧨 they will butt heads a lot... #WIPSnips #QueerWriters #WritingPrompts #ATWRU #SapphicWriters #sapphicauthors #WriteSky #Sapphic

Then there was the lead singer, Ashley. The first thing that struck Julie was her voice. It was full of passion and strength, existing somewhere between a lullaby and a growl.
The second was her attitude: strong-willed, recalcitrant, and every bit as bold as her red-and-black hair suggested.
Julie liked her instantly, even as she mentally catalogued all the ways they were going to butt heads.
Firecracker, indeed.

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My current wordcount goal is 200 words a day, which before would have felt like nothing, but I think it might be helping me build consistency. Yesterday I wrote 700 words, today 230. I didn't feel like writing today, but just told myself, "All I have to do is write 200 words." #Writing #WriteSky

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#SundaySnips (A tiny clip of dragon POV) She felt like she would fall slowly to the ground like a leaf falling from the top of a tree, but she kept her wings spread and the wind lifted her faithfully.

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Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#WIPSnips Since Im back on drafting DeadmanWIP (a Mudlarks novella) here’s one of the few sighs. Charlie teases Jack as they ‘pound the pavement’ on the case. (Also, I challenge any editor that tells me that sighing isn’t a dialogue tag to a physical fight. But I warn you, Im a brown-belt.😠)

As promised, Jack received messages shortly after lunch, as Charlie was noisily fussing with and adjusting the height of a rolling chair someone had delivered at a small adjustable desk that had been brought with it. It was barely enough to hold the weight of her laptop, but she seemed in good spirits.
“How do you want to do this? Split it up by day so we can go through it faster, or two sets of eyes?” He asked her.
“Hm? Oh, I’m sure you’ll tell me if you find anything…” she sighed breezily. Did she expect him to sort through hours of footage on his own? What did she plan to do? She caught his look and paused, then one of her smirks crept onto her face and she winked.
“I’ll take first watch. Friday night. You take Saturday and we’ll split last night down the middle.”
It was a fair compromise and soon they were sitting quietly in their respective corners, both glaring fixedly at their screens as the previous weekend played out at triple-speed before their eyes.
“So you’re a priest, then?”
“Hm? Yes,” Jack answered, slowing the footage down to try to track the shadows of headlights across the windows on unit sixteen. What had Ms. Taylor seen? He didn’t

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💀🫜 Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta 🦊👻 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

September 6th – sigh Nik is training mage killers. Or she’s trying to, anyway. They have a ways to go. #DawnsBlood #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Nik closed her eyes and leaned her head back, enjoying the cool breeze on her skin and the sun on her face. In the stillness, she heard the crunch of leaves behind her and the scrape of a boot across the grass.
Eyes still closed, the air crackled with electricity, and then she heard 5 bodies hit the ground.
Nik opened her eyes with a sigh. “You are going to have to do better than that.” She looked down at the soldiers arrayed around her, groaning and trying to regain their feet. “I told you, it isn’t enough just to wait until I seem distracted. You need to actively draw my attention away from the attack. Distract, then look for an opening. Get yourselves together and try it again.”
Nik turned away from them, giving them time to recover. “And you,” She shook her head at J’ossu standing in startled stillness behind her, “probably shouldn’t sneak up on me during training. You are lucky I was only targeting those five.”
J’ossu raised an eyebrow. “I didn’t actually expect to find you out here this morning.”
“Why not?”

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A small snippet from my characters at one of their highest points in the book. Not going to be sharing a lot of snippets until I'm done with draft one, but here's one for today. #SundaySnips #Writing #AmWriting #WriteSky

I ran towards the trees, wondering how many lay in this forest alone. It didn’t take long for Mitali to catch up to me at all, bumping into me and laughing.

We both collapsed onto the floor. I turned to face him. Despite everything that happened, that’s still happening, he had the brightest smile I’d ever seen. And I let myself smile too. Not one of those fake, carefully articulated smiles I made so often.

I knew that we were probably getting dirt all over our clothes. I could already feel the fallen leaves sticking to my sweater and hair. But I didn’t care. I would stay in this forest with him forever if I could.

I’d run deeper and deeper into the unknown greenery if it meant this night would never end. Everything made sense here. It all felt right. Peaceful and perfect.

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Mel Waverly @melwaverly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#Sustember Day 5 - Share a snippet From WIP 3 - The First Lesbian Book Club. The "book club" realizes they need a new member and Liv has a suggestion. #WritingPrompts #WritingQs

“I have just the woman,” Liv announced proudly. “She likes mysteries. And we need someone who writes mysteries because of påskekrim.”
Lucy nodded solemnly. “All right. Krim I understand, but what is paw-ska?”
“It is when the bunnies make babies and we go to church and eat the chocolate bunnies.”
“Easter?” Clara ventured. “You read crime novels at Easter?”
“Ja.” Liv nodded. “Krim is very popular rundt påske.” Her accent thickened slightly as her confidence faltered.
“I think that’s fascinating,” Lucy said warmly. “And a mystery writer would fill a gap in our collective style.”
Liv brightened instantly.
Mel Waverly, The First Lesbian Book Club, chapter 15

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#FaveLineFriday Can I count a line that didn't change? (I promise I did edit) Lawcket stopped between the horses, and a moment later Aisferk lifted the mess of a child into his arms, too overwhelmed to know anything other than that a bedraggled and abused Lawcket was actually here in his arms.

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R.J.M. — Writer — DRAFT 3! 📖🎮🎥🤖✍️🦸🏻‍♂️ @abysmalauthor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hello friends! I'm back! Or at least, I'm going to try to be: I am finally writing again after a long hiatus, just being far too busy. In good news though, draft 3 is now over 78,000 words, and nearly into the third act! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WIPsnips

After a whole day on the water, stopping only to eat, she stopped by simply grounding the Skiff against the low shore. Too tired to set up a full camp, she hauled the little boat as high up the shore as she could so it wouldn't drift away if the tide rose, then collapsed under the welcome arms of a tree, her dead man's cloak spread beneath her for a groundsheet

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hi! I'm popping in to say that I'm still here. Writing has still very much been on a hiatus, partly because of writer's block and partly because it's hard to balance with work. But I'm still working on my book, even if today is the first day I've written anything in over a month haha. #Writing

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

454 words today. It's not a lot, but I'm glad I at least got myself to write something. And I think there did end up being some bits I liked.

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm tired of the constant flip-flop of my thoughts when writing either being, "This is terrible, are you sure you can even write a book?" or, "Wow, that line or paragraph was actually really good, I'm kind of obsessed with it." Was writing your first draft (ever) this hard too? #writing

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

518 words for today's writing session. I've set myself a new daily wordcount goal of 300 words per day, after not writing for a month, and I think it's definitely helping. Before, I thought I had to get 1000+ words a day, and that definitely demotivated me from even starting to write...

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Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

An ambitious PI. A mysterious artifact. A dead client. My debut novel is set to release on June 17th! Here is a preview of the cover! Check out my site at: scarletmitchellwrites.wordpress.com (Huge thanks to @emily-jackson.bsky.social for this beautiful piece!) #WritingCommunity #CoverReveal

Cover the novel The Gerzean Blade by Scarlet Mitchell. A large stone knife stands upright in the middle of a road like a monolith.
On the left side, beside a grassy plain light by daytime sun stands a dark-haired woman in a leather jacket. She leans against a blue car and hold a map in her hand. She gazes pensively toward the right side where a stormy dusk is falling over the sparkling St. Louis skyline in the distance.

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Hey, all! I know I haven't posted here in a while, and the same goes for writing. I haven't written anything in over a month 👀 I've been tired and blocked on my writing, but I want to prioritize it again. Currently starting my first writing session in a while. It is definitely hard to pick up...

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🫜Prof Emily🫜 @professoremily.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

MORNING BLUESKY! My book THE GODS OF ATALANTIS #1 is out on digital today!!! 🥳🥳🥳 2 teenagers get chosen as the new gods & must learn to work together as they face scheming leaders, fanatical cults & a prophecy of doom for their island! ❤️‍🔥 Slow-burn romance! 💎 Magic crystals! 🌏 Deep worldbuilding!

Cover of THE GODS OF ATALANTIS, designed by me. The bottom half shows a girl with long flowing hair sleeping in a fetal position, wrapped up in flowing cloths; she is painted in shades of light to dark blue, and her flowing hair and cloths are reminiscent of ocean waves. At the top, upside down, a boy with curly hair and a tattoo on his arm is also sleeping in a fetal position, wrapped up in cloths; he is painted in golds and reds, like the sun. The two of them mirror each other almost like yin & yang, with the title written between them in shining reddish-gold letters. A reddish-gold border frames the cover, and each corner features a small symbol: a marigold flower, a phoenix, an orange & blue striped fish, and a wolf. Along the left and right sides of the border, pale bluish-white crystals are growing. Along the bottom the author's name EMILY KLOTZ is written in the same reddish-gold letters.

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#HopePit Art Share Day, Post 3 The Four Aces Fam, hanging out in their food forest between education modules

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#HopePit The hope of freedom, and the love of friends who'd risked everything for him, are the building blocks of Song's new life. Can he truly be free from the nightmare of his past? Links can be found under my pinned. DM for if interested in a free copy of Named By Love. A quote with "hope"

Nothing is keeping us apart. The distant echo faded away in Song's mind to some dark place where it would always echo, in his every dream, wherever he was, in his every hope, and even in his fears. Nothing is keeping us apart. That was the one thing that would always matter.

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @arachnereid.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🌍 Happy #EarthDay! 🌏 🌸 Sometimes the hope dwells in what comes AFTER. ✨ Solutions come from new vision building on old perspectives. 🌎 The #Earth will survive us all. 🌱 My debut #hopepunk #clifi novel is coming this fall! Cover and title reveal by summer. #Hopepit #booksky

graphic collage with colorful clouds over watercolor sunset and Earth background, sprouts in the foreground
the words "What grows from the ashes? and "An adventure gyude to thriving the post apocalypse"

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Sage 💙👻🌞❄️🦸🏼‍♀️🦹🏼🦴✨🤖👽 @sagecollins.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

SPELL BOUND x THE SUNBEARER TRIALS Mother Nature's dying. Cheerful summer prince Ray (16yo) battles brooding Jack Frost (17yo) to inherit her powers. W/ Jack's frozen 🩵 melting in a world of climate change, Ray may have to lose the contest to save the boy he loves #HopePit #Q #YA #F #LGBT #CliFi

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

*Heart of Our Forest* is a slice-of-life fantasy set in a rustic, green village with a focus on friendship, family, and resilience through community. It also happens to be my passion project and the reason I got into writing books. 🌲🌱🌻 #HopePit #W #F #Writing

An artwork, drawn by me, of the MCs of Heart of Our Forest: Sam and Mitali. They are sharing a peaceful moment in the forest as the sun sets. Sam is leaning her head on Mitali's shoulder. They are both covered in a bit of dirt from the forest, and wearing leaf crowns.

A moodboard featuring nine photos in a 3x3 grid shape. From left to right, top to bottom:

1. A shot from the back of a person wrapping their arm around another person. They’re both leaning on each other, while sitting down. They appear to be next to a river or pond and sitting on grass.
2. Hands holding up a flower crown.
3. A close-up of an elf-like, long pointy ear. Colorized to be almost black and white.
4. A hand holding up dirt with what appears to be parts of a plant. Below it a patch of dirt with more green plant parts can be seen.
5. A wooden sign, pointing to the right, with big letters that say, “HOPE.”
6. A hand being stuck in water. The water seems to have dirt and some debris in it. I interpret it as a river.
7. A rustic village with a winding road, lots of trees and greenery, and a cluster of houses visible on the left.
8. Two hands hovering above a green plant.
9. An assortment of five chickens sitting on a wooden fence. Greenery can be seen in the background.

(Images from Pinterest)

Short Pitch:

Mitali isn’t so sure he believes in hope anymore. The war that took away his parents and home also took away any hope for the future. When his older brother reveals he found a place for them in Greenfield — a small, rustic village on the outskirts of the country, and what he claims to be a chance at a real home — Mitali still doesn’t believe it will last.

Sam feels like her very existence is a mistake that needs to be hidden and masked until she looks as normal as possible. She doesn’t know who she wants to be or who she even is, behind the lie of a normal human. The only hopes she has is to be someone else.

The two form an unlikely friendship, and, despite both being very closed off, find a way to relate to each other’s struggles, however different they might be. Together they find out that there may be more hope in this little forest village than they initially thought — especially if they have each other.

Blurred image of daisy flowers with text on top of it:

Project.Greenfield Playlist:

1. Favorite Place (Humbear)
2. Somewhere Only We Know (Keane)
3. Sunflower (Amber Run)
4. Always Home (Leucadia)
5. Woodland (The Paper Kites)
6. Wolves of Worry (Chance Pena)
7. Waking Up (Sam Burchfield)
8. To Build A Home (The Cinematic Orchestra)

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Just spent a little bit of time patching together a pitch for #HopePit! It's very last minute, so I hope everything will be okay. Since this pitch event is all about hope, I made my pitch a little more focused on hope that my other ones. I'll be posting and looking at other pitches a bit late...

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo 😈🧄 @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Happy #LesbianVisibilityWeek! To help celebrate the occasion, @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social organised this amazing itch bundle with 94 sapphic books for only $40! My two books, This Is How Immortals Die and Garden of Rotten Roses, are participating! itch.io/b/3635/lesbi... #BookSky #QueerWriters

A pink background decorated with rainbows and dashed lines in the colors of the lesbian pride flag. The text reads, “Lesbian Visibility Week Bundle; 94 sapphic & lesbian books for $40 USD; 4/20 - 4/26; exclusively on Itch.io”

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

So... Update: I wrote maybe like 3k words or something like that in that span of time. I'd been busy and had not much motivation to write. I didn't want to write when I didn't feel like it, because then my writing just sounds bad. I really hope I can finish this soon haha. The final stretch...

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Here are some Solarpunk or hope inspired pieces I made in the past. #Hopepit #artsky Layer isle, an earthship house and a person overlooking the regrowth of a concreted landscape in the shadow of coorporate owers. ⛅ All in aquarelles.

Layered island in aquarelles. Whispy clouds sorround the flying overgrown rock.

An earthship inspired house that emerges from the ground like a hill with numerous windows and plants covering its earthen materials. Painted in aquarelle.

A person overlooking an emergent settlement in a disparete concrete landscape. In aquarelles.

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Kamikaye @kamikaye.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Hi #hopepit , I'm Kami. I work on my sci-fi novel 'Cloudgazer' featuring some hopeful visions of civilizations that live in tune with their planets. And several shortstories that touch on transformative topics. I get hope from seeing how plants overtake in spring, seeing everything green up.

Fantastical overgrown flying island, painted in aquarelle and inks on A4 paper. Gives food for thought what lies in there or what might have happened.

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @arachnereid.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Still working on the cover for my novel about what grows and blooms from the ashes in a post #Collapse, post "modern" civilization world... Old traditions combine with residual tech and positive human adaptation in a hope filled but dangerous odyssey #EarthDay #Hopepit #clifi #hopepunk #artsky

stained glass style colorful sunset behind a globe with risen sea level
dead trees with a few green leaves poke out
all watercolor pens & paint marker, by me

hopepunk
clifi
#writingcommunity
climate fiction
permaculture
meditation
#booksky
#writesky

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊 @arachnereid.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Hi #Hopepit! I'm working on self publishing my first novel, a #hopepunk #clifi adventure across the former US with #mindfulness, #permaculture, #tarot, #survivalskills, & a little #magic I get #hope from flowers & buds in spring, people coming together in various communities, and human innovation!

Picture of me (Iza) on a collage of clouds, sun, and sprouts in the ashes
saying "Hi! I'm Iza"

#EarthDay #hopecore #scifi #solarpunk climate fiction
Earth Day
hopepit
hopepunk
clifi
sustainability
good news

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Hello, we are Tel & Duncan! We're both musicians. Tel is a poet & artist. Duncan is a short fiction writer & photographer. Community brings us hope, including meeting others who want to be a positive force in the world. What brings you hope? #hopepit #hopepunk #promosky #writingcommunity #writing

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Oops, #HopePit is already so soon! I know I said I'd be making a new pitch, but I will probably scrap together a (very) last minute one because I've been so busy. I'll also only be online for a little bit, so not sure how many other pitches I'll be able to read. Hope that's all okay!

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#HopePit Here's my attempt at trying to draw a very sweet and *hopeful* scene from my current project, which I'll be pitching. I'm not good by any means, but it was fun trying to capture this moment!

A drawing (made by me) of two teenagers sharing a sweet moment in a forest as the sun sets.

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#HopePit Sorry, I'm late! I've been busy and thus my pitch will be scrapped together last minute (sadly), but I'm still going to try to participate! Anyway, I'm Kathy, currently working on draft one of my passion project. It's my first time writing a book, so I'm still a bit new to this...

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Character I love and 5 moots to post theirs Not tagging anyone because I'm super late, but if you haven't already done this, and are seeing this post, feel free to share yours!

media.tenor.com

a woman says " that was scary huh " while wearing a black leather jacket

Alt: Thalia (from Percy Jackson) says " that was scary huh " while wearing a black leather jacket

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 12/04/2026

Happy #NarratessSale and Release week! Bear My Heart is part of the sale as it's on a special $1.99 for release week! Check out the sale: indiebook.sale Or get Bear directly at my webpage: www.karenlykkebo.com/category/all-p… 💙📚

Cover of Bear My Heart to the left. Green background with a silhouette of a bear and mountains. Text to the right: A lonely bear overcomes grief by accepting love from a stranger. 1.99
Blue banner at the bottom with skulls, a dragon, and planets. Text: Indie book sale. Fantasy, scifi, horror. 11-13 april.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#IndieApril Just a reminder that Named By Love is in the #NarratessIndieSale & is free most places but amazon. If you like deeply emotional dialogue, adorable feather-dragons, & no fighting, you might want to check out my book. books2read.com/u/3nqlOo indiebook.sale

The banner for The Narratess Indie Book Sale.
It's for fantasy, scifi, & horror, & has ghost skull things on it (which I don't like) but also a dragon.
The background is dark blue.

A green background with the cover of Named By Love (a book cover showing a human child kissing the nose of a red feather-dragon) in the center, & the following words (to show what’s featured in the story) scattered on the outside:

"A selfless rescuer who may be fated to die"

"Found family"

"Child POV"

"Hair kisses"

"Almost cozy"

"Living in the wilderness"

"Commonplace hardships"

"Emotional interaction"

"Trauma from the past haunts both present & future"

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today is the day! My debut novel, THE DEVOURING, is out now! I want to give the biggest "thank you" to all my friends, family, beta readers, reviewers, and everyone who preordered this book. You've helped make this dream come true. Get your copy: amshilling.com/books #WritingCommunity #Booksky 💙📚️

A woman with black hair, brown skin, and tattoos on her arms holds up a book and smiles. The book is THE DEVOURING by A. M. Shilling. The woman is the author. She wears black glasses and a wine red blouse.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 08/04/2026

This comes out TOMORROW!!!! The world's terrible right now, so if you need a quick soft read full of love and hope 👇

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I've always loved stories and creating them — as a kid, I created all sorts of stories in my head, a lot of small things turned into stories. I wrote some very short, very bad fiction before, but the story I'm working on right now is what really got me writing...

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Does anyone else get some kind of writer's block when approaching the final stretch of a draft? It's my first time writing a full manuscript for a book, and I'm over 150k words in, and I've had moments before, but I'm finding it really difficult to finish this last few chapters up... #Writing

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 07/04/2026

on THURSDAY! 💜 are you READY 🐻 for a book so SWEET 💜 so WHOLESOME 🐻 it'll leave you SMILING and KICKING YOUR FEET 💜 something full of HOPE 🐻 and LOVE 💜 and KINDNESS 🐻 it seems perhaps, the outmost FANTASY 💜 --> www.karenlykkebo.com/daughtersofdivinity

Trope map for Bear My Heart - a cozy sapphic novella. Ebook cover in green with the outline of a bear in the middle with mountains and a moon within the body.
Text: "spice level: handholding (barely), neurodivergent MC's, a magical mountain, overcoming grief, sapphic romance, a bear-shifter, hermit-vibes deep in the forest, nose-booping, old dying gods.

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I haven't written in DAYS despite having a deadline, that I publicly posted about, that's two weeks away, how's your day going? Anyway, that's why I dropped doing all the monthly prompts, I have to get 10 chapters done in two weeks, and I have not much time. I'll go write now (hopefullly).

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

[6 likes/6 mutuals] 📝 Writing 🍵Tea 🎮 Video games 📚 Reading 🥐 Pastries ⛅ Slightly windy days Really late, so everyone's probably been done haha: @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social @midnightrose838.bsky.social @mikestruan.com @barrows.itch.io @abysmalauthor.bsky.social @melwaverly.bsky.social

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R.J.M. — Writer — DRAFT 3! 📖🎮🎥🤖✍️🦸🏻‍♂️ @abysmalauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Shortcuts? No shortcuts in the way of magic, as Hal says! It takes time and dedication! No idea why there's a huge gap here between lines, I think it's a common problem with Ellipsus. #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

“To learn magic, you must learn to read magic. Knowing the words and gestures will get you so far only. The arcane symbols which comprise the Arcane are more complicated by far than any other language I will teach you. You need a strong understanding of how languages work, how they live and evolve, before anything of Magic will make sense to you. There is no shortcut, no quick and easy path, I’m afraid. Learning magic takes time, and study.”
“How long?”
Hal considered. “If you are lucky? You will be casting spells within a year.”

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

#FantasyIndiesApril // Day Three 🧵1/2 You know, I tried to sit down and barnstorm title ideas, based on things like the location, vibes, character names... but nothing worked for me. Then, though I'm still not decided yet (I haven't even finished draft one!), what seemed to be a perfect title...

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

#AprilAdventure 🧵1/2 The protagonist(s) of Greenfield are Sam and Mitali, who we meet as two struggling teenagers. Before the crux of the story gets going, the two are fairly closed-off, both worrying about very different things.

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Kathy Ravyn // (Still) Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

#AprilWorldbuilders The village of Greenfield is built around a winding river, little houses scattered across both sides, with a bridge connecting the two sides. The river also serves as a source of food — fish! Unfortunately, the river doesn't have a name yet.

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Mel Waverly @melwaverly.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

From WIP 3 - The First Lesbian Book Club How do you break books?! #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts 🌈✒️ #lesfic #sapphic #QueerWriters #sapphicauthors #sapphicwriters

Two customers entered, and Lucy slipped at once into brisk professionalism. Beverly watched the transformation—cheerful, efficient, composed—and found it oddly unsettling how quickly Lucy could mask herself.
She focussed on the precision of cutting pages, the organization of each chapter, and then opened the glue.
“What are you doing?” It was a man’s voice from beside her. He was standing too close for comfort.
“I’m fixing books,” Beverly said coolly.
“Oh,” he said. “Why?”
“Because they’re broken.”
“How do you break a book?”
The same way I’ll break your arm if you don’t leave me alone.
- The First Lesbian Book Club, chapter 12

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