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🫜Prof Emily🫜 @professoremily.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey everyone! This October I'm hosting #Conlangity, a game about fictional languages! The goal is to help total newbies craft a conlang that is realistic & usable! It will hopefully be accessible to non-linguist people, but it won't be for the faint of heart. Prepare for a challenge! MORE INFO👇🧵

Prompt list for #Conlangity, a game for building a fictional language! Hosted by @professoremily.bsky.social. Light yellow text printed in two columns over an orange background showing a faint photo of a large open dictionary.

1. CULTURE: Name & speakers of your language
2. SOUNDS: Basic sounds or units of speech
3. SOUNDS: Rare/never used sounds
4. SOUNDS: Rules of pronunciation, emphasis & tone
5. CULTURE: How did your language develop & what is it for?
6. VOCAB: greetings/farewells

7. GRAMMAR: Word order
8. GRAMMAR: Compound words, prefixes & suffixes
9. GRAMMAR: Noun modification (number, case, gender, articles)
10. VOCAB: Words/phrases about relationships

11. GRAMMAR: Pronouns
12. GRAMMAR: Descriptive words
13. VOCAB: Words/phrases about location and direction

14. GRAMMAR: Verbs
15. GRAMMAR: Verb conjugation & other variations
16. GRAMMAR: Verbals (infinitives, gerunds, participles)
17. VOCAB: Words/phrases about time

18. GRAMMAR: Prep-/Postpositions
19. GRAMMAR: Negations & Comparisons
20. VOCAB: Words for numbers

21. GRAMMAR: Subordinate Clauses
22. GRAMMAR: Asking questions, giving commands, speaking in hypotheticals
23. VOCAB: Words/phrases about food & drinks

24. GRAMMAR: Common abbreviations & mutations
25. VOCAB: Common slang, idioms, cursing
26. VOCAB: Words/phrases about animals and plants

27. VOCAB: Words or phrases that a tourist would need to know
28. CULTURE: A word with an interesting etymology
29. CULTURE: Writing system

30. VOCAB CHALLENGE: Translate song lyrics into your language
31. FREE DAY: Something that wasn’t covered/how you plan to use the language in your work?

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LRR.rocks @lrrrocks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every author you admire has sat looking at their screen page, unsure if the sentence in front of them was good enough. That uncertainty didn't disqualify them from finishing the book, and it doesn't disqualify you either.

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Do your brain a favour: read a book.

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

People saying Lady Gaga's baby should be called Googoo but they're missing the better choice, which is obviously Radio.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I saw a meme today that said that books are proof that strangers can meet across centuries and still understand each other. That really resonated.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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UnfilteredMom. 🔞 🐉 @blushandtease.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ever write something, and just look at it and say….”I think I spelled it wrong, it looks weird” 🤣🤣

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Joseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I have so many unread books it should be illegal for me to enter a bookstore and yet here I am.

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

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Kat is Querying @katkatsma.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fully expecting to learn at the trial that the director was planning to make more money with a flop than with a hit.

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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

there's something about sleeping with the windows open while it rains. waking up to a cool breeze, a purring cat, the smell of coffee, and nowhere to be for a while. sunday morning 🩷

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Please read..... #BookSky

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I'm at the park, reading, and a woman with an accent said to me, "Oh, you're a reading worm". I love that construction. It's so poetic when second-language folks speak. I did not correct her because reading worm is better than bookworm.

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bookstreet @bookstreet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Want to be one of the first to try bookstreet? We're looking for readers and authors to beta test the platform before launch. Help shape a space for discovering great books and sharing amazing stories. Interested? Sign up via the link in our bio or drop a comment. The next chapter starts with you💜

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NO GODS, NO MASTERS, BISEXUAL DISASTERS 🇵🇸 🇺🇦🔞 @travisteatime.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hell yeah, I finished the book I was reading! ... ... ...Aww damnit, I finished the book I was reading.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol

A picture of a box styled like a little free library but with blockbuster movies

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Connor [REDACTED] @connorredacted.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm an aspiring writer surrounded by people who hate writers and hate reading.

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Trash @trashxdiscourse.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I have to stop spending all my money on books but I just ordered a book that I'm so excited about!

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Kat is Querying @katkatsma.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My grandfather nurtured my love of fantasy—gave me old paperback series & I'd go through them like water. As a teen I was obsessed w/ anime which inspired pacey action scenes. Add college discovery of bildungsroman & irreverent humor & voila—sarcastic @$$holes learning against their will. 1/4

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inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 15/07/2026

if i had a dollar for every book i bought while i still had other books to read i'd have enough money to buy more books

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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #Bluepit #MG #F #Querying Art collab @giaphoc.bsky.social

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Yes, that's me! #BookSky

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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED After Arthur Oak discovers he’s a Druid, he enters a portal to a dying magical world. To save it, he must forge an unlikely friendship, before the true threat destroys everything he’s discovered. 🐻 Shapeshifting ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy #Bluepit #📖 #MG #F #Q

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Jen Hall Smith - ✍️🌙✨ @jenhallsmith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Lunaria Witch A RIVER ENCHANTED ❌ PRACTICAL MAGIC ✨ ND REP ❤️ Yearning over spice 🧙‍♀️ Character driven fantasy 👄 Lush prose & world building 👯‍♀️ Found family & sisterhood 💃🏻 Journey to self acceptance #bluepit #f #r #Q #na #a #ownvoices

Background- Night sky, full moon, ferns, herbs, feathers
The title of the book is “The Lunaria Witch”

The blurb
In a land where rumours of magic can have fatal consequences, hurricane minded Tallitha has always sought to hide her differences and deny whatever she cannot explain. But when the moon begins calling e from sleep and memories surface that do not belong to her, the time for denial is over and Tallitha’s life will change is ways she never could have predicted

Meta data
110k - NA/A - Fantasy romance - ND rep
When magic blooms in outcast Tallitha she must flee to a mysterious place of safety to escape the wrath of witchkind hunter Skara Draegar. Led by a charismatic yet secretive guide, Tallitha’s is thrust into a world of deadly secrets, ancient power and covert rebellion. But who take up her place within it and conquer those who seek to destroy her, she must first face her own demons to unlock her power and her potential

Themes
Internalised ableism, found family, yearning, he falls first, prejudice, elemental magic, self acceptance & slow burn romance

The comps

Lush prose and world building - A river enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Blend of fantasy and folklore - Now she is Witch by Kirsty Logan
ND rep and enchanting magic - Emily Wildes encyclopaedia of faeries - Heather Fawcett
Deep connection and yearning - A discovery of witches - Deborah Harkness

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Isaac ⚔ Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I don't know shit so I can't pretend to dispense wisdom 😂 But, in hype events, my earliest posts always perform ("perform" *shudder*) the best. So I'll be scheduling my best post to go up right at opening time (using buffer.com probably). #BluePitHype

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LifuX @lifux.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Me: 'Why does my neck hurt so bad today?' Also me sleeping: 💀🛏 #Cat #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #LifuX

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/07/2026

My upcoming book is absolutely packed to the brim with em dashes—more em dashes than any well-adjusted human being could possibly need or want—and if any of you tries to claim they are the result of some soulless LLM rather than my own unhinged compulsion I will fight you.

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Kat is Querying @katkatsma.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If I'm relying on my characters then I'm screwed 😭 Travis would flat out refuse Lana would awkwardly fumble through a few excuses Nathan would politely remind me that moving companies exist And Vern would leave me on read ✌️ #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

static.klipy.com

Alice in Wonderland's Graceful Curtsy

Alt: Alice in Wonderland's Graceful Curtsy

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Hope Engel 📚 @hopeengel.com · 02/07/2026

I know I say I love editing all the time but having to go fill in the placeholders is also the worst #amwriting #amediting

I give her a little squeeze.

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[happiness, celebration]

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Kel Kel @kellicoolcat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Bitter, aro/ace herbalist Jeck weds a princess in order to usher her to his royal-killer father and win freedom from him forever, but to succeed, must first accompany the reckless, usually drunk girl on a perilous voyage in search of lost saintly relics. #Queerpit #A #YA crossover #F!

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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN x ONE PIECE —Epic Fantasy Duology —Pirate sailing adventure —3 povs with their own paths to take —Caribbean/Puerto Rican coded —Queer casted —Magic based on the 4 elements —2 colonizing empires to fight against #QueerPit #YA #F #W

Aesthetic board for protagonist 1, Lorena Anacaona Kay.

Aesthetic board for protagonist 2, Gideon Mercer.

Aesthetic board for protagonist 3, Salvador Calavera Salinas.

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Michael @michaelprocopio.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This Could Get Messy When a singles' cooking class reunites Dylan with Jonathan, whose estranged husband had an affair with Dylan's ex, the two wounded and culinarily hopeless men discover that healing might just be a recipe they can finally get right together. #Queerpit #RC #CR #A

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Tian is QUEER-YING ✨⚔️ @tsfigg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE x BBC’S MERLIN (but make it sapphic…) 🗡️High-stakes Romantic-Fantasy 🥀Lady Knight x (rather pathetic) sorceress 🗡️Arthurian gender-swap 🥀Female fury revenge story 🗡️Everyone’s morally grey (and queer) Is vengeance worth losing what you have? #QueerPit #A #F #MYTH

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Olinda Brown @olindabrown.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A Guide To Living With Dragons is a cosy fantasy about a hypermobile nature mage making potions with her cantankerous house dragon who steals her scrunchies. More dragons is always a solution. 2026 RevPit winner #queerpit #A #F #CF

Text: 88k word adult cosy fantasy. A Guide To Living With Dragons. Are more dragons always the solution? Yes.
Image: forest background. Young woman sitting on tree stump. Sleeping dragons on her lap and head. Vines around her hands, ankles, knees. Blue flowers in her hair

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Jun is querying! 📚🏳️‍🌈 @dragonologe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The Hunger Games but make it sapphic! 🏳️‍🌈 Dystopia inspired by the TERF movement. POC, queer (lesbian, trans, non-binary) and disabled (prosthesis, deaf) protagonists. Woman–nonbinary–woman polyamory. #QueerPit #NA #Dystopian #LGBT #Sapphic #Polyamory #querying

Illustration of a Black trans woman with Afro hair under a harsh pink light. She is surrounded by white women wearing white dresses and holding pink knives to her neck. Below it says "City of Women" and above it says: sapphic polyamory, found family of QPOC protagonists, and dystopia based on the TERF movement.

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Siobhán is querying! 🏁 @siobhandorr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Corey has forged a unique way to be out in an industry typically known for its conservative values, but little does he know much this reality will impact Grayson, his longtime rival, now bound by an NDA to keep his sexuality a secret. HEATED RIVALRY x NASCAR #QueerPit #A #R 🏳️‍🌈

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Sarah Dorko @sarahdorko.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

STRANGER THINGS x A DOOR IN THE DARK ✨underground portal fantasy ✨multiple POV ✨D&D style party ✨tragic love across lifetimes ✨rescue mission ✨meddlesome gods ✨harmful magic ✨found family ✨a wish #QueerPit #YA portal #F #LGBT

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Victoria Jayne (they/them) @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#QueerPit #F #R #A #OWN LEGENDS AND LATTES x THE SPELLSHOP x THE HONEY WITCH - ♿️ AuDHD MC - nb half-satyr bff - stars hollow vibes - in-story songs - cozy mystery elements - sapphic main cast - swoonworthy romance - fat butch love interest

Coworkers to lovers
Cottagegore
You Bloom In Winter
Witch x werewolf
Instalike but slow burn
Femme x
Butch
Pining and yearning
winter vibes

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Nicky (🦵🏼🔑) Rodriguez is on sub! needs an agent! @artofnickyrdrgz.latinsky.app · 01/07/2026

#QueerPit #CON #GN #SPF #NA comment, repost, qrp are ok but likes are for agents & editors ONLY 💖 The Unlucky Ones and the Edge of Nowhere follows 2 queer adults on a summer road trip through the west as they run from the consequences of their new powers & contemplate life, death, & friendship 🚗☢️✨🏜️

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Fox Rivera (she/her) @talesofavixen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"The dark had never lost a race. But that never stopped Mercédès from trying." Life In The Lampblack is a Gothic story set in a steampunk fantasy world. If you're looking for a tale full of revenge, dark romance, and the monsters we call people, this is the story for you! #Queerpit #H #F #A

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Jun is querying! 📚🏳️‍🌈 @dragonologe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

On the villain’s side? An Indigenous protagonist with no moral compass. QPOC main cast. A disabled villain and a trans man with magic = partners in chaos. A little monsterfucker. #QueerPit #NA #QPOC #LGBT #DF #FR #querying

Illustration of a person with dark brown skin and long red hair in a dark room where only two rays of golden light shine. He wears a crow mask and looks angry.

Above it says "Kissing the Demon," and below it says that Tobe's species has been hunted for so long that he decides to do something.

Illustration of a person with brown skin. He has a side braid and looks surprised.

Above it says "Kissing the Demon," and below it says that Kura has just been betrayed by the people he trusted, but not by the Red Demon.

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

More than a decade after faking his death, former holy king Malachi returns to the capital he fled seeking the missing sun god. But coming home means facing the people he left behind, including a fiancé, Atreus, who spent the last twelve years seeing Malachi's ghost. #QueerPit #A #F #amquerying

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Olinda Brown @olindabrown.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Stardew Valley meets How To Train Your Dragons in A Guide To Living With Dragons. Are more dragons always the solution? Yes. 2026 RevPit winner. #queerpit #a #f #cf

Image: light purple background. Vertical images of blue flowers, rain, vegetable, cauldron with ingredients, bread, forest, rice fields, woman in long purple dress with long ice blue hair.
Text: a guide to living with dragons. Adult cosy fantasy. 88k words. "It was nice to know that if she was about to commit violence, the dragon was all on board."

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R. S. Mot @motthepaladin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Merge x Rules For Ghosting When Melody's sister is abducted from their shared body, she'll do anything to get her back. Including subjecting herself to an uncomfortable road trip with an angel inhabiting a corpse and her sister's very confused girlfriend. #QueerPit #F #A #CON #SN

A mood board that is a collection of 12 images: breakfast at a diner, women in the front seat of a car, a gas station at night, a cabin in a snowy forest at night, women holding hands, a road at sunset, an angel statue, a car in the dark with its headlights on, a car mirror with a sunset, a snowy forest at sunset, a paper map, a blonde woman holding a paper map, a purple orb, an eye with a purple iris, hands holding a rainbow flag, and a sheet of music. There is pink text in the center that reads My Sister's Stolen Soul.

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