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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Also: it is too hot. I hate this. I knew in my heart that the sun is a deadly laser, but experiencing actual temps of 103+ that then become closer to 110 with the heat index is just silly. Tempted to put an "AC God" in place instead of a kiln god... #melting #I'mtiredofthisgrandpa #andIt'sOnlyJuly

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Weh heh heh, observe my big pile of books in a box!!! Always exciting to get a big pile of books in a box, even when you know exactly what they are and will (hopefully) not be holding on to any of them for long.

A cardboard box filled with green packing material. In the center of the box, lightly obscured by the packaging, are two columns of Flame-Keeper; Frost-Daughter books.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender with one image

A slightly feminine looking version of Disney's Beast from Beauty and the Beast. A large, muscular, furry creature with a long dark mane, big fangs, and horns. The creature is looking over her shoulder at the viewer.

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"I paint flowers so they will not die." - attributed to Frida Kahlo. Remembering Frida Kahlo on her birthday. 💐💐💐 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Still Life (with Roses), 1925, has not been exhibited since 1954, and shows the influence of the artist's father (Private collection. Courtesy Sotheby's, New York) - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210719-the-unseen-masterpieces-of-frida-kahlo

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Elanis @elanis.eu · 06/07/2026

Not to pry on the recent (very sad) news, but as a reminder:

Buy indie games, buy self-published games. Stop buying from all those companies laying off/not caring about players

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Pride Angel of Dagon, nearly complete! At this point it just needs to rest a day then get some finishing touches. Why does it need to rest? It's more like I need to rest. With art, if you have the time, I think it's best to step away for a day or two before declaring it finished. #art #woodcut

Photo looking down at a black ink woodcut print on a worktable. The art is titled Angel of Dagon and depicts a humanoid sea creature with wing-like fins arrayed behind it. The figure is inspired by historic stingray taxidermy known as Jenny Hanivers. With glowing eyes dotting the wing-like fins, and a progress pride flag color scheme, it's a mix of some of what the artist loves best. Monsters, angels, and proud queerness.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sometimes writing is prose singing on the page. Sometimes, however, writing is unhinged rambling spread between three documents, two notebooks, and an unholy amount of index cards and post-it notes that literally no one else could ever comprehend. #writerlife #iykyk #amwriting ...theoretically

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Okay, today I am really for real going to continue working on the draft of the sequel to my first book. I have been putting it off for over a week now, and--oh, look, Canva! Clearly I should make a PROMOTIONAL BOOKMARK for my tiny indie book... ...why am I like this (at least it came out nice tho)

A bookmark featuring a background image of the starry night sky taken through red cliffs. Above the background is a column of icy-looking blue descending toward the middle, and a column of fire rising upward toward the middle. In the center, the text "Rise, O Stars, to guide us..." is featured in calligraphic font of off-white with a red shadow. The bookmark has a border that echoes the decorative elements of the book cover for Flame-Keeper, Frost-Daughter.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I WROTE A BOOK. It's coming out SOON; now available for PREORDER and EBOOK PURCHASE. It's a darker YA fantasy with a sapphic romance set in Fantasy Americas instead of Fantasy Europe. There's magic, there's dead things that aren't dead, there's an enby. Check it: tinyurl.com/FKFDBookBN

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Hazel @hazelwolfey.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Keychain commission for @kimerical.bsky.social of their mascot Kalamity & Jane, the Chimera 🌿 #chimera #woodburning #illustration #commissionart #commissions #art

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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I Don’t Want To Do This Anymore #art

a digital drawing of a crying tiger jumping through a flaming hoop. The border is chains, with some links broken. An eye in each corner watches the tiger. Text above says “I don’t want to do this anymore” and the same text below is heavily distorted.

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Stas Silva 🍒 hot rat summer @silvarils.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

for those unfamiliar, this is a bit like if someone stated an AI takeover for the film industry is imminent and backed it up with "jurassic park included a fully cgi t-rex in 1993"

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Bruka Jones @brukajones.com · 29/07/2025

If anyone ever tries to tell you that you gotta be a specific kind of person to be an artist, they're wrong. Being able to make art comes free with your humanity. In my view, people who say otherwise are either entirely full of themselves or can't escape what they've been conditioned to believe.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Alas, a rejection from one of the agents I was really hoping for. Sometimes I forget how disheartening this whole process is. I'm trying to hold out hope for at least a full manuscript request from one of the others, but dang. Ya notgirl needs a win. #amquerying

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Today I made one of those scratch art things that come with a picture pre-printed on them! Good way to kill an hour or two, and now I have shiny duckies hanging out on my kitchen

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Istrandar - Making Carnholt @istrandar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The cursed one An passion project I made in blender. I hope you enjoy it

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Can I just say, for the record: anxiety disorders suck, and it's very dumb that your body can stress itself so hard over absolutely nothing that it becomes physically painful!!! Terrible design feature, when's the next patch

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

First agent rejection received, but it was a very positive rejection! Still feeling good about this search, and I really appreciate the quick and kindly response. Fingers crossed I'm on the right track, and my work resonates in just the right way! #amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Also, 3 more queries in after getting my teeth cleaned this morning! There are a lot of cool people working as agents, and a lot of other cool writers shopping some awesome work out there. #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Rainy days are also not a problem for Junie Bloom, so long as she's got her cozy window bed and some nice pets!

A brown ticked tabby cat accepts pets with a relaxed face. Rain can be seen outside the window where the cat is sitting.

A brown ticked tabby cat has shoved her entire face into the camera, resulting in an extreme blurry close up.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

First 3 queries sent out! Let's goooooo Here's hoping I get some nibbles; I haven't been this excited about this project since I first finished the really rough draft I thought was so good all those years ago 😹 #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

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PHHarris @phh5.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

As the long weekend ends, may this mourning dove bring a message of hope and renewed energy for the days ahead. #mourningdove #bird #backyard-habitat #resistwithlove #nature #photography

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Please behold one of the best drawings of my D&D character I've ever made, and the hilariously wonderful colored edition polished up by my friend and party member #art #dnd #tabaxi

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 05/07/2025

If you ever think English isn’t a needlessly complicated language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme but read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Poplar hawkmoth, I repeat, poplar hawkmoth. The Poplar hawkmoths have landed. 🦋🐾 Sometimes the world feels bleak, but moths keep me going. I've been a bit remiss with my moth posting lately, I'll try and share some more to make things a tiny, fluffy speck better.

An utterfuckingly magnificent fluffy grey poplar hawkmoth on my hand, in all it's fuzzy glory. It's body is warm and densely furry like a plush toy. It's wings are covered in bands of greys and browns, with lighter veins. Its forewings are large and have crenellated edges. The hindwings are smaller and held in a distinctive position so they protrude forward of the forewings. They are also crenellated or way at the edges. It has fuzzy legs and thick white antennas. Majestic, I tell you. An absolutely regal moth friend.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Nothing better than a kitty in the window on a sunny day... #cats #pets

A ticked tabby cat with a warm brown coat lies curled up and sleeping in a cat bed on a sunny window perch

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Susannah 🍁 @wweeta.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Tiny, but elegant. A Holm's hermit wears a checkered periwinkle shell. These are small intertidal hermits; full grown, they measure under 1 cm. toe to toe. The periwinkles live in the high intertidal zone. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

This hermit crab is always orange and white, with alternating patches on the legs and eye stalks. The antenna is a dotted line, green and white; the eyes are dark.
This one wears a new, very clean periwinkle shell. The body whorl as well as the second have a pattern of white spots on a stripy green base; the third whorl is black with orange dots, and the next three (very small) are brown and white.
For size comparison, the sand grains underneath the hermit are, on average, as wide as the hermit's legs.
Background, a bluish-green stone, another periwinkle shell, pointing away from us, and a lump of yellow-green kelp float.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

One of my favorite little things as a teacher is making examples for my students' projects... it's fun to just create with them! Here's a little illustrated "animal symbolism poem" I made. (We were studying William Blake's "Tyger" and "Lamb," for reference.) #writesky #edusky #poetry #art

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

such an honor to announce that lucky day has been named an august INDIE NEXT pick. this is decided by independent booksellers who pluck beautiful chords across timelines with their recommendations in such an important way. thank you buckaroos

glowing sign that says thank you booksellers for making lucky day an indie next pick. las vegas sunset is in the background

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Finished my last major rewrite of the novel today! I think I'm finally finished with it, and ready to start shipping it out to some agents again... We'll see what happens, but I'm excited! #amwriting #amquerying

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/07/2024

You know what's cool? Pangolins #art

Drawing in white ink against a black background of a pangolin curled into a ball. Pangolins are spiky shelled creatures similar to armadillos.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

The year is 2024. Chuck Tingle has emerged as genuinely one of the finest and most insightful authors of the era. Meanwhile, AP headlines read like: Pounded in the Couch by Domald Tromp's Creepy Little Weirdo.

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folk tune stan account 🎻 @folktunes.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

wait i forgot the best part which is that for her finishing move she just straight-up puts you in a mating press

Rhea Ripley pinning Ivy Nile following a Riptide to retain the Women's World Championship on Monday Night Raw's 1st of Januari episode. The pin that follows the Riptide looks a lot like a mating press.

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

God, Sawkill Girls was such a good read. I had so many Feelings about every one of those girls and even some of the side characters. I really liked the message, too, and it didn't feel as heavy handed as others have been for me. The monster? Terrifying. The queer romance? Fantastic. 📚💙

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 13/01/2024

man, two chapters into this rewrite and it's amazing what you discover about the story and characters just by shifting perspective! I am finally able to expand the opening chapters into something more impactful and have added some plot points and lore that didn't exist before. I love writing :'D

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

I made some progress on the rewrite today! Got a little over halfway through the first chapter. I'm not used to writing in 1st person, but I'm still pretty sure this is the direction the book needed to take. We'll find out! I'll learn something either way ✌️

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

Author: Can I write novels for a living? Publishing: Well that really depends on one thing and one thing only. Author: Whether I am willing to give everything to the form? Publishing: No. How good are you at creating and starring in ten second video comedy sketches on the Internet? Author: what

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

one of the most powerful skills you can ever master for yourself is "yes, it sucks, and i love it". once you learn this you are free

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K @kimerical.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

I don't really like the term "writer's block," because it just doesn't really encompass what's actually going on. Today, I described it as "creative constipation." It may be crude, but it's so accurate; I'm full of ideas and details and bits and bobs, but I can't quite get them out 😹

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