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Beca Dreadful 🖤🌙 @becadreads.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Day #3 of my Birthday Celebrations! I wantsd to make a starter pack of Indie Authors who I love and wanted to celebrate 🎀🎉📚 go.bsky.app/8HZfJCW

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My appetite has been shit and I haven't been able to read or even do much of anything that I enjoy the last few weeks, BUT here's to hoping that August is better!

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

and I was pulling myself out of the depression hole.... and then I got dragged back in and it was so much worse. It was the kind of depression that wouldnt let me get out of bed. —

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I'm gonna be honest chat, this was not a good month for me. It started great! So many pride activities and I got to take my NB friend to London Trans Pride which was such a beautiful experience, I visited my brothers new place, went bird watching with my lgbt group —

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

💀 JULY 2026 💀 (also posted to insta)

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#WIPSNIP This is a side to Baelin that NEITHER OF US KNEW EXISTED

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

RICK!!! This is so sweet 😭😭 I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! 🫶🫶

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screamiest of emos • rick @encryptedbygones.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Tonight I finished reading Vow of Loathing by @kmbauthor.bsky.social and really enjoyed it. Not my typical kind of book, and I was worried it was gonna be one that just wasn't for me, but I genuinely had a great time with it. Plus Kirsty is just a super cool person.

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Falling prey to the comparing myself to other more successful debut authors bug, which needs to stop ASAP please 😭😭

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S. J. (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mindfulwrath.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Developing the mycelial networks to make healthy soil for growing!

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thats such a beautiful way of putting it, but yes!!

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

☀️ JUNE 2026 ☀️ (also posted to insta 👀)

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON Day 27! I have basically written nothing new in WEEKS but I have been fleshing out a lot of things, lineages, historical events, characters, etc so when I get back into it, I'll have more of an idea of who the side characters are and what the main characters are fighting for

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

One of my favourite things about writing the Despised Bonds series is writing about the seasonal courts. If I could I would live in the Autumn Court forever... Which season would you want to live in permanently, if you could? 👀

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I've been MIA the past few weeks here but I've been moving all my notes from google docs to notion and adding new (deceased and not) characters to family trees so this is how its going 😂😂

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm gonna see if I can get @linaganef.bsky.social to do the cover for my wip when its done though, because she did a great job on the first book's cover 😌

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 26! There are too many artists I love, but I have always wanted to work with @bloodwrit.bsky.social 's on a cover, so one day maybeee 👀

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 24! First off, I'm not that pathetic. This was a ridiculous work of fan fiction at best. The author got me entirely wrong. I'm fun! I was sad for a bit, sure, but it wasn't that bad. The sex scenes were hot & pretty on point though tbh, it redeemed it enough to give it 2 stars?

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 23! I invited my mate to my wedding as a way to let him know that we were over, but he showed up anyway?? And when I told him to leave, he just stuck around and tried to stop my wedding and ended up being dragged away, and now I can feel his misery through the bond... AITA?

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 19! My angry mate pounds my butt the day before he gate crashes my wedding to the princess of summer, only to end up in bed with a literal bear

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 17! In which Kairos fails to consumate his marriage, multiple times

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 16! (Skipping 15 because obvious reasons) I love chapter titles so much, but I'm also a lover of SHORT chapters, which lead to my first book having 70ish chapters and I'm not sure I have it in me to come up with that many titles LMAO

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 14! Okay, as predicted I fell behind BIG TIME with this so excuse me whilst I spam to catch up LMAO

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I feel like despite having a hectic week/caring for my mum, it was kind of needed though. My brain feels kinda recuperated, so I can hopefully get some timeline and new characters stuff down this week before getting back to writing

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 13! Has it really been a week? I've written NOTHING (excluding all the ideas I jotted in my notes app). Tuesday I took my mum shopping, Wednesday was our monthly family movie & dinner, Thursday was rest day, yesterday was my mums hospital apt. I'm BEAT, so maybe next week 😅😂

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

And thats only a few examples 😂 I LOVE MY GAY BABIES

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 12! Late because I wanted to make something but I do not have the spoons for it so just know that almost all the characters in my entire despised bonds universe is lgbtqia+. In OOW specifically Baelin is bi, Kairos is gay, Xamira is a lesbian, Gwyn is trans, and Calix is ace 🫶

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

so now I get to do the same for her 🙂‍↕️

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 11! My biggest supporter is honestly my mum, she listens to me ramble about every plot idea I've had, each chapter I wrote right after I wrote it & she's recently started writing a story she's always wanted to write because she says I inspired her to start it —

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 10! Already in OOW Baelin has broke and entered, committed identity fraud & considered murder multiple times.

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Kayleigh | Developmental Editor ✍🏻📚 @editsinthemargins.com · 11/06/2026

HI. IF YOU WRITE, YOU ARE A WRITER. That's all.

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

##LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 9! I think readers of OOW will gush over: 🦊 fated mates 🗡 opposite sides of a war (so much angst) 🦊 he's marrying someone else & his sister is jealous because she has feelings for his new wife 🗡 puppies!! 🦊 a slutty fae man begging on his knees for his mate to choose him

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 8! I'm hoping to get back to writing tomorrow so if I can write 5k this week & push through the depression it'll be a good week 😅

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

So many that I WANT to get back to, but who knows if I ever will. ADHD is the reason, it lost my attention and I'm just waiting for it to catch the hyperfixation bug again 😅

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 7! I've posted this before but it's the end of my prologue for OOW & I still love it so much

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Is it still a lil writing break if I spent the whole weekend moving my notes from google docs to notion and prettying them up??

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Yeah, I think I might need to take the weekend to let my mind rest, you're right 😩🫶 hopefully I can get back to it next week!

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 6! Honestly? It started off great, I managed to get to 50k so I think I wrote just over 10k this week, but the last 2 days motivation has been dead and depression is keeping my energy low so I'm struggling rn 😅

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Idk if any of these are tropes but ig they can serve as ✨️ fun facts ✨️

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

##LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 5! I'm late with this one but 🦊 He marries someone else 🗡 Opposite sides of a war 🦊 Toxic fae men being toxic 🗡 they've been mates for almost 200 years and never said 'I love you' 🦊 he discovers he has a pain kink AFTER telling his mate he's marrying someone else

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Writing a family tree for my wip and realising i have to name SO MANY dead characters

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Writing a two sentence bullet plot point and it becoming at least 2k words of emotional depth, you add two new characters and the set up has you wanting to write a whole ass novella for them >>>>

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

like i came up with it on the spot, but when I reread it, I realise that it might have come from a show/movie, a real conversation I had, a dream or another book. TLDR: BRAINS ARE WEIRD 😂😂

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 4! Honestly, I feel like the weirdest inspiration I get is from my brain and the things it remembers that I don't even realise I remember. It might be a plot point or a character trait/personality, a piece of dialogue, etc. In the moment it feels random—

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#LGBTQWRITEATHON DAY 3! The inspiration for my first book was ACOTAR, but 2 of the side characters that my lil shipper brain latched onto, and watching bridgerton at the time I wrote it definitely impacted it. Now I'm writing the sequel and its fully gotten away from the original inspiration 😂😂

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Kirsty M. Black 🍂 @kmbauthor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I want to be able to hug my characters but I don't want them to know that I wrote them and everything bad that happened to them 👀😂😅

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