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K. Tempest Bradford

@ktempestbradford.com
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The (reluctantly) official BlueSky account of award-winning author (Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion), editor, teacher (@writingtheother.com), and freelance adventuress K. Tempest Bradford (she/her).

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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 6h
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop with me & @nisishawl.bsky.social! Dig into their background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...
on the right, fantasy image showing silhouette of a young woman with a glowing ember in her chest that explodes outward into a river of stars and clouds resembling a nebula. Class details on the left.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 29/09/2026
📢 New From @writingtheother.com 📢 Dialogue and Dialect Workshop 2026 👇🏾 Check it out! 👇🏾 writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 28/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 25/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 25/09/2026
🖋️ #WritingCommunity, please share widely & spread the word so more writers know about this! bsky.app/profile/writ...
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Writing the Other (@writingtheother.com)
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop w/ @nisishawl.bsky.social & @ktempestbradford.com. Dig into character background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 champ.ly/IN06b9vH
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 22/09/2026
📢 New From @writingtheother.com 📢 Character Deep Dive Workshop 2026 👇🏾 Check it out! 👇🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 22/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 21/09/2026
Still celebrating the 21st of September! You will love this dance. #BahDeYah #21stofSeptember #EarthWindandFire www.tumblr.com/ktempestbrad...
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💬 160  🔁 117514  ❤️ 128493 · ✨✨✨ Happy 21st of September to all who celebrate! ✨✨✨
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 21/09/2026
✨✨✨ Happy 21st of September to all who celebrate! ✨✨✨ Don't forget to put out cookies for Earth, Wind and Fire to show them you remember the 21st night of September! #BahDiYahDiYahDiAy www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm_9...
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Live)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 19/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 16/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 15/09/2026
👋🏾 #WritingCommunity! Please boost so more writers see this 🙏🏾
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 15/09/2026
📢 New From @writingtheother.com 📢 Worldbuilding Deep Dive Workshop 2026 👇🏾 Check it out! 👇🏾 writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 09/09/2026
Back to making prayer beads! www.tumblr.com/ktempestbrad...
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · I started a daily challenge for September: one prayer bead set a day. I used to make pagan prayer beads all the time and I was missing beading overall. This seemed a good way to ge…
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 16/07/2026
#NoContextForYou Me to a friend: Well sure, I could've been married 3 or 4 times already if I'd accepted all the proposals I got in Egypt.
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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Beware this digital invitation. DO NOT CLICK ON IT. No digital invitation should ask for your Google password. If you have already clicked on this, you should change your password immediately and sign out of your Gmail account/s to interrupt their flow. I also added Two-Factor Authentication.
"You're Invited" phishing scam: "Exclusive Invitation to Our Special Event." DO NOT CLICK ON THIS.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 15/07/2026
Just in case y'all haven't heard, there's an email phishing attack going around where you get an e-invitation from someone you know. This week I've gotten two from faux @tananarivedue.bsky.social and one from faux Jim Frenkel of all people. Email the person to double check!
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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Only took fourteen years of dreaming & heeeeerrreee it is! Friends, I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel with you all. The most desi haunted haveli ever! Haunted places. Haunted people. And some very haunting stories Preorder link in the thread
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 05/07/2026
Uh oh. Folks in my city's subreddit noticed that our regional indie bookstores, Joseph-Beth, are all listed as Barnes and Noble locations suddenly. Did B&N buy them? No one would be happy about this... www.reddit.com/r/cincinnati...
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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Boosting this! Copyediting is fun, I promise!
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 03/07/2026
Oh also WICKHILLS got a STARRED REVIEW from @libraryjournal.bsky.social which I am pretty sure is my first star from them ever! 🤩 "This gas-lamp urban fantasy combines an exciting adventure, a walk through dangerous, secret places, and one man’s crisis." www.libraryjournal.com/review/wickh...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/07/2026
Your reminder that I will be giving a talk entitled "Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby" and for $20, you can attend. For an additional $20, you can get a friend in on it. If we pass 500 seats sold, we'll have two seatings of the talk.
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Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby
Auction item 'Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby' hosted online at 32auctions.
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✨️intelligentwat✨️ BRING BACK ŁINK @zinrock.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
we really need a car, y'all. we're looking at a 2011 Honda Accord, but need this down payment. my partner's boss is no longer allowing him to use the company truck and we can't afford Lyft or Uber. there is no public transportation here. please help.
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Cheryl M. @desertdragon42.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hello. Disabled, queer, Black woman geek here. I make beaded and chainmail jewelry that's geeky, queer, spooky, witchy and sometimes super cute. www.dragonandwolfdesigns.com PayPal.me/grumpywitch ko-fi.com/dragonwolfde... gofund.me/e728eae3c
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Dragon & Wolf Designs
Handcrafted Jewelry by Geeks for Geeks
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 02/07/2026
Was just saying yesterday that it's weird people keep creating Substacks when this Nazi problem has *never* been addressed.
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Zhui Ning Chang 曾睿宁 @witchywonderer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just in case anyone is in London at the end of this month, my queer time-travelling pirate musical has a one-week production run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate and we’d love to see you there 🏴‍☠️ Show info and tickets: tiny.cc/APMgatehouse
Blue text of Asian Pirate Musical over a subtitle 28 July to 2 August, Upstairs at the Gatehouse on top half of image. Bottom half of image shows a whirlpool in red and blue, with a siphonophore emerging out of it and ships caught in the swirl of the whirlpool.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 01/07/2026
What it feels like is happening outside the past few days...
Image of a dove with its wings spread surrounded by Golden holy Light flying through the clouds while shitting fireballs that rain down on those of us below who cannot Escape. Amen.
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socks. @socks.onl · 30/06/2026
im done with nuance. if u won't loudly love the trans women in your life like their life depends on it (bc it fucking DOES) then i don't want you in my life. there is no discussion. it's too late for "trans women are valid!" it has to be "i will fight for u as long as i live because i love you!"
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 01/07/2026
I know that they are invasive and I know I have to smush any that I see, but I feel really bad killing spotted lanternfly nymphs because they're so, so cute! Those little spots! The red ones especially are quite aesthetically pleasing....
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✨️intelligentwat✨️ BRING BACK ŁINK @zinrock.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I've bumped up the goal as the minimum down-payment is more than we realized. we need $3400 as soon as possible. please donate and/or share! gofund.me/8ea6d2071
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Donate to Help Teri and Family Get a Reliable Vehicle, organized by Teri Clarke
Hello, All! My name is Teri Clarke and I am in need of your help. We f… Teri Clarke needs your support for Help Teri and Family Get a Reliable Vehicle
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Joanna Masters 🏳️‍⚧️ @joannamasters.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Oh, my heart.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
How. hard. is. it. to translate "man... his" as "person...one's" if you KNOW that the thing was written at a time /place when women & ppl of other genders were excluded from public life but this was the clear plain meaning of the text? The amount of time I spend retranslating just this, people.
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
If nothing else, I hope everyone flinging open their windows helps air this all out. I've personally been reminding myself that the guilt I feel is misplaced/mislabeled. I am so angry that people were hurt (both by silence and by everyone speaking out). Unhinged indeed.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 27/06/2026
Reminder that I need to figure out a way to jailbreak the digital stuff I bought from Amazon....
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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 26/06/2026
Reminder to buy your ebooks from authors. We will let you own your download. We won’t repossess the contents of your kindle.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 27/06/2026
Legit adorbs
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Etta @ettamadeit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Looking for some gay media to fill your weekend? Check out my arts recommendations in this week’s @streetroots.bsky.social from your local vendor and online here: www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...
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If you're reading this you're probably gay: Queer your media intake with these recommendations
Street Roots’ art director steps in to help you queer your bookshelves, TV habits and playlists with queer media recommendations.
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Only 6 days left to preorder!
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026
it is truly perverse working in an industry in which some of the most respected outlets insist the illness many of their own colleagues have is not real
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Media Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long Covid
Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 26/06/2026
Question for those of you with android phones: If you have a browser other than Chrome as your default, does your phone often "forget" that and revert to Chrome? And what happens if you disable Chrome? Asking because I think Google is doing something shady. 1/5
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✨️intelligentwat✨️ BRING BACK ŁINK @zinrock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
things have gotten...weird with my partner's employer. he was straddled with a lot of responsibilities not long after starting, and his boss displayed a lot of trust in him. Tuesday, my partner got sick on a job, and now he's been effectively demoted. less hours, shit pay, and overall hostility.
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Donate to Help Teri and Family Get a Reliable Vehicle, organized by Teri Clarke
Hello, All! My name is Teri Clarke and I am in need of your help. We f… Teri Clarke needs your support for Help Teri and Family Get a Reliable Vehicle
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✨️intelligentwat✨️ BRING BACK ŁINK @zinrock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
hey, quick question-- do you support Black women who write weird shit? well you can show the world that you do and support this weird shit writer. www.bonfire.com/support-blac...
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Support Black Women Writers | Bonfire
Grab your limited edition Support Black Women Writers merchandise before the campaign closes. Featuring Athletic Heather Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.
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Scotti Mann Creations @scottimann.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 25/06/2026
It's Anti-Prime week! Free shipping! Indie bookstores! Awesome books! All the exclamation points you need!!!
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Q. (they/them) @quiara.net · 25/06/2026
Despite the Discourse around mutual aid, I have no choice but to ask people to help me with the cost of gas and meds and appointments. It’s about $200 right now. If you can help, Venmo or Zelle is best. Venmo us QuiaraH. I’m sorry to ask but I’m so grateful. #mutualAid
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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Irritating reminder: I'm far more likely to share your book promo if you've put alt text on your images. It doesn't take long, no one is grading you on it, and it makes your post far more accessible for lots of people.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 25/06/2026
BEWARE for this contains my Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning novella AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT! Which is I believe what they call a 'slender tome' and features a dead courtesan tearing through a drowned city in search of her murderer! :) www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
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And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (ebook) — neon hemlock
Part of the 2021 Novella Series. Includes a zip file with epub and mobi files. Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novella. In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single...
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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
if you're looking to support queer disabled authors this pride and upcoming disability pride month, this bundle is magnificent! 25 books for only $25! 🌈📚💙 tinyurl.com/queerabled #PrideMonth #DisabilityPrideMonth #BookSky
Promotional graphic with rainbow brushstrokes on a teal background. A white card rises from an open envelope reading “$25/25 eBooks!” and “Representation isn’t charity; it’s reality. The ‘We Exist Without Permission’ bundle puts authenticity on your bookshelf.” Includes an itch.io logo and the link “http://tinyurl.com/queerabled.”
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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I was absolutely delighted to get this super kind blurb from the darling @csecooney.bsky.social for #OfferingsForOrdinaryGods, which is out July 26th from @clashbooks.bsky.social! Claire is a brilliant human, and I am so, so honored.
A beautiful gold background with my cover in the middle and a quote from CSE Cooney, which reads: "Ali Trotta's Offerings for Ordinary Gods is a merge of witchcraft, myth, love potion, and grief memoir. Feminist, fervent, and at times forlorn, this poetry collection champions female figures who have been done dirty by history and myth's trad narratives (as well as present day voices of the #MeToo movement), dispenses wisdom to the lonely and hurt from unexpected sources, and warns of dire curses awaiting those who do harm. Many of these poems are love poems, and none so deep as the love poems to a lost mother, for whom the poet's yearning sounds the very depths of a siren's sea."
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