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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem

@lokiofcontrol.bsky.social
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Artist (mainly watercolor and other traditional mediums), Writer (mostly historical horror and poetry), Disabled, Queer, Jewish-Pagan, cat parent, and chaotic night-owl. No A.I. Free Palestine, support Ukraine, ICE out ko-fi.com/alkemy

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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 5h
i'm going to still be fixing up current novel but am hoping to also spend time with the one planned after that. the new one is based around the first nancy drew which is now in the public domain,seemed fun
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 5h
#weeknightwriters #firstdraftfall historical, horror, and mystery (also Queer lol)
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 5h
#weeknightwriters #firstdraftfall i love there's multiple, i usually go with wordcount and try to adjust for editing to still count something
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 5h
#weeknightwriters #firstdrftfall figuring out things that help pull the story together ^.^
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 5h
#weeknightwriters for #firstdraftfall ? pitch(current wip); Elkanah is devoted to his god's temple. Yehudit left the temple but kept her faith. Asher finds themself torn between two deities and a number of unwanted fates. tropes: every OSP trope talk video character(new); relives memories as dreams
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 5h
#weeknightwriters #firstdraftfall late to respond and looking backwards through posts, also not exactly a first draft but anyway. the story i'm thinking of focusing on has the mc living in river heights at the start of the story, or st paul minnesota, depending on which timeline i start with
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 13h
Missing NaNoWriMo? Want a fun writing challenge that will help you get a book written this fall? You're in luck: #FirstDraftFall kicks off today, with October devoted to planning your stories! Check out the full details below
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#FirstDraftFall - Weeknight Writers
The Weeknight Writers answer to NaNoWriMo, #FirstDraftFall is a challenge to write a first draft in October - December.
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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Okay, so wrapped up Midnight Mass late last night. 10/10. Love it. It's got layers, it's got religious trauma, it's got that one awful character who you know exists in every community which makes her even worse, it's got shitty parents, and good parents, and awkward parents trying to do better.
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
finished reading The City of Slaughter by Aden Polydoros and great read but i also want to highlight that it's so encouraging to see an author mention their DID (especially given I am a writer with DID who sometimes worries it, among other things, will prevent my work ever getting published)
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#weeknightwriters not sure if there's any help to be had with what's the biggest problems right now. like i make a schedule but then i'm too burnt out to follow it lol. i think the lack of work space is an issue too and like what to do about that? XD
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#weeknightwriters doing my best XD
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#weeknightwriters hi, i'm Key (ne/nir/nem) i write mainly historical horror. still working on my first novel, i'm a little over 1/2 way with the rewrite. got a couple more short stories. been a rough week, brain's been kinda crashing out this week. keep missing classes/study groups too ^^;
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hallo #WeeknightWriters! I'm your host, Dianna Gunn, my WIP is Breaker of Chains & edits on book one are... going... Not as fast as I'd like, but still going. As is planning for the rest of the series
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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 25/09/2026
hellooooooooo I'm E (they/she) and I meant to take a break from writing this week (now that "vegetarian" vampire novella is with beta readers), but I admit I've been poking at a short story I started in April but didn't finish #WeeknightWriters
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N.G.Chloe(Glassflowers: Pixiv Printify) @ngchloe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters Howdy, My name's Chloe. I wrote a 9 page, close to 2K word prologue
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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey #WeeknightWriters. Oli Jacobs, cosmic horror in the UK poking my head in. Currently working on a spiritual sequel to my book Wilthaven, specifically a story about an evil painting. So far, so good…
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still mambo @strangeauthor.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
#weeknightwriters E hi im author still working on Chaos. i got writer's block despite the fact this is just a revise and not a full rewrite and i wonder if hitting myself with a brick repeatedly will work
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 25/09/2026
Hi #WeeknightWriters I'm Steph! I write and edit queer fantasy! I'm working on AnimalsWIP, a story about teens who can transform into animals and compete in a tournament. My writing week has been slow but alright!
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Ms. Ocampo Writes @msocampowrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters Hey y'all! M.S. Ocampo here. Just reached 10K with Drama of the Undead. My mom had a good birthday this week, spending time with her friends. And I got to see an early screening of Forgotten Island! I loved it!
static.klipy.com
Raissa and Jo Dancing
ALT: Raissa and Jo Dancing
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Trish Wilson @trishcwilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters I'm Trish Wilson & I write horror. I'm going to soon be writing press releases and articles for a party in May '27 for fans of WIDOW'S BAY, which is filmed here, incl season 2. I'd love to write a short story based on the show with permission from showrunners. Sweet!
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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters, it’s’a me, C.H.Lei, still grinding on this Horse Girl Horror, but winding down cus I gotta work on my #FirstDraftFall project … Which is a horror/romcom about a bi mess whose car breaks down at a seaside town. Horror! Kissing! Creepy Teens? Evil! The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
WOLFIES #WeeknightWriters
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shanah Tovah, everyone! ^.^
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Cait Gordon ♿️ @caitgauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A6: Hot Wings and Sauciness! Starring Colleen O’Donnell, an autistic, disabled, and sweary electromech tech in her 50s! The entire book is from her POV! books2read.com/hot-wings-and-sauciness #WeeknightWriters
Squiggly promo, featuring this list of what’s in the book:

- over-fifty romance
- hot space captain
- secret adventure
- MEET AWKWARD!
 - frenemies to snack lovers to real lovers
- lotsa LOLS!
- disabled and autistic FMC!
- imperfect love triangle or disconnected parallelogram?

Book cover description: Brown background with coloured smoke. A white man with silver hair who is wearing a flight suit with wings on the shoulders is trying not to laugh at a woman with short grey hair who is sitting, looking bored, and wearing a chicken costume. On the table is a sign that reads: All you can eat at Coq of the walk! Behind her are three beautiful women who are dressed like models, standing at another table that has a large wings basket on it.
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters
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still mambo @strangeauthor.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
#weeknightwriters y'all know the drill. Chaos chapters 1-5 are available for you to read! cover hopefully soon! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Chaos (1-5) Revamped
Hello everyone! This is the revised preview of the first five chapters of Chaos! I would like to make a special shout out to Steph for her kindness and helping me with this draft. Her edits and advice...
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🔞Zack Prince Books🔞 @esteemedbastard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters Thanks for hosting! I'm still running the birth month #bundle to celebrate my birthday! itch.io/s/197425/bir... And Cream and Sugar has joined the Queer Romance Bundle! You can get 26 queer, erotic, romantic works for only $25. itch.io/b/3889/queer...
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Birth Month Bundle by Zack Prince
A bundle by Zack Prince, $3.20 for 6 games
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Jeffrey Ricker (he/him) @jeffreyricker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Nothing of mine, but please let me recommend THE LORD OF THE WOOD by @elizmanderson.com. It’s a dark joy so far. And that cover! #WeeknightWriters
elizmanderson.com
the lord of the wood — author e.m. anderson
queer cozy horror coming in july 2026 from hanover square press
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ELwolfsblood |Author/Artist| @elwolfsblood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters Thawing the Line: A queer forward story with dream realms, fated lovers, and a lot of open door spice. Available now 💙 www.lulu.com/shop/el-wolf...
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Thawing the Line
In EL Wolfsblood's debut novel Thawing the Line we embark on a surreal whimsical ride where physics are optional and the love is guaranteed. Join a queer main character on journey towards finding not ...
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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters Nothing new yet but you can find my stuff easiest on Itchio. Check them out, most are free: vincentlore.itch.io
vincentlore.itch.io
Vincent Lore
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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters Q6 I'll shout out some amazing people you should support today instead! Go preorder The Witch of The Wood @applesncinnamon.bsky.social Go commission a chibi art profile from @elwolfsblood.bsky.social Go buy or back any of @spookyxpickle.bsky.social poetry!
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DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My flash fiction collection "Boston Stories, Vol. 1" is available on Kindle and in paperback. It's a collection of absurdist vignettes featuring a main character who's the de facto king of Boston, and his Norwegian companion Mads. #weeknightwriters www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH111MR4
Cover for the book "Boston Stories, Vol. 1" by Matthew Poirier. It's pale green with red lettering, and the red silhouettes of a martini and the Boston skyline.
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you love stories with: Cults Vampires Slow-burn horror Sapphic romance Doomed lovers You’ll love Woman of Sorrow and Blood, available NOW on Itch: diannagunn.itch.io/wosab And elsewhere: books2read.com/u/m0p0kW #WeeknightWriters
diannagunn.itch.io
Woman of Sorrow and Blood by DiannaGunn
Sometimes eternity is not a gift, but a trap
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K.S. Nightingale (Kai) @ksnightingale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A6: no upcoming publications but I'll repeat that I'm a freelance editor and have editing spots available for mid-September and October. 🤍 Thank you everyone for an amazing chat. See you next week! #WeeknightWriters
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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters The Witch of Eden Hollow is being published in One Month! 😳 I'll be doing favorite snippet promos throughout the month to celebrate This was originally a FirstDraftFall idea, so I can't wait to do it again this year! You can Pre-Order my book here: gt-anthony.itch.io/witch-x-hunter
image background: a wheat field bordering a forest on an overcast day (royalty free photo by Michael Ostendorf)

Book cover for The Witch of Eden Hollow by G.T. Anthony on the left
[A forest green cover with golden font. In the center is a ring made of woven branches with wilted vines wrapped around it. In the middle is a brown hair. Behind the hare is a patch of daisies.]

Pitch on the right:
Inquisitor T. Sterling is hired by the pious town of Eden Hollow to hunt down the witch that commands an ancient forest known as the Elder Grove.
Reclusive, guarded, and untrusting, Elias finds with dread that the only way he can save his forest (and himself) from an untimely demise is to work with the hunter that was hired to kill him.
Within Eden Hollow, Avery Miller struggles with the town's restrictive Puritan rules, forced to hide his love for another man and a sudden magical ability that manifests within him.
As their lives intertwine and tensions rise, secrets that were kept locked away seep through the cracks, and what they find very well may destroy them.

Bottom Caption: Releasing 9th October, 2026
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Jeffrey Ricker (he/him) @jeffreyricker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Let me also recommend WOMAN OF SORROW AND BLOOD by @diannalgunn.bsky.social. It’s painfully tragic but also gorgeous. #WeeknightWriters
authordiannagunn.com
Woman of Sorrow and Blood - Author Dianna Gunn
Coming March 13th, 2026 When 18-year-old Alma is invited to live with Nightfather and pursue the Pleasures of Power, she’s determined to win his affection and ultimate gift: eternal life. Yet life in ...
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#weeknightwriters remember to use the timer feature when writing, i took a short walk, have some of the cake i made (hope it's good i haven't made it before lol)
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
KITTY #WeeknightWriters
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David J. Stuart @djstu.art · 11/09/2026
A6: Yes! The Cruelest Gift is out, a novel that serves up a lovely blend of queer fantasy and horror! books2read.com/TheCruelestGift djstuart.itch.io/the-cruelest-gift #WeeknightWriters
djstuart.itch.io
The Cruelest Gift by David J. Stuart
To bring the lands together, she must tear herself apart.
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
keep being awesome! #weeknightwriters
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Becoming a bog witch and vanishing forever DOES have a lot of appeal lately... #WeeknightWriters
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David J. Stuart @djstu.art · 11/09/2026
Hey, I'm David, currently working on the sequel to my just-released dark fantasy, The Cruelest Gift. Writing this week is... going. I wouldn't say it's going well, as quite honestly I've been going through the motions with everything. #WeeknightWriters
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#weeknightwriters seeing the spider plant perk up so much, it's still got some yellowing and crispy tips but it'll probably take time for it to clear away the old damage (even with trimming) and all, it's still much happier now
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#weeknightwriters still having some stress over the whole 'will publishing even ever happen?' thing, it's such a narrow path and takes so long. also came across another 'writer who's been trying over a decade and gotten nowhere' character in media, like i don't want to be them oof
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Mx. Nash @nashbirdwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters Wow, haven’t been here in a hot minute. Hi! Name’s Nashbird. I write mainly urban fantasy but love trying new things at least once! Writing wise, well, life has been so freaking tough lately but I’m slowly starting to put words on the page again!
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Nora Shear @norashear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hello lovely #WeeknightWriters ! I'm Nora Shear & I write horromance. My WIP is No Sky Like Midnight, in which an immortal & a human must run from an evil secret society. This week is awkward! I'm adding & fixing things & it's like I'm slogging my way through a pit of honey. #BookSky #WriteSky
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alkemy (key) Ne/Nir/Nem @lokiofcontrol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#weeknightwriters, doing alright, i suppose had some health stuff come up but i made food, managed to do some drawing, some socializing, and writing is going ok, the cats are good, the new plants are doing alright
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Claris Lam @clarislamauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hi #WeeknightWriters! I'm Claris (she/her), and I'm writing Draft 2 of Book 1 of the sequel series to the Harlow Mystery series! Writing has gone okay but I hope to get more done during the next day or so! #writesky #booksky
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still mambo @strangeauthor.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
#weeknightwriters hi it is i author still working on Chaos and have not finished chapter ten because of Life Lifeing
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🔞Zack Prince Books🔞 @esteemedbastard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeeknightWriters I’m Zack Prince, he/him, writer of queer and trans #erotica. My current WIP is my sword and sorcery transhet erotica Sir Gaël and the Drowned King. Haven’t been writing much, but I have a clear weekend with a lot of potential!
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