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LynMars

@lynmars79.bsky.social
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Trainer & tech writer by day; fiction writer, gamer, reader always. 45+ She/Her. lynmars79 & autumnslance on Ao3 & Tumblr. Banner by Herssian. Avatar is my cat, Chel. I reblog images with alt text.

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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 1h
Aeryn was by then tired of him forcing himself into her life & hurting others to do it. She'd stopped being scared of him after the moon. She hated that he was right about her - to a point. There was no collateral risk. Just them in a realm of will & emotion. One of her few very intentional kills.
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 1h
Thread. Everything Seanan says here is right on the money. The tl:dr; *nothing happens in these works that the licensor doesn’t approve.* If they don’t want something done your way, they’ll require it to be changed—ideally, by you: but if you refused, someone else in the licensor’s pay would do it.
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jai @lowercasejai.bsky.social · 18h
i hate all this cockwatching that happens for art now. this movie is a giant flop at the box office, this game only has this many players!! are you a stock broker or a human with a pulse and a heart?? DID YOU LIKE IT OR NOT??? GOD DAMN
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 19h
For a minute I wondered why wannabe Ted Lasso was on this, then I zoomed in and realized it's supposed to be Reed Richards. Also given the end of Love & Thunder, wondering how the axe vs hammer things is working there for Thor & Steve. Who is supposed to be dead but it's comic book logic.
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Kuji (Comms Open!) @kujikawaii.bsky.social · 22h
Can yall please stop playing fortnite now
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There should have been posts on *Friday* (& maybe thru the weekend) reminding people about the 24 hour maintenance *today* so they could get last week's challenges done, as well as wrap up the FFXV event, which is now shortened by a day. People don't always catch the Lodestone announcements!
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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Shh. Want to be the first to learn about Odyssey's upcoming online classes and webinar? This is our stealth early announcment. Check out our great programs here: www.odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli... Application deadline for classes 12/15. But don't tell anyone!
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Odyssey Online | Odyssey Writing Workshops
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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 11/09/2026
I've had people who can't afford to support monetarily be the reason paying clients find me just through word of mouth alone. My next customer might not see my post, but they might see your repost of my work or comms.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/10/2026
About fifteen years ago I made the joke that everyone had to decide which tech corporation would own their data: Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, or Google. Now I know I was wrong, they all trade that data like Magic the Gathering cards
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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 13/05/2026
How it started ---> How it's going
Message from a GM in FFXIV, congratulating me on participating in the A Realm Redubbed ContestMy name in the credits of FFXIV: Dawntrail
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formthehead @formthehead.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WIP I realized I started this painting on International Lesbian Day, does it still count?
WIP of Y'shtola and Shale lovingly looking into each other's eyes
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 11/10/2026
The last half of this quote wasn't circulating nearly as much yesterday, but it's actually the clincher. God bless this brilliant, gifted, absolutely deranged man.
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Renee (paix120) @paix120.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Adding alt text is also beneficial for the poster if you want engagement, because more people will see/understand/reshare it, and it the alt text is also a part of search results, so it's easier to find.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026
Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🐾🐾🐾..
Two-panel comic with a fluffy black cat against a pale blue background. In the first panel, the cat tilts its head beside the words, “I never bite you.” In the second, it leans closer with huge round eyes and two small fangs showing. The text reads, “I give you love with my teeth.”
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 8260: Whatever genre you write, read folklore. Folklore exists because at some point, people cared so much about a certain thing that they put it into a story, and passed it down the centuries in order to keep it alive. That deserves attention.
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Pach In Eorzea || Brute Bomber's Fan Club @pachineorzea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
24 Hour Maintenance Tomorrow!!! Get them done today!!!!
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I believe they did mention a gil charge for it but were really vague. I can't imagine it not costing almost or as much as the current prices for the lowest costs in each size (based on location in each ward).
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I took enough screenshots that on the blog it goes, but about a week ago I decorated the free company's house & yard for the spooky season. The dye changes also make it easier to color adjust. Alt text on the images. autumnslance.tumblr.com/post/8295057...
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And inside...
Also, our current holiday playlist: Gage Acquisitions, ready for Spooky Season!
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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 11/10/2026
K.O.!!! 💥
A photograph of Foxclon holding Yan and making a punching motion towards Koji Fox, who is about to fall over.
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
oh certainly. There are things not in their purview, and the complications of design elements are among them, tho I think some of the translation answers on that, for instance, might have been more informative if Koji also hadn't been trying to breathe thru the heat.
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yeah some of it we've heard before, or is recent history. Some things they couldn't talk about due to pertaining to Evercold. But it was fun to hear about their opinions/experiences. Also yeah, making jokes, or letting team members decide on the panel theme, can be quite dangerous it seems!
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Watch the entire thing; great answers about game dev, fun stories, and also watching these two Suffer from the persistent hot sauce damage.
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Moen ✍️ FFxivWrite Host! @moen-moen-ffxiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
1 week left to preorder the #FFxivWrite hard enamel pin!
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PunchElf ((comms open)) @punchelf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey friends, I'm in the hole again, so I'm breaking the glass and opening the emergency comms!! I'll only be taking 15 orders this time, so get yours while slots last! ko-fi.com/c/acc2cb9b94
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EMERGENCY HEADSHOT COMMS
Commission available on Ko-fi.com
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I also do tend to keep away from each others' "signature" colors. Feels weird to use a lot of pinks on anyone not C'oretta. Dark looks the best in yellows/golds/oranges. Aeryn does wear Celeste Green at times, but it's more "Iyna's color."
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The 2 mains are mostly preference, tho again w/Dark I avoid any browns that blend into her skin. She has colors that look best on her but I sometimes play w/others. Same w/Aeryn; it's mostly preferences rather than avoidance, tho she doesn't look as good in yellows as Dark so that's rare.
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
On Iyna I avoid dark colors as I prefer contrast w/her dark skin. I also keep away warm colors, leaning into green, blues, whites. C'oretta avoids salmon pink; also a "looks like her skin" issue. She wears mostly pinks so unless it compliments or contrasts well, few other colors. For Dark & Aeryn...
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 07/04/2026
"I can not believe America has becom--" bitch, we have Andrew Jackson on our money. our default money. the only money the bank robot knows how to hand out.
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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you’re wondering why a specific modern misconception about the medieval world exists there’s at least an 85% chance that the answer is “the Victorians.”
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tar-minyatur’s court twink ✵ @caranthirs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
obviously tolkien did create various languages for middle earth but i find that his attention to language is remembered far too much as merely inventing elaborate “lore” rather than the way that poetic tradition and song and language as culture and politics are woven into middle earth
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tar-minyatur’s court twink ✵ @caranthirs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
a conlang in a world that has no particular interest in language as an aspect of the story that it is telling (language as class, language as history, language as artistic tradition, language as violence) is just data. it’s there as a garnish. and that’s fine, but it’s not what the old man was doing
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Cinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I don’t want everything tailored to my interests I want stuff made by perverts and sickos that makes me think about stuff differently
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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 09/10/2026
This is also a reminder that several SFF mags *with* author-and-artist-friendly contracts are Kickstarting RIGHT NOW and backing/supporting THEM is a great way to show MRM that they will lose this argument.
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A publishing contract is just that—a negotiated deal between parties that should honor the rights of *both* authors and publishers. But a contract that’s unfair to authors ultimately hurts publishers too. A publisher who tries to grab too many rights ultimately ends up with none, and rightly so.
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Moreover, a publisher who only removes unfair clauses from contracts when they get pushback from more experienced writers or artists isn’t to be trusted.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/10/2026
Thread. I've had a couple of individuals try to do this with me over the course of my career. They're immediately plonked.
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it's that rudje @clyncyerudje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
vgen.co/clyncyerudje hello friends i am broke and have #vgen #commissions open if you can't afford (fair) i'd greatly appreciate reskeets 💖
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ClyncyeRudje (@clyncyerudje)
Check out ClyncyeRudje's commissions and portfolio! | call me rudje! character designer, freelance artist, weird moon thing ...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/10/2026
Thread. And yes, if we're going to bat back this nonsense then we have to all have each others' backs and say this is unacceptable.
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LynMars @lynmars79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another #ffxivwrite complete, probably my shortest one; each entry only as long as it needed to be (& I took those free days as breaks). Here's the master post for everything on Tumblr, they'll eventually get revised & on Ao3. autumnslance.tumblr.com/post/8292413...
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LynMars's FFXIV Write 2026 Masterpost
1 Key - Dark deals with a music student's woes. 2 Register* - Aeryn's family tradition in music and harmony. 3 Echelon - Iyna backstory, dealing with Garlemald society. 4 Surge - Aeryn considers how.....
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Saoirse “Ghost of a Victorian Child” Stone 🏳️‍⚧️ @saoirsestone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not mentioned here: Book bans have a chilling effect on the entire industry. If someone’s work is likely to be targeted fora ban, agents and publishers will avoid them. Just look at the precipitous decline in new queer voices in traditional publishing in the past couple years.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 18/11/2025
I've updated my blog post about Must Read magazines with information about how the Must Read contracts have changed--and the negotiation difficulties that some authors still encounter writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...
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Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware
In a surprise move this past February, a new group called Must Read Magazines acquired five well-known genre magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fanta...
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Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf @sahoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When colonization came to call in the US, many folks wrote about america as a pristine Eden whose forest were filled with delights and bounty. This was because indigenous folk (Like mine) built up food forest. Things that were razed and destroyed as a part of racist violence. Colonization is ongoing
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Damn. What an icon. RIP
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived
Margaret Hamilton standing next to a printout of code she and her team wrote for the Apollo program, which is as tall as she is
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angel @pomarrillo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ardbert n seto i love uuuuu #shadowbringers #ffxiv
final fantasy 14 character ardbert cuddling his amaro seto in a field with flowers with gentle lighting
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SeasonalPun @pixelfish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is 90% of game dev things too. i guarantee designers have put loads of thought into features, writers into story, artists into art, engineering into systems and tools. Often never reach the ideal of what our games could be because of material constraints like time, money, c-team interventions
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