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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 4h

#QueerPrompts Hi I’m Mel! I write queer YA Fiction. Im currently working on two manuscripts: 1) Ghost story and 2) mystery. I have one completed manuscript that is romantasy.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 16h

#AwesomeCharacters Rowan is patient but Ally is not lol.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 16h

#FamtastIndiesSeptember All I managed this month was a few pages on a WIP and a few submissions. I’m struggling. 😅

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 16h

#WritingCommunity Girl dies, goes to Hell, blah blah blah demon rebellion and toxic Love Interest.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 17h

#WIPSnips My Docs app glitches out when I search for words so ignore the green marks… 😅

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 19h

Any scene where Rowan and Ally are having a “moment.”

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's suddenly sinking in that #FirstDraftFall starts in two days?? Holy crap! If you're missing NaNoWriMo and hoping to write a book this fall, First Draft Fall is here for you! Check it out:

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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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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#QueerPrompts Rowan’s sexuality isn’t questioned in Hell. Her relationship with Ally is just accepted as a fact and moved on from.

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's a meme for you to repost, if you're a writer who would love for someone to say nice things about your work.

An image with rainbow glitter that reads, "Writers! Post this meme and let people say nice things about your writing." Background image from a photo by Alexander Grey on Pexels.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WritingPrompt “I stepped aside, giving Alex room.”

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧙TIS TIME 🎃 Join us for #LGBTQWriteAThon October 1-31! Answer each day or just the days you like. Have fun & make friends while working on your WIP! Prompts repost daily to @queerwriters.bsky.social (follow & turn on notifications for reminders!)! @rebeccafrostwrites.com #queerwriters #writesky

#LGBTQWRITEATHON
Use the tag and follow the feed on Bluesky! Tag @lgbtqwriteathon in photos on Instagram!

1. Introduce yourself & goal
2. Introduce your WIP moodboard
3. Check in day
4. Line share — foreboding
5. Goals day
6. Bugbears/fears
7. Does your MC wear a mask?
8. Favorite outfit
9. Skeletons in the closet
10. Check in day
11. Line share — mysterious
12. Goals day
13. Share a treat
14. Ghouls/anxieties
15. Never has your MC ever...
16. Thing MC would protect with their life
17. Check in day
18. Line share — creepy
19. Goals day
20. Genre swap!
21. Monsters/antags
22. Tingler your title
23. MC's most embarrassing memory
24. Check in day
25. Line share — terror
26. Goals day
27. Favorite spooky pastime?
28. Favorite fantasy creature
29. Most haunting thing you've written/read?
30. Brain worms — writing songs
31. Was your month a treat or tricky?

Hosts:
Bluesky: @amaralynn, @rebeccafrostwrites.com
Instagram: @lgbtqwriteathon, @amaralynn, @krakengoddess

[Image description: fall decor including Jack o lanterns and bats on a soft orange background]

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#writingq I found my dream editor! She pushes me to be better while staying encouraging.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#queerwriters I know I say this a lot but my goal is to survive the week. 😅

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Home” to Rowan is a concept more so than a feeling. She never felt at home growing up, and now she is in Hell. Eventually, I want her to find home.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Action. Idk why but I am very good at keeping things moving.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#SnippetShare One of many instances of Rowan questioning things to death.

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Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the hardest things about being an author is NOT TELLLING EVERYONE ALL THE COOL SHIT YOU HID IN YOUR BOOK BECAUSE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO DISCOVER IT THEMSELVES. But you are also really passionate about the shit you hid in your book.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So for me, I see a lot of queer YA that’s solely about their journey being queer and while that’s okay, these stories and needed and important, I think we need to normalize queerness by making it a part of character but not the sole focus.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Her destiny. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s the only one who can defeat the big bad.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub The only collab I’ve done is bouncing ideas off each other and giving feedback. I’m not great at sharing the writing lol.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#QueerCharaChat Dead people don’t need to sleep. They are in the habit of sleeping when they first get there, but over time that need goes away.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#SapphicLineShare I couldn’t find atmosphere or mood so I went with feeling

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#PretendPanel I honestly don’t know how to answer this question. I just hear their voices in my head and type what they say.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#SeptemberWorldbuilders They have electricity, but HellQuartz also gives off light, albeit multi-colored.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FaveLineFriday I couldn’t pick one line so here’s a small scene.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Septopolis So for my version of Hell, you go to Limbo and await judgement. If you are deemed worthy you will go to heaven, but if not, down you go. Once in Hell, you are sorted into layers and become a citizen of that layer. Layer hopping is discouraged.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#lesficfri A happy moment that comes out of a moment of anger.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Honestly? I’m not even sure. I want to spout off my favorite authors but none of them (except maybe FT Lukens) seem close to my style.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#WhimsicalWriters My partner and I will have write and chill nights. I’m part of a writing group that will hopefully return to workshopping next month (we are working on our lit mag rn).

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Ally and Alec from Inferno are bi. Val and Robbie from PHMC are bi.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#QueerPrompts Rowan from Inferno would be a researcher of some kind where she gets to be buried in old books all the time. Charlie from my WIP would grow up to be a novelist or writer of some kind. Maybe a journalist? Hmmmmm. That could work.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Beg” by VANA for Ally the (LI) Well, really anything by VANA And Scene Queen… #SongsOfSeptember

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning! It’s easy to feel like your stories don’t matter when the world is literally on fire But your stories have never been more important than they are right now

Photograph of a sunny summer day "Good morning! It’s easy to feel like your stories don’t matter when the world is literally on fire

But your stories have never been more important than they are right now"

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub I write mostly for myself then revise for my audience.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#WritingPrompt I don’t wanna give away any of the twists, but suffice it to say dying wasn’t the worst thing to happen to Rowan.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#QueerPrompts Ally and her older brother are both bisexual.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I want to see more queer representation in young adult fiction where the focus isn’t on their sexuality but on the story.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here is the introduction of Ally.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#queerwriters 1,250 words so about five pages total.

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#WritingPrompt At the beginning Rowan is just going with the flow and has little confidence. By the end, she is more autonomous and has higher self-esteem.

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 21/09/2026

My name is Addy & I write queer science fiction & fantasy (& horror, but we're not there yet). If you're interested in queer normative adventures with memorable characters & found family, maybe check me out 😘 Author website: aebrossbooks.com#books Itchio Link: aebrossbooks.itch.io

A.E. Bross Books

Queer author writing queer stories that stretch across genres.

CyberSnow
A sapphic, no-heat, cyberpunk retelling of Snow White that follows Bianca Nieve, the last member of a corporate legacy who is framed for murder, and Taja Soliño, a trans woman and hardware tech who always finds herself in trouble, good or otherwise.

Autistic MC
Trans Woman MC
Cozy
Heist Vibes
49k word novella

Next...

The Elysium Proposal
A low-heat, woman/nonbinary high seas, romantic fantasy where Kyle Talos, captain of the Stargazer, just wants to propose to the love of her life, but their romantic evening is interrupted by toxic family and a quest for the spring of eternal life.

Cis Woman MC
Nonbinary LI
Pirate Adventure
27k word novella

Next...

Where We Converge
A low-heat, M/M modern romantasy set in Chicago, where two mages rush to keep raw magic from being poured in to the world and destroying everything it touches. They find each other and together find a way to stop the danger facing them all.

Dual POV
Achillean
Modern Romantasy
Found family
76k word novel

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Rowan has rbf so people think she’s mean when she’s really a pushover. Ally is the opposite. She looks like a pushover but will mess you up in a heartbeat if she deems it necessary. #AwesomeCharacters

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M.A. Ruth @maruthauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#QueerPrompts 19 Rowan has had crushes before but Ally is her first love. Which is why Ally gets away with so much.

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