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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s USA’s Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15! I want to keep using these events to read widely and boost authors of varying identities. If you particularly enjoyed any writing by people of Hispanic heritage, please add them below! Self promo is welcome #HispanicHeritageMonth

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Some upcoming #asianreadathon reads of mine: - Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao (based in Japan) - Heavenly Tyrant by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social (fantasy world based on historical China)

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

@withcindy.bsky.social ‘s #asianreadathon for May being AAPI Heritage Month isn’t popular on here, so I’m boosting it! You can check out the most recent video on Youtube’s @readwithcindy to get the introduction or you can check out the Google doc (docs.google.com/document/d/1...)

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2026 Asian Readathon

Asian Readathon May 1 to 31, 2026 (Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month) The Asian Readathon is a month-long reading marathon dedicated to reading books by Asian authors. This is an on...

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I’m too slow of a reader to have finished a book during the #transrightsreadathon , but I met my donation goal. Happy trans day of visibility! ✨🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

For #transrightsreadathon , here are some of my favorite trans books I’ve read I need to read more transfemmes and trans women

Cover of Junker Seven by Olive J Kelley, featuring a person with short, brown hair and a scarred face. Behind them are planets, a goldfish, and a person with a green bob

Cover of The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa featuring a skinny, androgynous person with fire on one hand. Behind them is a stormy ocean and a ship

Cover of Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White. In the center is an angry person with buzzed hair, a red bandana around their neck, and one eye covered. There is also a large-ish dog that looks determined. Around them are bloody antlers, barbed wire, and rusty railroad spikes

Cover of I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner. There are three figures seated in the center. On the left is a Black woman looking off to the side and drinking tea. In the center is a fat, white woman. On the right is an androgynous person with gentlemen’s clothing and hair in a low cue. The center and right people are leaned against each other flirtatiously. The left woman is resting her elbow on the center woman’s shoulder

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🏳️‍⚧️✨TRANS ARTIST ART SHARE✨🏳️‍⚧️ 🌿share your art! 🌿like, comment, and share others' work! 🚫 ABSOLUTELY NO AI

Digital painting illustration of my trans man paladin Alder. He is green skinned and his top scars are visible.

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

@trreadathon.bsky.social I finished my previous read just in time for the #transrightsreadathon ! Now I’m diving into Otherworldly by FT Lukens. This has two protagonists, one being nonbinary 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

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Trans Rights Readathon @trreadathon.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Welcome back to another year of the Trans Rights Readathon! This year’s readathon will take place from March 17 to March 31. If you want to officially sign up, fill out the form on our 🕸️site to join the fun! #TransRightsReadathon #trr26 #TransBooks

Header: 2026 Readathon Dates
Text: Mark your calendars! This year the 4th annual Trans Rights Readathon will be Tuesday, March 17th through Tuesday, March 31st! This year is our longest year yet!

Header: What is the Trans Rights Readathon?
Text: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual decentralized call to action for readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st.

header: The #TRR isn’t just reading, it’s Action!
Text: The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out books by and about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender noncomforming authors and characters, along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level!
Below are three boxes, saying uplift, amplify, and support (with a dollar sign for the S)

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C.K. Carpenter 🏳️‍🌈🌻🍉 @ckcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Comics reviewers, if you'd like a digital copy of unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence to see how amazing this anthology made by disabled and neurodivergent creators is, DM me! We really want to spread the word about how amazing it is. Please repost this to get more eyes on it.

Cover to anthology, featuring various disabled and neurodivergent characters, awash in the colors of the Disability Pride flag.

Cover to anthology, showing a woman whose head is bursting with various things that affect neurodivergent people, like calendars, errands, pills, music, etc.

Cover to anthology featuring two characters in a fantasy setting: a magic user in a wheelchair and an amputee swordsman.

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

🎉 Join me in the virtual launch of Trans & Disabled on April 23rd! @xtaffi.bsky.social has done amazing work organizing everyone’s stories and art. I’m sure it felt like herding cats sometimes. I’ll be one of the people reading my story aloud 🎊🏳️‍⚧️ Sign up here: www.alexiantaffi.com/book-launch

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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Robin After Dark 🌶️🔞 @robinjomargaret.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

If you’re looking for trans authors to support during the #TransRightsReadathon , I have something perfect for you! I have gathered 40+ trans authors to create a huge sale bundle where you can get 46 books & comics for $20, or 73 books & comics for $30!!! 👀 itch.io/b/2914/stori...

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The feeling of holding a physical copy of my writing is indescribable! I am honored to have been included in Trans & Disabled, an anthology compiled by Alex Iantaffi. This intersection of identities is beautiful and I cannot wait to read more from the contributors.

a hand holding two books, one open and one closed. the closed one’s cover is of pink and blue flowers, a cane, and headphones. text reads “Trans & Disabled. An Anthology of Identities & Experiences. Edited by Alex Iantaffi.” the open book is open to “A Love Story. Milo Cooper.” there is a bush with magenta flowers behind the books.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

"Ableism in Academia", Editors Nicole Brown, Jennifer Leigh Ableism in academia is endemic. This volume brings together a range of perspectives, including feminism, post-structuralism, disability theory, and draws on many related disciplines. #OpenAccess library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

"Ableism in Academia: Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education"
Brown, Nicole (editor)
Leigh, Jennifer (editor)

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Quill (she/they) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🐎🗡️🌼 @quillauthor.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Just a little reminder that indie authors really notice when someone buys one of our books, even if it’s not in person, and it’s a morsel of delight every time. (Thanks to whomever bought kindle copies of both my books today! I really, really hope that reading them also brings you happiness!)

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

November Recap: ✅ one novel manuscript completed ✅ 28 k words written 🔜 completing the final developmental edit on my primary novel #nanowrimo

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Shad ✌️ @helbnt.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Remember to backup your work, #nanowrimo folks (and, well, everyone really). Last hour was spent bring my main laptop back to life after a bad update. I was panicking thinking I'd lost three weeks worth of work! Also, are hashtags a thing on Blue Sky?

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Count Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

I watch PBS’s Nova religiously and learned last night that Oxford has developed a new vaccine for malaria that has 70-80% efficacy and it just got approved by the WHO and will save millions of lives in the years to come. Sharing some good news bc it tends to get lost out there.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

My main revision tips: 1. Revising is a learned skill. You’ll get better at it as you do it more. 2. Go in layers. Don’t do everything at once, in the same pass. I generally do a structural pass first, then a large scene level (full rewrite), then small scene level, then details, then line edits +

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

[through gritted teeth] the first draft doesn't have to be perfect it just has to exist *it just has to exist*

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

mine was about two people who were part of a genetic group with superpowers and colored hair. the FMC could understand animals. the MMC dyed his hair and hid his power shh if you notice which author I was inspired by, no you didn’t it can still be found on Wattpad lol

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R. E. McManus @earthkids.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Congrats to everyone who either wrote today or thought about writing but couldn't for any multiple reasons.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy Asexual Awareness Week! With the end of Ace week upon us we are back one more time to celebrate with twenty-eight asexual books! To all the Ace readers out there, we are wishing you a very happy day!

All slides have a background made up of the asexual flag which has four stripes: black, gray, white and purple. Overlaid is an opaque white square in the middle with a thin white outline surrounding the square. The first slides reads “28 asexual books for asexual awareness day!”. The 28 is in ace flag colors while the text below alternates the ace colors.

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

i’m cutting an extraneous goal of Bennett’s, causing me to crave writing another in-universe character with that goal. maybe set in the 150 years between CitC and PrequelWIP? the books in this universe are getting out of control. luckily, each can stand alone

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

is it bad to give someone from each of my books my chronic pain/fatigue? will it be tiring for my readers? #authors #writingcommunity

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 14/10/2023

One thing you can learn from slush reading is that there are many truly excellent ones that are just not quite the right fit. A form R on a short doesn't necessarily mean your story is terrible and beyond salvaging, maybe it wasn't the right shape for *that market*. Remember that when subbing.

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

it’s incredible how good writing feels after a short break. i know conceptually that revising is where the magic happens, but drafting is where my heart soars. what about you? do you prefer writing or editing? #authors #writingcommunity

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 11/10/2023

We are still assessing the financial damage caused by Amazon closing its magazine subscription program. We know we've lost hundreds of subscribers in the process. If you were one of them, or were thinking of subscribing, here are your options: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/10/2023

Hi! As an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, and a professional writer of 30+ years, let me remind you of this today: If you write, you're a writer. No other qualification necessary or needed. You write, you're a writer. Do it as it suits you. Have fun if you can. Enjoy your day!

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Queer Indie Awards @qiawards.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

QIAPIT is on Friday! See our website for full participation guidelines or find a short version here. We’re always open to questions! 🌈📚 #writing #queer #lgbtq+

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

has your MC ever stolen anything? CitC: nope. Bennett is too scared and loyal PrequelWIP: Flora has helped her best friend steal. Arlo has stolen an identity (and the heart of Flora) #authors #writingcommunity

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London Price, author 🌈 @londonpriceauthor.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

A gentle reminder that it's okay not to do NaNo. You're still a real writer. There's different seasons for different kinds of work. #writingcommunity

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 08/10/2023

I have recently figured out how to borrow ebooks from my library and it is a total game changer! Did you know a lot of libraries let you request they buy books you're interested in reading? Give an #indie writer a thrill by asking for their book and see if you can get your library to buy it!

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

If you want there to be F&SF fiction mags, we need to do something now, while Amazon is removing their support. Check out one mag's website today and support them, if you have the means. Or just RT this if you can't, because the situation is pretty dire.

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Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Searching for works by disabled creatives? Check out the award-winning anthology, Nothing Without Us Too! This multi-genre collection is written by folks who are #disabled, #Deaf, #Blind, #neurodivergent, #Spoonie, and/or they manage mental illness! #Disability #AmReading books2read.com/nwutoo

The black and light glass Prix Aurora Award stands beside the paperback of Nothing Without Us Too, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I was given an honorable mention in the latest Elegant Literature contest! So happy to participate and I’m loving the monthly prompts

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Andy Weir showed me that being nerdy and scientifically accurate in scifi was not only an option but sells. my 5th grade English teacher was the person who first encouraged me to try NaNoWriMo and things snowballed from there #LateNightWrite

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Bennett’s mentor and council-member has made the greatest impact on his life. she not only trained him but opened up the opportunity for a field biologist position on their planet. #LateNightWrite

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Bennett is a biologist/zoologist set loose in a jungle full of alien species. he is a rule follower, self sacrificial, and loves animals with all his heart. he is fiercely loyal and it breaks his heart when his morals interfere with this loyalty. #FinishUrBookFall

a green moodboard with a plant growing out of an erlenmeyer flask, a handheld hologram, a jungle, a cat skull in a forest, a black panther, a jungle, and the edge of a giant dome

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Sullivan Hardgrave @sullivanhardgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Part of the joy of writing stories is coming up with all the little details and intricacies that exist within the universe. It can be fun, engrossing work. But at some point, you have to write the damn book. What's the point of worldbuilding without a world? #write #plot #author #Cheapsuitplot

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

hit 30k words on PrequelWIP!! i’m amazed by how short this book will end up being (projected to be 50k) compared to two books ago which was over 120k. any other #authors suddenly get hit with a short book? what’s the best way to handle this? #writingcommunity

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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 27/09/2023

Submission opportunity for trans women/transfems from Neon Hemlock. They're looking for "cyberpunk and posthuman short stories by transfem authors" (including trans women, transfems, nonbinary trans women). Paying market. (Note: I am not affiliated, just spreading the word!) Please share around.

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Announcing EMBODIED EXEGESIS — neon hemlock

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Milo 🌿 @milocwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

bummed because I thought this book would be a great comp title to my primary project. now to put holds on more library books #writingcommunity #authors

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