Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And this is how you stop oni. 👹 Oni hate beans! 👹 (and for any genshin fans, this is why Arataki Itto hates beans too) 000
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is on my TBR! I really need to read it, it sounds amazing 110
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tales of Yamato is up on bookshop.org! Anti-Prime day sounds wonderful. We need to stop Amazon from having the biggest chunk in the book pie 000
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Went to London over the weekend for the Japan Matsuri 2026 and it was great. I love being around Japanese culture, even if it's a tiny amount. However, I've been so pooped ever since, it's taken everything out of me. I need to get a shift on with my writing and my brain is like noooooooooooooooooooo 020
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fantasy needs more mythical creatures. There are tons of them and yet we usually see the main ones. We know loads about dragons and. But how about qilin and kelpies? Who knows what kind of creatures you'll find in these books, come check them out: books.bookfunnel.com/mythicalcrea... #booksky 070
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026✨ Free books! Everyone loves free books! ✨ Come take a look at these awesome books which are all freeeeeee. They are sci-fi and fantasyyyyyy. Share some love to all the indie authors who have joined to share their books. ➡️ books.bookfunnel.com/free-scifi-f... #writingcommunity #booksky 050
Reposted by Odessa SilverK.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just some encouragement for all my peeps drafting and struggling with imposter syndrome. #writesky #writingcomminuty #witchsky 2438
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ok there HAS to be kappa that live there. It's just screaming that. Especially the rock in the middle 050
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I guess it depends on which stage. Before it's finished I want more what's "wrong" so I can focus on fixing it with a bonus yay you enjoyed it. But once I'm done it flips because fixing a finish product is harder especially when it feels done in my head. Then I wanna hear the good stuff 😆 110
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I've started a commission for a map for my next book today! I hope people find very useful and I am excited to see what it'll look like. My poor bank account cries, but it'll be worth it 💸 020
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Depends on my mood. Sometimes I really need to hear what people like, to boost my confidence in my writing and to know what I have written people actually enjoy. However, more critically, knowing what didn't work can help me in future. If I don't get A then B might not happen 100
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Love the title so much, plus the fact there is a cat 🐱 also loving the neurospicy rep 121
Reposted by Odessa SilverThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The gate of Bishamontang, Emissary Santo, Yamashina District, Kyoto City 231404228
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ok I'm back again... my health has been nuts dealing with all sorts and I really need to try harder to be more active around here. What's the point of a social media platform if I'm not being social, after all 000
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 24/07/2026July is nearly over and it's mostly been spent trying to deal with my health issues 🫠 the heatwaves have pushed me from functioning to non most of the time, and then I also had a stupid fall in the garden busting up my right side. I have, however, been playing lots of quizzes which is fun 000
Reposted by Odessa SilverDisenfranchised Writers' Voices Inc. @dwritersvoices.bsky.social · 21/07/202641% of our goal starting Day 3! Y'all are BLASTING this out of the water! We and the participating authors are thrilled at your support. Can we hit 50% today, everyone? Let's make it happen. 33 books for $20. Support disabled authors. ❤️ itch.io/b/3783/nothi... #Booksky #DisabilityPride 1105
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Some days, the writing just does not happen, for various reasons. Sometimes it lasts a bit longer than that. I'm not having a good time right now, but at least I have Phoebe and this picture is so pretty. How can she look so effortlessly cool? Cats surely have the best lives. 140
Reposted by Odessa SilverDisenfranchised Writers' Voices Inc. @dwritersvoices.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Authors! We're building Nothing About Us Without Us, a Disability Pride Month bundle on itch.io. Your story fits if you're a disabled author (any genre, any subject) or if it centers disabled characters. Submit by July 17th. 👉 tinyurl.com/mr2xvaym #DisabilityPride #BookSky #📚📦 #IndieAuthors #itchiotinyurl.comCalling Disabled Authors: Join Our Disability Pride Month BundleIn July for Disability Pride Month, a book bundle titled “Nothing About Us Without Us” seeks stories from disabled authors or works featuring disabled characters. Hosted by Disenfranchi… 13326
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 11/06/2026WIP is being put in author jail cause I'm just not good at sorting a novel out. And now I'm all sad and angry... sadgry? angrad? I wish people wanted short stories more, I can do those, I like those. And novellas feel like that weird aunt you like sometimes, but mostly avoid.static.klipy.comAmber Siyavus Crying: It's Just Hard!ALT: Amber Siyavus Crying: It's Just Hard! 000
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Thanks 😊 it was super tough but I'm going to try it again in future and hopefully it'll be easier then 010
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Crazy deadline coming up for editing that I am SO unprepared for, and of course my body decides this is the perfect time to throw at me some random illness or whatever it is. If it was a flare up, I could deal with that, but nooooo Gotta edit so fast my fingers become blurs on my keyboard 000
Reposted by Odessa SilverZed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 07/06/2026As it's pride month, here's a lot of lovely folks to follow if you're looking for queer books or recommendations here (including a lot of my friends!) #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters 16035
Reposted by Odessa SilverRob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Warning to Writers: Marketing Scammers Targeting You #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory www.authorstalkingbookish.com...authorstalkingbookish.comMarketing Scams Every Author Should KnowEvery author wants their book to reach readers—but in the world of publishing, that dream can make writers vulnerable to marketing scams. 063
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Considering one task atm is edit 100k... yes 😆 deadlines approaching fast and my body goes nooooope 010
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Exhausted for the past few days and have like a billion things I need to do before friday so my brain is all waah. Who'da thought actually writing down a list of all the things would cut my gut deep anxiety in half? (😒 myself) ADHD brain has gone from "yay pressure we can work" to "waaah too much" 😑 120
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Yay for more asexual rep in books! This bundle looks awesome 095
Reposted by Odessa SilverK Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 19/05/2026🌟 I BELONG 🌟 It’s RELEASE DAY! 🎉 Congrats to me and my 11 fantastic peers and our hardworking support team for setting up this stunning anthology! 12 stories that juggle the theme of belonging. Read them now!! 👉 www.karenlykkebo.com/togetherisad... 💙📚 1030245
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Helping create a books recs list for an instagram post on chronic illness books and/or authors with chronic illness. Does anyone want to be featured on it, or know of any recs? Please let me know if it's the book or the author who has the chronic illness ❤️ #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity 220
Reposted by Odessa SilverDianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The Moonshadow books have it all Women with swords? ✅ Tragic antagonists? ✅ Brooding vampires? ✅ Ancient magic? ✅ Found family? ✅ A proper series ending? ✅ Moonshadow's Guardian: diannagunn.itch.io/moonshadows-... Moonshadow's Champion: diannagunn.itch.io/moonshadows-... #WriterShareWednesdaydiannagunn.itch.ioMoonshadow's Guardian by DiannaGunnAll Riana has ever wanted is freedom. Unfortunately, that’s the one thing her kind cannot have. 21210
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Ahh thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ I really hope you enjoy it! 010
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 12/05/2026It's on my website at odessasilver.com/en-gbp/produ... and it's also on itch.io too ❤️ 120
Reposted by Odessa SilverThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A kimono from the "Symphony of Light" series by the renowned Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota. Created in 1981, this specific work is part of a larger, ambitious collection designed to reflect Kubota's deep admiration for nature and the transformative power of changing light. 1 of 5 18318
Reposted by Odessa SilverThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 12/05/2026another masterwork from the "Symphony of Light" series by the renowned Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota. 2 of 5 324937
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Grey Ace fantasy author here 🙂 haven't explored writing ace characters tons yet, but I DO have a wonderful short story about a aro-ace character realising she isn't broken, inspired by my own ace journey 120
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Ahh awesome, thank you! I don't use the paid subscribers function so this could potentially work for me 👀 020
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I've not heard of Kit so I'll take a look into that. I'm technically on Medium, but I use my substack for articles and newsletters so I need both. Patreon was awful to use 😆 but I did use it two years ago and hated it, could be different now. Thanks for the suggestions! Time to do some researching 010
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Do you know of any good alternatives? I'm on substack and one of the reasons I hesitate to move away is that alternatives aren't so good 210
Reposted by Odessa SilverS. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 03/05/2026Hey. Queer book writers with books on Itch. I made a graphic to entice you to do this. Go submit your books. Deadline is tomorrow. Help me have to do more work because more of you submitted. #PrideBookFair #QueerWriters pridebookfair.carrd.co#itchio 46456
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Went to my first comic con at the weekend as a trader. Was my first author event and wow was it something. I'm soooo bad at speaking irl but I managed to make 4 sales at least. Plus some sales of keyrings and a badge 130
Reposted by Odessa SilverThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A performer in a Noh costume, one of Japan's oldest traditional theatrical arts. Noh is a comprehensive art form that combines music, dance, literature, and sculpture through its iconic masks. 0418
Reposted by Odessa SilverElise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 16/04/2026Fantasy & SciFi Authors Selling Direct, It seems we need direct sales visibility, so I'm setting up a blog (inclu. small press) to share our stores! See the screenshot for eligibility. Q's welcome! If you're not on my Author Discord, I'm happy to DM you the sign up form. It'll be open 3+ months. 207240
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Thank you for hyping my book up <3 I was away when the sale was on so I wasn't able to do as much promoting and sharing as I wanted, so this means a lot! 010
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A mix of being ill and going on holiday has left me faaaaar behind on all my social media stuff. Can I catch a break yet? Nope. 000
Reposted by Odessa SilverDisenfranchised Writers' Voices Inc. @dwritersvoices.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Check out this interview with @odessasilver.bsky.social disenfranchisedwritersvoices89901d577a-yxuac.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/i... #fantasyscifi #writingcommunitydisenfranchisedwritersvoices89901d577a-yxuac.wordpress.comInterview with Odessa SilverInterviewed by Tasha H. Do you remember the first story you ever wrote? I have a vague recollection of 3 stories I wrote in my childhood. I think my earliest story was when I was 7 and had twin MCs… 031
Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Had such a horrible cold/illness thing lately, managed to lose my voice for 5 days, and it's still not back 100%. My cat has been really confused cause I haven't talked to her 😆 An unexpected week off has been annoying when I have so much to do... 020
Reposted by Odessa SilverSapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 16/03/2026🏳️⚧️ Trans artists with shops #ArtShare 🏳️⚧️ Trans people are often unemployed or live in poverty, so let's do a share to support trans artists! 🌸 Trans artists: Share your art & shops/projects/etc. 🌸 Repost/comment on 3+ others! 🌸 Please alt text, flag nsfw No AI/NFT, etc 🌸 Allies: Repost your faves! 43514353
Reposted by Odessa SilverKara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This week's blog is about why writers need to stop self-mythologizing in order to game the algorithm on social media, and there are two case studies to show how self-mythologizing leads to an inability to take responsibility. Fun stuff. Check it out below.karajorgensen.comThe Problem with Self-mythologizingAll authors are told that they need to be on social media in order to market their books, which is unfortunately not a terrible bit of advice, but something I’ve noticed a lot lately that is … 093