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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Reminder if you limit interactions on your posts by default to open them up again if you post something where you do want wider replies from beyond your circles- I've seen two locked down "please boost" posts (one looking for recommendations and one looking for freelance clients) so far this week...

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Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh wow it's 2 days since Stay Awhile came out! How does it feel like centuries already? But FYI: The agoraphobic vampire is loosed upon the world (as long as he doesn't have to leave his house) Yes, it's intended to seem queer AZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLYYQ24Q Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/b59BQG

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Stay Awhile

Amazon.com: Stay Awhile eBook : Emery, J.: Kindle Store

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Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This one was so good, y'all You should read it. Right now. I'll wait

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They are so close to funded!!

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Less than a month before Can*Con! I put my schedule together for anyone who wants to come see me in Ottawa, October 16-18 ! Two important notes below:

Claudie's Can*Con Schedule:
In the vendor's room most of the time.

Saturday:
11:30 am EDT - Small Canadian Indie Seeking Print & Distribution, alongside JF Garrard, Lydia M. Hawke, Chris Krawczyk (m).
2:30 pm EDT - How I Pulled Off a 9-novella series: celebrating the chronicles of nerezia, in which I nerd out about my series with ‘Nathan Burgoine <3
5:30 pm EDT - when the supporting character steals the show
alongside Ayesha Ali, Brandon Butler, and Kevin Hearne (m)

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Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It is another Very Much A Day at the day job so please buy my books (they're on sale!) so I can possibly have a day off to rest 😅 I'm so tired y'all Also my books are fun to read

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That sounds so cute and touching??

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Lots and lots of cool SFF to buy !!

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I understand that asexuality and aromanticism are primarily defined as an absence of attraction, but I cannot overstate how the lack of attraction is *a presence in my life* that shapes how I interact with the world

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This cat has perfected the ability to keep me desk-company in *exactly* the most inconvenient spot. Meaning he gets scritches every time I need to use the mouse because that way I can reach it mostly comfortably.

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If there's one thing I feel we can all do better as indie authors is like.. gather and share the arcane knowledge behind the 100 hats we all have to wear

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just utterly satisfying to read tbh

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Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In the run up to me possibly, maybe, hopefully having a new book next month I am counting my chickens before they hatch and putting all my books on sale (mostly not on Amazon because they hate me but everywhere else!) So I guess if you've ever wanted one of my books for cheap this is your chance!

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Queer mermaids verse novel! Get your queer mermaid verse novel! Cosy romantasy(esque) and a terribly quick read. Direct: payhip.com/b/NOtdo Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/e... (also in Kobo Plus!)

Sea Foam and Silence: The Complete Collection by Dove Cooper

"But I remember being different.

I remember.

My sisters eeling through the waters,
Up and ever up, to where the tall-crabs are.
Laughter bouncing through the waves,
As the tall-crabs and their moving lands fall."

Sea Foam and Silence: the complete edition by Dove Cooper

What to Expect: Humans are weird.; Found family; cosy fantasy; what even is love?; The Little Mermaid, a novel in verse; contains "Sea Foam and Silence" and "A Harmony of Water and Weald"; siren song (ish); be careful, she bites.

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Periodic reminder that The Map and the Territory exists, and you can read it! It's a post-apocalyptic picaresque about an ace cartographer and a gay wizard trying to get home in a shattered world haunted by a death goddess. Includes: Airships! Crocodiles! Magic mirrors! Microscopes! Wizard duels!

The cover of the book The Map and the Territory, which depicts two people standing back to back. One of them is a tall Black man in elaborate wizardly robes, and the other is a short woman with brown skin who wears practical clothes for adventuring.

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today's writing music is A Fistful of Nickels, the Balance and Ruin remix for FF6's Shadow theme www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmoL...

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1-11 zircon, XPRTNovice, Jillian Aversa, Jeff Ball - A Fistful of Nickels (Shadow)

YouTube video by cletus223

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Last push!!!

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

DO YOU LIKE TIME LOOPS? And maybe mafia noir? I'm delighted that @gavagai.com has published my short story, "Can't Rain All the Time"!! ⏳ gavagai.com/posts/6381 I AM SO FRICKING EXCITED ABOUT THIS, OMG Y'ALL. I feel like this is some of my best work lately. and TIME LOOPS!!!

a black and white image of two faded skulls facing each other, each with a black fedora; the text reads "Can't Rain All the Time" by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor

(I made the cover image with public domain artwork)

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

me: I need a paper pad to take notes *gets up, walks out of the office* *walks to the kitchen and opens cupboards, grabs a bowl* "wait... what did I want this for again?" 😑

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I love this theme as a premise and also the individual works are great, definitely check them out!

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Big Narratess sale coming this weekend!! 👀 Great occasion to grab so many good books on sale! I'll have Painted Flock in it (and Baker Thief also on sale) at a rare 70% discount. 🥰

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Been Discourse over the past week on whether people should shout more or less about their own books On Here. I'll sidestep that discourse by shouting about *other people*'s books I think are at the v least great fun & think didn't get enough attention. 1 like=1 book w >100 GR ratings & >33 reviews

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I love these books, this is such a good deal

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Loving my two t shirts I got and keep getting compliments on them, just saying 💜

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Excited to share the cover of THE SAINTS WE MAKE by @josiewrites.bsky.social! Cover illustration by @carlydraws.bsky.social! Publication date: October 27th, 2026. Pre-order now through the Novella Series kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

The cover for the Saints we make by Josie Kallo. Sunset ombré filtering, a suit of armor and a frilly bit of lace. Publication date October 27, 2026.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Okay, #WritingCommunity I will try this thing... Title: Weald and Wen Book; One of Children of Mar Genre: Horror Fantasy Word Count: 180k 3 Ao3 Tags: Trauma, Family, Nonhuman Find it Where? amberreinke.itch.io/weald-and-wen Why is it Awesome? Because it has Mitra in it, of course.

Weald and Wen book cover in gold and gray featuring simple trees on one side and simple mushrooms on the other, shadowy claws grasp for the title in the center

cartoony hand holding a glowing purple and pink crystal gremlin who is holding too tightly back

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In the year 2026 people are still positioning themselves as arbiters of what is/isn't literature or "real reading." And in the year 2026, those people are still pretentious twats. Notice it's always women centric fiction mocked and not self insert jock military fiction. Your slips are showing.

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Generative AI isn't good at writing code either (and the code it outputs also comes from code written by humans that was scraped without consent and plagiarized, just like writing, art, music, etc, so if you morally object to using generative AI in those domains please don't use it for code either)

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 14/08/2026

HELLO did you know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still $1.99 on ebook platforms? YES ALL! :D And they are helpfully rounded up here! An interesting old-growth forest, some independent kids, a pretty pretty unicorn, and... wait is that an altar Surely not

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The Butcher of the Forest

"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Get a wide breadth of aromantic experiences through this SFFH aro anthology with 19 poems and stories centering platonic love. buy.bookfunnel.com/yilbsiz3a6

An image where arrows point out from the cover of Common Bonds 2. The text says: aromantic SFFH anthology. Baby dragon’s first snow. A priest, a witch, and 3 ghost children forming family. Intergalactic pen pals. Cursed woodcutters.

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Agreed as a low-heat romance reader more often than not, I don't love that covers, blurbs, even pull quotes really give you no idea of actual heat level 🥲 I also do not love that "clean" has replaced "sweet" to signify low heat romance now, I just can't bring myself to buy a book marketed as "clean"

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Yeah, these help a lot too! I think it's because *visibility* is as much a challenge (if not more) than convincing ppl a book is good So those reposts / separate posts might be simple but they do double duty in that respect. Very helpful

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 07/08/2026

but when people slopulate hundreds of "books" that offer readers nothing but a statistical smear of dead words, these "books" that don't even sell but are multiplied just to make it up in volume before the algorithm drowns in slop for ever … that's not hustle, that's bottom trawling.

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Could you go through your work day without AI" is an incredible self own and such proof that they don't see how it made everything harder about our work days But also... it's not even that old? Are.. are you okay, to think you need it function? Like.. bro how are you so deep in

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Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com · 04/08/2026

It's Tuesday afternoon, the toddler's asleep and there are good ebooks on sale! All links to Amazon and Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option! They may be on sale other places!

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I have so many series! Just SO MUCH queer fantasy with platonic relationships at their heart <3 The below is as much information as I could cram in about them, and it doesn't even get to COMMON BONDS or my own short story collection. XD Find most links at claudiearseneault.com/welcome/ 🌈📚

An explainer on where to start with Claudie Arseneault’s books decorated in aromantic and asexual colours. It contains information about 3 series starters.
City of Strife (City of Spires) has a large cast of queer characters; mosaic-style POV, is novel length, has four books that form one big continuous story, and contains city politics and unrelenting kindness + love in the face of cruelty
Baker Thief (Val-de-mer) has a limited # of POV (dual for Baker Thief), is novel length, all books stand alone, and is set in a city inspired by Québec, with romance tropes but made platonic
Awakenings (the Chronicles of Nerezia) has a single main POV, is made of novellas, has an episodic format that works better read in order, and is JRPG inspired, with a found family road trip

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'm sure there are authors who do this, because some people are convinced it's everyone for themselves, but (ime) most authors enthusiastically share resources/experiences for most anything you could think to ask. We WILL NOT SHUT UP. Especially if our answer prevents people getting screwed over.

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Go go go!!

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Good general tips. As always, look at your words and think as you cut. 💜 some of these will be part of your voice and you'll wanna keep them, but the rest ✂️

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