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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 36m

#LGBTQWriteAThon I wrote over 2,000 words, threatened Marcus with octopuses, mopped the hall floor, and managed to render a couple of pictures without feeling like I might combust now the weather's cooled slightly (I fiddled with Blake's ears; I will probably be fiddling with them for a while yet).

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 1h

We've all been there

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 2h

Started watching The Apothecary Diaries, and I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't for it to be so funny.

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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 4h

CSP being pressed to take even just /kissing/ off their asset store and FA being told that plus sized characters are considered adult should be a giant waving red flag to folks. Sex workers have /always/ been right to say these policies never stop with 1 type of content. They always wanna ban more.

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 6h

#Octember Milos would shift his fingers into blades and worry about the impossibility — until Alex grabs him by the back of the collar and drags him back into the office, saying, "Not our department." Milos is very concerned that they might in fact have a department for Kaiju. If Marcus was a...

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 9h

#LitHodgepodge Handily, I rendered both of these just recently for the moodboard. 😅 Since both these dorks are POV characters in Singer/Songwriter, here they are. Marcus, the light elf, is the pop singer. Blake, the dark elf, is the songwriter (and musician).

Marcus, a light elf with large, pointed ears, spiky and slightly overlong blond hair, and blue eyes. He faces the camera and smiles, his left hand raised to cup his chin.
He wears an open, cropped blue jacket embroidered in silver, open to expose his chest and stomach, and a pair of blue leather trousers tied with black cord.

Blake, a dark elf with long pointed ears with several studs in his left one, untidy brown hair, and green eyes. He stands directed towards the camera but facing to the left with his arms folded across his chest.
He wears a white T-shirt blending into the white wall behind him, and he looks like he'd rather be anywhere but here. (Because he would.)

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 10h

You know you're just starting your brief holiday from work when you *checks notes* start arranging your teas and fun coffee sachets.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13h

Books are ghost magnets. This means every good library has it phantoms. A density of Dewey Decimal Classification is spirits what a saucer of beer is to slugs. Of course we understand ghosts desire to haunt libraries. Thousands of books and the time to read them is a heaven. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 14h

EVERY UK MP needs to read this You are all part of a government that is creating a situation so hostile and unsafe that people are leaving the country This is not an isolated case. You have the power to do something about this.

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was standing outside, minding my own business and looking at the stars, when something came flittering down at my face, changed course at the last moment, and flittered off again. I just stood there a moment, went "I just nearly took a bat to the head," and started laughing like an idiot.

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Mike Struan @mikestruan.com · 02/10/2026

Look at that GOOD BOY @aowna.bsky.social created for me! Skarn, the thunderwolf, will make his appearance in Alchemical Exiles and I'm absolutely AMAZED by how well he turned out. Thank you @aowna.bsky.social! #Art

A thunderwolf, black, with a white paw, with blue fire running down the flank. In the background, there's lightning strike and a stele.

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 02/10/2026

I say again, the Anthrophic settlement for authors should have put the company out of business.

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 02/10/2026

Pope Leo XIV 'held firm,' in other words refused to countenance the most ridiculous dolts ever You can 'wine and dine' U.S. senators and UK MPs into saying whatever you want, but that really does not work on everybody

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

my biggest no shit ever

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every time some pundit claims that no one would work if their basic needs were met, I think about how, after he retired, my dad would just show up at estate sales with his truck and offer to help folks take their furniture home because he just wanted to keep busy and be around people.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026

Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Using an antique Washington hand press: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Octember Alex is the legs: he's strong and while he might be handsome and charismatic, he's also too damn heavy. Milos is the body, mostly because then he can easily kick Alex. Their friend Sarah is the head, because she thinks neither of her favourite idiots can be trusted with thinking.

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Against the advisement of divinity, sanity, and vanity, here's #SatchelCumberland with yet more inanity! Zeke and I had to... find our own effigies for this part. 😅 * #Octember organizers have requested we apologize in advance for the following musical number * 2/2 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon Singer/Songwriter (shush) is about two idiots who get fake-engaged: one for money so he can keep his flat, and one for publicity and an album that might do better than his last. Six months, a few new songs, and they can part ways. After all, they'll never fall in love, right?

A moodboard of six images. From left to right, top to bottom, they are:
An acoustic guitar and a black notebook with a black pen laid on top, on a bed by a window.
A set of USB drives, connector-side facing the camera, on a rattan surface.
A blond light elf man with long ears, spiky hair and blue eyes, one hand raised to his chin, smiling at the camera. He wears a loose blue jacket with silver embellishments exposing his chest and stomach and blue leather trousers.
A scowling brunet dark elf wearing a white T-shirt and facing to the left, his arms folded across his chest. His left ear has several black studs in the lobe and at the tip.
An acoustic guitar is laid on a canvas cloth beside a white tablet with the screen off. A pair of white earbuds with cable sits on top of it.
A moodily-lit microphone in a smoky, open room.

White text on a blue background across the centre of the image reads:
"I thought I looked sexy."
The tips of Blake's ears turned scarlet.
"I guess I'm not wrong."

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't want a lot for Christmas, I just want YOU TO REMEMBER IT'S ONLY FUCKING OCTOBER.

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So if anybody was in the market for some queer sci-fi or fantasy, now might be a good time to order - or to pop in, if you're in York

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge Crikey, I watch so much random crap... Honestly, Alex and Milos would cope well with most things. Resident Evil? Fine. Castlevania? Biggest issue would be Alex grumbling about vampires not really existing (while killing one). They'd even fit into the small-time crime-romance drama.

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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 02/10/2026

Try as hard as you like... #webcomics #comics

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Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#WIPSnips 🤣 DeadmanWIP. Charlie and Jack have just met and are on their first case. So far, Jack has been kind of a weirdo. But now we enter Jack’s POV for the first time and get a glimpse that Charlie ain’t quite right, either. There’s no need for this behavior, Charlie. Tsk.

As they returned to the path away from the building, Charlie paused, examining the facade again, and then looking around. Jack watched as she assessed the surroundings and then the building again. He was a bit startled when she suddenly ran back towards the staircase, nimbly jumped onto the railing, and clambered somewhat clumsily up the wall towards the roof using windowsills and railings for holds.
"What are you doing?" He hissed, not wanting to alarm anyone with a nearby window open. She levered herself onto the roof.
"I'm investigating the paranormal," she shouted down to him. He tried not to take that poorly. Charlie had a confidence in how she moved two stories off the ground, as if she and gravity had a thing going on and she knew it wouldn't do her dirty. Jack wasn't so confident and positioned himself to catch her should she fall, though he knew realistically such chivalry was more likely to result in injury to both of them.
She climbed to the ridge and then raised a foot onto it, looking around in every direction like a ship’s captain studying the horizon for signs of land. After about a minute, the breeze on his skin taking just enough of the edge off the otherwise sticky heat of the day, she looked down and quickly calculated a descent plan

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Octember Milos: We're... not actually sure if Nazarian IS anything, are we? Alex: His files aren't here. I haven't seen him do anything, but that doesn't mean much. He could be the Loch Ness Monster for all I know. Milos: Maybe more the River Trent Monster... Blake to Marcus: Who are they and...

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please try to remember the 1st of #Octember! Join #SatchelCumberland and I on a month long mental breakdown and answer some fun nonsense questions about your characters! TODAY'S QUESTION: WHICH FOLKLORE MONSTER WOULD BE YOUR CHARACTER'S EMPLOYER? 1/2 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aha, found the pumpkin spice syrup. 😂 Also the lavender syrup, which I totally forgot I had but is alas somewhat less autumn-y.

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 01/10/2026

Sigh… desperately wish I could afford to finance translations of my books. And audiobooks. And broader marketing. And… Guess what I will never allow? Use of genAI for ANY of that.

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon I'm Pax, permanently tired MinPin owner and allegedly writer. My goal this month is to actually make a bit of a dent in this project, because I've been stuck on it for waaaay too long. ANY dent. Please.

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RD Fester | Fantasy Author 📚⚔️👑 @festeringrat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's pride month in South Africa so I'm here (as a queer, coloured author) to tell you about my very gay fantasy novel about queers of colour defying a Goddess' prophecy and chosing their own destinies! Ne'er-do-wells👑🏳️‍🌈 Available on KU: 🔗 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS7HX1FX #booksky #yafantasy #mmromance

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

#FantasyIndiesSpooktober 1 I'm Pax, a very slow writer from the Midlands in the UK. My WIP is about a pair of idiots whose fake-engagement contract might just lead to real love (and a new album). It's not a spooky story, but there might be a Hallowe'en party in it at some point.

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

#QueerPrompts I'm Pax, a non-binary English bean (non-runner), and I'll still be noodling on the still-untitled Singer/Songwriter story: a tale of two idiots who get fake-engaged for six month for money / a new album and just maybe fall in love along the way.

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

Okay internal organs, we're starting the month like THAT are we?

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Think I’m gonna make this into a sticker but as long as it’s for personal use (or better yet, defacing Ai promotion/pollution 😈) I’m cool if anyone wants to print it out for that.

Illustration of a hydra like creature that is a hand with too many fingers. Pencils are piercing through its body. Text says “ death to ai” “ kill it with human hands”

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 01/10/2026

Just updated with some more events to choose from (if you want)

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Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

With Hallowe'en approaching, I thoroughly recommend David Longhorn's YouTube channel, which has beautifully done readings of both classic ghost stories and tales by modern authors. Ideal for listening while you carve the pumpkin! www.youtube.com/@valdemarsqu...

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David Longhorn

GENERATIVE AI WAS NOT USED TO CREATE ANY OF THE VIDEO OR AUDIO CONTENT ON THIS CHANNEL A British bloke who edits a magazine dedicated to ghostly and weird tales and also writes horror fiction for the...

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge I'm Pax, I write... stuff, that I mostly never finish. There's frequently elves (the tall ones). Sometimes gods. These questions were weirdly difficult when the answer to so many should be 'both'...except the answer to the last one is 'neither.' I prefer to be asleep at both times. 😁

Literary This or That
Paperback / [Hardover]
Series / [Standalone]
Tears / [Laughs]
Coffee / [Tea]
[Hero] / Villain
[Character-driven] / Plot-driven
[Computer] / Pen & Paper
[Sweet] / Salty
Silence / [Soundtrack]
[Bookmark] / Dog-ear
Plotter / [Pantser]
[Lush] / Minimalist
[Vomit Draft] / Slow Craft
Morning / Midnight

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Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜 @pamelajeong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge 1 Welcome #writingcommunity to 🌀📚 Literary Hodgepodge 📚🌀, an October #WritingPrompts game of miscellaneous proportions ✨ Writers, let’s meet! Tell us who you are and what you write—and what you like as a writer/reader by completing the This-or-That below. ⬇️

#LITHODGEPODGE
Hosted by @pamelajeong.bsky.social

An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions

[Graphic of an old-timey bearded man sitting and leaning his arm against a barrel with a tiny frog crawling up its side]

Prompt:
1 | Welcome! Introduce yourself by telling us your name and what you write and completing the literary-themed “This or That.”

[Graphic of a talking crow]
Hello, I’m Oscrow Wilde! I’ll provide tips and tidbits throughout the month. But you don’t need me to explain ‘this or that,’ do you? Some might be hard to choose between, but life is full of hard choices. You can do it! Except if you wanted me to explain ‘this or that’—then, sorry, there’s no hope for you.

Join tomorrow for Friday Flights of Fancy!

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please try to remember, tomorrow is the 1st of #Octember! Follow my own mental breakdown in the form of #SatchelCumberland, our host, by watching the video below! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just wrote "screaming clouds" instead of "screaming crowds" and... yeah, I think I need an early night. *shudders* Horrible thought.

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Did a thing, which I'm picking away at bit by bit. Feel free to lmk if there's any other upcoming events to check out (by either @ing me or replying to this post). docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #writingcommunity #writesky #writingsky

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Events Calendar

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Pax Asteriae @paxasteriae.northsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh good, Marcus and Blake have started talking to one another in my head. Except it keeps being when I'm doing something else and I have to stop what it is I'm doing to write it down.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Attention: I got an email today offering for sale the CONTACT INFORMATION, PHONE, ADDRESS, BUSINESS INFO - everything for the entire LIST of attendees for the 2026 World Fantasy Convention. Very ugly - did that list get hacked from the convention? I did fwd the email to writerbeware.

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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Eat Later - Gator Days

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Fantasy Indies @fantasyindies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎃 #FantasyIndiesSpooktober 🎃 All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books. Feel free to ask the hosts questions! Love, Faeries at Fantasy Indies @lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social

Fantasy Indies October prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell

1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Free Friday or spooky book/movie/tv show recs
3. Saturday Snippet
4. How do you/your MC define bravery?
5. What would your MC wear to a Halloween party?
6. WIP Villain(s)
7. POV and tense preferences
8. MC Phobias
9. Free Friday or books you hope to read before the end of the year
10. Saturday Snippet
11. What would your MC’s tombstone say?
12. Danger in WIP
13. MC’s favourite treats
14. Favourite paranormal creatures
15. Tricks in WIP
16. Free Friday or share a meme that sums up your MC’s personality
17. Saturday Snippet
18. Monsters in WIP
19. Poem or Flash Fiction featuring fear
20. Would your MC prefer going to a fall festival or a haunted house?
21. How well would the villain of your current movie/tv show work with your WIP villain?
22. Do you have any spooky settings in your WIP?
23. Free Friday or your bookish hot takes
24. Saturday Snippet
25. Costumes in WIP
26. How would your characters react to becoming a monster?
27. MC’s moral compass
28. Underrated tropes
29. MC's worst nightmare
30. Free Friday or Post your pumpkins
31. Monthly Wrap-up

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 30/09/2026

To creatives thinking of trying out the new Tweet platform: make sure you read through the Terms of Service carefully. User content may be used to train AI and machine-learning models. For those who missed it: www.engadget.com/2251699/new-...

A screenshot of a terms of service excerpt with a section highlighted in blue that reads: "Tweet may also use User Content and related information to develop, train, test, evaluate, and improve artificial intelligence and machine-learning models, algorithms, content-moderation tools, recommendation systems, safety systems, and other data-driven technologies used by or for Tweet." The unhighlighted text immediately following states: "Tweet may engage service providers to assist with these activities, subject to appropriate contractual restrictions and the Privacy Policy."

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