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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My novel, Love Bites, is featured in a Booksirens Bundle for LGBT fantasy. If you're interested, feel free to join the ARC team, it's free! booksirens.com/bundle/lgbt-... #booksky #writingcommunity #books #romance #fantasy

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I wrote 2334 words today, and with it, I've reached my word goal of 80k and all of the scenes I planned. THE FIRST DRAFT IS DONE!!! I am ecstatic. Thank you everyone who has followed me on this journey! Now to edit it... in a while. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I wrote 2761 words today. Of what I wrote, the first scene was far longer than the second, but I shall pay it no real mind. Scenes should be as long or as short as they need to be, not as a wordcount instructs them to be. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I wrote 2539 words today. Today was a busy day for me, and I almost thought I wouldn't get to put words to page. Yet I've found staying in my rhythm of writing makes me feel better than worrying about not having written. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wrote 2323 words today. In the story, it's basically wrapping up loose ends by now. I do feel a kind of melancholy that the process is almost over, regardless of the quality of the writing, I've enjoyed the process, like I always do. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wrote 2414 words today. While I'm very happy about coming close to finishing up this draft, there is a kernel of doubt in my mind that it's maybe not all I wanted it to be. I just hope I can squash that feeling during editing. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I wrote 2596 words today, currently writing for the climactic fight at the end, and I'm enjoying writing it. Basically a spiritual successor to the first fight scene of the novel. It's very fun to explore these kind of things for me. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wrote 2660 words for my first draft today. I wrote two scenes, but wasn't really happy with how the second would lead into the ones I'm writing tomorrow, so I rewrote a bunch of that one. Really like the new version way more. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I wrote 2565 words today. If I keep up the pace I've written with today, I should be done with this first draft this time next week, really enjoying all the progress I've already made, and looking forward to the end of this draft. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote 2107 words today, around 1.4k of which were for the last scene of the second act, and the rest are the outline for the 3rd act. At 60.842 words (75%), I am now at the part of the draft that was the entire reason I started writing! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wrote 2527 words today. I could probably write more, but I refuse to do so today. The last scene I wrote is quite emotional for me, actual tears. I want to hold onto that feeling, instead of just skipping to the next one. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I wrote 2535 words today. While I'm happy with the general shape of what I've written, It will probably need a lot more polish before actually being anywhere close to publishing. But I'm willing to do that work. Eventually #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I wrote 3638 words today, which is quite a bit higher than my usual goal. I was really looking forward to writing the next scene, so I just went and wrote some more. And I'm still creeping closer to that coveted third act. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wrote 2409 words today. A little fewer than I'd like, but still two scenes in total, and I didn't want to stretch those any longer, I often do feel like I should give my writing more time and space to breathe, both on and off page. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I wrote 2574 words today. Not much special to note for this part, besides the fact that I've overestimated the amount of scenes I need to communicate this part of the story, so I'm really looking into what to do with all this space. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I wrote 2401 words today for this draft. It's coming along really nicely. Even though I like the parts I'm writing right now, I realize some stuff in the beginning needs to be rewritten. Luckily for me, this is the only first draft. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I wrote 2476 words today, still reaching around the 2500 I usually set out on writing each day. Finally getting to the part of the story where they're traveling to the location of the third act. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I absolutely love when an author uses the downside of a writing convention to their advantage. Always shows me that they've got an amazing grasp on whatever genre and structure they're writing. #booksky #writingsky #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I wrote 2515 words today for my first draft, bringing me to a grand total of 40175 words, and with that, I'm halfway done with this first draft! It's coming along nicely, and I really like where the story is heading #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I wrote 2328 words today! Let me share an excerpt of what I wrote today. "Nothing, at all. Nothing and water. The air holds only silence, and the valleys are pierced by all, yet there is only absence, as far down as can be." #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm back to writing for my first draft, having went through the edit of my first novel. Wrote 1433 words today, and was honestly dreading today's scene, but a lot of time to think about this one while I was checking the edit helped a lot! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Every time someone says life is too perfect to not have been designed, I think of how Siboglinid Tube Worms lose their entire digestive system, THEN GROW A NEW ONE, when they undergo metamorphosis from larvae to adult

A collection of siboglinid tube worms around a hydrothermal vent

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I feel like we use the word 'never' too much as a species. So many times have I heard people say that word and then simply not think about all the contexts in which doing what they're forbidding could be really useful actually.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm putting a pause on the writing of my first draft. I just got the edit of my first novel back, and I'd like to do a big check on the work, and get everything ready for publication, which will give me less time to write. #writing #indieauthor #booksky #writingsky

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

wrote 2388 words today. To be honest, the scenes I've written today would probably require quite a bit of revisions, but that's the job for editing me, not first draft me. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

wrote 2575 words today, a bit of a more average day for me, where I got to explore a couple more intricate parts of the story. Right now it's mostly setup and getting to the third act, though that may as well describe most second acts. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

wrote 2441 words today, which is a little fewer than the previous few days, but still, I'm keeping up with the pace I've set out for this novel. I still have plenty of gas in the tank to keep writing for this draft. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I wrote 2771 words today. As a reference for where that puts me in the story, I've just finished the first of two major fight scenes in the novel, and in my own opinion, it's my favorite scene I've already written for this first draft! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity #writing

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I wrote 3456 words today, which, besides being a very satisfying number to type, is a good bit more than many of my previous days. Sufficient to say that today has been a good day for the first draft of this novel! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is a recent character sheet commission for Elowynn, one of the main characters of my novels. It came out amazing, and I would definitely recommend the amazingly talented @olivialianamain.bsky.social, who drew this piece for me, for anybody looking to turn a character concept into reality! #art

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wrote 2574 words today, which brings my total words for this first draft up to 20157, which means I'm now finally at 1/4 of the words I need for my first draft. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

today totaled 2508 words for me, was a nice day for writing, as soon as I got over my ADHD paralysis, I got into a pretty good flow, and by this point in the story, I'm almost done with the first act of the story. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

wrote 2327 words today, a little fewer than the previous couple days, but I didn't want to drag out today's couple of scenes too much more. But in any case, I'm still on track to finish this novel at least before the end of the year. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It is with a heavy heart that I have to delay the release of my debut book at least one more time. I probably won't get the final edit back before the current deadline, and I definitely won't be able to review it before I need to upload my final version. My sincere apologies for this. #booksky

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

wrote 2636 words today, still going strong, at least as for now, finally getting to the part where the last important character is introduced, looking forward to what comes next! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sirens are not fish people and I'm tired of people pretending they are. They are birds, they are on the rocks instead of in the water because they're birds. Get it right. #mythology #greekmyth #greekmythology

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm back in my rhythm, wrote a grand total of 2489 words today. There was a lot of distraction on my path today, but I still managed to crank out two scenes for the novel. After this, I'm at about 10k words, about 1/8 towards my eventual novel! #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It was a bit of a slower writing day for me today, had a lot buzzing around my head, but did eventually manage to write a scene, clocking in at 1291 words! Every little step counts in this journey. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #writingcommunity

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Wrote 3618 words today, going at a pretty good pace right now! If I keep up this pace, I'll have the first draft complete in just a couple of months. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthors #writingsky #queerbooks

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A piece of worldbuilding I'd like to share for my world! This is about the Crawford test, an archaic method of distinguishing humans from spirits, let me know what you all think! #worldbuilding #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthors

Crawford test

Developed initially by Tiffany Crawford, around three centuries ago, a Crawford test is a series of questions designed to discern the difference between people and spirits. To do this, it is a test filled with deliberate inconsistencies, made up of questions with no clear correct answers.

Some of the most important inconsistencies are in the amount of questions asked and the time required for the test. Tell the taker of the test the amount of questions you will ask them. Tell the taker of the test the exact time the test will take (do not include a timekeeping device in the room, this can skew result). The end goal of both the proposed amount of questions and the allotted time is that they're false. If the taker of the test objects to either the amount of questions asked or the exact time the test takes, it may indicate they are not a true person.

The exact nature of the questions asked are of little consequence, but they have to fall into three parameters, firstly, that they don't have a clear correct answer. Secondly, that the questions can be followed up on with ease, and thirdly, that there can be comments to the answers. Topics may include preferred food, activities, flowers, all sorts of things that don't have deliberate correct answers.

A Crawford test is designed to short-circuit a spirit's single-minded consciousness. It does so by asking questions detached from a spirit's central desire in a deliberately inconsistent way. It was adopted at its time of conception to discern whether something is human or spirit, and while the fact remains that a correctly executed Crawford test has never dubbed a spirit as a person, the same can't be true for the opposite. Crawford tests are very much designed around the experience of a neurotypical person, so it's quite possible that those somewhere on the spectrum can fail the test while definitely being people.

In the current day, the Crawford test has fallen out of favor, at least in deciding the different between spirit and person. Instead, the current most prominent method meant to test these things is an incision procedure, by which small, fast-healing incicions are made with regular blades on the very surface of the skin. Since spirits can't be harmed by tools without enchantments, the slight damage from the procedure can prove the one undergoing it is human. But in most cases, a test isn't required, and the nature of someone proclaiming to be a person can be easily verified with records of birth and governmental registration.

This doesn't mean the Crawford test is useless in the modern day. Currently, it's mostly used by those who believe spirits to be capable of personhood. Since false positives are unheard of, a 'spirit' acing a Crawford test could be treated as good evidence that spirits can grow into full-blown people. But as of yet, there are no provable records of a being that can be identified fully as a spirit succeeding on a Crawford test.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'm on a roll today, wrote 2662 words to start my new novel. Motivation really goes a long way, maybe I'll write some more in the evening, who knows. #booksky #writingsky #indieauthors #writingcommunity #queerbooks

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VeryPteri 🏳️‍⚧️ @verypteri.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Okay but also, for the love of god, please make original media with trans protagonists. Protagonists with a capital P. And support your peers who are doing as such. We can’t just have Bridgette and Madeline forever.

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Almost done with the outline for a future novel, hope I actually have enough follow-through to finish writing it though. #booksky #indieauthor #writingsky #queerbooks

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Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Every fucking YouTube ad I see is for that stupid "make your own anime with AI!" app please make it stop

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Persephone R. P. Schaaf 🏳️‍⚧️ @persephonerpschaaf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Not much pains me more than credits rolling on a game that felt far too short. #gaming #indiegames

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