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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 8h

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel My why I write: It's a loaded question and a long story. First, I want neurodivergent writers to have a voice and market to speak, so that's one reason. Second, I'm taking meds that make me barren, because of the warnings on them like "miscarriage if you take this"..

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Penelope Bridgerton

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 19h

Yes. We need to take ICE down. I signed a petition with encouraging words to Rebecca on HRC (Human Rights Campaign) in support of this lawsuit. It's time we get rid of this lawlessness and cruelty. Justice for Renee Good.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge #WritingCommunity Hi-hi! I'm Rachel, and I mostly write sci fi and fantasy stories, different speculative fiction genres! As for the this/that: I love paperback, it's less expensive, but hardcover novels are worth more. Series vs. standalone- I go either way. I love my Jane Austen...

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reminds me of "The Story of Tonight"... YES! We want no more kings, just like the Schoolhouse Rock song. Sadly, couldn't go out and protest, but I'm loudly applauding those who did. #HamiltonMusical #NoKings #Resist

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Hamilton: Lin-Manuel Miranda High Five

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This makes me giggle in a good way. Thank you for cheering me up today! Had an awful dream while sleeping this morning, and I woke up in pain later. This needed to be on my feed. Awesome comic.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reposting because I'm interested myself, as someone with Irish ancestry and an American with a love of superheroes! Definitely check this out and support them on Kickstarter! The artwork is awesome too! #WritingCommunity #booksky

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ok, I'm pissed that this happens BEFORE Midterms. I may lose my benefits from SSI AND Medicaid the next time I have my therapist appointment. Then, be forced to either pay thousands for my mental illness meds, or hit the hospital for withdrawal symptoms. Fuck this asshole monster Hitler President.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am so sorry about this post with a typo error. Fuck computers. Technology needs to die. I did not mean to type the S word twice!!! I'm sure some cyberbullying will commence soon... Please forgive me.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel Apologies for not posting yesterday's prompt, ass you know, posting snippets of my work is tough for me on Bluesky... As it stands now, the first ten chapters are now LIVE on Royal Road! Feel free to check out my story A Diamond of the Universe for free...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The best birthday present imaginable. #DollyDay 💖

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Go Mark Hamill!!!! Love his posts on Bluesky, and I love his voice acting in video games, and now he's doing Darkwing Duck?! My childhood! :D

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I see you and you are valid. Love to everyone, for every person deserves love. Love you.

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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wow. I'm floored. We funded my orchiectomy in one day, it seems. Thank you, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart. Going to keep the GoFundMe open a bit longer. All further donations will be saved for future gender-affirming surgeries, because they ain't gonna be cheap! gofund.me/7f5fbc53e

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel To answer this, MANY times is my A. I've been doing it since high school, reading my poetry at the Literary Tea with my art magazine The Vignette in the fall and at the end of the year. Been reading my stories since before high school in front of friends, they loved-

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel This is also a hard one to figure out... I have no clue who would be my characters in A Diamond of the Universe because it's hard to keep up with today's voice actors and Hollywood actors in general. I'd honestly like to be the narrator of Diamond, really...

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ZomBev 🧟‍♀️ @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My goal today is $90 Current total: 210/900 I’d really love to get at least enough to pay part of each bill. Please share 💕💸 #helpsky #helpfolkslive2026 #fundsky

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #booksky #writersky One of the big reasons why I'm a writer on the side of my crochet designs, and a writer on Royal Road: My English teacher freshman year of high school read one of my chapters to a coming of age novel I was writing gave me an A+ and said, "I'd love to read more."

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yip. Right on, man! Also, I got my flu shot in August 2026, and my COVID19 booster the day before my cruise on September 4th. Worth having a sore arm for the first two days of the cruise. Screw you, RFK Jr. Vaccines save lives, bite me. This Administration can go to hell.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have to go on a limb and bring up my favorite romcom, 13 Going on 30: Jenna Rink and Matt Flamhaff. The best friends next door to each other, and she doesn't know her BFF is in love with her. Also, I didn't know what love could be before I met Alexander. He changed my world for the better.

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Mark Ruffalo in 13 Going on 30: I've Always Loved You

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel Man, I WISH!!!! As an unpublished author, with about a quarter of my novella A Diamond of the Universe now live on Royal Road, I just hope it gets picked up to make it a published story AND become an audiobook. Would be really nice...

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel Strange as it sounds, I happen to LOVE audiobooks. I do love having to hold things, much like my boyfriend Alexander who doesn't own an e-reader... But I really love audiobooks because of how well everything is read to you, and for disabled folks with vision...

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hi #WritingCommunity #crochetsky and #booksky I'm ba-ack... And I have LOADS of stories to tell!! There's a story for every night I've been on Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas- from dancing waiters in the dining room to WINNING a karaoke contest in a single week my first cruise ever. Talk soon.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel #crochetsky and #booksky ... This is my final post before I go off the grid, out of my country, the United States. I need a LONG vacation for a bit. Tomorrow, I'll be in international waters towards the Bermuda Triangle. I will be safe, promise. See you soon.

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Margaritaville Cruise Ship

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel Last pretend panel post before my CRUISE! It starts tomorrow! WOOT! For A Diamond of the Universe? I try to have specific voices in mind, but I really don't have it in mind to pick a few. Bridgerton on Netflix was awesome, but not for this story...

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Lady Danbury's Elegant Tea Moment

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

He was pretty cool when I was growing up... :D I want to play those games again.

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Spyro Dragon

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank you, Rick Steves! We love you. We need more people like you.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today, my dad would have been 65 years old if he kept going after 2021. Happy birthday in the Afterlife, dad. Missing you today. Wish I had a memory to post right now at this time. In the meantime, I finished posting chapter 5 of A Diamond of the Universe on Royal Road for everyone to see.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel Sad to say, I won't be online to do this on the weekend, starting September 5. I will be boarding Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas that day for my cruise! So, I will be doing this today and tomorrow instead. Do I hear what I'm writing?- yes...

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Hal-Lou-een 🐈‍⬛ @louellastone.com · 02/09/2026

For the rest of the day, everything in my ko-fi shop is 52% off! It’s a Big Birthday Blowout! ko-fi.com/louellastone... #sapphic #lesbian #books #booksky #shortstories #crochet #fiberart 🧶 📚💙 📚🌶️ 📚🌈 ♿️♾️📚

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I also love Monty Python!!! Love that film... I had just turned 20 when my dad introduced me to his favorite Marvel superhero... "Yeah... I can fly."

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Ready To Go

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Reposting for my sake and the sakes of everyone who battles mental illness like me. Support all of your friends. Even people like me who deal with depression and anxiety torture. Don't leave them in the dark. Support NAMI as well. Mental illness is a disability, and you are never alone.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I really loved this girl with two hearts and a blue box on Doctor Who. Despite popular opinion. She was fully awesome. Brilliant. #DoctorWho

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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor Pose

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In addition to my new story being on Royal Road, here is an unboxing I did for August 'Yarn of the Month' from Darn Good Yarn (better late than never), AND the new album from Sara Bareilles, Good Grief. It's flawless. I'm ready to cry now... youtube.com/live/im6JjBL...

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Late evening DGY and surprise Sara Bareilles unboxing! With surprise news...

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Even more great news- Chapters three and four are now live! Please check it out, it's some of my finest work... :D #WritingCommunity #writersky #booksky

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fun fact about these: Ocean Park Standoff and Silversun Pickups ALL opened for Third Eye Blind for the Summer Gods Tour in 2017 when I saw them at Pier Six. The story about All Time Low: The second time I saw them, I couldn't get in as a rock music journalist, but I ran into drummer Rian's parents..

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All Time

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

10 Bands I've seen live: All Time Low (twice- interesting story there) Halestorm Fall Out Boy Almost Queen (Queen tribute band) Kelly Bell Band Hamilton Musical (at the Hippodrome Baltimore) Third Eye Blind Silversun Pickups Ocean Park Standoff Fools & Horses (at least 3 times or more)

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'll play... Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy saga by Douglas Adams Dragons Wild by Robert Asprin Any essay by David Sedaris, especially "Today's Special" from Me Talk Pretty One Day #booksky

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#WritingCommunity #pretendpanel Awesome question. Love it! If I could have my work adapted, I'd say I'd love A Diamond of the Universe or Debutante of Cassiopeia to be a movie saga. For Save Gallifrey, my memoir/ essay collection, I'd love it if this was either a musical, TV series, or movie.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#WritingCommunity #writersky I have done it. A Diamond of the Universe is finished in revision!!! Just had my final BSFS Writers' Circle session tonight before the cruise, and we got to the last two chapters of my story. It's nearly ready, baby. Now, it needs a book cover, maybe an editor...

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Snoopy's Party Celebration

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'll also play this game- 10 female characters to get to know me: 1- Princess Ariel- Little Mermaid 2- Thumbelina & Anastasia (Don Bluth's versions) 3- Supergirl 4- Ms. Marvel 5- Captain Marvel 6- She-Hulk 7- MJ -Spiderman (MCU version) 8- Jenna Rink- 13 Going On 30 (continued below)

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Ariel The Little Mermaid Combing Her Hair

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Had a horrible nightmare this morning, the morning after we lost our sweet hero Dolly... It provoked me to cry and grieve, finally. I'm still grieving for this planet. And my country, the United States, since it's being ruled by a pathetic Hitler incarnate. I'm taking a brief break from Bluesky-

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Terry Turner @alighterway2live.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Played "Love is Like a Butterfly" and "Coat of Many Colors" in Dolly's honor. She was my hero and my angel to bring love and smiles to the Earth. The world's shattered without her. Goodnight, Dolly, fly with butterflies tonight. Miss you. Turning off Bluesky for the day. #RIPDollyParton #grief

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

And it still bothers me that all these books plus Perks of Being a Wallflower and others, even the Bible, are all banned. You see a book on that list, READ IT. I still have my copies of Perks and Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH on my bookshelf. I won't let them get tossed. #booksky #READ

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Last weekend, I got my flu shot. I want the flu disease dead, more than 100 years later. I'm still waiting for COVID19 vaccines to be available. My cruise is a week from Saturday, beginning of September. It's end of August now. Move it or lose it, United States! More vaccines! Say this LOUDER.

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Rachel Beth Ahrens @rachelbeth99.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's less than two weeks before my cruise, I'm getting packed up for it now, and am I hearing this right in the Trending sidebar on my right on Bluesky? That the President is getting a negative approval in 47 states, almost the whole dang country? About freaking time.

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Laughing Minion Prisoner

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