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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

All three books in the Grand Life of Eliese Moonsorrow are out and available now! Sword Fighting in the Garden, Horse Riding Into War, and the final in the series, Surviving the Heat of Vengeance, can all be purchased off of Amazon as ebooks, or in soft or hard cover!

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DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen" @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I write sapphic romantasy where an all female polycule help a woman poison her abusive cishet husband on their honeymoon to stop a nation of white supremacists from invading a diverse queernormative kingdom. And it's free! www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit...

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

If anyone wants to write a review for my newest Novella, either on a review sight like good reads or Amazon or on your own website or Bluesky page, message me and I'll if I can send you a PDF or Epub file. This offer goes for my older books too #sapphic #novella #promo #books #bookreviews

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The final book in the trilogy of my Novellas is released! Surviving The Heat of Vengeance follows Wynn and Elise fighting in a tournament, with one combatant wanting more than victory in the ring! Link in replies! #sapphic #novella #selfpromotion

The cover to a book titled "Surviving the heat of Vengeance" by "Riley A. Glasen." The cover is blue, with white text, and a white emblem displaying a crown with a sword through the center of it.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A #shortstory I wrote a while ago. Re-reading reminded me how good it feels to write at a smaller scale (🧵1/2) #Writers #Writing.

The Singed Blue Dot
A Testimony From a Witness to Earth’s destruction
I was 32 when the sun swallowed the earth whole. Not just earth, but Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and almost all of the asteroid belt. I remember it vividly, I think everyone does. It was a tragedy, the whole of the human race watched with rapt attention as the ground from which we were born as a species was burned to a crisp.
The invention of instantaneous communication through entangled particles opened up the idea of interstellar travel. The journeys were long, but keeping in touch meant that we were more okay with leaving our home world behind. First we colonized the moon, and then came mars. We set up science labs on the moon Titan. After a while we began to travel to the neighboring stars, using what we now call ‘slow travel’ at first, but soon we discovered a way to make exotic matter capable of stabilizing wormholes. We now colonize a total of 10 stars, 16 colonized planets housing 25 billion humans.

I was stood on the upper floor of a mall in the city of Ardsberg on the planet Newton. I was buying a new phone for my daughter, walking out of the store when all of the screens in the mall illuminated. There was a warning, “graphic footage.” Not really enough to sum up what we were all expecting.
We had some idea this was coming for the last few years, the recent destruction of the newest human colony via flood had people worried. Some people had decided to stay, to be with their homes when the waters came. The scientists wanted to avoid that mentality this time. They began encouraging the people of Earth, the Martian and Lunar colonies, and even those in the labs on Titan to evacuate. There was a surprise when there was almost no resistance.

Almost no one had actually lived on Earth those days, I mean, why would you. It was one of a dozen habitable planets we governed, and of them, it was easily the worst. We’d heard stories, of course, of a time where the sky was blue and there were plants everywhere. Green ones. Weird right? But, at that time, people who had been there said it was hard to breathe, and the sky was grey..The only people living there were scientists and professors who taught at very prestigious colleges. There were also dozens of tourist traps, places where nature had supposedly been preserved, but it was far too expensive to visit, so I’d never even considered it.

Those people left first, the ones running the tourist traps. I think they were afraid of getting sued by some family if they lost someone to the sun exploding while on earth visiting one of their ‘exhibits.’ The teachers left not long after. While the universities prided themselves for being earthbound, they prided their lives more, however. And to no one's surprise their cost of admission has only marginally lowered to reflect this. The last people to leave were the scientists. As much as they valued their lives, a lot of them stuck around, how many chances do you get to collect data on the Apocalypse, afterall. Not that it felt like one. and even they left in the end. All in all, earth went from about a billion people to maybe a dozen who refused to leave. Nothing we could do to force them out. I try not to think about it.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

He’s had many names, lived many lives, worn many disguises. 🎭 a magician’s last act 💖 a burgeoning romance 🗡️ brothers at odds 📓 21 pages 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/H6oGDdB 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-final-ac... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/12... [ 🤏📚 ] [ 📚💙🪐 ]

cover for the final act of jonas black by rebecca crunden; shows a faceless figure in a hat with glasses, black and white colour scheme

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

An attempt to use #HeroForge to make the main characters of my #Novellas. Princess Eliese Moonsorrow and her love interest, Sir Ruthwynn of Kirstow. #SapphicRomance #LGBTQRomance

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

‘You can’t stop people using AI so what’s the point in speaking out’ The utter defeatism of that assumption explains so much about AI users tbh. ‘I can’t do it, so why try waah’ Like … maybe if you fucking try and don’t give up in the face of difficulty you’d see ✨results✨

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Sorry if I annoyed anyone by reposting a bunch of my old stuff, but I figured it'd be nice to try and get some eyes on it.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Horse Riding into War Features a helmet and a horseshoe, split and merged into one. This one took me hours, but I'm still happy with how it looks! (2/2)

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

About the covers of my #Romance #Novella series. Sword Fighting in the Garden has a simple Sword & Rose, crossed like blades. I'm not a very good artist, so it took me some time to make it right. (1/2)

A physical copy of "Sword Fighting in the Garden" by author Riley A. Glasen. The cover is green with white text, and a white silhouette of a sword and a flower crossing.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I'm so proud of having designed the covers for my Novellas myself. I know they are simple, and honestly, I don't have much talent for visual art, but it's 1000% better than AI Slop. #FuckAI #WritingCommunity

Image one: the cover of the novella "Sword Fighting in the Garden" by Riley A. Glasen. It is green with white text, featuring a white silhouette of a rose and sword crossing.

Image two: the cover of the novella "Horse Riding Into War" by Riley A. Glasen. It's red with white text, featuring a white silhouette of an emblem that's half knights helmet, half horseshoe.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I reread books all the time. I play video games more than once, and rewatch movies, too. When I fall in love with a story, I will find as many excuses to relive it as possible.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

...pretty dang close. 47,025. So that number became my goal, 3,135. If I could do that 14 more times, I could fill in the gap with a slightly shorter 'epilogue.' bam, novella done. (2/2)

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

#WritingCommunity This may not work for everyone, but I really find doing the math to help. When I wrote the first chapter of SFITG, it was done in a haze of inspiration. It ended up at 3,135 words. That's a far cry from my 50k goal for my Novellas, but, multiply it by 15, and you get... (1/2)

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hello, if people did any of this for me I would cry

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Look, I wanted to commission an artist for the covers of my Novellas, but I couldn't afford it. So... I did that shit myself. Fuck AI. Even my simple ass emblems are more soulful than AI Slop.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This is a rare feeling for me. Most "something cool" moments in my stories I have planned before I reach them, so when a moment comes up AS IM WRITING it, it's really a special feeling.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Do you have a friend who is a #sapphic woman? Or just a friend who loves #LGBTQ+ fiction? Might I suggest my books for your Christmas Shopping consideration?

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Some lore from my Novellas! In the world of SFITG and HRIW, there are two suns! Moro and Woro. Woro is the first sun to set, and Moro's light is paler that Woro's. There is also no moon! Though the word "eclipse" does exist, it simply means to "overshadow" something.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Cool, anyway, Sword Fighting in the Garden and Horse Riding Into War are both available as ebooks and physical books, and neither were made using AI Slop! Links in my pinned!

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Sometimes something magical happens to me, and I can really put words on a page. The last 3 days before I finished the rough draft of Horse Riding Into War I wrote 5k a day. The last 15k was written in 3 days. It's usually much slower for me... #WritingCommunity

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Do I feel bad shamelessly advertising on almost every post I make here? I do. (Links to my Novellas in my pinned, btw.) But here is the thing that makes me feel a little better about it. I'm honest about trying to sell you guys something. I make it clear the stuff I'm promoting is my own.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A very rough draft for the cover of Sword Fighting in the garden, Vs. what it ended up as.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I mostly talk about book stuff, so it feels like it needs to be said. This account is an LGBTQ+ space. You are safe here if you are gay, trans, bi, pan... You are loved and valid #lgbtq+

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I SWEAR Rebecca Cruden is going to be a name to remember.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Like three by @melissajensen2014.bsky.social "The Wolf’s Jaw Inn & Tavern is not a unique sight. Resting points like this, away from any settlements, have existed for a long time, and they are all the same." --chapter 2, "The Start to a Very, Very, Long Ride"

The Wolf’s Jaw Inn & Tavern is not a unique sight.
Resting points like this, away from any settlements, have
existed for a long time, and they are all the same. I remember
staying at a place just like this on the road with my father when
I was a little girl. The smell of freshly cooked stew covering the
smell of freshly brewed beer brings me back there. I was so
small back then, and sure that my father could handle the
whole world. I guess he wants everyone to see him that way,
but I know better now. I shake my head as I dismount Shadow
and give her a snack from my bag, a fresh apple. Well, as fresh
as it could be, anyway. She looks tired. Places like this
sometimes have stables, I think she’d get better rest in one of
those. I lead Norwell inside.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Like Two by @bookspotlight.bsky.social "When he betrayed your father, he merely wanted to rule Lairen. When he retreated behind the Vicorn, he simply wanted to conquer the lands of man. Now, his ambition grows more. He wishes not to conquer, but to destroy." --chapter 1, "All Good Things"

“That’s my magic he wants. The magic of the crystal.
And with it, he can do a lot of harm. You are the only one with
the skill, the time, and the motivation to save her.” She takes a
step forward, though I hardly notice with all of the emotions
running through my heart.
“What does he want with your magic? What can he do?”
I plead for information. I need to know why.
“His ambition has only continued to grow. When he
betrayed your father, he merely wanted to rule Lairen. When
he retreated behind the Vicorn, he simply wanted to conquer
the lands of man. Now, his ambition grows more. He wishes not
to conquer, but to destroy. To replace the lands of man and elf
with monsters who follow only his command. With my magic,
he can make his will so.” She places a hand on my shoulder, and
it’s like electricity.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Like one by @rileywrites.bsky.social (I liked my own post to at least share one) "My unconscious body hungers for her warmth, like a reptile to a hot stone. My arms and legs wrap around her, and so most mornings, like now, she has to remove herself from my grasp." --chapter 1, "all good things"

All good things
This is perfect.
I am brought forth from a deep peaceful sleep by the
stirring of my wife. Sir Ruthwynn is trying to untangle herself
from me. I must have wrapped myself around her last night, as
I do most nights. My unconscious body hungers for her
warmth, like a reptile to a hot stone. My arms and legs wrap
around her, and so most mornings, like now, she has to remove
herself from my grasp. Normally I wake up too by this point,
help her get dressed. But today it is early, and she is leaving, so
I feel no pull to help her. Instead I squeeze the last part of her I
still have a grasp on, her arm, in an attempt to plead her to stay
in bed with me, if only for a little bit. Instead, I feel her lips
press gently onto my forehead, and I let out a sigh and let her
go without ever opening my eyes

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I want to share more snippets from #HorseRidingIntoWar now that I own a physical copy of it. How about this. 1 like=1 snippet from my second novella #WritingCommunity

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Some fiction is very transformative. It makes you realize something. Either about yourself, the author, or the world. Some fiction, the stuff I've published, is comfort. It's not going to shake you to your core and leave an impact, but that's by design. Sometimes it's nice to not be impacted.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

And to be clear, fuck AI. AI is NOT a solution for this.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Does anyone else feel like writing should be easier? I'm so tired of looking at a blinking text curser as nothing in my whirlwind mind can find its way on to the damn page.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Look, this isn't that close to being done, but I wanted to get the hardest part out of the way. New emblem for a new story

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

(🧵2/2)

It lasted 6 minutes. That’s it. Technically it took 8, but the cameras posted all throughout the solar system were a bit delayed in detecting the sun going supernova. I remember, clear as day, seeing the whole mall light up red as the screens displayed the Earth. It’s supposedly once lush, green and blue surface slowly turned balck as the heat and plasma approached. We saw it be almost entirely swallowed before the camera’s cut due to damage from the heat. It was stunning, heart breaking. Like hearing that a distant relative you’d met a few times had died.
It wasn’t till I had heard about your documentary that I’d really thought about it. That planet was the birthplace to all life as we know it. How many countless ecosystems were lost when Sol exploded? How many before that from carelessness? Do you know how long the publications ran stories about it? A month. They stopped talking about it in earnest after a month. Sure every now and then someone writes a think piece on it, and it gets a little traction, but no one really cares anymore. No one alive today was born there. I’m sure your documentary will be similar.

You know there is still a planet where you can see earth? It’s about ten light years from here, a week's journey, mostly scientists because it’s hot as shit, but there is a satellite telescope there. It’s so far away from earth that the star doesn’t look blown up yet. The light from that time hasn’t reached it yet. You can occasionally see the slightest dim of the light as earth passess in front of Sol.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A #shortstory I wrote a while ago. Re-reading reminded me how good it feels to write at a smaller scale (🧵1/2) #Writers #Writing.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

✨ NEW RELEASE ✨ 🤍 estranged husbands 🥺 close brothers x2 🗡️ an mc who is 100% done 🐺 a love interest ready to grovel 👻 small town spooks 🏫 a haunted, gothic school 🔍 buried secrets ❄️ snowy setting 🔖 book link: mybook.to/aBMB 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... [ #booksky ] [ 🏳️‍🌈📚💙 ]

Ebook cover for The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden; cover shows a shadow of a grey wolf above a forest that's dark green and black and foggy. text is gold and greyish-white.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

every day a new ai fanboy comes into my comments to bitch at me about why they should be allowed to use a machine that is eating the planet (READ THE ARTICLES ON THE ENERGY DRAIN, MY GOD!) and stealing from others and taking jobs, and just expects me to give them a mic lmfao

media.tenor.com

a woman is holding a cell phone in her hand and the word blocked is visible .

Alt: a woman is holding a cell phone in her hand and saying ‘blocked and reported’

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I’ve had a couple of people ask in a few places, so just to clarify— I don’t charge EVER for book reviews or interviews or anything book promo related. I am a broke bitch who knows how hard marketing and publicity are, so I’ll never charge. Here to help my homies because, in the words of Moira,

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a woman says when one of us shines on a screen

Alt: Moira Rose saying, ‘when one of us shines, all of us shine.’

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

✨ ICYMI ✨ If you would like to do a written author interview on my blog, email me with the subject line AUTHOR INTERVIEW REQUEST and I’ll send the Q&A on! (Email in my linktree!)

banner that says author interviews with a picture of a cartoon book with a rose on top and drawn coloured sparkling stars

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Jess Leigh @itsjessandart.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Hello! It’s been a WHILE! Surprise thighs and bloomers. But I am cleaning out my nylons drawer and came upon these little gems. Also! I am going to show you this time last year so you can kind of see the slimming down. (Will be in next post when I find it)

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🎃 Vyria Durav, Dread Wyrm Princess of Spookytown 🎃 @vyriadurav.northsky.social · 20/01/2025

Part of "if you're transgender, you have to live" is realizing that you have to do things to survive sometimes. You have to be ready to grasp at resources, opportunities, anything that buys you another day. I ran because that was how I live on. The answer may be different for you. Live.

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Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][½ hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Btw, if you don't like authors promoting their books I have the perfect solution for you: Do it for them. 📢 Ramble on about the [indie] books you love, promote them, repost them, gush about them. I can assure you, every author I know is glad for every bloody promo post they do not have to write.

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Khonri 🫜🎃 @khonri.com · 20/01/2025

I think my system leans on the rational, as a lot of it gets tied to biology (and mutations!), but as far as hard/soft, it's somewhere in between. Over-easy rational, like my brain. There are irrational elements tied to the Eight, but that's expected with deity tier. #WritingCommunity #WritingQ

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I'm gonna be real for a second. No hashtags, just... Putting this out into the universe, but... I deeply crave someone analyzing my writing the way I've seen Tumblr posts about Tolkien's world building. I want people to look at my characters like that and find meaning in my words.

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RileyWritesNovellas. @rileywrites.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I haven't been very active lately because I've been working on the new Novella

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