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Rewrites be damned; SILENT HILL HOMECOMING IS ABOUT BEING TRANS, god dammit!! Alex's parents treat him as the queer kid they disowned, his only friend is a woman, one of his monsters is a split-open penis and the other is a struggling woman strapped to the backside of a hulking brutish man!! #horror

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Every time you shoot something with a crossbow or rifle, you grow taller, obviously.

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My egg was cracked by that gender swapping potion in Fable 2, and outright shattered by Life is Strange. I just wanted to be a freakishly tall girl playing a guitar and getting praised by filthy peasants for doing a merry jig.

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I just want to write a novel that makes people as depressed as Our Wives Under The Sea, as itchy as Perdido Street Station, as existentially upset as House of Leaves, as loopy as a Discworld story, and as horny as one very specific chapter of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. ...Easy, right?

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Ever look at an old photo of yourself and think, "dang, I am NEVER going to take a better photo of myself"...? And not even because of aging. Just for logistical reasons.

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Okay, I've accepted I don't have the chops to draw good cover art myself, but I DID make some great reference art for the professional illustrators I'm gonna hire. 😘

4/5th's of the way through a dev edit for one novel. 1/5th's of the way through a dev edit for a second novel. 0/5th's of the way through a dev edit for a third novel... I miiiiiigggghhhhttt be spreading myself too thin.

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I have 443 followers?? How'd THAT happen?!

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I've been writing creative fiction since I was a kid, and most of the stuff I wrote before my egg cracking may as well be titled "THE AUTHOR WHO DIDN'T REALIZE SHE WAS TRANS"

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Rosie Dear @rosiedear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been writing creative fiction since I was a kid, and most of the stuff I wrote before my egg cracking may as well be titled "THE AUTHOR WHO DIDN'T REALIZE SHE WAS TRANS"

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I haven't! I'll check it out 🙂

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Donut IRL @irldonut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you must have massive appeal you must be unique and different you must be authentic you must be marketable you have to do it out of love you have to make it profitable it's art it's content it's you it's a product

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 07/08/2026

Nothing but respect for *my* Odyssey movie

The main trio from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Ironlily @ironlilyart.com · 06/08/2026

Wrapping a single long, rectangular piece of fabric around the body was exactly how many ancient culture made their fashion.

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Amaranth Morn @amaranthmorn.neocities.org · 14/04/2026

Hi, #PortfolioDay! I'm Amaranth Morn, a fantasy illustrator who likes fairy tales and horror. Currently open to commissions and character illustration work. Work: amaranthmorn.neocities.org/portfolio Contact: amaranthmorn@gmail.com Commissions: vgen.co/amaranthmorn #FantasyArt #OCsky #ArtSky

A digital illustration styled like a book cover with the title "Spirit-Sight." A young, wide-eyed teen holds a lantern glowing with unnatural light. The smoke from the lantern takes the shape of various strange creature parts.

A digital illustration of my Snow Queen fairy tale retelling characters. An icy woman with mist surrounding her looks into a cracked, glowing snow globe. Within, two best friends engage in a snowball fight.

A digital illustration of a girl with a haunted expression kneeling beneath a gnarled juniper tree. She holds a feather that glows like fire. In the earth beneath her is a skeleton with fire in its eye sockets. In the tree sits a flame-colored bird. In the distance, smoke from a small house's chimney rises into the stormy sky.

Six digital illustrations of the characters for my House at Hollowmaw project. They depict the characters in full-body poses, each surrounded by glowing magical imagery that relates to them as characters.

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Rosie Dear @rosiedear.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Posting music I like right now cus no one can stop me. Paint Me Silver by Pond

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Paint Me Silver

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Rosie Dear @rosiedear.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Overthinking my cover art for self-publishing. Most novel covers seem very minimalist these days, but I want mine to be so extra. Main characters, settings, distinct color schemes, and an art style that doesn't scream "traced over a heroforge character." #writing #booksky #artsky

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Clay Sheldon @claysheldon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I've spent a couple months learning the bare basics of character art on Krita. So go easy on me. I only just got the hang of shading. Gotta learn highlighting next. Happy #PortfolioDay! 💜

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Writing Tip: You're going to make a mistake. A big one. That's okay! Everyone does. But you won't notice it because it's in your writer's blind spot. We all have one of those too, even if not everyone admits it. This is why editors that aren't you are so important. #writing #writingtips #Booksky

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That's where I'm leaning, yeah.

Saw this post about pearls dissolving in vinegar and immediately thought "Dang that looks delicious." #dungeonmeshi #deliciousindungeon

Well, character art, anyway. Calling them illustrations might be a stretch. At least I can say I made every part of it and not some chatbot.

Rosie Dear @rosiedear.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

And now for the hard part: Do I self-publish my novel asap and just see how it does? Or do I spend 3-6 months waiting to hear back from publishers...? Cus, dang, I've already mocked up all its illustrations myself. 🤷‍♀️ #writingcommunity #writing #writers

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I'M OFFICIALLY A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!! ONE OF MY SHORT STORIES IS GETTING PUBLISHED IN THE INAUGURAL ISSUE OF HALLOW'S EVE MAGAZINE!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! 🎊🎉🎆🙌🥳 #writingcommunity

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Rosie Dear @rosiedear.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is a series of romance stories if you can believe. Bad relationships getting replaced with good ones. Thus the title, "Rebounds in Ricochet."

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I'll send you a link the moment it's published somewhere! 💜

Thank you! ☺️ 💜 I am! I want to self-publish my books, but I can't afford an illustrator, so I'm learning to draw my own stuff with Krita.

Top to bottom: a waitress with a vat-grown gun, a debugger with a clockwork heart, a bomb-maker who wins an election he doesn't remember entering, an out-of-work electrician looking for crime gigs, and a 15-foot-tall farm girl newly arrived to the weirdest city on earth.