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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Out of town ICE thugs physically intimidate an immigration attorney protecting her clients. ATTORNEY: "Don't push me! Why are you trying to pick them up?" ICE GOON: "It's none of your business!" ATTORNEY: "It is my business—I'm their attorney. It's EXACTLY my business!" They give up and leave 😭

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Exploring the radical concept that yes, even Alexander the Great probably had massive amounts of battlefield PTSD 😬 ("All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant" still going strong on Ao3!) archiveofourown.org/works/694997... #ao3 #amwriting

Even as I extracted my arm from underneath him, he didn’t stir. He was fully unconscious. And when I left the room to shout for an extra blanket, he remained immobile even as I crawled back into bed, rewrapped my arm around him, and drew the covers over us.
It was pure exhaustion, those first few hours.
But then the exhaustion was replaced by dreams. And then he grew disquieted.
There was some long-ago vividness behind his sleeping eyelids, contractions and wrinkles appearing on his nose and forehead as his face contorted in memory.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Among other writing shenanigans, recently got to join in the fluffy Les Mis AU created by the ever-talented @musicalibrarian.bsky.social Javert lives, Gavroche lives, and everyone is a little less Misérables. ❤️ archiveofourown.org/works/753557... #ao3 #amwriting

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The Urchin, The Policeman, The Saint - Chapter 1 - closetwriter_24 - Les Misérables - All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/11/2025

This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)

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Dominique (Philosophika) @philosophika.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This is my writing philosophy 😂 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

glass--beach@tumblr.com: "the point of art is not to be great but to make it transparently obvious that there is something wrong with you"

naniiebimworks@tumblr.com: "oh. this is a much better standard to live by."

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Maureen Coffey (Arlington, VA) @maureencoffeyva.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Arlington does have an eviction prevention/emergency financial assistance program, but there is far greater need than the resources available. Folks should contact 703-228-1300 or dhs@arlingtonva.us to explore this option/see what other programs might be available

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

When all you wanna do is go to battle with your guy, and all he wants to do is kiss ya. I guess you just do both.🤷‍♀️ ("All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant," still popping on ao3) archiveofourown.org/works/694997... #ao3 #writesky

He was overwrought, drunk on the idea of our togetherness. More than that, he knew the deepest desires of my heart. We would be joined in combat, just as I had always hoped. We could be men entwined in the heat of thrill and war.
I knew he needed to touch me then. His mouth was already close, its fiery-soft words casting spells of nerve and victory on the empty sparring field.
“Kiss me,” I prompted. “I can tell you want to.”
He didn’t hesitate. My lips parted for the quick force of his mouth. He was gentle, slow, but he burned with light.
“You are everything,” he whispered to me as he pulled away. “I’ll follow you anywhere.”

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#AwesomeCharacters Since most of the character arc is about his speedrun towards a massive god complex, I wouldn't describe Alexander the Great as a good winner or a quiet gloater. 😬 archiveofourown.org/works/694997... #writesky #ao3

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All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant - Chapter 1 - closetwriter_24 - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

61,000 words since August, y'all. The downfall of law and order is apparently my muse. (It's either this or I drink heavily...) #writesky #ao3

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Liza Donnelly nails it.

Military guy points to bar “this one is for enduring Pete Hegseth’s display of toxic masculinity.”

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

~~AITA (12M) for contriving various tests that will make everyone see that my arch-nemesis (13M) is awful? No, he hasn't *done* anything wrong, but I just have a feeling about him. (Youthful angst ✔️) ("Enemies" to Lovers ✔️) #ao3 #WritingPrompt #booksky archiveofourown.org/works/694997...

Finding no criticism of him among my sources, I tried to catch him at some misdeed. I don’t think I intended to get him in trouble. More than that, I think I wanted to prove to myself that I was right to dislike him.
My tests, numerous and varied, were all unsuccessful.
Early one morning, I left a handful of silver coins scattered outside his room. Hiding behind some curtains, I watched him emerge, pause in confusion, and then gather the coins to bring to the household steward. He didn’t take for himself a single one.

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A deserved shout-out to @musicalibrarian.bsky.social for tuning me into Ao3. I never expected my work to be The Next Big Thing, but I hoped that at least some people would enjoy it. I now have a growing(!!) audience and lots of supportive folk. It means a lot! Thanks all ❤️ #ao3 #writersky

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So, evidently, I become feral when the world is on fire, and I learn how to publish my random stories willy-nilly. "Only Cowards Will Be Left Alive" now available on a screen near you. Historical Drama/Romance Anthology. Bite-sized chapters. #ao3 #writersky archiveofourown.org/works/704627...

These are the stories of doomed warrior-lovers.

In Ancient Greece, The Sacred Band was a real military unit comprised of 150 pairs of male lovers.
A group of exceptional soldiers, they were undefeated in combat.

In 338BC, the unit was met by Alexander the Great in what would become one of the most decisive battles of the ancient world.
Despite mass desertion by the rest of their army, The Sacred Band stood their ground and fought until the death.

The dead will speak. They'll tell their love stories.

**This is a work of anthology. Every chapter will be a complete story focused around a different pair of men.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

theonion.com/nation-grate...

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

You know where you won't find *any* mention of Charlie Kirk? 340BC "All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant" has~~ 🌟(Maybe historically canon) Asexual Alexander the Great 🌟Lots of tunics 🌟Competent side characters 🌟Sparring as courtship #ao3 #writersky archiveofourown.org/works/694997...

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All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant - Chapter 1 - closetwriter_24 - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Just slow-burning my way through ancient history and its ships.💓 Alexander the Great romance seeking to answer the question: 💥What if our real conquest was the love we made along the way? (But like, in a much less hokey way...) archiveofourown.org/works/694997... #ao3 #booksky #writersky

Hephaestion was sitting in the dust. It was almost dusk, and the day was quieting. He could sleep outside tonight. He’d cross arms under his head as a pillow and stare up at the nighttime sky. At least the moon was the same. Both he and Alexander could look up and see the same sliver of glowing thumbnail just starting to wane into nothingness.
But now he was thinking. And thinking at nights was dangerous.
Mostly he felt like a pile of dry kindling, ready to combust with only the slightest spark. He could fight in the days, plan in the days, forage or repair or occupy himself in the days. But nights were lonely. And a year of them was even lonelier still.

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Quick correction: When I said "chapters to update monthly," I meant "chapters to update every gd day because our country is falling apart and there is no other means of escaping this all-consuming funk." Sorry for any confusion. ❤️ archiveofourown.org/works/694997... #ao3 #writesky #WTFAmerica

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All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant - Chapter 1 - closetwriter_24 - Ancient History RPF [Archive of Our Own]

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

#WritersCoffeeClub : August 28, "What's the highest praise you've received as a writer?" In the very definition of "peaked in high school", I once won the statewide Young Writer's Award. Still chasing the high from that one. #writesky

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

A man who was just getting names and badges for officers was wrongfully detained in D.C. He then yelled, “AFTER THE TRIALS ARE HELD, YOU WILL ALL BE IN JAIL.” 🔥 #FreeDC

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

So I have discovered the terrors and joys of writing a story in installments. On one hand, I can't distract myself from new progress by endlessly editing. On the other hand, I can't distract myself from new progress by endlessly editing. #WIPsnips #ao3 #writesky

I waited to reply, my words delayed by the sticky realization of how much I pitied him. “My father encourages the men under his command to love each other—even more than they love their wives or children. You fight harder for men you love.”
My response was diplomacy. Neither a rebuke of the closeness shared by our friends nor an affirmation that I wished the same for he and I. But, at least for the moment, it was enough to assuage him.

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Finally bit the bullet (aka, stopped nitpicking edits) and released the first chapters of my Alexander the Great story on Ao3. I am genuinely tickled that it has gotten some views & kudos. I guess fans exist for everything, even history fanfics ❤️ archiveofourown.org/works/694997... #WIPSNIPS #ao3

He’s worried,” I volunteered, finally breaking free from Cleitus’s grip and stumbling upright again. “On the road, we were recently beset by a prophetess.”
“Oh?” He put hands on his hips and nodded in interest. “And what do the Fates have in store for you, Hephaestion?”
“I’m to marry a princess of a great house,” he whispered. His mouth was still upturned in a smile, but it had grown wry.
“Just one princess?” Cleitus drooped his shoulders in mock disappointment.
“It’s my fortune that upsets him.” I nudged Hephaestion’s foot to show that my teasing wasn’t malicious. Assuming a voice of loftiness, I imitated the gravitas of the woman. “I’m to die in Babylon, my death hastened by one I would never suspect.”

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I've finally rolled out my Alexander the Great historical fiction. Chapters to update monthly! Perfect for the five or so people who enjoy serials about somebody dead for 2000+ years! All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant: archiveofourown.org/works/694997... #Writesky #Ao3 #HistoricalFiction

All Those Things the Gods Wouldn't Grant
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"I can tell you the names of the boys and men I grew up with. The ones I loved in my youth. But you must not grow too attached to the stories of any whom I outlive."

After a lifetime of war, crisis, betrayals, and losses, Alexander of Macedon kneels in the temple of Siwa. He retells stories of a childhood spent with a scheming mother, a youth spent with friends now dead or traitorous, and an adulthood spent with the profound love of his fellow general, Hephaestion.

Devastated from a recent loss, he asks only one thing of the temple's oracle: permission to create a god.

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The best small press is open for submissions 😁

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The Fight Against ICE Cruelty @fighticecruelty.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Happy Friday! Another great banner drop in Falls Church today! We tried something new and put out some chalk messages as a longer lasting way to spread motivation. Looking for something to do in your own neighborhood? Consider chalking. Small acts of resistance go a long way. ❤️ #StopICEcruelty

Sidewalk chalk saying "The USA was built by immigrants". It is underneath a banner saying "Andry Hernandez Romero. The USA sent him to a concentration camp."

Sidewalk chalk saying "Stop ICE". It is underneath a banner saying "Only traitors obey tyrants."

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I, who have never written anything cozy, have inexplicably written several chapters of a cozy mystery. Is this just a coping mechanism to counteract all The Horrors ™️? I don't know. I can't stop. Helen, a respectable young widow in 14th century England, is now at the helm. #writersky

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NPR @npr.org · 03/08/2025

When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together. With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection. If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Please don't be in my head anymore, TBQ. K, thanks. 🥰

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Happy Monday, fellow writers ❤️ I could use some vacation reads. What's the best thing you've read recently? (Bonus points if it is something you wrote.)

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I would do this totally unpromoted. You realize that you're just encouraging me, right?

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Thrilled though I am to see one of my favorite King (*cough* Bachman) books getting adapted, the fictional dystopia will feel a bit lackluster in light of our ongoing reality dystopia.

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Writing Bingo Day 3! Everyone likes a meet-cute! Or an...uh...meet-ignore? #writesky

A writing bingo board with three prompts marked off

He wore no apron as most of the artists did, and his doublet did bear some discoloration from various pigments. I wondered at him, preparing to receive nobility with stains on his garments.
“Good morning,” I said.
He glanced up. For a second, his eyes studied me, and I could see him wondering if he needed to bow, kneel, or show some other deference. He remained in place.
“Good morning,” he returned, looking back down at the easel before him.

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Bingo Day 2! Just a nice summertime swim with the beau...and a few dozen of his attendants and advisors. Palace life isn't much fun. And privacy certainly isn't a thing. #writesky

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Writing bingo! "Character returns home" is a trope I love so much. I'm originally from small town Appalachia. Visits home always seem like returning to a near-familiar world. The biggest change is inevitably that everyone is older and now smoking Juuls. Anyway, here's 1500s England... #writesky

Trying to recognize anyone, I glanced around with some sadness at the thin children with gaunt faces who eagerly ran along near us. Times had been lean here. I couldn’t pretend that I knew any of the adults I passed. Those my age would have been parents themselves, and the years had rendered them unrecognizable. My childhood elders were older and frailer than I remembered. In my absence, the people had moved faster than I’d realized.

A bingo board with different writing prompts. "Character returns home" is marked"

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Me: "Well, the good thing about writing historical fiction is that the present chaos doesn't tend to seep into my writing that much." Also me: *rereading anything I've written since January*

Simpsons Meme: "Kids, could you lighten up a little?"

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Unfortunately, spellcheck does not automatically catch words spelled correctly but used in strange ways. So just to reiterate: My book character *did not* actually cry butter tears.

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Disappeared from the US @disappearedfromus.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

UPDATE, We have extended the deadline for quilt squres to August 20, as per requests for extra time. That will include more people. Please join us. There are many ways to create a square, and you don't need to sew. Contact witnessmpp@gmail.com for details and submission info

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The baby is playing with his toys while crying softly to himself, and that kinda feels like 2025 in a nutshell.

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Deep dive into 16th century meat preservation. Lots of salt. #WritingPrompt

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I've seen many examples of it being well-executed, but I struggle with Enemies-to-Lovers romance. Never cared to write it myself, but I can appreciate it when I see it. #WritingPrompt

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

If possible, do try not to be a megalomaniac. #WritingPrompt

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

"It was no use fighting to retain someone who was so desperate to slip through his fingers." Damn, Ian. You're catching us at a low point in the book. #WritingPrompt

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Rebekah Wor @rworauthor.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Doc, it all started when I liked my side character too much, so I gave him his own book. And now in my side character's book, I wrote another side character who I also like too much. Damnit, I can feel the cycle continuing. Anyway, here's Adam. #WritingPrompt

Where abroad?” Adam asked again.
It was lucky that the other man couldn’t have seen him, for Giulio rolled his eyes in exasperation.
“Near Rome,” he said.
“I’ve never been. Is it hot?”
“Sometimes.”
“I hate it when it’s hot,” Adam said. Once more his voice was as a complaint, as though Giulio himself were the arbiter of climate conditions. “I prefer wintertime.”
“Rome has wintertime, too.”
“Snow?”
“Sometimes,” Giulio repeated.
“I remember snow.” He nodded. “What it looks like, I mean.”

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