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Todd Tyrtle @gooutsidetoday.com · 16h

Loving my new shirt. Apologies to any arachnophobes who get near me.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 17h

When writers you admire like YOUR story, EEEEE

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 17h

My second made to measure, a #CameronButtonUp for @gooutsidetoday.com! My favourite part is the SECRET SPIDERS dotted throughout the harlequin pattern (see second photo). Fabric: "Enshadow" by Katarina Roccella #SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #GarmentSewing

Man stands next to a bookshelf with art hanging above it. He's in a densely patterned short sleeve shirt with black buttons, and has octagon glasses.

Close up of the fabric in the shirt, a harlequin pattern made up of black, pink, orange, white, and gray. There are tiny gray spiders scattered throughout.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 17h

Lots of fabulous #WritingWorkshops coming up from awesome teachers across all genres: #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Moments of kindness. This is beautiful.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

EEEE I HAVE A BIKE -- I loved riding yesterday so much I found a used bike and snatched it up. Other than wishing it was blue or yellow, it is PERFECT (zero interest in speed, 100% interest in comfort) and I've already had a wonderful time riding it.

Person in a yellow shirt and yellow pants with a shaved head and blue bangs stands next to a purple step through bicycle waiting for the elevator on the subway.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Recently instead of using my phone: * Rode a bike for the first time in 8 years (when one of my ears stopped working, but with my hearing aid it was SO GOOD) * 1st mammogram (just being responsible) * Went to fav. hand pulled noodle place (as reward for being responsible) and ate dan dan noodles

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

DO NOT DENY THE DOUG LOOK AT THAT FACE

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Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 26/09/2026

Toronto’s Word on the Street is an absolute mosh today! So many people buying so very many books. This is the world I want. toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca

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The Word On The Street Toronto – Canada's Largest Literary Festival

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Recently instead of using my phone: * Made it to 35k (only 45k to go) on my novel. * Drew a bison, balloons, and a crow. * Learned more about colour theory. * Walked under bright blue skies. * Lay on the couch, listened to John Coltrane, read and read and read and read and read.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor vanishes. Join me for this 4 week #WritingWorkshop, Horror Without Blood, in November: www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p1105/... Photo by Chelaxy Designs on Unsplash.

Photo of round indoor swimming pool. No people. There are windows, but they're glass block and hard to see out of. The walls are cement. It's a creepy feeling.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In all ways, I'm trying my best to run TOWARDS joy instead of AWAY from fear / sadness / anger. So far it feels like the most changeful thing I've ever done.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think the most “adult who was in a gifted and talented program as a kid” thing I could have done to myself was become an author. Just giving myself endless homework and a need for people to be proud of me forever.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It never gets old hearing this about your art, please tell creators nice things

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OMG LESS THAN A MONTH, and a few birds of varying sizes have let me know they’ve received shipping notices this week 🥹❤️ Check out my debut flash collection, with fictional guest appearances by Tori Amos and Tom Hanks.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In all ways, I'm trying my best to run TOWARDS joy instead of AWAY from fear / sadness / anger. So far it feels like the most changeful thing I've ever done.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just finished A Quantum Love Story by @mikechenwriter.bsky.social and absolutely loved it. Mike Chen did a fantastic job writing from a woman's point of view, and I really enjoyed the unexpected second half. Time travel! Kindness! Loops! SCIENCE! Highly recommend it.

Cover of the book A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen, which features line drawings of a cat, a donut, etc. as well as two people walking on a red line towards each other.

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Finnian Burnett @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

More than a sidekick! For queer writers and anyone who wants to write queer character with the complexity and sensitivity they deserve. Four weeks, starting Sunday through Wild Writers Studio. www.wildwritersstudio.com/store/p25/wr...

Drag queen holding a rainbow flag with words that say "More than a sidekick. Writing queer characters"

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

don't tell anyone this, but when you get stuck in a story, you can just make up stuff, you just make it up

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oddly touching to come across this #Toronto street view accidentally while looking for something else.

Screenshot of Google Maps in Toronto. A person is walking past a white wall with graffiti that says, "i love you still."

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Day 126, Sept. 23: I finished another chapter! It's one I've been thinking about writing for about a year, so a lot of it was just typing words already in my head, but I'm really pleased. Another 60 minutes of writing yesterday and 30 today already. For #WritingCommunity #TorontoWriters #WIP

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sushi Rejection Project Update: I'm officially at my all-time high for rejections, 36 / 100 as of today. It was a personal rejection, which made it feel a little better, but boy, an acceptance would be lovely right around now. What's all #WritingCommunity #LitMags #WritersSupportingWriters

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Day 125, Sept. 22: I'm over 35k! I've finished the replacement podcast episode and it's a good feeling, knowing a throw-away chapter is now an important chapter with depth. Plans for Day 126: Begin next Dawn chapter. Find ways to be joyful. What's all #WritingCommunity #TorontoWriters #WIP

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We had an interminable performance of "Turn On Your Heart Light" that a man sang to a literal red light on the stage which pulsed with the music, the 80s were WILD

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Day 114-124, Sept. 21: I have written for 30 minutes! *laughing* In my defense, I got VERY excited about switching my Linux*** distro and that genuinely ate a week. But I have everything working like aces now and wrote 20 minutes yesterday and 10 minutes #WritingCommunity #TorontoWriters #WIP

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is NOT Squish on top of every piece of paper I need to get work done, how dare you suggest it? He just came to ask if you know about the 7 #WritingWorkshops I have coming up in the next few months! On ALL THE SUBJECTS! Then he's totally going to move, he swears. tyrtle.com/writing-work...

Tabby cat looking disgruntled on a desk while being petted by a hand.

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey #Toronto, don't miss this awesome indie bookstore:

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Overheard on a bus this weekend: Camping Dude 1: It's like, you know, the villain from Aladdin— Camping Dude 2: Oh, that guy. Camping Dude 1: Yeah, like, what was his name again? Camping Dude 2 (very confidently): Mussolini! OPEN THE SCHOOLS

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 18/09/2026

The cutest amenity at the Halifax Stanfied Airport: a library book vending machine

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 19/09/2026

An inspired pop-up installation in Toronto: What should we make room for?

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 20/09/2026

There’s now a #TOphoto Feed! You can Like & Pin to find it easily if you want. Feed bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There are 103 days until December 31st. If you wrote 500 words every day from now until then you would have a novel completed by the end of the year.

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Richard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Walked over to the library book sale across the street from my place, and there were about 500 people there 15 minutes after the start. People in this town read.

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Lee Dart Verrall (they/them) @ldverrall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you say "sausages" in the mirror three times she will appear

Crumble, a white and tan cavalier king charles spaniel, peering round the edge of a staircase like a horror movie villain

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not to put too fine a point on it...

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Thurston Nuggs IV @thurstonnuggsiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Toronto #TOphoto Birds on a wire

A windowless building with birds lining the roof's edge, with a phone line in front of it also with birds on it.

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