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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 28m

I’m taking a fiction class right now 3 hrs a week, plus reviews and assignments. It’s too much and it’s wearing my down, even though I like it (MS, you bitch). BUT I did just see that a person I really like in the teaching space is offering a more intensive class in January and…

Kombucha girl meme: girl sips; girl grimaces in an ‘absolutely not’ way; girl raises eyebrows and looks to one side as if reconsidering.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 16h

My sweet shifter boys, Clovis and Kyle, meet at a coffee shop in my story from Add Magic to Taste.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve missed a few weeks, but got back to roller skating tonight and… I almost didn’t go because I was exhausted and depressed but it was absolutely the right thing to do. Skating is always the right thing to do.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sometimes I listen to financial podcasts while I work. I know, I know. But the quickest way to lose me is to mention that “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” was an inspiration. Right, just take advantage of people and pretend they’ve asked for it. 🤬 This mentality is the definition of what is wrong with the US.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s been a busy and taxing series of weeks. BUT, I’ve got three stories I’m really pleased with, one of which already has a home with @duckprintspress.com. Taking this writing class is, frankly, too much. But I can’t be sorry, even as my body makes me pay.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just finished reading The Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan, and what a fun, thought provoking romp through time and relationship and identity. I still can’t believe how much was packed into 131 pages.

Book cover reads: Cecilia Tan, The Mystery of the Bitten Peach. Features a Chinese person in Chinese garments holding a dragon mask that covers one eye in one hand, and a large jade peach in the other.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And then he said genre writing is predictable, basically, and not lesser (but kinda lesser) than literary work. *sigh* I mean, to each their own, man, but you clearly aren’t reading the speculative stuff I’m reading.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just heard Yann Martel describe using AI to write as being like hiring someone to have sex for you. Amen. Pry my pen from my cold, dead hands.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 26/09/2026

Happy Saturday! I'm at Stockade Streetfest in Schenectady! It's a little rainy but not too bad, the temperature is perfect, the vendors are great, and the Stockade is always worth a look-see, as it's one of the oldest communities in the US with buildings dating back to the 18th century! Come say hi!

A photograph of a booth set up in a blue-sided tent. Showing books, stickers, art, pins, and more!

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

whats a movie less than 60% on rotten tomatoes that you consider to be a perfect movie? like not a bit, genuinely perfect film. Does this count?

Rotten tomatoes page for Pitch Black, with 58% Tomatometer and 77% Popcornmeter.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve been covering my camera when I’m not using it, and it’s amazing how many apps blithely send me through after displaying a cute lil Face ID icon and calling it good.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I just had an extremely lovely night with some extremely kind feedback on a story from some fabulous humans. And now, to bed.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ugh. Trying to post a thing that doesn’t use my dog’s death for, I dunno. Whatever social media is supposed to do. Anyhow, it was time but I’m still gonna miss him. We had a good run, buddy.

White Pekingese softly lit in a fluffy bed. He’s cute and a little forlorn looking (but don’t let that fool you, he was a fearsome beast.)

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 22/09/2026

Saturday is the Stockade StreetFest in #Schenectady NY! If you love the Stockade and want to see all the lovely things that local vendors have brought to this historical district, I hope you’ll come on out and say hi. We’ll be there from 11 to 5. Learn more: www.historicstockade.org/stockade-str...

A simple graphic with artwork of four row houses (just black lines over white) against a red background and text that reads "Stockade Streetfest 2026."

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Squeezed in my flu and COVID vaccs before we nuke my immune system next month.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How would you describe your social media reach?

“You guys are getting paid,” meme from We’re the Millers which reads “Wait. You guys have social media reach?”

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JD Rivers | Otar 3 coming Oct. 15 @jd-rivers.com · 19/09/2026

It meeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pausing Pillion to cajole my ancient Pekingese into eating the chicken and rice I loving cooked for him this morning. “Buddy, you are definitely Alexander Skarsgard in this situation.”

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Highly recommend acknowledging your cover artist when posting about your book. In this day and age, you know?

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

God’s Own Country is arriving soon in my mailbox because I’m kicking it old school and actually trying to own my media.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have a piece due for workshopping today and I had a revelation on some necessary fixes… but there is not time for them. 😩 and I’m not allowed to say, I know, give me other feedback. :(

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I need 7.5 hours of sleep. Puppies (very old ones) need 5. The math is not mathing and I am very sleepy. Puppy picture tax:

A white Pekingese with one eye looks at the camera and a black and white Japanese Chin looks into the middle distance.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

He’s asking for something but I haven’t figured out what.

White Pekingese standing on a white person’s foot and looking forlorn.

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Tris Lawrence (tryslora) [she/her] @tryslora.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

All set up at the Guilderland Library for the local author fair! Come visit if you’re local. #writer #market #guilderland #albany

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

People don’t generally like me the way I am, so I try to tone it down. But, y’all, I’m taking a WRITING CLASS and it’s my PASSION and I’m having a REALLY hard time not being the gigantic excited nerd I am inside.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 08/09/2026

Our newsletter is getting an overhaul! New exclusive features include a creator interview, pet of the month photo, links 'n resources 'n ficlets, and a selection of queer joy submitted by... maybe you! subscribe: duckprintspress.com/about-duck-p... submit joy: duckprintspress.com/resources/du...

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Duck Prints Press General Interest Newsletter is Getting a New Look! – Duck Prints Press

We’ve been talking to people about our newsletter, and listening to the feedback we’ve received, and so we’re giving the newsletter a thorough overhaul starting this month! It’ll have more original…

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If this story had a theme song, it would be Octopus’s Garden by the Beatles. That’s the vibe. Low stakes, let’s chill and garden, and also I’ll help you through your season, cuz I’m such a good bud like that.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 02/09/2026

October is just around the corner, which means pumpkins, apples - our third-annual Kinks-Your-Tober challenge: 93 prompts to play with however suits you (except with genAI. all my homies hate genAI). share this list far and wide, and enjoy! rules & text version: duckprintspress.com/2026/09/02/a...

A graphic entitled "2026 Kink-Your-Tober Challenge!" with a chart beneath it; the chart has four columns, the first with the day numbered, the others with one prompt each. the full text does not fit in this box; you can access it at the provided link.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Watched Companion over the weekend. It was very good, and left me a bit worn out. Too close, maybe, to reality. Vibe-wise, very similar to Promising Young Woman.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A big day. Homework, edits, shopped for the dogs and myself. Work and writing to do tomorrow.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Extraterrestrials: Another Autistic Trans Anthology is out now! My story is about a nonbinary autistic teenager coming out to their friends, who then take them shopping for gender-affirming clothes. bookshop.org/p/books/extr...

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Extraterrestrials: Another Autistic Trans Anthology

Nothing about us without us!A lonely person leaves the planet they called home for the first time.A child from a village of shipwreckers gives their name to a seashell.An unusual traveller meets a str...

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Boomchick || E-ming Target @boomfanfic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I gotnto write a guest blog post for my friends iver at @duckprintspress.com ! Ever wonder why the things you should be best at are a struggle? Me too. www.patreon.com/duckprintspr...

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The Wheelhouse is Haunted | Duck Prints Press

A guest post by Lucy K. R. The Obligatory Origin Story When I was a child struggling through the realities of a world I felt unfit for, the

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I have met my shadow half, and I recognize some very frustrating ways I prioritize and process and also, yeah, that ADHD is feeling more and more like a thing I have.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Saw a post to sketch your MC, and honestly, I have no idea what he looks like. Human. Otherwise… ?

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I just reread The Raven Boys and the way Maggie Stiefvater uses language makes me want to chew gravel. ‘An introspective pool of blood,’ ‘a smile made for war,’ ‘half-formed raven,’ (referring to a hatchling)… love, love, love.

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Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press @greeniezona.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I have been noticing a real upswing in images without alt text in my feed lately, which means it is time to repost this handy guide: What is alt text? Why it is important! How to write it. How to change your settings so you don't forget to include it.

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Alt text 101 for Bluesky | Digital Philosophy by Manning Krull

Hi! You may be here because I or someone else sent you this link in response to a conversation about alt text on Bluesky. Welcome! Here's some basic info about alt text, its importance, and how to wri...

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I did not do all the things I was trying to do this weekend. But I did a LOT. And I feel accomplished.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I love writing. So much of it is just me going, ‘oh, these two idiots,’ very fondly and repeatedly in my head.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I feel an inexplicable, urgent need to watch Deep Blue Sea for the first time in most of 2 decades.

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C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 23/08/2026

New Workshop to download from my Ko-Fi Shop: ko-fi.com/s/1f3205acc7 Designing a Hellscape, for Fantasy Worldbuilders. First given at the Romancing the Gothic Conference 2025 Download the PowerPoint free for your personal use, or tip me as you feel. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AuthorSky #Fantasy

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Designing a Hellscape - Workshop Pack - CM Rosens's Ko-fi Shop

This is a workshop designed to get you thinking more deeply about the theology of your fantasy world, with prompts to help you fill in gaps in your wo...

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I loved: Dead Collections by Isaac Feldman And several by genderqueer authors, but I don’t know if they identify with the trans label, so.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You can take my abundance of em-dashes from my cold, dead hands. Until then, fuck off.

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Shea Sullivan @sheasullivan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This week is a lot. I have plans every single evening. I have plans for the weekend. I’m tired just thinking about it.

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