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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted over 150 million books (yes, 150 million) around the world. This is what goodness looks like. She ALSO brought us Buffy. She ALSO funded the Covid vaccine. She ALSO wrote “Jolene”. The most remarkable person. donate.imaginationlibrary.com

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Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#AugustWorldbuilders Magic is granted solely by the will of the gods - whether for pact, praise, or pandemonium, it's up to a god's discretion, and they can grant whatever power they like within their domain. And if that seems unfair, well...someone would have to do something about those gods...

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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"there was a pineapple plant in his living room when I came back I never saw it fruit, but after I left him again I made a playlist called pineapple plant trying to contain the feeling of being in the same space as him" —Lex Lanza alocasia.org/2026/08/11/l...

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Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I don't get embarrassed very easily but it always feels a bit strange to submit to literary journals. It's like, "Hey I don't know you but here's all my baggage, I'm sending it to you directly, and also here's a poem about snails for some reason."

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Disability sensitivity reader available!!

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Antlers Teeth Claws @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Authors, esp indies: reminder to ALWAYS put a NO AI stipulation in your contracts with cover artists, editors, publishers, etc. (And yes, even self-pub folx should have a signed contract for everything. Protect yourself!)

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 16/07/2026

Fellow SFF Authors, Anyone got SFF about resistance/ rebellion (armed uprising in Fantasy in my case 😉) or revolution?

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A little late, but - new poem published in CCSF's Forum magazine last month! It was great getting to read it live at the launch party last month too, so huge thanks to the Forum team for the opportunity and for selecting my piece!

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Photo of the poem "organ rejection" by Leth Wong

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Reading "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain" and this quote truly sums up genAI for me: "A plan is nice. With a plan, we get to stop thinking. We can just execute. But a conversation doesn't work that way, and neither does a work of art. Having an intention and then executing it does not make good art."

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Somehow we already have 271 backers, and it might be possible for us to hit 300 before launch??

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Ooo, fun question! The worldbuilding of the novel I'm working on was actually first inspired Spiritbox's "No Loss, No Love", especially this line: "I was born in an estuary destined to the sea. I was surrounded by pearls that I could not eat and diamonds that I could not drink." #pretendpanel

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I adored the worldbuilding that Roseanne A. Brown did in A Song of Wraiths and Ruin + its sequel! So much rich history and lore about its world and how it became what it is, and really nicely tied in with the story. #sffchat

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Hooray!!! So excited about this horror anthology for charity, and I’m moved thinking about what @thatwilliambeck.bsky.social has summoned and put together to honor the community building legacy of @chaoticauthor.online. #HorrorWritersChat

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Yes, for sure!! As a kid, the library allowed me to access not only more books, but also such a wider range of them! It would have been impossibly limiting if I'd had to buy every book I read back then. #QueerPrompts

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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

If you are trans and would like to do so, feel free to share your book/latest project! I appreciate a lot of people might not want their identity all over social media (so do what feels safe), but its also a super important time to support trans voices! www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/t...

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Trans Horror Books

Books shelved as trans-horror: You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White, Herculine by Grace Byron, The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, Ma...

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 01/04/2026

I love rebranding; Autistic People's Month. It asserts that we autistic people are capable of self recognition. That its for neither medical professionals nor ableist presses to gatekeep us. That the most important voices to listen to re autism are autistic adults & kids Nothing about us without us!

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards? Try the short story "Six People to Revise You" by J. R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social! It is a Best Short Story Nebula Award Finalist and placed 1st on the Uncanny Poll! You can read it here! buff.ly/11bbtEg

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, “Mermay - Golden Hour" by Maxine Vee: In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The quote reads: "The form is one page long. No back. Just a front. It should be longer. There are six copies of the form, all different colors. Like I’m working my way through the rainbow to the end where I’ll finally find peace. Red. A parent or guardian. I meet my mother for lunch at the little bistro down the street."

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

You say your party member was turned into an undead skeleton instead of being resurrected? Our apologies. It was a clerical error.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 15/02/2026

With the exception of posts about the Aro-Spec Book Bundle, there seems to be an insufficient amount of posts containing the word 'aro' on day 1 of Aromantic Awareness Week... Where are my fellow aros? (I'll come back tomorrow to find out 😉.) Good day to you/ goodnight as its bedtime Down Under!

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

i spent about half an hour of my time today, in the underground lot of a walmart, talking to my house rep's staffer, then my state senator's legislative assistant. dems are worried about midterms and many don't want to take action on ICE+DHS until then. PUSH THEM NOW.

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Minimally: Make a real push to finish the scene I've been just slowly chipping at Ambitiously: Finish that entire last chapter, so that the story draft can actually FINALLY be done 🤞

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Gwendolyn Kiste @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Things are shaping up (even since yesterday!) for Women in Horror Month this year! If you're a debut horror author this year (or you know a debut horror author), please let me know! We have someone interested in doing a spotlight on debuts, especially indie authors! Only 32 days until #WiHM!

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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Thread up, and especially this part. No one in a creative field should be using gAI in *ANY* way. You don't get to sell out other creatives just b/c it's not "your" field. No gAI writing, art, narration, music, etc. Just. Don't.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

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How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota

I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo…

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

It's definitely important, but I think that's partly because a lot gets embedded into the choice of how a place is described, too. A long time ago in school, I remember a writing assignment where we had to describe the same room twice, but with different moods - a very informative exercise for sure!

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BosstheNewf @bossthenewf.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Beautiful prose. Tragically accurate. “It does not matter, in practical terms, whether ICE’s actions are legal. In mafia states, legal is a malleable notion. What matters is that they are wrong. What matters is how they can be stopped.”

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Just a month left to register for the ANTI-FASCIST WRITE-ATHON on January 3rd. Thousands of writers coming together (via Zoom) to work on their own WIPs and let the world know we refuse to lie down for a fascist takeover. Register here: bit.ly/AFWa and share! @writerstsunami.bsky.social

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Kory @koryuusei.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

@acesplaying.bsky.social's professor sharky, @flamebirb.bsky.social, @lildjamgrim.bsky.social, and I are making warned content of unknown quality and content. How far will our content go? Will we be famous? Let's find out! Twitch.tv/koryuusei

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#Bookvember Free for all. I was a fairly solitary child to begin with, and we were very poor so being dropped off at the library for a couple hours was not uncommon. It was fine. I was more of a reader than anyone else in my family, really. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers

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Neil Willcox, World-saving Witch Detective @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

People tell you to write the book only you can write, but I suggest writing the book only you and ONE OTHER PERSON ON EARTH can write, so you're motivated to get it written before Greg finishes.

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Free for all, I pretty much got as many of whatever books from the library as I wanted. My parents are immigrants who aren't big readers and especially not in English, so there was always a bit of an assumption on their part that they wouldn't really understand what I was reading anyway. #Bookvember

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Maxime Jaz🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @maximejaz.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#pretendpanel No, I'm not, but it probably works fine for others. I only write when my characters play their movie story. And sometimes none of them play for days or week. I never force writing to fit any word counts, as I don't even count words until we reach the end of the story.

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Claire Hiria @clairehiria.com · 07/11/2025

Hey it's me, your new/old host. Hiya #pretendpanel! Posting will resume from this account starting tomorrow. Sorry for any confusion/thanks for your understanding 💖

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a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
NOVEMBER - on the subject of writeathons...
November 1st: Are you participating in a November writeathon?
November 7th: X number of words per day: are you a fan?
November 8th: Do you have a word count goal most of the time?
November 14th: Challenges during November: what's your take?
November 15th: Halfway through the month! How's it going so far?
November 21st: How can writers best help one another?
November 22nd: Do you find external challenges useful?
November 28th : How did you go this month?
November 29th: Freebie Saturday - post whatever!
Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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Burgundy Pendragon (Professor Redwood) @dragonkeeper22.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Happy Asexual Pride Week! If you're craving asexual representation in your books, either from ace authors or books with ace MCs, then I have great news for you, the Ace Pride Week Mega Bundle has 51 eBooks (including LANTERN by me :) ) for $50. itch.io/b/3318/ace-p... 🖊️🌈📖📚🐲🏳️‍🌈

All books in this bundle have either a major character that identifies on the ace spectrum, an ace-identifying author, or BOTH! Oct. 19-25, 51 Books, $50.00

Book covers pictured are:
Secondhand Origin Stories by LeeBrontide
City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault
Sidetracked: Part 1 by SK Kelley
In Spite of the Inevitable by Morgan Biscup
The One He Brought Home by Skye Kilaen
Riyati Rebirth by Kai Zeal
Lost Blades by Liz Sauco
Bridges of Smoke by Jule March
The Whisperer in White by Y.R. Liu
Where We Converge by A.E. Bross
Child of the Forest by Audrey Simmons
A Dragon’s Treasure by Elis Madsen
Enemies to Enemies by Ash Kreider
Chai and Cat-tales by Lynn Strong
Puppetry by Nina Waters
Devil’s Deal by Tessa Hastjarjanto
A Spark in Space by Janina Franck
The Harmony of Falling Snow, A Polyamorous Romantasy Novel by Andora Brokaw
How Six Saved the Frogs
Pet by H.S. Kallinger
Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Shadow Spark Publishing
Claimed by the Undead by C.L. Carhart
Doce Drosera by Anita
Peace in the Sky by William C. Tracy
A Life in Too Many Margins by S.E. Thomson
Non-Player Character by Veo Corva
Journey Home by May Barros
Triple Strike: Threads of Fate by G.M. Gray
Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean
Yours Celestially by Al Hess
The Star-Crossed Empire by Maya Darjani
The Audacity 1 by Carmen Loup
The Thirteenth Key by Cara Nox
In the Eye of the Beholder by Beverly Anne Michel
A Designer Magick by Stefanie Carter
Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows
Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell
Curse of Souls by Niranjan
The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud
Of Spells and Love by Odessa Silver
Courtly Love by T.D. Cloud
Song of the Wolf T.C. Smith
The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
The Grand Duke's Masseur by sbdrag
Blood by D.C. Hart
Lantern by Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Inarora's Excursion by Astrid E. Abell
The Blood Divide by Zan Lowell
The Towers of Nine by Alyssa Louttit
Walking the Knife's Edge by Elise Carlson
Junk Junction by William C. Tracy

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22/10/2025

Phew managed to make it another day without getting a nazi tattoo. It’s hard out here. Just nazi tattoos roaming the streets attaching themselves to people. Stay woke

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 02/09/2025

Displaced in Gaza upholds the long-standing Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2620-d...

Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide
Edited by Yousef M. Aljamal, Norma Hashim, Noor Nabulsi, and Zoe Jannuzi

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The most enraging example of this was what the Dems did the day Roe was overturned. From my book THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP:

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#WIPSnips Sept 24: "leave" From my godkilling short-story-turning-novel, "Blessed Be": Amity leaves home. #SFF #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I gave him a small, regretful smile and took a deep breath of the Verne's earthy-sweet air, filled again with the thick scent of wet loam and blooming grapes. Despite my bluster, this was the only home I'd ever known, and it was true that I might never see this place again. There was a part of me that didn't want to go, and his puppy-eyed appeal wasn't helping.

More importantly, I could feel the pull of the Root on my feet, selfish and sprawling through the ground. My ankles felt numb, their nerves frozen. Vedjra was waking up to my intentions, and she did not like for us to go too far away from her.

I had to leave, now. The Goddess wouldn't forgive me for going, but only if I managed to get away first. I wasn't willing to let her change my mind.

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism,” said @seth-stern.bsky.social of @freedom.press

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

meanwhile costco was all “DEI is good and we’re keeping it, fuck you” and they’re now basically printing money

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Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Attention #FlashFiction writers! We're open now to entries for our Winter Flash Fiction Competition! There's a cash prize for the story that makes the best use of subtext + your story published in our Winter issue. See link for rules and how to enter 👉🏻 penstricken.com/competitions #writersky

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Competitions Winter 2025 Flash Fiction Competition Subtext: the delicate art of saying one thing while meaning another. It’s also one of those things that separates good writing from exceptio…

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

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Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020

A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

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(nsfw) Rabid Cowolf (18+) @rabidcowolf.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Stop complying in advance.

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