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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 25/09/2026

Pub'ing on Kobo is very 🤬 - Why's the cover so big in the dash? I know what it looks like (& I've lots of #🌈📚) - Which books are drafts? Preorders? Live/Active? - Why extra steps for sale data from THIS century? - What is the link, Precious? Do not make me have to search its pocketses #indieauthor

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 24/09/2026

Bully Boys also has a pan MC: Logan, a stereotypical jock w/ a very UNstereotypical journey of discovery ahead. Has a new bonus short posting on Patreon tonight too 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-BB1 #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #mmromance #spicybooks #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

two ereaders featuring the alt covers for Bully Boys 1: Fresh
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4 ½ stars are shown above some reviewer quotes: surprised me in the best way | nearly melted my kindle | a VERY GOOD representation of bisexuality | great twist on an old plot | WHEN IS BOOK 2 COMING OUT?? WHEN?? | defied stereotypes | I ate this one upppppp | I was snort laughing | 3some…actually moved…plot forward | exceptional • authentic • 10 stars
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trope flags: Reverse-Bully RomCom | Enemies-to-Lovers | And They Were Roomates | Nerd/Jock Subversion | Frat Boy In Over His Head
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Pazur ✷ @pazurmazur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Heraldic Griffin ⚔️✺ #tattoo

Photo showing a tattoo of griffing in a heraldic pose, placed on an arm. It has collar, stylized feathers, long fluffy tail, bigger belly, shiny claws and tongue out.

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 24/09/2026

Today in Projects Too Ambitious For My Reach: Queer anthology of found family shorts collected thru framing of battle-weary commander leading remaining half of their squad of recruits home before 'winter' hits. Each story focused on diff recruit & how/why they'll survive Fantasy? Mech pilots? idk

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Indie Authors, which part of the world do you call home? Asia-Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Islanders & ALL Asia) Africa Europe UK Central & South America Canada US (state?) (Yes, I'm interested in country(s) too!) Do you sell books direct? (Itchio/ Payhip/ Kofi) I'm considering a Books Direct

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.

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Grace Reed @deergrace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For @shapelessink.bsky.social, a block print version of his most viral piece 💜

A print of a transfem sheep woman, Amelia, pointing a gun at the viewer. In a speech bubble she says “GET WRITING, BITCH. INFINITE WORLDS CRY OUT TO BE BORN, AND YOU ARE TO BE A GOD.”

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Beca Dreadful 🖤🌙 @becadreads.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just letting everyone know, I'm making my abuelita proud. I just checked the VapoRub I used and it expired in 2019. My nieces don't know it yet but I'm leaving it to them in my will. That's generational VapoRub. Plus its the lavender scented one and that feels limited edition, you know?

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 24/09/2026

I'm pan & so are loads of my characters Completed MM series, standalones, novellas Just did a big thread for ppl who want a look: bsky.app/profile/sunc... #AwesomeCharacters #🌈📚 #cozybooks #romantasy #mmfantasy #mmromance #spicybooks #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 23/09/2026

Oh gosh, I write a LOT of bi/pan MCs 😅 Here we go: Go the Long Way's a second chance romantic suspense w/ pan MC Jakob. A single dad, he & LI Ethan are both in upper 30s 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-CH-GtLW #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #mmromance #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

two ereaders featuring the alt covers for Chance's Harbor: Go the Long Way (one with a shirtless cowboy, the other of two men walking up the drive to a beach house overlooking a sparkling ocean while a horse watches on)
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4 ½ stars are shown above some reviewer quotes: "There were times I wanted to cry, laugh, blush. It was an amazing read" | "it broke my heart and put it right back together again. Honestly, I just can’t recommend it strongly enough. 5 stars!!" | "Didn’t know how much I needed a dirty talking ex-NFL star calling his cowboy boyfriend “darlin’”"
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trope flags: MM Romantic Suspense | Second Chances & Small Towns | Cowboy/Teacher | Jock/Jock | Country Boys at Christmas | Best Friends to Lovers
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allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

timeline cleanser

Tumblr screenshot

(poster name not shown): knock knock
dismembered-jackalope: who's there
justsomeguycore: deez
dismembered-jackalope: sigh. deez who?
justsomeguycore: deez are the voyages of the starship enterprise

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Day y'all! Today's the day we all check our cloaking devices to make sure they'll work the rest of the year, right? 😂

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 11/09/2026

WE'RE LIVE! Get my healthpunk #mmfantasy adventure on BackerKit 🐲 mmdragons.com Been dealing with health stuff lately, but still hoping we reach the 🎧📚 goal #🌈📚 #mmromance #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky #cozybooks #Romantasy 🌍📚 🎨 MCs + Cover @samiligia.bsky.social

A tall, scrawny human male wearing fussy pince-nez and a book slung on his hip (Tal) is standing in front of a taller and broader orc male with a long black braid, fur cloak, gold jewelry, and thick riding boots. His right hand is holding on the butt of a massive crossbow resting on the ground, his left comfortably resting on Tal's hip.
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Around them are words with arrows pointing to each figure. Tal's are: needs a lift, 32, never been kissed, repressed af, book nerd, hidden disability, fear of heights.. Surak's are: needs a guide, 29, dragon rider, queer normative culture, big found family crew. Both together are: warrior x clerk, lost in translation.
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The background is white with a border somewhere between an asian and nord influenced style that graduates from ocean blue to sunny gold. A tablet displaying the eBook is shown on the left, while the Collector's Edition hardcover (with sprayed edging) is shown on the right. The cover is of a laughing Surak and terrified Tal riding on the back of a grinning golden dragon (Atago) as he flies over a beach, and the title: His Orc Lord's Accidental Accountant (by CJ Pines).
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On BackerKit! is displayed on a gold banner in the upper left corner.

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 19/09/2026

When a human says his village is cursed do you: a) teach him magic b) fall for him c) adopt a dog together d) all of the above 👉 ThereBeMonsters.com #🌈📚 #mmfantasy #cozybooks #mmromance #spicybooks #monsterromance #GayRomance #MMReaders #romantasy #mmromancebooks #queerfantasy #WeekendReads 🌶️📚 #🍂📚

Two tablets are displaying the eBook cover variants of 'Heart of the Mountain King' by CJ Pines; one a discreet version showing a mountain, the other of the two MCs embracing. They are overlaid on an image of an exuberent huskie bounding up a forest path to greet the viewer. Above him in the upper right of the image, are 5 flags calling out the tropes: Spicy Cozy Fantasy, Hurt/Comfort, Magic Lessons, Quests & Riddles, Opposites Attract, Stonemason × Monster

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026

Happy mushroom season!

A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".

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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 22/09/2026

holy shit

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 22/09/2026

You know how the most intriguing a man can have is Something Wrong With Him? Guy starting work with a new partner and the two of them drive around - shipping or special deliveries, maybe repair work, where they're like. Fairly low tier in their workplaces and with a decent amount of urgency

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Hesse Phillips @hessephillips.com · 20/09/2026

THANK GOD the time of darkness, cold, decay, and death is finally NIGH

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Dancing Skeletons Halloween Fun

Alt: Dancing Skeletons from a very old black-and-white cartoon

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Punto / Toby - Looking for Work @punto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"I am obscene to you, but to myself I simply am." #transrights #smallbusiness #lgbtqart #queerart

Digital illustration of two pigeons, two rats, a snail, a slug, some isopods and a moth in a cuddle pile. The text reads "I am obscene to you but to myself I simply am."

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 20/09/2026

The son of a fisherman, HOLAA opens in Tal's terraced fishing village, perched on cliffs overlooking a natural beach harbor. Leaving only semi-willingly, he's often homesick even as he explores the wider world 🐉 mmdragons.com #SeptemberWorldbuilders #🌈📚 #mmfantasy #mmromance #cozybooks #romantasy

The hardcover of 'His Orc Lord's Accidental Accountant' by CJ Pines, sits in the upper right corner above a snippet of text:
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For a moment, my heart leaps as I spy a sparkle on the horizon. A familiar smudge of white that —
But no. No, it is not the cliffs above my harbor, nor any other waters that I know. I am adrift on currents utterly foreign to me, and I begin to fear Pjers may have been right after all; that this is a mistake, and I have chosen my own ruin.
So be it. At least I have made a choice, instead of allowing it to be made for me.
The air is crisp up here, the daylight bright. My lungs are finally starting to settle. Perhaps there are finally as exhausted as I. We fly in silence but for the wind and Atago's wingbeats marking the time. He does not fly steady, there is a rise and fall to each new surge. It's oddly peaceful, really — provided I do not allow myself a look below us to the ground.
If I close my eyes, it's almost as if I am on my father's little fishing boat again; anchored in the bay under a skyful of stars as he coaxes glimmerfish and the odd aetherfin into his nets. Bobbing on waves of ink as it rises and falls, rises and…
(To Be Continued…)
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A banner reading 'On BackerKit' sits in the lower left corner over the image of Tal, a tan-skinned human male with short wild hair and fussy pince-nez glasses, who is standing in front of a taller and broader green-skinned orc male with a long black braid, fur cloak, gold jewelry.
🎨 MCs + Cover @samiligia.bsky.social

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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sprout 🔞✨⚙️💥 COMMS OPEN! @bisprout.nekoweb.org · 06/09/2026

Never underestimate the power of leaving positively unhinged comments on an author's work. It's what we live for.

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Barry Ryerson @barryryerson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As someone who is disabled, this is absolutely spot on.

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 18/09/2026

I could have joined a nobler tribe to #sustain myself on starlight and vibes. But, alas, my appetites ran to wine and food, and skin (and the warm places enfolded within). Sated and sleepy here I wait-- too heavy to ascend, too solid to evaporate. #vss365

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My local art store is doing a dragon-themed exhibition for this fall's artwalk and I figured I might as well give it a go. Got until the 20th to submit.

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 19/09/2026

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Mike Z @mikez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#swordtember

A rabbit warrior with an appealing blade faces off against the root of all evil: a vile flying carrot beast.

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 19/09/2026

So on top of all the other stuff, I'm mid-move bc 1st place fell thru & 2nd's not ready for a few more weeks. All my stuff is in storage while we do a mix of couch-surfing & short terms, including my PC & art supplies TL;DR- Don't nobody tell my partner I just bought ANOTHER sketchbook & pens 🤭

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 18/09/2026

👋 Hey! My new #mmfantasy #cozybooks novella Heart of the Mountain King just released yesterday, plus I've a cozy #romantasy adventure on BackerKit now! 👉 ThereBeMonsters.com #SpoonieAuthChat #🌈📚 #mmromance #spicybooks #monsterromance #GayRomance #MMReaders #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky #WeekendReads

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 18/09/2026

Oh, hey! I've an MC living with HIV 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-CHBI01 This #🌈📚 novella is leaving KU on Sept 22 tho, so hurry! 🎨 MC illustrations @samiligia.bsky.social #QueerPrompts #mmromance #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

A large, pale-skinned man with a trimmed beard and geometric tattoos (Wes) in a black t-shirt bearing a skull is scrubbing sheepishly at his shaved head. Beside him is a shorter, younger man (Dante) with darker skin, playfully wild and colorful tattoos, hiking boots, shirt bearing a bear paw under an unbuttoned overshirt, knit cap, sideburns and goatee smirking cockily up at Wes.
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Around them are words with arrows pointing to each figure. Dante's are: Indigiqueer, widower, 26, surfs, anxiety, Dom, steamy, cover, PTSD. Wes's are: 31, hidden disability rep, HIV U=U, uncle, big queer found family, sub, loves pancakes. Both together are: rival tattoo artists, anonymous hookup.
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The background is an energetic paint-and-ink-splattered gradient shifting from orange to white to blue. The two cover variants are displayed; steamy, featuring a tattooed, bare-chested man, and also discreet version with the same character art of Wes and Dante previously described, standing in front of the 'Bear Ink' tattoo shop with a glimpse of the beach front and palm trees beyond.
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Find them on KU for a limited time!

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Between this and my car repair bill, it's going to be a truly woeful week of stress. And that's all before my other bills due next week. But, you know, one freaking problem at a time 😭 Every repost helps! 💙 Trying not to panic, but bills are Stress City these days ... ko-fi.com/rjcrunden/go...

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 14/09/2026

Last week I: 🏥 was in hospital 🚛 moved suddenly 📲 uploaded 🍂 🌶️📚 #romantasy for release Thurs 🐲 launched HOLAA on BackerKit: mmdragons.com This week I'm: 🎁 sending #🌈📚 to backers 📣 Promoting HOLAA & Heart of the Mountain King 📝 writing 🪁 recovering #queerwriters #mmfantasy #mmromance #cozybooks

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🏳‍🌈🐲📚 His Orc Lord's Accidental Accountant

A dragon-riding orc prince, a sheltered human scribe, & their 50-ft long dragon. What could go wrong? Strap yourself in for a whimsical ride in this queer cozy healthpunk romantasy adventure taking fl...

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Nadine Antoinette 🖤📚 @lilblackheart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The horrors persist but so do books, flowers, animals, the ocean, sunsets, trees, libraries, iced coffee, spooky season, the word ‘fuck’, and the moon.

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C.Quince🌈 Author @cquince.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's one thing to say "support trans authors" but maybe y'all could also buy our books, rate/review our books, and repost our book posts so more people could find us. Would be nice, is all im saying. 🙂

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Y'all in nyc please be careful. Fishtank is trying to bait y'all.

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 14/09/2026

💯 this, even down to the glasses (He's missing the Him Big Orc Man riding right behind, tho 😆) Grab it on BackerKit so we can make the fancy Collector's Edition happen: 🐲 mmdragons.com #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #mmfantasy #mmromance #cozybooks #romantasy

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Screaming Kuei from Avatar: The Last Airbender

ALT: Screaming Kuei from Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Hannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you are an older trans person, please know how vital you are to this community. Someone out there is watching your journey and finding the courage to begin their own.

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