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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 · 25/09/2026

Focus: Sit down to write newsletter instead &- oh look! There's 500 words happening on the WIP after all Tired: redbull + high-protein snack. Fix sleep schedule. Change venue to coffee shop works too Book hangover: give yourself grace, work on shorts, outline sequel, read/game/hike/learn/feed 🧠

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

Some places offer "hosting + 1 year free domain" packages to lock you in, then make it difficult to take your domain elsewhere in the future if needs change. It's an extra step to set up separately, but generally best practices (Could be overkill for your needs admittedly, YMMV. Just a heads up)

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Admiral Ackbar: It's A Trap Meme

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

Just remember that the rule of domains is to never use the same place for both both URL & hosting, no matter how tempting. Bad actors in the past would hold domains hostage while raising hosting fee & bloated add-ons most do free privacy now, & always use 2-factor authentication on your account

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

Glancing at it, if you just want a place to host a bibliography, About Me, some updates, & maybe collect emails for your newsletter, then Personal could be enough. If you'd plans to sell books directly on your site, then it looks like you'd have to bump to Premium

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

Not the best person to ask, sorry. WP is the blogging software ~40% of the internet's built on, & at some point they started offering hosting. I use 3rd party host w/ WP install bc it offers more options & control. Also more technical, so not for everyone reddit.com/r/webhosting/wiki/pickingahost/

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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

park that URL/domain on your social media account if you like or forward to a free static page wherever me, I got dirt cheap hosting to handle a site (+store) built with wordpress, so can use a plugin to make clear URL shorteners when i need to link ppl to stuff within a skeet's worth of characters

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

2 days ago Tapas said it's closing, leaving 75k+ creators & 100k+ titles adrift smashwords, Draft2Digital, Patreon, etc keep changing policies, Amazon's happy to gouge authors, & Twitter/X/Musk happened if you sell books, you're a professional. spend the $11/y for a pro domain you can take w/ you

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

Maybe I just want that hit of catharsis from writing/reading a bunch of grizzled 'war sucks, actually' kind of fiction. Character growth thru disillusioned survival, where the fighting is over already & it's about learning to come together to heal/remember/rebuild Could be time for a Gundam rewatch

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

I'm an immigrant, so UK's home legally & corporeally. But if we're talking hometowns it'll always be Tejas💙 Selling direct happens intermittently as I have spoons to do the extra marketing. This link's always updated w/ the best place for readers to find/support my books 👉 suncatcherpress.com/sale

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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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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 · 24/09/2026

You can find all of these #🌈📚 on KU (for now) Oooor you can snag them all on sale + alt covers + bonus stories along w/ my upcoming #mmfantasy here: 🐉 mmdragons.com (& has a pan LI too!) #mmromance #cozybooks #romantasy #spicybooks #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

A tablet displaying an eBook cover of a laughing orc and terrified human riding on the back of a grinning golden dragon as they fly over a beach, and the title 'His Orc Lord's Accidental Accountant' by CJ Pines sits in the upper left quadrant, while the lower right displays the Collector's Edition hardcover with sprayed edging. The upper right shows text: "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 romantasy healthpunk adventure!" while the lower left has five banners bearing the themes: MM Romantasy, Spicy Cozy Fantasy, Clerk × Warrior, Healthpunk, Dragonriders.
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The background is faded ocean blues painted onto black. 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 · 24/09/2026

My upcoming xmas novellas w/ bi MCs: 🎸Hard Candy Christmas 🎄Bro, It's Cold Outside 🎙Feliz Navi-Dads 🥂What Are You Doing New Queer's Eve? 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-holigays (Old graphic, sorry) #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #mmromance #spicybooks #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

An array of eBooks in the Happy Holigays series, along with tropes and arrows pointing to each book.

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

Bully Boys: Fling is the companion novella to BB: Flirt. Mexican MC Dylan's gay, & has some thoughts about LI Ashton's bi-awakening. It was fun to write the 2 sides 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-BB2D #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #mmromance #spicybooks #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

two ereaders featuring the alt covers for Bully Boys: Fling, one with two men painted grasping hands, the other of a pink mohawk wearing man throwing horns at the viewer, cut in against a posh/preppy-dressed fratboy over a grunge background of black halftones and spray paint in energetically bright yellows and pinks
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"It wasn't supposed to go this far…
If Dylan had a type, Ashton would be the furthest from it.
Their kiss at the party was a one-time thing, just a single moment of weakness.
As was what happened on the rooftop after, and the sexting ever since, and…"
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trope flags: Enemies-to-Lovers | Preppy × Punk | Forced Proximity | Spicy Novella | College RomCom
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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 24/09/2026

Bully Boys: Flirt's MC Ashton has a pan-awakening during the novella. A prequel to Bully Boys 2, it's companion BB: Fling is from LI Dylan's POV, both Hispanic too 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-BB2A #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #mmromance #spicybooks #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

two ereaders featuring the alt covers for Bully Boys: Flirt, one with two men painted grasping hands, the other of a posh/preppy-dressed fratboy, cut in against a pink mohawk wearing man throwing horns at the viewer over a grunge background of black halftones and spray paint in energetically bright yellows and pinks
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a synopsis is shown: "It wasn't supposed to mean anything… Ashton is absolutely, 100%, completely and positively straight. He is. He has to be. So no matter how lame this party is, or how childish this game is, or how gorgeous Dylan is— Alright, how the hell are Dylan’s lips so damned soft?"
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trope flags: Prince × Punk | Trapped Together | Bi Awakening | Frat Boy × Blue Collar | Steamy College RomCom
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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 23/09/2026

A completed trilogy + bonus novellas, Sunless Land is an MM dark fantasy series w/ both a pan MC & pan antagonist. Starts w/ The Dancing Tree 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-winter #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #mmfantasy #mmromance #cozybooks #romantasy #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

A dark haired adventurer with mid-toned skin, an eyepatch, and beard is embraced by an excited fae man with long light blue hair, rams horns (of which one has a broken tip), and freckle-dusted blue skin
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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 23/09/2026

Double Header's an enemies-to-lovers/forced proximity #mmromance sport duology told from each MCs' POV. Both Ian & Alex are pan (Alex's ex-GF cheated on him w/ Ian) tho neither know it 👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-RoP-DH #QueerPrompts #🌈📚 #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky

two ereaders featuring the alt covers for Rules of Play: Double Header (one with a pair of shirtless soccer players, the other of two men waving to a stadium of fans, with their arms around each other's waists)
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4 stars are shown above some reviewer quotes: "IAN. That’s all you need to know about this book, I promise | Alex speaking Spanish throughout this story when he can’t find his words was the cutest thing I’ve ever read | Angst, heat and a whole lot of love | authentic and relatable- and overall is wonderfully written"
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trope flags: MM College Sports Romance | Rivals-to-Lovers | There Was Only One Bed | Black Cat / Golden Retriever | First Times & Body Worship
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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

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

👀 Ooo, pickled onions? That's a good shout. Not seen it offered on any of the chippy menus down here, just raw. I've usually got some on hand, but silly me - never thought to combine

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

Mushy peas 4 lyyyyyyyfe. Battered is top-tier. Malt vinegar's a requirement for me, bonus if chippy's posh enough to offer lemon too. Chips should be like a boxy finger & are good with curry or ketchup, but meh plain If you order it in UK beware tho: some regions do skin-on under batter (not my 🍵)

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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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🌈📚 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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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 22/09/2026

👀 brb, adding the word 'erotic' to a book just to get a Kara Moon Drinking Game™...

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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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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 21/09/2026

not OP, but: 1) it's some puriteen BS 2) the idea that sex 'makes' love. the chemical meat bags of being human aside, there can be love without sex & vice versa 3) the snobbery. 'they didn't have that dirty dirty sex. they ~✨made luuurve✨~'. gives same ick as the term 'clean' romance for closed-door

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 21/09/2026

I'm so excited for this! (And kicking myself for wibbling past the deadline to join in.)

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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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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 21/09/2026

aka "check all shoes before pulling them on" season

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 21/09/2026

Was commiserating w/ a friend who'd just gotten their official autism diagnosis about how knowing helps but doesn't, y'know, SOLVE anything & mentioned I felt the same w/ my ADHD diag. To which they immediately turned around & asked "Don't you think ADHD is over-diagnosed these days?" & just - 😩

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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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