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#Sniptober 6 Oh this was a hard one! Had to go with "response" as in "elicit a response" Nerissa: "See, it's funny because I'm the older sibling. 😏"

‘What are you playing at, Marin.’ Her back was to me at this angle, but I didn’t need to see her face. I could hear Nerissa’s grin coming through her words. ‘This isn’t where you belong and you know it.’
‘You will address him as Elder!’ Mako snapped. Murmurs rose from the crowd in response, only to be silenced by her raised hand. ‘Choose your next words wisely, Requiem. They will determine your fate.’
‘Heh. Let me talk to my brother. Elder brother,’ she added with a chuckle.

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Bramble ~ Sci-fi and Fantasy Author @thebrambler13.bsky.social · 15h

Hello my knights, in case you haven't seen it yet I recently uploaded a short teaser for my next story in the collection, Of Dina & Dan. youtu.be/kixGRT6gjHQ Spooky shenanigans teach Ata the value of being able to laugh at herself. Please go check it out and subscribe to the channel!

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Of Dina & Dan (Teaser)

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 18h

#SpoonieAuthChat 1. I was a semi-pro cyclist (and am working my way back to that level) 2. I've eaten fresh off the tree mango on a Jamaican plantation 3. My first kiss was a guy and I -still- didn't realize I was queer until over a decade later when a trans friend came out to me

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 19h

#LitHodgepodge 6 First, I'd like to list the archetypes of the #TY4LM MC3 because I hadn't really thought about them before. (Narrator) Dylan: Damsel Marin: Shadow Nerissa: Hero in denial playing at Trickster I'm going to go with Marin, because that was the one that surprised me the most. 🧵

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#QueerPrompts 10/6 There is a coach in #TY4LM, but not one you'd want to be celebrating. A very minor character, only in one chapter. He's coach of the middle school swim team. He spends his time reading the paper while his son the Team Captain harasses and bullies our MCs.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Knowing a lot about/obsessing over someone entitles you to them. Something something You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift. #TY4LM 🦈

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#ScribesUnited (23:31 JST) I did what I set out to do today! Audiobook version of ToLaC Gwyn is wrapped and uploaded to YT! Now I have a different problem of waiting for YT to "process" 5 hours and 45 minutes of video so I can actually get the CCs in and schedule the dang thing. ._.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Sniptober 5 Deluxe is a type of pizza, yes? (Sorry no 'deluxe' in TY4LM😅) And our boy Dylan has capital T Thoughts about his school's pizza~ #TY4LM 🦈

Monday came and so did lunch. We were having pizza that day, but calling it by that name was an insult to actual pizza. I don’t know who decided that a soggy cracker drizzled with tomato juice and topped with cheese byproduct that more closely resembled moist construction paper than anything that could be derived from a cow should be called ‘pizza’, but they deserved the most severe-ist of punishments for toying with so many children’s hearts at lunchtime.
By the time my class was let into the cafeteria, the purple-haired girl was already sitting by herself at the table she always sat at. Good. If I sat there before her, she might see me and shy off elsewhere. But if I waited for her, people would notice. People notice, rumors start. That was the kind of attention I didn’t need. Not that they wouldn’t notice me going to sit with her now, but ‘weird kid sits with loner’ rumors are leagues different from ‘weird kid waited for loner girl and THEY SAT TOGETHER ARE THEY DATING?????’ rumors. They were definitely more tolerable, that’s for sure.
I grabbed my tray and shuffled through the line. When my time before the lunch staff came, he slapped a rectangular slice of ‘pizza’ on to the main dish section of my tray with a pair of tongs. There were three things wrong with this situation. One: real pizza comes in isosceles triangles with one rounded edge because they start as a circle. Two: who uses tongs to serve pizza? And three: it made a sound I can only describe as a wet hand slapping Jell-o when it was applied to my tray. I tried to hide my disgust with a forced smile. The server’s face remained devoid of anything resembling emotion as he prepared another ‘pizza’ to inflict on his next victim.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hey @elwolfsblood.bsky.social, got it downloaded to my Kindle! Looking forward to diving in〜❄️

The title page of Thawing the Line by EL Wolfsblood on a Kindle Paperwhite

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge 5 Our narrator, Dylan: "A lot happened to get us where we are. And I can't speak for them, but. They've shown me that as long as we're together. As long as we have each other. Keep loving and supporting each other. Whatever comes, we'll be 'perfectly' happy." #TY4LM 🦈

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dylan would absolutely teach (marine) Biology, just like his mother. Marin, middle grades Art. Nerissa would be the chill band/orchestra teacher that let you stay in the room after school until your parent(s) or guardian remembered to pick you up after marching band practice. #TY4LM 🦈

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh no! Dylan's bike has a flat tire! That's okay, Nerissa can pick him up. Oh no! Nerissa's car has a flat tire! That's okay, if they run like their lives depends on it they might make the 1st period bell. Oh no! Dylan tripped over a boot and twisted his ankle??? Nerissa: he'll swim it off. 😈

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good morning #ScribesUnited〜 (9:18 JST) I've been roped into a race tomorrow to fill the last spot on their team by a former teammate, and I'm an alt for my team Wednesday.🚴‍♀️💨 So I would really like to tie up this audiobook today〜😅 (As for weekends I work irregularly so it's all the same to me〜)

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters #TY4LM mostly takes place in high school, so they live with their parents. Dylan in a modest house with his effectively-single mother. They make do together. Marin and Nerissa with their parents in a beachside house on stilts. They were happier before moving there〜🦈

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#ScribesUnited (23:09 JST) About to head to bed here! Got most of the audiobook put together in Davinci, still have some minor stuff to work out (chapter transitions). But brain has been fighting me all day on this so I will leave the remainder for tomorrow and get some rest insomnia willing~

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Sniptober 4 In which a bully is about to get what they deserve~🦈 #TY4LM

‘Hey bitch, tell your fucking girlfriend she touches me one more time, I’m taking it out on your ass!’
I assumed I was the bitch, and the girlfriend was Nerissa, since she stood between us.
‘I saw you push him. You could have fucking killed him.’
‘Scrawny bitch woulda deserved it!’
I wasn’t sure if the music had stopped or I had just tuned it out. I wasn’t even aware of anything else as I got to my feet. Not the people. No flashing lights. Just me, Nerissa, and this guy whose ears were gauged so large he could probably use them as towel racks. Or hitching posts.
They were closer now. He was reaching past her, flipping me the bird. ‘Bitches don’t belong in the pit, you little shit!’
‘Stop calling him that.’
‘Or what? The bitch’s bitch is gonna do something?’
‘I said stop.’
‘What kind of bitch has his—urk!’
Before I knew it, before he knew it, her hand was on his throat. The other she drew back, fist balled. On her face was a smile. It was the kind of smile Mrs. Requiem gave me whenever I came to visit. Sweet, welcoming. Not the least bit threatening. Yet it made you feel like death waited behind it should her whimsy turn that way.
‘You had your chance to shut your fucking mouth.’

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wait, so... #3 is literal, right? Sex the dragon so good they grant me a bestseller. Right??? Doesn't have to be a dragon! I am very open!!!

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge 4 I do have a question for @solarisstory.bsky.social (if they're willing). How do you approach getting voices for Solaris? I'm currently a 1 'bold show now, but I'll need more than just my voice for stories with larger casts down the line...

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#SundaySnips 10/4 No eerie in #TY4LM so going with vibes~🦈

‘Oh. So… she’s got a job now.’
‘Mr. Requiem is very much about hard work and being strict. I was actually surprised he suggested she find a job considering…’ Mrs. Requiem paused, closed her eyes, and sighed. ‘…other requests he’s made of them. He’s very protective of his children.’
‘Somehow I got that feeling,’ I said with a laugh.
Mrs. Requiem wasn’t laughing. Her eyes met mine, and every nerve in my body screamed for me to flee. Fear flooded my nervous system, yet I was paralyzed. She looked no different from before, she was even still smiling! But something changed. Something I couldn’t see with my eyes but could feel on a primal level. Something left over in my brain from the primeval days of sharpened sticks and stones howled that, despite her human appearance, Mrs. Requiem was a being far more dangerous than anything I’d ever encountered.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Now's our chance! They posted, leaving the gates wide open! Attack with all your might! youtu.be/kixGRT6gjHQ

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Of Dina & Dan (Teaser)

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#QueerPrompts Oct 4 Lesse... #TY4LM has got: - Defying parents/authority - Physically fighting back against bullies - LGBTQIA+ existence - Women being physically stronger than men - Explicit Gay Sex - Condoms! - Fucking swear words!!! 🦈

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#ScribesUnited (10/4 8:16 JST) Now that it's officially morning for me... The plan today is to make some decent headway on the ToLaC Gwyn audiobook video due out Friday. It's not as simple as cutting all the eps together, gotta make title screens and transitions befitting one continuous video〜😅

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Marin's idea yet not on board once the reality hits. They're doing most of the cooking (and using that as an excuse to hide in the kitchen).😶‍🌫️ Dylan is attempting to socialize.😵‍💫 Nerissa is the life of the party. Big laughs all around. (Can't wait for it to be over.)🫩 #TY4LM 🦈

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🖤Am I capable?💜 cooking: if I have the spoons to spare? Very whistle: yes draw: no 😭 paint: wall? deck? sure swim: si english: 日本語しか話せませんわ。 dance: only if alone sing: I love to sing 💜 drive: if I must gifting: anxiety write: so much guitar: lil bit speaking: oui

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Sniptober 3 No compel, swapping with force~ #TY4LM

‘So why’d you do it?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘You don’t know.’
I shrugged.
‘You threw away a chance to be on the swim team because you don’t know.’
‘Guess so.’
‘I didn’t need your help.’
‘I know.’
Silence. A whistle chirped outside. Guess they got on with tryouts after all.
‘Why’d you do it?’
‘You really wanna know?’
‘Yeah.’
‘Well, if I told you, I’d have to kill you.’
‘Like you were gonna kill him?’
‘I wasn’t—!’ She looked at me. Studied me. I think. I couldn’t tell very well because she was only in my peripheral vision and I refused to look in her direction. But I could feel her eyes on me. ‘I was only gonna hurt him a little. He deserved it.’
‘Even if he did, those weren’t “hurt him a little” eyes.’
She laughed. A big, throw your head back and flash all your pointy teeth laugh. ‘I see why she finds you interesting, Dylan. You’re alright.’ Standing, she offered her hand. ‘Name’s Nerissa. Nerissa Requiem.’
I stood as well, but it was hard to grasp her hand from the side while staring straight ahead. So she grabbed it for me and forced me to turn to face her. I looked at her. She looked at me. Our hands were touching.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge 3 Showing my hand a bit but... Meet Dylan! He's the narrator of Thank You for Loving Me~ What hobbies do we think he could master in a day? (For what it's worth, he looks cooler than he actually is~😌) #TY4LM

Shoulders-up image of a Dylan from Thank You for Loving Me.
He has sand-blonde hair, brown eyes, and moderately tanned skin.
His shirt is a white button up with the top buttons undone, exposing just a bit of chest.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#ScribesUnited 19:43 JST I unfortunately have been a sack of potatoes after 4 hours of team practice. But! I finally made it upstairs! So hopefully I can make a little progress on compiling the ToLaC Gwyn episodes into a single audiobook video before bed~

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Most unpredictable of the #TY4LM crew is... Nerissa~🥇 There's a lot going on in her mind and her heart for... reasons. And the two rarely align. Which causes unpredictability, unfortunately. 🦈 (This might also be why she laughs to lighten the mood and cover things up!)

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good news: I did a lifetime best 15 second (sprint) power output at today's team practice. 🚴‍♀️💨 Bad news: I can't stairs. Worse news: PC is upstairs. I am not. 🥲

Strava 15 second power ranking.

Highlighted is the "National Pro" level, which is marked as better than 94% of athletes, and that delineation starts at 1274 watts. Next to that is my best effort, which is 1316 watts.

For 15+ seconds, I'm an industrial microwave〜

Team practice cycling route. 114km with 882 meters of climbing. Orange route line starts on the right of the map, then goes left to the other side of the map before hooking right into the mountains. There are a couple gold PR medals on the course indicating me best times for those segments.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tytus on the bottom, strong is he Krys in the middle, carrying Three Gwyn's pretending not to be Three literal kobolds in a trench coat 🤣

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We cannot be outdone This war is all but won Comment like and subscribe! Bury the Bramble tribe! (with love 💜) Sir Corbyn strong and true And Ata wait for you Raven and Bear fortold Their stories brave and bold! So lend them all your ears And shower them with cheers For in the subby fight...

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Bramble

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Sniptober 2 Ah. Right. The chapter that will be too spicy for YouTube. Still not sure how I'm going to approach that when the time comes...🤔 #TY4LM #SnipShare

I rounded my bed and stuffed everything—condoms, phone, and wallet—into my backpack, but I was still missing the change of clothes. I grabbed some beige cargo shorts and one of the red and white palm tree print beach shirts my father sent on one of my birthdays he actually remembered and stuffed them in my pack. After one last check, I dressed in my usual white button-down and khaki pants with swim trunks underneath, went downstairs and got my bike from the garage, checked that both the garage and front doors were locked, and biked down the road, backpack bouncing from side to side as I pedaled. It wasn’t until I looked back to double-check that I shut the garage door that I remembered the bacon and toast mom left me. Oh well, I was already on the road, no turning back now.
The ride from my place to Marin’s wasn’t too terrible since we both lived on the same street that ran parallel to the oceanfront, but since it was completely flat, I got no downhill breaks from pedaling. Our whole little town of Playa Clara was annoyingly flat in topography and in spirit, but I guess it didn’t matter much with Miami just north of us. Any excitement to be had was all there. Well, any excitement that wasn’t Marin.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh also the last two tracks to be added to the ToLaC Gwyn OST are now available to stream on YouTube! 🎧 If you've ever wondered what I sound like singing in character, here's your chance to find out~😅 #originalmusic #queerartist youtu.be/9KrwBdmJ7Jc

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Empty Nest - Tales of Lux and Cor: Gwyndolyn OST

YouTube video by Tales By Jin

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My clan! Do you see our competition! How they praise us while acting demure toward their own talents? We will not stand for this! Do your part, check out and sub to youtube.com/@thebrambler-13, and then don't forget to stop by and sub to my channel as well to claim your free pumpkin-shaped cookie~

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Bramble

Free short stories about knights, sci-fi, magic, fantasy.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hi all! Question to my followers that have listened to ToLaC Gwyn... Were there any lines or reads that stood out to you in particular? I'm putting together a voice demo so I can start offering my voice for others' projects, characters, and narration, and I would greatly appreciate and suggestions〜

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Tales of Lux and Cor: Gwyndolyn - YouTube

All of ToLaC: Gwyndolyn collected in order for your listening convenience! New episodes released every other Friday~

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#QueerPrompts 2 In #TY4LM, selachi have what is called a "twinsoul" gender. It is loosely based on the contemporary Native American term "two-spirit", which you can read about here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spi...

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Two-spirit - Wikipedia

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge 2 Dylan, Marin, and Nerissa in 波打際のむろみさん(Muromi by the Shore) has all kinds of comedic potential. And Marin and Nerissa would get to see the waters of their father's home country~ (I do wonder how selachi would interact with the mermaids and such throughout. That's part of the fun~)

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Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san

The docks provide a look into the very essence of ocean life—the calm, rhythmic sounds of the waves, the small bugs skittering across the pier, and—mermaids!? Takurou Mukoujima's quiet days spent fish...

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Sniptober 1 (No 'excellent', subbing with 'great') Teaching your reclusive friend tennis is one way to get them out more~🦈 #TY4LM

One Saturday practice, we got a decent volley going. We hadn’t started playing games yet, but she was able to sustain a volley for more than ten shots before we lost it. It was the first time we had reached double digits, and we ran to meet at the net in our excitement.
‘Did you see that?’
‘12!’
‘Yeah, Marin! You’re really improving!’
I put my hand up for a high five. I got arms wrapped around me instead.
‘Oh, hey, watch the net,’ I said with a laugh.
‘Thank you,’ she whispered into my neck.
‘For what?’ I laughed again, this time colored with a bit of unease. But, since she was hugging me, I couldn’t exactly pull away or anything. Not that I wanted to. So I rubbed her back. ‘You’re doing great, Marin. You’ve got no one to thank but yourself for that.’
She pulled back enough to look me in the eye. ‘That’s not true. You taught me.’
‘Well, maybe a little,’ I said, grinning.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Now seems like a good time to shift focus to the #TY4LM kids〜 Dylan laughs when he's genuinely amused by something. Marin laughs very little, because they're practically mute outside of family. Nerissa laughs often and loud. Usually to cover things up and lighten the mood〜

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nameplate bases are made! And thanks to @memyselfiamweird.bsky.social pointing me to www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color... they have been checked for how they appear to different types of colorblindness! I think they're alright...😅 It's worth a check if you're color-coding for a wide audience~

The colorblindness test page https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/

Different radial button options can be selected to simulate color blindness on the uploaded image (which is an image of the color nameplates for characters in TY4LM). Green-blind is currently selected.

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#LitHodgePodge 1 Hi all, Jin here~ I write mostly fantasy, and recently finished reading my novella ToLaC: Gwyn over on my YouTube channel. Now I'm working on giving Thank You for Loving Me (a queer coming of age story with a touch of fantasy) a similar treatment with VN stylings~ #TY4LM

This or That game. Highlighted options are:

Paperback
Series
Laughs
Tea
Hero
Character-driven
Pen & Paper
Sweet
Silence
Bookmark
Panster
Lush
Vomit Draft
Midnight

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#QueerPrompts Hello lovelies~ I'm Jin the kobold. I write mostly fantasy, and this month's focus is Thank You for Loving Me. #TY4LM is a queer coming of age story with fantasy elements set in Florida. It's complete in writing, but I'm currently working on turning it into a VN-styled audiostory~

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Adapting a Visual Novel styling for #TY4LM means making nameplates for the cast! And nameplates means checking for readability as we decide the colour representing each character. Once all the colours are picked and they're all white text legible, then it's the colourblind check~ #visualnovel

Horizontal purple rectangle with rounded corners. White text on the rectangle reads "Sample Text".

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Headless🎃Horsewoman🪉💎🏹🐴⚔️ @acturek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember Thank you for hosting @nikibond.bsky.social! Mine ‘s a wip, but if you like fantasy featuring devoted brothers, non-hero MCs, elements of epic, cozy & dark threaded w/ love & trauma, follow me for snippets & updates. See my pinned to learn what it’s about! youtu.be/aZaLpymG3iE

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Disar

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Ms. Ocampo Writes @msocampowrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember The best way to support me is to buy my book on Amazon & Itch! Also, subscribe to my newsletter. Amazon Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP3MS2QP Itch: msocampowrites.itch.io/my-ex-is-a-v... Newsletter link: msocampowrites.kit.com/d1aee0760c

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My Ex is a Vampire: Tales of the Vocati Book 1

Amazon.com: My Ex is a Vampire: Tales of the Vocati Book 1 eBook : Ocampo, M.S.: Kindle Store

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Jin @talesbyjin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#AwesomeCharacters GwynWyn is side-eyeing both me and your parenthetical and rewriting the Finale so that she isn't too late. Otherwise, she has no interest. 😅

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