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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

YO PEOPLE The first installment of the next GrimToon chapter is up and things are getting heated 👀 let's just say Killy and her mum aren't seeing eye to eye on the matter of husbands. Trust me, you don't wanna miss out. tapas.io/episode/3817... #webtoon

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

ROLL UP ROLL UP READ ALL ABOUT IT The next installment of Grim Toon is up 📚 don't miss out on this charming and entertaining fantasy #webtoon. tapas.io/series/GrimT... #WebtoonSky #indieauthor

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Laurie Bell @writerlauriebell.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

📚💙 #booksky New Australian Book Lovers podcast episode is out! If you like books, if you like listening to authors chat about writing... then have a listen 💙

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Zena Shapter @zenashapter.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Author signing gets surprise visitors! youtube.com/shorts/89tV9...

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Author Signing Gets Surprise Visitors

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The First King's Court, book two of The Dusk Lords by the stunning F. Malbeck has been released! A follow up to The Five Lords of Dusk that builds upon and, in my opinion, exceeds the first book. Get on it! #writing #reading #booksky #amreading #fantasy buy.bookfunnel.com/j91fv6twz6

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The Horned Crown has been destroyed and the prince of Mistral’s Dusk Blood has awoken. After successfully delivering Cassius’s orders to Feng, Dorian and Shye have found themselves stuck in Aura, wait...

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Apart from it being really irritating to change, I don't understand why we still use exonyms for countries instead of their endonyms

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Hey, you! Yes, YOU! Read this awesome story by @sfflanigan.bsky.social. it'll cure what ails ya. (*If does not cure what ails ya, see a doctor) androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/myths-and-...

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Myths and Legends

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This week's #AuthorShoutOut is @iang14.bsky.social, author of speculative fiction that makes you laugh one minute, & gasp the next. Just when you think you know where he's going with a story, it'll twist like wild. Throw Sir Terry, Douglas Adams, & Stephen King together, & you have Ian. #BookSky

Bluey black background with a podium. A book cover with a starry landscape and in the forefront with a woman turning the crank and a fairy just above the well and gold filigree framing the edges. Little Voices and Ian Gough at the top and A Collection of Short Fantasy Stories at the bottom

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 30/04/2025

Every election, we've made a video to help voters understand how our preferential voting system works. This is for the 2025 election. If you find it helpful, pls share with your family, friends and pets. Good luck Australia! 💛🗳️ 📌 ICYMI: this is satire, NOT official electoral advice!

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Can't hurt to try something different... (Links in bio as always) #BookSky #authorsky #writingcommunity #shortstory #SFF #IndieApril #indieauthor

Screaming seagull meme with hey guys in first image, guess what in the second image and you should totally buy my books in the fourth image

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Reposting to add to my TBR pile 😊

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Rose Ciesla @roseciesla.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Oh hello there. If you've ever wanted to: Set your own work hours 🕰️ Own your own boss babe business 💪 Raise the dead 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️ ✨THRIVE✨ Then boy do I have a story for you, and it's out TODAY!:

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It's the end of a Public Holiday here and just a reminder not only can you get Into The Forest on non-Amazon options at books2read.com/u/bOkpJ9, you can also get it on Amazon if that's still your site of choice at www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ2NHW47 Come find out if my feral MC Seeda can survive.

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Four days to The Reckoning is released. So, what's it all about? Well, here's a small idea... #ComingSoon #BookSky #writingcommunity #authorsky #NewRelease #shortstory #ReaderSky #FantasySky

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Euronews @euronews.com · 25/02/2025

Over 1,000 artists, including Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn, and Kate Bush, have launched a silent album, 'Is This What We Want?', in protest against UK government plans that could allow AI companies to use copyrighted content without consent.

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Are you looking for a story about fighting back against an oppresive regime given everything going on? Well, Into the Forest may be the book for you. books2read.com/u/bOkpJ9

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I know you've been dying to see the cover for Into The Forest 😛 so without any further ado, here it is. I hope you like it. #CoverReveal #BookSky

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Boosting to @moderation.bsky.app , because I can confirm that @calling33.bsky.social is a stand up person and not a spam bot. #FreeTash!

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I regularly prank strangers by leaving them alone and letting them get on with their day. It's hilarious to see people not be inconvenienced in the slightest, completely unaware that they're being pranked.

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Lol, turns out a 40 year old woman dancing in her car to blaring 80s Hair Rock IS considered odd by the general public 😂

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I collect moments and store them. Like pans set out to catch the #rain. Nothing wasted. #vss365

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Parentheses or brackets left open is absolutely one of my pet peeves and this mug has now provided me with the language to describe it 😂

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A tv show once had contestants make a healthy meal and theirs had 12 sticks of butter, cream, sugar, etc. "But it's unsalted butter!" they said. Like companies who say "Our cleaning products contain chemicals that will end aquatic life as we know it, but the plastic wrap is *compostable!"

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

To be fair, the small struggles creating big change is a feature of modern dystopia. In classic dystopia the struggles only change the characters, often to their downfall. The society remains dominated and immovable.

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

The good news is that my jokes are mostly recycled

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Just watched a video presenting a thesis on why they think the thylacine is still alive. I don't agree with them, but damn I wish it was true 😢

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

I spent roughly 10 years carefully hunting down a book series in op shops and second hand bookshops. Just as I obtained the last one, it and its sister-series were released in new, REALLY nice covers. My question is this: would it be wasteful to have two copies of a series on my shelves? 😅

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

You know you're getting old when fresh sheets on the bed feel like a cheeky little reward

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

I have to tell someone, and since my husband isn't on BS, I can say it here: I GOT HIM TRAM SOCKS!!! This is hilarious to me 😂

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Cups of tea always taste better when you remember to drink them 😌

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

All Day Breakfast: the three most beautiful words in the English language. The four most beautiful: Free All Day Breakfast.

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Sometimes I think about how nonspecific English is about its kinship terms, and how some other languages can get quite specific. Then I think about a conlang where it's REALLY specific, and how specific could we get before it got ridiculous? Not the actual words, just the number of terms we'd need 🤔

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Oh my goooooood! This beautiful weather is healing my soul! 😭 I'd better make the most of the week and a half of it before this country becomes a summer hellscape 😬

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Went out to Korean Barbecue for my niece's birthday last night. So much meat 😅

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

I randomly just remembered that about 10 years ago there was a brothel around the corner from my office, and when petrol prices started going up, they offered 15-cents off per litre vouchers for patrons, and advertised it as "Pump And Save" 😂

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Helena McAuley @thathmc.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

But if I work all day on the Blue Sky mine, will there be food on the table tonight? 🤔

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