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Christina @tinamon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Things I love about Blood Price that aren't on the graphic: Some of my all-time favorite descriptions and vibes of otherwordly environments A goddess who I'm an anti-cleric of (I hate her so much I'll fight her single-handedly) The Best Child

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Christina @tinamon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please read Blood Price!! It's so good!!!

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My favoite thing about working with someone who is as obsessed with Dragon Age as I am is leaving image reaction memes from DA into their comments LOL (@tinamon.bsky.social I hope you're excite)

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026

Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've had a streak of selling at least one book a month all year and this month I just realized that might break. So if an epic fantasy exploring eldest daughter trauma, period stigma, and battling survival against the gods with Nordic vibes in a queernorm world sounds like your jam... #BookSky

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Wren L. Rivers | Author @corvidarcana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

hey #BookSky, anyone want to read a book where this is the romance arc’s whole vibe?? 🌊 BLOOD OF THE GODS by Wren L. Rivers 🌊 linktr.ee/corvidarcana

A close-up illustration of two male characters kissing. The focus is Jonah, who has ginger hair and is wearing a red coat. The second character is Crow, who has curly black hair an is wearing a blue shirt and dark blue coat.

There is a poem overlaid on the image:

I am afraid
I will love you forever
& we will never be
in the same room again.

- Clementine Von Radics, from In A Dream You Saw A Way To Survive; "The Fear" (via lunamonchtuna)

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

**REMINDER** Solarpunk Bookclub this weekend (it's my book, eep) DAY/TIME: SUNDAY Sept 27th, 4pm EST meet.jit.si/September202... #bookstodon #solarpunk #bookclub recaps, reminders & links: www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bo...

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bad news: I just got laid off due to budget cuts. 10+ years exp Hire me for: 👥 Production 🎙️ Voice Acting 📝 Narrative 🎨 2D Art 🔆 UI Art 📱 Marketing 👨‍💻 Design 🤳 Influencer 📸 Journalism ♿️ Accessibility 🎮 QA Lead 📄 Contract 🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁 DM or email radiantgbusiness (@) gmail (.) com #IndieDev

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My computer has been slow the past few days and I swear if this machine craps out on me when my entire livelihood depends on it I may just walk into the forest and let the moss claim me.

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Me: I would like to feel better now.

My body:

this scene cannot be skipped.

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is another @goldfinchbkservice.bsky.social appreciation post, without whom TBATB would not be publishing in less than two months (*legitimately*). So if you love TBATB, please hype them up too because I'm so grateful for all the work they've done for me 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #BookSky #AuthorSky

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JD Rivers | Otar 3 coming Oct. 15 @jd-rivers.com · 23/09/2026

Seriously my spoons have been drastically reduced for weeks now, so uuuuh low budget marketing for you all... Buy my books? Direct: jdrivers.itch.io DPP releases: itch.io/c/5439138/my... Common Bonds 2 Anthology: buy.bookfunnel.com/yilbsiz3a6

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OH HEY I gather it's bi visibility day! Hi!!!! I'm bi & ace, and I have two fantasy series starring bi/pan protagonists. Rooks & Ruin is currently on sale and you can grab the ebooks for the whole trilogy SUPER cheap! (See quoted thread for links & more info!)

Graphic showing the covers for the 3 books in the Rooks & Ruin series (THE OBSIDIAN TOWER, THE QUICKSILVER COURT, and THE IVORY TOMB)

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El's art 🏳️‍⚧️ comms open @eliotdrawings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A book rec a day 📚 Swords and Fire saga by Melissa Caruso ✨ So good it actually does love triangles right. #BookSky #SFF

a doodle of myself holding a nameless book giving a thumbs up. on top it says "today's rec' and shows the covers of the Swords and Fire saga by Melissa Caruso (The Tethered Mage, A Defiant Heir, An Unbound Empire)

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Maahri ~ Open for Work! @maahri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sketch Page Commissions! 5/5 Slots Form - forms.gle/eWcPgwUf1mLF... Single Character - 3 - 4 Simply coloured sketches, including at least one full-body Cost - $120 ETA - ~3 Months

Sketch Page-type commissions example with Yulia Rosenkrantz.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Day. And for those of you who cannot fly the flag out of safety concerns, you are still one of us. You are still loved. I hope one day you can paint your asses pink, purple, and blue and scream your Pride to the heavens. Until then, hang in there. You can always sit with me.

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Lane Moore @hellolanemoore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bi Visibility Day reminder that biphobia is toxic and boring. If someone asks you to pick a side, pick up your keys and leave. If someone says you're greedy, steal their car. If someone says it's just a stop on the way to being gay, steal all their pets and give them better lives.

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey it's bi visibility day! Much love to all of my fellow bi babes, especially those who accepted this about themselves later in life and have only ever been in (what appears as) a cishet relationship like me. Our queerness is valid and cannot be taken away from us, no matter who tries. 💜🩷💙

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Professionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.

Quilt hanging on a card catalog. Neutral background with navy cursive appliqué “Do you hear thr people sing?” The background is embroidered in red starting light and getting bolder the lyrics to “killing in the name” the quilting effect is a focused sunburst from the center.

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Um not to freak out on main (while freaking out on main) but 88% of eARC readers have downloaded TBATB and two have already finished it AND reviewed it AND they both loved it AND my proof copy comes in tomorrow???? AH FRIENDS IMMA BE A ROMANCE AUTHOR IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS WHAT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If Flights of Foundry means something to you, if you've gotten something out of it - whether that's inspiration for a project or a friendship or good memories or the comfort of knowing someone out there is designing events like this... Put some money in, please. flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

flights-of-foundry.org

Donate – Flights of Foundry

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

EL isn't wrong about these reactions regarding @lizzieblackwood.bsky.social's debut, THE STARS WILL BE OUR OCEAN. It's SO fucking good, friends. You gotta read it. #BookSky #QueerSky 🌈📚 lizzieblackwood.com

lizzieblackwood.com

Lizzie Blackwood

Author of Queer Romantic Speculative Fiction

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So my cover artist @sylleth.bsky.social sent me the sketch for book two's cover and I am acting total chill about it 😌

A DM screenshot (black background with blue text bubbles) of Nicole freaking out with joy and overwhelm and awe at her cover artist's prowess

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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

today's the last day of @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social and my schedule is packed full of things: yelling about gender, talking magazines, and flailing about GIANT ROBOTS!! AND I'm ending with a game session of A Land Once Magic!! excited to build a world together ✨ 🌈register: flights-of-foundry.org

Information text for my Flights of Foundry schedule over a blurred space background. Text says: Sunday, September 20: 11am Eastern: Gender? I Hardly Knew Her! 4pm Eastern: You Can Just DO That? Launching a Magazine. 5pm Eastern: Giant Robots. 7pm Eastern: Let's Play A Land Once Magic Together - TTRPG gaming session. Come hang out with me this weekend!! It's my first guest of honor experience!!

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

All this cool shit at #FlightsOfFoundry is so fantastic in making me want to write ALL the thingssssssss (if someone could give me a way to extend, pause or conquer time, though, that'd be great lol)

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is my first #FlightsofFoundry (both as an attendee and panelist) but I am enjoying it SO much. There are so many people doing such cool shit in this industry and I'm so grateful to have met so many amazing creatives already. @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social has been fantastic. Excited for day 2!

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#FlightsofFoundry is this weekend and I can't wait! The Food and Sci-fi panel with @historyneverwas.bsky.social @priyachand.bsky.social @spires.bsky.social is going to be a good time. But I'm extra excited to be doing a presentation on tea! It will be cozy and yummy yet full of useful info.

Friday Sept 18 at 4:00 PM ET
Food and Science Fiction Panel

Sunday Sept 20 at 3:00 PM ET
Beyond Earl Grey, Hot: How to Get Into Tea

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

39% of the way there! Please keep reposting! I'm so close to being rid of at least one of these expenses 🥹

static.klipy.com

Thank You So Much!

Alt: Thank You So Much!

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hey, you! Wanna see me not only be on a panel for the first time, but do it FOUR TIMES???? 👀 Because it's happening! This weekend! @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social! You can still register! They have low-cost (and free) options! ALL OF THE PANELS LOOK SO COOL! Will I see you there???

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JD Rivers | Otar 3 coming Oct. 15 @jd-rivers.com · 13/09/2026

Feed up with the world? Instead want something with feelings? Want to see a character on the road trip of their life? Want to a see a world that goes beyond? Start now with "Otar's Universe"! Buy now: itch: itch.io/c/5631027/ot... others: books2read.com/u/mdwgNw 📚💙📚🌈📚🪐🌈📚📚🪐📚🚀💫

A graphic for the series "Otar's Universe" by JD Rivers:
Title: Otar's universe has so far:
shadowy monsters
idiots in love
dragons* (*book 2)
vast universe
queer reps
archaeology
a scholar on a journey of self-discovery
fantasy marry science fiction
with arrows pointing to the covers:
book 1: The Edge of a World
book 2: The Wish of a Dragon

in the left below corner: visit: https://jd-rivers.com

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

No YOU just booked your next cover with @sylleth.bsky.social for your next romance even though you've only written the first two chapters. 😌

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/09/2026

all life is sacred except for the god damn mother fucking piece of shit mosquito

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/09/2026

“oh eradicating all mosquitos would do damage to ecosystems that depend on them for food” don’t care let’s run that experiment

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anita@escrevendo gays 🌈 @anakidd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wanna try a promo/share like others I've participated so 🫵 fellow writers drop your books/games/comics featuring FAT CHARACTERS in the replies! if they are queer and fat even better ☝️ let's boost each other and share body diversity in our works ✨ #WritingCommunity #QueerWriting

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The nice thing about editing for an author who loves Dragon Age as much as you do is finding little sneaky references others might not have noticed and then getting to completely nerd out about it in the comments. 😍 (TY @tinamon.bsky.social 😍😍😍😍)

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Christina @tinamon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Please follow and support Editor Nicole ( @thoughtsstained.bsky.social ) and buy her book The Beckoned and the Bound coming out in November!! ❤️

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I, ah, finally "narrowed" down my @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social schedule and y'all, this is gonna be fantastic. 🥰 Who am I gonna see there??? 👀👀👀 #BookSky

A screenshot of Nicole's calendar (in dark mode) for Sunday, the last day of Flights of Foundry, a virtual online conference. (Spoiler: she is going to be very busy.)

A screenshot of Nicole's calendar (in dark mode) for Friday and Saturday of Flights of Foundry, a virtual online conference. (Spoiler: she is going to be very busy.)

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Scarlett Gale @scarlettgauthor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Me to a fellow romance author: So the problem with [specific genre of romance I dislike] is... Someone else: Haha, yeah, romance is all trash, booktok blah blah blah HURK-- Me & my fellow romance author, now holding swords to their throat: APOLOGIZE TO ROMANCE AS A GENRE RIGHT NOW YOU COURT JESTER

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Omg I'm so sorry to be annoying but we are ONE ADD AWAY from my unhinged goal of 50 ARC readers before it closes tomorrow. Omfg thank you so much!!! 😭 (If you want to be lucky #50 for my super queer debut romance...) #BookSky #QueerBooks #Romancelandia 🌈📚 forms.gle/vnJz99NdTy2p...

Screenshot of a Google form of Nicole's The Beckoned and the Bound eARCs request form, highlighting that there are 49 responses

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Y'all we are only 3 ARC readers away from 50 (!!!). It closes *tomorrow*. Please share this anyone you would love to read a story about healing from past trauma while on an adventure with unhinged side quests, an entirely queer cast and two bisexual disasters with mirrored trauma? Please? 🥺 ⬇️🔗

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Very On Brand™️for Chronic Disability Month to find out from a missed call at 4:30pm on a Friday before a nat'l holiday the MRI I've been fighting to get since April (got denied until I did more PT, which I *did*) that's supposed to happen on Tuesday is still listed as pending from my insurance. 🙃

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

*trumpets sound* TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN-UP FOR ARCS OF MY SLOW BURN QUEER EPIC FANTASY ROMANCE. I AM REALLY PROUD OF IT. I AM FIVE PEOPLE AWAY FROM MY GOAL. I AM STILL DELULU WE CAN HIT IT BY TOMORROW. *trumpets fade away as Nicole goes to get water for her throat from screaming excitedly*

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am starting to not feel well and for the love I cannot get sick before the two busiest months of the year for me. I CANNOT. 😭

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Wren L. Rivers | Author @corvidarcana.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If you’re looking for a book with the vibes of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, you might enjoy Blood of the Gods! 🌊1,000 years post apocalyptic flood 🌊 seafaring fantasy 🌊 gods & monsters 🌊 amnesia 🌊 slow burn romance 🌊 charming and playful… until it’s not 👀 linktr.ee/corvidarcana #BookSky

A trope map for Blood of the Gods by Wren L. Rivers. In the center is the cover. The cover is of a person upside down falling toward the ocean.

Around the cover, text reads: M/NB slow burn, amnesia, gruff MMC with a heart if gold, blood-based magic system, queer fat poc & disabled characters, 1,000 years post apocalyptic flood, found family, fascism is bad actually, themes of identity and self worth, & seafaring fantasy

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm reaching out for blurbs from authors (including some who I look up to a LOT) for TBATB this week and excuse me while I go projectile vomit into the fetal position 😌

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is a @goldfinchbkservice.bsky.social appreciation post as they probably regret me hiring them w/ how nitpicky I've been w/ formatting but also they've been a GODSEND and so patient and I'm SO grateful. This book is gonna look so GOOD y'all and we're so close to having the finalized formatting!

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Psst. Only five more days to sign-up for ARCs of my unapologetically queer, neurospicy romance debut that's a love letter to DA:O, fat women loving themselves unapologetically and my fav romance tropes. Oh, and I'm 6 people away from my unhinged goal. 😍 #BookSky 🌈📚 forms.gle/vnJz99NdTy2p...

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The Beckoned and the Bound eARC Request Form

Thank you for your interest in reading an early copy of The Beckoned and the Bound, the yearning, slow burn romance of my heart. As I make the slight pivot from epic fantasy to epic fantasy romance, y...

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Currently tying to get caught up after a few days off post medical procedure so if I am behind responding to notifications or emails or messages, that's why! Working to get caught up this week! 🫂

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's not my birthday week anymore BUT all of my novels are still deeply discounted on Itch I'll be changing them back to full price tomorrow so grab them NOW if you haven't already!!

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