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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

CABINS, CONFUSION, AND OTHER CONUNDRUMS is out TODAY in Extraterrestrials: another trans autistic anthology! What happens when Eis leaves Earth? Find out! a.co/d/01WSvKPu #queerscifi #books #newrelease

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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#QueerWriters #QueerWritersChat Q5: Outro 👋 I think everyone who joins this already knows about #QueerPrompts, but either way that's the main thing I post, but I also post videos of my cats, what I'm reading, book reviews, gay shows, crafts, etc.

Background is a beach and balloons.
Bottom image: A cartoon version of CJ and his partner next to the signature "CJ Aralore" with the text "Queer Romantasy Author & Artist" and "@cjaralore | linktr.ee/cjaralore."
Top and Center: Balloon image frames with images inside of the following sections and text for each section around them: writing romantasies, character art, crafts g miniatures, cats & animals, positive queer fiction, BL shows.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 22/08/2026

I'm told by the fine folks at @doppelfoxxpublishing.com that the hardcover copies of Game of Life were a big hit, and in fact sold out, at #Eurofurence. So if you didn't manage to get a copy there, maybe go here instead: doppelfoxxpublishing.com/products/gam... #QueerWritersChat

The cover of Game of Life by Rob MacWolf and Alex Vance

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leahbauerwrites.bsky.social @leahbauerwrites.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#QueerWritersChat A5: I don't have anything to share, so it's question time! What's a queer book you've read recently whose writing you admire?

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RJ Webb 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @authorrjwebb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#QueerWritersChat Another fun chat!! A Vampire’s Lament is available now, link in bio, and I’ll be sending out an arc call for In the Hollows tomorrow 👀 and currently have three wips: Time and Time Again, The Siren’s Knight, and now MoonFlowers (poetry) and a secret wip 😈

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 22/08/2026

#QueerWritersChat A5: I've been on a bit of a tear all week about Disney Imagineering starting to incorporate genAI into creative processes for the parks, which I think is wrong-headed for oh so many reasons. And I wrote about them. And then sent those thoughts in letters to five Disney execs.

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Dear Disney: GenAI is Not Jarvis

GenAI incorporation is likely to drive the most devoted people to a breaking point.

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ELwolfsblood |Author/Artist| @elwolfsblood.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#QueerWritersChat I just recently finished the first draft of Permafrost Heart, I have no income of my own at this time and it would mean everything to me to be able to launch on backer kit to have some funding. Can you take a second and follow me there? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

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Permafrost Heart

Get notified when Permafrost Heart launches on BackerKit!

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 22/08/2026

Breaking rules and subverting tropes can be thrilling. 😆 This year I finally started self-publishing my novels. Art and graphics by @amaralynn.bsky.social. Support artists! books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

A bulletin board featuring a map of Michigan and saying “Michigan can be thrilling.“ Books by Rebecca Frost surround the map with red string,m connecting each book to a spot on the map via pushpins. Pending (dark blue building with two lit windows and two silhouetted figures inside) connects to Kalamazoo. Bury the Dead (four candles, two lit, two sniffed out) connects to South Range, which is near Houghton. Cold Comfort (a torn postcard of a lakeside lodge) is up at the tip of the Keweenaw, near Copper Harbor. Where There’s Smoke (a cobalt blue food truck follows a winding road with a foggy background and coals in the foreground) points to Marquette.

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Rien Joyce @rienjoyce.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#queerwriterschat FLESH will be releasing in October, and if you'd like to keep up on updates about it and my other indulgently dark and fucky writing, you can join my newsletter! buttondown.com/rienjoyce

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Rien Joyce

Keep up with the upcoming works and wandering ramblings of adult queer fiction author Rien Joyce.

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Kris Madigan @krismadigan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you want books with complex sentences, fragments, and neither of which were written with any sort of "rules" pertaining to writing habits, you can check out my two novellas (or my short stories!) on itch! #QueerWritersChat kris-madigan.itch.io

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Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#QueerWritersChat Thanks again! Good questions and good answers from all! Ill promote my FREE booklet again here... Just under 10 flash or short stories pulled from my improv night notebook. An exploration of some of the most fun and best results Ive had from writing prompt games.

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The Scenic Route – An Improv Collection

Free eBook! These nine and a half stories were all written as improvisational exercises, executed in forty minutes or less from ideas assigned just before the timer began. They meander without a ma…

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Sadie Hepworth @sadiehepworth.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Plugging my two books as usual! An engagement party brings grumpy professor Ezra and lonely artist Cole back together for second chance romance: a.co/d/04bCIEwh Punk rock idiots Sam and Max are NOT ready for the torrent of feelings that their tour will unleash: a.co/d/08lBGDoF #QueerWritersChat

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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 Eden Hollow OUT NOW!! @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thank you for hosting #QueerWritersChat! I'd mentioned that I finished The Witch of Eden Hollow earlier in the chat, and I'm excited to announce that I've also opened ARC sign-ups! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 forms.gle/eBMX43dJKbTL...

Background Image: A sparse autumn forest cast in shadow with a fenced open field in the background.

Pitch:
Inquisitor T. Sterling is hired by the pious town of Eden Hollow to hunt down the witch that commands an ancient forest known as the Elder Grove.
Reclusive, guarded, and untrusting, Elias finds with dread that the only way he can save his forest (and himself) from an untimely demise is to work with the hunter that was hired to kill him.
Within Eden Hollow, Avery Miller struggles with the town's restrictive Puritan rules, forced to hide his love for another man and a sudden magical ability that manifests within him.
As their lives intertwine and tensions rise, secrets that were kept locked away seep through the cracks, and what they find very well may destroy them.

170k word novel
2 romance plots
Trans, Gay, and Disability Rep
Themes Surrounding Grief and Religious Trauma

Book cover on the right:
"The Witch of Eden Hollow" by G.T. Anthony
Forest green cover with pale goldenrod font. There is an emblem centerpiece in the middle of the cover depicting a ring made of woven branches with wilting vines wrapped around it. In the middle of it is a brown hare. Behind it is a background of a patch of daisies.

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 22/08/2026

#QueerWritersChat Q5 I'm a freelance editor! I'm still learning this, but I do take your style & voice into account when I edit. I try not to enforce strict rules to work with you. Some rules I might suggest for clarity for readers or consistently though. ottersediting.com

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Otters Editing

Welcome to Otters Editing Welcome! I’m Steph, an empathetic editor who cares about you & your writing. I’ll be your Guide Otter here to help you swim through your publishing journey…

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#QueerWritersChat 5: I'd love if some more people followed my upcoming project on Backerkit! It's gonna be epic! Gay superheros, bird boys, slow burn romance, grump x sunshine! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Get Ready for Fire and Feathers

From Amara Lynn - Get Ready for Fire and Feathers

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'll have ARC sign-ups from the publisher next time (if I remember I have this acct 😂) Smutfest volumes 1, 2, 3, & blackout are out now. I have stories in 1 (Rollmates), 2 (One More Hour), & 3 (Delivery). Read for free via KU or buy the ebook/PB: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3M1XFXK #QueerWritersChat A5

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Smutfest the Anthology Series

Visit Amazon's Smutfest the Anthology Series Page and shop for all Smutfest the Anthology Series books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Smutfest the Anthology Series

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 22/08/2026

HAH I was just complaining to a friend this week that people confuse grammar and style. I think the main thing, though, is that writing is a contract between author and reader. Author has to set up reader expectations, and readers shouldn’t try to order a milkshake at Home Depot. #QueerWritersChat

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Format your feckin' screenplays proper. So many times I go to breakdown scripts and before I can do my job, I have to format the thing proper. That's the writer's job, not mine 😡👊 (I get a little punchy on this one 😅🙃). #QueerWritersChat A4

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Let's go with all of them (or none of them, whichever gets the least hate 😂)? #QueerWritersChat A3

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ah sure, you know the important ones. (I don't think I know the rules, I just write about sapphics f++king each other though 😂🤘 so I think as long as the parts are in the right places we're aces 🤣) #QueerWritersChat A2

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Heya lads, I'm Toira and I'm an Irish disaster lesbian that writes about other disasters 🤗 I have three stories coming out in October. 2 are with the publisher and I've started doing edits with them, the last is with my editor. We're on track to make my 30/8 deadline ❤️‍🔥 #QueerWritersChat A1

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QueerPit @queerpit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

📣 QUEERPIT IS ON WEDNESDAY!!! 👀 We can't wait for our next event this week, so we have a few *important reminders* for all our participants.🧵⬇️ 1) #QueerPit is July 1st from 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern time ⏲️ You may pitch using our hashtag, age/genre hashtags during those hours.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 30/06/2026

Out tomorrow! Welcome to Loon Lake, your all-inclusive tech-free summer retreat! We pride ourselves on protecting our residents’ anonymity. Come escape for a month in the Upper Peninsula and forget about your everyday cares and woes. Nondisclosure agreements required. books2read.com/Cold-Comfort...

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Well I'm out of money and I still have like $70 in bills due this week 🫤 I'm open for commissions of all kinds of anyone needs graphics, art, or covers! #helpneeded #writesky #artsky #commissionsopen #mutualaid

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My cousin and other awesome queer content creators are in here. For what most people spend on coffee in a month, you can support this global collective. The Queer Adult Collection: 33 items for $20.00 itch.io/b/3709/the-q...

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The Queer Adult Collection by WaywardVoidGod and 27 others

The Queer Adult Collection: 33 items for $20.00

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If you/anyone you know can help: Also if you're in the US check out foodfinder.us it'll show you food pantries, restaurants that give away food, & other free options around you. fns.usda.gov/meals4kids can be used to find meals for kids under 18 Furniturebanks.org helps w/ household items (I think)

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Food Pantries of America - Welcome to FoodFinder!

At FoodFinder you can search the food pantries that are closer to you. Explore the map and enter your zip code to learn which ones are available.

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon day 15: I don't have a beautiful woman distracting me this week 😂 My goal is to write, preferably a lot, I'm not remotely close to being done with first drafts for shifter or Final girl and the polished MS is due to the publisher by mid august for final edits/reviews 😬

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon day 14: Picture one is from Rollmates (Smutfest vol 1) Picture two is from One More Hour (Smutfest vol 2) Picture three is from Delivery (Smutfest vol 3) Picture four is a rough beat from Shifter WIP (October antho) Picture five is a rough beat from Final Girl WIP (October antho)

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon day 13: Lots of good craic with my FWB no real progress on my writing or promo, but I'm okay with that ❤️‍🔥

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 10/06/2026

yes and it doesn't matter which one you're talking about

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Knotty Biscotti 🇨🇦💪🏾 @knottybiscotti.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Friday Bluesky Friends! We made it! 🏊‍♀️ Summer reunion at the pool! Vanessa's home from college and everything's exactly as she remembers. Almost. 💜 Marco… 🌊 #FlashFiction #FridayFlashing #SapphicErotica #wlw #nsfwsky #smut #erotica #queer #pride

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Marco Polo @ Knotty Biscotti's (sometimes) Naughty Treats

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Toira O'Brady @toiraobrady.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon Day 12: Oh good craic, I'm still learning how to use Canva 😂 but I think I did this right 🔥 If I can I try to get every letter from our alphabet soup in anything I write 🤘🫶🤗

Rollmates (Volume 1 of Smutfest) Book cover: Derby and Carla are sitting on the roof of a Manhattan high rise looking out over the city. Derby has her arm around Carla's shoulders.

The bisexual pride flag with Carla (MC) under. The lesbian pride flag with Derby (LI). There are also side characters that are: Gay, pan, nonbinary, trans, aromantic, asexual

One More Hour (Smutfest Volume 2) book cover Lasairfhíona a pale red headed woman hugs Ophelia a multiracial woman with natural hair they're lying on grey sheets sleeping. There's a pansexual pride flag with Ophelia under it. Lesbian pride flag with Lasairfhíona under it. There are also side characters that are: Gay, bi, queer, nonbinary, trans, aromantic, asexual.

The book cover for Delivery (smutfest volume 3) Hero a tattooed butch siren kisses Aanya a butch desi woman. There are lesbian pride flags with a butch pride heart in the middle of each. Aanya and Hero's names are under each flag. There are also side characters that are: Gay, bi, queer, nonbinary, trans, aromantic, asexual.

The progressive pride flag with a square that looks like a piece of ripped paper. There's text that says, "Final Girl and Shifter: I haven't written much of either but I want to include characters from each leatter of LGBTQIA smiley face."

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N.G.Chloe(Glassflowers: Pixiv Printify) @ngchloe.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#QueerWritersChat checkout the initial release of the One Shot. A story about Setsune and Ana going out on the town, only to run into trouble. www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/... also check out the merch store glassflowers-merch.printify.me

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#GlobalComicAwards2026_free Glassflowers One Shot pilot - NGChloeのマンガ #漫画 #action #fantasy - pixiv

Kumamoto Setsune and her partner head out of a chill day in the City of Rem, little do they know

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Emily Sinclair @butterflyonawheel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Heya. If you think rock music is cool but would be cooler with more angry trans guy rep, check out Butterfly on a Wheel here: books2read.com/u/mqxJJQ Expect its sequel The Stardust of Failure later this year and Nice Things in 2027. #QueerWritersChat

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Butterfly on a Wheel by Emily Sinclair

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Bramble ~ Sci-fi and Fantasy Author @thebrambler13.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Hi #QueerWritersChat! I have a short story premiering on youtube tomorrow. youtu.be/7yHz8lHZRYY Most of the characters in my stories are LGBTQ+ so please support it and listen to The Lake Hopper with me at 19:30 (UK Time). See you there! #Raven+Bear #QueerWriters #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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The Lake Hopper

YouTube video by Bramble

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RJ Webb 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @authorrjwebb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#QueerWritersChat Thank you, this was fun!! 🖤🖤 I have one book A Vampire’s Lament currently on Amazon for ebook and paperback for purchase but also still have my bookfunnel link active for a free copy! Links here and in bio 🦇 tr.ee/vv2CbVk2a3

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Abigail de Niverville @adeniverville.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Oh right, they're also on itch #queerwriterschat adeniverville.itch.io

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Abigail de Niverville

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 13/06/2026

Speaking of supporting other writers … 😉 From debut novel murder confessions to small town cold cases to isolated Agatha Christie capers, there’s always something thrilling about Michigan. books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF #QueerWritersChat

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Scarlet Mitchell is a 👻g..g..ghost!👻 @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Another wonderful #QueerWritersChat this evening! Next week Im releasing my debut novel, The Gerzean Blade, a mystery with an archaeologist-turned-PI getting in over her head! Pre-Orders available now! scarletmitchellwrites.wordpress.com

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Scarlet Mitchell

Author

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Thank you Amara and all of #QueerWritersChat for yet another supportive evening! My debut poetry collection, TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, was recently nominated for the Elgin Award! It’s available in print at Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7 And digitally at Itch: dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...

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Time Travel Is Easy

Amazon.com: Time Travel Is Easy: 9798274963558: Hollon, Rick: Libros

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leahbauerwrites.bsky.social @leahbauerwrites.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#QueerWritersChat A5: As is my constant refrain: nothing to promote so it's book rec request time! What's a queer book written by one of your writing mutuals that you'd like to recommend?

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Sadie Hepworth @sadiehepworth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

He's Not for Me, my debut second chance romance about a lonely adjunct and a lonely artist, is out now! You can get it here: a.co/d/0fdm65pU My sophomore effort, Take It From the Top (punk rock friends to lovers), will drop for preorder next week unless I get mauled by lions #QueerWritersChat

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 13/06/2026

Like 1990s-themed narrative video games that make fun of corporate logos? I'm showing this off at Vancouver's Red Gate Arts Society this Sunday at 6pm. Come see! cornonthecob.games

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After Work by Corn on the Cob Games

It's 7pm, everyone's gone home for the day, and your curiosity has got the better of you. Set in a corporate design department in an alternate 1990s, this first-person walking simulator encourages you...

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#QueerWritersChat 5: Gems and Star Flowers is out NOW! Many of you supported me and backed it in Nov!! If you enjoyed it, please leave a review! books2read.com/gemsandstarflowers You can also follow my next project's teaser page, the one I'm currently drafting! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Gems and Star Flowers by Amara Lynn, Primrose Song

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Andy Brokaw 🖤🩶🤍💚🤍🩶🖤 @andy.northsky.social · 13/06/2026

#QueerWritersChat The Harmony of Falling Snow is a polyamorous romantasy largely about supporting the people you love and learning how to accept their support in return. It's discounted on itch and Ko-fi this month with purchase links and the first 3 chapters at andybrokaw.com/harmony

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The Harmony of Falling Snow

Purchase a DRM-free digital edition! Available via Ko-fi or Itch.io at a discount. Or through Kindle or Kobo if you prefer. Or buy it in print! It's distributed through all major retailers, inclu...

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 13/06/2026

#QueerWritersChat Q5 If you need further support in your writing/publishing I'm an editor with availability in the fall! Bonus: you'll be supporting me too by helping me start my career as I'm a self-employed Gen Z college grad! ottersediting.com

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Otters Editing

Welcome to Otters Editing Welcome all authors! I’m Steph, an empathetic editor who cares about you and your writing. I’ll be your Guide Otter here to help you swim through your publishi…

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#QueerWritersChat Q5 Thank you for the chat and supporting the community! I have two books out available on itch, kofi, & wherever books are sold! Sweet & Wild: books2read.com/u/bzNng9 The Need for Dandelions: books2read.com/u/meYkPE Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...

On a light yellow background with a border of wildflowers and bees, the cover of Sweet & Wild by Alex Larkspur

On a pink background with dandelions and other wildflowers, the cover of The Need for Dandelions by Alex Larkspur

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