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Ashley Ruhl @ashleyruhl.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I'm speaking at GDC again! I'll be joining @richardrouse.bsky.social's "Rules of the Game" talk, as well as returning for @toiya.bsky.social's "Q&A for New Writers" panel. I love connecting with narrative design and cinematics folks while I'm out there. Let's hangout! #GDC2026

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Toiya Kristen Finley Available for Consulting and Editing! @toiya.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Looking for a skilled editor? I’m available! Fiction, nonfiction, games, or even online courses—I bring attention to detail and creativity to every project. Send a message via my site to discuss how we can collaborate: www.schnoodlemedia.com/contact. #Editor #Editing #Proofreading #Copyediting

Toiya Kristen Finley's Editing Services

Looking for a skilled editor? I’m available!

Whether it’s fiction, nonfiction, games, or even online courses, I bring attention to detail and creativity to every project.

I specialize in a range of editing services across multiple media:

Developmental & Substantive Editing
Copy Editing
Proofreading
Sensitivity Reading
Rush & Emergency Jobs

Here are some projects I’ve worked on:
Independent novels
Game scripts & documentation
Visual novels
Online courses

Send a message via my site to discuss how we can collaborate: https://www.schnoodlemedia.com/contact.

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Toiya Kristen Finley Available for Consulting and Editing! @toiya.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The first Conference on BIPOC Game Studies is this September. We would love to have you involved! If you're interested in submitting, please get your pitches in by January 18. More information here: conference.blackgamestudies.com/index.html

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The 2025 Conference on BIPOC Game Studies The Strong National Museum of Play

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 22/09/2023

Oh, that 18 is coming up so quickly, at which point we can start talking bookplates. Who's got it? www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

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Embroidered Worlds: Ukrainian Fantastic Fiction

An anthology of fantastic stories from Ukraine and the Diaspora, edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, and Iryna Pasko.

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 22/09/2023

Last weekend to work on your Baby Ghosts application – they're due Monday at 11:59pm EST! 📝 Have any questions about the process? Please poke us here or email hello@weirdghosts.ca. weirdghosts.ca/apply

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Applications are now open for Baby Ghosts!

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

I am both an American and a Cultural Anthropologist who specializes in semiotics and religion. I do not understand what is going on in this flag. At all.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 05/09/2023

Have you seen our video? The three editors discuss what the project means to them, and why writing fantastic fiction in the face of erasure is defiance. Plus, turn on or switch between captions by selecting English or українська. We hope you'll give it a look. www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

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Embroidered Worlds: Ukrainian Fantastic Fiction

An anthology of fantastic stories from Ukraine and the Diaspora, edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, and Iryna Pasko.

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🔥 Napalm ErAnn🔥 @annlemay.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Mmm look at those author copies!!!

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🔥 Napalm ErAnn🔥 @annlemay.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Author copies arrived today! I’m very excited. 😃 The Game Narrative Toolbox, 2nd Edition published by Focal Press. Pre-orders open now & shipping starts tomorrow! Congrats to my co-authors!!! (Code DIS20 for 20% off if you buy one, may not combine with other sales!)

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The Game Narrative Toolbox

Learn how to create compelling game storylines. Four experienced narrative designers from different genres of game development have banded together to create this all-inclusive guide on what it's like...

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alt text that makes you go hmm @handle.invalid · 15/08/2023

i want to be abundantly clear that this dog is adorable. i also like to assume the gender of dogs so let's go with she/her on this one. She is a very good girl, and clearly the most valued employee at the pet store where she works. She has her front paws up on the counter with a credit card reader in front of her. She is ready to take your payment. i swear to god she's giving a little grin, like "yeah bitch, i know how to participate in capitalism too, you fool."

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 15/08/2023

Oh and here is the cover and ToC!

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no context dogs @nocontextdogs.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 14/08/2023

This is the best picture I will ever take

Photo of a man driving with a dog popping her head into frame from the back seat so that it looks like the man has the head of a dog

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

No playing D&D with the bears.

A sign that shows a bear and a human hand apparently dropping food in front of it. But it looks like the hand is rolling 4d6. There is a red circle with a slash around the whole thing, indicating that you should not do it.

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no context dogs @nocontextdogs.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

The demo of the game I worked on with the lovely people at @gutefabrik.bsky.social is back online again! Especially recommended for cat lovers.

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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 03/08/2023

Heeey! My second book is now available for pre-order on Routledge! Amazing! The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers - 1st Edition - Anna Megill - (routledge.com) If you ever wanted to write video games, this book's for you ✨

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The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers

Want to become a writer in the games industry? Then this is the book is for you. Award-winning game writer Anna Megill provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the in...

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Neil Nadelman (Currently clean on OPSEC) @docsane.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

I like to think Dale Gribble is in the next world, still obsessively posting on alt.conspracies.black.helicopters.

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céli 🍉 @pianta.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

pattern 💙

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Gen Con Writers' Symposium @handle.invalid · 10/08/2023

Thank you for an amazing Gen Con Writers' Symposium 2023. Hearts were warmed, ideas sparked, and lives changed - we saw it! We'll be back soon with 2024 plans; for now we'd love to hear your feedback. We're very serious about making each year even better. 🥰 forms.gle/NxeKFPuB96rVVAR89

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2023 Writers' Symposium Feedback

Thank you so much for participating in the Gen Con Writers' Symposium. We hope you had a fantastic experience and welcome your feedback to help make next year's symposium even better.

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Toiya Kristen Finley Available for Consulting and Editing! @toiya.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

Thread: I discovered solo RPGs at Gen Con thanks to a friend. Seeing so many extravagant books and smelling those new-book pages made me want to publish a solo RPG just so I could have a cool edition too (I’m only half joking about this).

A thinking emoji looks up at the the words "So... You Wanna Make a Solo RPG?"

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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 02/08/2023

As a longtime fan, sun bears look like a drunk guy in a bear suit no matter where they are. Okay I was looking for a photo of them in the wild AND THIS IS HOW THEY CARRY THEIR CUBS. best animal of all time

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Leigh Harlen (Birch) @leighharlen.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

it's not copyright infringement unless it's from the copyright region of france otherwise it's just sparkling piracy

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

The response working class people should have to “UPS drivers would make $170,000” is “Good.” That 170k includes benefits and pension money, which used to be the norm in union contracts and should be the floor of our demands. Your enemy is never another worker getting more.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 10/08/2023

I plead with you: If you are upset by something a generally good person you know to be neurodivergent says, *ask them for clarification*. 1) it's awful to find out someone was upset (or took action!) over something we didn't mean 2) being scolded over misunderstandings is a lot of our ptsd.

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ceej @ceej.online · 10/08/2023

before you get mad at clarence thomas maybe consider if you, too, would take bribes at your job if it were impossible to get in trouble

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Gabe Hudson @gabehudson.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

Dear god what fresh hell is this for writers?

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ONeillJones @oneilljones.com · 08/08/2023

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

I'm looking to commission a trans artist/illustrator to create the cover for my book. Anyone have ideas for people I should reach out to? Self-nominations welcome!

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 08/08/2023

When people ask how long it took me to do the research for the Marvel Multiverse RPG, I answer, "Most of my life." As proof, I offer Exhibit A, a paper I wrote in 7th grade, back in 1980/81. (I got an A on it. “An unusual topic but interesting.”)

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Toiya Kristen Finley Available for Consulting and Editing! @toiya.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

My luggage finally arrived 13 hours behind me, after I arrived home 13 hours after I was supposed to. I now consider my Gen Con officially over.

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Diana M. Pho (she/her) 📚 🔊 @dianapho.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

Only a couple for days until @genconwriters.org ! 🎲 ♟️ ✨ 🚀 🖋️ 📚 🎯 🎮 For those attending, it'll be fun, nerdy and informative! And I might have a handful of giveaways on my panels 📚 Discover more: genconwriters.org/authors #AuntieEditor

Four Special Guests: John Jennings, Latoya Peterson, Diana Pho and Sheree Renee Thomas

Diana's schedule, which is also listed in thread

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Gen Con Writers' Symposium @handle.invalid · 31/07/2023

Three very different and very interesting writers talking real deal about story structure - this is going to be fascinating. Maybe you'll join us for - Using Story Structure Models at #GenCon #GenCon2023

Using Story Structure Models, Jerry Gordon, Jennifer Allaway, Cat Rambo, Sunday 10 am, Downtown Marriott, Gen Con SEM23ND236725 ($0)

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Gen Con Writers' Symposium @handle.invalid · 31/07/2023

What a few years it's been. In this changed world, hear writers talk about how to work (effectively!) from home. Interested? We hope you'll join us for a lovely Sunday morning discussion on Working From Home at #GenCon #GenCon2023

Working From Home, Sandra Tayler, Jeremy Bernstein, Richard Lee Byers, Latoya Peterson, LaShawn M. Wanak, Sunday 10 am, Downtown Marriott, Gen Con SEM23ND236723 ($0)

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Gen Con Writers' Symposium @handle.invalid · 29/07/2023

We're about to start loading the bundles onto our Collectible Drives, but - oh - first we added *more* - books, music, an RPG - we hope you love what we've put together: genconwriters.org/2023/07/24/announ… #GenCon #GenCon2023

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Announcing the first-ever Gen Con Writers’ Symposium Collectible Drive!

Collective drive loaded with retail books, media, and even exclusives!

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Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends @totter87.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

Some ongoing level design work in our hand-animated #indiegame, Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends #gamedev

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Gen Con Writers' Symposium @handle.invalid · 22/07/2023

Do you love fanfic? Love writing it? Want to get into it? Want to know what techniques especially resonate in the world of making the familiar our own? We hope you'll join us for: Writing Beloved FanFic #GenCon #GenCon2023

Writing Beloved FanFic, LaShawn M. Wanak, Jennifer Allaway, Katherine Monasterio, Erik Scott de Bie, Thursday 2 pm, Downtown Marriott, Gen Con SEM23ND236592 ($0)

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Hitoroki - Commissions Open! @hitoroki.art · 11/07/2023

It's portfolioday! Name's Devin, I'm a non-binary character designer and illustrator. I make a ton of fantasy and sci-fi art of black and brown characters and I'm open to freelance and commissioned work! I have a small following so likes and reskeets are much appreciated!

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Gen Con Writers' Symposium @handle.invalid · 20/07/2023

Still Available at Gen Con (Search "Derek Tyler Attico") - Word, Image, and Sound: Exploring Audiovisual Thinkers - New Directions in Story-Driven Games - The AfroFutures - Building Bold Worlds ($10) - Writing Tools - Wakanda: Protopia versus Utopia

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Gen Con Writers' Symposium @handle.invalid · 19/07/2023

Still Available at Gen Con (Search Katherine Monasterio) - Craft Knockout Syntax ($10) - Writing FanFic - Timing the Perfect Heroic Fight - Ask the Editor - Writer-Editor Relationships - First Chapter Milestones ($10) - Nail Your Novel's End ($8) - The Rifle on the Mantle - Land Your Character Arcs

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Gregory A. Wilson @gregoryawilson.com · 19/07/2023

Releasing in less than a week, with the in-person release event a week from Saturday--have you marked your calendar and pre-ordered your copy yet? :D

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Toiya Kristen Finley Available for Consulting and Editing! @toiya.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

For the first time at Gen Con's @genconwriters.org, we’re offering critiques of videogame portfolios! You can get your tickets here: gencon.com/events/236626.

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