LRP i genuinely think the answer to most questions that go like "why aren't more _____ books being made at all/anymore" is almost never "because authors don't want to write them/haven't considered it," it's NEAR universally "because publishers have decided they don't sell well enough" haha

Periodic reminder that The Map and the Territory exists, and you can read it! It's a post-apocalyptic picaresque about an ace cartographer and a gay wizard trying to get home in a shattered world haunted by a death goddess. Includes: Airships! Crocodiles! Magic mirrors! Microscopes! Wizard duels!

Elena Wuest - An Afternoon Tea II, 2026 - Oil on canvas

THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM is here! I spent four years writing my debut novel just for you! It's got a ghost, it's got a gay, it's got a jelly. Thanks to everyone who's swum alongside me on the journey 🪼 Hardback, ebook, & audiobook: tinyurl.com/3szxwsh4 Book club kit: tinyurl.com/zte2mtv2

I’ve got a big gay dinosaur book coming out this fall! Pre-orders make all the difference, so please do ask your favorite bookshop and library for Tyrant Lizard Queen. You’re going to love Snaggletooth. 🦖

Get to know Aud! Find my books here: www.amazon.com/stores/Aud-C...

Today @angelaboord.bsky.social reviews @oleandercraw.bsky.social's upcoming novel, Devouring Fortune! -JI🐉 "Easily the best book I’ve read this year, trad or indie...a character-driven dark science fantasy standalone that absolutely breathes its world." fantasy-faction.com/2026/devouri... #booksky

Painful emotions should not exist. Alas, they do. This sketch of Zhaikes is inspired by a scene in my book. I have another one that shows Lara, who is equally devastated. What have they done.. [ #art #Fremdling #Zhaikes #ZhorKhat ]

happy pride to the storytellers. to the ancestors who kept our oral traditions, to those who turn bartops and bathrooms into sites of play. to the artists, the authors, the poets, the dancers. happy pride to the wonder and grime of our beautiful, rotten, terrific, erotic imaginations that define us.

The Inca Empire | Buriolestes / Patagotitan For June’s edition of The Paleo Post! #paleoart #art #dinosaurs #incaempire

Little Miss Smushy Penelope. Naturally, this photo was immediately followed by me descending upon her for cuddles.

New short story! THE GOD UNDER THE BANYAN TREE is about a cemetery keeper who walks into the jungle and finds an ancient god in a hidden tomb. They have a picnic together and talk about marriage customs. Cozy fantasy romance.

Episode 1 of the Philosopher Queens is here! Our story begins with both Katie and Kyle finding each of their work situations upended and unknown futures ahead. This sets them on a path to meeting and completely changing each other's lives. #Romancelandia #WriteSky walkerharris.net/phlqueens/in...

I'm still quietly agonizing about this, though I'm leaning toward keeping it. Even if that would require me to restructure the emotional arcs across the trilogy. 🫠 Going to give it more thought, then on Tuesday I'll probably write the immediate consequences. Hopefully that will cement the decision.

Happy Pride Month to all of my fellow queers. May your pride be defiance and love in equal measures, and your solidarity never run out 🌈

Help Robin out by recommending your favorite short fiction reads!

My May 2026 reading wrap-up from The StoryGraph #Booksky 💙📚

So, readers who don't read prologues or epigraphs, who only read dialogue, who only read under the 2nd full moon of the year on a Tuesday... Listen, the book you picked up? The author wrote all those words. The words ARE the book. Only reading some words is a great way to not read the whole book.

MERE FLESH could use some support from readers who appreciate a good redemption arc for someone who is actually a bad person (not only misunderstood) at the story's beginning. (I'm a bi author & this book is bi4bi, why choose, poly, & queer in general).

Most of the main cast in VFTDC are queer, living in a queernorm world. Grisira is bisexual/pansexual (depending on how we're defining those terms), her daughter Saejura is a lesbian, Grisira's two close friends are also bi/pan (Nakris and Onibrio), and Khetris is agender, asexual, and aromantic.

Bisexuals, we need to drop the imposter syndrome. What’s queerer than everyone trying to define our sexuality for us and failing? 😎

Happy Pride!!

Sex is normal and does not need to be cordoned off from the rest of the human experience. Integrating it makes people feel better!

Time for D&D!

Patreon reward for Em. 💜

Per the ancient artist traditions, I beseech thee, spread this post far and wide across the bsky lands, for it is my birthday! ☄️ #art

Escape the boring party to watch floating jellyfish in the rain. #ocart #VisShyo #ocsky

Look at how beautiful! I can't wait.

My monthly newsletter is up on my author blog! In this one, I reflect on a minor existential crisis—I mean, er, growth—surrounding the editing process as I recount my successful progress on THE HEART IS A WEAPON. amshilling.com/2026/05/31/l...

Qifrey and his stupid compression shirt rt to agree

Writing update: Wow! I didn't expect to take this scene in the direction I did. Ended up pulling the trigger on a Momentous Event I wasn't planning to implement until the second book. Love how it turned out, but I need to sit with it to decide whether I want to keep the new development.

hey. writers. Reminder to make copies of all your contracts, stories, drafts and shit. Not just on the cloud or the drive, but locally, a USB, an ext. drive... haven't done it in a while? Now's a great time

Any other writers find it nearly impossible to turn off certain aspects of the inner editor while drafting? For me, it's eliminating repetitive words. It's like I'm cursed; I can't let word repetition stand. Makes my brain itch. Doesn't matter how many times I tell myself "fix it in post!!"

My floofy baby

I‘d love more eyes on the teaser. LAZARUS is a gay horror noir set in 1920s Paris. A ww1 veteran without a face is hired to examine a series of defaced portraits. His investigation leads him into a world of art, opium, sex, and the undead. beastcutter.itch.io/lazarus-teaser

Ganea sketch. Amarantha's mother appearing on this account for the first time. ✨ #lightensnared

oh my god

This book surprised me with its emotional depth, a particular brand of heart-wrenching and heart-warming unique to @audconnelly.bsky.social's writing. I enjoyed it from start to finish, especially the main character's transformation. Highly recommend. 💙📚

senk

I love feeling spent and noodly after lifting weights

The Blue-Whale Mermaid floats elusively across the ocean - for Mermay! 🌊🐋🐋🐋🐋

My most recent (and only) release is THE DEVOURING, my cosmic horror/crime thriller about a married couple uncovering an occult conspiracy. It's the first book I've written and contains all the things I love and want to read about. Also, I drew the cover myself. 😊 amshilling.com/books

A little Brushbuddy 🍊 #Art

Writing update: I've been painfully sleepy after a late night last night, so writing was especially difficult today. Still managed to hit my goal, at least! The scene isn't finished, but Saturday's writing session should do it. Now, time to read. #writingcommunity

For all the frustration that goes into a novel draft, remember: it is a beautiful thing to make art. That while it can be a struggle, & it needs the time it needs, if you keep at it, you will exit that valley of darkness. The road will be hard. But you may miss those stars when you reach the dawn.

It’s your weekly reminder that I have a book out! Join Jason and Ayana, a husband and wife duo, as they uncover an occult conspiracy at the heart of their city—and the malevolent god lurking beyond its veil. Get your copy! amshilling.com/books #Booksky #WritingCommunity

Bluesky isn't a bubble or an echo chamber, it's a garden. You plant some seeds and pull some weeds, you tend to it with care, and you make it into a space that pleases you when you come to sit in it a while. Other people can plant and tend to their own gardens, if they like. This garden is yours.

actually i kinda *do* think using genAI should be such a social faux pas that the user is marked as a pariah and no longer feels welcome in the community. "AI is bad" is no longer an abstract (it never was), my city has been under a boil water advisory for a week because of AI data centers

woke up this morning with a renewed conviction to toss off the scripts of society and do things in ways that I find soul-filling

any fucking creator who goes all in on AI is a goddamn fucking scab