In Canada this is known as the Purge, where 2SLGBTQIA+ people were systematically removed from civil service, military, and RCMP from the 1950s through the mid-1990s. The documentary is heart-breaking:

"Look what I made with ChαtGΡΤ" No, the AI made it, YOU didn't make sh*t. Thinking about it is not the same as making it. Prompting doesn't count as work. If you can write a prompt, you can write a paragraph. Paragraphs make a page, pages make a book. Get on with it. (I'm a bit angry today)

y'all ever imagine waking up, feeding yourself and/or your dependents, working on your little art projects while the universal basic income shows up in your account, you just minding your own business checking in on the flowers and making dope stuff, things of that nature, y'all ever imagine that???

I'm seeing people post and repost, "ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE." Y'all, it's about more than one thing.

I'm telling you: if you like someone's book or article, straight up email them that. It'll make their day. There are not enough compliments in academia.

I've written about this quite a bit. But as someone who currently lives by book royalties and donations, I have to carefully weigh what books I'll write based on predicted financial success. That's why there's no sequel to My Aunt, The Vampire. We need UBI. www.patreon.com/posts/133774...

I'm going to address something now: a few writers are doing very well right now, sales-wise. But collectively, on average? Sales are down overall. Readers are worried. People are struggling. If you're a writer impacted by this drop in sales, it's not your fault. And you're not alone. 🫂

Can we get 50% of our goal today?? If just three people want to snag these fantastic LGBTQ+ SFFH reads for #pridemonth we could get halfway there! 23 LGBTQ+ titles for just $10! itch.io/b/3721/lgbtq... #booksky #lgbtqbooks #scifibooksky #fantasybooksky #horrorbooksky #tbr #bookbundle

Doing "ready" for yesterday's #WIPSnips since today's doesn't appear in THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky #fantasy #folklore #gothic

Wizards of the Coast being transphobic to their staff during pride month? And they wonder why they're fighting for a union. Solidarity forever with @uwotc-official.bsky.social ✊

Watching #TheVampireLestat gave me a TV hangover in the best possible way and I am once again ruined for all other shows. Also, I could’ve easily written a review that was twice as long as this and still not addressed everything great about the season:

Here for Pride Month, we have 23 LGTBQ+ titles in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres! All for just $10! itch.io/b/3721/lgbtq... #writesky #booksky #pridemonth #lgbtqbooks #scifi #fantasy #horror

This Pride, grab a bundle of 23 queer sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books for just $10! Available until the 13th and features our stabby sapphic stories! Hosted by @vsholmes.bsky.social ⚔️ itch.io/b/3721/lgbtq...

It's pride month and you know what that means! Sales! Get A SHARPER, MORE LASTING PAIN and over 35 other amazing books for $40! Now until June 8th! itch.io/b/3678/pride...

most cis people, even the well-meaning ones, are fundamentally incapable of meeting this moment. the transphobia is just too deep. they have to face it, understand it, consciously remove it from themselves. too few do.

We already sold 5 bundles for this in the first day! If you're looking to stock up on amazing speculative fiction titles for pride month, look no further! itch.io/b/3721/lgbtq... #writesky #booksky #pridemonth #lgbtqbooks #scifibooksky #fantasybooksky #horrorbooksky

Have you picked up @taliabhatt.itch.io's hit essay collection Brown/Trans/Les yet? Now is an excellent time for it, as part of this bundle!

After a year of censorship and legal attacks the queer community needs your help. The Queer Games Bundle ended but others have taken on that burden. The Pride Bundle funds 284 queer artists directly. Support people not corporations. 60$: itch.io/b/3682/ 10$: itch.io/b/3684/ #PowerofPride2026

Here for Pride Month, we have 23 LGTBQ+ titles in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres! All for just $10! itch.io/b/3721/lgbtq... #writesky #booksky #pridemonth #lgbtqbooks #scifi #fantasy #horror

Happy Pride month you buncha queers

The first of June's #WIPSnips is "loss" of which there is more than enough in THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky #fantasy #folklore #gothic

Finally got to the sequence where [REDACTED] is introduced after ~27 chapters of Ivigh waxing melodramatic about him, so the rest of this revision feels gloriously like speeding downhill.

Wizards get so mad when you kill them with a gun. All like “ahhh I thought we were doing it magic style” or “this was supposed to be a magical duel this was your idea glggh ack” it’s like dude I’m not dueling you with magic you get a good grade in magic I am bringing my Sig

I'd love to get a few more authors in for my queer SFFH Itchio bundle for Pride Month! forms.gle/GAGtgz6U7D3i... #writesky #booksky #scifi #fantasy #horror

Alright, shrimp stir-fry, Big Y sushi, and PROJECT HAIL MARY.

It's the last week to take advantage of this Spring Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror sale! With 30 titles, you can choose sweeping fantasy landscapes, fast-paced sci-fi adventures, and creeping dread. You're sure to find your next favorite read! books.bookfunnel.com/spring-sffh/... #booksky

Hey Zeus, it’s ya girl. I know we don’t talk much. But I wouldn’t be asking this if it wasn’t important. So… there’s this book we’re all waiting on called Alecto the Ninth, and I’d love it if you could miraculously cause its publication to manifest. *is struck by lightning*

Staring down the barrel of this family reunion at least has me leaning into the existential dread of this book real hard.

Today's #WIPSnips is "wings" which was hard to come by in THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN. Have some angst and rumination. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky

I used to be in a different country every 3-4 months. This book has slowed me down so much. But I finally realize that this book is going to be the end of who I used to be. Every single part of myself is in it. I used all of me to tell the story of women in America.

Love when you're trying to figure out who said some really profound quote and it turns out it was just some guy on Twitter.

Just got hit with a huge medical bill ($600ish). I got all my released books 50% off on Itch in a bundle if you want to help out. (If you already have any of the books in the bundle, feel free to give a copy to a friend you think will enjoy it!) itch.io/s/185422/pay...

I’m Ange and I write about the same stuff every day. …okay, yeah, true. It happens to be horror, fantasy, and romance about morally questionable characters, their terrible circumstances, and how they manage to love each other despite it all. #MemeMay #WritingCommunity

#fantasy #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WIPSnips #write Rushak and Cerel find themselves inside a hidden tower, fighting overwhelm. POV Cerel From Brother’s Keeper, my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.

Returning to the Mirror Realm of OUBLIETTE to find "write." Yes, it's a DARK story. I regret nothing. 😋 #WIPSnips #Oubliette #YA

okay friends, since I've realized I can simply do this kind of thing myself: please tell me about the THEMES in your stories if you're like "E pls this isn't English class, I don't remember what a theme is 😭" you can think of it as "what the story's really about*," e.g., "the power of friendship"

If you're curious as to what people are saying about it...

Yeah, my initial reaction is that this is astonishingly obvious, of course trans women aren't a threat to women's sports, we don't have a psychical advantage, and it should be obvious to everyone, but then I remember how often cis people are astonished to learn trans women's breasts develop with HRT

WHO WANTS A COVER REVEAL? Shadows Over Ravenkirk 2: Civil Blood and Civil Hands releases in September! Preorders should be available later this week!

We are precisely 19 sales away from hitting our stretch goal of $6969.69 for this Lesbian Visibility Week bundle! holy heck we might actually do it? We have 10 hours left but WE CAN DO IT. You get: - Books of all genres - Comics of multiple genres - TTRPGS both solo and group itch.io/b/3635/

My husband met a new person today & somehow in conversation my book came up & this person had read it (and enjoyed it)! They also read it on the recommendation of a friend, who is also a total stranger to me! Like…what?! Word-of-mouth is total magic. The book: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

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We can do it! 11 hours left but I know by the power of Sappho, we can do it. Nearly 100 works available for less than a dollar each for #LesbianVisibilityWeek itch.io/b/3635/lesbi...

Psst. If you need to touch some moss and read some deep ancient wisdom right now, I got you. www.oliviawylieauthor.com www.etsy.com/shop/TheHaze... #artsky #portfolio #booksky #amwriting

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

Yesterday the little fox kits were out playing and pouncing on each other! It was so cute! Enough that I wish I had a better camera, but here's the best shots I could get! 😂

I am a few thousand dollars short on moving into a new apartment in less than a week I am about to be homeless again. I was homeless from summer 2024 to summer 2025 I am transgender and cannot find work I release free journalism and survive off tips Please help me

Just one more week to check out this sci-fi and fantasy sale! Over 60 titles, so you're sure to find something that grabs your attention, from hard sci fi to second-world fantasy! books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyandsc... #booksky #writesky #fantasy #scifi