Thanks! @monstersandmaidens.bsky.social for a fun #TBBChat and as always! if anyone wants to check out my series, I have free short stories and all my other links here👇https://linktr.ee/gscwrites

NOT AGAIN 😩 Yes, he got pets. Yes, I’m trying to finish a short story first draft today

TIL that "light rain stopping in 8 minutes" sometimes means "torrential downpour starting in 9"

Monitored Activity takes place in October of 2001 which is already the funniest possible time frame, but forced to play by my own rules, I'm setting it during the 1600s. Everyone's getting accused of witchcraft, and being burned alive is a more preferable outcome, tbh. #TBBChat

Thanks Mitch! I've been talking about Honeycomb Heart (part of #BookBazaar25) for this #TBBChat: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... I'm also currently running a campaign for my debut, Graft! We're funded and trying to unlock some bonus content and stretch goals! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

The Book Bazaar 2025 is launching November 12th to crowdfund 24 indie projects across the SFF spectrum, including The Chosen One Con! Check it out and follow the projects that speak to you: www.backerkit.com/c/collection...

Before I can forget (again!) here's a link to my Honeycomb Heart playlist... Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5P2... YT: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I don't keep up with actors very well, so I don't have a good answer for this one. I think I just enjoy the idea of Koi being an actual trained octopus instead of CGI 😂 #TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing

Honeycomb Heart's love interest has an octopus familiar... so really just any time and place that people don't already know what an octopus is. Koi can already be enough of a menace without people also thinking she's some weird little alien or demon. #TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #Writing

We're over $10,000 on Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back! This means our authors get TWO pay raises! We've only got three days left, so if you want some fancy hardbacks, check out the campaign and tell your friends! #queer #sapphic #lesbian #sciencefiction www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

The Crane Wives’s “Keep You Safe” and Fever Fever’s “Sea Meets Earth” are both on my Honeycomb Heart playlist that I keep forgetting to share! Whoops! #TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #writing

I’d probably commission some combination of artwork/3D modeled space and then music plus sound effects - so much of Honeycomb Heart is about traveling through different natural environments and I’d love to “bring” readers there through visuals and soundscapes #TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #writing

Hi, I’m Madeleine, the indie author behind Monsters and Maidens! I like writing about gay people and monsters (and sometimes gay people who are monsters) #TBBChat #BookBazaar25

When you want a pastry but the bakery isn’t ready for business yet 😔 #crafting #miniatures Kit is Becka’s Baking House from Rolife. I’ve made some of their book nooks and wanted to try something a little different

One more follow on my crowdfund campaign will get me to 50 and fix my back* 🙏 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t... *Well, it'll make me feel happier!

It's not often i learn a new word, and so I won't!! I refuse! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME. Okay but this is actually a fun one. Let's examine Kingdom Keep, which is literally a tower of gold coins with a crown and a castle on top. It's the ugliest, most obscene expression of wealth in Nap City. #tbbprompt

I can't be too specific without spoiling part of Honeycomb Heart... but let's just say I've come up with a place in the story that's designed to show off as much love, pride, and awe for the characters' homeland as possible. And now I'm mad it's not a place I can actually visit! #TBBPrompt #writing

Excited to start writing some extra short stories for Graft... the more people back the campaign, the more stories they'll get! We've already funded and hit the first short story milestone! 🥹 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #queerwriters 📚🪐

Thank you Machelle! I'm excited for Fairy Seasons too! #JusticeForSprankle!

This free bundle ends in just over a day! #writesky #booksky #shortstories

#TBBChat Morrow ends up getting inhabited by a parasitic river god, with the mashed up appearance of multiple animals that rely on a rivers ecosystem (as well as some fun bugs), so very much so yes! Morrow is also a Druid, which comes with a lot of knowledge needed about the local animals and beasts

Thanks for hosting Machelle! My debut novel Graft is currently crowdfunding on Backerkit! Dorian, Ella, Andras, and their companions get into plenty of magical and monstrous mayhem if you want to check it out! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #TBBChat #queerwriters

Absolutely! My MC from Graft has a magical ability she's been trying to keep secret, so for her being in the woods away from other people feels very safe (at least until she starts having run-ins with monsters). Even that pales in comparison to plant-magic-wielding Andras, though. #TBBChat

One of my characters in Graft is enamored with a huge canine-like creature that sometimes comes sniffing around his team's outpost. Its sightings help break up the daily monotony (and he's been itching for something big to fight for a couple years now). He might get his wish one day... #TBBChat

Given that one of my books is named Honeycomb Heart and I just got a bee tattoo, I think you know what I'm legally required to say 😂 But I also enjoy a good luna or poodle moth, fuzzy tarantula, orchid mantis... any charismatic-looking bug so long as they are not on my person. #TBBChat #BookBazaar25

#TBBChat I think it's obvious that Pinocchio would be it for me. Something not "real" or "alive" desperately wishing to be and perhaps really going out of their way to get there... It has a lot of overlap with what I write, writing robots and all! #Scifi #Writing #Writesky

I like chimeras - less the specific combo of lion/goat/snake and more the concept of a hybrid being. Nobody is ever just one thing, and we inherit from the people, groups, and places we came from even if we eventually separate from them. So I guess I find them visually cool, and relatable 😂 #TBBChat

Hi, I'm Madeleine (she/her)! I'm a soon-to-be debut author from the PNW. If you couldn't tell from my account name, I'm a lesbian who loves writing SFF with monsters and non-human characters. I have restless hands and a brain that never shuts off 👍 #TBBChat #BookBazaar25 #queerwriters

There are three and a half days left for the free short story bundle I'm participating in on itch! Great chance to sample work by 20 different authors, including quite a few #BookBazaar25 participants! itch.io/b/3272/free-... #writesky 📚🪐 #queerwriters #shortstories

Indie Authors with ADHD/ ADHD Characters, I'm organising an Itch Bundle for ADHD Awareness Month Bundle will be live Oct 1-15. Open To: authors with ADHD, & or a book with a significant supporting character with ADHD (MC's are even better). Let me know if you'd like me to DM you a sign up form!

Someone be proud of me for resisting the urge to peel the second skin off my new ink too early 😂

Check out the Bi Visibility Bundle. 50 authors, 50 books, only $50! #booksky #queersky #queerwriters #queerfiction #bisexual 🌈📚💙📢📚📦📚🌎🌈💜🧡🦄📚🌈🚀💫

Them, whomst I am querying: Write a one sentence synopsis about your book. Me at 4 am on cup number three of coffee: The apocalypse tries to knock a lesbian down, but she isn't having it #writing #QueerWriters

Exciting news... very late last night, Graft passed its initial crowdfunding goal! With four weeks left in the campaign, chances are good we'll unlock some fun extras along the way. I'm grateful for the support, and excited for y'all to read it! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... 📚🪐 #queerwriters

Brooke flouts the rules because she likes to hand feed the local wolves as they reminded her of Azra... Before he could be there with her again, that is #MfL #EiF #Writing #TBBPrompt #WritingPrompt

Okay, so this is the perfect prompt for my novel Graft. My main character Ella is neurodivergent and a shapeshifter, so it's been fun to think about how she would adapt to an environment or challenge while considering her sensory needs. #TBBPrompt #writesky #WritingPrompt #queerwriters

Might set myself a Q4 resolution to fully check out more of the musicians who I've only heard a few songs from. Seems obvious that they might have more material I'd enjoy but I keep forgetting to do that 😅. First stop: Coyote Kid. Already loved Skeleton Man, added Run Ahead to my playlist.

Love seeing people write autistic characters that received later diagnoses, self-diagnose, or otherwise figure out their identity in a way that works for them. I was formally diagnosed as a kid, but so many members of our community don't get diagnosed until adulthood, or are self-diagnosed.

I have a goal... A dream, really. Is it possible? Not sure. But we can sure try! I would LOVE to distribute 1,000 copies of The Warm Machine by November. I am 275 copies away from this goal.

Chonky new friend 🥹🐝 Got inked at Lilith Tattoo in Seattle by Jude today. They did such a great job! Can’t believe how fuzzy this little guy looks #tattoo

The crowdfunding campaign for GRAFT is now live! Please consider joining me on Backerkit for some autism self-rep, monster-punching, world-hopping SFF fun! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #queerwriters 📚🪐 #writesky

Sleepy boyssss

It's gonna be a big week for me, y'all! I'll talk more about each of these in this thread, but the quick version: TODAY - a short story bundle on itch I'm participating in went live! TOMORROW - GRAFT's campaign launches! WEDNESDAY - I'm getting a new tattoo! #writesky #queerwriters

Campaign launches in ONE WEEK! Are you ready? Am I??? 🪐📚💙 #queerwriters #writesky

Get that monster tree, Ella! You'll come across far worse soon enough! #WIPSnips #writesky

It's been fun coming up with different environments for former homebodies Frieda and Vivian to explore in Honeycomb Heart! Life-long meadowlands resident and involuntary traveler Vivian is especially out of her depth. #WIPSnips #Writesky

I'll share one more #BookBazaar25 project today: @fiversdream.bsky.social's GULA. I'm currently checking out Elliot's related zine CARRION CITY and really enjoying the dark theming - looking forward to this longer poem in the future! #poetry #booksky www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Some other upcoming #BookBazaar25 fun: the start of a new multi-author series, Coralpoint Cove from @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social! Nicole also has a very generous pre-launch bonus you can get by following the project before it launches... www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Y'all should check out Dougie's upcoming project in #BookBazaar25 - along with painting incredibly evocative art, he's also a prolific writer! This will be a great chance to collect his work, including stories that aren't out yet! 🩸📚

Passed by a nail salon today with a sign saying they “specialize in pink, white, and sparkles” and I think every creative should come up with some fun variation of that to describe themself… maybe genre/format and vibes for writers? #queerwriters #writesky