My brain got eaten by day 1, but let’s see if there’s room for more! 😂 I love a good prompt challenge!

The realities of trying to get paid for creative work are just… rough. I really appreciated this breakdown. Creatives deserve to live! And to do that, they have to get paid!! 🙌🏻

LOOK at this incredible cover for this incredible anthology! I’ve got art in it, and I helped edit, and it is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. 🧜🏻‍♀️🦊👺🍎

Do you love sending postcards? How about receiving them? Well, today is World Stationery Day, and we wanted to take a moment to highlight to gorgeous artwork available on the postcards we send – next time you send a postcard, you can drop some of this art in their mailbox! (A thread: 1/5 posts)

Happy World Art Day! Our rec lists tend to be a bit book-centric, so we thought this’d be a great chance to share some artists and artworks we love. You can check out the list of queer artworks we loved, and their artists, here: duckprintspress.com/2026/04/15/q...

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY! Our Kickstarter for DUCKS IN A ROW and DUXXX IN A ROW has gone live. Over 40 stories by our queer creators, collected in two lovely volumes for the first time. Check out the campaign, and boosts of this post are very appreciated! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚 📚💙

Whether you’re a parent, a child, or a book-loving citizen, we all agree: the government has no right telling us what we and our children are permitted to read. HR 7661 is on the move through the US Congress. Grab this script - action.everylibrary.org/callhr7661 - and call your rep today!

I went roller skating yesterday for the first time in… we’ll say 12 years, though that was ice skating… and it was Awesome! Truly. Moving my body in fun ways is still somewhat new to me, but what a joy!

One week left, 40 stories. Buy both TPBs and that's US$1.12/story, and there are *so* many awesome stories in both volumes. Grab a bookmark too, and discover some new authors and wonderful worlds. <3 (seriously, _so many good stories_ in both volumes)

Me! I'm on it! So if you're not a backer at the panel level and you want to be to get this, and other awesome panels, you still have time to get in. There's a panel every month and they're all live, and chances for Q&A, and always a lot of fun.

A little bit of everything in this unthemed set of explicit and non-explicit DPP stories! SO excited!

Hello, strangers! I went on a silent retreat and wrote about it! sheasullivanwrites.com/a-writer-wit...

A year ago, I proposed making a web ring for independent presses! And - tada! The Indie Press Webring connects independent publishing houses. We're small, and we need your help spreading the word so we can grow. Readers and Press folks alike, check it out: indiepresswebring.com 🌈📚 📚💙

2025 reading:

The Agony of Authenticity: duckprintspress.com/product/lyn-... 40+ short stories, 12 art pieces, and 12 panel recordings for our Patreon backers: www.patreon.com/c/duckprints... Fannish Safety Signs: duckprintspress.com/merchandise-... Pride Dragon Merchandise: duckprintspress.com/merchandise-...

As I dip a toe back into creative endeavors, I find myself in the, ‘wow, I used to make some pretty good stuff. Not sure I’ll be able to do that again,’ stage of return. Been here before, it’s worrisome every time, but less so.

I’m basically off social media atm for mental health reasons, but I have to recommend this to everyone I know (and everyone I don’t): youtu.be/CCXnZIjSj1Q?...

The Chair with Sandra Oh (my beloved) is worth the watch.

Kink your tober with DPP! I haven’t written in… whoo boy. A while. But I might manage some fic this month with some of these spicy prompts. ;)

I read one book in September, A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft, a sapphic, academia, enemies-to-lovers. Does anyone else go in ‘seasons’? I’m moving from reading into work & hibernation mode. Some of this might be due to needing my next dose of Ocrevus, but this is also just how I work.

Have you actually kissed/been kissed where there was anyone’s tongue tracing the seam of anyone’s lips? I don’t think that’s ever happened to me, ever. It’s generally a two mouths open situation.

I’d recommend Hermann Hesse. My favorites are: Demian, Gertrude, and Steppenwolf.

Note to self: live music is an INTENSE power-up! Do more of that!!

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Congrats, Dei! I’ll keep my eyes peeled for it!

Oh, hey! It me! I’ve been much more in a visual art mode of late (as opposed to the writing sort), and this piece was so fun to work on. I’m very proud of these lovely ladies!

We're currently $29/month in backing from my being able to give our authors and artists a raise on pieces they make for Patreon. That's only 10 people backing at the $3/month level, or 6 at the $5, or 3 at the $10. That's like. hardly any people at all! So please help by sharing this. <3

Just want to say thank you to Bluesky for recognizing that sometimes adults want to see or read things that are not for kids, and we’re allowed to do that, actually. (This brought to you by a link from tumblr, where they don’t feel this way, despite being the freaksxfreaks site.)

#Booksky So we were going to do a book announcement today but the cool award news took precedence, so we’ll announce tomorrow. In the meantime, it’s #SapphicSeptember and you can find our sapphic titles everywhere from our website to Bookshop to Kobo and Bella! queenofswordspress.com

Apparently I’ve finished 0 books in August. It’s been a black hole month - lots of in, no out. But there is fermenting happening. Some kind of caterpillar thing. See you next month, maybe.

Get your 2026 calendar of queer art, featuring 12 gorgeous now through Sept 15. We're also offering art prints of each individual piece. Forget Christmas - the holidays on this holiday are queer, such as Bi Day of Visibility. Learn more and get yours: duckprintspress.com/2026-queer-a...

Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵 Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48 🌈📚 📚💙

Today is National Aviation Day in the US! We asked our contributors to recommend their favorite queer books that prominently feature aviation, expanded to include all sorts of piloting. Yes, we did get a lot of dragons. This list as a blog post: duckprintspress.com/2025/08/19/f...

Today I learned that I’m not deathly allergic to Yellowjacket stings, and that they sometimes have nests in the ground. Yay, knowledge. 🫠

I did not paint today, but I did go buy art supplies, so that kinda counts, right?

Just signed this - keep reposting, everyone!

I GOT MY BAT STICKERS!!! 🙏🙌🏻❤️ go get this awesome, very popular anthology of cozy academia. You have…13 minutes! 😂

Stretch goal time, bb!!

It might be a little early to get excited about the bat sticker (stretch goal, bb!) but I’m excited about it anyway.

I actually read things in July! I wholeheartedly recommend all the fiction, and The War of Art was a kick in the pants I needed!

YES! The wind is sometimes either rudely absent or exuberant in several directions. Who can know?? I feel so understood.

FRIEND. Yes, this, exactly. It takes so loooonnnggg!

I’m what’s politely referred to as a multipotentialite. Ie, I cannot concentrate on any one thing for too long. I write, quilt, paint, etc. I’m now in visual art mode and making oil paintings like mad. Do you have this inclination/affliction? How do you see it? How do you make it work for you?

SCHOLARLY PURSUITS: A QUEER ANTHOLOGY OF COZY ACADEMIA STORIES has been selected by Kickstarter as a project they love! We're also over 80% funded with two weeks to go before our campaign ends. Today, we're sharing excerpts from another three of our stories: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

Number Go Up! At $13k we're funded, at $16k authors get paid double (up to $120 from $60). Help fund 2SLGBTQIA+ works and authors/artists!

The whole thing is great, and the magpie in me is desperate for that enamel bird skull bookmark.

What a week! I read several fantastic books, I highly recommend all! A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (if you liked The Tainted Cup) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (if you liked Dead Girls Walking) Looking for Smoke by AC Cobell (if you liked The Firekeeper’s Daughter)

DPP at Readercon! Go check them out, the variety of offerings is broad and growing!

I’m a little bit brokenhearted today. I had to cancel my Readercon trip because I’m quite sick with something flu-ish, and I’m trying to put it into perspective but right now it just feels really cruel. I still mask in public, and I haven’t been this sick in years, and it happens now. Rude.

A character is changed when outside forces require them to face internal demons.