Our fifth issue was just released this morning. You can download it here at no charge: hearthstories.org/issues/5.html @aliciaadamswriting.bsky.social @kitcalvert.bsky.social #fantasy #magazine #cozyfantasy #shortstory #free

serially procrastinating novel progress by considering doing a repeat of my peachtober stamps this year

me: realises i did not buy cake to eat while watching bake off tonight me, ten minutes later: cake in oven, flour everywhere

another writing competition done! excited for a summer break from comps and figuring out what to scribble down next

my story is battling it out in the Wonder Final Showdown tomorrow evening! 🌱

so excited for this to come out!!

Happy #Invertefest! Celebrate invertebrate biodiversity 🐛💕

Valley Carpenter bees and their fun sexual dimorphism for #invertefest

ye olde trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️🌿

“biological sex” should refer only to having sex in a lab, knocking over microscopes and shit, contaminating every surface while scientists watch you and take notes

Two other groups that work really hard for trans people and their loved ones (as I can attest from personal experience) are Mermaids and Gendered Intelligence, and they could both use donations: mermaidsuk.org.uk?form=donate genderedintelligence.co.uk/donations

Here's my long comic essay about breaking up with Harry Potter and JKR's increasing transphobia. Please boycott the new TV show and all of her future projects ✨ #harrypotter #transphobia #jkrowling redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/718...

i've been playing a game where you're a critter running a train line for... most of saturday, and it's incredible 🚂

The Apiarist This month’s riso print subscription print, and excuse for me to draw bees and desert flora. Join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future month’s prints

Unbelievably stoked to share that the r/Fantasy team has been nominated for Best Related Work! We're up against an impressive field but it's an incredible honor just to have our fun not-so-little game included! See y'all in Seattle! ✨🚀

TRANS RIGHTS 🏳️‍⚧️

#TransDayOfVisibility is tomorrow! be sure to uplift trans creators! Let's start with trans authors and writers~ 🏳️‍⚧️✨ #booksky #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #TDOV go.bsky.app/VamK3SD

It's International #TransDayOfVisibility 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 And for trans authors in particular: We see you, we read you, we wanna give you money 📖👀💰. Which SFF works by trans authors should we be squeeing excitedly about? #TDOV 📖💙📖🏳️‍🌈📖

It's trans day of visibility! Transness has been made very scarily visible over the last few years but through a warped and harmful filter of politics and media. Today, I hope that visibility might be more human and that cis allies might be inspired to do something about it.

Its a tired day today.

after a few disappointing battles, today's results cemented the heart battle as the best i've ever done in writing battle! and there are more results coming next week 👀

Here are some nice mushrooms

just got through to the final showdown in the heart flash fiction writing battle!

rereading anne of green gables with my partner the past couple of days and id forgotten how good it is!! id love to see more kids like anne in modern releases

UK AUTHORS AND AI HATERS: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! respond to this consultation and tell the bastards what you think. You don't have to answer every fiddly question - and if you want, sample answers are available to c&p.

filled this out just now - there are 2 days left to have your say! there's plenty of information in the replies of this post for talking points if you're not sure how to structure your answers, including answers for questions that are unnecessarily complex

Cover art and TOC for Hexagon’s 20th issue! 🧡 🐸 “Ant Soup” by Jordan Hirsch “To m’Pa, Between Two Planets” by Uchechukwu Nwaka “Seeds of Hope” by Sylvia Heike “What Was Lost Can Be Returned” by Carol Scheina “When We Go, the Frogs Persist” by Kit Calvert Cover art by @elainemwill.bsky.social

an excellent birthday present - my froggy, fungus-y sci-fi story is out in the latest issue of hexagon for patreon readers today!

it's my birthday today!! 🎈 milo cake is baked and cosy writing time organised

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

woke up to some very exciting things in my inbox!! 🐸

this is a really fun competition format and i'm so excited to see all the stories coming out of it!

Ok, Bsky - a MISSION for you. We want as many subs to Wrath Month as possible, from as diverse an array of voices as possible. POC voices, disabled voices, neurodiverse voices, trans voices, ace and aro voices - everyone. Scream it from the rooftops, folks!

excited to get home where a new book on rare veggies awaits (could it be... novel research?)

spent most of saturday picking away at another writing battle story (👽)

this is incredible!!

this big tree brings so much joy every time i see it

i've spent the past few days struggling my way through the first pages of a new novel for a prize submission and - i did it! with 13 hours to spare! (what do you mean writing battle is next weekend again)

In a liminal place where extinct species walk beside the souls of lost humans, Osian, ferrier of the dead, must rediscover how to be human after being tasked with caring for his murdered siblings’ living children. Piranesi x The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands #2025Pit #A #SPF #LGBT

picking away at a novel synopsis for a competition today! i've always found these tricky but i am ready to get it done

25th of January is Burns Night in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 when we celebrate the life and works of poet Rabbie Burns and maybe enjoy some haggis and a dram of Whisky! To spread the Scottish love, here’s a starter pack of some of my favourite Scottish book folk for you to follow 💙📚 go.bsky.app/35mtmU9

🌿 Leafy Sea Dragon 🌿

currently fuelling tonight's writing session with a warm cup of milo (supplied by my australian partner, who flew home today but ensured i had a good supply before he left)

it is nine days into 2025. today i started my annual locked tomb audiobook re-listen, also known as 'kit worries her manager at work by crying constantly in the lab'

working on a new longform WIP after a year of feeling a bit stuck with writing... nature is healing

having a wonderful first few days of January looking at moss 🌲🌳