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Joined the #5amwritersclub for the first time while beta'ing a buddy's story. 10/10 recommend. I knew I was a 3am girlie (thank you knee pain nights!!) but 5am hits different

I am a bisexual author of sapphic speculative fiction with bi female MCs. Regardless of who my MCs end up with, I always make sure there is a line or two to reference their bisexuality -- no bi erasure here! Latest short story: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Update to the third person dilemma: turns out there were OTHER issues in the outline that the dilemma highlighted Worked them out and now ya girl is back to first person again 😂

People who write in third person, I am jealous. My new WIP is DEMANDING to be written in third, but I just keep getting writer's block on the actual prose.

It me!! Y'all I am so excited to be a part of this anthology ❤️

It’s time to reveal @nicolemtota.bsky.social as another author of A CHRONICLE OF MONSTERS! What can I say about Nicole’s She Sings the Graveyard Hymn, without giving too much away? It’s sapphic. There’s a banshee. It’s something you *need* to read.

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Should prob announce this here, too, but I am officially in the query trenches with my sapphic LORE OLYMPUS x THE LAST OF US romance!! Got a few dream agent likes at yesterday's PitDark 🥰

Doing #PitDark on Twitter tomorrow with the new MS and I am so unbelievably nervous. Like, I was NOT this nervous with sapphic YA, idk why I feel so sick now

I'm building my agents list for SapphicDystopianRomantasy with so much joy in my heart. I actually can't wait to dive into the trenches with this baby ☺️ What is this feeling?? #amquerying

Shout out to my beta readers for being literally amazing and giving me the courage to ruthlessly chop 4K ❤️ #sapphicauthors #amquerying #amwriting

Anybody here contemplating #NaNoWriMo? I'm personally torn between picking up an old WIP for revising, drafting a new one whose plot outline is messy AF, and working on short stories... Or of course doing nothing 😂

You're never gonna believe it... I finished SapphicDystopianWIP!! I've been keeping this bad boy under wraps for awhile and she's gonna be making her Twitter/Bluesky pitch debut for #PitDark

I am starting to put together a list of speculative short fiction events, submission calls, crowdfunding campaigns, and new releases in November for Hive Mind 1.2. 🐝 If you have any of these happening in November, get in touch at [email protected] for inclusion! 🧡

Also dropping my end word count down to 93, because it's seeming pretty darn clear that's the number I'll hit.

Final push to finish my last chapter tonight (hopefully). And then I'm going to urgent care in the morning because I kinda can't breathe very well 😩

Happy National Coming Out Day ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Every coming out journey is unique and valid... Whether you've been out and proud for years Or are still discovering what being out means for you Or are waiting for the right moment We honor you and support you 🌈

If you’ve enjoyed an indie book, hit up the author and tell ‘em. Leave a review. Share the news. Post some book porn. The indie scene lives and dies by word of mouth.

Realizing that my only common thread across WIPs is just ✨sapphic✨ (also, someone please bully me into finishing SapphicDystopian, I am begging you)

Officially have between 5-10K left...so excited!!!

Every time I beat myself up for not finishing my WIP, I have to remind myself that I am currently sick and also working 3 jobs. I wish I knew how to practice self-compassion.

Also happy bi visibility day!! I am a bisexual author (semi-closeted irl) and my personal brand is disaster bi 20-something MCs falling for emotionally unavailable sapphics. (my personal brand is me. I am the brand) #SapphicAuthors #WritingCommunity

I officially have 3 spicy scenes in SapphicDystopian and I love them all so much... But I'm also TERRIFIED for my two betas to get their hands on them 😂

Heard #FinishUrBookFall was a thing 👀 I'm getting there, fam. I'm getting there.

Maybe it's not writer's block. Maybe it's imposing dread over a big Thursday meeting combined with my chronically cranky body deciding to be chronically cranky Either way: inconvenient AF.

Oh look who's dragging her feet on the last 25K of her WIP...again 😂 I swear it's a disturbing pattern across 3 whole books now

as someone who is (spoiler) getting ready to write her third act breakup in a couple nights, I approve of this message

*sigh* a book can still be queer even if the queer character doesn't fuck anyone or pursue a romantic relationship with anyone. the book does not become less queer or not queer enough. queerness is not defined by our actions. "queer" encompasses more than sex and romance.

Amount of writing I've gotten done in the past 48 hours? None. But I made an 80+ song playlist, broken down chapter by chapter, so that counts. Right?

Writers — ✏️📚 Let's celebrate your work. Fill in the below: • My genre(s): Sapphic romantasy and speculative fiction • I have written: 2 books and a ton of short stories • I have published: none yet • I am halfway through my one WIP and have another lined up #sapphicauthor #amquerying

I love when NaNoWriMo sends me emails and I periodically remember I signed up for it and was like "THIS time I'm gonna actually log all my shit." oops.

I'm just a girl, standing in front of her fully plotted second half of her WIP... Begging her ADHD brain to release her from its grip and please let her write now.

My sleep cycle has been the WEIRDEST thing this week. Like, yes, I want to be wide awake at 1am, bang out 1,000 words, and go back to bed, only to wake up later exhausted. Rinse repeat. That's healthy.

Getting back into writer mode while ALSO having to get into professor mode has been...a thing Y'all, I am not mentally prepared to be in a classroom on Tuesday

Forgot to post this last night but I reached 50K 🎉 Now if I can just finish 45K this month, I'll be done my first draft :)

WRITING AND READING RELATED FEEDS A THREAD

We're officially at the halfway mark for #sapphic dystopian romantasy!! I'm hoping to get to 50K tomorrow (also bc I TOTALLY wasted #CampNaNo in July and low-key hoped to "win" it this month instead)

I put together a Google doc of Bluesky handles of authors, reviewers, and other folks in the sapphic books world to make it easier to find & follow each other. If I haven't already added yours, please add it here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... lesfic sapphic romance

We made it! If you know us from Twitter, welcome back -- we have simultaneous posts/updates planned for next month! And if you're new to #QueerPit, we're so excited to meet you! We are a pitch contest for unagented LGBTQ+ writers & we had over 80 industry pros in our first run ❤️

Introduce yourself with 1 book, 1 film, and 1 TV show Book: My Year of Rest and Relaxation Film: Barbie TV show: What We Do in the Shadows

Just submitted my lil sapphic banshee plague story to @ritacoolbeans.bsky.social anthology!! This is the first story I've ever written with chronic pain rep, and it was so freeing to really bring all of ME to my work. Can't wait for y'all to meet Catriona and Moira 💜 #amwriting #indieauthors

Hey everyone!! I'm Nic (she/her) & I write queer speculative fiction and short stories 🏳️‍🌈 Currently, I #amquerying a dark sapphic YA fantasy about a villain's daughter fighting her fate ⚔️ And I #amwriting a sapphic dystopian romantasy, which I'm keeping mostly under wraps for now 🤫