Celia isn't wrong even a little. This whole thread is worth smiling about and bringing into your process.

Like honestly, we know we love the things we do. But I think as writers we are so trained to be critical of our prose and our ideas nonstop. Where's the balls-to-the-walls feral joy that makes us want to suffer through all of this to begin with? Track that too.

you pierce my soul by politicalmamaduck archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Putting this out here again before I forget. I've gotten so far already, so thank you all so much for everything!

THE POPE IS QUOTING GANDALF!!!

look what arrived in the mail!! @sashakielman.bsky.social I can’t wait to dive into this 💕💫

bisexual characters my beloveds trans characters my beloveds asexual characters my beloveds aromantic characters my beloveds so many ways m/f can be queer and I love that for everyone involved.

you burn with me by politicalmamaduck archiveofourown.org/collections/...

THE TREES HAVE TEETH - Appalachian Folkhorror "Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her." 🌲 Nature and rot 💀 Death as an entity 🍄 Botanical Horror ⛰️ Set in the mountains 🐇 Eerie folklore 🍂 Isolated setting WOLF WORM x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN Currently drafting! #WIPPit #H #A #W

two witches forced into marriage to hold a peace treaty together is such a good engine — the political contract and the emotional one are the same object, so every tender moment is also a power move. that tension does a lot for stakes. rooting for them and the realms both.

THE MANOR AT ABINGDON COVE. A manor keeper dives into a magical world trapped behind his estate's oil paintings in search of the last true magician, before a land-hungry lord can steal the estate. 🌊 Seaside setting 🏛️ Early 1900s-inspired era 🏳️‍🌈 Queer norm world, MM romance #WIPPIt #A #F #R #LGBT

A Complete History of Limerence 📖🫀🐇🩸 🤍 sentient, antagonistic village 🤍 childhood rivals to lovers 🤍 fmc struggling with motherhood 🤍 multiple fairytale retellings 🤍 tarot card portal magic #WIPPIT #A #RF #R #F #G

Wrong Move, Right Lie - A Romcom Turning 30 means: ✅Adopting a kitten 😻 ✅ Getting a stable, boring job 😰 ✅ Moving out of your shitty apartment & meeting the (hot 🥵) new tenant ✅Deciding not to date anymore only to end up in a fake relationship 😉😏 #wippit #R #A

THE STARLESS SEAxHOWL'S MOVING CASTLE When she becomes haunted by shadows & a mysterious stranger with eyes of fire, Augusta is forced into a desolate world she's only ever dreamed about, & must decide if she's willing to sacrifice everything to save it. #WIPPit #W #Q #F #R #A

PROJECT BONES After being accused of inviting the plague into a royal summit, a necromancer priest has to work with his only alibi, a cagey nobleman, to clear his name. 🦴 Death magic 🏰 Locked-castle mystery 🕯️ Medieval fantasy 🏹 Robin Hood trope 🏳️‍🌈 MM romance Status: drafting! #WIPPit #A #F #LGBT

When she picks the wrong pocket, sixteen-year-old Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her band of would-be thieves are on the run from magehunters, mathematicians, and the governor herself. #WIPPit #F #YA #LGBT

ELIA IN ISOLA: THE STARVING SAINTS X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH: Elia sees ecstatic visions. Plus, he's secretly transmasculine. When he's deemed unmarriageable, his parents give him to the convent. But it is Carnival in Venice, and Elia longs to step outside the cloister walls. #WIPPit #W #H #YA

Foxfire: A Folk Horror Novella, Now Drafting When Jubal and his sister Sariah see green lightning strike the swamp which surrounds their farmhouse, their family begins to change. Jubal must keep his sister safe, from their own family, from the house, from the swamp itself. #WIPPIT #H #G #A #W #HF

"Hat" - Querying soon! Chris is plagued with seeing Shadow People, but an encounter with The Hatman (a powerful Eldritch being) leaves him possessed, and he must exorcise the entity before he becomes a demon himself. #WIPPIT #WritingCommunity #Writesky Art by erinabecca.bsky.social Coms open!

HURRICANE WARS X BEHOOVED Forced into an arranged marriage as a fragile peace treaty, two powerful witches must learn to trust each other in order to prevent war across their Realms. But will their love be enough to stop a war? #A #F #LGBT #MH #OWN #WIPPit

It's World Goth Day, let's see your gothic art 🖤

Sharing this one more time. I've already got enough to get my glasses, but I'm still trying to get enough to afford a move in the near future!

✨ manifesting ✨

I hope you have a go at those revisions even though you're intimidated by them

beam that lights the way home by politicalmamaduck archiveofourown.org/collections/...

weak female character, can barely get out of bed female character

Shrieked with delight when I opened my door to get my packages. Thank you so much @theagwrites.bsky.social and @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social ! 😍 #BookSky

I hope your support network see and value the time and effort you put into your art, even if they don't get it

Prevailed Upon to Marry by politicalmamaduck archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Good Morning, my Goblins! Some Pride and Prejudice for you this morning!! #dreadillustrations #prideandprejudice #janeausten #lizzibennet #mrdarcey #classiclit #literatureart #bookishart #romantasyart #digitalillustration #indieartist #shopsmall #artprint #wallart #pnwartist

Authors, post the last line of dialogue before they smooch. "With that freedom, with my heart as only my own to give, I choose you, now and always.” #AmWriting #WriteSky

I hope you know fallow periods and work getting stuck is normal - you are not a machine and capitalism doesn't care about your creative or mental health longevity

Mantra when submitting manuscripts: The worst thing you finish will always be better than the best thing you didn't.

my 5-star (not re)reads this month (so far): Forbidden Little Game - Raleigh Ruebins Hell or High Water series - SE Jakes Stand and Deliver - Aimee Nicole Walker Ransom - L Eveland Relentlessly Vengeful Ghost - KM Neuhold Don't Feed the Vampire - Grae Bryan Vigilant - Cora Rose & Lark Taylor

My 5-star reads of this year (so far, in order read): The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez The Shattered Tempest by @theagwrites.bsky.social The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden #BookSky #AmReading

through the darkness hails the light by @sashakielman.bsky.social archiveofourown.org/collections/...

It’s good to fade into foggy forests. It’s good to meander about the misty moors. It’s good to shamble in the shadows. But it's also good to hide in your house with books & tea, because it's good to be good to yourself sometimes.

Happy US release day to this Anthology! Available in hardback through your favorite retailers. ebook still forthcoming.

Beautiful! 😍

this is an actual Bluesky Rule: if you have ever so much as exchanged a single like, you are required to hold up the book in the shop and say "hey my friend wrote this"

me, buying a book written by someone who I've never met but we sometimes like each other's posts on Bluesky: my friend wrote this

Noise doesn't penetrate the quiet deep in the library stacks. The scent of old books, the feeling of paper under your fingers are your safe sensations as you lose yourself for a few hours. If the librarians recognize you, they're kind enough to not break the sacred silence. #TinyTalesTuesday

Tall Tales of the Western Wilds by @sashakielman.bsky.social archiveofourown.org/collections/...

It really is somewhere in between hilarious and deeply (if not at all surprisingly) embarrassing that book publishers still haven’t figured out that Bluesky is The Premiere Social Media Platform for People Who Actually Buy Lots of Books.

Sometimes the morning starts off ok: a contract for my flash story “The Making and Unmaking of a Witch”, which will be published as an Editor’s Pick by @gavagai.com in the coming weeks! \o/

Strongly agree with @cjsubko.bsky.social 's thoughts here. I will never take for granted that I have so many amazing writing friends. It takes a village! #WriteSky

My story “the money left in my account“ a weird flash is now free to read on @sluggerfiction.bsky.social ’s website sluggerfiction.com/horror-ficti...

The publishing industry views Bluesky as some tiny unimportant island out somewhere in a far-off ocean. It's not worthy of their attention like Amazon Algoland or The Republic Of Instagram Influencer Collaborativepost is. What they don't realise is just how much the island's inhabitants love books.

At a monster romance book event this weekend with one of my first reylo friends and met another rat here, having absolutely the best time

Inspired by THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH by Rachel Gillig, one of my new favorites!