Dragonfolk cremate their dead in specific, historically significant sites. Typically they sing songs to send their loved ones on their way to the Ancestors. #mayworldbuilders

Jynn. This is the norm in most dragon cultures. But also. Jynn. #queerprompts

Fun fact: I already have themed tea blends I’ve made for some of my characters. #awesomecharacters

“May I conduct a physical examination?” Ragheiyont shrank back a little. “Like… how?” “Basic vitals.” When Ragheiyont looked blank, Raphael continued. “Heart rate, blood pressure, reflexes—” “The best you’ve ever seen,” Ragheiyont promised. “Yeah, sure.” #WIPSnips #writesky

Ah, the Ferrymen. Ferrymen are angels whose job is to bring souls of the dead to the Void. Not many corporeal angels have the ability to phase shift their entire body from matter to energy, but all Ferrymen can do it. #mayworldbuilders

Tempest would find Akieryon. Even if he had to break reality to do it. (And he COULD break reality.) #writesky

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#QueerWritersChat 5: Gems and Star Flowers is up for pre-order, and the audiobook is up already! books2read.com/gemsandstarflowers Also, I'm open for cover and art commissions! ko-fi.com/amarajlynn/c...

#QueerWritersChat DID YOU KNOW that I have a newsletter for bookish news AND each monthly issue includes a serialized story about Luna Ayala, my defiant, nonpartnering aroace MC who is bent on celebrating non-marriage, non-childrearing life events? buttondown.com/lucymasonwri...

This week I want a charity anthology I’m in, one in memory of Matt "MG" Mason. Matt started the Horror Writers Chat, and this it has stories from chat participants The Horror Writers Chat helped inspire the #QueerWtitersChat ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12 paperback: ko-fi.com/s/c24c7af3a0

#QueerWritersChat hiiii I’m Lucy. Just finished WOUND UP, a mm ace yarn shop romance. In the works are AT LOOSE ENDS, a sapphic yarn shop romance, and Celebration WIP, about a nonpartnering aroace woman celebrating non-traditional life events.

#queerwriterschat gets the announcement first: as of today, preorder for Balances is live on kobo! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/balances-1 More options to follow in the next week or two. This is just the first.

This is actually a major theme in my writing! Some of my characters are pretty good at letting themselves heal, and some of them (*cough* Baleirithys) are a screaming hot mess about it. #queerwriterschat

Akieryon demonstrates healing magics in Balances. He learned from Raphael (yes, the archangel), who appears in a later book. Enci, who is a significant character in Tools of the Trade, is the only healer at Castle Seyzharel. #queerwriterschat

Considering that I keep putting in unintentional allegories for my own struggles and experiences, I expect it must be! #queerwriterschat

I’m Bethany, aroace cryptid, and I’ve been working very hard getting Balances (the story of a renegade Demonslayer finding what home means to him) ready to publish #queerwriterschat

🗡️ fantasy novella ⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals 🏹 gallant knights 👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom 🌲 enchanted plants and forests 🥀 romance and friendship 🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ #booksky ]

✨ FANTASY SHORT STORY ✨ 🐉 a dragon (with a princess) 🗡️ a knight (with a plan) 👑 a palace (with a cruel king) 🏰 second pov 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/eJsBfU 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-knight-s... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... [ #booksky ]

Caspar: a romance novel (just to gross Tempest out) Jynn: something written by Sondheim And Dani would be a shonen anime protag (yes I know) #awesomecharacters #writesky #writingcommunity

“Someone fixed me.” Xerishan Sinen glared openly. “You have a friend who can bring back the dead?” Tempest’s eyebrows rose. “Friend? Oh no, no, I killed him. First opportunity. And no. He could manipulate time. It’s not the same as a proper resurrection.” #WIPSnips #writesky #writingcommunity

There are officially over 400 artists on HireHumanArtists.com🎉 More human artists than you would ever conceivably want to even try to look at all at once! Hire one for your next human project, wouldja?

Akieryon: probably in the Gate of Forgetting, but it doesn’t seem like it Tempest: [redacted] Tharaiyelagh: that time he was almost executed #ocsky #writesky #writingcommunity

I will agree with this, and amend slightly that having someone read an older book and acknowledge that it didn't magically start to suck as soon as it left the new release shelf is like being kissed by a pixie in the autumn sun. Back lists keep the lights on!

Also, come see me next weekend at Waterloo bookfest. kwwritersalliance.com/bookfest-2026/

One more task for today: call your senators about HR 2616 The "Don't Say Trans" bill literally states it's "defending women from gender ideology." Cis women, I am deputizing you especially. Please make several phone calls to tell them to knock it the fuck off.

Dragons view death as joining the Ancestors. Time is taken to remember their life, and there’s a ceremony to send them on their way to their proper place. #mayworldbuilders

Saw an engagement bait post about how old you were when you had your first kiss and I want to reiterate—if you don’t want to kiss anyone, that’s valid. It is not an experience you HAVE to have. You aren’t broken. It’s okay to want to kiss people, but it’s also okay to not want that.

*banging pots and pans* Did you know I wrote an ownvoices genderqueer asexual autistic yarn shop romance, with a potential follow up sapphic age gap yarn shop romance? For updates, follow along here or my newsletter, which I WILL yap about my publication journey.

THE ENDLESS SEA BETWEEN US (2023) is available on the ‘Zon, Smashwords, and the Ninestar Press website 😌

Anyway ACE OF HEARTS (2022) is available on the ‘Zon, Smashwords, and the Ninestar Press website.

Terry Pratchett bears witness at the American Visionary Art Museum.

Proofs incoming. So far release schedule is looking good. Can anyone tell me if netgalley is worth it? #writesky #indieauthor

This is definitely Rahi. He has a chronic illness that causes him to live very much in the moment. When he smiles, he means it. 100%. #awesomecharacters

Yes, but not always in a way people will recognize. In dragon society, anyone who cannot fly is disabled. (Tharaiyelagh’s wings were taken. This matters in his story.) #queerprompts

You have to support the projects you love with money. I am sorry we do not live in a world where that is not the truth.

Can anyone help out?

“according to ai-“ listen to yourself. what are you talking about. “according to the three most likely words above my phone’s keyboard-“ that’s what you sound like.

Baleirithys will have you know that he is the most beautiful of all dragons, so of course he is photogenic. #ocsky #writesky #writingconmunity

Ok, sure. 1 like = 1 thing I’m Super Normal About Actually With two disclaimers: I’m only letting this go about 6 hours because I work super early tomorrow, so likes after 3pm pdt do not count, and I have never been normal a day in my life.

Here are the 8 dems who voted for this shit. Just in case you live in their district. The vote has already happened but it'd be good to give em a call anyway to let them know what you think about that.

I’ve already mentioned that the typical family unit in dragon society is a Clutch consisting of several adults raising children together. Most often it’s 1-2 women and 3+ men, most commonly aged 200-800yrs. Dragons over 800 often wander off on their own. #mayworldbuilders

“Will I ever feel normal?” Tempest shifted, and for a moment Akieryon thought he might reach for him, might pull him close. Instead, Tempest sat up. “I don’t know what normal is,” he said flatly. He swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. “I don’t know that it matters.” #WIPSnips

Akieryon treats his friends to a catered meal from Enoch’s. Tempest gets his favorite textile artists to create another shade of black for him. #awesomecharacters #writesky #writingcommunity

In case you missed it, there is still a lot of room on June's post for more titles. If you're planning to submit, *please* follow my no gen-AI was used request. I will not add your book if the cover is AI (or if you have AI on your socials/website.) Yes, I do check as best I can. Thank you!

this was HR 2616 which also bans books by or about trans and nonbinary people from schools START CALLING YOUR SENATORS NOW CIS FRIENDS TRANS KIDS NEED YOU

If this is Extremely Your Shit the way it is mine, check out C.M. Rosens' work

FRIENDS: this is a NATIONWIDE bill going to a vote in the US congress. the previous book banning bill, 7661, tons of yall called over several days, and it started running out of gas. So they shoved the same stuff under a different number and voting on it as fast as possible.

Tharaiyelagh is a dragonboy who grew up feral. The odds of him biting anyone at any given time are above average. #writesky #writingcommunity

It's new episode day!! Today's chapter is what we might refer to as "the tilt." Can I tell you more? Not without spoilers for the climax of the last book in a four book series. The most I can say is that it includes magic, home baking, and dragons. #booksky #audiobook #podcast