Hey early #medievalSky, how common is it to refer to Constantine using the matronymic Constantine son of (filio) Helen(a)? I'm looking at two instances and I'm not sure whether this is A) completely standard, B) fairly common, C) rare and therefore a noteworthy connection between the two texts.

Current two hardest parts of reverse outlining: 1) the growing list of problems to solve 😬 2) resisting the urge to just keep reading and reading and not slow down to write down pesky things like summary and problems to solve. 😂 It's good I still love this book, flaws & all! 🦇🥰

I 100% thought on first reading that this was about pitching books to agents and waiting for them to make contact with a reply which then segued into a baseball metaphor about it. And I love that the paragraph works beautifully either way. 😂 #writerslife #booksky

Last weekend I stuffed my head full of writing tips & topics. This weekend it's all #Pictish history and art! Got up 5:30am to hear some exciting lectures spanning metalworking and material culture at Rhynie and Burghead, Pictish (re)use of Roman-period silver, and clues to Pictish weaponry. 🔨⚔️

Wow my brain is so full! Just finished a wonderful 3-day con with @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social . I'd highly recommend for any sci fi / fantasy creatives to watch out for next year. I simultaneously feel like I need to dive into doing/revising/writing All The Things...and also sleep for a week! 😂📚

This weekend I declared draft 1 of the WIP done! It has a beginning, a middle and an end!! 🎉😂 Now, for draft 2: structural edits and better villains! 😅 Structural edits intimidate me, but I still love these characters (40-somethings fantasy romance 🦇⛰️🥰) so let's do this. 💪

I'm looking for a wide sampling of examples of early #medieval (earliest to 10th c) accounts of abbesses and female founders of religious communities. Vitae would be great, but a brief aside in another work is fine too. If anyone has done an actual study of this, even better!? Any leads welcome. 📜📚

I'm at the "stitch it together" phase of non-linear puzzler drafting, ok? I found a good place to braid story strands together, tying up 2 loose threads in a nice bow. Yay! Only to start writing it and have the character be like "I can't go over there. This is a stand my ground moment." #Amwriting 🙃

BEST HEX EVER X LATE BLOOMER Georgie will do anything to protect the women in her family from a love curse—even give up her own happiness. But when unexpected feelings bloom for her sister's wedding planner, Georgie must accept herself and break the curse if she wants an HEA. #P2Pit #R #LGBT #OS

#p2pit #A #uw #F #lgbtq Scotland, 1925: a retired thief, a sorceress, and a demon hunter travel to England to steal a demonic grimoire before it can start a 2nd apocalypse. The thief wants glory. The sorceress wants respect. The hunter wants an end to a lifetime of fighting. They're all in love.

BRIDGERTON X ATLA A hero's side quest is a life-shattering experience for someone else. When a legendary hero crashes into a young lady's life, she finds herself questioning everything she ever knew as the two try to save her town from a mystical murderer. #P2Ppit #Q #A #RF

When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, she teams up with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves. ✨️ #P2Ppit #Q #A #RF 🌗

#P2Ppit Following her target through the years, Glenna’s killed God-born target Bentham more times than she can count. A decade in, her contract is up. She’s tired of the grind, and wants out. The only problem is, she wants to get Bentham out, too. #Q #A #R #T #Gods #Reincarnation

When I was young it never occurred to me that I'd live to see the humanities come under siege. Or that banning books and persecuting librarians would make an ideological comeback. Thus, I've never experienced a time when the illuminating power of storytelling was needed more than today.

If you’re a transfeminine writer of kidlit or YA, check out this cool scholarship opportunity from none other than Highlights Magazine! www.highlightsfoundation.org/trans-women-...

I know I just dropped an entire actual full TTRPG yesterday, but I was feeling inspired...

Definitely need to bring back the word 'uhtcearu'. Unfortunately, it would be very useful in day to day use. 🤣😭 "You know how it goes--uhtcearu cost me sleep this morning, and now I just want to latibulate, but I have too much to do."

So X is to Bluesky what FB is to ____? Do we have a viable alternative yet? I'm mostly on FB for the groups--history groups, allergy groups. Discord just doesn't work as well for some of those discussions. There are a few old-school message boards left but it's hard to get ppl to them. Suggestions?

"This book is about fighting despite the odds.... It’s about love and kindness and different kinds of bravery and how important community is." 🌈🐲🥰

🐲🥰🌈📚 "Sapphic Mandalorian with a baby dragon". This book sounds so fun!

Oooo...last minute addition to the Holiday Wishlist. 😂😅 This book looks fantastic and I want to read it all...

There are enough additional plots suggested in the comments to have an entire Reference Section Romance Mini-series and I want to watch it!

Libraries are VITAL. They're packed full of knowledge, wonder, & glimpses into the wider world. For free. Librarians are amazing & connect people to everything from practical resources to esoteric answers to their next favorite book. And libraries are a rare public space were people can just *be*.

If you could go back in time and preserve one smallish item that would otherwise be lost/destroyed at the moment of its destruction, what would it be? (Don't overthink! Fun answers here!) I'd nab a manuscript written in Pictish. Bonus points if I could find one that was literature or history!

I do tend to make a long playlist for each WIP. Grabbing a handful from this one🦇: "I Am Not Nothing" - Beth Crowley "Every Ending is a Chance" - Claire Wyndham "Fools" - Lauren Aquilina "Remembrance" Tommee Profitt & Fleurie

Cozy. While I do put a fair amount of hope in my fiction, I think it would be fun to go all the way to cozy fantasy at some point. Also maybe mystery? I use mystery subplots, but it would be fun to lean in and make it the main plot at some point.

Hiya #SFFChat! I write mostly fantasy with a lot of political intrigue, romance, and other relationships. I'm having a lot of fun with my current 40-somethings enemies-to-lovers in an underground city WIP. 🦇🥰

That moment when you're like "this person seems cool and interesting. I should follow them!" and click through to their profile only to see you already do. Good job, former-me. Good job. 😂

It's so shiny! I love how they captured the twist of the gold thread (gold-wrapped thread, I believe) in this photograph.

Book recommendation help? Teen boys: preference fun/comfort reads. 13yo likes soccer & music; 13yo likes drawing & sports; 14yo plays guitar; 15yo soccer & boxing; 16yo boxing.

I'm trying to calmly edit a poem I wrote while angry and hurting and somehow it feels 10x harder than calmly editing fiction scenes I wrote while angry or hurting. (And the latter is not easy either!)

Why is it all my characters seem to drink way more tea than I do? ( #amwriting yet another scene involving tea this morning...while drinking coffee!) Tea is fun with lots of varieties which can convey setting, character and mood. Other secondary-world #FantasyWriters: what do your characters drink?

Some common* stages of getting back into a project you've put down a while: 🫣 Hm, I don't know. Where do I start again? 🥰Oh, I remember this! I love this bit. 💪 I've totally got this. Let's get back to work! 😳Wait, what is this snarl?! And this one? Did I have a plan here!? 📋 Right! NEW PLAN!! *ymmv

"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire. SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1

I seriously love the setting that gives a reminder about alt-text. I'm the kind of forgetful that will forget why I walked into a room. So despite brainstorming alt-text phrasing while I took the picture, I might have forgotten to enter it before posting if I hadn't already turned the reminder on! 🥰

A post had me thinking how hard it can be to find premade food juggling multiple food restrictions. (& making *everything* from scratch is exhausting, right?) So here's some things I've found (US) that should all be free from gluten, soy, dairy, coconut & egg in case it's handy. (Always 2x check!)

So scholars: you read a cool article that does not quite pertain to anything you're working on right now. What's your favorite method of taking and organizing sufficient notes / reading history so that when, two years later you're like "oh, I read about that!" you can find it again?

Having fun finding my way around here, and connecting with people after another great (virtual) @siwc.bsky.social. Now to find some room in my brain after a great conference weekend to start watching recorded sessions and pack more in. 😁