#LoreOutLoud Continuing from yesterday's answer... After exiting a heterosexual monogamous marriage, I landed in a lesbian monogamous marriage. We were fooling around one day & I said, "What if I miss 🍆, though?" She didn't respond well. I realized I was denying parts of myself[ves]... AGAIN. ⬇️

#vss365 #Arm "How much did all that cost?" "Oh, only an arm & a leg. I just wish I hadn't given them the right arm. I'm neither a leftie, nor ambidextrous."

#vss365 his head in the sand this denialist insists she talk to the hand #hand #sand #SenryuSunday

I guess guardian angels are fine. I don’t know, cuz I’ve never met mine. If I have one, it’s hiding— No guarding, no guiding. What I’m missing, I can not divine. #Cassiopeian #Guardians #GuardianAngels #Angels #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems

A baker was trying his #hand At launching a rock and roll band. He played the guitar, And he hoped to go far. But alas all his gig dates were panned. #vss365 #Hand #Music #Musicians #Humor #Humour #LimerickSunday #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writing

This month's #scifansat is OUT NOW, check it out and get ready to twist your mind. In my latest piece, 'Another Turn of the Spiral', I'm channelling my inner @aptshadow.bsky.social. As always, feeling grateful to @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and the whole team. Thank you🙏

The #hand blown vase wrapped itself around a teak branch, and the arms of its sunfire flowers had spread across the ceiling. My ocean blue walls warped outward, like an unwrapped tear, while nimble fingers unclasp me, exposing the raw nerves under my floorboards. #vss365

da Vinci glow— the moon finally fits the roof #haiku #poetry

I see several new faces! WELCOME! I'll just leave this blog post here... buymeacoffee.com/4islesbookshop/intro-meet-author While I, Astin Gaël, am the chattiest of our system... I'm not the only person inhabiting this body. And, the memories written about in our memoir [re-releasing next yr] ⬇️

#LoreOutLoud The novel I plan on writing will be a re-telling of the Greek myth featuring Persephone, Hades, & Demeter. I'd like to focus on the mother/daughter relationship more than husband/wife. I'd like it to illuminate how mothers who are fearful of men can inadvertently push their daughters ⬇️

#vss365 #Sand I thought that love was like quicksand engulfing you in its depths Turns out love is more like concrete providing sturdy ground for your feet If you still think love is like quicksand let me know when you need a hand I'll pull you out & place you back on solid land.

BRA-VO. 👏 Well done.

Sitting in a #meadow Trying to find #self-acceptance. Get rid of the #apathy That threatens to destroy My life. #vssmagic #emoetry #vssfantasy

#vss365 #Ring In a marriage ceremony, the imagery of a ring as a closed circle insinuates that marriage is forever. In Buddhism, we see samsara is also represented by a circle. In one case, we're meant to stay & stay & stay. In the other, we're meant to break free. Who's to say which is which?

#PretendPanel In our memoir, we wrote in our voice... literally. People criticized it. "It's weird to write like you talk." But, that's what came out naturally. And, while I wouldn't say we're naturally funny... some of our alters are sarcastic [survival tool]. Not intentional, but humor is there.

#LoreOutLoud #WritingPrompts Our system knows nothing productive gets done after 3 P.M. Starting BEFORE that time & still working on it after that time... cool. But, getting started after that? Not gonna happen. So, we plan our days around that. Also, creating on 'adulting' days... not possible.

There is an entire article on his endless websites by @victoriastrauss.com, and the list of his websites is only getting longer. He made another one recently. He also made one copying *my exact same name* and followed all my friends, which drives me bonkers. :/ writerbeware.blog/2025/02/21/w...

Where Did You Go? My fog of a friend No why is sufficient Our trail still there Stars sparkled Illuminating ways Welcoming strolls Oh Where Did You Go? Ink to my #pen Imagination of #man I begged you Loved Prayed Forgave But You Broke My Heart Instead #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poem #Poetry #Poet

@selfpubshelf is in cahoots with several of the scam artists... you can literally see that they all re-post each other... 🚫🚫🚫

Sam chose, as many others did, to be transformed into reams of paper, a story that would never be read. Sadie would become bumps and grooves on a disc, piped into the ether, and bounced off the #rings of Saturn. Sarah was to be born anew every day, but would never wake. #vss365

He has tried to stop my pen from telling his secrets revealing his truth, again he has tried to bury me from shouting my outrage, exposing his lack of regret; he knows not of my guardians, your eyes, his exposure, you are my witnesses- Do not forget #emoetry #vss365 #cassiopeian #vssmagic #poetry

Happy April, #PretendPanel! My go-to genre is non-fiction. Not a whole lot of heehees or hahas to be found. But, I giggle my way through. ESPECIALLY, reading about people's ignorance when it comes to psychedelics, their ANCIENT rituals, & their 'harmful' effects on the body. So 'civilized' they are.

#vss365 #Pen I pick up the pen to write the letter. The one that will provide you with closure. I put it back down, again. I pick up the pen to write the letter. The one that will provide you an apology. I put it back down, again. I pick up the pen to write the letter. The one that will provide ⬇️1️⃣

#LoreOutLoud #WriteSky I can safely say I'm a 'budding author'. We put our #memoir on Ko-Fi last year. Glad we did. Not pleased with the completed project, however. Because I can see how it isn't actually complete. Writing #blogs for @4islesmagicshop.bsky.social is helping me sort through shit. ⬇️

92.4 #vss365 #pen She pens a promise to her Dark Muse, sets it alight, and watches as it burns. Yellow first. Brown. Deep black. Then nothing. There is still red in her, though. So she pens another vow, sets it aflame... ▪️▪️▪️

“All authors are using AI now” Not true! A lot of us use nigh-poisonous quantities of caffeine!

Telling trans people “you’re loved/we see you“ or some variation nowadays is almost the equivalent to telling a depressed person to just not be sad

half-heartedly I reach for my pen failing, I reluctantly, try again the ink keeps writing words in the past tense it doesn't make any sense it still feels like you're inside me now, breathing my name but I know things aren't the same it's just too sad to have to write was, and had #vss365

I've been writing since I could hold a #pen, but I became a writer only when I found no safer place than the page. #vss365 #poetry

"When I said you should try #writing with a #pen and paper, I didn't expect you'd write an entire novel on strip club napkins." #vss365

#LoreOutLoud As an autistic person, I find verbal communication difficult; not always, but often. Writing out my thoughts, reading them back to myself, & editing them to convey EXACTLY what I wanted to say makes communication seem accessible. I ESPECIALLY like this method for conflict resolution. 👌

#vss365 #Man Trans-man Trans Man M-A-N Trans men are men. Trans women are women. Trans lives matter. ✌️🏳️‍⚧️

#LoreOutLoud I'm not sure it ever 'hit me', but it's always been in me. As has the love for marketing... I have VIVID memories of my sister & I creating commercials using whatever we could find on my grandmother's 'pantry shelf' in her garage. We'd come up with a script in the garage & emerge ⬇️1️⃣

ONE LAST CHANCE! #LoreOutLoud

What's my excuse for posting my #limerick? Today's the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach: “Your CD collection’s a joke, And classical sucks,” yelled the bloke. My discs couldn’t handle This rampaging vandal: Now all of my Bach sets are broke. #JSBach #Bach #Humor #Humour #Limericks #Baroque #Poems

F*ck hot & cold. Let's #exalt warm. Give me a lust that lives between seasons. I'll ease into it like an empty hotel pool, eyes half-closed. We can take turns. Tonight you swim, & I'll touch you like water. You'll see; all the natural wonders of the world were shaped by long, slow strokes. #vss365

Waiting for spring to #blossom So i can #exalt for the sun’s return Tired of winter, snow and cold. #nonchalant I wish i could walk But the rain soaks every fibre I wear Waiting for winter to end So I can exalt in spring, once more #vss365 #vvsdaily #emoetry

you are so far away in time & distance for too long we've lived on meager subsistence let us look into each others eyes so we can witness forgiveness love has been contained it was meant to flow take my hand, don't let go warmth, grace, healing conducts when we touch we need this so much #vss365

It's trans day of visibility so have a bunch of queer trans gay stories for $9.99 Please share, make noise, send to your friends, it helps me out a lot. The bundle is up for the next 12 hours :) itch.io/s/183480/tra...

#vss365 #Exalt On this #transdayofvisibility let us EXALT the heroes among us. Those who brace themselves for a needle to inject life-saving medicine into their bodies. Those who say goodbye to their old self[ves] while embracing a self they actively create. And, those who choose to LIVE FREE. 🫶🏳️‍⚧️

After a full year, #LoreOutLoud will soon be coming to an end... What began as a one-month project grew far beyond what I expected, and while it's been incredible, this feels like the right time to close the chapter. 1/🧵 #WriteSky #Writingcommunity #WritingPrompts 🌈✒️

#vss365 #Conduct I'll accept your constructive criticism regarding how I conduct myself once you prove to me you know how to conduct yourself. Monkey see, monkey do. You wish to be treated kindly by me? I wish to be treated kindly by you. I find it to be a simple concept, why don't you?

What I want as a writer? I want Universal Basic Income. I want to not have to panic because I lost a session in a given week, I want to not feel guilty for writing instead of "productive-ing". I want to be able to write as much as I want and not worry about paying bills. #LoreOutLoud #WriteSky

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I promise there are no politics in our book about a trans masc police detective who is struggling to deal with his partner's callousness towards murdered sex workers while also slowly coming to terms with the fact that he doesn't want to work in the corrupt system anymore. Nope. No politics here.

#vss365 #sprite Addicted to Dr. Pepper for years... led to one of my worst fears. Body wrecked with infection... I tended to it with affection. Switched from colored soda to Sprite... 'That'll fix me, alright.'

#LoreOutLoud I've been meeting up with two writers once/mon. for a couple of mos. now. We chat about life & our WIPs. One of them DREAMS of owning a printing press. He wants to help ANYONE with a desire to publish to do so... costs be damned. I'd like to see our writers group grow. And, I'd like ⬇️1️⃣

Note to self: It's okay to feel lost while in the middle of a change. It's messy. It's slow. And honestly, it's frustrating as hell. But don't let comparison convince you that you're falling behind. You're exactly where you need to be. 🌈✒️ #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Trying fully to be all-inclusive Jill gushed praise using language effusive But the girl with three eyes Saw right through Jill's disguise And found her false compliments #illusive #vss365 #limerick #writersofbluesky