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What if I was you? What if you were me?

New tiers at the Fund Drive including - a signed copy of Yoke of Stars by RB Lemberg - a crocheted Pikachu dumpling by Regalli, a friend of Strange Horizons You can also sponsor a work directly! Become a patron of poetry, reviews, fiction and art today! Link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

📣TRULY FINAL STRETCH GOAL: FREE THEVIN 'ZINE FOR ALL BACKERS📜 Close to our creative team's pay bonus stretch goal, we're introducing one FINAL goal - a free 13,000 word 'zine story, "CITY OF TEARS", staring Jirel's pal Thevin! Free for all backers, learn more here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Question for folks who've pubbed short stories on Itch: How did you go about formatting the digital file? As in, dimensions, margins, etc? Did you include a copyright page? Not sure if I need to be giving "the full book treatment" to a piece that's only 2k words long & will be free to read!

COVER REVEAL! Here it is, the cover of my medieval horror novel, Devilry in Godling Wood. Coming this fall from Sentinel Creatives. Art by Yanina Nesterova.

BEGGING newbie/newish authors to not spend their energy on creating book boxes or special editions. You need a backlist and an existing audience for that to really take off and pay off 99.9999% of the time. Just focus on writing good books consistently to bring in an audience of excited readers.

Our Interest Check is now open, from today thru 1 August! No matter how you'd like to support- as a buyer or contributor of art, writing, comics or merch- we'd love to hear from you! Let your masc-loving friends know! Form➡️ tally.so/r/obxveb

🚨NOVELLA NEWS🚨 Veteran hunter Nadine accepts a high-paying bounty to capture a crafty art forger, expecting an easy job... but one look at her mark tells her she's in over her head. 💙📚🪐 Now priced at $2.99... forever! Available on Amazon, Ko-fi, Itch, & Payhip! elizamares.carrd.co#catmouse

Almost forgot to say! For the next 4 days, each book in Tipping World is %50 off on itch. You can get all 9 for $25, which is just silly. But I did it anyway! A society of warrior-mages lose the narrative and turn on each other: the perfect binge. itch.io/s/193124/sum...

#BluePit is coming up fast on July 13th! Stay tuned for the updated rules and #BluePitHype starting on July 8th! Also, remember we have a Starter Pack for all the accounts running pitch events here on BlueSky! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmWriting #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

itch.io/b/3751/disab... support some disabled indie authors with this amazing bundle! ❤️🌶️📖🪐✍️🔥📚🪄✨⚔️🩷🩵📣

This is a thread of links to writing prompt games/chats going on in July for the #WritingCommunity to quickly reference. Please feel free to contribute anything that may have been missed. 🧵

Heat wave not hot enough for ya?! How about this smoking collection of romance and erotica? 36 books for $30 itch.io/b/3779/july-...

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EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS I'm a little short on money for bills this month, so I'm opening extra commissions ✨ form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1pO6...

✨🌟✨IT'S RELEASE MONTH!✨🌟✨ My debut sci-fi romance, The Stars Will Be Our Ocean, officially releases July 14th! If you like... 🏳️‍🌈 Queer space opera 😘 Slow-burn alien/human romance 🫂 Hurt/comfort and found family Then check out my purchasing and review links at lizzieblackwood.carrd.co

Keep having ideas and getting excited and then remembering I need to shelf those ideas for "after the wedding" because my brain is too populated with tasks right now :( But "after the wedding," I'm thinking: -make pub plan for C/M 2 -finish some old short stories -make a newsletter/mailing list

THREAD. On Thursday my latest novel is out in paperback. Tomorrow I'm signing 1000 copies of it for @blackwells.bsky.social. If you'd like one, they will send it to you with FREE international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... Here's why I'm especially keen that people order this book...

#LGBTQWriteAThon My original goal was to write at least one sentence every day, and I wrote probably 95% of the days in June, so I will say... close enough! I'm happy either way!

It's just a sports ban. It's just a bathroom ban. It's just a healthcare for kids ban. It's just a military service ban. It's just a federal jobs ban. It's just a university housing ban. It's just a passport & visa ban. It's just one Constitutional right. It's just your status as free citizens.

just $215 left now!! Literally if someone backed with the big arts from May or edits to your short story from our team, we would be there!! it's just been GOING www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

Just because SCOTUS affirms a type of discrimination does not mean that discrimination is required. This decision should not cause us to weaken our efforts for trans inclusion in general or trans inclusion in sports in particular. Cis allies, you very specifically, need to double down.

#LGBTQWriteAThon My original goal was to write at least one sentence every day, and I wrote probably 95% of the days in June, so I will say... close enough! I'm happy either way!

📣 QUEERPIT IS ON WEDNESDAY!!! 👀 We can't wait for our next event this week, so we have a few *important reminders* for all our participants.🧵⬇️ 1) #QueerPit is July 1st from 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern time ⏲️ You may pitch using our hashtag, age/genre hashtags during those hours.

Kotov Syndrome is an utterly fantastic book, so y'all should buy it!

KOSA hasn’t been passed into law yet. Badger your Senators repeatedly to vote no on it!!!

🚨ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT🚨 check out the queer heroes sale! an excellent curation of books featuring big damn queer heroes. #PrideBookFair #booksky sheilajenne.com/queer-heroes...

Started reading THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS

Fix your hearts or die. You know how many of us joke that Pride month should be followed by Wrath? This year I feel a deep, burning fury towards all who use transgender lives as political propaganda. We are human beings. You cannot erase us. Happy Pride. Trans liberation at any cost. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I am very sick and should be doing more promoting but here is an awesome bundle combining both Pride with disability pride 🌈 We exist without permission is a bundle of queer disabled stories. 25 books by queer disabled authors for just $25!

With one day left in this incredible bundle, I’d like to remind you that you can gift a bundle to someone on itchio! Just click “give as a gift” and their email address and they’ll get a link to download! How do I know? I’ve given away 2 copies already!

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING. IT'S REAL. YOU CAN PRE-ORDER NOW!!!! amzn.to/4b2iESb

What's it like inside your head?

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

From my short story draft: They stared at each other for a brisk moment, sharing something like an understanding.

#LGBTQWriteAThon I WILL finish this short story draft, dammit!!!

#LGBTQWriteAThon From the beginning of this short story! This is an adaptation of a folktale, and one of the major changes I made was giving the heroine more agency. She searches for the solution to her problem, instead of having it conveniently delivered to her.

#LGBTQWriteAThon From the beginning of this short story! This is an adaptation of a folktale, and one of the major changes I made was giving the heroine more agency. She searches for the solution to her problem, instead of having it conveniently delivered to her.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Okay week! I wanted to make progress on my short story, and I did. So, that's a win for me.

‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

Throw some money in if you can. I did. We're all we have. gofund.me/4df4cf2cd

Juno's in the psych ward for BPD & eating disorder treatment, & Bex is holding things together while she's gone, but she can't pay the rent, due THIS WEDNESDAY! Please help my favorite writer & her wife stay housed! venmo.com/u/junostump ko-fi.com/junostump C-A: $Sykosonik (write "Juno" please)

We all have that one follower whose Like feels like this:

#FaveLineFriday Highlight of the writing week was making progress on my short story! I wrote this yesterday: "Runa uttered an astounded laugh. This was not what she’d imagined when the witch promised a protective binding, but it would do."

#LGBTQWriteAThon My partner is an artist so I think it'd be real cute to have him do a cover for me!! Otherwise, omg, I follow so many amazing artists and can't choose just one! I especially love the work of @hungryghost.bsky.social, @emahriel.bsky.social, and @coffinvows.bsky.social

"Send me fungi horror or horror that’s very cerebral, gets under your skin—where something is very wrong, but you just can’t put your finger on it…" Marina Green #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

#FaveLineFriday Highlight of the writing week was making progress on my short story! I wrote this yesterday: "Runa uttered an astounded laugh. This was not what she’d imagined when the witch promised a protective binding, but it would do."

CALL FOR PORTFOLIOS: Hi team, I'm seeking artists who specialise in small animals, ideally in a traditional style (though digital execution is fine). I'm after experienced artists who are used to delivering to deadlines for clients. Drop me a link to your portfolios!