Yup that was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Distracted by the sheer oil-painting beauty of the first stages THE version

Check out Julie Bozza Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci Fi Julie Bozza is an Aussie-Anglo hybrid empowered by writing, fuelled by espresso, calmed by knitting, overexcited by photography, and madly in love with Amy ... www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut... #AuthorSpotlight @juliebozza.bsky.social

This is me!!! What do I get up to in my retirement years - when I'm not writing...?

A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif

With thanks to my lovely friends who supported me, I've finished my One Foot Forward challenge! I walked 85km (goal 75km) and raised $655.66 (goal $500) for crucial mental health research at Black Dog Institute! Thank you all so much!!! www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...

Excellent (and sadly true) article by the erudite Michael Winkler @micwink.bsky.social in WAtoday. The only solution I've found so far is for authors to celebrate themselves and each other. My friends, we all deserve it. 💙 www.watoday.com.au/culture/book...

Are you fluent in a language other than English? Do you have graphic design skills? Are you interested in the rescue and preservation of fanworks? Are you passionate about AO3 and want to help us better reply to users all around the world? The #OTW is recruiting! otw-news.org/ye2xs9w3.

"We are all lovely and weird and beautiful."

It's @juliebozza.bsky.social 's birthday, so celebrate with a look at -- Writ in Blood www.goodreads.com/book/show/59... 'It's another complex work of art by Julie Bozza, writ in dust, blood, grief and love. Inventive and rivetting.' For Tombstone fans.

My fundraising mini-walkathon is starting today! If you have any encouragement for me - and any available dosh (in short supply these days, I know) for the Black Dog Institute - I'd greatly appreciate it. 💙 www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...

Check out New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas on @BackerKit! Wowy! Getting so close to making the stretch goal of maps drawn for each novella!!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

I have it on good authority that this novella is well worth stretching a goal for! 🖤

Check out New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas on @BackerKit! I'm so proud that one of the novellas is by my sister and favourite author @brynhammond.bsky.social ! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

I'm walking again this October to help support mental health research here in Oz! If you can help support me with either money or morale-boosting, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you kindly! 💙 www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...

Rumble Fish by Stewart Copeland (among many many others).

Proud to be the 103rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

I love "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" so much... Philosophy and humour... Alex and Keanu are terrific, and William Sadler as Death is absolutely divine!!!

A beautiful interview of my favourite author! 🖤

Sapphic Sword & Sorcery? Have a listen. My girl Goatskin has split from her companion in adventures, and goes through 'a binge of self-change' as you do. In the yak herders' tents she meets Aigana, lush and flirty and sister to a were-beast in a local cult ... #SapphicSeptember

298 sign-ups, me hearties! Let's smash 300! Join Goatskin, San, Varika, and Orhan Timur as they wave their swords or plunge their fists and lead the charge into Sword & Sorcery novellas!

What's the first film/movie you think of from the 80's. What else but Buckaroo Banzai...?

Graham Greene was one of those actors whose presence was absolutely, 100% guaranteed to make whatever movie or TV show he was in better. He added instant gravitas and authority, reliable stealthy humor and depth beyond whatever was on the page. Should've been Emmy nominated for "Reservation Dogs."

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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

November Rain, for sure. (I even wrote a little fic inspired by it, back in the day.)

A light purple on shirt and socks today, and a full heart 💜 #WearItPurple #WearItPurpleDay #SupportLGBTQYouth #InclusionMatters #BeYourself

This spring I'll start an anti AI campaign to help authors who cannot afford to pay an artist for their book artcover, so they won't have to use AI generators. I'll do one per month. If you want to join the list write to [email protected] with a brief book synopsis and ideas for the artwork.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

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On WHIM I have set my 'The Last Play: Fiction on Two Queer English Playwrights' to 0.00 FREE. While I have the whim. Shakespeare writes his last and queerest play. The figment of Emilia, his wlw Amazon, kicks his butt about it. payhip.com/b/tMFY8

Road to Nowhere... I love that song so much!

It's only when I'm doing Wordle that I realise how many 6-letter words I know. Wordle 1,478 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

the early K/S shippers in the 60s / 70s / 80s, living in eras of intense queer persecution and trauma while writing fanfic where two men in love get to have a happy ending on their little spaceship 300 years from now, speaking into existence a future they couldn’t even see, are absolute icons to me

Thank you, Anders! 🏳️‍🌈 "Butterfly Hunter" for an Australia-set romance. "The Definitive Albert J Sterne" for an angsty serial killer thriller. "Writ in Blood" for a queer weird retelling of the Tombstone tale. "A Night with the Knight of the Burning Pestle" for a postmodern love letter to theatre. 💙

It's time for the @smashwords.bsky.social Summer/Winter #Sale!!! All my #LGBTQ+ #books are 50% off - and there are some free stories in there, too. 🌈📚 Please do come check out all the discounted books by me and other authors! 💙 www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

Proud to be the 117th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Sometime Lofty Towers! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

The Fall Guy: Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling in a charming, funny love-letter to all stunt peeps. Who could ask for more?

Anyway it's pride and there are lots of queer writers who put out work that isn't best selling! Buy a gay book by an unpopular irrelevant queer today!!!

Beautiful jigsaw from Wentworth Wooden Puzzles! Finished off this evening with the help of @brynhammond.bsky.social 💙💚

I absolutely love the flippable format of this book from @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Two novellas back to back! It’s a joy. This is the luscious hardback, but there’s softback & digital too. And the stories are *fantastic* – rich, characterful, gripping. newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-tag/...

I'm delighted to be part of this Pride Month promotion celebrating indie authors bringing their books direct to you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ There's no better way to support your favourite writers than buying direct... but if you think of one, let me know. 😉 books.bookfunnel.com/mm_read_p #pridemonth #lgbtq #books

My birthday gifts from my wife, who loves me… but also just GETS me, y’know? And if sword & sorcery is at all your jam, you need to check out @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social at your earliest convenience. 🥰

Something A Day in the Life The End

It has to be "Heroes", so I have to break the rules!

@emelaarghh.bsky.social Hello! Apologies for contacting you out of the blue like this… but if we're each who I think we are, I'd love to get in touch again with old Homosapien Press business... How best to do so?

Persiana dinner for Bryn's birthday!!! @brynhammond.bsky.social