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writer of queer paranormal, fantasy & horror ✍🏻 Trekkie 🖖🏻 X-Phile 👽 forever pup parent to Rufus 🐶🪽 he/they 🏳️‍⚧️ www.arlenren.co.uk NO AI 🚫 🇺🇦🇵🇸✊🏻

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · Nov 3

hi, I'm ren (he/they), writer of otherworldly fiction that's rooted in the hidden places that lurk beneath the surface...

I write YA and Adult horror, paranormal and fantasy - you can find out more here:

www.arlenren.co.uk

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Arlen Ren Writes

www.arlenren.co.uk

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 35m

so impressive!

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 2h

or rather, it's being televised LIVE; I assumed it would be like Strongman where it's filmed on the day and broadcast at a later date

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 2h

it's being televised?! exciting!

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 11h

good luck 🙃

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 16h

"horrible little fopling" iconic

arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 16h

the sketches are so cute!

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 23h

I guess with Cornwall, it's all the second homes that creates the stereotype 🙃

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 23h

so what, pray tell, is the fucking point

arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 23h

something I find hard to articulate to others is how having a dog isn't just something that would make me feel better.

for me, the companionship of a dog is what makes life worth living. it's the reason to get up in the morning.

I realised today that I won't have another dog for a long time.

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 23h

it's funny to me that Hertfordshire is seen as posh when I grew up somewhere in Hertfordshire that is most certainly not 😂

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

If your writing helps even one person, it's worth doing
Especially if that one person is you

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, UK-people! Asunder is coming to your shores in January, and it would be very nice if you preordered it.

www.waterstones.com/book/asunder...

A infographic with details regarding the WATERSTONES 25% OFF:
On Upcoming Books sale.

Asunder is part of that.

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

yaaaaaay!!! congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉

arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

noooooooo 😱

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Laura the Spookiest of Ducks @fallenlights.net · 1d

Hey #portfolioday!
I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache
My style vibes with what I need it to do
[email protected]
fallenlights.net

landscape of branches and roots growing around a small puddle of water. a blue raven stands above it with a feather in his beak, peering down into the water.

three small abstract landscape paintings. Green seaweed looking one, a green stone formation that can be a city or forest, and a green and yellow natural formation that can be a leaf breaking apart

Two book cover paintings. a blue one with a man and a sword, looking tired and worn, and a burnt hand besides him. the background is abstract shapes hidden by misty swirls.

The second image is of a city. There is a crowd of people that are just forms, and one man standing out in a red trenchcoat and white eyes staring at the viewer.

dark blue landscape of two woods meeting for a conversation. It can also possibly be a single tree split down the middle.

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay 💗 I'm Libra, a freelance illustrator from Germany! I love working on character art and book covers, especially if they're queer 🌈

📧 [email protected]
✏️ ilibra.carrd.co#portfolio

A mock book cover with two women, standing back to back, with the text Memories of Her by Elodie Murray

A cover illustration for Wren Martin Ruins it All by Amanda Dewitt, featuring two boys on their phone walking by each other

Two boys lying in bed together, looking into each others eyes

Two boys embracing with a big scarf wrapped around them in the snow

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

my interest is snared 👀 what a hook!

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

🥺🥺🥺

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

beardog shapeshifter...!!!

arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

she sounds really cool 🦋

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

...where things are as they've always been: the rich Pines lording over the downtrodden Tides. Kaden and Kyra, however, have changed, and their refusal to face what happened to them over the summer puts them in a dangerous position as kids start disappearing across town...

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Creek WIP has two MCs, Kaden (left, he/him) and Kyra (right, she/her) - the incredible character art is by @iliibra.bsky.social ✨

they're twins who've had the summer from hell, kicked out by their mum and rejoining their dad in their childhood town of Canderley Creek... (1/2)

#LGBTQWriteAThon

a chibi portrait of a white boy on a green background. he has dyed white hair in a wolf cut, with the lower layers and bangs undyed black. he has a silver septum piercing and black stud earrings, and is wearing a black hoodie.

a chibi portrait of a white girl on a green background. she has short black hair tied in bunches and white bangs framing her face. she has a silver nose ring and large silver hoop earrings, and is wearing a fluffy jumper over a mesh top. she wears a black choker around her neck.

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so intrigued as to which episode this is 😂 Red Museum?

arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I've plotted most of ch8 before I've gotten up for work!

...and discovered a massive problem with one of my plot devices! 🫠

oh well. more brainstorming ahead.

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I have finished ch7!

tomorrow, I'll start work on plotting ch8. this is where things start getting really tangled.

let's see how I get on.

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 2d

keeping my goals small again this week 😅 I would like to:

🏞️ write chapter 7 of Creek WIP
🔮 plot chapter 8
🌲 familiarise myself with some of the trees in my locality

I hope that everyone has a good week 🍀

#LGBTQWriteAThon