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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 20h

Daumantas HATES being lied to. It can be relationship ending for him. Cyril can be more forgiving, depending on the circumstances, but he has a hard time trusting people after being lied to.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 20h

How do your characters handle being lied to? Are they forgiving? Does it depend on the lie? #WritingPrompt

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 28d

Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.

The current climate is especially accelerating this.

Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 21h

Picking up a nearly seven year old project to complete means looking at what I THOUGHT it would be vs what it'll be now and frantically updating all my notes to fix the inconsistencies #amwriting

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☀Hyde Angelus☀ ➡️ GGC #134 @hydeangelus.bsky.social · 3d

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 1d

The Inferni- automata of unknown origin. They're often fought with maces, war hammers, and hand-cannons. Cyril Valentin is terrified of them and he'd prefer not to fight them if he has a choice!

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Your characters are preparing to fight monsters in your book's universe. What are they fighting? How are they preparing? #WritingPrompt

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 2d

🌈 Paying Market Alert! 🌈
@bonabooks.bsky.social is taking submissions for Fantabulosa - a celebration of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative horror from queer authors.
💰 8¢/word/fiction | $50/poetry
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30 (Dec 15 for trans authors & authors of color)
👉 horrortree.com/event/taking...

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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 2d

TIME WILL DEVOUR HIS CHILDREN: CHAPTER TWO is out now! This on-going dark fantasy comic about your past coming back to haunt you continues in its second 110-page installment, which you can buy here: claystorks.itch.io/time-will-de... 🍂

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Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · 3d

POINT OF VIEW: Today for my POV column, I'm talking about the joys of small-town pride events.

www.jscottcoatsworth.com/point-of-vie...

#Pride #GayPride #PrideFestival #PrideEvent #QueerPride #:LGBTQPride

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 5d

When y'all buy from indie authors, it impacts us profoundly. Especially if it goes outside the circle of authors trading a few dollars back and forth amongst ourselves.

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 5d

I expected to sell 200 copies in the first year in my wildest dreams and it’s wound up selling 4,000 in that time 🥹

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 6d

I'm happy to announce I will have Last Wolves of Paris in time for the Delaware author fair! With 50 authors, it's the biggest literary event in the state! Come see me and many other authors at the Queen theater, in Wilmington, DE!

poster that reads: Fall 2025 Delaware Author fair. Huxley & Hiro. Sunday Oct. 26th. The Queen Theater, Wilmington, DE. Early access os $10 (11am-12pm) 12pm-3pm $5

Blue book cover on a smokey background that reads: Last Wolves of Paris by T.G. Joye. Around it, descriptors read: Black Transmasc MC, Romani LI, Werewolf X Vampire romance, Anti-colonial, gentle monsters, autism rep, chaotic queerness.

Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 6d

Remember kids: Any interaction with a hateful, obvious troll or bot account is a 'good' interation in the eyes of social media. The only way to get rid of trolls and bots is to block them.

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AndrewNK @andrewnk.bsky.social · 6d

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 6d

This is why I moved. No matter how I voted, no matter how much I worked to move people to vote with me, there was not way to protect myself as a trans person w/o stopping the gerrymandering of the state.

Wiley Nickel @wileynickel.com · 7d

North Carolina Republicans just drew a map giving themselves 11 of 14 congressional seats in our 50/50 state. That’s 79% of the seats for one party.

That’s not representation — it’s a brazen attack on democracy and fair elections.

Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 6d

I think I am kinder to myself now. Its taken a lot of work, but I am able to be gentler towards myself when I know I need to be these days.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, man. I had a year like that in middle school. Part of me wants to cry in a cathartic way reading this. I had something similar happen with trauma- I couldn't remember what had happened to me until I found something that reminded me of it. It hurt, but it was also freeing, knowing what hurt me.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 7d

Last Wolves of Paris cover reveal! Release scheduled for Oct. 26th! Historic urban fantasy with a big dash of romance.

Paris, 1842:
Something is stalking Paris’ werewolves

A string of gruesome murders spurs Bertrand Smith, a werewolf sex worker, to try and catch whomever is responsible for murdering multiple women in his neighborhood. When the killer develops a taste for werewolf flesh, Bertrand makes himself a target on purpose, nearly becoming another victim.

A mysterious inspector calling himself Murad comes to his aid, and Bertrand reluctantly teams up with the vampire inspector to stop the killer. As the two work together, Bertrand discovers that monsters like Murad are being forced to work for the Church. As his feelings deepen for his vampire partner, Bertrand must choose: Resume his life and let Murad go, or join him as a ward of the Church.

Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 7d

C'mon, accept my cover darn you!

Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 7d

Crying silent tears while Ingram approves my physical book 🫠Like, c'mon! I need to order copies for the book fair next weekend!

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makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · 8d

when there's new people, we repost the pinned

howzit! I'm a sci-fi writer and I love women, space, and women in space

makana yamaghosto @makana-yama.bsky.social · Jul 11

howzit 🤙 I'm Makana, and I'm a hapa haole māhū lesbian who writes books about AAPI lesbians getting into situations in space. my next novel is THE OBAKE CODE, which is a standalone sequel set 3 years after HAMMAJANG LUCK

there's heists! there's hacking! there's lesbians! what more could you want!!!

trope graphic for the obake code. the cover shows Malia, a brown skinned woman with long locs dip-dyed green and dressed in a white top, black baggy pants, and black boots, stands with her arm raised looking overhead. above her are futuristic cityscape style towers, with pink and purple lighted windows and glowing neon signs. a futuristic flying car zooms by overhead. there is a white Hawaiian-style tattoo badge to the left, depicting scythes, a bow, geometric shapes, and axes. the text reads THE OBAKE CODE, with "code" in glowing neon. the cover is set on a background of a green vaporous nebula. the tropes read "2 heists 2 lesbians!" "-hacker voice, I'm in" "cyborg prize fights" "evil butch mafiosos!" "questionable physics!" "set three years after Hammajang Luck" "a standalone sequel in the heist lesbians universe" "street racing!" "starring Malia, our favorite cringe hacker." the release date is February 17th, 2026 and preorders are open now

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Shane💀Blackheart (they/them) @shaneblackheart.com · 9d

Want something horror-themed but more fun & campy? There are a few serious themes, but I had way too much fun being corny with this one. I love the silliness of b-horror, so I combined it with the vibes of Tim Burton films. Add a bit of 'slasher' & sexy monsters, and you've got this bit of chaos 💀

Shane💀Blackheart (they/them) @shaneblackheart.com · 22d

Since it's October, I want to share one of my books I haven't talked about in a while. It's a fun Tim Burton fever dream of a queer T4T 'horror' (horror in parentheses because it's got sexy monsters and takes place in the underworld, and has a slasher element). Trans masc x trans masc 💜

It's Only A Little Death

Being dead never felt so good...

little-death.carrd.co

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 9d

Last Wolves is uploaded and I'm awaiting the eproof. The book is smaller than my last one, but a little bigger in scope- I made my own cover this time! It'll be revealed to the world tomorrow!

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 10d

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 10d

In my urban fantasy setting, vampirism is a curse. You can't 'catch' it, and you have to accept being a vampire willingly. Vampires tend to group themselves by family/type, with different families having slightly different physical features and unique abilities.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 10d

Spooky season is upon us! Tell me about your Vampires 🧛 #WritingPrompt

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 14d

I work really hard not to repeat names, but it can be tough, depending. I'd imagine historical fiction can be tough, since so many historical figures share first names.

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Author T.G. Joye @authortgjoye.bsky.social · 14d

My editor loves him, so this book should be fun for him once I finish it.

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