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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 5d

A reminder for the nationalists out there

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 6d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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#HopePit Community @hopepit.bsky.social · 9d

Let's spin visions of hope & resilience!

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We hope you can JOIN US Nov 9 for #Hopepit, uplifting all types of media under the big #hopepunk & #clifi ⛱️ umbrellas.
Here on 🦋.

#solarpunk #permaculture #hopecore #hope
#WritingCommunity #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic
#WriteSky #Writers #MusicSky

Flier for #Hopepit
Sunday, Nov 9
community connect Nov 5 - 8

🌞🌱 Let’s elevate hope! 🌱🌞

An inclusive community-building hype event for voices of light & vision in the darkness.

Open to creators of all media telling stories of hope, resilience, sustainability, mindfulness, climate change, & collapse navigation

#Hopepit

🌞Use the #Hopepit hashtag to share your pitches, books, videos, articles, and art

🌱We encourage the use of additional tags, like: #hopepunk, #solarpunk, #clifi, #IndigenousFuturism, etc

🌳Not sure which genre? JOIN US anyway!

🌱We 💛 resource sharing & discussion threads!

@hopepit.bsky.social

climate fiction hopecore hopepunk clifi #Climatefiction nomadpunk solarpunk #solarpunk #hopecore indigenous futurism pitch hype permaculture

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 5d

It was so fun to get this congratulations email from #revpit this weekend! I'm excited to see all the #10queries posts. There's always lots to learn from them all ✍️🏼

Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 7d

#RevPit #10Queries Winners have been drawn at random and assigned to editors (also at random), and emails went out to those whose submissions were selected.

Join us Oct 24 to get tons of helpful querying advice. Anyone can benefit from this feedback, even if you weren't selected or didn't enter

Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you everyone who entered! Our editors are eager to get their hands on these submissions. Keep an eye on this space, and don't forget to follow our editors for their #10Queries posts!

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay 💚
Really thankful you decided to stay, my friend! You are enough ✨

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Taking a Page From ‘Reading Rainbow’: How Mychal ‘The Librarian’ Threets Turned His Pain Into Purpose

Viral star Threets gets honest about his new role hosting the iconic children’s series, surviving dark days, and finding purpose in the new ‘Reading Rainbow.’

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 8d

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages! 📚✍️
#RevPit #10queries #amquerying #amwriting #writersky

Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 8d

It's time!!! Enter #RevPit #10Queries for your chance at winning free feedback on your query + first 5 pages!

reviseresub.com/mini-events/...

#amwriting #writersky #amquerying

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 9d

I hope you find some stories and authors you love!! 💜

(I accidentally used the bipoc link instead of the pitch link but thankfully I'm also mixed 😅)

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 9d

TOMORROW!!
Who's ready to enter to win? Take the opportunity to get feedback. Even if you don't win, you'll be able to see feedback and tips from our experienced editors on querying and starting off your story strong! #writingcommunity #10Queries #RevPit #amquerying #writersky

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 10d

This sounds awesome!

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 10d

Love ace rep!

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 10d

Necromancy? This sounds really cool!

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 10d

42-year-old Bea is rebuilding her life after waking from a coma with no memories, but everything takes a dark turn when she befriends Vivian. They share a magical gift, but they also share a deadly secret, and someone else may die of Bea can't remember.
#DVpit #A #up #specfic #own #lgbtq #dis

Mood board for WHEN STARS DISAPPEAR manuscript by Kyleen Wren, with pictures of polaroids, cinnamon rolls, a woman reading a book in a wheelchair, small town store front, brain scan, painting, money, books, a child holding an old woman's hands, and theater masks. Text: WHEN STARS DISAPPEAR, @kyleenwren, A forgotten past, A magical gift, A deadly obsession.
Dominant colors: yellow, cream, and black

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!! I'm dying for some older MCs!

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 10d

Addie LaRue x June Farrow, Bea must uncover the reason for her missing memories and face her past to save those she loves.
WHEN STARS DISAPPEAR has:
🙍🏻‍♀️Older protagonist (42)
🖤Toxic relationships
❤️‍🩹Generational trauma
🥀Unhinged villain
🏳️‍🌈Queer & disability rep

#DVpit #A #up #own #lgbtq #dis

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 13d

I love this one, too, but haven't read it in years! I definitely have to re-read it.

Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 13d

Time for the annual re-read! If you haven't already read Braiding Sweetgrass, you should probably fix that ASAP. Anyone have similar book you'd recommend? 📚
#booksky #braidingsweetgrass #bookrec

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · 24d

Some updated thoughts since I wrote about it last year. I refuse to give up my em dashes! 😤
#writing #writersky #ai 📚✍️🏼

Being a Writer in the Age of AI — Kyleen Wren

I can’t get online these days without someone discussing AI and its many harms within the writing and publishing world. The reality is, it’s growing, so what can we do as creatives?

kyleenwren.com

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · Sep 16

That sounds perfect!

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · Sep 16

A new poll from Data for Progress found that “voters of all parties” are open to leftist policies, and that a majority of Democratic voters polled preferred democratic socialism to capitalism “when written definitions of each are read aloud to them.”

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/gen-z-...

Gen Z and Millennials Prefer Socialism To Capitalism, New Poll Says

“Young progressive voters are stepping into their full economic and political power."

www.teenvogue.com

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · Sep 16

I've never had to convince anyone I'm not a N*zi or a fascist 🤷🏻‍♀️

Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · Sep 16

truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
X.com

Convincing my left-wing former close friends on
Facebook that Charlie Kirk wasn't a Nazi or a
fascist is completely futile because I can't even
convince them that I'M not a Nazi or a fascist, and
many have known me since early grade school.
1:20 PM • 9/15/25 • 850K Views

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · Aug 22

Get yourself a friend who sends book mail!! Who else has read this one? 📚💜
#booksky #tbr

Close up of my hand holding Knight and the Moth (book) by Rachel Gillig

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · Aug 18

The latest roundup of book censorship news courtesy of Book Riot.

bookriot.com/mahmoud-v-ta...

Resources to Better Understand the Mahmoud v. Taylor SCOTUS Decision: Book Censorship News, August 15, 2025

What does the Supreme Court's ruling on Mahmoud v. Taylor mean for the future of inclusive classroom books and lessons?

bookriot.com

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · Aug 4

My daughter had her cousin over for a sleepover, so that meant breakfast in bed! Not pictured: miso soup and fresh juice. Yummmm!

What do you normally eat for breakfast? I prefer a more savory meal like this, but I know I'm not a typical American here.

Several sectioned plates, each containing: eggs, rice with furikake, spam, and apple slices.

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · Jul 29

I first read this right when it launched, but I've finally put my thoughts down after a second read. House of Frank is a beautiful exploration of grief, and the power of love found in true community. Have you read this one? What'd you think??
#booksky #bookreview #fantasy #cozy #witchy 📚

Book Review: House Of Frank — Kyleen Wren

Sometimes a book really can feel like being wrapped in a comfy knit sweater, curled up by a fire, while rain taps against the window. House of Frank is that for me.

kyleenwren.com

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · Jul 21

Remind me why I still live in Arizona

Moody, misty scene with fallen leaves on the ground. There's a wrought iron patio table with taper candles burning, and a stack of books, in front of a Gothic home and large, partially bare trees. White text overlay says "Craving books, autumn rain, & warm drinks."

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Kyleen Wren | 🏳️‍🌈♿️♾️✍️🏼📚 @kyleenwren.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yes, just write! Your style will emerge.

Lynnette Nees @custardline.bsky.social · Jul 17

Random art opinion incoming: Forcing yourself to develop a "style" is pointless. Just draw. The style comes as you work. No one makes lines like you because they're your lines. That's your style.