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Sage T. Greene, Author

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📚🐈☕ I’m that friendly acquaintance from way back when—hope you’re doing well! I’m all about the vibes. I write whatever tickles my fancy, whenever my fancies are tickled. Website, books, socials & more! https://linktr.ee/sagetgreene

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks to everyone who liked my cover in the AllAuthor Cover of the Month Contest 🥰

Made it thru round 1, which was my main goal 😅

If u already voted, you're allowed to vote again in round 2! If u don't want to make an account, you can do the anon vote (see 2 at a time and pick ur fav each time)

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Jared, goring (people with my horns) 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @jaredgoring.com · 12h

#WIPSnips "Push" from Fight or Flight

Previously unseen scene! AL goes in to help Sam, who has gotten caught while clearing out a clog in the large pipe that feeds air, coal, and glittercoal to the ship's alchemical engine.

AL doesn't know how alchemy works, but knows heat and its dangers…

Ebook screenshot from Fight or Flight:
"The pipe swelled there, getting rounder - it belled out almost like a boiler itself. Mixing chamber, they said, something like that; it was supposed to let the glittercoal and coal mix with the hot air before it went into the engine. I didn’t know how it all worked, but that’s where I found Sam.

He was faced toward me, struggling with something at his back - he reached out to push off of the wall but his hand recoiled from the hot metal, the air that swept past us shimmering with heat. Spots of the walls here - and the pipes further ahead after the junction, especially - glowed faintly with intense heat, not fully red but just a faintly orange glow from within.

We had to get out.

“Sam!” I shouted as loud as I could, but even the distance from my mouth to my own ears was too great - I could feel my shout in my throat, but couldn’t hear it. The roar of the air and engine was too loud."

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H.C. Newton - The Irresponsible Reader @hcnewton.bsky.social · 11h

Bounty Inc. by Adam Holcombe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Because Bounty Hunters Are Cool

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 10h

Wellbeing vs well-being gets added to the list.

Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 11h

life hack

A post on r/ShittyLifeProTips
By user joecool32
If you stain a shirt, you can simply outline the stain with a sharpie and give it a name. This will make it seem like you visit islands.

Attached is a picture of a man holding a wineglass. He has done as directed and named his "island" stain COLDBREWSTAIN

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 12h

a cartoon of homer simpson sitting on a couch with watermelons

Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson with his face in a watermelon

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 13h

a close up of a hyperx keyboard with the letters r and g lit up

Alt: a close up of a hyperx keyboard and a finger repeatedly hitting the F button

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Adregem ཐིཋྀ @adregem.bsky.social · 15h

I've definitely used this one before but it beats "pushing the door" or "pushing through the crowd" #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #Authors #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #FantasySky #Romantasy #AuthorSky #AmQuerying

Jahnari’s extra-large mushroom and olive pizza smells fabulous, and I kind of wish I’d also picked one up for myself.
I wonder if I take a slice out and push the other slices together if Jahnari will notice. Then I wonder how stupid I would have to be to try to trick a woman who lives in a house on chicken leg stilts.

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M.M. Rees @mm-rees.bsky.social · 15h

From my rewrite of The Oracle’s Journey, Emmelina's POV. Sorry I haven't been posting. Started a new job and it's taking some time to settle into a new routine.
#Romantasy #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity

Burning coals of betrayal kept me rolling in place on the bench, though Ozanna didn't make a sound. The air was stuffy and awful, so I cast the blanket provided on the carriage floor and tried so hard to ignore the itch in my feet and legs.
To distract myself, I closed my eyes and focused on listening. The forest was surprisingly loud once everyone settled. The drone of night insects, one call blending into the next, and on and on, roared in my ears. Frogs down by the stream sang and peeped in a chorus of amphibian rapture. But that made me want to dance, so I stretched my awareness further, listening to the breeze rattle and hiss through the trees. And when I pushed even farther, I heard another sound I couldn't identify. It might have been a lullaby or a hymn, but it drew me in so completely that I stopped hearing all other sounds.
My feet had never itched so badly before.

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PapaDjinn is querying @papadjinn.bsky.social · 15h

CW: Sexual Content
Push; this time I'll let the snip speak for itself
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #bvm #bipoc #amwriting #Fantasy #SFF

A blush and a shiver; a nod and she was his. The switch inside him was flipped, his senses sharpened and he focused every cell within his body. His mouth tasted her and Otalia shivered – his nose caught whiff of a scent and he followed. Down, down, down, his lips traveled below her breast, below her navel, he found that the fragrance lit his heart a blaze. Down, down, down – no he had missed it and although the sample of her supple thigh was divine the aroma is what drew him.

Up, up, slowly now and when her legs twitched, he knew that he had arrived. This precious oasis between his Otalia’s legs beckoned his instincts to the surface and without hesitation, he began to drink. The lord lapped, slowly at first, searching the delicate fruit for the flesh that would cause the juices to flow. A gasp from the lady made his ear flick and his tongue drew on the sensitive button that he had discovered. Deliberately now, with effort now, Tok pushed his hands into her thighs to adjust her posture to meet the moment.

“Mm, don’t you d-dare... slow down,” Otalia moaned out with more authority than Tok would have imagined.

The lord could feel his lady losing control and yet her pride – or her arrogance, of which one he could not decide – led her to command his actions; fortunately, he was in the mood to acquiesce. The more that he teased, the more that he was rewarded with her scent and her nectar and he lapped it up gratefully. It was true now, his Otalia was helpless, and her breathing, moaning and whimpering gave her away. All at once, his head was in a vice, plush thighs pressured him to devour her without thought and soon – his beard was wet.

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 13h

If this is how Tok must go, so be it 😌

a woman in a blue leotard sits on a white towel with a watermelon on her lap

Alt: a woman in a blue leotard sits on a white towel and crushes a watermelon between her thighs

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M. Walsh - Author @m-walshwrites.com · 14h

#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

“Lockhart,” Troa said. “Please tell me you didn’t strike a bargain with this woman.”
He’d phrased his summary of the encounter as delicately as he could—careful to emphasize he’d made no deal or commitment—yet he wasn’t surprised their initial reaction was scolding and distress. Troa in particular looked near the end of his rope. It used to be Deck who pushed him like that.

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Tara S Ghoul @tarasgeir.bsky.social · 21h

A quick description of three of the four companions in the sequel to 'First to Fall'. (I've tinkered with various names but nothing fits!)
After a massacre in the castle, the four are off to seek help and revenge.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 15h

Mireia's got that ice in her veins 😎

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 20h

#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

Uh oh it's a Jasana snip! 😈

Mireia is not just recklessly pushing her luck here btw, she's got a good reason to think Jasana won't go through with it. Still risky but my girl's not completely insane 😂

From Book 3 of my #Atlantis trilogy.

Jasana’s hands gripped the handle of her khopesh tighter, bringing the blade nearer to Mireia’s throat. “Don’t tempt me!”
“I am tempting you.” Mireia’s eyes blazed. She was grinning despite the deadly weapon poised against her neck. “Go on, Jasana. I’m right here—this is your chance! What’s holding you back?”
“You think I won’t do it?” Jasana grabbed a handful of Mireia’s clothes, shoving her back against the wall. Her whole body was trembling with rage. “I will!”
“Then why haven’t you already?”
Jasana pressed the edge of the blade against her neck. Mireia felt the icy line push against her skin, and the warm trickle of blood that trailed down toward her collarbone. She closed her eyes, heart pounding, half-expecting to feel that blade open up her throat.
But it didn’t. Jasana tried to build up the will to do it, but she couldn’t. It was as though some invisible arm had reached out to stop her. After a moment Mireia opened her eyes again, and saw that Jasana’s eyes were wide with uncertainty.

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K.A. Hela ✨ Prepping for edits...again✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 19h

Our hero muses on his first car.
From "HatWIP"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips

My car is a piece of shit. Built eight solar orbits ago in the year of our lord 1993, and named after everyone's favorite fascist, my slate grey Ford Escort was not impressing anyone. Me included. Not that it mattered, I am not impressing anyone either. We bond over this. I am also pretty sure my car hates my job as much as I do. She shakes as I push her to the awe-inspiring speed of seventy miles an hour down Route 8.

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Walker Harris @walkerharris.net · 18h

Red and her gnoll family are such a wholesome bunch, working together to make machines out of the corpses of other citizens. The family that repurposes dead neighbors together, stays together.

From #Felcrown, my fantasy adventure serial about a megadungeon that becomes a city.

#WIPSnips

Screenshot of a work-in-progress manuscript with the word 'push' highlighted.

After some quick adjustments, Red swung herself into the seat and started winding the cranks. Despite a floor littered with half-assembled ideas, the walking chair scurried forward — without the limp but with a notable sway to the motion.
“Ugh! Now I’m wiggling my ass like them pretty girls trying to attract mates!”
Red’s da said, “Well, today could be a good day to look for a suitor, ya know.”
“Da! Really?! Please don’t embarrass me in front of my friends talking that way.”
“Yes, honey, don’t push Red like that… or embarrass either of us.” Red’s ma turned and pointed at her. “And you make sure not to talk about your ass in front of Her Majesty.”
“Of course, Ma.”
Red’s da said, “Tonight we can see about gnawing down one of those joints to get them to match.”

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Ray Ingles @ringles.bsky.social · 18h

#WIPSnips 13: push

Different cultures use different metaphors.

#ScienceFiction #SciFi

Nusuku commented. "But he has a great deal of social power. And displeasing the spouse of the woman you are sworn to... they might find wire turned to wool when it came to advancement."[1]

[1] That phrase alluded to replacing a conductor with an insulator; figuratively increasing resistance. It had the connotations of 'pushing uphill' or 'sailing against headwinds' from my world.

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 18h

#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #push

During a traditionally non lethal engagement with the Sheltri, one of the the raiders changes the rules … on Rushak.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.

But it shoved in close; its red eyes and hawkish nose filled his eyes and blurred and darkened into the image of a Kudrum. It became a Kudrum, and once
again it had Lara, it had him. He gasped with terror.

His limbs quivered, softened into soaked roots. It wrestled him to the ground and pulled a knife. He grappled in vain. The thing was going to kill him.

Blue light flared. The creature leapt off him
and fled as his enraged brother menaced it.

He huddled where he had fallen. Scratches
burned on his face. He lifted a trembling hand,
dropped it, PUSHed himself upright. The horrible image flashed in his mind and flashed again before the night resolved. Drisal's hands took hold of him, pulling him to his feet. He staggered free. His jaw ached. Bracken fires glittered all around. Void of thought he plunged into the task of smothering them
one after another until he was winded, then smothered one more.

Brother's Keeper
A.C. Turek

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 17h

#WIPSnips 13. "Push"

Surely this is just a normal blacksmith shop.

#WorldWithoutLove #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

She shook those thoughts away as she arrived at The Flaming Hammer, a thin building of dark bricks, four floors tall. There were no doors, not of the common kind: a sign depicting the smithing tool wreathed in flames stamped a section of the wall with a small window above it. Inspecting the drawing, Qinyang found a circular hole in the middle of the hammer’s handle, big enough only to fit a coin in… or a ring. She took Neven’s bronze ring and pressed it into the slot.

A click, and that part of the wall detached from the rest, revealing itself a door. Qinyang pushed it open.

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 15h

Oof 😔

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 15h

push(ed)

Currently editing #Touched, the cozy, erotic, romantasy novel(la), so this week is pretty horny, y'all.

Apologies if you've seen any of the snips before; it may or may not have been edited since then, and may or may not have a pretty new background.

Publishing soon?

#WIPSnips #WriteSky