Alina Leonova
@alinaleonova.bsky.social
~ Sci-fi & solarpunk author ~ Narrative designer (learning) ~ Reader & book blogger (SFF by women, trans & enby authors) ~ On & off climate activist ~ ADHDer ~ She/her
Books: https://alinaleonova.net/books
Tiny Twine Games: https://alithealien.itch.io
Books: https://alinaleonova.net/books
Tiny Twine Games: https://alithealien.itch.io
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Alina Leonova
@alinaleonova.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Hi folks, I'm new here 👋
- I'm a #SciFi author & reader
- I have a blog where I share #SFF #books by women, trans & enby athors
- I'm an immigrant from #Belarus.
I'm mostly on Mastodon, but might try my luck here. Looking for ppl to follow, especially #WritingCommunity & #ReadingCommunity ☺️
- I'm a #SciFi author & reader
- I have a blog where I share #SFF #books by women, trans & enby athors
- I'm an immigrant from #Belarus.
I'm mostly on Mastodon, but might try my luck here. Looking for ppl to follow, especially #WritingCommunity & #ReadingCommunity ☺️
This is such a good book! I read it a while ago and loved it 🥰
💙📚
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
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#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
✨ The Chrysillium Tree Giveaway! ✨
To celebrate Star of Shalik’s release in 2 months, I’m giving away 3 TCT book boxes filled w/magical goodies.🌿📖
Open to U.S. readers only.
To enter: 1️⃣ Follow me 2️⃣ Like + Repost 3️⃣ say hello in comments!
Winners announced Saturday 11/15! 💫 #FantasyBooks #Giveaway
To celebrate Star of Shalik’s release in 2 months, I’m giving away 3 TCT book boxes filled w/magical goodies.🌿📖
Open to U.S. readers only.
To enter: 1️⃣ Follow me 2️⃣ Like + Repost 3️⃣ say hello in comments!
Winners announced Saturday 11/15! 💫 #FantasyBooks #Giveaway
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is such a good book! I read it a while ago and loved it 🥰
💙📚
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
💙📚
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
Excited to start writing my next Twine game 🎉 First draft of the opening passage, so forgive any typos, repetitive worlds and other imperfections.
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Excited to start writing my next Twine game 🎉 First draft of the opening passage, so forgive any typos, repetitive worlds and other imperfections.
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games
I fell off the face of the earth again (not really, just the social media plane 😁). In the meantime, I wrote my second tiny #Twine #solarpunk interactive fiction game.
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
Writing a Solarpunk Twine Game with SugarCube | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
My second tiny Twine game. It's solarpunk interactive fiction that's based on building relationships within a community.
alinaleonova.net
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I fell off the face of the earth again (not really, just the social media plane 😁). In the meantime, I wrote my second tiny #Twine #solarpunk interactive fiction game.
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
I wrote a super simple & super short conflict resolution Twine game. It looks like a text game that runs in your browser, and takes a few minutes to play. Check it out or learn how to write your own simple Twine game. alinaleonova.net/blog/conflic...
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
My First Tiny Conflict Resolution Twine Game | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
I'm learning about game writing, and I created my first tiny game in Twine. You can play it as a text game in your browser or learn how to make your own simple game using Twine.
alinaleonova.net
July 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I wrote a super simple & super short conflict resolution Twine game. It looks like a text game that runs in your browser, and takes a few minutes to play. Check it out or learn how to write your own simple Twine game. alinaleonova.net/blog/conflic...
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
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If you've not seen our LGBTQIA+ Book Collection yet, then here's an article explaining more about it, including a showcase of ten books that caught my attention while going through the collection!
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
July 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you've not seen our LGBTQIA+ Book Collection yet, then here's an article explaining more about it, including a showcase of ten books that caught my attention while going through the collection!
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
I've been learning about game writing and figuring out Twine. Made a few short scenes in it but couldn't conceptualize anything more complete I could actually finish.
June 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I've been learning about game writing and figuring out Twine. Made a few short scenes in it but couldn't conceptualize anything more complete I could actually finish.
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The Godsblood Tragedy by @williamjadams3.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Godsblood Tragedy by @williamjadams3.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
The Free People's Village is a badass story about music, love & resistance. Tragic & raw, real, even though happening in an alternative timeline, it was an emotional journey that left a big impression on me 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
The Free People's Village — Punk Rock & Resistance In An Alternative Timeline | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
Teacher by day, punk guitarist at night, Maddie joins a movement to save their neighborhood that it is to be sacrificed for a new hyperway out to the wealthy suburbs.
alinaleonova.net
June 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Free People's Village is a badass story about music, love & resistance. Tragic & raw, real, even though happening in an alternative timeline, it was an emotional journey that left a big impression on me 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
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How it feels sitting in the back corner of a cafe to write
June 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How it feels sitting in the back corner of a cafe to write
I finally wrote a review of This Is How Immortals Die by @sayaashrah.bsky.social 🎉
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
This Is How Immortals Die — Dark And Bloody Sapphic Fantasy | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
Aphrodite unleashed a life-changing apocalypse that reshaped the world and cursed humankind with immortality. But once true love is found, immortality is lost.
alinaleonova.net
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I finally wrote a review of This Is How Immortals Die by @sayaashrah.bsky.social 🎉
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
Amazing how much of a difference starting a day with a workout & a cold shower makes (not that it’s possible for me most days 😅). Feeling energized, more patient, in a better mood, & I’m finally catching up on reviews I should have written a while ago while juggling other stuff 😤
#writing #reading
#writing #reading
May 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
How do people keep up with social media? I constantly forget to post or even check on what’s going on 🥲
Well, let me tell you about the books I’ve read now that I’m here 💙📚
The Bride of the Blue Wind by Victoria Coddard was more like a fairytale than anything else. 1/
#reading #books #booksky
Well, let me tell you about the books I’ve read now that I’m here 💙📚
The Bride of the Blue Wind by Victoria Coddard was more like a fairytale than anything else. 1/
#reading #books #booksky
May 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I finished Legends & Lattes, and quite predictably, I loved it 🥰 Already started book 2.
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
April 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I finished Legends & Lattes, and quite predictably, I loved it 🥰 Already started book 2.
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
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Is there anything in this existence that compares to a good book? In the mess that is everything right now, I would be completely lost without 📚✨
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
April 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Is there anything in this existence that compares to a good book? In the mess that is everything right now, I would be completely lost without 📚✨
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
The Free People’s Village is one of the most punk rock books I’ve ever read! Just look at this gorgeous cover 🥰
Spec Fic (alternative timeline), activism, music, love, and young people trying to change the world.
It was more tragic than I expected but hopeful in the end 💙📚 #solarpunk 1/
Spec Fic (alternative timeline), activism, music, love, and young people trying to change the world.
It was more tragic than I expected but hopeful in the end 💙📚 #solarpunk 1/
April 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Free People’s Village is one of the most punk rock books I’ve ever read! Just look at this gorgeous cover 🥰
Spec Fic (alternative timeline), activism, music, love, and young people trying to change the world.
It was more tragic than I expected but hopeful in the end 💙📚 #solarpunk 1/
Spec Fic (alternative timeline), activism, music, love, and young people trying to change the world.
It was more tragic than I expected but hopeful in the end 💙📚 #solarpunk 1/
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Anytime, anywhere… #CoffeeBreak
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Anytime, anywhere… #CoffeeBreak
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
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how it feels sharing your writing and art
March 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
how it feels sharing your writing and art
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Hoły crap, some men are creeps. I was walking along the beach & 2 young women were playing on the waves topless (common & not a big deal here). Passed by a guy & he was taking a pic of them 🤦🏻♀️Fairly sure he didn’t know them cause he was up the promenade not down on the beach.
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hoły crap, some men are creeps. I was walking along the beach & 2 young women were playing on the waves topless (common & not a big deal here). Passed by a guy & he was taking a pic of them 🤦🏻♀️Fairly sure he didn’t know them cause he was up the promenade not down on the beach.
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Just the Tips (from an editor):
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Just the Tips (from an editor):
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
That’s a book I really enjoyed 🥰
Hello #readingcommunity!
Looking to escape? I have just the #fantasy #read for you!
💙 epic world building
🍃 bioluminescent forests
✨ found family
🖤 forbidden love
🌳 treaties and magic trees
🪄 evil royals and wicked wizards
💫 natural magic
www.amazon.com/Chrysillium-...
Looking to escape? I have just the #fantasy #read for you!
💙 epic world building
🍃 bioluminescent forests
✨ found family
🖤 forbidden love
🌳 treaties and magic trees
🪄 evil royals and wicked wizards
💫 natural magic
www.amazon.com/Chrysillium-...
February 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
That’s a book I really enjoyed 🥰
I learned Spanish in college 10+ years ago, but I haven’t used it since except some rare basic convos, so I forgot most of it. But it’s such a beautiful language & I’ve been refreshing it with Duolingo for the past 2 weeks & getting better! 💪
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I learned Spanish in college 10+ years ago, but I haven’t used it since except some rare basic convos, so I forgot most of it. But it’s such a beautiful language & I’ve been refreshing it with Duolingo for the past 2 weeks & getting better! 💪
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
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Li'l bit o' worldbuilding fun from me today:
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Li'l bit o' worldbuilding fun from me today:
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little