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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 2h

Excited for you!! Have fun!!! 🥰💖

🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 2h

Of course!! Hope you're doing okay, there's nothing wrong with your rep!! 🥺🙏💕

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 2h

❤️
I hope you keep creating the stories that you want to create, your voice is important!❤️❤️🥺

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 10h

A BECAUSE YOU GET TARA!!!

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 1d

Choose our main character's fate today!!! 🥰❤️❤️
patreon.com/posts/140237...

Where will these shadowed hands lead him?

🔥 THE CHOICE IS YOURS! 🔥⤵️🧵🧵

#interactivefiction

I’m writing an MMM romantasy where
you get to choose
the protagonist’s fate

Pick wisely...

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 10h

3) As a result trans creators are afraid to share their work because they are afraid to get harassed JUST for writing trans rep or characters - harassing trans creators over their trans rep does not lead to anything good, it just leads to less trans art and rep being made.

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 10h

2) It's very easy to not interact with work you don't vibe with, the block button is right there, content warnings are right there as well, for you to decide whether or not you want to interact with a piece of media.

This trend of going after trans men for writing rep the way they want is so sad.🧵⬇️

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 10h

THIS! 💯🏳️‍⚧️

Is it valid to be uncomfortable and to have things that trigger your dysphoria as a trans person? YES!

But that doesn't mean you should go after creators whose works/trans rep make you uncomfortable: you work on those feelings by going to therapy, NOT by harassing trans creators. 🙏🙏🙏

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mimi 🗡️ @heirakka.bsky.social · 20d

You being trans does not justify you trying to enforce your own discomfort and dysphoria onto my art, and especially me, another trans guy, in turn.

"Why doesn't he adopt as the thought of pregnancy disgusts ME, personally?"

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 10h

2) YOUR art/rep is not made to personally cater to anyone, especially considering you're trans yourself, you should be able to write your trans rep how you want to write it.😭🙏

Wishing you all the best!❤️

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 10h

1) You're so real for this.💯💪

Sorry you got those comments. Someone's discomfort is valid but it doesn't validate that type of behavior. They don't have to interact with your work, that's what content warnings are for, it's very easy to not interact with work you don't vibe with.

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mimi 🗡️ @heirakka.bsky.social · 20d

A lot of you need to unpack why you find jokes about getting your cis anime men pregnant funny, but then freak out over a very much trans male character giving birth to his own child.

"why not just make mat adopt? i thought he was a trans man"

"i realize that might sound mean but i dont understand because i am also trans and the idea of being pregnant is disgusting so i dont want to do that ever and its just kind of weird sorry"

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 11h

Hi there! Thank you for your interest and for asking, it's so cool to see a Radish reader here! I haven't been active on Radish in a long time, EMBARGO fully moved to Patreon months ago & is complete there www.patreon.com/collection/7...

No eBook release date yet, I expect it'll be at least a year!

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 1d

3) 💖💖💖 MAKE YOUR CHOICE HERE: patreon.com/posts/140237...

OPTION A

A) A man with broad shoulders, wearing a royal uniform for mages, struts out of the shadows with the confidence of a King.

OPTION B

B) Even more of those dark clawed hands reach for me. I let them, welcome them even, and the warmth I’d been craving returns…

OPTION C

C) A figure appears from the shadows—his face bears no distinct features, his silhouette is that of a man’s, but horns grow atop his head and the faint scent of fire soon fills the air.

OPTION D

D) There is a crackling beneath my feet. I look downward to find worn floorboards shattering under my weight. I barely have time to scream, before I am falling—not into another floor, but deep into a strange world full of glowing trees.

🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 1d

2) You have until October 15th before the choice is locked in, be sure to pick your favorite before then, it will influence the entire story!!!😍🔥
patreon.com/posts/140237...

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EPISODE 2
Before I can do anything, a dark, shadowed hand reaches for my lips and drags me into the apartment which adjoins the balcony. I know I should feel panic, yet…there is something warm and enticing, about the feel of these claws against my skin. It is as if I have known them, and they have known me, my soul throughout all my lives—forever.
What a strange thought, I cannot help but notice, as I am dragged into the darkness of the building. And, what lives? I wonder. I’ve never even considered such things before today.
I’ve always been me.
Yvain.
Haven’t I?

My back hits the old floorboards with a dull thud. Dust flies into the air and snaps me out of my odd, train of thought. I cough, finding then, that the claws and hands have pulled away from my skin like a tide leaving the shoreline. “Hello?” I call out, still clearing my throat, my eyes itchy from the particles that are barely lit and floating inside the room. I know I could try to run, however, I doubt I’d get very far—clearly, whoever those claws belonged to, aren’t playing by the same rules that I or those palace guards do. My heart is pounding in my throat. I squeeze at my elbow and bite into my lower lip. Perhaps, I am mad, but I find myself yearning for the warmth of those claws again…

How long has passed since I have been with another? I dare not think about it. But maybe, it has been too long, if I am able to find these claws agreeable...
I take a step forward.
Yet, there is still nothing. “Hello?” I echo, with a scoff. “What?” I kick at an old piece of furniture, that lays across the ground like a dead thing. “So, you whisk me away, only to ignore me after?” I laugh again. “Suddenly going shy on me, are you?”
And then, I hear it—a whistling in the wind. A certain coldness rises in the air around me, and I lick my lips with excitement.
“Ah, so you are still there.”

“Pray tell, at least,” I take another step forward, and ask the faint presence, “Am I dealing with a phantom? A mage? Or…something else entirely? Enlighten me, stranger.”
There is a silence.
And nothing again.
Until, finally, out of the apartment’s darkness, I observe as…

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 1d

Choose our main character's fate today!!! 🥰❤️❤️
patreon.com/posts/140237...

Where will these shadowed hands lead him?

🔥 THE CHOICE IS YOURS! 🔥⤵️🧵🧵

#interactivefiction

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

Ahh okay! My bad, I've also seen a lot of Discord scams going around recently, so I was wondering if there was a writing related one, thanks for clarifying!! 🙏❤️

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

What if I revealed the release date for The Prince's Dearest Guards Book 3? 👑 💕

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

On Discord, too?? Geez, I hadn't come across one of those yet. 😭 Is this on public servers?

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sorry you've had to deal with so many, I wish you sincere reader comments going forth and less of the AI slop!!!😭🙏❤️

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

3) bsky.app/profile/beau...

🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

1) Getting outside help isn't always bad, it can be very helpful, but a lot of times this is presented as a 'you will get millions of views and millions of people will see your book!!!' type of deal.

But please understand millions of views on social media doesn't always lead to finding readers🧵⬇️

🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

1) New authors!

Be careful of people reaching out to you with promises of helping you market your book for a price.

Be sure to ask if they have experience with marketing in your genre and don't be afraid to ask for credentials, previous stats, and...⬇️🧵

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

There is something cover-shaped in my inbox today!🥰🙏💕

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

2) A million views doesn't mean anything if it doesn't reach the right people who would be interested in your book, so be sure to do your research when you come across those types of offers. 🙏

🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

1) Getting outside help isn't always bad, it can be very helpful, but a lot of times this is presented as a 'you will get millions of views and millions of people will see your book!!!' type of deal.

But please understand millions of views on social media doesn't always lead to finding readers🧵⬇️

🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

1) New authors!

Be careful of people reaching out to you with promises of helping you market your book for a price.

Be sure to ask if they have experience with marketing in your genre and don't be afraid to ask for credentials, previous stats, and...⬇️🧵

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🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah some of them seem more or less legit at first, I can totally see how someone who isn't familiar with socials or is a new writer could get pulled in. 😭

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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · 3d

Sooo many scams happening rn! And they'll feed your book('s info) into genAI to generate all the praise and make it feel "genuine". Please be cautious 🫂 these grifters are ruining a lot!

🌾Beau Van Dalen | Author, 30+ Novels 💕 @beauvandalen.bsky.social · 3d

1) New authors!

Be careful of people reaching out to you with promises of helping you market your book for a price.

Be sure to ask if they have experience with marketing in your genre and don't be afraid to ask for credentials, previous stats, and...⬇️🧵

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