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BrightFlame (she/they)
@brightflame.bsky.social
I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. THE WORKING: feminist #Witch #solarpunk novel. Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist
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I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.

+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.

#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
Excellent list of #EcoLit. Lots of ideas for books as gifts!

(I'm part of the #Rewilding discord, & my novel The Working is here as well!)

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #reading. #Books include: #climate #SFF #SpecLit #Nature #solarpunk
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
yes, please! 😘

#BookSky #BookReview
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"

Reviews.

Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)

Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Many of you love the list of Great Reads on my site. Just updated it with 3 more selections: brightflame.com/books-i-reco... Lots of #solarpunk, #climate fiction, and diverse speculative reads. One of these days I'll update that image! Happy #reading!
#BookSky #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #solarpunk
Great Reads ⋆ BrightFlame
A diverse list of books that will satisfy your desire for immersive reads, often with a speculative element.
brightflame.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Finished ICE'S END & highly recommend this #climate fiction. Kept me enthralled. @pfinian.bsky.social did great job weaving original Antarctic exploration plot with a future of scarce fresh water on Earth. And a nod towards #hope.

Fight #UpdatedTermsOfService govt!

#solarpunk #BookSky #SpecLit
Began ICE'S END by @pfinian.bsky.social . A poignant bit: in this #SFF future, Earth's governments all bowed to a corporation, the only supplier of communications & water (essential needs) so all governance is by that corp's Updated Terms of Service 😅😒

#BookSky #climate #SpecLit #reading #books
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Began ICE'S END by @pfinian.bsky.social . A poignant bit: in this #SFF future, Earth's governments all bowed to a corporation, the only supplier of communications & water (essential needs) so all governance is by that corp's Updated Terms of Service 😅😒

#BookSky #climate #SpecLit #reading #books
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Free stories! (though I hope that you'll get the full anthology as I'm in it and in excellent company 😁☀️!!!)

#solarpunk #hopepunk #SFF #WritingCommunity #BookSky #SpecLit #climate #CliFi #reading #books
Two free stories from the BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES solarpunk collection: these stories are the warm light a lot of us need right now.

Download the two stories FREE and if you like what you've read, get the full collection!

newsletter.susankayequinn.com/v5y8e9o6w3

#booksky #hopepunk #climatechange
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.

+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.

#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚

www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Got to catch up with @carolgyzander.bsky.social this weekend at @philconconvention.bsky.social ... a Con highlight to be together in person! ... plus the 3 panels I was on were lively and interesting.

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF #SFFH
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Salute to Fantasy Magazine, and The Deadlands. 🫡😢 I’m sorry to see you go. It hurts.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll be on 3 panels at Philcon this weekend. Two adjacent to #climate fiction and #solarpunk, which are my jam. If you're in the Philly area, join us.

philcon.org

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #BookSky #SFF
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A tale for the #WritingCommunity. Thank you @scottedelman.bsky.social for lifting us all... even if that publisher doesn't understand. #SFF #SpecLit
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?

@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Quasar is all about RANGE. From science panels & horror, we're bringing wide-ranging SFF writers together.

That's why we're also excited about Tarot Need-to-Knows.

Register by Nov 8 to join @brightflame.bsky.social & @leftlanesmith.bsky.social!

Do the cards show you coming out? 👀

buff.ly/CbgABOU
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hey #Hopepit! I'm Olivia Wylie. I write about ways to climb out of the dark under the pen name O.E. Tearmann, and on today's theme: ta da! I run both a VERY big collaborative list of solarpunk books and a positive future review blog. Got a book? Add it here! www.oetearmann.com/positive-boo...
What Could Go Right: Open List Of Positive And Hopeful Futures — O.E. Tearmann
www.oetearmann.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Excited to offer a #Tarot seminar for #SFF #writers with @leftlanesmith.bsky.social at the upcoming @sfwa.org Quasar online conference.

We've begun some juicy convos as we prepare. Hope you'll join us!

www.sfwa.org/events/ (Free for Nebula attendees or $50)

#SpecLit #WritingCommunity #writing
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Kat helped me immensely with my speculative witchy novel, The Working. Thumbs up! 🙌

#WritingCommunity #writing #SFF #SpecLit
Bumping this more visibly, as due to rescheduling I have extra spots open right now!
I have openings in my editing calendar. I do developmental edits of novellas and novels, and work with multiple genres. More information here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Back from our Witchcamp in the Texas Hill Country where we worked at the feral edges with wild alchemy. Such a severe drought there. The big storm wasn't enough to make a dent in aquifers. But brought a 🌪 tornado within a mile to us.

#Witch #Witchsky #pagan
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hope you'll join us for #tarot seminar for #writers at the Quasar Conf!

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF
@sfwa.org @bsfwriters.bsky.social
It is my very great honor and pleasure to be on the schedule for this @sfwa.org conference next month, talking about writing & Tarot along with @brightflame.bsky.social ! ✨🃏

#Tarot #TarotSky #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpecFic #Writers
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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#Solarpunk Bookclub Thu 8pm ET!(online)

We're reading Solarpunk Creatures!

Jitsi link meet.jit.si/SolarpunkBoo...

Newsletter for recaps&monthly picks!
www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bo...

Edited @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
Stories @teffeau.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social & more
#booksky
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Glad I'm in Terminal A at Newark as it's rather nice and my flight is delayed.

Heading to play with the #Witches at Tejas Web. Looking forward!
#WitchSky #Witch
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Who's got to pack to teach at Tejas Web Witchcamp? Me! Looking forward to being with dear friends and making potent magic.

#WitchSky #PaganSky #Witch
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM