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Geeky writing couple. Authors of The Black Lily, A Single Spark, Original Sin, and Word Garbage, among other things. Eternally WIPing. Find all our stuff at burkshelf.com
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Burkshelf @burkshelf.bsky.social · Oct 25
The best way to support indie authors is to buy from them directly. Our ebooks (excluding anthologies by other publishers) can now be purchased at www.burkshelf.com for $1 off the price of other online retailers!

#indieauthor #authorlife #ebooks
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alexisflower.bsky.social
HARROWHARK. Quick evening piece (no spoilers, I'm still reading the first book)
November 19, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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kezrek.bsky.social
We draw from the infinite pool of our souls,
and none will stop us.

And today I wanted to paint another wave dragon so I did! Posca markers on canvas ✨
Wave dragon roars before the dawn of a new day, bathed in starlight
September 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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rebeckeronie.bsky.social
I can't overstate how much I love this shirt

Available this Friday🌈
Mirror selfie of someone wearing the biblically accurate possum shirt in pride gay ass rainbow. Its a black and white design of a three headed possum with multiple eyes and rainbow ribs.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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davis.social
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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andaerz.bsky.social
"A cute girl with a cute hat"
comm for JurrieDroogman
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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kimmymonte.bsky.social
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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mev0934.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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valdevia.art
Many stories of haunted houses may be related to Cyclosa imago, also known as the Haunting Spider.
When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
Inktober Day 31 - Award
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
Inktober Day 27 - Onion
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
Inktober Day 28 - Skeletal
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
Inktober Day 26 - Puzzling
October 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
burkshelf.bsky.social
The best way to support indie authors is to buy from them directly. Our ebooks (excluding anthologies by other publishers) can now be purchased at www.burkshelf.com for $1 off the price of other online retailers!

#indieauthor #authorlife #ebooks
A screenshot of the website www.burkshelf.com showing the authors' book The Black Lily with a button to purchase directly from the authors.
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
Inktober Day 22 - Button
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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sygnin.com
Day 23 for #repostober

Creepy crow (I’m forgetting what I reposted, so hope I haven’t already posted this)

#darkart
Creepy looking crow with a demon face on its chest. In its beak dangles an eyeball
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
Inktober Day 23 - Firefly
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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birdmofu.bsky.social
🦅 #OC
October 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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glittertoadstools.bsky.social
Please clap.
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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britpoptarts.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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jmfenner.bsky.social
Inktober Day 17 - Ornate
October 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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markoraassina.bsky.social
Hang in there, struggling artists
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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blackwallmancer.bsky.social
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist): the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much. you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM