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Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them)
@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social
Author of smut, romantasy, and horror. Your one stop shop for Victorian fantasy romance! They/Them. No AI.

Sometimes NSFW.

https://www.patreon.com/ddwardiswriting

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I'm forty-five. I expect to retire from my day job at sixty-five assuming nothing changes. My long term goal is to write full time. I don't want to wait twenty years before I'm able to write full time. I'd love to be able to put out double the content for you that I put out now.

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Tired of your garbage family and their heterosexual nonsense? Spend the holiday with my group of lesbian disasters instead!
Looking for a supernatural queer read?

🏳️‍🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality

Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Ebook jessicaconwell.itch.io/ghost-flower
Paperback link in replies
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.
My rule of thumb is if the company is named after something in Lord of the Rings, it’s almost certainly evil.
Since its founding in 2017, Anduril Industries has become one of the hottest companies in a crowded field of defense-tech startup.

Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Two huge media properties dominated the Macy’s parade: Wicked and KPop Demon Hunters.

CEOs of major media companies: we will learn nothing from this
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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:) …
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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There's a lot of angst around the fact that many trans people don't have the ability to move.

From the start my view has simply been that I'd rather see as many of us make it as possible. That means I want to see as many of us make it to safety as possible.
This is a really good New Republic article about trans people leaving the country. Do some research about getting visas. Start now. It is harder and slower than you think, and there are no opportunities for asylum right now. It also is entirely doable.

newrepublic.com/article/2036...
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."

#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
GameRT Announces 2025 Platinum Play Award Recipients
www.ala.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Mexican Gothic Lace Palette Trio

This month I wanted to draw some lace and my patrons voted on the theme and color palette. For this set I imagined book covers or movie posters to stories that don't exist

In my store now for $20 and $2 shipping world wide

yoshiyoshitani.store/products/mex...
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I'm Canadian. So we're long past Canadian thanksgiving. But in the spirit and all that...

I want to say thank you to all my fellow members of the bluesky #WritingCommunity. You've been awesome.

Thank you to all my readers. Thank you for reading. I hope enjoy my stuff for years to come
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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One of the simplest ways to see that creators aren’t bourgeois is that we don’t, as creators, appropriate other peoples’ labor.

We do labor that we can eventually make money from, we don’t make money from exploiting others. It’s the exploitative relation that characterizes the bourgeoisie.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.

We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.

We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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this is the best christmas movie
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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I educated my mom about targeted ads today and it was like I'd just told her the true name of God.
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Welcome to ma world!

linktr.ee/some1else45
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
That honestly sounds like a hoot.
If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
New front cover for issue one. Not only did I re-proofread and re-edit, but I also rewrote it a bit. I took two individual stories and combined them into a multi character story, and I added to it, as well.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong

this story delights me every year
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
While I'm drawing other pokemon for drawtober, I figure it's a good time repost these. My love for eeveelutions is very strong. <3
#pokemon #pokemonfanart #eeveelutions #art #espeon #glaceon #leafeon
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Curious to learn @aelswythaudio.bsky.social's and @erisserenity.bsky.social's perspectives on audio roleplay narratives? Then this is the interview for you!

I originally made this audio for a class project, and I'm very excited to share it with a wider audience 😁

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoAi...
November 20, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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Check out my books on Amazon and Goodreads. Two tales of two different cultures. Two adventures, to save their world from darkness. #booksky #writingcommunity #australianauthors #kindle #bookpromo
#PandorasBox
www.amazon.com.au/Pandoras-Box...
#SoulDrinkers
www.amazon.com.au/Soul-Drinker...
December 5, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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So an artificer sent on an impossible quest to the land of the dead or hell etc to bring back some artifact to prevent her girlfriend from being sacrificed by an evil sorcerer. But in an ironic twist, bringing back the item CAUSES the prophecy to come true- vanquishing the sorcerer. Thots?
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
*ahem* this is a Marketing Post

Bridges of Smoke will be $1.50 for the itch Black Friday/Creator Day sale
itch.io/s/168249/bla...

My Etsy is currently 25% off for BFCM
porchlightdesignco.etsy.com

You should check out my recs page
juliemarchbooks.wordpress.com/rec-room/
Bridges of Smoke | Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by Julie March
A sale by Julie March, 50% off Bridges of Smoke
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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AHHHHHH PLEASE PREORDER OPUS SO THAT MY CAPS KEY WILL GET UNSTUCK
NO TIME FOR A REAL AD I HAVE FOOD TO MAKE. PLEASE GO BUY MY NOVELLA SO I CAN TELL MORE STORIES.

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTWJ89VC
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guitar-con...
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM