S.L. Dove Cooper
@dovelynnwriter.bsky.social
EU-based demi sff author and independent researcher. Writes predominantly about asexuality, aromanticism and cosy sff. She/They.
Direct shops: https://payhip.com/dovelynwriter / https://dovelynnwriter.itch.io/
Website: https://www.dovelynnwriter.com
Direct shops: https://payhip.com/dovelynwriter / https://dovelynnwriter.itch.io/
Website: https://www.dovelynnwriter.com
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November 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You know I had a lovely show full of people making terrible choices and many plot contradictions for the sake of maximum drama and trying to figure out how it was going to outdo itself each episode was an absolute genuinely delight. But now I am out of show and I need a new show like that. 😭
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
You know I had a lovely show full of people making terrible choices and many plot contradictions for the sake of maximum drama and trying to figure out how it was going to outdo itself each episode was an absolute genuinely delight. But now I am out of show and I need a new show like that. 😭
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If you're interested in Byron and actual stories about his life, you mught enjoy these videos which use objects and archival documents to explore stories about his life.
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I did a whole series of short videos with Newstead Abbey collection items, telling Byron stories!
I did a whole series of short videos with Newstead Abbey collection items, telling Byron stories!
Byron at Newstead - YouTube
A video series focusing on objects in the Newstead collection
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November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you're interested in Byron and actual stories about his life, you mught enjoy these videos which use objects and archival documents to explore stories about his life.
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I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine: in conversation — Speculative Insight
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine have both written novels that focus on empires, imperialism, and colonialism, and how people react to and work within those structures. I asked them to chat with me, a...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
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His widow, Cat, has invited friends to leave messages and donations in his memory to Macmillan, Matt's chosen charity. I've helped set up a memorial page so please feel free to share this to anyone who knew and loved him.
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
Fundraiser in Memory of Matt Mason for Macmillan Cancer Support
Help Louise Willingham raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
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November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
His widow, Cat, has invited friends to leave messages and donations in his memory to Macmillan, Matt's chosen charity. I've helped set up a memorial page so please feel free to share this to anyone who knew and loved him.
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas...
Well. There goes my evening then. 😭
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Well. There goes my evening then. 😭
I do not know who decided that restaurants should be allowed to not disclose what dishes have alcohol in them, but I wish many many many eternities of stepping on legos on that person. 😭
All I did was dip a fry in the sauce. 😭 I only had however much fits on the tip of a small, thin little fry. 😭
All I did was dip a fry in the sauce. 😭 I only had however much fits on the tip of a small, thin little fry. 😭
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I do not know who decided that restaurants should be allowed to not disclose what dishes have alcohol in them, but I wish many many many eternities of stepping on legos on that person. 😭
All I did was dip a fry in the sauce. 😭 I only had however much fits on the tip of a small, thin little fry. 😭
All I did was dip a fry in the sauce. 😭 I only had however much fits on the tip of a small, thin little fry. 😭
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
- Seal
- Buzzard
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Butterfly
- Seal
- Buzzard
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Butterfly
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
-Cat
-Dog
-Pigeon
-Sheep
-Rat
-Cat
-Dog
-Pigeon
-Sheep
-Rat
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Pilot whale*
Puffin
Barred owl
Spawning salmon in fresh water
Luna moth
*I think it was a pilot whale but this was when I was 13 so I don’t remember exactly. It was an incredible moment, whatever kind of whale it was!
Pilot whale*
Puffin
Barred owl
Spawning salmon in fresh water
Luna moth
*I think it was a pilot whale but this was when I was 13 so I don’t remember exactly. It was an incredible moment, whatever kind of whale it was!
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
- Seal
- Buzzard
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Butterfly
- Seal
- Buzzard
- Pigeon
- Rabbit
- Butterfly
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A question: I'm going to be on the radio talking about SFF. I want to recommend a fantastic romantasy in among the others I will talk about but I'm not confident I know what to rec on that front. Any ideas? Ideally for people for whom this will be their first genre/romantasy novel
#romantasy #SFF
#romantasy #SFF
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A question: I'm going to be on the radio talking about SFF. I want to recommend a fantastic romantasy in among the others I will talk about but I'm not confident I know what to rec on that front. Any ideas? Ideally for people for whom this will be their first genre/romantasy novel
#romantasy #SFF
#romantasy #SFF
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What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb):
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
Indie Bites | Indie Fantasy Magazine
A non-profit quarterly magazine of indie fantasy authors, bloggers and illustrators.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb):
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
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In this week’s @strangehorizons.bsky.social, one of my favourite pieces I’ve edited this year — on orientalism from Star Trek to Game of Thrones.
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
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Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence
Dragon fire on white bodies is sad. Dragon fire on not-Muslim bodies is cheered on the screen. We ache when the scimitar prows of not-Muslim ships cleave through a white human captain’s ship. But b…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In this week’s @strangehorizons.bsky.social, one of my favourite pieces I’ve edited this year — on orientalism from Star Trek to Game of Thrones.
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
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The team: teenagers with misfunctioning magic
The plan: climb Mt. Kuhri to celebrate the now-banned Keyhole Festival
The "ace in their sleeve": a grumpy war veteran ... from the war they lost
Perfect!
THE KEYHOLE SHRINE is a 8200 queer fantasy story ❄️
claudiearseneault.itch.io/the-keyhole-...
The plan: climb Mt. Kuhri to celebrate the now-banned Keyhole Festival
The "ace in their sleeve": a grumpy war veteran ... from the war they lost
Perfect!
THE KEYHOLE SHRINE is a 8200 queer fantasy story ❄️
claudiearseneault.itch.io/the-keyhole-...
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The team: teenagers with misfunctioning magic
The plan: climb Mt. Kuhri to celebrate the now-banned Keyhole Festival
The "ace in their sleeve": a grumpy war veteran ... from the war they lost
Perfect!
THE KEYHOLE SHRINE is a 8200 queer fantasy story ❄️
claudiearseneault.itch.io/the-keyhole-...
The plan: climb Mt. Kuhri to celebrate the now-banned Keyhole Festival
The "ace in their sleeve": a grumpy war veteran ... from the war they lost
Perfect!
THE KEYHOLE SHRINE is a 8200 queer fantasy story ❄️
claudiearseneault.itch.io/the-keyhole-...
Today's Borb Wars appear to be at a truce for cold and wet weather. The feeder is looking very forlorn and birdless, though I did spot a few finches earlier in the day and admittedly it's not yet peak time for feeder shenanigans.
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today's Borb Wars appear to be at a truce for cold and wet weather. The feeder is looking very forlorn and birdless, though I did spot a few finches earlier in the day and admittedly it's not yet peak time for feeder shenanigans.
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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With this year's re-issue of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies, Matthias Egeler's book on Elves and Fairies and my new history of Fairies coming in spring, it feels as though we are living through a moment of reawakening for fairy studies
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
With this year's re-issue of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies, Matthias Egeler's book on Elves and Fairies and my new history of Fairies coming in spring, it feels as though we are living through a moment of reawakening for fairy studies
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The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
But I'll also thread them below!
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If you are an educator or a parent, feel free to download the teaching guides for all these amazing books. :)
www.wearestrongerthancensorship.org/read_discuss
www.wearestrongerthancensorship.org/read_discuss
Read & Discuss
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If you are an educator or a parent, feel free to download the teaching guides for all these amazing books. :)
www.wearestrongerthancensorship.org/read_discuss
www.wearestrongerthancensorship.org/read_discuss
LRP: My gosh, I wish I were in a position to get that book, but on the wishlist it goes! (My wishlist is a scary yet exciting place.)
(But hey if you want to love it extra hard in my name, please do!)
(But hey if you want to love it extra hard in my name, please do!)
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
LRP: My gosh, I wish I were in a position to get that book, but on the wishlist it goes! (My wishlist is a scary yet exciting place.)
(But hey if you want to love it extra hard in my name, please do!)
(But hey if you want to love it extra hard in my name, please do!)
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This cover was even stolen ones by one of those T-shirt scam places!
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Hey, can folks also look at this *amazing* anthology by @tychebooks.bsky.social that keeps being pirated every time it goes semi-viral on the internet: Swashbuckling Cats
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This cover was even stolen ones by one of those T-shirt scam places!
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
🧵 I’m in a similar boat to this thread. Does it suck to have FOMO on new releases? Yes, of course. That doesn’t make stealing okay. The art will still be there. And frankly so will the conversations because ime people, especially your friends, will be delighted to talk about them with you later too.
I think I have less tolerance for the "piracy is okay if you're poor" thing because I am very poor, I've had a few rough years in a row atop a few rough decades (I am possibly only breathing because y'all did that big fundraiser for my birthday last year, which I'm still paying vet bills with).
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🧵 I’m in a similar boat to this thread. Does it suck to have FOMO on new releases? Yes, of course. That doesn’t make stealing okay. The art will still be there. And frankly so will the conversations because ime people, especially your friends, will be delighted to talk about them with you later too.
[collapse] I DID IT. I HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT OF THIS DAMNED ESSAY.
Now I get to rewrite the whole thing, again, so it's in some form of a shape to send it off to see if it's along the lines of what the request was. (It'll surprise no one it ends on a nicer variant of "Fuck amatonormativity", I'm sure)
Now I get to rewrite the whole thing, again, so it's in some form of a shape to send it off to see if it's along the lines of what the request was. (It'll surprise no one it ends on a nicer variant of "Fuck amatonormativity", I'm sure)
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
[collapse] I DID IT. I HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT OF THIS DAMNED ESSAY.
Now I get to rewrite the whole thing, again, so it's in some form of a shape to send it off to see if it's along the lines of what the request was. (It'll surprise no one it ends on a nicer variant of "Fuck amatonormativity", I'm sure)
Now I get to rewrite the whole thing, again, so it's in some form of a shape to send it off to see if it's along the lines of what the request was. (It'll surprise no one it ends on a nicer variant of "Fuck amatonormativity", I'm sure)
Seeing people suggest non-alcoholic variations in the comments and, I mean, do if you want, but please don’t make them your only alternative option. They may still contain enough alcohol to be a problem for your guests.
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Seeing people suggest non-alcoholic variations in the comments and, I mean, do if you want, but please don’t make them your only alternative option. They may still contain enough alcohol to be a problem for your guests.
I’m sure someone smarter than me can write a really nice piece about how “but I’m poor and art should ne free so stealing art is fine” led to “but oh we poor billionaire tech companies can’t POSSIBLY pay people for using their work because it should be free to use for ANYTHING”.
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I’m sure someone smarter than me can write a really nice piece about how “but I’m poor and art should ne free so stealing art is fine” led to “but oh we poor billionaire tech companies can’t POSSIBLY pay people for using their work because it should be free to use for ANYTHING”.