Joanna Masters 🏳️⚧️
@joannamasters.bsky.social
MG science fiction and fantasy author. Posting a story a day.
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Coming soon: How to Be a Dragon: Resurrect a Mysterious 1882 Classic
A guide for dragons who believe they are humans, a fictional nonfiction special edition written by the enigmatic Almana Gwynedd
www.kickstarter.com
I risk much in compiling these words for the discerning reader…. But, my morsel, you are worth this risk. 1/
Most economists agree that by age 50, you should:
-own at least four unpronouncable curses
-get advice from at least two murders of crows
-dress in the skins of your enemies
-have perfected your maniacal laugh
-become feared and loved by all who know you
-own at least four unpronouncable curses
-get advice from at least two murders of crows
-dress in the skins of your enemies
-have perfected your maniacal laugh
-become feared and loved by all who know you
Most economists agree that by age 50, you should:
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Most economists agree that by age 50, you should:
-own at least four unpronouncable curses
-get advice from at least two murders of crows
-dress in the skins of your enemies
-have perfected your maniacal laugh
-become feared and loved by all who know you
-own at least four unpronouncable curses
-get advice from at least two murders of crows
-dress in the skins of your enemies
-have perfected your maniacal laugh
-become feared and loved by all who know you
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Kahless tells us to breathe life into that which we love. Celebrate the things you hold dear, share them with others, and let no one stifle the breath of things you cherish.
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Kahless tells us to breathe life into that which we love. Celebrate the things you hold dear, share them with others, and let no one stifle the breath of things you cherish.
Today I was browsing at my comic shop when someone shouted out my pen name. He and his wife recognized me. We got to talk about books for a bit.
I am NOT used to being recognized in public. This was new and awkward and awesome.
Awkward and awesome in the same moment is pretty cool.
I am NOT used to being recognized in public. This was new and awkward and awesome.
Awkward and awesome in the same moment is pretty cool.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Today I was browsing at my comic shop when someone shouted out my pen name. He and his wife recognized me. We got to talk about books for a bit.
I am NOT used to being recognized in public. This was new and awkward and awesome.
Awkward and awesome in the same moment is pretty cool.
I am NOT used to being recognized in public. This was new and awkward and awesome.
Awkward and awesome in the same moment is pretty cool.
I would still need to work to support my family (probably), but I'd definitely spend more time writing. And maybe with the UBI, I'd be able to write full time.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I would still need to work to support my family (probably), but I'd definitely spend more time writing. And maybe with the UBI, I'd be able to write full time.
Post you favorite THE LORD OF THE RINGS character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Post you favorite THE LORD OF THE RINGS character. Wrong answers only.
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Boycotts are all well and good, but have we tried singing an entire musical number about how much an oligarch sucks the second we see them in public?
Seriously, I think the Muppets were on to something there.
Seriously, I think the Muppets were on to something there.
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Boycotts are all well and good, but have we tried singing an entire musical number about how much an oligarch sucks the second we see them in public?
Seriously, I think the Muppets were on to something there.
Seriously, I think the Muppets were on to something there.
Drop something MIRRORED. 🪩 🖤🪞
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Drop something MIRRORED. 🪩 🖤🪞
Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film.
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film.
Post your favourite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Post your favourite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
I LOVE browsing. I get more comics that way, and explore more books. Granted, that's pretty much all I browse, but that's also almost all I purchase for myself...
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I LOVE browsing. I get more comics that way, and explore more books. Granted, that's pretty much all I browse, but that's also almost all I purchase for myself...
Without saying Lord of the Rings, name a fantasy film.
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Without saying Lord of the Rings, name a fantasy film.
I made it through the time I couldn't dress as me. I'm finally home and not boymode, and y'all, I haven't felt this euphoric for a good long while.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I made it through the time I couldn't dress as me. I'm finally home and not boymode, and y'all, I haven't felt this euphoric for a good long while.
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"its not really the neverending story when only people from the 80s know about it"
-my 8 yr old last night
-my 8 yr old last night
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"its not really the neverending story when only people from the 80s know about it"
-my 8 yr old last night
-my 8 yr old last night
#WIPSnips dedicate
Titus flung himself to a bot that hovered ten feet over the ground. He shoved the programming aside and disabled the tampering alert this bot had. His sensors came online; his propellors, his cameras, everything this bot used.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Titus flung himself to a bot that hovered ten feet over the ground. He shoved the programming aside and disabled the tampering alert this bot had. His sensors came online; his propellors, his cameras, everything this bot used.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#WIPSnips dedicate
Titus flung himself to a bot that hovered ten feet over the ground. He shoved the programming aside and disabled the tampering alert this bot had. His sensors came online; his propellors, his cameras, everything this bot used.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Titus flung himself to a bot that hovered ten feet over the ground. He shoved the programming aside and disabled the tampering alert this bot had. His sensors came online; his propellors, his cameras, everything this bot used.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The gods returned and judged the earth. “They will serve,” one announced. “The humans will certainly infect the enemies’ planets and destroy them. We have designed them well for destruction.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The gods returned and judged the earth. “They will serve,” one announced. “The humans will certainly infect the enemies’ planets and destroy them. We have designed them well for destruction.”
I like many things that are bad. I actually like Taco Bell, for instance.
Like bad things. Understand they're bad, but still like them!
Like bad things. Understand they're bad, but still like them!
begging people to learn to separate “i like it” with “it’s good.”
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I like many things that are bad. I actually like Taco Bell, for instance.
Like bad things. Understand they're bad, but still like them!
Like bad things. Understand they're bad, but still like them!
Look at the number of genres present on that cover. That's stunning. I want more like this.
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Look at the number of genres present on that cover. That's stunning. I want more like this.
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Arrakis, a desert, planet, can you believe it? Some people call it Dune, I call it Arrakis. The SPICE must flow, and quite frankly, it will be flowing much faster than under the failed DUKE LETO. Maybe he was a nice guy, maybe not,I think he was jealous of me! We're looking into that very strongly.
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Arrakis, a desert, planet, can you believe it? Some people call it Dune, I call it Arrakis. The SPICE must flow, and quite frankly, it will be flowing much faster than under the failed DUKE LETO. Maybe he was a nice guy, maybe not,I think he was jealous of me! We're looking into that very strongly.
Hey, want something to look forward to for AFTER Christmas? Click "Notify me on launch" and join me on a journey to discover the secrets of this mysterious 1882 book, perhaps the first urban fantasy ever written. Either that, or Almana Gwynedd was really convinced she WAS a dragon...
Coming soon: How to Be a Dragon: Resurrect a Mysterious 1882 Classic
A guide for dragons who believe they are humans, a fictional nonfiction special edition written by the enigmatic Almana Gwynedd
www.kickstarter.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hey, want something to look forward to for AFTER Christmas? Click "Notify me on launch" and join me on a journey to discover the secrets of this mysterious 1882 book, perhaps the first urban fantasy ever written. Either that, or Almana Gwynedd was really convinced she WAS a dragon...
#WIPSnips zigzag
He had to get the alert before it got behind another security wall. He zigzagged around it, off a drone, off an office router, rocketing toward the star—he grabbed it! Ha! Just a quick twisting around—yes! The alert cracked open. He triggered acceptance.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
He had to get the alert before it got behind another security wall. He zigzagged around it, off a drone, off an office router, rocketing toward the star—he grabbed it! Ha! Just a quick twisting around—yes! The alert cracked open. He triggered acceptance.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#WIPSnips zigzag
He had to get the alert before it got behind another security wall. He zigzagged around it, off a drone, off an office router, rocketing toward the star—he grabbed it! Ha! Just a quick twisting around—yes! The alert cracked open. He triggered acceptance.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
He had to get the alert before it got behind another security wall. He zigzagged around it, off a drone, off an office router, rocketing toward the star—he grabbed it! Ha! Just a quick twisting around—yes! The alert cracked open. He triggered acceptance.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
“Have you no decency?!”
“Sorry, madame, we’re fresh out. Thus the nakedness of the clerks.”
“When will the next shipment arrive?”
“Hopefully never, madame.”
“Sorry, madame, we’re fresh out. Thus the nakedness of the clerks.”
“When will the next shipment arrive?”
“Hopefully never, madame.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“Have you no decency?!”
“Sorry, madame, we’re fresh out. Thus the nakedness of the clerks.”
“When will the next shipment arrive?”
“Hopefully never, madame.”
“Sorry, madame, we’re fresh out. Thus the nakedness of the clerks.”
“When will the next shipment arrive?”
“Hopefully never, madame.”
I added this to my tbr a couple weeks ago, and I finally get to start reading it today. I'm really looking forward to it!
want to check out my work but don't want to commit to a series? i got you! the dragon next door is my sapphic ace romantasy standalone novel set in the fireborn universe! 🌈📚 #QueerAdultSFF #booksky #romancelandia
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November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I added this to my tbr a couple weeks ago, and I finally get to start reading it today. I'm really looking forward to it!
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Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
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.
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 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December
I'm on day three of solid boymoding. I thought I was doing so well!
And now all the dysphoria is crashing on me at once. I've exiled myself from family for a little bit to see if I can get a handle on myself before rejoining them.
And now all the dysphoria is crashing on me at once. I've exiled myself from family for a little bit to see if I can get a handle on myself before rejoining them.
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I'm on day three of solid boymoding. I thought I was doing so well!
And now all the dysphoria is crashing on me at once. I've exiled myself from family for a little bit to see if I can get a handle on myself before rejoining them.
And now all the dysphoria is crashing on me at once. I've exiled myself from family for a little bit to see if I can get a handle on myself before rejoining them.