Blue Sonja
@licoricemint.bsky.social
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My Personal Blue Sky and Official Bluesky for the queer urban fantasy series Licorice and Mint written by myself and co-author Stacey. Very tired elder Transfemme lesbian goth witch. She/Her. 18+ // 🚫 🏳️‍🌈
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#licoriceandmint Since we've had fellow writers and new readers show interest in our snippets, her is a🧵 of the links and order of Licorice and Mint books in order and their progress. #queerwriters #sapphic #WriteSky

Book 1: Licorice and Mint (The main story)
archiveofourown.org/series/1962421
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🎉 Welcome Jasmine @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social Bhullar to the #GeekGirlCon 2025 lineup!🎮🎙️🎲

Performer, game dev, & storyteller inspiring others to forge their own path. ✨🗡️

#GGC25 #ThatBronzeGirl #Dimension20 #CriticalRole #Acqinc #Storytelling #WomenInGaming #GameDev #TwitchTV #DungeonMaster
GeekGirlCon 2025 Featured Contributor: Jasmine Bhullar (ThatBronzeGirl). Headshot of Jasmine in white t-shirt holding a bright orange and red jacket over her shoulder and looking to the side in front of a solid bright peachy colored background.
licoricemint.bsky.social
This!!! And we've done this in Licorice and Mint.
danifinnwrites.bsky.social
More books should include masturbation scenes as a way to show character development and romantic tension
rachelfeder.bsky.social
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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danifinnwrites.bsky.social
More books should include masturbation scenes as a way to show character development and romantic tension
rachelfeder.bsky.social
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Update 9.1.5.1 rolls out today, bringing increased progression for all players.

Hop into Solo Ops, Fireteam Ops, or Pinnacle Ops in the Portal and complete activities at a B grade or higher.

📈 Details: bung.ie/43lEHPR
Three guardians traverse a frozen landscape among falling ash.
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Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of. 📺
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Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of. 📺
licoricemint.bsky.social
Also all mostly nautical themed too.
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karl-jacoby.bsky.social
History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
licoricemint.bsky.social
#PlotTober #QueerWriters #lesfic #sapphic #LicoriceAndMint

So without spoilers the ending for One Bad Tuesday has to address Nat and Vola's individual arcs, left unfinished in Licorice and Mint. It also needs to give closure to the 'will they/won't they."
gunsmile.bsky.social
#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky
#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

14. Now that you have some ideas of your story's beginning and the main character's goals & growth, can you come up with a few different story endings that would be satisfying for a reader?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!
licoricemint.bsky.social
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #lesfic #sapphic #QueerWriters #LicoriceAndMint

From Tales From New Darpana Bay: Sharp Teeth and Thick Skin

archiveofourown.org/works/38306056
The shame burned.  She knew her father was conservative but this…this was an icebath of realization.  Mike took the older man’s words with the same stoic calm he did at work or school, but she could see his patience wearing thin.  Finally her parents left after four days, and that was the end of that right?  The band-aid was ripped off and now Melody could resume living like her real self.  

Or so she thought until she received a short text from her mother delivering an ultimatum.  What her father demanded she do if she wanted to continue receiving his support.  

She leaned against the bathroom door and sighed.  “I-I’m sorry hon.  I’ll think about the scholarships.  I promise.  It just still feels wrong.  But I’ll try.”
licoricemint.bsky.social
Wrong Tags: #PlotTober #QueerWriters #lesfic #sapphic #LicoriceAndMint
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#QueerPrompts #LicoriceAndMint #QueerWriters #lesfic #sapphic

We've had a number so far. Quinn faces off against a divine messenger in What Eyes Can't See, and in One Bad Tuesday, Nat is being haunted/possessed by her father. And then there's our favorite mob lich, Anderson Taylor.
cjaralore.bsky.social
#QueerPrompts October 14: Ghosts or spirits in story?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 14: Ghosts or spirits in story?
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sethanikeem.bsky.social
How long, do you think, before this guy is doing speaking tours with Turning Point?
matthewbudman.bsky.social
"Police say Brent Jones, 26, urinated in the reflecting pool and stomped on and broke the eternal flame at the site."

A no-brainer: Pam Bondi could pretend to be a both-sides advocate of justice by staging an outraged press conference and pledging to prosecute this guy. But she won't.
Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed
Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.
www.wsbtv.com
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Respect to those who got here first.
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

In addition to my writing and editing work, I'm honoured to be a board member and treasurer for Oodenaw.com, an urban Indigenous consulting cooperative. We support education initiatives, cultural resurgence, and language revitalization.

♥️
Oodenaw: Urban Indigenous Consulting Cooperative
aanii, tanisi, ʔəy̓ sweyəl! We are the people who make up the Urban Indigenous Consulting Cooperative known as Oodenaw. We do our heart-centred work together in hopes that we will impact good change i...
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licoricemint.bsky.social
Best happy moment and so glad their tri-marriage survived into the New 52!
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The recoil doesn't hurt, we pinky promise.

#EarlyAccess #IndieGames #IndieDev #Roguelite
licoricemint.bsky.social
as we see / hear Nat and Vola living out the next few months. Chapter 9 begins on the titular Tuesday in question as they prepare to celebrate the end of their year long strategy. Of course people and things have been happening while they were focused on the finish line. Things making a move now
licoricemint.bsky.social
#PlotTober #QueerWriters #lesfic #sapphic #LicoriceAndMint

So the 2nd half of One Bad Tuesday begins several months after the events of. Chapter 5. Nat and Vola leave chapter 5 with a plan to survive in place and much has changed. Chapters 6 to 8 give us insight into the antagonists (1/?)
gunsmile.bsky.social
#PlotTober Day 13: Story beginnings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky
#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

13. Let's begin brainstorming the main plot points of our WIPs. Knowing what you know of your main character(s), what are a few potential ways you could begin their story?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!
licoricemint.bsky.social
I say unique because in creating them we were very careful to not stereotype, or base them on any real indigenous tribes of North America or South America. They represent the original people of our fictional world in Licorice and Mint.
licoricemint.bsky.social
#QueerPrompts #LicoriceAndMint #QueerWriters #lesfic #sapphic

We have 5 original primary indigenous tribes/clans/lineages in Sehore in Licorice and Mint. They represent the first peoples of Sehore and only one has survived intact into the modern era. The other 4 have different fates. (1/?)
cjaralore.bsky.social
#QueerPrompts October 13: Indigenous People's Day: What people would be indigenous to where your story takes place?
Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 13: Indigenous People's Day: What people would be indigenous to where your story takes place?