Philosophika
@philosophika.bsky.social
(She/Her) 🇨🇴🇬🇧 I'm a philosopher (BA & MA), freelance editor, and aspiring novelist in my early 30s.
After a brief hiatus, I'm relaunching my editing profile on BlueSky! Check out @noumenonedits.bsky.social 💙
After a brief hiatus, I'm relaunching my editing profile on BlueSky! Check out @noumenonedits.bsky.social 💙
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Hi! I’m Dominique, the freelance #fiction editor behind the magic at Noumenon Edits. Whether you’ve crafted a novel or a novella, a short story or an epic, my services are designed to bring out the best in your writing! (1/4) ➜ #Editor #BookEditor #FreelanceEditor #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
After a brief hiatus, I'm relaunching @noumenonedits.bsky.social on BlueSky in 2026! If you're interested in reserving an editing slot or you just want to know more about the process, please feel free to message me 💜 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
A butterfly from today's walk!
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A butterfly from today's walk!
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a musician🎸 a girl with a secret🤫
a romance with complex MCs✨
free this month
▶️ bit.ly/ss1bsky
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Main characters are cleverly crafted, impeccable.”
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“Very well-written. I felt like I knew the characters.”
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“loved the ending.”
#booksky #romancelandia
a romance with complex MCs✨
free this month
▶️ bit.ly/ss1bsky
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Main characters are cleverly crafted, impeccable.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Very well-written. I felt like I knew the characters.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“loved the ending.”
#booksky #romancelandia
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
a musician🎸 a girl with a secret🤫
a romance with complex MCs✨
free this month
▶️ bit.ly/ss1bsky
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Main characters are cleverly crafted, impeccable.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Very well-written. I felt like I knew the characters.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“loved the ending.”
#booksky #romancelandia
a romance with complex MCs✨
free this month
▶️ bit.ly/ss1bsky
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Main characters are cleverly crafted, impeccable.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Very well-written. I felt like I knew the characters.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“loved the ending.”
#booksky #romancelandia
YES! 💜 Both the antagonist (Bo) and his apprentice, the protagonist (Nimue), are alchemists! Bo is famous for writing *the* text on alchemy and for his many advances in the field. In his youth, he was also apprenticed to one of the foremost alchemists of the century 1/6 ➜ #DecemberWorldbuilders
Yap at me, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any chemists or alchemists? Are they living at the time of your characters' journey or are they ancient history? What did they discover? What *is* chemistry or alchemy in your setting?
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
YES! 💜 Both the antagonist (Bo) and his apprentice, the protagonist (Nimue), are alchemists! Bo is famous for writing *the* text on alchemy and for his many advances in the field. In his youth, he was also apprenticed to one of the foremost alchemists of the century 1/6 ➜ #DecemberWorldbuilders
After a brief hiatus, I'm relaunching @noumenonedits.bsky.social on BlueSky in 2026! If you're interested in reserving an editing slot or you just want to know more about the process, please feel free to message me 💜 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Hi! I’m Dominique, the freelance #fiction editor behind the magic at Noumenon Edits. Whether you’ve crafted a novel or a novella, a short story or an epic, my services are designed to bring out the best in your writing! (1/4) ➜ #Editor #BookEditor #FreelanceEditor #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
After a brief hiatus, I'm relaunching @noumenonedits.bsky.social on BlueSky in 2026! If you're interested in reserving an editing slot or you just want to know more about the process, please feel free to message me 💜 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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Hello, friends! Hook & Quill Press is officially opening up to #ARCReader applications! If you're interested in becoming an advanced reader for our books, please fill out the form below to apply. We look forward to working with you!
#WriteSky #BookSky #hqpress
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#WriteSky #BookSky #hqpress
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Hello, friends! Hook & Quill Press is officially opening up to #ARCReader applications! If you're interested in becoming an advanced reader for our books, please fill out the form below to apply. We look forward to working with you!
#WriteSky #BookSky #hqpress
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"Give up." 😂 Fuck that.
Although I do think experiencing this terrible advice made me a much better writer and editor so, you know, all's well that ends well, haha 💅
#WritingQ #WritingCommunity
Although I do think experiencing this terrible advice made me a much better writer and editor so, you know, all's well that ends well, haha 💅
#WritingQ #WritingCommunity
What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever received? The write what you know quip doesn’t work out well when readers don’t like what you know 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"Give up." 😂 Fuck that.
Although I do think experiencing this terrible advice made me a much better writer and editor so, you know, all's well that ends well, haha 💅
#WritingQ #WritingCommunity
Although I do think experiencing this terrible advice made me a much better writer and editor so, you know, all's well that ends well, haha 💅
#WritingQ #WritingCommunity
The most important "Holiday" in my WIP is the antagonist's birthday. 🎪🥂✨ At the start of the story, the antagonist hosts a "Gatsby" level party. It's here that the protagonist falls in love with the antagonist's world. It's extravagant, luxurious, and liberating. ⭐ #FantasyIndiesDecember
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The most important "Holiday" in my WIP is the antagonist's birthday. 🎪🥂✨ At the start of the story, the antagonist hosts a "Gatsby" level party. It's here that the protagonist falls in love with the antagonist's world. It's extravagant, luxurious, and liberating. ⭐ #FantasyIndiesDecember
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I read this every Christmas and the excellent BBC radio version is still available:
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I read this every Christmas and the excellent BBC radio version is still available:
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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#QueerPrompts #FantasyIndiesDecember (Dec 2025 🧵)
1. INTO & WIP
My WIP is still my horror WIP, Orphan Road. Follows 3 women & 1 guy in different places at the start of a worldwide phenomenon that creates monsters & awakens powerful supernatural abilities in a handful of individuals. Survival is key
1. INTO & WIP
My WIP is still my horror WIP, Orphan Road. Follows 3 women & 1 guy in different places at the start of a worldwide phenomenon that creates monsters & awakens powerful supernatural abilities in a handful of individuals. Survival is key
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#QueerPrompts #FantasyIndiesDecember (Dec 2025 🧵)
1. INTO & WIP
My WIP is still my horror WIP, Orphan Road. Follows 3 women & 1 guy in different places at the start of a worldwide phenomenon that creates monsters & awakens powerful supernatural abilities in a handful of individuals. Survival is key
1. INTO & WIP
My WIP is still my horror WIP, Orphan Road. Follows 3 women & 1 guy in different places at the start of a worldwide phenomenon that creates monsters & awakens powerful supernatural abilities in a handful of individuals. Survival is key
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#MythDecember
Ive got a whole cycle in HermitageWIP, which focuses on one planet in my Commonwealth
Avalon (known for its apples) celebrates Apple Blossom Fest, Harvest Feast, and Founder’s Day as its major holidays.
Minor holidays include Turning of the Year, Harvest Season, and the crawfish boil🧵
Ive got a whole cycle in HermitageWIP, which focuses on one planet in my Commonwealth
Avalon (known for its apples) celebrates Apple Blossom Fest, Harvest Feast, and Founder’s Day as its major holidays.
Minor holidays include Turning of the Year, Harvest Season, and the crawfish boil🧵
IT IS TIME (I’m a little late) for day 1 of my first ever prompt game.
I’ll be posting once a day different prompt about the myths and folklore of all of your wonderful worlds.
Question 1 is, what kind of holidays are celebrated in your world?
#writesky #prompt #fantasy #writing #worldbuilding
I’ll be posting once a day different prompt about the myths and folklore of all of your wonderful worlds.
Question 1 is, what kind of holidays are celebrated in your world?
#writesky #prompt #fantasy #writing #worldbuilding
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
#MythDecember
Ive got a whole cycle in HermitageWIP, which focuses on one planet in my Commonwealth
Avalon (known for its apples) celebrates Apple Blossom Fest, Harvest Feast, and Founder’s Day as its major holidays.
Minor holidays include Turning of the Year, Harvest Season, and the crawfish boil🧵
Ive got a whole cycle in HermitageWIP, which focuses on one planet in my Commonwealth
Avalon (known for its apples) celebrates Apple Blossom Fest, Harvest Feast, and Founder’s Day as its major holidays.
Minor holidays include Turning of the Year, Harvest Season, and the crawfish boil🧵
1. Hi! I'm Philosophika (she/her), philosopher, editor, and aspiring author! My WIP follows an elderly alchemist and his cunning apprentice on their quest to discover the philosopher's stone–the key to eternal life–before death claims him. A surreal, adult fantasy set in NYC. #FantasyIndiesDecember
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
1. Hi! I'm Philosophika (she/her), philosopher, editor, and aspiring author! My WIP follows an elderly alchemist and his cunning apprentice on their quest to discover the philosopher's stone–the key to eternal life–before death claims him. A surreal, adult fantasy set in NYC. #FantasyIndiesDecember
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Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
Maybe how many outlines I do before I start officially ✨️writing✨️ and how long these can be (sometimes the same length as the projected length of the novel)? Until I can see the story in its entirety, I'm not ready. I need that bird's-eye view 🦉💜 #WritingQ #WritingCommunity
Is there a part of your writing process that would surprise readers, if they knew about it? Does talking to yourself to work out scenes count? 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Maybe how many outlines I do before I start officially ✨️writing✨️ and how long these can be (sometimes the same length as the projected length of the novel)? Until I can see the story in its entirety, I'm not ready. I need that bird's-eye view 🦉💜 #WritingQ #WritingCommunity
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Well this is a lovely bit of news! My novella DEAD RED AND RAZOR, from @badhandbooks.bsky.social , appears on LitHub's '100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025'!!
"a fast-paced, cinematic revenge fantasy peopled with bizarro, compulsively watchable characters"
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"a fast-paced, cinematic revenge fantasy peopled with bizarro, compulsively watchable characters"
lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Well this is a lovely bit of news! My novella DEAD RED AND RAZOR, from @badhandbooks.bsky.social , appears on LitHub's '100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025'!!
"a fast-paced, cinematic revenge fantasy peopled with bizarro, compulsively watchable characters"
lithub.com/100-notable-...
"a fast-paced, cinematic revenge fantasy peopled with bizarro, compulsively watchable characters"
lithub.com/100-notable-...
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Are you publishing in 2026 and need an editor?
🦦 Otters Editing is looking for clients in the Winter! I work with indie authors in the fantasy, LGBTQ+, and sci-fi genres.
You deserve an empathetic #editor who cares about human creativity and doesn't use AI.
Website: ottersediting.com
🦦 Otters Editing is looking for clients in the Winter! I work with indie authors in the fantasy, LGBTQ+, and sci-fi genres.
You deserve an empathetic #editor who cares about human creativity and doesn't use AI.
Website: ottersediting.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Are you publishing in 2026 and need an editor?
🦦 Otters Editing is looking for clients in the Winter! I work with indie authors in the fantasy, LGBTQ+, and sci-fi genres.
You deserve an empathetic #editor who cares about human creativity and doesn't use AI.
Website: ottersediting.com
🦦 Otters Editing is looking for clients in the Winter! I work with indie authors in the fantasy, LGBTQ+, and sci-fi genres.
You deserve an empathetic #editor who cares about human creativity and doesn't use AI.
Website: ottersediting.com
Well, 1st he's been feuding with the protagonist's father for the past 10? 15? years 😅 2nd, he's sensitive & mercurial. There's always the threat that he could turn on the protagonist should she say the wrong thing & ruin her. 3rd, he wants to live forever. That's not in her interest. #WritingPrompt
Why is the antagonist of your MC their antagonist? What caused the friction? #WritingPrompt
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Well, 1st he's been feuding with the protagonist's father for the past 10? 15? years 😅 2nd, he's sensitive & mercurial. There's always the threat that he could turn on the protagonist should she say the wrong thing & ruin her. 3rd, he wants to live forever. That's not in her interest. #WritingPrompt
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! ❄️🤍 Only those able to afford the required education & training can carry out alchemical research, one of the foremost sciences in the world of my WIP. Of course, there are always ways around these things. 😉 With a little piracy and ingenuity, anything is possible.
Welcome to the first week of #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is about SCIENCE (broadly speaking) (you can play along even if you're writing pre-industrial fantasy!)
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hi #DecemberWorldbuilders! ❄️🤍 Only those able to afford the required education & training can carry out alchemical research, one of the foremost sciences in the world of my WIP. Of course, there are always ways around these things. 😉 With a little piracy and ingenuity, anything is possible.
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Hey gang, time to unveil more of our 2026 plans...
Announcing the Hook & Quill Zine!
This will be a quarterly zine sharing more of our shortform pieces & artwork. They will be available for individual sale, but they will also be distributed to supporters of our Patreon & Ko-Fi!
Announcing the Hook & Quill Zine!
This will be a quarterly zine sharing more of our shortform pieces & artwork. They will be available for individual sale, but they will also be distributed to supporters of our Patreon & Ko-Fi!
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey gang, time to unveil more of our 2026 plans...
Announcing the Hook & Quill Zine!
This will be a quarterly zine sharing more of our shortform pieces & artwork. They will be available for individual sale, but they will also be distributed to supporters of our Patreon & Ko-Fi!
Announcing the Hook & Quill Zine!
This will be a quarterly zine sharing more of our shortform pieces & artwork. They will be available for individual sale, but they will also be distributed to supporters of our Patreon & Ko-Fi!
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Great news, everyone! Hook & Quill Press is launching today as an indie publishing company, supporting and supported by the writing community (and one octopus). We have plenty of exciting announcements for your feed today, but here's a quick teaser...
#writesky #writingcommunity #quillbert4ever
#writesky #writingcommunity #quillbert4ever
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Great news, everyone! Hook & Quill Press is launching today as an indie publishing company, supporting and supported by the writing community (and one octopus). We have plenty of exciting announcements for your feed today, but here's a quick teaser...
#writesky #writingcommunity #quillbert4ever
#writesky #writingcommunity #quillbert4ever
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Thank you for hosting #novmemeber, Sage! ❤️
Website and newsletter: www.tamarasharker.com
Kickstarter pre-launch page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam...
LinkTree for everything else: linktr.ee/tamarasharker
The novel itself arrives 1st March 2026! All follows/subscribes, shares, etc. appreciated!
Website and newsletter: www.tamarasharker.com
Kickstarter pre-launch page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam...
LinkTree for everything else: linktr.ee/tamarasharker
The novel itself arrives 1st March 2026! All follows/subscribes, shares, etc. appreciated!
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Thank you for hosting #novmemeber, Sage! ❤️
Website and newsletter: www.tamarasharker.com
Kickstarter pre-launch page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam...
LinkTree for everything else: linktr.ee/tamarasharker
The novel itself arrives 1st March 2026! All follows/subscribes, shares, etc. appreciated!
Website and newsletter: www.tamarasharker.com
Kickstarter pre-launch page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tam...
LinkTree for everything else: linktr.ee/tamarasharker
The novel itself arrives 1st March 2026! All follows/subscribes, shares, etc. appreciated!
If you know, you know 😂
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If you know, you know 😂
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This news just made my whole month, basically. It's such an honor to have my book picked! Wow!
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Happy Black Friday, y'all! #booksky
With the holidays in full-swing, the WWP Indie Book Club has decided to forgo the usual poll to determine our next read.
We will read the novella Coward by @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social in December!
Our January 2026 read will be ShadowBane by Cal Logan!
With the holidays in full-swing, the WWP Indie Book Club has decided to forgo the usual poll to determine our next read.
We will read the novella Coward by @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social in December!
Our January 2026 read will be ShadowBane by Cal Logan!
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This news just made my whole month, basically. It's such an honor to have my book picked! Wow!
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There's no romantic love interest in my WIP, but the antagonist & the protagonist do (sort of) fall for each other, platonically. It's almost instant, really? They both sense a familiarity in the other the second they meet. It's a mutual recognition: she sees herself in him, he sees himself in her.
What made your MC really start to fall for their love interest in your book/wip? #WritingPrompt
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There's no romantic love interest in my WIP, but the antagonist & the protagonist do (sort of) fall for each other, platonically. It's almost instant, really? They both sense a familiarity in the other the second they meet. It's a mutual recognition: she sees herself in him, he sees himself in her.