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Sage like the Pumpkin Spice
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Mad scientist, testing H2O to keep it safe from supervillains & polluters. Prolly posting about writing, workouts, games/tv, or cats. Maybe about mud. She/her. No LLMs/AI allowed
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Heatmiser & Snowmiser, but instead of brothers:

🩵 best friends
💚 rivals for Mother Nature’s power
❤️ secretly in love with each other
💙 Snowmiser wouldn’t know a joke if it nipped at his nose
💛 Heatmiser can be ridiculously silly at times

#UnhingedPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q
For Black Friday, I bought a new battery for my car because the old one died
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Picturing future readers being absolutely certain that Lilia will have to soulmate with a certain person in this group and me cackling in the background

#AWNoNo #AmWriting
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Here's the thing I'm realizing about people who say, "I asked ChatGPT." They think it means more to the listener than "I did an internet search."

Coworker was on an e-mail chain where I was discussing with my boss options for tricking our statistical program into doing what we want it to

🧵 1/6
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
SCWWGC

Winters are taught to use a sword starting at the age of 10. King Frost wants them ready to invade Summer at their earliest convenience

Summers have an elite fighting force of Flower Knights, all women. They are trained better than the Winters, but only use (heated) staves

#WritingPrompt
Is there a military or other fighting force in your book's setting? How do they function? How do they fight? #WritingPrompt
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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FREE Shipping is GO!

Get your paws on some excellent books with free delivery 28 Nov-1 Dec. Support independent bookshops, indie booksellers (and their cats.) Bookshop.org

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November 28, 2025 at 7:59 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
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Just Nico being Nico

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From The Magic in Our Bones 🦴🕺
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The Magic in Our Bones soundtrack as it *currently* stands:

Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
Zedd - Good Thing (Lilia's opening theme)
Telemon - Skeleton Dance (Nico's opening theme)
GQ - Almost There
311 - Amber
Will Jay - Never Been in Love
Churchill - Change
Little Mix - Black Magic

#Novmemeber
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#Novmemeber 28

Share a song on your writing playlist. This doesn't necessarily need to relate to your story—just something you like to listen to while writing.

(If you don't listen to music while writing, adjust the prompt however you see fit!)
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
H/V

Not so awesome, but Evie always has her phone on her

Now, tbf, in books 1 & 3, that’s more exciting than you’d think because she shapeshifts. In book 3 she realizes that her phone is actually shapeshifted too. Thus, it’s with her on each end of a non-human transformation

#AwesomeCharacters
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is something your character always carries with them?

In a purse, a bag, a secret pouch, a pocket?

Is there something they never travel without? Why?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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A drawing from 2016 which feels relevant for my American friends today
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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disorganize -> chaos

The twins are like literal personifications of order and chaos sometimes 😂

From Tennyson's arc of The Atlas Brothers Break the Multiverse

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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FREE COLORING PAGES!

If you find yourself having to entertain bored kiddies today, you can download a set of 3 free coloring pages including this turkey fellow! (Or you can download for you? Do kids even color anymore? Do adults? I don't know anymore😂)

whistberry.itch.io/bird-colorin...
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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If you're trapped at a family Thanksgiving today, you can always say "Please excuse me, I have to read Alex's free gay short story where a shy college guy realizes he kinda likes being the center of attention" and go lock yourself in the bathroom.

You're welcome 🦃
You've got that "I need some silly, sexy gay short story action in my life" look in your eye again, so here you go.

If you love the "I shouldn't do this, I shouldn't enjoy this, but I just can't stop..." slippery slope then I think you might like Scooter's story. Attention is one hell of a drug...
"Online Orders" by Alex Pendragon - Alex Pendragon
Online Orders When Scooter reluctantly agrees to help his college roommate with his online clothes store, the shy swimmer doesn’t expect to be modeling on a live webstream. As the outfits get more rev...
alexpendragon.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ugh, I'm sending the characters through this tiny crack in a rock that they're hoping will open into a cave, and it is like nightmare fodder for me. Lilia's a bigger person, too, so she's having the same problem as me convincing herself to go through

#AmWriting #AWNoNo
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Okay, this book isn't going to finish itself. Time to stop playing on BlueSky and start writing

#AmWriting #AWNoNo
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There’s no point in hiding that Azura is modeled after early Tara (Amber Benson)

#Novmemeber
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Synonym, possibly written for today’s snip.

Back to nature, & Lilia’s not happy

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From The Magic in Our Bones 🦴🌳
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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#WIPSnips

When I think of the word "impede," I think of driving through Ohio.

This story is a fantasy is because people sometimes arrive on time.

The angels, demons, and undead pale next to that miracle.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Writers
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"Can I do X thing in my novel?" You can do anything you want! If doing X won't hurt anyone (for example, by promoting harmful stereotypes), the real question to ask is whether it's effective. Is the story engaging readers? Does it fit the genre and age category? Are YOU enjoying it? #WritingTip
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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It’s all “impede” vibes when Dorothy stops Lilia from moving so the Council can reveal Nico as a skeleton without her interference & get the witch community to turn against their father for necromancy

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From The Magic in Our Bones 🦴⛓️
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Jayden, the last time we saw him....

#Novmemeber
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
As a former green witch, Nico loves nature. He especially likes gardening, but he’s excited about any plant life

Lilia’s not so interested. She supports his interest, but she’d rather be indoors

And after watching him decompose in the forest, Lilia’s sworn off camping forever

#AwesomeCharacters
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

How does your character feel about nature?

Do they like the outdoors? Have good survival skills?

Or do they prefer the comforts and amenities of a city?

Some combination of both?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM