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user experience, safe biking, all the musics, many books. all opinions solely mine. he/they. apprentice romance author. aleewellesfiction.com 🦖 trans rights or i bites

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summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 5d

Hey #MMRomance #Romancelandia 🌈📚 I have a new book:
When Jay moves into his dorm, he’s convinced that he’s straight. But even if he can reconcile his physical attraction to Derek, can either of them handle the feelings growing between them? “When I Trust You” is a spicy novelette
available now!

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 15d

Direct links to US retailers:
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my itch store aleewellesfiction.itch.io/when-i-trust...

When I Trust You by A. Lee Welles Fiction

A Bisexual Romance

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summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 52m

i like Nick Cave's take. feels very on-brand for him.

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1h

remembering Speedy's residency at Great Scott with Krill, Ovlov and Lemuria all on the same night. (that was a loaded bill!!)

BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · 1d

Speedy Ortiz, Ovlov, Krill 2 & more are playing Exploding in Sound's birthday shows in NYC next month www.brooklynvegan.com/speedy-ortiz...

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 7h

that puts a whole new spin on "59"😅 for me it was an "i'm so sad and misunderstood" album

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 7h

i used to do this (i got better) and thought of it as reductio ad absurdum. it was very common at one point in the sort of usenet discourse that stayed just shy of a flamewar. took me too long to realize what a toxic communication style it was.

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 9h

here for a pyrrhic victory on either side

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 9h

well #LGBTQWriteAThon my MCs’ favorite songs is tricky. that they wrote? or played on? or that other people wrote/recorded? did you want real-world songs included or just in-world songs?
... how much time have you got, exactly?
(don’t worry, folks, there WILL be a playlist. of songs from our world)

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 12h

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 16:

What's your MC's favorite mash? (song)

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 15: What's your MC's favorite mash? (song). BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 9h

I think often about how one of the themes of “John Dies at the End” is that the prevalence of 1P shooter games is an indicator that a universe is on a bad timeline

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 9h

what a lovely surprise! >nabs<

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 20h

fwiw i had low expectations of "under paris" but while it definitely had some goofy moments, it was about 37 times better than sharknado

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 22h

👏

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 22h

"Spoken For" bike grease and fresh mown grass
"When I Trust You" beer and sweat, but exercise sweat, not stress sweat. it's cheap beer, tho
"Imiysyiom" whiskey and ozone

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 23h

quote this with the first four horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you

dave made a maze
rubber (2010)
la orfanata
get out

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 1d

quote this with the first four horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you

masque of the red death (1964)
the fly (1958)
house on haunted hill (1959)
the pit and the pendulum (1961)

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 1d

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you.

-The Fly (Cronenberg, 1986)
-Carnival of Souls (Harvey, 1962)
-Halloween (Carpenter, 1978)
-Hausu (Obayashi, 1977) / Suspiria (Argento, 1977) [tie]

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

well this one I tackled very literally #HorrorWritersChat Q4. why do my MCs stick around when things get weird? cause they can’t afford to leave. (there might even be threats of lawsuits.)

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q4.
Do hang around for the outro, in around 10 minutes.

Which is the easier route? Or the more satisfying?

#HorrorWritersChat

Q4
In your stories: is desperation scarier than the supernatural?

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summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

hey #HorrorWritersChat Q3 maybe I want to be an equal opportunity scarer - but offer comfort to the poor

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat Q3.

Who do you scare? As a writer, it's our chance to bite back, perhaps.

Q3
Do you write horror that scares the poor, the wealthy or everyone equally?

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summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat 2 is fascinating. the world of my current WIP is naturalistic EXCEPT for the cosmic heebie jeebies, so those choices aren’t always conscious (but should probably be more so). the touring band in my novel is pretty well insulated from scarcity

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q2. So many of you are diving in courageously. I salute you. Don't worry, now we go more abstract.
#HorrorWritersChat

Q2
How does scarcity or deprivation shape the worlds you build in your stories?

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summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

hey #HorrorWritersChat I barely even go here but my current WIP is about 25% cosmic horror (but still mostly romance) and i have other projects that dip into fantasy/horror. i’m not poor these days, but i sure hope i’m not morally bankrupt

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Oh right then here we go, if it glitches I'll wait till it's back up then fire the next.
Can't say fairer than that. Hi #HorrorWritersChat, let's talk riches. Or poverty. Moral or cash, I don't mind which.
Horror is one of the more egalitarian genres I think. More room for poor...

No links please.

Question One
Assemble, horror bods!
Tell me what kind of horror you write, and how poor are you - financially or morally? You choose....

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

gawd I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that on the daily anymore. was one of the stressiest bits of my old commute.
(of course, there are some spots in pawtucket / providence that are just as bad )

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

Well #LGBTQWriteAThon 15, Danny likes chocolate, and Nykky prefers fruity desserts. But these two crazy kids* are gonna make it work somehow anyway. (They also agree on a bunch of yums they encounter in New Orleans ... beignets, pralines, muffulettas...)
*in their 30s, to be clear

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 15:

What's your MC's favorite treat?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

There are lots of people concerned about Ed Markey's age who wanted him to get primaried. Yet the universal reaction this morning to Seth Moulton running seems to be, "Yeah, I'll stick with Markey."

That's how much Moulton sucks.

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summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

hang on, are you both the plaintiff and the defendant's lawyer?

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe, but please PLEASE look at Moulton's record before you anoint him as the heir apparent. Massachusetts doesn't need their own Fetterman.

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

Nice shirt!
FYI I picked up my pre-order of your newest last night, running out of room on the historical shelf (complimentary)

Historical romance books on a shelf, including three mass market paperbacks by Megan Frampton, including a worn copy of "The Duke's Guide to Correct Behavior" and much newer copies of "The Devil's Charm" and "The Scot's Seduction"

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

that is such a clear and useful way to frame that conflict 🙏

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

(wrestling with what software EXPECTS me to want it to do is
a: big part of my job
b: feels like death of a thousand cuts sometimes)

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 1d

weird hills to die on/not real problems:
sometimes i really do want an asterisk, not a bullet, damnit

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