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Tiff Bartel
@tiffbartel.com
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Viet-Canadian illustrator, writer, multimedia artist, general goblin.
Treaty 1 territory. Queer, ND. She/they. https://tiffbartel.com

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 26d
A nerdy agender experimental art gremlin and an ex-wunderkind roboticist in exile team up to find out why the local tech co is bricking robots and stealing memories, and who's sending weird dispatches from the wasteland that's supposedly empty. Then mutually pine a little.

#QuestPit #W #A #SF #S
tiffbartel.com Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 27d
Finally put together an #agentsguide for Snaggleteeth, the adult speculative novel I'm currently polishing in hopes of querying in the new year! 🦷
(all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 1st slide: An Agent's Guide to Snaggleteeth / adult science fiction / near-future cyberpunk / retro tech & robots / 80k words (all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 2nd slide: Premise / When a lonely audiovisual archivist's assistive robot BFF gets bricked, he enlists the help of an illegal repair shop owner to resurrect her, while also using his anachronistic media know-how to investigate a tech conspiracy involving stolen memories. / (there is a little graphic of a lotus flower created by Dutchken @ Noun Project) (all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 3rd slide: It's Got Everything / 🏳️‍🌈 Scrappy queer/neurodivergent MC ❣️ Dorks aged 35+ in love / 🌲 Mutual pining 🗓️ Multiple timelines / 👽 Art gremlins / 🔥 Anti-capitalism 🤖 Prickly robot familiar / 🇻🇳 Southeast Asian folklore 📼 Cassette futurism vibes / (there is a little graphic of a nine-tailed fox created by Mariana Vinagre @ Noun Project) (all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 4th slide: Comps / Klara and the Sun: robot POV, subtle dystopia / Luminous: sibling drama, murder mystery / Both Klara and Luminous: companion robots as family, intergenerational conflict, explorations of grief, childhood illness / Light From Uncommon Stars: queer joy!, romance w/ older characters, so much food, music bringing people together / Severance: speculative workplace intrigue, weird memory stuff
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That December 1st feeling
Sylvester the cat looking stressed while smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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I decided that spooky season extends into December, bc who doesn’t love a heartwarming ghost story during the cold winter months?

THE GHOSTKEEPER is a mug of hot cocoa and bundled in a blanket on a therapist’s couch for the soul ☕️ 👻

Find it here: theghostkeeper.carrd.co
TAKE TIME TO BE SAD. YOU'RE NOT A BAD CHILD, LUCY..YOU'RE A HURT CHILD. GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO GRIEVE FO THE WAY THINGS WERE, AND THEN SEE IF YOU CAN REACH OUTSIDE OF YOUR SADNESS TO A MORE NEUTRAL PLACE. ONLY THEN CAN THE ROT START TO HEAL.
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The encounter that took what was already a great #BearSeason2025 right over the top. Arctic foxes are not the easiest to find around Churchill so getting to spend time with this cutie who is still changing into their winter coat was amazing. #mammals 🌿
A tiny Arctic fox looks up from where its standing in the ice and snow along the coast. Its fur isn't pure white yet because It hasn't finished the transition to winter fur. A tiny Arctic fox looks curiously from where its standing in the ice and snow along the coast. Its fur isn't pure white yet because It hasn't finished the transition to winter fur. A tiny Arctic fox sniffs the the ice and snow along the coast, looking for food. Its fur isn't pure white yet because It hasn't finished the transition to winter fur.
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Get yourself a copy or two of Where the Pavement Turns to Sand for someone on your list this holiday season, bud. You won’t regret it.

DM or ask your local indie bookstore for a copy. bookshop.org/p/books/wher...
Where the Pavement Turns to Sand by me, Sheldon Birnie, great to find beneath the tree
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Dungeon
digital painting of a teenaged boy playing World of Warcraft on a computer
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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MICE is less than a week away! I will be there tabling both days and on Saturday, 12/6, from 1-2PM, I will be a part of the Science Comics Carousel doing a reading from my new comic, BRAINS! www.micexpo.org
A map of the MICE floor with my (Alexandra Gallant-Lee) table (52A) mapped out, so that when you enter at the West Entrance, and into the exhibitor room, there is a lily pad marked over my table with the table number on it. Down the hall, on the left is the Thurman Center Stage where panels take place and I will be participating in the Science Comics Carousel on 12/6 from 1-2PM (also marked in lilypads), there are also three of my comics on the page, BRAINS, Fried Zine Tomato and Frog by Day, Frog by Night, Frog by Transit. micexpo.org BRAINS by Alexandra Gallant-Lee (a colorful illustration of the brain) Fried Zine Tomato by Alexandra-Gallant-Lee (tomato vines sprawling all over the cover with three ripe red tomatoes dangling above the title text) New England Vacation with Frogby (a little frog in front of a lighthouse)
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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rynbow.bsky.social
If you have a problem with:

Nonbinary people who don't fit your threshold of androgyny
Non-passing trans people
Trans people that don't or can't medically transition

This isn't the place for you 👋
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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psliterary.bsky.social
"Send me nonfiction by BIPOC food writers."
Carly Watters #MSWL

psliterary.com/submissions/
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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davis.social
Thanks to @lars.bsky.social's wonderful tutorial, I have replaced my linktree with my own site!

It's a WIP, but I am freeeeee!

davis.social
screenshot of my new website! It has a welcome message and a newsletter signup field.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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ottersediting.com
Happy Small Business Saturday!

Need a freelance editor that doesn't use AI?

You can find me at ottersediting.com

I'm currently booking for Winter 2026!
Otters Editing
Welcome to Otters Editing! Welcome to all indie, self-published, and trad-published authors. I’m Steph, your Guide Otter here to help you swim through your publishing journey! I offer line ed…
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November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Come see me and @aplante.com until 4pm today at the Wolseley Winter Farmer's Market!
Poster with information for the market November 29th 12-4 448 burnell street Photo of my table set up for the market Me petting my market food to get customers to visit.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I've heard from my friends in Churchill that the ice has arrived and the bears are finally heading out to break their over 150 day fast. (this photo is from a few weeks ago) Hudson Bay is still a long way from fully frozen, but at least they can get out and start hunting. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿
A polar bear walks on the ice on the tidal flats of Hudson Bay. This photo from a few weeks ago shows the water is still open.
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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coreybrickley.bsky.social
Unused sketches where I felt like I was cookin'
Woman in a flapper costume ascending an ornate gilded age staircase holding a tray with a glass of champagne with a mischievous look. Behind her a young aristocratic looking man in a dark suit is descending the staircase, looking over his shoulder back at her with a quizzical but amused expression. A young woman with a curly bob is making a geometric pattern with thread intertwined between her fingers. The threads connect to several limp, floating bodies in the background. In the far background is an apocalyptic looking cityscape A young man and woman are laying on the hood and windshield of a red sportscar, their bodies facing opposite directions. The young man is looking towards the audience with lips parted, holding a phone or mp3 player. White corded earbuds connect to the device, one earbud going into the man's ear and one going into the woman's. The young woman has her hand covering her eyes, looking as though she is entranced by what they are listening to. A young 30s era Hollywood starlet in a white dress with a lowcut wrap top, straps off the shoulders, sits in an actors' chair on a film set. Behind her is a handsome male star sitting in a chair faced away, looking back at her. They have knowing, secretive looks on their faces. In the background are stage lights and a reel to reel film camera, and floating ghostly forms.
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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adhd-alien.bsky.social
I’ll never forget how frustrating it was trying to learn to draw without meds
Two sketches of horses. The unmedicated adhd horse looks goofy and like a broken table. The medicated adhd horse looks like a horse and actually has a sense of volume and perspective
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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coelasquid.bsky.social
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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What an honour to have a short fiction piece in the inaugural issue of @ivylit.bsky.social ! Please go check out "Carrots" and all of the other great stories now live. 💖
ivylit.bsky.social ivy. lit mag @ivylit.bsky.social · 4d
Ok, so, uh. Something came up.

But we are NOW proud to announce the publishing of our Inaugural Run of ivy. literary magazine. Keep reading, or click the link below 👇👇
ivy. literary magazine – Stories that grow on you.
ivylit.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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marcmichaud.bsky.social
shipping this afternoon, get these books, I dare you!

They're good comics!

Cool people have said nice things about them.

Slice of life, weirdo, scifi, in an ongoing series of stand-alone comics that feed a larger narrative.

ON SALE! (no USA)
homecomics.ca/collections/...
4 volumes of HOME comics and a text reading: limited time sale! 10%,15%, 20% off when you buy 2, 3, or 4 books! coupon code: buy2, buy3, buy4.
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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metuiteme.bsky.social
because WHAT A SHITTY YEAR, everywhere, for everyone, jfc

I guess I've gotten stuff done? I kicked my ass thru major revisions to 2 mss but apparently have more revisions to go, and the coauthored thing I'm drafting now should be done early in the new year

2026 owes us all, frankly
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 5d
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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katieaki.bsky.social
being unkind to a service employee puts a black mark on YOUR VERY SOUL. just say please and thank you, give a wave or a head nod when they greet you (as they often contractually must do), and like…. treat them like a human being. do all this while remembering that many people are NOT doing all this!
missushel.bsky.social MissusHel 🌈 @missushel.bsky.social · 6d
Hey reminder please be kind to anyone working in public service jobs over the holidays we’re all doing our best and are really tired!!!
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Buy 22 stories for $29 and get my first two books in series order.

A pairing of contrasts: a hopeful story about working together to improve things, followed by an uplifting tragedy about how our actions still matter even against fate.

itch.io/b/3375/black...

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #bundle
"A Black Friday promo graphic that announces a Small #2 Black Friday Bundle in bubbly teal letters. 22 stories for $29. 26-29 November. In the middle of the graphic is a QR code to follow. The graphic has a border comprised of the books in the bundle." List of Books: Winner Takes All Errant Wings Only My Eyes Move Adamere in Swan Prajwalita Aujjwallya The Sarcophagus of Lamia What May Rise From the Ashes Rescue from the Orc Fortress Refilling The Well Prince Ewald the Brave Moral Laundry Dark Heart of Ilmoure The Crimson Knight Remnants of Relics Where Dreams Are Lost Bad Grains The Fate of Lenn First Snow Usurper Impostor Still Life
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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aves.bsky.social
this owns
aplante.com Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 5d
won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.

#art
an illustrated sticker design in bright colours a "no parking anytime" sign, but half the letters have faded away to read "NO AI ANYTIME" and the no parking symbol has been spray painted to with a dripping red circle crossing out black dripping AI letters
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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maybarros.com.br
Look at this huge bundle with great books! (including one of mine!)
elizamaresauthor.bsky.social ✨Eliza Mares✨ @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social · 5d
This Friday is Creator Day on Itch, so we're celebrating with this amazing bundle!!

Grab 74 titles for only $50 (that's an 82% savings!) & feel good knowing every penny goes directly toward the 45 small creators who made it happen. 💙📚

Sale starts tomorrow! Find it here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
HUGE CREATOR DAY BUNDLE. Ebooks, audiobooks, games, & more. 70+ items, on sale for only $50. That's an 82% savings!
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Thread.
saraalfageeh.bsky.social Sara Alfageeh @saraalfageeh.bsky.social · 5d
How we all create art and find meaning in it is as unique as a fingerprint.

In visual art, that fingerprint impression is called having "a style". It develops in 3 parts:
1) your influences
2) what you enjoy
3) your special brand of laziness
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Another story in four parts. This polar bear mom went from seemingly sound asleep to full meerkat mode in seconds. Her nose is always on the alert for potential danger to her and her 11-month-old cubs. #Mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
A female polar bear sleeps stretched out in the snow on a frozen lake. Her two young cubs were snuggled into her hind end. Momma bear in full meerkat mode sniffing the snow-filled air as her two cubs watch. The sudden snow squall swirls around them. Mom resettles and checks on her cubs as the closest one stretches in the snow. The snow still swirls around them. Mom and one cub have resettled back in their sleeping spot while the cub on the end looks out towards the photographer. The snow has eased off again.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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scalzi.com
Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
dklatta.bsky.social DK Latta @dklatta.bsky.social · 6d
Would-be/struggling writers can feel like losers or wannabes when they read about other writers writing "full time" or promo'ing their book in various exotic cities. And it's good to recognize that, yeah, sometimes there's another income (or a spouse is helping to pay the bills).
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM