Rose Black
@wordsofrablack.bsky.social
Author of queer adult fantasy, professional computer wrangler, cheese devourer
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Rose Black
@wordsofrablack.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Can I offer you an ebook in these trying times? My next book is almost half off as a pre-order special offer. If you like
-Sailing ships
-Found family
-Sea monsters
-Fighting fate
-Captain and first mate mums
-Sweet romance
-Trauma. Lots of trauma
Now is a good time to pick it up.
-Sailing ships
-Found family
-Sea monsters
-Fighting fate
-Captain and first mate mums
-Sweet romance
-Trauma. Lots of trauma
Now is a good time to pick it up.
I'll commission some proper art if I get some Christmas money, but for now, picrew of my two idiots, Seth, royal bodyguard, empire hater, and now murder investigator, and his bratty trans charge, Prince Laurence.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I'll commission some proper art if I get some Christmas money, but for now, picrew of my two idiots, Seth, royal bodyguard, empire hater, and now murder investigator, and his bratty trans charge, Prince Laurence.
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Sure, it's been a hot minute.
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Sure, it's been a hot minute.
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
I've written 21k so far this month and the book is now at 60k. Murder train is really flying!
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I've written 21k so far this month and the book is now at 60k. Murder train is really flying!
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
VILE LADY VILLAINS, cover reveal this Friday
VILE LADY VILLAINS, cover reveal this Friday
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
VILE LADY VILLAINS, cover reveal this Friday
VILE LADY VILLAINS, cover reveal this Friday
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
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Lucifer bee just dropped... 🐝https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c051yjv90dmo
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia
The native bee was found near a rare wildflower, prompting scientists to call for the area to be protected.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Lucifer bee just dropped... 🐝https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c051yjv90dmo
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Murder-train book is now up to 50K! I'm really excited about how this book is shaping up. It's fun, it's exciting, it's full of secrets and mysteries, and it's very queer and anti-empire too.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Murder-train book is now up to 50K! I'm really excited about how this book is shaping up. It's fun, it's exciting, it's full of secrets and mysteries, and it's very queer and anti-empire too.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
Murder-train book is now up to 50K! I'm really excited about how this book is shaping up. It's fun, it's exciting, it's full of secrets and mysteries, and it's very queer and anti-empire too.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Murder-train book is now up to 50K! I'm really excited about how this book is shaping up. It's fun, it's exciting, it's full of secrets and mysteries, and it's very queer and anti-empire too.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.
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Writing is a lonely business?! Not for our panel, who have embraced co-creation with others. Come along to find out how it works.
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Writing is a lonely business?! Not for our panel, who have embraced co-creation with others. Come along to find out how it works.
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
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LOOK WHO HATCHED!
New books are in my very own paws & they're looking so damn pretty I can't!
(Please admire the teensy spine orca whomst I adore)
(Also have I shown you my spite dedication? I can't remember)
@solarisbooks.bsky.social @literaryfey.bsky.social
New books are in my very own paws & they're looking so damn pretty I can't!
(Please admire the teensy spine orca whomst I adore)
(Also have I shown you my spite dedication? I can't remember)
@solarisbooks.bsky.social @literaryfey.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
LOOK WHO HATCHED!
New books are in my very own paws & they're looking so damn pretty I can't!
(Please admire the teensy spine orca whomst I adore)
(Also have I shown you my spite dedication? I can't remember)
@solarisbooks.bsky.social @literaryfey.bsky.social
New books are in my very own paws & they're looking so damn pretty I can't!
(Please admire the teensy spine orca whomst I adore)
(Also have I shown you my spite dedication? I can't remember)
@solarisbooks.bsky.social @literaryfey.bsky.social
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Good morning, friends!
Look, a giveaway!
Between now & Halloweeeeeeeeeeen (which is coming up way too soon, gosh I don't want October to end) you can enter for a chance to win a paperback ARC of my upcoming dual-timeline haunted house novel, THESE FAMILIAR WALLS!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
Look, a giveaway!
Between now & Halloweeeeeeeeeeen (which is coming up way too soon, gosh I don't want October to end) you can enter for a chance to win a paperback ARC of my upcoming dual-timeline haunted house novel, THESE FAMILIAR WALLS!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Good morning, friends!
Look, a giveaway!
Between now & Halloweeeeeeeeeeen (which is coming up way too soon, gosh I don't want October to end) you can enter for a chance to win a paperback ARC of my upcoming dual-timeline haunted house novel, THESE FAMILIAR WALLS!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
Look, a giveaway!
Between now & Halloweeeeeeeeeeen (which is coming up way too soon, gosh I don't want October to end) you can enter for a chance to win a paperback ARC of my upcoming dual-timeline haunted house novel, THESE FAMILIAR WALLS!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
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Just popping on to say that there will be audiobooks for both Bloom Mountain and Metropolis Down in the spring.
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just popping on to say that there will be audiobooks for both Bloom Mountain and Metropolis Down in the spring.
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Fave Five: Fantasy with Transfem MCs
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane The Calyx Charm by May Peterson Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Bonus: These are all Adult, but in Middle Grade, check…
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane The Calyx Charm by May Peterson Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Bonus: These are all Adult, but in Middle Grade, check…
Fave Five: Fantasy with Transfem MCs
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane The Calyx Charm by May Peterson Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Bonus: These are all Adult, but in Middle Grade, check out The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith, and in Young Adult, hang tight for the upcoming Queen of Faces by Petra Lord
lgbtqreads.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fave Five: Fantasy with Transfem MCs
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane The Calyx Charm by May Peterson Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Bonus: These are all Adult, but in Middle Grade, check…
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane The Calyx Charm by May Peterson Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Bonus: These are all Adult, but in Middle Grade, check…
Okay I already have plot notes. I don't want to stop writing the anti-empire murder train book, but this is gnawing at my brain.
Maybe I'll outline it...
Maybe I'll outline it...
I really want to write Silent Hill IP. Or maybe be part of a Silent Hill esque anthology? Places that are shaped by the character's trauma, that shape them back in return. Webs of places that exist of the periphery of existence, until we find ourselves trapped in them.
October 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Okay I already have plot notes. I don't want to stop writing the anti-empire murder train book, but this is gnawing at my brain.
Maybe I'll outline it...
Maybe I'll outline it...
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hey I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but - if you're using Chrome and you don't want this gross little AI Mode button to pop up in your address bar, paste "chrome://flags" into your address bar and search the flags for "AI Mode." find "AI Mode Omnibox Entrypoint" then you can just disable it!
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
hey I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but - if you're using Chrome and you don't want this gross little AI Mode button to pop up in your address bar, paste "chrome://flags" into your address bar and search the flags for "AI Mode." find "AI Mode Omnibox Entrypoint" then you can just disable it!
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the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster
this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster
I really want to write Silent Hill IP. Or maybe be part of a Silent Hill esque anthology? Places that are shaped by the character's trauma, that shape them back in return. Webs of places that exist of the periphery of existence, until we find ourselves trapped in them.
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I really want to write Silent Hill IP. Or maybe be part of a Silent Hill esque anthology? Places that are shaped by the character's trauma, that shape them back in return. Webs of places that exist of the periphery of existence, until we find ourselves trapped in them.
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right wing bigots have admitted
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
right wing bigots have admitted
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
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I'm just posting this again, because we all need to be completely clear that despite sex differentiation starting at 10 wks gestation, every cell in anyones body is very unlikely to be 100% "male" or 100% "female".
Maleeessss and feeemaaalles ❌
We're all a vibrant mix ✔️
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Maleeessss and feeemaaalles ❌
We're all a vibrant mix ✔️
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Why our organs cannot simply be classified as male or female
Biological sex is usually described in simple binary terms: male or female. This works well for germ cells (sperm versus eggs), but for other body organs it is of little help.
phys.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm just posting this again, because we all need to be completely clear that despite sex differentiation starting at 10 wks gestation, every cell in anyones body is very unlikely to be 100% "male" or 100% "female".
Maleeessss and feeemaaalles ❌
We're all a vibrant mix ✔️
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Maleeessss and feeemaaalles ❌
We're all a vibrant mix ✔️
phys.org/news/2025-09...
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CARDIFF
12:20pm Sat 1st Nov
Bute Place
12:20pm Sat 1st Nov
Bute Place
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
CARDIFF
12:20pm Sat 1st Nov
Bute Place
12:20pm Sat 1st Nov
Bute Place
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Publishers de-prioritizing children's books is just crappy, but it's also shortsighted financially:
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Publishers de-prioritizing children's books is just crappy, but it's also shortsighted financially:
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
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SOMEONE (me) spent too much time on Canva, so I am running a MEET THE CHARACTERS posts series this week!
Starting with the setting of THE SALT ORACLE - The Bellwether.
College, fortress, haven, deathtrap.
Come to save the world, try not to die.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
geni.us/saltorac
Starting with the setting of THE SALT ORACLE - The Bellwether.
College, fortress, haven, deathtrap.
Come to save the world, try not to die.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
geni.us/saltorac
October 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
SOMEONE (me) spent too much time on Canva, so I am running a MEET THE CHARACTERS posts series this week!
Starting with the setting of THE SALT ORACLE - The Bellwether.
College, fortress, haven, deathtrap.
Come to save the world, try not to die.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
geni.us/saltorac
Starting with the setting of THE SALT ORACLE - The Bellwether.
College, fortress, haven, deathtrap.
Come to save the world, try not to die.
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
geni.us/saltorac
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Just in case anyone forgot.
I'm the creator and curator of the Biggest Gayest Table.
Originally the Gay Table!
I'm the creator and curator of the Biggest Gayest Table.
Originally the Gay Table!
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Just in case anyone forgot.
I'm the creator and curator of the Biggest Gayest Table.
Originally the Gay Table!
I'm the creator and curator of the Biggest Gayest Table.
Originally the Gay Table!