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Alina Leonova
@alinaleonova.bsky.social
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~ Sci-fi & solarpunk author ~ Narrative designer (learning) ~ Reader & book blogger (SFF by women, trans & enby authors) ~ On & off climate activist ~ ADHDer ~ She/her
Books: https://alinaleonova.net/books
Tiny Twine Games: https://alithealien.itch.io
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Excited to start writing my next Twine game 🎉 First draft of the opening passage, so forgive any typos, repetitive worlds and other imperfections.
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games
A screenshot of a Twine passage called "The Beginning". It says: You crouch behind a trea as a projectile swishes by your ear. Smoke tickles your nostrils, cries echo in the air, and your head swims in the sweltering heat of a burning forest. It hurts as if your own body were burning, even though the flames haven't touched your skin yet. As you lean your forehead against the trunk and inhale its rich aroma, your mind intermingles with the mind of the tree, signals of pain and panic traveling up its roots from the vast network below. You bite your lip until it bleeds, as tears stream from your eyes. Your sole purpose in life has been to protect the Forest, but you have failed.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Until I came up with this simple conflict resolution game, and I'm so excited because I just finished the first draft of level one! It's short & simple, and I'm sure there is lots I did wrong, but I actually finished this thing, and I think it's a reason to celebrate 😊 🎉
#GameWriting #twine
A screenshot of a schematic of a game made in Twine. Basically rectangles with arrows leading to other rectangles representing choices in the game.
June 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The Free People’s Village is one of the most punk rock books I’ve ever read! Just look at this gorgeous cover 🥰
Spec Fic (alternative timeline), activism, music, love, and young people trying to change the world.
It was more tragic than I expected but hopeful in the end 💙📚 #solarpunk 1/
Book cover of The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern. Red background, a badass looking person with an irokez in the top left corner smashing a robotic dog with a bat.
April 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Hey #ReadingCommunity, I'd like to promote fellow indie authors, so feel free to jump in & make it a quote post.
- a book by an indie I enjoyed: Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by @kiraofthewind.bsky.social
- a book by an indie I want to read — This Is How Immortals Die by @sayaashrah.bsky.social
Book cover of Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Erika McCorkle. a person with transparent wings like a dragonfly's and another one with 4 arms with their backs to the viewer traveling on the back of a large beetle among the trees. Book cover of This Is How Immortals Die by Nicole Hidalgo. A face of a beautiful woman with her eyes closed, and her curly hair floating around her face, a dear streaming from her eye in the starry, purple sky.
December 1, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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- another planet
- 2 species of humans
- an animal that makes music with its entire body
- ace & neurodivergent MCs
- shamanic ceremonies
- activists & non-hierarchical structures
- Indie Ink Award winner for ace rep
- solarpunk

alinaleonova.net/books
A book cover of 'Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts' by Alina Leonova. A dark-skinned woman and a light-skinned man standing back to back. There are wires and electronics visible under the man's skin on his head and neck. Flowers and plants separate them. Light yellow background behind the woman that merges with light-turquoise background behind the man.
November 27, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Authors! Let's start a chain of posts of your FIRST published book. "Quote post" the cover, a link, and three words about it. Here is mine.

Entanglement

Mind-bending. Blackmirrorish. Surprising.

www.amazon.com/Entanglement...
A book cover of Entanglement — a dystopian sci-fi thriller by Alina Leonova. A silhouette of a red and yellow tree that resembles an outline of a face against the backdrop of black starry sky.
November 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM