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Wren L. Rivers | Author
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They/them | author of queer seafaring fantasy series THE DIVINE ARCHIVE | FLOODWATERS coming Nov. 3rd | BLOOD OF THE GODS summer 2026

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Wren L. Rivers | Author @corvidarcana.bsky.social · Jul 14
One last #bluepit post for the day!

BLOOD OF THE GODS is book one in a seafaring fantasy duology. It’s also my debut novel!

Coming summer 2026!

#LGBT #ND #TR
An image of a cathedral’s interior. Text overlaid says: BLOOD OF THE GODS a guide Adult /Fantasy 104,000 words Multi-POV #ownvoices (LGBTQ+) An image of the ocean. Text overlaid says: THE PITCH: All Stranger can remember is how it feels to fall. Assisted by the crew of sailors that took them in, they must navigate the flood-ravaged world of Midir. But why does Stranger despise the God of the Sea? And what does Argonaut the Lawless, pirate of the northern seas, want from them? TARGET AUDIENCE: Fans of greek/ roman mythology, queer and neurodivergent folks, and anyone who enjoys unconventional fantasy settings An image of stars. The text reads: FIRST 4 LINES Captain Jonah Morgan was damn tired of taking in strays. The logic was simple: having a larger crew meant there were more problems to solve. Solving more problems meant caring about more people. And the more people he cared for, the more he'd someday watch die.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Not sure if you want to commit to reading Floodwaters yet? You can now read the first three chapters for free at www.corvidarcana.com/freebie !!!

#writesky #indieauthor #urbanfantasy #bookrecs
1 43rd Dew, Prosperity 2192 Later designated as the year Great Flood 01 One thousand years before Blood of the Gods Some people died loudly. Others, with nothing more than a whisper. A soldier under heavy gunfire, screaming in agony as blood gushed from her wounds. An elderly man, asleep on his deathbed, slipping into oblivion the moment his visitors stepped out for coffee. Either way, the human body shut down one organ at a time, until it realized there was nothing left to keep alive. But was there any death more torturous than that of a group science project? Eris didn’t think so. He sat draped over the old living room couch, its upholstery worn and matted from far too many years of use, and twirled a blue ballpoint pen between his fingers. He had long since looked away from the notebook balanced on his lap, his gaze trailing lazily around the room. Was there anything more interesting than his homework? It seemed not. His gaze met nothing but woven prayer mats and bland, undecorated walls. He threw his head back over the arm of the couch, catching a glimpse of his companion. Miri Chase was a quiet girl with a bob of brown hair, which curled toward her face like a round, decorative frame. She was a sophomore, though by some manner of happenstance, she’d wound up in junior-level classes. Eris never once considered her, and he would have preferred to continue that streak, if not for Mr. Darren, who had paired them for the final research project of the year. On the first day they worked together, she had looked him up and down, eyeing his mussed blond hair and grass-stained tee shirt, then said, “I can do the whole thing, if you want.” “What?” “I know your type,” she elaborated. “Jocks. You usually make me do all the work.” “Oh. No, I’m not like that.” Now, Miri met his gaze and adjusted her round glasses, her earnest face upside-down from his perspective. She sat cross-legged on the beige loveseat perpendicular to Eris’s couch, holding a library book in her hands. Its pages were stained and creased. “What’s wrong?” “Sue me, but Tree Biodiversity’s Impact on Local Squirrel Populations isn’t the most exhilarating paper we could be writing.” “That’s what we proposed, though. We can’t change it now. Mr. Darren said if the subject isn’t what we proposed, he’ll dock us a letter grade. Remember?”
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
Not sure if you want to commit to reading Floodwaters yet? You can now read the first three chapters for free at www.corvidarcana.com/freebie !!!

#writesky #indieauthor #urbanfantasy #bookrecs
1 43rd Dew, Prosperity 2192 Later designated as the year Great Flood 01 One thousand years before Blood of the Gods Some people died loudly. Others, with nothing more than a whisper. A soldier under heavy gunfire, screaming in agony as blood gushed from her wounds. An elderly man, asleep on his deathbed, slipping into oblivion the moment his visitors stepped out for coffee. Either way, the human body shut down one organ at a time, until it realized there was nothing left to keep alive. But was there any death more torturous than that of a group science project? Eris didn’t think so. He sat draped over the old living room couch, its upholstery worn and matted from far too many years of use, and twirled a blue ballpoint pen between his fingers. He had long since looked away from the notebook balanced on his lap, his gaze trailing lazily around the room. Was there anything more interesting than his homework? It seemed not. His gaze met nothing but woven prayer mats and bland, undecorated walls. He threw his head back over the arm of the couch, catching a glimpse of his companion. Miri Chase was a quiet girl with a bob of brown hair, which curled toward her face like a round, decorative frame. She was a sophomore, though by some manner of happenstance, she’d wound up in junior-level classes. Eris never once considered her, and he would have preferred to continue that streak, if not for Mr. Darren, who had paired them for the final research project of the year. On the first day they worked together, she had looked him up and down, eyeing his mussed blond hair and grass-stained tee shirt, then said, “I can do the whole thing, if you want.” “What?” “I know your type,” she elaborated. “Jocks. You usually make me do all the work.” “Oh. No, I’m not like that.” Now, Miri met his gaze and adjusted her round glasses, her earnest face upside-down from his perspective. She sat cross-legged on the beige loveseat perpendicular to Eris’s couch, holding a library book in her hands. Its pages were stained and creased. “What’s wrong?” “Sue me, but Tree Biodiversity’s Impact on Local Squirrel Populations isn’t the most exhilarating paper we could be writing.” “That’s what we proposed, though. We can’t change it now. Mr. Darren said if the subject isn’t what we proposed, he’ll dock us a letter grade. Remember?”
November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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My wife’s favorite book is Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, and for her birthday this year I made her a Gideon custom figure and diorama
#thelockedtomb
Gideon Nav standing among reanimated skeletons Hand holding figure for scale: 1/12
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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have you ever thought, "man, i want to make a game, but i don't know what to make?" 🤔

well, i made a 🔁RANDOM GENRE MASHER🔁 to help you! it takes 426 genre tags from steam & randomly mashes two together.

make the [your genre here] game of your dreams NOW!!

🎮 npckc.itch.io/random-genre...
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🌊 BLACK FRIDAY SALE 🌊

From now until Monday, December 1st, Floodwaters ebooks and paperbacks are 25% off if you buy direct.

Support a small indie author and give this tragic urban fantasy novella a read!

payhip.com/CorvidArcana...

#urbanfantasy #booksky #indieauthor #writintcommunity
A graphic that reads: “BLACK FRIDAY SALE Nov. 27-Dec. 1 25% off when you buy direct Tragic, heartbreaking urban fantasy novella Prequel to a larger seafaring fantasy series! https://payhip.com/CorvidArcanaLiterary The graphic includes the cover image for Floodwaters, which features a silhouetted hand reaching out from the ocean waves. As a backdrop behind the text, there is an image of underwater, which gradients from light blue at the top and black at the bottom. In the center is the cover for Floodwaters by Wren L. Rivers. It features a silhouetted hand reaching out from the ocean. Surrounding the cover are tropes and descriptions. Going clockwise, starting from the top left corner: Classmates to friends Furious god of the sea Apocalyptic great flood Nerd and jock Tragedy Golden blood Stay alive… out of spite Almost romance, if only they had more time Innocence, desperation, and greed Group science project Classmates to friends As a backdrop behind the text, there is an image of underwater, which gradients from light blue at the top and black at the bottom.
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I finally have time to start my tarot card project!! I’ve been wanting to do make cards themed after my seafaring fantasy book series for ages 👀

First card: Jonah Morgan, captain of the Vengeance 🌊

#originalcharacter #characterart #tarot #artsky #writesky #writingcommunity
The Hanged Man tarot card. The art is of a light-skinned man with ginger hair. He is upside-down, and his face is at a profile view but he’s making eye contact with the viewer. He wears a long red coat, a gray shirt, and black pants. The background is a starry sunset sky, with one of the stars glinting off the necklace that hangs around his neck. At the bottom, the card has text that says XII The Hanged Man. A blurred out image of the card is in the background, which looks like a few blobs of red, orange, dark gray, and brown. On top of that image is text: Captain Jonah Morgan was damn tired of taking in strays. The logic was simple: a larger crew meant solving more problems, and solving more problems meant caring about more people. The more people he cared for, the more he'd someday watch die. The Divine Archive #1: Blood of the Gods
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
From The Divine Archive’s unnamed sequel: My grumpy MMC being… extra grumpy 😂

#writingcommunity #WIP #writesky #selfpub
Jonah grimaced at the sheer volume of voices, clattering plates, scraping chairs. Too many people. As he stalked through the crowd, even his sharp, vicious glare wasn't enough to steer people away from him. Other shoulders brushed his. The warmth of bodies seeped into the lining of his suit jacket. In any other circumstance he may have enjoyed the respite from the northern cold, but today the warmth was not unbearably dreadful.
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Gonna be streaming today on Twitch at 4pm EST! Gonna be continuing to hack away at my tarot card project 👀

twitch.tv/corvidarcana
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Wren L. Rivers | Queer Author & Artist | they/them
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November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
I finally have time to start my tarot card project!! I’ve been wanting to do make cards themed after my seafaring fantasy book series for ages 👀

First card: Jonah Morgan, captain of the Vengeance 🌊

#originalcharacter #characterart #tarot #artsky #writesky #writingcommunity
The Hanged Man tarot card. The art is of a light-skinned man with ginger hair. He is upside-down, and his face is at a profile view but he’s making eye contact with the viewer. He wears a long red coat, a gray shirt, and black pants. The background is a starry sunset sky, with one of the stars glinting off the necklace that hangs around his neck. At the bottom, the card has text that says XII The Hanged Man. A blurred out image of the card is in the background, which looks like a few blobs of red, orange, dark gray, and brown. On top of that image is text: Captain Jonah Morgan was damn tired of taking in strays. The logic was simple: a larger crew meant solving more problems, and solving more problems meant caring about more people. The more people he cared for, the more he'd someday watch die. The Divine Archive #1: Blood of the Gods
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
🌊 BLACK FRIDAY SALE 🌊

From now until Monday, December 1st, Floodwaters ebooks and paperbacks are 25% off if you buy direct.

Support a small indie author and give this tragic urban fantasy novella a read!

payhip.com/CorvidArcana...

#urbanfantasy #booksky #indieauthor #writintcommunity
A graphic that reads: “BLACK FRIDAY SALE Nov. 27-Dec. 1 25% off when you buy direct Tragic, heartbreaking urban fantasy novella Prequel to a larger seafaring fantasy series! https://payhip.com/CorvidArcanaLiterary The graphic includes the cover image for Floodwaters, which features a silhouetted hand reaching out from the ocean waves. As a backdrop behind the text, there is an image of underwater, which gradients from light blue at the top and black at the bottom. In the center is the cover for Floodwaters by Wren L. Rivers. It features a silhouetted hand reaching out from the ocean. Surrounding the cover are tropes and descriptions. Going clockwise, starting from the top left corner: Classmates to friends Furious god of the sea Apocalyptic great flood Nerd and jock Tragedy Golden blood Stay alive… out of spite Almost romance, if only they had more time Innocence, desperation, and greed Group science project Classmates to friends As a backdrop behind the text, there is an image of underwater, which gradients from light blue at the top and black at the bottom.
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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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 5:40 PM
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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“Poor people have a right to art!”

They sure do. So get to it.
Eminem tosses you a pack of crayolas
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Small Business Saturday is coming up soon! You should consider supporting a very, very, very, very, very...very...very small business (I have a book you should read!)

UBL: books2read.com/u/b6wAxp
Buy Direct: payhip.com/CorvidArcana...

#smallbusinesssaturday #indieauthor #booksky #writingcommunity
In the center is the cover for Floodwaters by Wren L. Rivers. It features a silhouetted hand reaching out from the ocean. Surrounding the cover are tropes and descriptions. Going clockwise, starting from the top left corner: Classmates to friends Furious god of the sea Apocalyptic great flood Nerd and jock Tragedy Golden blood Stay alive… out of spite Almost romance, if only they had more time Innocence, desperation, and greed Group science project Classmates to friends As a backdrop behind the text, there is an image of underwater, which gradients from light blue at the top to nearly black at the bottom.
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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The Divine Archive, my queer seafaring fantasy series:

Jonah’s sister being murdered by pirates. Right in front of him. Yippee, trauma!

Karina’s parents neglecting her the moment she turned six years old. Yippee, trauma!

And for Stranger… well, it’s kinda the whole plot of book 1 😂
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @MFF C8 @cometkins.bsky.social · 6d
What’s the biggest event from your MC’s past that informs who they are now? #WritingPrompt
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
Floodwaters is now on Itch! My store isn't the prettiest right now, but hey, it's functional 😂

Want a quick read? A tragic prequel novella that takes place in a larger world? You can now get the ebook here! corvidarcana.itch.io
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November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week!

Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10
Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
laurenbeukes.com Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 8d
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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"But Dune-"
*smack* "HERBERT IS DEEEEAD"

*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND HIS ESTATE DOESN'T FUND QUEERPHOBIC CAUSES"

*walks away*
*comes back*
*smack* "AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND A RAGING HOMOPHOBE HE DIDN'T PLEDGE OVER 80% OF HIS NET WORTH TO DESTROYING QUEER PEOPLE"
August 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
Waiting for my ipad to charge, but I'm going to do a "pilot" art livestream in about 30 minutes (4pm EST)! Today's all about art, testing the waters, and making sure nothing goes horribly wrong (it's been 6 years since I last did a livestream LOL)

www.twitch.tv/corvidarcana
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.

Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
us.theconversation.com The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 11d
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🌐

#art
clippy drawing that reads "have you considered using your brain instead of asking chatgpt?"
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
corvidarcana.bsky.social
Dammit, I received my order to replenish my book stock and they arrived with warped pages 😭
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM