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Kell Willsen
@kwillsen.bsky.social
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Storyteller with words: Novelist, poet, lyricist, game designer, puzzle constructor, and life-long learner.

Aiming to be kind, constructive, and considerate. Occasionally clueless though, so sorry in advance and please tell me if I mess up. Thx 💜
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I had the chance to play Loose In The Library at the UKGE in June. Good to see it now on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...

Go and check it out.
Loose In The Library
Build a team of inspirational women from history and fiction to capture literary terrors in a cursed library.
www.kickstarter.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
kwillsen.bsky.social
Progress: 14,500/75,000 words.
Deadline: 25 days remaining.
Daily goal: 2,500 words.
Line of the day:
“Why are you here? What did they offer that could make you choose the Outsiders over your own people?”

Trying something new with a series of #draft-progress posts.
May 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
An infographic. There are six panels. 1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded. 2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text. 3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky. 4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german. 5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say. 6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.
October 28, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Authors of Bluesky:
If you are using Netgalley for your ARCs, please PLEASE make sure that the file you use for the kindle version is readable, fully formatted correctly, etc. FOUR TIMES in the last month I have gotten ARCs that were unreadable, and netgalleys response was to say
March 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Congratulations to @hazelhitchins.bsky.social on the launch of her book: The Good, the Bad and the Vegan.

troubador.co.uk/bookshop/fan...

I had the privilege of reading an early draft, and loved it. Can't wait to get hold of my own copy.

#BeMoreBabs #Babs&Aggie #LaunchDay
Babs & Aggie: the Good, the Bad and the Vegan
A ‘woman of a certain age’ novel which successfully combines women’s fiction, cosy fantasy and magical realism. A cardigan-wearing, greying café owner is also a fearsome thousand-year-old witch.
troubador.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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indieauthormagazine.com/putting-your...

Interesting article. I think my Fragments novels fall about halfway between "Entertainment" and "Inspiration", with a small step towards "Education".
A triangular diagram with labelled points. Lower left: "Inspiration". Lower right: "Education". Top point: "Entertainment". Various book titles are written around the edge of the diagram, corresponding to points inside the triangle that describe how much they fit each of the three elements. Books and their placements in the triangle (approximate percentages). Jack Reacher = 100% Entertainment. Harry Potter = 80% Entertainment, 20% Inspiration, 10% Education. The Da Vinci Code = 60% Entertainment, 40% Education, 10% Inspiration. The Martian = 50% Entertainment, 50% Inspiration, 50% Education. Fragments (my addition) = 50% Entertainment, 50% Inspiration, 10% Education. Packing for Mars = 80% Education, 20% Entertainment, 10% Inspiration. Eat Pray Love = 75% Inspiration, 25% Entertainment, 20% Education. The War of Art = 50% Inspiration, 50% Education, 10% Entertainment. 5-Minute Daily Writing Prompts = 100% Inspiration. The Anatomy of Story = 100% Education.
January 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I've got a really important presentation on Monday and a story to write, so I built a cardboard theatre for my cat.
A tiny tabby kitten (half Bengal) with blue eyes sits on a cardboard stage. In front of him you can see cardboard seats, cardboard curtains and little cardboard comedy and tragedy masks. Behind the kitten is a tiny set featuring a castle wall, suggesting the opening scene from Hamlet.
November 5, 2024 at 9:27 AM