Mara Lynn Johnstone
@marlynnofmany.bsky.social
Author of science fiction and fantasy. Exploring the multiverse, with pens, pencils and enthusiasm! She/her. Further shenanigans all over the internet and at MaraLynnJohnstone.com
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I don't know about you, but I've been making up stories since I could talk, & writing them down since shortly after.
In 5th grade, I decided that since I probably (probably) wouldn't get to ride a dragon / turn into a dragon etc, I'd write about it all instead.
Here's a thread of my books so far!🧵
In 5th grade, I decided that since I probably (probably) wouldn't get to ride a dragon / turn into a dragon etc, I'd write about it all instead.
Here's a thread of my books so far!🧵
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If want to get better at art and have an excuse to draw your OCs meeting someone else's. Come.
We don't do activity checks or care if you participate. We don't care if you only doodle one thing once a year or nothing ever. Just read the rules and don't be a dick.
21+ SFW (for mod sanity). #Hetherev
We don't do activity checks or care if you participate. We don't care if you only doodle one thing once a year or nothing ever. Just read the rules and don't be a dick.
21+ SFW (for mod sanity). #Hetherev
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If want to get better at art and have an excuse to draw your OCs meeting someone else's. Come.
We don't do activity checks or care if you participate. We don't care if you only doodle one thing once a year or nothing ever. Just read the rules and don't be a dick.
21+ SFW (for mod sanity). #Hetherev
We don't do activity checks or care if you participate. We don't care if you only doodle one thing once a year or nothing ever. Just read the rules and don't be a dick.
21+ SFW (for mod sanity). #Hetherev
Muahaha, I'm going to use two things I've already written for this draft, and nobody's going to stop me!
#NaNoWriMo
#NaNoWriMo
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Muahaha, I'm going to use two things I've already written for this draft, and nobody's going to stop me!
#NaNoWriMo
#NaNoWriMo
Inventing a whole new accent with my typos over here. What kind of person would call something "sigbificant"? Sounds posh and foolish.
#FunWithTypos #AmWriting #NaNoWriMo
#FunWithTypos #AmWriting #NaNoWriMo
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Inventing a whole new accent with my typos over here. What kind of person would call something "sigbificant"? Sounds posh and foolish.
#FunWithTypos #AmWriting #NaNoWriMo
#FunWithTypos #AmWriting #NaNoWriMo
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The unicorn listened intently. Somewhere in the forest, someone innocent was singing.
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The unicorn listened intently. Somewhere in the forest, someone innocent was singing.
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
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Science Bluesky, I need a question answered that is not yielding to Google!
Can you carbon-14 date an alien?
Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?
Can you carbon-14 date an alien?
Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Science Bluesky, I need a question answered that is not yielding to Google!
Can you carbon-14 date an alien?
Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?
Can you carbon-14 date an alien?
Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?
Hooray for writing terribly summarized scenes that accomplish exactly what they need to. Quality can come later. Now is the time for rough drafts at warp speed!
#NaNoWriMo
#NaNoWriMo
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hooray for writing terribly summarized scenes that accomplish exactly what they need to. Quality can come later. Now is the time for rough drafts at warp speed!
#NaNoWriMo
#NaNoWriMo
It's fun to read over my old notes where I was brainstorming ways for the various plot threads to turn out. I'll find things like "This character will help. And/or fake death."
#NaNoWriMo
#NaNoWriMo
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's fun to read over my old notes where I was brainstorming ways for the various plot threads to turn out. I'll find things like "This character will help. And/or fake death."
#NaNoWriMo
#NaNoWriMo
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How can anyone read Dracula and go “there are too many characters in this, get rid of the COWBOY THAT ACTUALLY KILLS THE TITLE CHARACTER”
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
How can anyone read Dracula and go “there are too many characters in this, get rid of the COWBOY THAT ACTUALLY KILLS THE TITLE CHARACTER”
I'm having fun rediscovering all the notes I left myself for where to take this story last year.
I completely forgot that I wrote part of a space shanty about scaring the space pirates away with a skunk. Then translated it into Esperanto. Good times.
#NaNoWriMo
I completely forgot that I wrote part of a space shanty about scaring the space pirates away with a skunk. Then translated it into Esperanto. Good times.
#NaNoWriMo
November 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm having fun rediscovering all the notes I left myself for where to take this story last year.
I completely forgot that I wrote part of a space shanty about scaring the space pirates away with a skunk. Then translated it into Esperanto. Good times.
#NaNoWriMo
I completely forgot that I wrote part of a space shanty about scaring the space pirates away with a skunk. Then translated it into Esperanto. Good times.
#NaNoWriMo
Me: "I wanna go read something."
Also Me: "Ah, but you should write something instead!"
Me: "Yeah, but that's work."
Also Me, persuasive: "You could read the stuff you already wrote. THEN write more."
Me: "Okay fine, yes I could do that."
#WriterLife #NaNoWriMo
Also Me: "Ah, but you should write something instead!"
Me: "Yeah, but that's work."
Also Me, persuasive: "You could read the stuff you already wrote. THEN write more."
Me: "Okay fine, yes I could do that."
#WriterLife #NaNoWriMo
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Me: "I wanna go read something."
Also Me: "Ah, but you should write something instead!"
Me: "Yeah, but that's work."
Also Me, persuasive: "You could read the stuff you already wrote. THEN write more."
Me: "Okay fine, yes I could do that."
#WriterLife #NaNoWriMo
Also Me: "Ah, but you should write something instead!"
Me: "Yeah, but that's work."
Also Me, persuasive: "You could read the stuff you already wrote. THEN write more."
Me: "Okay fine, yes I could do that."
#WriterLife #NaNoWriMo
Who's writing a November novel this year?
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Who's writing a November novel this year?
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
No gods, no masters, no centralized authority. Just words on the page and triumph in the air.
#NaNoWriMo #NotNaNo #Novelvember #Novelmber #FirstDraftFall #AndManyOtherTagsI'mSure
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Hey artists
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hey artists
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
Just keep posting.
Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting.
Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it.
Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting.
You never know who will find you and when.
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If you think about it, Restless Leg Syndrome is a bit like having your leg possessed by a ghost
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
If you think about it, Restless Leg Syndrome is a bit like having your leg possessed by a ghost
I'm going to be donating blood on Halloween. Someday I'll write that vampire book about a heist on a blood bank. It will be GREAT.
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm going to be donating blood on Halloween. Someday I'll write that vampire book about a heist on a blood bank. It will be GREAT.
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This feels like a hug 🥹
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This feels like a hug 🥹
Oh hey, the word I expected to be not-quite-official-even-though-it-should-be actually IS in the dictionary. Sweet.
(Insectile.)
(Writing about bug aliens again. A particular one who's nice, but don't say so where she can hear you.)
(Insectile.)
(Writing about bug aliens again. A particular one who's nice, but don't say so where she can hear you.)
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Oh hey, the word I expected to be not-quite-official-even-though-it-should-be actually IS in the dictionary. Sweet.
(Insectile.)
(Writing about bug aliens again. A particular one who's nice, but don't say so where she can hear you.)
(Insectile.)
(Writing about bug aliens again. A particular one who's nice, but don't say so where she can hear you.)
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I once said that T. Kingfisher horror novels are like if you were summoning a ghost at a seance, but your chair is secretly a mimic. 😂
October 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I once said that T. Kingfisher horror novels are like if you were summoning a ghost at a seance, but your chair is secretly a mimic. 😂
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Aw HELL YEAH it is the season where zoos post videos of their animals with giant pumpkins!!!!!
October 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Aw HELL YEAH it is the season where zoos post videos of their animals with giant pumpkins!!!!!
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it’s almost halloween, you know what that means!!! “carving pumpkins?” “haunted house tours?” “scary movies?”
(crumpling up a piece of paper that says “make the paprika chicken what made jonathan harker go mad”) yeah that’s what i meant
(crumpling up a piece of paper that says “make the paprika chicken what made jonathan harker go mad”) yeah that’s what i meant
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
it’s almost halloween, you know what that means!!! “carving pumpkins?” “haunted house tours?” “scary movies?”
(crumpling up a piece of paper that says “make the paprika chicken what made jonathan harker go mad”) yeah that’s what i meant
(crumpling up a piece of paper that says “make the paprika chicken what made jonathan harker go mad”) yeah that’s what i meant
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I'm always here for a good Beowulf reference 😂
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm always here for a good Beowulf reference 😂
Woohoo, it's the official end of wildfire season!
*cheers in Californian*
*cheers in Californian*
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Woohoo, it's the official end of wildfire season!
*cheers in Californian*
*cheers in Californian*
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BREAKING🚨: It's Official. There's a Black hole on the loose in the Milky way galaxy
Astronomers have officially confirmed the first-ever rogue black hole drifting through our Milky Way galaxy!
Using data from Hubble and Gaia, scientists spotted this cosmic ghost not by its light (it emits none)
BREAKING🚨: It's Official. There's a Black hole on the loose in the Milky way galaxy
Astronomers have officially confirmed the first-ever rogue black hole drifting through our Milky Way galaxy!
Using data from Hubble and Gaia, scientists spotted this cosmic ghost not by its light (it emits none)
October 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
pspspsps
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“Not at all useful” is so subjective because I would commission my artist friends to make me the coolest dumbest shit and that would be extremely useful to them and also me. Fursuits. Video games. Little scale models. Who wants to add a meow wolf-ass room to my house let’s get weird.
lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful
what would you buy to break the curse?
what would you buy to break the curse?
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“Not at all useful” is so subjective because I would commission my artist friends to make me the coolest dumbest shit and that would be extremely useful to them and also me. Fursuits. Video games. Little scale models. Who wants to add a meow wolf-ass room to my house let’s get weird.
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Today is #nationalhagfishday I hope you have a good day and if not I hope you escape the day via copious amounts of slime www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today is #nationalhagfishday I hope you have a good day and if not I hope you escape the day via copious amounts of slime www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
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There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's the return of my beloved Nanowrimo. 🥹
NaNo 2.0 is LIVE. We're so glad you're here, because #NaNoWriMo is only 30 days away. Hope you're ready to write! ✍️ nano2.org #WritingCommunity #NaNo2point0
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's the return of my beloved Nanowrimo. 🥹