A. E. Salix
@aesalix.bsky.social
horror nerd, cinephile and aspiring author from Romania with any pronouns. I like stuff that packs a punch and makes me think.
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We promise you. It’s true.
NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We promise you. It’s true.
caught a cold literally the day I was getting ready to write a load-bearing scene in my new novel's first draft. #writesky please send me some energy so I can finish my scene of eldritch encounters of the sexy kind.
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
caught a cold literally the day I was getting ready to write a load-bearing scene in my new novel's first draft. #writesky please send me some energy so I can finish my scene of eldritch encounters of the sexy kind.
#WriteSky me while I'm trying to focus on an unrelated task: figuring out the perfect way to move the plot forward, coming up with witty banter, emotional scenes, fun character moments, lush descriptions
me as soon as I open Word to write all that down:
me as soon as I open Word to write all that down:
September 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#WriteSky me while I'm trying to focus on an unrelated task: figuring out the perfect way to move the plot forward, coming up with witty banter, emotional scenes, fun character moments, lush descriptions
me as soon as I open Word to write all that down:
me as soon as I open Word to write all that down:
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MCU!Loki is not a Hear Me Out. Sorry.
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
MCU!Loki is not a Hear Me Out. Sorry.
shoutout to the time a teenage boy on the street called me a "ladyman" to his friends as I passed them, to make fun of my very butch outfit. you ended up giving me +500 Gender Points, my guy.
September 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
shoutout to the time a teenage boy on the street called me a "ladyman" to his friends as I passed them, to make fun of my very butch outfit. you ended up giving me +500 Gender Points, my guy.
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The oldest-surviving anatomical theatre in the world, built in 1594 and located in Padua. At the center stands a table on which the dissections of human or animal bodies took place. You can still visit it today. Photo: Daily Art Magazine.
September 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The oldest-surviving anatomical theatre in the world, built in 1594 and located in Padua. At the center stands a table on which the dissections of human or animal bodies took place. You can still visit it today. Photo: Daily Art Magazine.
Hey, look at this vintage Hungarian cover for Dracula - it's one of my favorite editions of this book. He's just kind of standing there. (This is an alternate version of a 1925 cover drawn by Tibor Gönczi-Gebhardt.)
#BookSky
#BookSky
September 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Hey, look at this vintage Hungarian cover for Dracula - it's one of my favorite editions of this book. He's just kind of standing there. (This is an alternate version of a 1925 cover drawn by Tibor Gönczi-Gebhardt.)
#BookSky
#BookSky
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Just heard the best quote for creatives!
“Perfectionism doesn’t raise our standards. It lowers our output.” -Helen Wells
Damn, I needed that.
“Perfectionism doesn’t raise our standards. It lowers our output.” -Helen Wells
Damn, I needed that.
September 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just heard the best quote for creatives!
“Perfectionism doesn’t raise our standards. It lowers our output.” -Helen Wells
Damn, I needed that.
“Perfectionism doesn’t raise our standards. It lowers our output.” -Helen Wells
Damn, I needed that.
someone recently ended a five-year friendship with me because I said that using AI for creative work was unethical even if it made things easier for them as a struggling writer. so let me just clarify - I hate AI, and if you use it to write, I'm more than happy to never, ever be friends again.
September 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
someone recently ended a five-year friendship with me because I said that using AI for creative work was unethical even if it made things easier for them as a struggling writer. so let me just clarify - I hate AI, and if you use it to write, I'm more than happy to never, ever be friends again.
armed with a pocket notebook, sticky tabs and good writing supplies. I'm gonna write the hell out of that new WIP over the weekend.
#writesky
#writesky
September 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
armed with a pocket notebook, sticky tabs and good writing supplies. I'm gonna write the hell out of that new WIP over the weekend.
#writesky
#writesky
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It’s totally okay to be inspired by something you think is bad or otherwise have a lot of criticisms of. A story could be flawed but still have ideas and concepts you like. Good ideas deserve to be done properly. To be used to their full potential.
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
September 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
It’s totally okay to be inspired by something you think is bad or otherwise have a lot of criticisms of. A story could be flawed but still have ideas and concepts you like. Good ideas deserve to be done properly. To be used to their full potential.
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
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My neighbor self published this book. You don’t have to buy it, he’d be happy if you just viewed it. store.bookbaby.com/book/happy-s...
Happy Second First Birthday and Other Tales
"Happy Second First Birthday and Other Tales" by M.L. Bartels is a diverse collection of short stories blending speculative fiction, existential exploration, and philosophical musings. The s...
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April 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My neighbor self published this book. You don’t have to buy it, he’d be happy if you just viewed it. store.bookbaby.com/book/happy-s...
inscription on my vintage secondhand copy of Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov (written in a near-unreadable chicken scratch): "to be read ONLY when the blood alcohol content exceeds 120 milligrams per whatever".
damn, I love buying used books. #booksky
damn, I love buying used books. #booksky
September 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
inscription on my vintage secondhand copy of Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov (written in a near-unreadable chicken scratch): "to be read ONLY when the blood alcohol content exceeds 120 milligrams per whatever".
damn, I love buying used books. #booksky
damn, I love buying used books. #booksky
working on multiple WIPs truly feels like this #writing
a cartoon of tom and jerry playing instruments
ALT: a cartoon of tom and jerry playing instruments
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September 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
working on multiple WIPs truly feels like this #writing
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7. You don't need cops to investigate the horrors in a horror story. Humans are naturally curious and seldom mind their own business. Have some self-respect and cast a librarian.
July 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
7. You don't need cops to investigate the horrors in a horror story. Humans are naturally curious and seldom mind their own business. Have some self-respect and cast a librarian.
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"Tired" by Langston Hughes
July 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Tired" by Langston Hughes
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Not gonna lie: I'm having a tough time. @tealcartoons.bsky.social & I have a kids' book out soon called DEAD ENDS. It's for kids 8-12, but we think everyone will like it. I'd love if you'd consider preordering a signed copy from @mysteriousbookshop.com 👇
www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/lin...
www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/lin...
July 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Not gonna lie: I'm having a tough time. @tealcartoons.bsky.social & I have a kids' book out soon called DEAD ENDS. It's for kids 8-12, but we think everyone will like it. I'd love if you'd consider preordering a signed copy from @mysteriousbookshop.com 👇
www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/lin...
www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/lin...
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A large anatomical ‘fugitive leaf’ from Cassell’s People’s Physician, Vol. 5, published in the 1930s. These kind of anatomical illustrations with fold out sections functioned as paper dissections, and were intended to help non-medical audiences learn about anatomy.
July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A large anatomical ‘fugitive leaf’ from Cassell’s People’s Physician, Vol. 5, published in the 1930s. These kind of anatomical illustrations with fold out sections functioned as paper dissections, and were intended to help non-medical audiences learn about anatomy.
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Italian exploitation film: the most graphic upsetting violence you’ve ever seen.
Italian exploitation film composers:
Italian exploitation film composers:
July 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Italian exploitation film: the most graphic upsetting violence you’ve ever seen.
Italian exploitation film composers:
Italian exploitation film composers:
I have at least three separate projects to work on besides my first book that's in the works for being published next month, but the Muse has decided to sneak up on me and hit me in the head with an entirely new idea. fourth new project, here we go. #justwriterthings
July 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I have at least three separate projects to work on besides my first book that's in the works for being published next month, but the Muse has decided to sneak up on me and hit me in the head with an entirely new idea. fourth new project, here we go. #justwriterthings
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Cover Reveal and Pre-Order!
I couldn’t be more stoked (or grossed out) by the cover to my debut horror collection. Mitch_gen on IG was great to work with, and would you look at that illustration!
Release is set for 9.9.25! Ebook pre-orders are up with paperback and audiobook soon.
I couldn’t be more stoked (or grossed out) by the cover to my debut horror collection. Mitch_gen on IG was great to work with, and would you look at that illustration!
Release is set for 9.9.25! Ebook pre-orders are up with paperback and audiobook soon.
July 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Cover Reveal and Pre-Order!
I couldn’t be more stoked (or grossed out) by the cover to my debut horror collection. Mitch_gen on IG was great to work with, and would you look at that illustration!
Release is set for 9.9.25! Ebook pre-orders are up with paperback and audiobook soon.
I couldn’t be more stoked (or grossed out) by the cover to my debut horror collection. Mitch_gen on IG was great to work with, and would you look at that illustration!
Release is set for 9.9.25! Ebook pre-orders are up with paperback and audiobook soon.
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Apply this to all calls in general, please, if you're marginalized in any way. Because you're used to not being welcome to sit at the table, so fuck that noise and impose your much-needed contribution on the writing world. Because you know the cishet white guys aren't stressing about being too bold.
Hey y'all! Unc editor here. We say "don't self reject" all the time. For some of us it's baked into the process already, but for others it might get lost in the sauce.
So lemme repeat: Get your subs out there. Treat it like building a muscle, or a callus. When/if it comes back as a pass/
So lemme repeat: Get your subs out there. Treat it like building a muscle, or a callus. When/if it comes back as a pass/
Submissions for our last themed issue of the year CLOSE in TEN DAYS! Get it polished, get it in. The squad can't wait to feast on your words 🍽️
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Apply this to all calls in general, please, if you're marginalized in any way. Because you're used to not being welcome to sit at the table, so fuck that noise and impose your much-needed contribution on the writing world. Because you know the cishet white guys aren't stressing about being too bold.
I don't want to write a relatable romance plot. I prefer writing a romance plot that makes the readers want to study both characters under a microscope to understand what is going on with them. #writing
July 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I don't want to write a relatable romance plot. I prefer writing a romance plot that makes the readers want to study both characters under a microscope to understand what is going on with them. #writing