Alina Leonova
@alinaleonova.bsky.social
~ 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
Books: https://alinaleonova.net/books
Tiny Twine Games: https://alithealien.itch.io
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Alina Leonova
@alinaleonova.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Hi folks, I'm new here 👋
- I'm a #SciFi author & reader
- I have a blog where I share #SFF #books by women, trans & enby athors
- I'm an immigrant from #Belarus.
I'm mostly on Mastodon, but might try my luck here. Looking for ppl to follow, especially #WritingCommunity & #ReadingCommunity ☺️
- I'm a #SciFi author & reader
- I have a blog where I share #SFF #books by women, trans & enby athors
- I'm an immigrant from #Belarus.
I'm mostly on Mastodon, but might try my luck here. Looking for ppl to follow, especially #WritingCommunity & #ReadingCommunity ☺️
This is such a good book! I read it a while ago and loved it 🥰
💙📚
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
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#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
✨ The Chrysillium Tree Giveaway! ✨
To celebrate Star of Shalik’s release in 2 months, I’m giving away 3 TCT book boxes filled w/magical goodies.🌿📖
Open to U.S. readers only.
To enter: 1️⃣ Follow me 2️⃣ Like + Repost 3️⃣ say hello in comments!
Winners announced Saturday 11/15! 💫 #FantasyBooks #Giveaway
To celebrate Star of Shalik’s release in 2 months, I’m giving away 3 TCT book boxes filled w/magical goodies.🌿📖
Open to U.S. readers only.
To enter: 1️⃣ Follow me 2️⃣ Like + Repost 3️⃣ say hello in comments!
Winners announced Saturday 11/15! 💫 #FantasyBooks #Giveaway
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is such a good book! I read it a while ago and loved it 🥰
💙📚
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
💙📚
#books #reading #fantasy #booksy #ReadingCommunity
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
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #Twine #games
I fell off the face of the earth again (not really, just the social media plane 😁). In the meantime, I wrote my second tiny #Twine #solarpunk interactive fiction game.
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
Writing a Solarpunk Twine Game with SugarCube | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
My second tiny Twine game. It's solarpunk interactive fiction that's based on building relationships within a community.
alinaleonova.net
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I fell off the face of the earth again (not really, just the social media plane 😁). In the meantime, I wrote my second tiny #Twine #solarpunk interactive fiction game.
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
If you are interested in the game itself or what I learned, feel free to check it out alinaleonova.net/blog/solarpu...
#games
I wrote a super simple & super short conflict resolution Twine game. It looks like a text game that runs in your browser, and takes a few minutes to play. Check it out or learn how to write your own simple Twine game. alinaleonova.net/blog/conflic...
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
My First Tiny Conflict Resolution Twine Game | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
I'm learning about game writing, and I created my first tiny game in Twine. You can play it as a text game in your browser or learn how to make your own simple game using Twine.
alinaleonova.net
July 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I wrote a super simple & super short conflict resolution Twine game. It looks like a text game that runs in your browser, and takes a few minutes to play. Check it out or learn how to write your own simple Twine game. alinaleonova.net/blog/conflic...
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
#games #GameWriting #ConflictResolution #twine
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If you've not seen our LGBTQIA+ Book Collection yet, then here's an article explaining more about it, including a showcase of ten books that caught my attention while going through the collection!
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
July 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you've not seen our LGBTQIA+ Book Collection yet, then here's an article explaining more about it, including a showcase of ten books that caught my attention while going through the collection!
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
Check it out: www.readindiefantasy.com/introducing-...
I've been learning about game writing and figuring out Twine. Made a few short scenes in it but couldn't conceptualize anything more complete I could actually finish.
June 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I've been learning about game writing and figuring out Twine. Made a few short scenes in it but couldn't conceptualize anything more complete I could actually finish.
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The Godsblood Tragedy by @williamjadams3.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Godsblood Tragedy by @williamjadams3.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
Name Her Holy by @clericofthevoid.bsky.social
Wild Flowers, Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Threadlight trilogy by Zack Argyle
I'm still reading it but can already tell it's a good one: Shadow of the Elders by @willelm.bsky.social
The Free People's Village is a badass story about music, love & resistance. Tragic & raw, real, even though happening in an alternative timeline, it was an emotional journey that left a big impression on me 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
The Free People's Village — Punk Rock & Resistance In An Alternative Timeline | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
Teacher by day, punk guitarist at night, Maddie joins a movement to save their neighborhood that it is to be sacrificed for a new hyperway out to the wealthy suburbs.
alinaleonova.net
June 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Free People's Village is a badass story about music, love & resistance. Tragic & raw, real, even though happening in an alternative timeline, it was an emotional journey that left a big impression on me 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
alinaleonova.net/blog/the-fre...
#booksky #SciFibooks #reading #BookReview #LGBTQBooks
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How it feels sitting in the back corner of a cafe to write
June 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How it feels sitting in the back corner of a cafe to write
I finally wrote a review of This Is How Immortals Die by @sayaashrah.bsky.social 🎉
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
This Is How Immortals Die — Dark And Bloody Sapphic Fantasy | Alina Leonova, Sci-Fi Author
Aphrodite unleashed a life-changing apocalypse that reshaped the world and cursed humankind with immortality. But once true love is found, immortality is lost.
alinaleonova.net
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I finally wrote a review of This Is How Immortals Die by @sayaashrah.bsky.social 🎉
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
So, if you're into dark & gory fantasy, Greek mythology, original worlds & sapphic romances, it might just be for you🩸😈 💙📚
alinaleonova.net/blog/this-is...
#BookSky #BookReview #DarkFantasy #fantasy #LGBTQBooks
Amazing how much of a difference starting a day with a workout & a cold shower makes (not that it’s possible for me most days 😅). Feeling energized, more patient, in a better mood, & I’m finally catching up on reviews I should have written a while ago while juggling other stuff 😤
#writing #reading
#writing #reading
May 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
How do people keep up with social media? I constantly forget to post or even check on what’s going on 🥲
Well, let me tell you about the books I’ve read now that I’m here 💙📚
The Bride of the Blue Wind by Victoria Coddard was more like a fairytale than anything else. 1/
#reading #books #booksky
Well, let me tell you about the books I’ve read now that I’m here 💙📚
The Bride of the Blue Wind by Victoria Coddard was more like a fairytale than anything else. 1/
#reading #books #booksky
May 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I finished Legends & Lattes, and quite predictably, I loved it 🥰 Already started book 2.
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
April 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I finished Legends & Lattes, and quite predictably, I loved it 🥰 Already started book 2.
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
It got me thinking about the specific niche this book occupies: calm, kind, feel-good stories where good things happen to good people. I call them balm for the soul. 1/
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Is there anything in this existence that compares to a good book? In the mess that is everything right now, I would be completely lost without 📚✨
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
April 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Is there anything in this existence that compares to a good book? In the mess that is everything right now, I would be completely lost without 📚✨
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
Here's a few books on my TBR:🧵
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/
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/
April 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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/
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/
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Anytime, anywhere… #CoffeeBreak
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Anytime, anywhere… #CoffeeBreak
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
Love this story of when two worlds collide- one of nature, one of technology. So fascinating to be a part of Balika and Sammah’s two very different worlds and how they collide.
#amreading #BooksWorthReading
Wild Flowers Electric Beasts by @alinaleonova.bsky.social
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how it feels sharing your writing and art
March 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
how it feels sharing your writing and art
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Hoły crap, some men are creeps. I was walking along the beach & 2 young women were playing on the waves topless (common & not a big deal here). Passed by a guy & he was taking a pic of them 🤦🏻♀️Fairly sure he didn’t know them cause he was up the promenade not down on the beach.
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hoły crap, some men are creeps. I was walking along the beach & 2 young women were playing on the waves topless (common & not a big deal here). Passed by a guy & he was taking a pic of them 🤦🏻♀️Fairly sure he didn’t know them cause he was up the promenade not down on the beach.
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Just the Tips (from an editor):
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Just the Tips (from an editor):
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
You should absolutely have adverbs in your book—we need them. But too much of a good thing exists. 3 quick things you can look for to only use adverbs where you need them:
That’s a book I really enjoyed 🥰
Hello #readingcommunity!
Looking to escape? I have just the #fantasy #read for you!
💙 epic world building
🍃 bioluminescent forests
✨ found family
🖤 forbidden love
🌳 treaties and magic trees
🪄 evil royals and wicked wizards
💫 natural magic
www.amazon.com/Chrysillium-...
Looking to escape? I have just the #fantasy #read for you!
💙 epic world building
🍃 bioluminescent forests
✨ found family
🖤 forbidden love
🌳 treaties and magic trees
🪄 evil royals and wicked wizards
💫 natural magic
www.amazon.com/Chrysillium-...
February 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
That’s a book I really enjoyed 🥰
I learned Spanish in college 10+ years ago, but I haven’t used it since except some rare basic convos, so I forgot most of it. But it’s such a beautiful language & I’ve been refreshing it with Duolingo for the past 2 weeks & getting better! 💪
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I learned Spanish in college 10+ years ago, but I haven’t used it since except some rare basic convos, so I forgot most of it. But it’s such a beautiful language & I’ve been refreshing it with Duolingo for the past 2 weeks & getting better! 💪
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?
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Quote with your most recent cover or art! (And add alt text!)
Any excuse to show off this gorgeous illustration of Isla and Darce from Sea of Souls. Huge thank you to @shaki0o.bsky.social for the incredible work! 😍
Any excuse to show off this gorgeous illustration of Isla and Darce from Sea of Souls. Huge thank you to @shaki0o.bsky.social for the incredible work! 😍
February 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Quote with your most recent cover or art! (And add alt text!)
Any excuse to show off this gorgeous illustration of Isla and Darce from Sea of Souls. Huge thank you to @shaki0o.bsky.social for the incredible work! 😍
Any excuse to show off this gorgeous illustration of Isla and Darce from Sea of Souls. Huge thank you to @shaki0o.bsky.social for the incredible work! 😍
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Li'l bit o' worldbuilding fun from me today:
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little
February 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Li'l bit o' worldbuilding fun from me today:
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little
The Pentagonal Dominion has no humans in it. Well, not naturally. It *is* connected to Earth, so humans can get isekai'd there. However, a human's body is incompatable with the food of the PD which is designed to be consumed by
gastrobacter (little