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Amanda F.
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Hi! I'm a non-binary author (they/them/kin) helping others with their creative projects via beta reading, coaching, and voice acting! If you'd like more info, please visit my portfolio site: amandareads4u.nekoweb.org or my Fiverr: fiverr.com/amandaimf
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Amanda F. @amandareads4u.bsky.social · Oct 2
My website is finished! I might still add some sections later, but everything is up, including my portfolio samples!

Speaking of... do you need a #betareader, #voiceactor, or #audiobook narrator? Check out my services! I offer competitive rates! amandareads4u.nekoweb.org
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Amanda French: Creative Services Specialist
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jumpyjellybeanbath.bsky.social
Sign up for a package 📦 every month of exclusive products + items listed on my page.

Can be customized, message me if you need just soaps, just body butters, just bath bombs, etc. 😉

ko-fi.com/jumpyjellybe...
a man sitting on a bed with the words you just tell me where to sign behind him
ALT: a man sitting on a bed with the words you just tell me where to sign behind him
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November 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
This is me. 😂
woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 12d
#AwesomeCharacters

All. The. Time.

But my neuro-spicy brain is very busy and loud all the time and jumps from thought to thought constantly. So much of my books get plotted out on my commute to and from work. Or in the shower. Or boring meetings.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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nighttimetea.bsky.social
If I could write something that would get me a deal
Recognition
A medal to hang that says, "#1 Not Imposter, Definitely Worth Reading"
My words would still be dark, disjointed, too weird, and give splinters.
I would never wear that medal or believe it anyway.
But I can't stop.

#writingcommunity
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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planetx.bsky.social
So, you know how Galaxy is the first trans superhero from either DC or Marvel to have her name in the title of her own book? Well, now that there's going to be two books, she's also the first Big 2 trans superhero to be the title character of a *series.*
GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by Jadzia Axelrod, Vash Taylor and Ariana Maher GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by Jadzia Axelrod and Rye Hickman
June 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
I'm taking some time to work on new portfolio items. I'm doing an audio reading of one of my fanfictions using ACX standards. I'm staying sharp and adding another arrow to my quiver! 💪
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
I've been busy busy busy over here. I completed a #voiceover the other day. My first public project! I'm excited 😁

#VOSky #voiceacting #narration
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
Thanks for the chat Bird

Hey #LateNightWrite. I have a book coming out December 12th. And I've been shit about promoing for mental health reasons. Preorder Opus. It's a trans self discovery novella that means a lot to me

anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
books2read.com/opus
ko-fi.com/anotherindie...
blackbirb.bsky.social Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · 20d
#LateNightWrite Thank you for joining us this week! Feel free to use this space to share links to your work, or anything you want people to go and check!
Simple canva graphic displaying the same prompt as the body of the post.
October 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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vampireantihero.com
#QueerPrompts my time to shine. I draw Acanthus a lot. These are the two MCs of Lemon Balm/Aloe/The Night Garden series.

Acanthus also writes and draws when they need to escape from the stresses of life. They're a multi-faceted creative.

#art #OC #OCsky #artsky #QueerWriters
Acanthus with floating candles and a wine glass in front of a moon. A line drawing of a man with thorny-shaped scars across his arms, laying under a blanket and reading. A line drawing of a person in a cloak siting in a wingback chair, leaning forward with a smirk. Acanthus and Cypress waltzing in front of a rose window.
October 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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jumpyjellybeanbath.bsky.social
It has been 🦗 on this sale, head over and get yourself a membership package and receive an additional $15 worth of products just for being a 🆕 member ‼️

Deal ends 10/31 sign up for a membership and receive a box filled with bath bombs, body butter and more EVERY month.

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October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
This economy sucks. If you can, signal boost or buy some bath bombs!! ❤️❤️❤️
jumpyjellybeanbath.bsky.social The Bath Bomb Dealer 🛁 🫧 @jumpyjellybeanbath.bsky.social · 21d
Haha my harsh reality of life, I would love to go grocery shopping but the water bill decided to come out as well as my cell phone bill and well…

Today’s meals will be… gosh I’ll pull something out of my hat 🫠🥹

Trying to sell bath bombs to survive, is very unsurvivable 🫠🫠
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
I'm thinking about writing software/platforms today. I've tried: Scrivener, Novlr, Plottr, Dabble, Ellipsus, yWriter, Ulysses, Gdocs, Obsidian, Liquid Story Binder, etc...

My problem? I want everything and the kitchen sink, lol. A 🧵 with no aim but whining, lol
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
Oh god, I'm a true plantser 🤣
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 22d
Q1: Since we're talking about plot, we figured it would be fun to see how you plot! Based on this nifty chart, what is your plotting/writing style alignment? #WeeknightWriters
A white tic-tac-toe graphic entitled "Writing Style Alignment" with 9 categories: Lawful Pantser, Neutral Pantser, Chaotic Pantser, Lawful Plantser, True Plantser, Chaotic Plantser, Lawful Plotter, Neutral Plotter, and Chaotic Plotter
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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vlatinalondon.bsky.social
This drops TOMORROW

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/latin-amer...
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
Today is another recording day! I feel like my workflow is improving. 💪

#VOSky #voiceacting #voiceactor
October 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
I get stomach cramps wondering almost every morning 😅
logicallyjc.bsky.social John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 26d
Good morning, all!

What sort of nonsense awaits us today?
October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
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October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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mychal3ts.bsky.social
The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared
YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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inventingreality.bsky.social
#author #indieauthor #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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kameronhurley.com
Having another one of those: whose idea was it to write books?? This is hard?!!?? days.

But progress was made.

Building a whole-ass world is actual work.
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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dan2042.bsky.social
For #WIPSnips "dodge." From the rough draft of Interstellar Refugees Book-4. #ShamelessSelfPromotion #writesky #writingcommunity #BookSky #SciFan #SFF #ScienceFiction
Jeff nodded and continued. “Miharu seems open to the possibility of representing him in negotiations with Earth, but not with Kizunor. But—a big but—Dalyet insists that Miharu should visit Titan Colony first so she can understand what he has to offer in trade to Earth. He says she has to see it to understand, and he refuses to explain in advance.” Jeff paused to shake his head in disbelief at Dalyet’s demand. “Lastly, he wants my wife or my daughter to join Miharu for the trip to Titan, but he also hasn’t explained why he wants a sentient AI to visit Titan.” “I’m not going,” Ai and Addy chimed in unison. Jeff exhaled loudly. “Good. This whole thing is as dodgy as half-price sushi, and I don’t want my family mixed up in it. But— “Jeff sucked in a deep breath, “as RRI’s chief of security, I need to stay close to Miharu. So, I’m going.”
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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csmadsen.bsky.social
Today's #WIPSnips is #dodge. There are some very intense action scenes Erik is forced to be an unwilling participant in,. This is a #snippet of one of those, where Erik has to face some hired muscle trashing the kitchens in the diner where he works.

#UrbanFantasy #Supernatural #Thriller #BYPMW

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A screenshot of a word processor. The word "dodge" is highlighted in pastel green. The text reads as follows: Although the knife didn’t perform the way it would’ve in the movies, it had the desired effect of drawing my target’s attention away from his victim to me. He laughed a deep belly laugh, advancing toward me with the confidence of a high school bully shaking a kindergartner down for lunch money. A thick Russian accent punctuated his taunting words. “You wandered into wrong kitchen, little devochka.” He rested the spine of the machete’s blade on his shoulder, rotating his body to aim the taser at me along his fully extended arm in a surprising simulacrum of competitive pistol shooting. “Now, we see if you piss yourself.” Time gladly accommodated my response by nearly halting. As the darts sprang slowly forward from the weapon, their leads starting to unravel, I crouched down low to dodge by them, tightening the fingers on my right hand together into a rigid, ninja-like knife shape. Jabbing the fingertips of my flattened hand in an upward strike to the nerve bundle in the man’s armpit, I was gratified to hear the beginning of his yelp of pain as he released the machete.
October 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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The culmination of yet another argument between Tennyson and Poe, this one on the heels of a painful conversation Poe just finished. Tennyson doesn't know how hard he's hitting tonight...

From Poe's arc of The Atlas Brothers Break the Multiverse

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting
Tennyson paused in unpacking the grocery bags, eyes narrowing. “I’m not the one making loneliness into a profession, Poe. Why don’t you scurry off and use that big math brain of yours to calculate the odds that anyone actually cares about you.” Another sharp barb that Poe didn’t know how to dodge, another flinch. Nearby, Manny let out a sharp breath, reaching for Tennyson’s arm, but Poe didn’t stick around to hear any more. He didn’t want to hear what insults Tennyson thought to throw next. He didn’t even bother flipping Tennyson off. Taking his mug, he hurried across the kitchen and pushed his way through crowds, desperate to get back to the solitude of the basement before anyone could see the tears he was trying not to shed.
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
amandareads4u.bsky.social
Rosalinda finds herself trying to protect an unconscious demon from a fellow student deep in Howlsten Bane Academy's Grand Library. Why is she doing this?

Honestamente? Por tonterias 🤡🤣

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #QueerWriter #WIPSnips #Baneverse #BIPOCAuthor #Latine
“And who was this? Your warden?” The minotaur bellows as he wrenches his weapon out of the floor with a crackle of rocks before swinging it high up over his head. My lightning mana pierces me, but not as strong as before. I’ve been expending it rapidly since this mess started. But I have something else. I hastily and clumsily draw the demon into my lap, hugging them. I inhale… My opponent’s arm tenses as he roars, spittle flying from his mouth. “Worthless. They have failed you!” He swings down just as I exhale as hard as I can. Fire. It erupts from my mouth, first orange, then yellow, then white. My throat screams. The flames engulf the minotaur. It doesn’t stop the momentum of his swing, but luckily, we’re not there anymore, and the stone cracks where the morning star strikes and bites deep into the solid ground. It doesn’t even bounce up, that’s how dedicated the bull was to his swing. The force of the fire actually pushes me and the demon back across the ground. Just enough to dodge the morning star—but just barely. The weapon landed just past my feet. The minotaur even manages to take a small stumbling hoofstep closer, and for a split second I worry that he’s going to swing again, but he just curls and roars defiantly against my heated attack. Despite the great pain cooking my throat, I keep the flames going, squinting against the hot glare that makes my eyes water. Blindly, I fumble for the demon and try to adjust my grip on them so that I can stand and lift them at the same time. Even with my body magic enhancements this is hard. I really should incorporate more resistance training into my routine, ¡conio!
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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pjccahill.bsky.social
#PlotTober 18 - Demon King Daughter - this is most of Kyoka and Seina's relationship-establishment. They bond over having single parents (Seina's mother died in childbirth) and Kyoka being able to help Seina with her magic.
#ya #fantasy #demon #witch
Release Nov 4th, ebook/print/KU: a.co/d/c4RtAOj
#PlotTober a WIP plotting prompt game by @gunsmile.bsky.social INTRODUCTIONS 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Ideas, tropes, themes 3. Other inspiring media 4. Desired setting MAIN CHARACTER 5. Initial ideas for MC 6. Immediate goals 7. MC's motivations 8. Possible conflicts 9. Personality traits 10. Backstory & traumas 11. Growth & change 12. Antagonists PLOT SKELETON 13. Story beginnings 14. Story endings 15. Story midpoint 16. Inciting incident 17. Act 1 to Act 2 18. Act 2 part 1 19. First pinch point 20. Act 2 part 2 21. Second pinch point 22. Dark Night of the Soul 23. Overcoming despair 24. Story climax 25. Resolutions OTHER IDEAS 26. Supporting characters 27. Important locations 28. Genre options 29. Music vibes 30. Art/aesthetic vibes 31. Month-end wrap-up
October 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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nerdcactus.bsky.social
18. This part is pretty easy as Rei has never left Kythe before in her life. Everything is new to her, and it's the first time she really gets a chance to realize how stifling and stagnant her life is and how she isn't quite as dead inside as she thinks she wants to be. #PlotTober #writesky
gunsmile.bsky.social Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 28d
#PlotTober Day 18: Act 2 Part 1

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky
#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social 18. What are a few things the main character could learn or discover—both about their new surroundings and themselves—during the first half of Act 2? Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!
October 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM