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indie writer, name on my books is TJ Land
they/them
hello <3
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TJLand1
https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.J.-Land/author/B01DMRARXC
https://nanoland.tumblr.com/
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Poor guy. 💔
Can vouch for the legitimacy of this crowdfund.
karevalgon.bsky.social Kare Valgon @karevalgon.bsky.social · 20h
Ace is a sweet Pitbull that was rescued on Christmas night after he likely fled a dog fight, he needs a lot of medical care and a surgery that I unfortunately can't cover, we opened this gofundme to help with his care

if it's in your means please consider supporting him

gofund.me/766a96e0f
Help Ace on his road to recovery after a life of abuse, organized by Karina Valencia Gonzalez
Hello Everyone, this sweet boy is Ace (his rescue name) he wa… Karina Valencia Gonzalez necesita tu apoyo para Help Ace on his road to recovery after a life of abuse
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December 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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“Jane Mathilda Bolin” by Betsy Graves Reyneau (American) - Oil on canvas / 1944 - National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #BetsyGravesReyneau #BetsyGraves #Reyneau #NationalPortraitGallery #artText #BlueskyArt #JaneMatildaBolin #WomenPaintingWomen
This oil painting shows Jane Mathilda Bolin, an African American woman in her mid-thirties, seated in left profile but turning her head to meet our gaze. Bolin was the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School (1931) and, in 1939, the first Black woman appointed to a judgeship in the United States, sworn in by New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. American artist Betsy Graves Reyneau traveled to New York in January 1944 to paint her, choosing professionalism with clasped hands, a turned body, and a gaze that refuses to soften. Her medium-deep brown skin is modeled with warm tans and cool shadows, emphasizing a focused, slightly furrowed expression that’s calm, guarded, and resolute. Bolin’s dark hair is swept up and back in soft rolls. She wears a vivid crimson coat with a high, turned collar and broad lapel. Its saturated red dominates the composition and catches subtle highlights along the sleeve and shoulder to become a declaration of visibility like authority made present, on her own terms. Her hands rest together in her lap, fingers interlaced, with neatly painted red nails. A wedding band and a wristwatch feel like practical jewelry. Behind her, a flat, deep teal background creates a stage-like stillness that pushes her figure forward. Light falls from the left, brightening her forehead and cheekbone, while the far side of her face recedes into cooler tones. No props interrupt our encounter do authority is carried in posture, restraint, and presence. Reyneau painted this portrait in 1944 for the Harmon Foundation’s exhibition “Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin,” which opened at the Smithsonian in 1944 and toured for a decade to counter racist stereotypes.
December 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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little sketchbook bits
September 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Ride through the woods 🌱 water colour painting from 2021 I think :) #art #drawing #fantasyart #watercolour
Watercolour painting of 2 green fantasy horsers with long legs and hooded riders on their backs riding through a forest
February 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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i don't know how it happened 😔 but another year has gone by and somehow.... 🥺 🥺 somehow..... i am even hotter now 😥why does this keep happening how do i stop it
my sexy sexy face and awesome haircut
December 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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NOVELLA: 'THE AMATEUR'

tldr romantic erotic comedy; three veteran supervillains stumble across a newbie superhero and seduce him in like 5 five seconds flat lol

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#gayromance #romanticcomedy #enemiestolovers
The Amateur
Red Velvet and his two partners in crime – super-strong beefcake Ares and proud perv the Electric Eel – are the League of Larceny, the most notorious supervillain gang in town.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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NOVEL: 'TRANSPLANTS'

scifi + horror + romance, M/M/F; three security guards stationed at a corporate research facility on a distant, unexplored planet learn that their shitty bosses aren't the MOST dangerous aspect of their new jobs

www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

#freebook #freebooks #ebooks
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December 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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NOVEL: 'LOVEQUAKE'

tldr scifi adventure + gay romance; a weird space alien meets an awkward hooker and they go on an international roadtrip together

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#scifibooks #romancenovels #scifiromance #booksky
LOVEQUAKE
LOVEQUAKE - Kindle edition by Land, T.J.. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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SHORT STORY: 'THE PRISONER'

tldr erotic romance; M/M. a nobleman gets thrown in jail and meets a sexy highwayman.

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#gayromance #mmromance #eroticromance #shortstory #indiepublishing #indiewriters
The Prisoner
Six months locked up in His Majesty's finest prison. No matter. He's survived worse. Bad food, cramped cell, itchy clothes…nothing a retired soldier can't endure. Except there's also the matter of his...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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NOVELLA: 'ETERNITY'S SUNRISE'

tldr fantasy lesbian romance, this one angel who low-key sucks at everything gets bullied by a sexy Mean Girl angel and then they kiss

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#ffromance #fantasyromance #indiebooks #wlw
Eternity's Sunrise
God is missing. Leaderless, the angels have split into two factions; gentle, community-oriented Virtues who care for the land, and passionate, glory-hungry Thrones who slay demons.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Sergei, napping, pretending he didn’t just cost me $300 and make the inside of my truck smell like Godzilla farts.
A gray cat curled up inside the white porcelain bowl sink.
December 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
astrawrites.bsky.social
okay *cracks knuckles* today is for Marketing! brace yourselves 💪
December 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Give us the Hook! #pixel_dailies #Pixquare #pixelart #sparks #Hook #Disney #PeterPan #fanart
December 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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today i practiced drawing smooches #anthy #utena #rgu #fanart
Anthy and Utena from Revolutionary Girl Utena, embracing against a black background, neither of their faces visible.
December 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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illustration but I think in creative fields generally a lot of 'success' is just hanging in there as long as you can and it is natural that you'll make friends with people who have similar points of view on the industry and share your same irrational 'not giving up' mental illness
tobiasbuckell.bsky.social Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 5d
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
kateheartfield.com Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 5d
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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"There" said Snowflake putting his sword away and immediately the snow began to fall.
"Lovely bout" said the Nutcracker, amused.
The Prince had taken out his sword purely out of tradition because he knew he would never have to fight to make it snow here.
December 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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an ink drawing of a ghostly figure on a rocky moonlit beach
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Reliving the past
2025
A drawing of a man smoking a cigarette. He's heavily scarred and crying
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Mercury
Illustration of a green, brown, and blue orb in space being split in half. The orb is surrounded by a purple liquid.
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Michiko y Atsuko!! #art
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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boooksssssssssss.
read 'em.

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#scifibooks #fantasybooks #gayromance #indiebooks #freebooks #indiewriters
T.J. Land: books, biography, latest update
Follow T.J. Land and explore their bibliography from Amazon's T.J. Land Author Page.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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#edgerunners
August 28, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Timerra from Fire Emblem
commissioned by @josejuliojmz.bsky.social
Thank you!
#Timerra #ミスティラ #FE
April 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Sedusa 🐍 #PPG
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Yokai Hunter Ironmouse 👹🌸
October 25, 2023 at 11:47 PM