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Blue Jaryn
@bluejaryn.bsky.social
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Author of Payden's Pronoun Party ('22). Illustrator of As Bright as a Rainbow ('24). He/they. 🚫GenAI.
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www.bluejaryn.com
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Blue Jaryn @bluejaryn.bsky.social · Feb 6
Been a while since I've posted about my books...so here is a post about my books! Both are about celebrating gender diversity.

#kidlit #kidlitart #lgbtiq+ #transgender #nonbinary
Two picturebook covers next to the word Pride with a rainbow coloured background. One is Payden's Pronoun Party by Blue Jaryn and Xochitl Cornejo and the other is As Bright As a Rainbow by Romy Ash and Blue Jaryn.
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aebrossbooks.bsky.social
💛🤍💜🖤 Nonbinary main characters and love interests galore! Check out the "Nonbinary Characters For Nonbinary Awareness Week" to get your fill of nonbinary characters this #NonbinaryAwarenessWeek! Just $30 for 24 works! 💛🤍💜🖤
itch.io/b/3153/nonbi...
Collage of 24 book covers with text in Nonbinary Pride colors at the top. Text reads: Nonbinary Characters for Nonbinary Awareness Week. July 14th to July 20th. (24 Books for $30) Books include: Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Baker's Thief by Claudie Areseneault Synthetic Sea - A Queer Cyberpunk Novel They of the West by Dani Finn A Designer Magick by Stefanie Carter A Memory of Blood and Magic by K.N. Brindle The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere by Helen Whistberry Community Witch by Ash Kreider Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin by Tabitha O'Connell Memories of Forgotten Waves by Niranjan Mystic Missives Z.G. Clover Moth Pit by Amara Lynn The Elysium Proposal by A.E. Bross Manipulator's War (Ruarnon Trilogy 1) by Elise Carlson Into the Forrest by Natasha O'Connor Aether Beyond the Binary by Duck Prints Press Spoken For by A. Lee Welles Lust and Found by Sylvie Helstaff Blood by D.C. Hart Mummy May I: 2503 CE by Galaxy Moth Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs! by Dave Bruno Giving in to Gravity by Avery Bridge Atop the Trees, Beneath the Mountains by SM Reine Zen Solaris and the God-Child by Arden Powell
July 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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toondoon1010.bsky.social
Hey! I'm Aishwarya, a #kidlit #illustrator & #cartoonist from India w/ 6+ years of experience, looking to create more picture books & book covers! ✏️💛 #PortfolioDay #PB #MG #YA #Adult

🎨: www.aishwaryatandon.com
📝: @draper-claire.bsky.social
💼: Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins, Beaming Books & more!
A spread from DIWALI IN MY NEW HOME by Shachi Kaushik and Aishwarya Tandon A spread from WHERE IS BENJI'S BLUE BONE by Dr. Aruna Shekar and Aishwarya Tandon Full jacket cover of THE YEAR MY LIFE WENT DOWN THE TOILET by Jake Maia Arlow Postcard commission for SANSKARI SWEETHEART by Ananya Devarajan
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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kipalizadeh.net
Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Kip, I'm a queer illustrator who makes picture books! I love colour and emotion ✨
My website is kipalizadeh.net and my email is kip.alizadeh@gmail.com
I'm represented by Mandy Suhr at storywise.uk for book things
#KidLitArt
an illustration by Kip Alizadeh of a butch smiling and holding a young child up to catch leaves falling from trees illustration by Kip Alizadeh of a young child in a yellow raincoat joyfully jumping in a big puddle illustration by Kip Alizadeh of a young child in yellow raincoat looking sad standing in rainy, stormy landscape Illustration by kip alizadeh of Bean, a young androgynous child, and Nanna from I Am Strong Just Being Me walking in a luscious garden
July 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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stephcampisi.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay 👋 I'm Steph Campisi, an Aussie writer based in SoCal. I specialise in whimsical projects with a fantastical bent, and have extensive experience working with IP. If you're hiring for a quirky, medium-term project, do consider me!

My agent is Joanna Rasheed at Ultra.
A graphic with some of the author's books: The Little Coffee Shop of Terrors, Four Weddings and a Funeral Director, Two's a Charm, Sparkle Pigs, Warrior Fairies, The Unfinished Business, Luis and Tabitha, Pebble Without a Cause
July 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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kellymckernan.bsky.social
Hey #portfolioday, I’m Kelly McKernan (they/them), a fine artist & illustrator painting in watercolor and acryla gouache.

Recently I’ve made art for @heavymetalofficial.bsky.social, @posterposse.bsky.social, & Modern Eden gallery!

I’m looking for work, so please reach out!

www.kellymckernan.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
"The ideology beneath AI is nothing more than white supremacy glammed up by a techbro aesthetic"

aworkinglibrary.com/writing/tool...
Toolmen
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
aworkinglibrary.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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charliejane.bsky.social
YES!

Not to toot my own horn, but I wrote about this recently:

buttondown.com/charliejane/...
June 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
During the current extraordinary surge of book-banning efforts, committed advocacy by library ­workers & their allies is stemming the tide of censorship attempts in both school & public libraries, with more & more states enacting anti-book-ban laws.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/06/02/b...
Banning the Book Bans | American Libraries Magazine
Advocacy efforts are stemming the tide of censorship attempts in libraries, with more states enacting anti-book-ban laws.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org
June 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
An important reminder that GenAI is NOT intelligent!
eidyngray.scot Tristan Gray @eidyngray.scot · Jun 4
A fantastic link to be shared with anyone who declares they think ChatGPT is great for research, editing, any number of support tools for writing.

It's telling them what they want to hear, even if it means lying.
bcdreyer.social Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Jun 3
This is a hell of a thing to read.
June 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
Happy Pride Month from this queer, trans, nonbinary, pansexual!
a rainbow flag with the words " happy pride " below it
Alt: a rainbow pride flag with the words " happy pride " over it
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June 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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locusmag.bsky.social
As a thank you to all our readers and supporters, we have Charlie Jane Anders' short story, A Soul in the World, up on our campaign site! First published in Uncanny Magazine.

Linked below and in bio #sff #books #booksky #charliejaneanders

www.indiegogo.com/pr...
photo of charlie jane anders leaning against a colorful wall, text overlay
June 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
Eat the rich.
cathywilcox.bsky.social The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · May 29
Comfort.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Interior with fancy windows, chandelier, empire wardrobe and ENORMOUS red velvet cushion with golden trim serving as bed to couple and cat. Cushion marked “$3million plus Super.” Mrs is sitting up and reading, oblivious; Mr in pyjamas is crawling forward to address ATO rep standing at foot of cushion/bed. “You people would deprive us of a little comfort in our old age?!
May 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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natacha.bsky.social
A surprisingly good article in the US Guardian about hypernormalisation.

“We are in a period now when it’s absolutely essential to protest…”
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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ieafy.bsky.social
Australian Magpie
May 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
Taking a break from screaming about book bans to do *checks notes* self promotion?

The Siren the Song and The Spy is out in audio today, w a quintet of narrators! It's the sequel to The Mermaid the Witch and the Sea, & I fear it is more relevant now than when I wrote it.

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
The Siren, the Song, and the Spy Audiobook on Libro.fm
In this second vibrant fantasy from Maggie Tokuda-Hall, companion to her best-selling debut, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, a diverse resistance force fights to topple an empire in a story about...
libro.fm
May 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
#Gaza Aid now.
Famine is looming in Gaza. Children and families are starving while the food they need is sitting at the border.
May 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
Me, waiting to hear if I got the job I interviewed for last week. I haven't been able to do anything productive since.
patrick star from spongebob squarepants sitting in the water
Alt: Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants rocking back and forth, looking distressed.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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patricknessbooks.bsky.social
Anyway, to raise money for trans charities, I’m auctioning off having your name as a character in the new Chaos Walking book. It’s gotten quite high, but if you can, it’s for a great cause. And check out all the other amazing things to bid on.

www.32auctions.com/organization...
Your Name as A Character in Next Patrick Ness Book
Auction item 'Your Name as A Character in Next Patrick Ness Book' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Cleansed.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Three frames. A map of Gaza in each, showing damage in red from bombardments. A hand with suit sleeve holding a sponge, across the three frames, progressively wipes the map, which by the third frame is “clean” - but the sponge held in the hand is dripping red. Quote at bottom of frame: “Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Monday that cabinet ministers had decided on a ‘powerful operation in Gaza’ including ‘a movement of the population to protect it’.’”
May 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
Imagine this being your life? I'm not about to say my life is incredible but at least I don't spend ANY if it obsessing about who is using which public toilets.
juliaserano.bsky.social Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · May 7
there's simply not enough words to convey how deranged and obsessive professional transphobes are
junlper.beer onion person @junlper.beer · May 7
i genuinely cannot believe how many pictures nancy mace has taken outside of bathrooms while she travels
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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nisslbody.blacksky.app
All this. You have to ask *why are they selling it so hard*? What is up with all the propaganda around AI? The reason is not because it is the inevitable shape of the future; the reason is because it sucks, it's failed to achieve widespread utility, but they need to recoup billions in investments.
tedmccormick.bsky.social Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · May 6
Framing the adoption of AI as an historical inevitability, rather than a way to do a thing you want or need done, gives the game away.

Nobody selling it this hard cares whether it helps; they want it to be the thing you have to deal with, like it or not. Problems, solutions, what’s the difference?
keithwilson.eu Keith Wischmann Wilson @keithwilson.eu · May 6
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷‍♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
May 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
I swear I've never before in my life seen a televised USA tourism ad until just now. Specifically, for LA...
May 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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artofchira.bsky.social
between the tariffs and genAI it makes any art that crosses your path, indie or mainstream, a hard-fought miracle. really appreciate the creativity you see because artists of all stripes are really working against an avalanche intent on burying us
May 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
bluejaryn.bsky.social
The Trump-loving, climate change denying, racist, homophobic, transphobic, right wing LNP lost!! Badly!

I'm so relieved I can't even put it into words.
bluejaryn.bsky.social Blue Jaryn @bluejaryn.bsky.social · May 3
Voting duty done. Now to anxiously await the results...
bluejaryn.bsky.social Blue Jaryn @bluejaryn.bsky.social · May 2
Australia's election day tomorrow and I've never been so anxious about one (specifically, the LNP winning). I feel ill.
May 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM