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They/He/She 💀 #ApocalypticallyOptimistic 🌻 Genre-weaver writer radiating happiness w/sloshes of coffee | #HurricaneWriter, #DustWarrior, & Funshine Care Bear
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CoffeeQuills | Writing: ☠🥀 Toxic Bloom - spicy & Sapphic! @coffeequillsauthor.itch.io · Oct 2
Want to know more about me? Here's a new poster! Hint: I'm easy to get 😉

I love hedgehogs, minerals, sea slugs, Fallout (the game), & steampunk.

I can be found all over social medias, some more constantly than others.

And I love #writing! Many Quills - Many Genres!
www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
This is a poster about Coffee Quills. "Hello! I’m Coffee Quills, but feel free to call me Coffee, CQ, or Quillsy. My brain collects story ideas more than a geologist with minerals. I love writing, reading, games!" There are things that they love, like hedgehogs, minerals, Fallout the video game, and sea slugs. There's places to find them: Twitch, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, + TikTok. And there are "Many Quills - Many Genres" with "Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romance, + More" books written.
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danifinnwrites.bsky.social
If you’re an early Christmas shopper, don’t forget to support small businesses!

Like self-published authors!

Everyone likes getting books for Christmas, especially books they’ve never heard of that are right up their alley!

Also you can gift copies on itch and elsewhere & send them on Xmas Eve 🎄
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Any indies have SF/F/H books coming out in December?

I'm building next month's new release post, and there's room for new titles! You can submit the book info using the form below 😊

#booksky #writingcommunity

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Are you an indie author? Do you have a new release scheduled in SF/F/Horror? Would you like it to be featured on my blog's monthly new release list?
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
I'd like to kick off Trans Awareness Month with 32 stories of Trans People Taking On The World, by mainly trans authors

Your heroes may tackle; love, friendship, magic &war, self discovery, trauma & healing, demons (literal or metaphorical 😉) & or the world itself!

🌈📚💙💕📚🪐📚♿ itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Title: Trans People Take on the World, Nov 1-15 in Itchio 32 Book covers, background a sunset photo by Elise Carlson. The Strangers Sanctuary, S.E. Robertson What Lies Within, Issy Waldon Synthetic Sea, Franklyn S. Newton Non-Player Character, Veo Corva A Life in Too Many Margins, S.E. Thomson Like Salt and Whi Sky, Merlina Garance A Memory of Blood and Magic, K.N. Brindle My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg, Fern V. Bedek Enemies to Enemies, Ash Kreider The Poison Fruits, E.M. Haegar The Thread That Binds, Cedar McCloud The Wings of Ashtaroth, Steve Hugh Westenra The Elysium Proposal, A.E. Bross Structural Integrity, Tabitha O'Connell Songs of Broken Bells, Lilly Lockwood Echo Sight, Cian Verath The Uncontinented Stars, Haden Cross Between You, Me and the Moonlit Sea, Linn Silver Secondhand Origin Storie, Lee Brontide Blood On The Snow, Finn McLellan Manipulators War, Elise Carlson Powder & Feathers, Johannes T. Evans Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null All Roads Lead to This, Kay Claire 1000Lotuses, Lotuscarp.com First Rose, Jake Vanguard A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger Dragons Soul, J.F.R. Coates Garden of Rotten Roses, Nicole Hidalgo Name Her Holy, Aubrey Ennis Baker Thief, Claudie Arsenault Illusory, M.X. Misfits
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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There's no such thing as #1 Pinned Post🧵 to rule them all, but I shall post it nonetheless. It'll be gay, neurodiverse & beyond the binary.

For those who wander but are not lost & ponder "what if"?

It'll contain my books of the above, Final Fantasy +Narnia inspired, &invite All Writers to Discord👇
Left: Walking the Knife's Edges cover. Rarkin stands in foreground, wearing leather jacket and jeans, holding a stun gun raised to shoot to the left. Miona stands on the right, smiling and with boxing gloved fists raised, ready to fight. They both stand on a grassy slope, a patchwork of Farm Zone paddocks, fields and tree lined streams behind them, to a cloud covered horizon through which the yellow glow of the sun shines. Text below cover: Make or break. Friends or fail. Monster containment. Right: Ruarnon Trilogy Graphic with map background and a box of key points for each book. Book 1, Manipulator's War: red glyph archway frames a smoky night sky, with fire arrows raining down on battlements on which a few torches burn. Ruarnon leans on a spear (left foreground), wearing fitted bronze armour and holding a bronze helmet. Book 1 Text: Mystery, aro-arces, autism & ADHD, friendship. Book 2, Secrets of the Sorcery War: blue glyph arch frames two extremely tall cliffs, through which a sailing ship sails across bright blue waters into sunlight. Book 2 Text: monsters, forgotten weapons, adventure. Book 3, War in Sorcery's Shadow: purple glyph arch frames a black cloudy sky, down from which a bolt of lightening strikes a shield around brown, crystaline towers of a castle. Castle sits atop barren plains of dead trees, a skull lying in foreground. Book 3 text: resistance, secret organisations, save a mind & the world. Text below: Direct from author & non-Amazon stores.
August 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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onbearfeet.bsky.social
This is a very good thread.
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Oct 30
The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats.

This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.
Jinx the black leopard at Florida Big Cat rescue absolutely tearing into a pumpkin. You can read more about Jinx (and his rescue story) here: https://bigcatrescue.org/jinx/
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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May you have what you need for your Monday quests (and I certainly need some coffee for mine!)
In cursive brown, there's written Happy Monday. A small hedgehog holding a leaf says "It's dangerous to go alone, take this!" and there's a to-go cup of coffee on the lower right-hand side.
October 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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#WritingLifeMonthly 10-3

My desk in all its glory! Backgrounds shown are from #4thewords and the collection of small things grows weekly 😂 Looking at putting a 3rd monitor up but my PC apparently can’t handle that at the moment (so I wait)
A desk shows two monitors and a LOT of small cute and weird things around it. The keyboard glows.
October 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
Update for Authors: I've expanded this Itch bundle from trans main character as per the screenshot, to include trans LI, especially if the author is trans.
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eliseswritings.bsky.social Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · Oct 2
November is Trans Awareness Month. But that title seems ill-fit to current politics, so I chose a better one for the Itch book bundle I'm hosting Nov 1-14.

Authors, if your MC is trans (yes including nonbinary!) and your book meets the criteria bellow, let me know and I'll DM you the sign up form!
Trans People Take on The World Itch Bundle Background: trans flag Text: Eligibility & Genre: At least one Main Character is trans (yes this includes nonbinary!) Plot-central trans (and LGBTQIA+) themes are welcome, but not required. Your MC combatting transphobia is welcome, but not required. MC's who are incidentally trans solving murders, defending their kingdom, curing cancer, fighting a zombie apocalypse etc are very welcome. (So SFF, Thriller/ Mystery/ Crime/ Historical/ Drama etc.) Romance and NSWF involving a trans MC is welcome. Categories: Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
Hello, I'm Sue, I write hopeful #climatefiction cuz HOLY HELL we need a way out of this mess.

Website: many novels, much short stories

NEW: Bright Green Futures! (stories from guests of the pod)

I wish more people would read (free):
SLIMY THINGS DID CRAWL lnk.to/SlimyWebsite
#booksky #solarpunk
Trio of recent releases from Sue: 1) "New Collection"—Bright Green Futures: 2024, a collection of the guests of the Bright Green Futures pod, edited by Sue, releasing Earth Day 2025 (cover is white background with illustrated botanical drawings of wildflowers) 2) "Hopeful Climate Fiction"—When You Had Power (Nothing is Promised 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn, the first in a 4-part series of near-future novels about an energy island Sci-Fi mystery (cover is an underwater diver with a futuristic city in the background) 3) "Solarpunk"—Halfway to Better by Susan Kaye Quinn, a collection of short solarpunk stories by Sue (cover is print art from Eddie Spaghetti showing an assortment of images each representing one of the stories inside)
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...I don't think I like organization my writing/projects folder 🤣

*Achievement Unlocked* Word Hoarder

Have more than 1 million written words in WIPs
(specifically 1,394,881 words 🤯)

*Achievement Unlocked* You Gonna Finish That?

Have more than 25 WIPs that you're "working on."
(it's 34💀)
a bunch of ducks are walking down a road .
Alt: a bunch of ducks are walking down a road .
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October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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It's Friday! (or at least, for me it is) - Sending out good luck to any who want/need it!
In orange cursive is "Hello Friday" on a backdrop of gray chalkboard. In the upper righthand corner is an orange moon with three black bats flying in front of it. On the bottom left in yellow-orangish block letters is "Find a leaf, pick it up, then all day, you'll have good luck!" and on the right side is a happy fat hedgehog holding an autumn leaf.
October 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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#PlotTober 2: Post-Apocalypse Community Post

Themes: Community, support, thriving together, overcoming odds *because* of being together.

Tropes: Scavenger world, Unstoppable Mailman

Character job(s): Couriers!

The question is if I want to make it cozy, LitRPG, or "regular" post-apocalypse 🤔
gunsmile.bsky.social Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · Oct 2
#PlotTober Day 2: Initial ideas

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 2. What are your initial ideas for this WIP? Are there specific tropes, plot or character achetypes, and/or themes you'd like to explore? Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!
October 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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*waves hello!*

I'm Coffee Quills, a writing gremlin who works on multiple WIPs at once (in varying genres) ☕ I'm going to try using #PloTober to figure out where I went wrong in my post-apocalyptic book Post-Apocalypse Community Post. I wrote it before I learned the best way outlines work for me 😅
gunsmile.bsky.social Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · Oct 1
#PlotTober Day 1: Introduce yourself & your WIP

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 1. Introduce yourself: tell us who you are and what you're plotting for this month's game. It can be a WIP you've already brainstormed a bit (or a lot), the sequel to a story you've already written, or something brand new—you get the idea! Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!
October 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
November is Trans Awareness Month. But that title seems ill-fit to current politics, so I chose a better one for the Itch book bundle I'm hosting Nov 1-14.

Authors, if your MC is trans (yes including nonbinary!) and your book meets the criteria bellow, let me know and I'll DM you the sign up form!
Trans People Take on The World Itch Bundle Background: trans flag Text: Eligibility & Genre: At least one Main Character is trans (yes this includes nonbinary!) Plot-central trans (and LGBTQIA+) themes are welcome, but not required. Your MC combatting transphobia is welcome, but not required. MC's who are incidentally trans solving murders, defending their kingdom, curing cancer, fighting a zombie apocalypse etc are very welcome. (So SFF, Thriller/ Mystery/ Crime/ Historical/ Drama etc.) Romance and NSWF involving a trans MC is welcome. Categories: Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I don’t really read a lot of romance, so I’m gonna ask for recs:

I’m looking for a lesbian cis/trans romance which is *not* about going through transition, and where it’s the trans woman who is getting pursued. POV doesn’t really matter.

And yes, I did read Dulhaniyaa, right after it released. :)
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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My writing career summed up in one image:
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Want to know more about me? Here's a new poster! Hint: I'm easy to get 😉

I love hedgehogs, minerals, sea slugs, Fallout (the game), & steampunk.

I can be found all over social medias, some more constantly than others.

And I love #writing! Many Quills - Many Genres!
www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
This is a poster about Coffee Quills. "Hello! I’m Coffee Quills, but feel free to call me Coffee, CQ, or Quillsy. My brain collects story ideas more than a geologist with minerals. I love writing, reading, games!" There are things that they love, like hedgehogs, minerals, Fallout the video game, and sea slugs. There's places to find them: Twitch, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, + TikTok. And there are "Many Quills - Many Genres" with "Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romance, + More" books written.
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Book Quote Wednesday! (or Thursday for us future timezone peeps)! "Hard" is the word.

In Scavenged Ghosts, there're plenty of hard choices, though friendship is easy.

Free to read in KU & available as an ebook on Amazon. books2read.com/scavengedgho...

#bookqw #BookQuoteWednesday #BQW 🪐📚💙
A small blast on his left side propelled him right, and a worry formed in his gut when he saw nothing large enough to hold, or hide, a body. “Which means that if Orion was here, after, I'm guessing, an explosion, ze would be floating in view. The fact that ze isn’t makes me think there used to be debris here, ze entered them, and they are still moving or were hit hard by something else to be flung farther out." - this quote is from Scavenged Ghosts by Coffee Quills
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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#OctoberWorldBuilders 10-1: Deserts

I'm going to focus on the Red Trail Desert, though it's not the only one in the area and truth be told, not that many people live in the area.

My main characters will eventually run into this place though, so I'm happy to be thinking about now!

#amwriting #wip
October Worldbuilders Day 1 - While this desert has many large red rocks and the sand dunes are a hazy, rusty shade of orange, the name fits even if that’s not where it comes from. Temperatures here can reach the high 100s, and most of the families who live out here tend to dig downward when carving (literally) out new rooms. If there’s a need to go somewhere else, travel is done mostly in the much colder night. October Worldbuilders prompt list WEEK 1: DESERTS 1: Name of a desert in your world 2: What’s your desert society like? 3: Desert town architecture 4: Desert animals/plants 5: Myth/legend/religion about desert 6: How do they survive? 7: Clothes/dance/music from desert society WEEK 2: SPORTS AND GAMES 8: Does your MC play a sport? 9: Board games in your book’s world? 10: Competitive game/sport 11: Cooperative game/sport 12: Equipment/pieces 13: History/famous figure involved in a sport/game 14: Strategy for winning WEEK 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITIES 15: Trade routes 16: Fire/police/hospital services 17: Where does their food come from? 18: Tech: Electricity? Steam power? Mills? 19: Sanitation, sewer system, hygiene 20: Who developed the infrastructure? Government employees? Soldiers? Private business? Are taxes or slaves involved? 21: Housing (Style? Architecture? Amenities available in your world?) WEEK 4: AESTHETCS/VIBES 22: Share a moodboard or art 23: Aesthetics of a town/city 24: Overall vibe of your story/book/wip 25: Religious/cultural vibes/influences 26: Clothing and accessories 27: What feeling or thoughts do you hope your readers come away with after reading your story? 28: Something special about your world Extra days: 29: Plans for next month 30: Recent character you’ve created 31: Which of your characters would you like to see someone cosplay? (Or who would you cosplay yourself?)
October 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world
an illustration that shows a caterpillar, then a moth, then The Mothman text: GIVE YOURSELF TIMEA
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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#WritingLifeMonthly 10-1: This Month's Writing Goals

Plotting:
🧩 Post-Apocalypse Community Post

Writing:
✍Toxic Bloom
✍Mazes, Mallow, & Moon

Editing:
❣ Road to Redemption
❣Thrive While Broken

And drinking a LOT of coffee 😁

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October - #WritingLifeMonthly - Day 01 - This month's writing goals. Written on a cream colored background, boarded by brown, and with a book in the bottom left corner and a typewriter in the bottom right corner.
October 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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traceyleewrites.bsky.social
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 01 📚

What are you getting stuck into this month?

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October #writinglifemonthly Day 01 This month's writing goals Build Community - Share. Like.Comment in Group. @traceyleewrites
October 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Gooood morning! What's everyone up to today? (Or with timezones, what *have* you been up today?)

On my list is writing Toxic Bloom and getting a little more organization in before the October ride starts ☕
On a blackboard background, a ghost and a hedgehog have cups of coffee. In orange it says "Good morning!" and in purple is says, under a line up of different cold and hot coffees, "may you have the coffee you need."
October 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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renmeleon.bsky.social
And it begins! Interpret the list in any medium, the more creative the better. 2D or 3D. Tag me to be featured.
#rentober25
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM