Erin Latimer ✒️🪡
@erinwrites.bsky.social
Caffeinated queer fiction writer.
Currently querying: adult fantasy
Currently querying: adult fantasy
Back on this app to announce that I have finally written a synopsis after weeks of agony and I can now begin querying my novel! If you like witches, tattoo magic, and hot lesbian investigators riding motorcycles, watch this space ⚡️ #amquerying
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Back on this app to announce that I have finally written a synopsis after weeks of agony and I can now begin querying my novel! If you like witches, tattoo magic, and hot lesbian investigators riding motorcycles, watch this space ⚡️ #amquerying
Writing a 1-2 page synopsis is about as painful as I imagine the application of magic is in my novel (which is to be repeatedly stabbed with a needle lol). Anyway if you like tattoo magic and a good dose of pain this book is for you
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Writing a 1-2 page synopsis is about as painful as I imagine the application of magic is in my novel (which is to be repeatedly stabbed with a needle lol). Anyway if you like tattoo magic and a good dose of pain this book is for you
Have done very little actual writing lately so trying to remind myself that every addition I make to my notes/outline is progress and therefore does, in fact, count as writing
July 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Have done very little actual writing lately so trying to remind myself that every addition I make to my notes/outline is progress and therefore does, in fact, count as writing
I have five different novels going on in my head now and it’s getting kinda crowded in here #amwriting
July 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I have five different novels going on in my head now and it’s getting kinda crowded in here #amwriting
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
June 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
That one song that spawns a whole book in your head every time 🤌🏼
June 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
That one song that spawns a whole book in your head every time 🤌🏼
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maybe you feel art is pointless right now because its not saying how you're feeling. maybe you need to make something ugly, something sad. maybe you need to donate your skills to local organizations, zines, to see your art in community and praxis. it's never pointless. but you (can) make it pointed.
June 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
maybe you feel art is pointless right now because its not saying how you're feeling. maybe you need to make something ugly, something sad. maybe you need to donate your skills to local organizations, zines, to see your art in community and praxis. it's never pointless. but you (can) make it pointed.
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I wish I could find images of the bruises my partner had the day after getting shot with "rubber" bullets.
Bright purple rings the size of dinner plates. Just astonishing damage.
The hematoma one of them left never healed.
And that was fired from a distance of like 30 yards
Bright purple rings the size of dinner plates. Just astonishing damage.
The hematoma one of them left never healed.
And that was fired from a distance of like 30 yards
June 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I wish I could find images of the bruises my partner had the day after getting shot with "rubber" bullets.
Bright purple rings the size of dinner plates. Just astonishing damage.
The hematoma one of them left never healed.
And that was fired from a distance of like 30 yards
Bright purple rings the size of dinner plates. Just astonishing damage.
The hematoma one of them left never healed.
And that was fired from a distance of like 30 yards
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
It's always rough throwing out words you worked hard to write but all the more satisfying reaching a better version when you rewrite and rewrite again. My new version of chapter one is finally shaping up! #amediting
June 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It's always rough throwing out words you worked hard to write but all the more satisfying reaching a better version when you rewrite and rewrite again. My new version of chapter one is finally shaping up! #amediting
When I first started drafting my book I rewrote my opening chapter probably 18 times until I got it “right”. Now I’m rewriting it again after finishing the book and I don’t know why I’m surprised it’s taking multiple attempts to get it right (again). There is no evidence to support otherwise 😅
June 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
When I first started drafting my book I rewrote my opening chapter probably 18 times until I got it “right”. Now I’m rewriting it again after finishing the book and I don’t know why I’m surprised it’s taking multiple attempts to get it right (again). There is no evidence to support otherwise 😅
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The idea of AI-generated fanfic hurts my soul and also makes me want to vomit.
Fanfic is a gift. Fanfic is a sharing of joy. Fanfic is an act of taking the power of storytelling BACK from corporatization.
And fanfic is born from a writer’s relationship with the original work.
AI can't have that.
Fanfic is a gift. Fanfic is a sharing of joy. Fanfic is an act of taking the power of storytelling BACK from corporatization.
And fanfic is born from a writer’s relationship with the original work.
AI can't have that.
May 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The idea of AI-generated fanfic hurts my soul and also makes me want to vomit.
Fanfic is a gift. Fanfic is a sharing of joy. Fanfic is an act of taking the power of storytelling BACK from corporatization.
And fanfic is born from a writer’s relationship with the original work.
AI can't have that.
Fanfic is a gift. Fanfic is a sharing of joy. Fanfic is an act of taking the power of storytelling BACK from corporatization.
And fanfic is born from a writer’s relationship with the original work.
AI can't have that.
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Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.
May 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.
Feel like it needs to be stated (repeatedly) that I have absolutely zero (0) interest in generative AI. I have never entered a prompt into ChatGPT or any other AI program. I have written every single word of my novel myself, without machine assistance, and intend to keep it this way.
May 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Feel like it needs to be stated (repeatedly) that I have absolutely zero (0) interest in generative AI. I have never entered a prompt into ChatGPT or any other AI program. I have written every single word of my novel myself, without machine assistance, and intend to keep it this way.
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When reading fiction -- even bad fiction! -- one can ask, "What did the author MEAN to communicate? What did they imagine the audience would be feeling at point? What is being conveyed?"
But with AI text the answer is nothing. There is no emotion. There is no author.
But with AI text the answer is nothing. There is no emotion. There is no author.
May 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When reading fiction -- even bad fiction! -- one can ask, "What did the author MEAN to communicate? What did they imagine the audience would be feeling at point? What is being conveyed?"
But with AI text the answer is nothing. There is no emotion. There is no author.
But with AI text the answer is nothing. There is no emotion. There is no author.
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TIL that after the shooting death of CEO Brian Thompson UnitedHealthcare approved many life-saving medical procedures it has been holding out on because of sudden internal panic and public scrutiny. So, Luigi (innocent until proven guilty) probably saved more lives than he took.
May 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
TIL that after the shooting death of CEO Brian Thompson UnitedHealthcare approved many life-saving medical procedures it has been holding out on because of sudden internal panic and public scrutiny. So, Luigi (innocent until proven guilty) probably saved more lives than he took.
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do you remember
before social media
when the web was an infinite mysterious forest of things people had created, for free, for other people
like you'd just stumble on this guy's Geocities page where he'd posted the sketches he'd done of every vegetable in his garden
the web made me love humanity
before social media
when the web was an infinite mysterious forest of things people had created, for free, for other people
like you'd just stumble on this guy's Geocities page where he'd posted the sketches he'd done of every vegetable in his garden
the web made me love humanity
May 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
do you remember
before social media
when the web was an infinite mysterious forest of things people had created, for free, for other people
like you'd just stumble on this guy's Geocities page where he'd posted the sketches he'd done of every vegetable in his garden
the web made me love humanity
before social media
when the web was an infinite mysterious forest of things people had created, for free, for other people
like you'd just stumble on this guy's Geocities page where he'd posted the sketches he'd done of every vegetable in his garden
the web made me love humanity
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I also feel like it is incredibly important, in the year of our Grok 2025, to have the biggest box office hit of the decade (or more) be a wholly original work of cinematic art that literally no one except this specific human artist could have conceived
fuck your cheap AI screenplays
fuck your cheap AI screenplays
May 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I also feel like it is incredibly important, in the year of our Grok 2025, to have the biggest box office hit of the decade (or more) be a wholly original work of cinematic art that literally no one except this specific human artist could have conceived
fuck your cheap AI screenplays
fuck your cheap AI screenplays
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4 types of characters I write:
1. Angry lesbians
2. Lesbians who think The Worst Thing has happened to them and then Something Worse happens
3. Androgynous girls who would die for you, actually
4. Nerds
1. Angry lesbians
2. Lesbians who think The Worst Thing has happened to them and then Something Worse happens
3. Androgynous girls who would die for you, actually
4. Nerds
4 types of characters I write:
1. sword lesbians
2. tall sword lesbians
3. women attracted to sword lesbians
4. snarky best friends of sword lesbians
1. sword lesbians
2. tall sword lesbians
3. women attracted to sword lesbians
4. snarky best friends of sword lesbians
4 types of characters I write:
1. no gender, only death
2. loyal butch capable of incredible violence & eroticism
3. ice cold bisexual woman who has had enough
4. villains who really deserve what's coming to them
1. no gender, only death
2. loyal butch capable of incredible violence & eroticism
3. ice cold bisexual woman who has had enough
4. villains who really deserve what's coming to them
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
4 types of characters I write:
1. Angry lesbians
2. Lesbians who think The Worst Thing has happened to them and then Something Worse happens
3. Androgynous girls who would die for you, actually
4. Nerds
1. Angry lesbians
2. Lesbians who think The Worst Thing has happened to them and then Something Worse happens
3. Androgynous girls who would die for you, actually
4. Nerds
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when I say “I'm plotting a new novel” I really mean I'm hitting a certain song on repeat while visualizing a singular hyper-realistic cool scene until it becomes burned into my psyche
May 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
when I say “I'm plotting a new novel” I really mean I'm hitting a certain song on repeat while visualizing a singular hyper-realistic cool scene until it becomes burned into my psyche
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A hot cup of joe, a novel to edit, and all day to do it in. Life doesn't get better than this.
May 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A hot cup of joe, a novel to edit, and all day to do it in. Life doesn't get better than this.
what a great day to wake up and find out your 80k fan fic novel has been scraped for the dirt machine 🙃
Just as a heads up for anyone who posts fanfic on AO3, there was a HUGE AI scrap that took place recently. The link to the Tumblr with the information and the search tool is attached, so please check your work. FUCK AI! AI IS THEFT!
#ao3 #fanfiction #fuckai
#ao3 #fanfiction #fuckai
May 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
what a great day to wake up and find out your 80k fan fic novel has been scraped for the dirt machine 🙃
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Finally saw "Sinners." GotDAMN that was good. It's so beautiful to see a Black creative, in the fullness of his power, ignore all the "shoulds" and conventions and just COOK. That movie was so good it made me come home and write.
May 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Finally saw "Sinners." GotDAMN that was good. It's so beautiful to see a Black creative, in the fullness of his power, ignore all the "shoulds" and conventions and just COOK. That movie was so good it made me come home and write.