River Ari, queer witchy editor/author
@riverari.bsky.social
They/them
Agented author with Victress Literary
Five WIPs in a trench coat
Mentor-style editing at:
BetterThanSexEditing.com
Agented author with Victress Literary
Five WIPs in a trench coat
Mentor-style editing at:
BetterThanSexEditing.com
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Which one?
There's a thriller, a dark fantasy, a historical speculative, a romcom....
#lgbtqwriteathon
There's a thriller, a dark fantasy, a historical speculative, a romcom....
#lgbtqwriteathon
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Which one?
There's a thriller, a dark fantasy, a historical speculative, a romcom....
#lgbtqwriteathon
There's a thriller, a dark fantasy, a historical speculative, a romcom....
#lgbtqwriteathon
Hair dryer. I will not elaborate.
What's the silliest/most outlandish way one of your characters has been foiled (hero/villain/anyone)?
#WritingPrompt #WritingQ
#WritingPrompt #WritingQ
August 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Hair dryer. I will not elaborate.
#queerwriterschat
Long nights:
Shard
Virat
Naadiya
Long days:
Seth
Cody
JoJo
Daniel
Both bc who needs sleep:
Felix
Rabbit
Long nights:
Shard
Virat
Naadiya
Long days:
Seth
Cody
JoJo
Daniel
Both bc who needs sleep:
Felix
Rabbit
#QueerWritersChat
Question Two: Do your characters prefer long days or long nights?
Next question at :15!
@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Two: Do your characters prefer long days or long nights?
Next question at :15!
@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
August 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
#queerwriterschat
Long nights:
Shard
Virat
Naadiya
Long days:
Seth
Cody
JoJo
Daniel
Both bc who needs sleep:
Felix
Rabbit
Long nights:
Shard
Virat
Naadiya
Long days:
Seth
Cody
JoJo
Daniel
Both bc who needs sleep:
Felix
Rabbit
#queerwriterschat
Hi, I'm Riv, author and editor. I've got a romantic thriller on sub, and I'm writing a regular thriller as well as a dark fantasy and some poetry.
Hi, I'm Riv, author and editor. I've got a romantic thriller on sub, and I'm writing a regular thriller as well as a dark fantasy and some poetry.
Welcome to #QueerWritersChat! Thanks for participating!
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! Feel free to also mention your favorite part of summer :)
Next question at :10!
@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #writingq #lgbtq
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on! Feel free to also mention your favorite part of summer :)
Next question at :10!
@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers #writingq #lgbtq
August 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
#queerwriterschat
Hi, I'm Riv, author and editor. I've got a romantic thriller on sub, and I'm writing a regular thriller as well as a dark fantasy and some poetry.
Hi, I'm Riv, author and editor. I've got a romantic thriller on sub, and I'm writing a regular thriller as well as a dark fantasy and some poetry.
#queerprompts
Free Friday?
The current sexualities in this WIP draft. Who knows what will change as I go.
Trans masc
Bisexual
Gay
Pan
Lesbian
Demi & ace
Aro
Free Friday?
The current sexualities in this WIP draft. Who knows what will change as I go.
Trans masc
Bisexual
Gay
Pan
Lesbian
Demi & ace
Aro
#QueerPrompts August 8: Free Friday or International Cat Day: Snippet with a cat/animal
August 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#queerprompts
Free Friday?
The current sexualities in this WIP draft. Who knows what will change as I go.
Trans masc
Bisexual
Gay
Pan
Lesbian
Demi & ace
Aro
Free Friday?
The current sexualities in this WIP draft. Who knows what will change as I go.
Trans masc
Bisexual
Gay
Pan
Lesbian
Demi & ace
Aro
August #QueerPrompts! Really hoping to get back to it in this thread (I've been away for months 😩)
August 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#queerprompts
What food would my characters be?
A SNACK
*badum-dum ching*
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all month.
What food would my characters be?
A SNACK
*badum-dum ching*
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all month.
#QueerPrompts July 26: What food would your character(s) be?
July 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
#queerprompts
What food would my characters be?
A SNACK
*badum-dum ching*
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all month.
What food would my characters be?
A SNACK
*badum-dum ching*
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all month.
Reposted by River Ari, queer witchy editor/author
The Māori word for #autism
is takiwatanga, ‘in their own time
and space’ I for one think it’s lovely
to describe the condition I can relate
to this as I find focusing on one thing
at a time works better for me.
is takiwatanga, ‘in their own time
and space’ I for one think it’s lovely
to describe the condition I can relate
to this as I find focusing on one thing
at a time works better for me.
July 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Māori word for #autism
is takiwatanga, ‘in their own time
and space’ I for one think it’s lovely
to describe the condition I can relate
to this as I find focusing on one thing
at a time works better for me.
is takiwatanga, ‘in their own time
and space’ I for one think it’s lovely
to describe the condition I can relate
to this as I find focusing on one thing
at a time works better for me.
Me: Ugh, I wonder why it feels so sticky out. It's not even hot today.
Dear Reader....
Dear Reader....
July 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Me: Ugh, I wonder why it feels so sticky out. It's not even hot today.
Dear Reader....
Dear Reader....
#queerprompts
Shard blames her child self for what happened. If only she'd been stronger. Braver.
But she's wrong. It wasn't her fault at all.
Shard blames her child self for what happened. If only she'd been stronger. Braver.
But she's wrong. It wasn't her fault at all.
July 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#queerprompts
Shard blames her child self for what happened. If only she'd been stronger. Braver.
But she's wrong. It wasn't her fault at all.
Shard blames her child self for what happened. If only she'd been stronger. Braver.
But she's wrong. It wasn't her fault at all.
#queerprompts In my current wip, Seth needs to actually speak up for himself and be willing to stand up to other people. No more people pleasing!
July 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#queerprompts In my current wip, Seth needs to actually speak up for himself and be willing to stand up to other people. No more people pleasing!
So far, action adventure with RPG elements, but within a narrative structure. Visual novel action adventure? 😂
#queerprompts
#queerprompts
#QueerPrompts July 19: What type of game would your story be? (RPG, dating sim, etc)
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So far, action adventure with RPG elements, but within a narrative structure. Visual novel action adventure? 😂
#queerprompts
#queerprompts
Reposted by River Ari, queer witchy editor/author
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
Reposted by River Ari, queer witchy editor/author
PBS’s official Facebook page posted this. I don’t think they’re going quietly.
July 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
PBS’s official Facebook page posted this. I don’t think they’re going quietly.
What's your emotional support TV show?
July 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
What's your emotional support TV show?
I mean, V has his wheelchair for bad leg days. Seth has patient found family who wait calmly for his anxiety to let him speak. My tism babies embrace it. My ADHDers became hackers bc who can sit in an office and listen to people for eight hours, really?
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
#QueerWritersChat
Question Three: Is there anything your characters do to make things more accessible for themselves or others?
Next question at :20!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Three: Is there anything your characters do to make things more accessible for themselves or others?
Next question at :20!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
July 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I mean, V has his wheelchair for bad leg days. Seth has patient found family who wait calmly for his anxiety to let him speak. My tism babies embrace it. My ADHDers became hackers bc who can sit in an office and listen to people for eight hours, really?
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
Oooh yes! Depending on your definition:
Butterfly thriller WIP:
Ambulatory wheelchair user (peripheral neuropathy)
Anxiety
Autism
ADHD
BPD
Sociopathy
Disordered eating
Flies thriller on sub:
cPTSD
PTSD
ADHD
Autism
Amputee
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
Butterfly thriller WIP:
Ambulatory wheelchair user (peripheral neuropathy)
Anxiety
Autism
ADHD
BPD
Sociopathy
Disordered eating
Flies thriller on sub:
cPTSD
PTSD
ADHD
Autism
Amputee
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
#QueerWritersChat
Question Two: Do you have any characters with disabilities? Tell us some!
Next question at :15!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Two: Do you have any characters with disabilities? Tell us some!
Next question at :15!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
July 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Oooh yes! Depending on your definition:
Butterfly thriller WIP:
Ambulatory wheelchair user (peripheral neuropathy)
Anxiety
Autism
ADHD
BPD
Sociopathy
Disordered eating
Flies thriller on sub:
cPTSD
PTSD
ADHD
Autism
Amputee
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
Butterfly thriller WIP:
Ambulatory wheelchair user (peripheral neuropathy)
Anxiety
Autism
ADHD
BPD
Sociopathy
Disordered eating
Flies thriller on sub:
cPTSD
PTSD
ADHD
Autism
Amputee
#queerwriterschat #queerwriters
#queerwriterschat
I'm Riv, author and editor. I'm a witchy enby writing in stolen minutes around three jobs, eeek.
I've got a romantic thriller on sub (queernormative) and a thriller WIP (can I get away with a trans MC? I've got at least four drafts left to decide.)
I'm Riv, author and editor. I'm a witchy enby writing in stolen minutes around three jobs, eeek.
I've got a romantic thriller on sub (queernormative) and a thriller WIP (can I get away with a trans MC? I've got at least four drafts left to decide.)
Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on!
Next question at :10!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on!
Next question at :10!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
July 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
#queerwriterschat
I'm Riv, author and editor. I'm a witchy enby writing in stolen minutes around three jobs, eeek.
I've got a romantic thriller on sub (queernormative) and a thriller WIP (can I get away with a trans MC? I've got at least four drafts left to decide.)
I'm Riv, author and editor. I'm a witchy enby writing in stolen minutes around three jobs, eeek.
I've got a romantic thriller on sub (queernormative) and a thriller WIP (can I get away with a trans MC? I've got at least four drafts left to decide.)
Reposted by River Ari, queer witchy editor/author
"Undocumented immigrants pay $100 billion in taxes a year. The rich dodge $170 billion in taxes a year. So if you really want to deport the freeloaders..."
⁻ ᴳⁱᵛᵉ ᴬ ˢʰⁱᵗ ᴬᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᴺᵃᵗᵘʳᵉ
⁻ ᴳⁱᵛᵉ ᴬ ˢʰⁱᵗ ᴬᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᴺᵃᵗᵘʳᵉ
July 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Undocumented immigrants pay $100 billion in taxes a year. The rich dodge $170 billion in taxes a year. So if you really want to deport the freeloaders..."
⁻ ᴳⁱᵛᵉ ᴬ ˢʰⁱᵗ ᴬᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᴺᵃᵗᵘʳᵉ
⁻ ᴳⁱᵛᵉ ᴬ ˢʰⁱᵗ ᴬᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᴺᵃᵗᵘʳᵉ
Shard is here to save her baby and GTFO. But life doesn't always work out.
Hell, for her, it never does.
Seth is trying to keep his found family together as betrayal and kidnapping and secrets tear them apart. My poor baby.
#writingq
Hell, for her, it never does.
Seth is trying to keep his found family together as betrayal and kidnapping and secrets tear them apart. My poor baby.
#writingq
Happy Friday, friends! We made it through the week 😌 On Fridays, we're going to ask a question about books. Sometime it'll be for writers, sometimes for readers, sometimes both!
Today's #WritingQ: WHY is your MC the MC? What is their motivation to play that role? Did something happen to them?
Today's #WritingQ: WHY is your MC the MC? What is their motivation to play that role? Did something happen to them?
July 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Shard is here to save her baby and GTFO. But life doesn't always work out.
Hell, for her, it never does.
Seth is trying to keep his found family together as betrayal and kidnapping and secrets tear them apart. My poor baby.
#writingq
Hell, for her, it never does.
Seth is trying to keep his found family together as betrayal and kidnapping and secrets tear them apart. My poor baby.
#writingq
Reposted by River Ari, queer witchy editor/author
We are crowd-funding for our third anthology, the #horror themed OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM! This book features masters of horror fiction from around the world. Scheduled for October 2025 release. Have a look at the authors announced so far: www.indiegogo.com/projects/of-... #horrorbooks
Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: a Horror Anthology
A horror-themed anthology edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell. | Check out 'Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: a Horror Anthology' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We are crowd-funding for our third anthology, the #horror themed OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM! This book features masters of horror fiction from around the world. Scheduled for October 2025 release. Have a look at the authors announced so far: www.indiegogo.com/projects/of-... #horrorbooks
Sometimes you just need a cat in a ball pit.
#catthreads
#catthreads
July 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Sometimes you just need a cat in a ball pit.
#catthreads
#catthreads
Two chapters back from my alpha reader. Now I can relax and actually work on the next one 😂
July 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Two chapters back from my alpha reader. Now I can relax and actually work on the next one 😂
Someone break out the whip and tell me to get writing. Distractions are distractioning today.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
July 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Someone break out the whip and tell me to get writing. Distractions are distractioning today.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity