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Sarah B. Elisa 🌈✒️
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Story enthusiast with a penchant for boiling frogs.

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Sarah B. Elisa 🌈✒️ @sarahbelisa.bsky.social · Mar 26
Blue is out today! Get Blue, like don't forget about me in print or ebook! Did you miss Red, like my bleeding heart in your hand? No worries, both are available here: books2read.com/ap/RQvBKK/Sa...

#queerromance #diversebooks #mlmbooks #indieauthor #booksky #writesky
Red, like my bleeding heart in your hand. A Wildflowers of Deliverance Novella by Sarah B. Elisa Blue, like don't forget about me. A Wildflowers of Deliverance Novella by Sarah B. Elisa
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spahn711.bsky.social
Tonight's pastel sunset in southeast Oklahoma. #photography
A portrait photograph of the sky immediately after sunset. The sky is partially filled with layers of clouds, all glowing with pastel colors of blue, pink, and orange. One cloud stands out at the top of the photo, with a sort of hook or claw-like shape. Below is a mountainous landscape filled with numerous dark hills. A single tree sticks up at the bottom center.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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patrickzircher.bsky.social
BlueSky is automatically hiding posts with cuss words in them.
You may want to adjust your settings:
astridoverthere.bsky.social I said abolish and I fucking meant it @astridoverthere.bsky.social · 10d
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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isabel.kim
Look At My Book Everyone :)
the cover of sublimation by isabel j kim. two women emerge from a black line down the middle of a sunset colored cover. coming june 2 2026 SUBLIMATION by Isabel J Kim. Doppelgangers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border: Sublimation is a thrilling and provocative debut for fans of Severance that asks what you'd sacrifice for a different life from award winning author Isabel J Kim The border cuts you in two. When you immigrate, you leave a copy of yourself behind. One person enters their new country, the other stays trapped at home. Some instances keep in touch, call each other daily, keep their lives and minds in sync in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Others, like Soyoung Rose Kang, leave home at ten years old and never speak to their other selves again. Rose, in America, never imagined going back to Korea until her grandfather died and her Korean instance called her home for the funeral. She doesn’t know that Soyoung plans to steal her body and her life. How far would you go to live the choice you didn’t make?
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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astridoverthere.bsky.social
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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sith-art.bsky.social
Stripe does not get enough shit, like Mastercard and Paypal receive the bulk of the ire because, well, they’re the biggest processors, but in the indie scene Stripe have been especially harmful, and deserve just as much flak.
duckprintspress.com unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · 10d
greeted by absolutely ~charming~ (/s) news in my e-mail this morning.

anyone else try to launch an NSFW project on Kickstarter recently?

myth of consensual sex, ffs.

(good news is, they approved the project, sigh.)
Screencapture of an e-mail from Kickstarter. The text reads, Hi Claire, Thanks for sharing your project with us. IMPORTANT: We noticed that your project contains adult/NSFW content. While your project has been approved by Kickstarter, all projects are subject to our payment processor, Stripe’s Rules (https://stripe.com/en-th/legal/restricted-businesses). Stripe performs their own reviews and may determine that they are unable to support your project. This can occur before your project launches, while it is live, or after it is successful. If this happens, you will be notified by our Trust & Safety team. In the event Stripe cannot support your campaign, Kickstarter will do its best to request that Stripe pay out any funds owed to you, however this is not guaranteed. We encourage you to be transparent with your backers about this risk.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
sarahbelisa.bsky.social
oh shit you guys do tumblr here? #poetry
Tumblr user nosebleedclub asks: What feels impossible? Tumblr user seatraiin responds: We’re playing cowboys: you’re kicking up dust and I’m spitting on the ground. We’re playing movie stars: you’ve got a cigarette and I’ve got all this paper burning in my heart. Here comes summer, so we’re saying it like a prayer; we’re saying: this town is temporary and we’re getting out of here. You’re a faster runner and I’m better at games, so I’ve started up a different chant in my own head: goodbye, good luck. Goodbye, good luck. There’s a universe where you remember me. I’m not sure if it’s this one.
September 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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matthewkingauthor.bsky.social
MY BOOK'S FINALLY OUT!

books2read.com/MatthewKing

Four killers meet for dinner, but what do they find? Friends? Murder?! LOVE?! This Horrormance reveals relatable killers whose amusing banter is playful and thought-provoking, tackling issues like gender identity, discrimination, and feminism.🖤🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💀
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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sarahbelisa.bsky.social
Blue is out today! Get Blue, like don't forget about me in print or ebook! Did you miss Red, like my bleeding heart in your hand? No worries, both are available here: books2read.com/ap/RQvBKK/Sa...

#queerromance #diversebooks #mlmbooks #indieauthor #booksky #writesky
Red, like my bleeding heart in your hand. A Wildflowers of Deliverance Novella by Sarah B. Elisa Blue, like don't forget about me. A Wildflowers of Deliverance Novella by Sarah B. Elisa
March 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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armandsarlangue.bsky.social
Sometimes we found some really big icebergs while sailing in Greenland…
Beautiful soft moment during endless sunset.
September 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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matthewkingauthor.bsky.social
MY BOOK'S OUT TODAY!

books2read.com/MatthewKing

Four killers meet for dinner, but what do they find? Friends? Murder?! LOVE?! This Horrormance reveals relatable killers whose amusing banter is playful and thought-provoking, tackling issues like gender identity, discrimination, and feminism.🖤🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💀
August 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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marthawells.com
Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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merriam-webster.com
We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:

- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’

No worries if not!!!
August 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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nedroid.com
A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!
August 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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matthewhodson.bsky.social
27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
The Bay Area Reporter front page, 13 August 1998. The headline ‘No obits’ is written in red above the lead story.
August 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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scalzi.com
Business cards, yes! Manuscript, no! Also "networking" is just about getting to meet people! Tell people about your work if they ask! Keep it really short if they do! If they don't bring it up, just be a cool human they can know! If an agent/editor says "send me work," do it when you get home!
jmsudar.bsky.social jmsudar.bsky.social @jmsudar.bsky.social · Aug 11
@scalzi.com hello! I am going to Worldcon this week in the hopes of networking (I’m doing one of the meetups) to shop my manuscript. I have no one in my circle I can ask this question: what should I bring? I figure business cards and… 10 copies of my first 30 pages?
August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
sarahbelisa.bsky.social
Oh I LOVED this book!
discobooks.bsky.social Disco (he/they) 📚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @discobooks.bsky.social · Aug 11
New favourite romance book!

And it’s about baseball, which I do not understand. But it doesn’t matter, cos this book is SO good!

Rival-to-lovers romance about baseball teammates, one trans with ADHD, one Latino with anxiety. I love them both SO much!!
📚💙 📚🏳️‍⚧️ 📚🏳️‍🌈 📚❤️
The Prospects by K.T. Hoffman. Two men in baseball uniforms celebrating, one lifting the other.
August 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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chucktingle.bsky.social
A SPECIAL BUCKAROO MESSAGE. lucky day is out AUGUST 12TH @torbooks.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
sarahbelisa.bsky.social
A Body of Evidence series by Christopher Golden when I was... 10? I only read the first 3. It wasn't the murder or body horror that made me stop but the romance that cropped up between the 18yo college girl protag and the 30 something detective lol
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Aug 11
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.

I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
August 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Too wavy for a paddle tonight, but the sunset was worth a trip to the beach.
Ablaze of orange cloud sweeps diagonally across a turbulent sky. The colour reflects dully on the wavy lake in the foreground and shines in the water left behind on the sand.
August 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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jimmusilpainter.bsky.social
My painting RUNNERS IN THE WASH
August 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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rosetta.bsky.social
“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.”
— Barbara Kingsolver

#turtlewriters🙂🐢❤️ 🍀 #WritingCommunity
A shut, white wooden-panelled door in a white wall, all reflected in the shining, dark-grey hard floor.
August 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
sarahbelisa.bsky.social
Last day!!

tinyurl.com/ymt986hu

#swsale2025 #queerbooks #lgbtqa #romancelandia #writingcommunity 🌈📚 💙📚
July 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
sarahbelisa.bsky.social
For today's #wipsnip from Violet, like these delights, I didn't have trash, garbage, refuse (noun), or waste, but I did have several "shit" and a single "dumpster". I went with dumpster lol

How are we feeling about Patty Raid as a roller derby name?
#writingcommunity #amwriting #WoD
Yara groans, but keeps hold of the oh shit bar above her window and doesn't complain as Jo bumps over the potholes in the drive and circles to the back parking lot where—yes! A car is still in the lot and light is spilling through the double-doors beside the gym. Jo rolls up as close to the brick as she can get, then reverses until she near hits the dumpster behind her. "Everyone inside." She locks her car so the lights go out, then follows the others into the school. "Hello?" she shouts. "Hello?" A head pops out of the locker room. Then, a—thankfully fully-clothed—Patty Raid steps into the hall. "What's all this?" Jo swallows her pride. "I need a huge favor. It's sort of a long story, but we're— Jesus. We've got some cops looking for us and— Would you mind parking your car beside mine to block it so they don't see it and find out where I live?" "What?" Yara steps forward "One of those cops is her piece of shit father who I just pepper sprayed and he's looking for ways to extort decades old life insurance money out of her and her brother." She looks at Jo. "It's really not that long a story." "Feels long in my head."
July 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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m-walshwrites.com
#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“No argument there. Between you and me, the Sentry Elite in Graylands aren’t just spread thin, we’re undermanned. It’s a sad irony. This country probably needs the Sentry Elite more than any other, but most of the higher-ups think this place is a hole not worth devoting the manpower.” Lock tightened his lips. He couldn’t say Drake’s words surprised him. Back home—his real home in Kingsmoor of the Western Empire—Graylands had the reputation of being a land for vagabonds and thieves. Most nobles, and probably the Eastern Empire as well, thought it better to let the savages eat themselves. Why waste the resources of the Sentry Elite on trash? “It’s a mistake,” Drake continued. “The Two Empires are too occupied with themselves to see what really happens here. The world’s changing, Mr. Synclaire, and there are darker forces out there than Vincent Dune. I guarantee, when the sword drops, it’ll start in Graylands.”
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM