Sax Brightwell 🇨🇦
@saxbrightwell.neocities.org
(they/them)
Writer of romantic science fiction series "Secrets of Sleipnir."
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Writer of romantic science fiction series "Secrets of Sleipnir."
Buy direct: https://payhip.com/SaxBrightwell
Buy in stores: https://books2read.com/ap/RD62br/Sax-Brightwell
Blog: https://saxbrightwell.dreamwidth.org/
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I write steamy, queer, romantic science fiction set on a far-future alien world. 🌶️📚🪐 💕📚💙
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You can also find me blogging at saxbrightwell.dreamwidth.org
You can buy my books directly at payhip.com/SaxBrightwell or on all major platforms at books2read.com/ap/RD62br/Sa...
You can also find me blogging at saxbrightwell.dreamwidth.org
#WordWeavers 17/2: Would you still write if you had to use a typewriter or pen and paper?
Yes, but probably just for me, so I wouldn't bother with nice formatting on a typewriter unless a story was very, very special to me.
Yes, but probably just for me, so I wouldn't bother with nice formatting on a typewriter unless a story was very, very special to me.
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
#WordWeavers 17/2: Would you still write if you had to use a typewriter or pen and paper?
Yes, but probably just for me, so I wouldn't bother with nice formatting on a typewriter unless a story was very, very special to me.
Yes, but probably just for me, so I wouldn't bother with nice formatting on a typewriter unless a story was very, very special to me.
#WritersCoffeeClub 17/2: How do you write about ecstasy, in a spiritual, artistic, or sensual context?
I use a lot of water imagery. Playing in the ocean isn't my only experience with something infinitely bigger and more powerful than myself, nor with the exhilaration and freedom that comes- 1/2
I use a lot of water imagery. Playing in the ocean isn't my only experience with something infinitely bigger and more powerful than myself, nor with the exhilaration and freedom that comes- 1/2
February 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 17/2: How do you write about ecstasy, in a spiritual, artistic, or sensual context?
I use a lot of water imagery. Playing in the ocean isn't my only experience with something infinitely bigger and more powerful than myself, nor with the exhilaration and freedom that comes- 1/2
I use a lot of water imagery. Playing in the ocean isn't my only experience with something infinitely bigger and more powerful than myself, nor with the exhilaration and freedom that comes- 1/2
#WordWeavers 16/2: If your MC had a statue put up in their honor, what it be for?
Dying heroically somehow because never in life would he permit such nonsense.
Dying heroically somehow because never in life would he permit such nonsense.
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
#WordWeavers 16/2: If your MC had a statue put up in their honor, what it be for?
Dying heroically somehow because never in life would he permit such nonsense.
Dying heroically somehow because never in life would he permit such nonsense.
#WritersCoffeeClub 16/2: What’s the most ridiculous place you’ve tried to sneak in some writing?
A gymnasium floor, with a kids' rhythmic gymnastics class going on.
A gymnasium floor, with a kids' rhythmic gymnastics class going on.
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 16/2: What’s the most ridiculous place you’ve tried to sneak in some writing?
A gymnasium floor, with a kids' rhythmic gymnastics class going on.
A gymnasium floor, with a kids' rhythmic gymnastics class going on.
#WritersCoffeeClub 15/2: How big are your settings?
Sleipnir is a moon the size of Earth. So far, 4 books have only explored the western half of the biggest continent.
Sleipnir is a moon the size of Earth. So far, 4 books have only explored the western half of the biggest continent.
February 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 15/2: How big are your settings?
Sleipnir is a moon the size of Earth. So far, 4 books have only explored the western half of the biggest continent.
Sleipnir is a moon the size of Earth. So far, 4 books have only explored the western half of the biggest continent.
#WordWeavers 15/2: Describe your MC’s eyes.
Evret: Fiyeli's eyes are deep and warm and endlessly enthralling-
Fiyeli: They're brown.
Evret: -I could get lost in them forever, the way their darkness makes every catchlight glitter like a tiny star or a flickering flame-
Fiyeli: They're just brown.
Evret: Fiyeli's eyes are deep and warm and endlessly enthralling-
Fiyeli: They're brown.
Evret: -I could get lost in them forever, the way their darkness makes every catchlight glitter like a tiny star or a flickering flame-
Fiyeli: They're just brown.
February 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
#WordWeavers 15/2: Describe your MC’s eyes.
Evret: Fiyeli's eyes are deep and warm and endlessly enthralling-
Fiyeli: They're brown.
Evret: -I could get lost in them forever, the way their darkness makes every catchlight glitter like a tiny star or a flickering flame-
Fiyeli: They're just brown.
Evret: Fiyeli's eyes are deep and warm and endlessly enthralling-
Fiyeli: They're brown.
Evret: -I could get lost in them forever, the way their darkness makes every catchlight glitter like a tiny star or a flickering flame-
Fiyeli: They're just brown.
#WordWeavers 14/2: Who does your antagonist care about?
She cared about her twin, her twin's sisterdaughters, her close colleagues, and abstractly about all of her family where she lived before. This extends to the remaining family she has now in very weird and unwelcome ways.
She cared about her twin, her twin's sisterdaughters, her close colleagues, and abstractly about all of her family where she lived before. This extends to the remaining family she has now in very weird and unwelcome ways.
February 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#WordWeavers 14/2: Who does your antagonist care about?
She cared about her twin, her twin's sisterdaughters, her close colleagues, and abstractly about all of her family where she lived before. This extends to the remaining family she has now in very weird and unwelcome ways.
She cared about her twin, her twin's sisterdaughters, her close colleagues, and abstractly about all of her family where she lived before. This extends to the remaining family she has now in very weird and unwelcome ways.
Low Dawn, book 1 in my Secrets of Sleipnir series, is on sale until the 18th! #booksky #bookstodon #booksale 🌶️📚🪐 💕📚💙
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February 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Low Dawn, book 1 in my Secrets of Sleipnir series, is on sale until the 18th! #booksky #bookstodon #booksale 🌶️📚🪐 💕📚💙
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#WordWeavers 9/2: Have you ever talked to a reader of your story? How did it go?
A few! But we were all close fandom friends before I started writing SoS, so it's not quite the same context. I would really like to hear from a new reader one day!
A few! But we were all close fandom friends before I started writing SoS, so it's not quite the same context. I would really like to hear from a new reader one day!
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
#WordWeavers 9/2: Have you ever talked to a reader of your story? How did it go?
A few! But we were all close fandom friends before I started writing SoS, so it's not quite the same context. I would really like to hear from a new reader one day!
A few! But we were all close fandom friends before I started writing SoS, so it's not quite the same context. I would really like to hear from a new reader one day!
#WritersCoffeeClub 9/2: Do you subscribe to ‘show, don’t tell’? Why, or why not?
It's all telling, in the end. But it's usually more interesting to tell through actions or dialogue than through wall-of-text. Stories are more popular than essays for a reason.
It's all telling, in the end. But it's usually more interesting to tell through actions or dialogue than through wall-of-text. Stories are more popular than essays for a reason.
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 9/2: Do you subscribe to ‘show, don’t tell’? Why, or why not?
It's all telling, in the end. But it's usually more interesting to tell through actions or dialogue than through wall-of-text. Stories are more popular than essays for a reason.
It's all telling, in the end. But it's usually more interesting to tell through actions or dialogue than through wall-of-text. Stories are more popular than essays for a reason.
Reposted by Sax Brightwell 🇨🇦
#writerscoffeeclub 02/09 Do you subscribe to "show, don't tell?"
As a general principle it's good. But it makes a very poor religion.
As a general principle it's good. But it makes a very poor religion.
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
#writerscoffeeclub 02/09 Do you subscribe to "show, don't tell?"
As a general principle it's good. But it makes a very poor religion.
As a general principle it's good. But it makes a very poor religion.
#WordWeavers 8/2: What’s the most frustrating thing about writing?
How ideas come in so much faster than my fingers can get words out.
How ideas come in so much faster than my fingers can get words out.
February 8, 2026 at 11:55 PM
#WordWeavers 8/2: What’s the most frustrating thing about writing?
How ideas come in so much faster than my fingers can get words out.
How ideas come in so much faster than my fingers can get words out.
#WordWeavers 7/2: What's the most rewarding thing about writing?
Turning my blobby imaginings into a story that lives outside my head where other people can enjoy it.
Turning my blobby imaginings into a story that lives outside my head where other people can enjoy it.
February 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
#WordWeavers 7/2: What's the most rewarding thing about writing?
Turning my blobby imaginings into a story that lives outside my head where other people can enjoy it.
Turning my blobby imaginings into a story that lives outside my head where other people can enjoy it.
#WordWeavers 06/02: Share an important or fun lesson you’ve learned as a writer.
Just the old chestnut that if I write what I like best, I'll enjoy writing more, and there will be others who enjoy reading it.
Just the old chestnut that if I write what I like best, I'll enjoy writing more, and there will be others who enjoy reading it.
February 6, 2026 at 6:08 PM
#WordWeavers 06/02: Share an important or fun lesson you’ve learned as a writer.
Just the old chestnut that if I write what I like best, I'll enjoy writing more, and there will be others who enjoy reading it.
Just the old chestnut that if I write what I like best, I'll enjoy writing more, and there will be others who enjoy reading it.
WritersCoffeeClub 06/02: From start to finish, how much time elapses in your current WIP?
5 or 6 days, by far the shortest span in the series so far.
5 or 6 days, by far the shortest span in the series so far.
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
WritersCoffeeClub 06/02: From start to finish, how much time elapses in your current WIP?
5 or 6 days, by far the shortest span in the series so far.
5 or 6 days, by far the shortest span in the series so far.
Reposted by Sax Brightwell 🇨🇦
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
#WritersCoffeeClub 5/2: What's a trait of other written works you admire, but don't seek to incorporate in your own works?
Rich, robust conlangs, a la Tolkien or Katherine Addison. They do it SO well that I can only admire them, and then choose a different path of alien uses for existing words.
Rich, robust conlangs, a la Tolkien or Katherine Addison. They do it SO well that I can only admire them, and then choose a different path of alien uses for existing words.
February 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 5/2: What's a trait of other written works you admire, but don't seek to incorporate in your own works?
Rich, robust conlangs, a la Tolkien or Katherine Addison. They do it SO well that I can only admire them, and then choose a different path of alien uses for existing words.
Rich, robust conlangs, a la Tolkien or Katherine Addison. They do it SO well that I can only admire them, and then choose a different path of alien uses for existing words.
#WordWeavers 5/2: If you found out that someone had to live your MC’s life, would you change the story?
Yes, but not for his sake so much as the SCs around him. I made some pretty bad shit happen to them.
Yes, but not for his sake so much as the SCs around him. I made some pretty bad shit happen to them.
February 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
#WordWeavers 5/2: If you found out that someone had to live your MC’s life, would you change the story?
Yes, but not for his sake so much as the SCs around him. I made some pretty bad shit happen to them.
Yes, but not for his sake so much as the SCs around him. I made some pretty bad shit happen to them.
#WordWeavers 04/02:
Look back at the first thing you wrote. What did you do right?
That would be the little laminated picture book about my cat that I made in kindergarten. I picked a character I really loved, I did all the graphics myself (in crayon), and the yarn I bound it with is still holding.
Look back at the first thing you wrote. What did you do right?
That would be the little laminated picture book about my cat that I made in kindergarten. I picked a character I really loved, I did all the graphics myself (in crayon), and the yarn I bound it with is still holding.
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
#WordWeavers 04/02:
Look back at the first thing you wrote. What did you do right?
That would be the little laminated picture book about my cat that I made in kindergarten. I picked a character I really loved, I did all the graphics myself (in crayon), and the yarn I bound it with is still holding.
Look back at the first thing you wrote. What did you do right?
That would be the little laminated picture book about my cat that I made in kindergarten. I picked a character I really loved, I did all the graphics myself (in crayon), and the yarn I bound it with is still holding.
#WritersCoffeeClub 04/02:
How much detail do you use to describe your settings?
Hopefully enough to trigger a sketch in someone else's mind's eye - the first time. After that I expect readers to remember, or look it up and remind themselves.
How much detail do you use to describe your settings?
Hopefully enough to trigger a sketch in someone else's mind's eye - the first time. After that I expect readers to remember, or look it up and remind themselves.
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 04/02:
How much detail do you use to describe your settings?
Hopefully enough to trigger a sketch in someone else's mind's eye - the first time. After that I expect readers to remember, or look it up and remind themselves.
How much detail do you use to describe your settings?
Hopefully enough to trigger a sketch in someone else's mind's eye - the first time. After that I expect readers to remember, or look it up and remind themselves.
#WritersCoffeeClub 3/2: What signature marks your work as definitively and effectively yours?
Heartfelt smut, frequent dips into absurdity, an unusual setting with more math in the planning than on the page. But I'm sure others have this combo, so at the end of the day: my name.
Heartfelt smut, frequent dips into absurdity, an unusual setting with more math in the planning than on the page. But I'm sure others have this combo, so at the end of the day: my name.
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 3/2: What signature marks your work as definitively and effectively yours?
Heartfelt smut, frequent dips into absurdity, an unusual setting with more math in the planning than on the page. But I'm sure others have this combo, so at the end of the day: my name.
Heartfelt smut, frequent dips into absurdity, an unusual setting with more math in the planning than on the page. But I'm sure others have this combo, so at the end of the day: my name.
#WordWeavers 3/2: Share a vivid sensory description from your story. What was writing it like?
"The pudding was about as heavy as he’d guessed it would be, for the cooks to slice it that way, and as rich as it was thick: sweet, creamy, and aromatic with spices. 1/2
"The pudding was about as heavy as he’d guessed it would be, for the cooks to slice it that way, and as rich as it was thick: sweet, creamy, and aromatic with spices. 1/2
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
#WordWeavers 3/2: Share a vivid sensory description from your story. What was writing it like?
"The pudding was about as heavy as he’d guessed it would be, for the cooks to slice it that way, and as rich as it was thick: sweet, creamy, and aromatic with spices. 1/2
"The pudding was about as heavy as he’d guessed it would be, for the cooks to slice it that way, and as rich as it was thick: sweet, creamy, and aromatic with spices. 1/2
#WritersCoffeeClub 02/02: How satisfied are you with the rhythm of your works?
That's something that gets away from me at times, I think. I slow down and speed up based on how much I have to say, and there will definitely be readers who wanted more here or less there.
That's something that gets away from me at times, I think. I slow down and speed up based on how much I have to say, and there will definitely be readers who wanted more here or less there.
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
#WritersCoffeeClub 02/02: How satisfied are you with the rhythm of your works?
That's something that gets away from me at times, I think. I slow down and speed up based on how much I have to say, and there will definitely be readers who wanted more here or less there.
That's something that gets away from me at times, I think. I slow down and speed up based on how much I have to say, and there will definitely be readers who wanted more here or less there.
#WordWeavers 2/2: Do you enjoy writing good, bad, or morally grey characters more? Why?
I spend most of my time with characters who are mostly good, but every once in awhile the headspaces and dialogue for horrible people are SO much fun.
I spend most of my time with characters who are mostly good, but every once in awhile the headspaces and dialogue for horrible people are SO much fun.
February 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
#WordWeavers 2/2: Do you enjoy writing good, bad, or morally grey characters more? Why?
I spend most of my time with characters who are mostly good, but every once in awhile the headspaces and dialogue for horrible people are SO much fun.
I spend most of my time with characters who are mostly good, but every once in awhile the headspaces and dialogue for horrible people are SO much fun.
#WordWeavers 01/02: Who is your most despicable character and how do you feel about them?
Gotta be Rossolay Samaw, the sun king (and Evret's twin). A proper scenery-chewing feral sadist who escaped his circumstances and then promptly recreated them.
He was a superb villain and - 1/2
Gotta be Rossolay Samaw, the sun king (and Evret's twin). A proper scenery-chewing feral sadist who escaped his circumstances and then promptly recreated them.
He was a superb villain and - 1/2
February 2, 2026 at 2:16 AM
#WordWeavers 01/02: Who is your most despicable character and how do you feel about them?
Gotta be Rossolay Samaw, the sun king (and Evret's twin). A proper scenery-chewing feral sadist who escaped his circumstances and then promptly recreated them.
He was a superb villain and - 1/2
Gotta be Rossolay Samaw, the sun king (and Evret's twin). A proper scenery-chewing feral sadist who escaped his circumstances and then promptly recreated them.
He was a superb villain and - 1/2