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West Crosby
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Black and Queer author ( ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ), exploring Historical, Dark Fantasy, Horror, and LGBT Romance Comedy.
7,000 words in two days; never have I had this kind of momentum. 24,000 words since the start of Nov. — Process: I thought of scenes, sorting them in 3 ACTS. Found a western structure that fits. Studied “save the cat”. Studied history books. When scenes pop in my head, I put them in relative act. ✍🏾
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Must. Stop. Starting new book projects without finishing them 😅 — I have 1 novel and 2 novellas in need of editing, plus an additional 4 WIP; 🤯 juggling too many ideas hah!
a man juggling onions with the words everyday i 'm juggling in the background
ALT: a man juggling onions with the words everyday i 'm juggling in the background
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October 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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While i was out of town, i finally dug into the John The Balladeer collection by Manly Wade Wellman, (and released in a new edition by @valancourtbooks.bsky.social ) and I am completely in love with the character, atmosphere and tone of these stories. They're wonderful.
July 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Dead Mona by D. J. Runnels was accepted by one of the BIG FIVE publishers. Then they decided the women in it were too “strong.” So I self-published.

It has hit the Amazon top 150 in humor.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amazon.com/dp/B0D3YQX3C8 📚💙 📚⚡️ #skywriters 📚🖋️
July 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
📣 Made it to Fort Collins! 🌄
This town is perfect, nice balance of city life and corn; after baking all day, corn field behind our house, that

When [ 🌽💩 ➡️ 💨 ] goes up your nose after it bakes in Colorado-sun all day; 😤 -> 🥹; made me nostalgic for my hometown in SC.
🤙🏾
July 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We’re moving to Fort Collins, Colorado this week! They have an amazing writing community there; can’t wait! 😊 #writers #goals
July 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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'In Wait'
Marker illustration, personal work. Surprisingly, this one didn't fade as much as some of the others I did in Copics.
July 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is where I post from.
July 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Guardians Of Planet Ena. The coven embark upon a new journey to keep their promises to Elder Enaphim. Life destroying events, supernatural powers at max, & the Enaphim’s toughest tests to date create a nail biting suspenseful page turner. LGBTQIA+ Fantasy romance sci-fi action adventure thriller.
July 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I rarely admit that I'm a Christian Fantasy Writer, because when I think of the genre, I think super white. And two - just the negative connotation of being Christian.

I felt that when writing yesterday. But I’m claiming Christian Fantasy as my own.

#bvm #christianfantasy #blackbooksky
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Thanks for the artshare, Symon!

Hello all. I am a sketcher, trying to capture the strength, love, madness and chaos of the 'reality' I see around me.
Some recent sketchy work.
July 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Thank you for hosting ✨️

I'm Grace, and I like to do horror art. Here's one of my sketchbooks spread 🎨

I also work digitally, but that is on pause for the moment 👻
July 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Today is #freecomicbookday!! Webcomic artists of Bluesky, please share your free comics or repost for visibility!!

🌀rules🌀
✨ don't A!/NFT!
✨ reply with cover/fav panel
✨ tag a friend/artist u admire
May 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Hello thanks for hosting this! I'm Norn Noszka, an illustrator and tattoo artist working in both traditional and digital! I love bold lines, fairies, and swords.
July 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I'll start, I'm Symon and ink & Pen artist from Brazil
July 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media. But I decided to teach it anyway. So I built a school, instead.

500+ students online and in person.

My first independently operated course and lecture begins TONIGHT!

WE MOVE!!

karenattiah.substack.com/p/resistance...
Resistance Summer School is officially in Session!
Columbia cancelled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.
karenattiah.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Happy Monday, from Artemis.
June 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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“Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn of the 20th century.”
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
Paul Laurence Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays and musical lyrics.
buff.ly
June 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
✨ Author Letter drop!
I finally wrote the back-story of LOVE LIKE LIGHT: fear-based detours, first Pride at 41, & why every spirit animal levels up when you accept yourself.

Read the note ➜ glitterdomesheriff.substack.com/p/love-like-...

#LoveLikeLight #Pride #SelfAcceptance #LGBT #Writers
Love Like Light — Why Self-Acceptance Is the Real Magic
(Author’s Letter · June 2025)
glitterdomesheriff.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Legit started the substack (if you couldn’t tell haha), getting my writing out to the public, and not just family 🤙🏾— Wish me luck! 🤗 #goals2025 #writingcommunity #blacksky #fantasy #authorsky
June 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Rocky Mountain PBS caught me (West) and my husband soaking up our first Montrose Pride 🌈✨

From Charleston to Colorado, we're still chasing light—and making room for every shade of love.

Read the feature 👉 www.rmpbs.org/blogs/commun...

#MontrosePride #Pride365 #LoveLikeLight
What Pride means to people celebrating in Montrose | Rocky Mountain PBS
In a year marked by federal backlash against diversity programs, and large Pride events losing funding, organizers of Montrose Pride found plenty of local support.
www.rmpbs.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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"They're gone. Now you got no excuse for who you can be. So who you gonna be? Same as you were? Or everything you would've been otherwise?"

So much wisdom&imagination in this book. This is why I read speculative fiction!

#booksky 📚💙 #blackbooks #fantasy #bvm #blacksky
June 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Hello, new people! I don't know what I did to receive new followers, but I'm not complaining. When I'm not nerding out, I write! Below is one my favorite stories I've written, published by @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social.

#fiction #fantasy #cozyfantasy #bvm
hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-13-sum...
Issue 13 / Summer 2023
Download Hexagon Issue 13 / Summer 2023 – PDF Hexagon Issue 13 / Summer 2023 – EPUB Contents The Coffee Bar on 72nd Street – by Jade Stewart (2550 words) The Final Whisper –…
hexagonmagazine.ca
June 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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We have a cover for ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!

Publication date: 10/14/2025. For more on preorders and other info, check out my newsletter: kenliu.substack.com/p/covers-and...
February 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM