Alysa Taladay, SF/F Writer 🦖✨️🚀
@taladayarts.bsky.social
Scifi/fantasy epic writer Alysa Taladay (pen), creator of The Ryozae Alliance. Shapeshifting space dinos in '90s era US South, + identity & mental health issues. Half-Hawaiian, AuDHD. She/her ... complicated. 🌈+ https://ko-fi.com/alysataladay/
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I am a sci-fi/fantasy writer who wrote most of The Ryozae Alliance, a 9-book epic, by hand. I'm now working to bring it to life. 90s-era characters and settings, alien dinosaurs, alien worlds, war, and undercurrents of magic await. Follow along and support the Alliance! linktr.ee/taladayarts
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#Dinovember2025 Day 24: Anteavis!
Integument entirely speculative btw, presence of feathers or protofeathers in early dinosaurs is controversial to say the least.
#art #paleoart
Integument entirely speculative btw, presence of feathers or protofeathers in early dinosaurs is controversial to say the least.
#art #paleoart
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#Dinovember2025 Day 24: Anteavis!
Integument entirely speculative btw, presence of feathers or protofeathers in early dinosaurs is controversial to say the least.
#art #paleoart
Integument entirely speculative btw, presence of feathers or protofeathers in early dinosaurs is controversial to say the least.
#art #paleoart
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[November 25th, 1985] Today's Peanuts comic by Charles Schulz
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
[November 25th, 1985] Today's Peanuts comic by Charles Schulz
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DINOVEMBER 2025 - DAY 25: NOMINGIA
(zebra chicken)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #oviraptor #nomingia
(zebra chicken)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #oviraptor #nomingia
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
DINOVEMBER 2025 - DAY 25: NOMINGIA
(zebra chicken)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #oviraptor #nomingia
(zebra chicken)
#dinovember #dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology #sciart #prehistoric #prehistoricanimals #prehistoricplanet #oviraptor #nomingia
saving......
This bright orange life-form could point to new dino discoveries #Science #Paleontology #Other #Dinosaurs #Fossils
This bright orange life-form could point to new dino discoveries
Colorful lichen living on dinosaur bones reflect infrared light that can be detected by drones, which might lead to finds in remote areas.
purescience.news
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
saving......
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Pelicanimimus is day 24's dino! I read that it had like 220 teeth so I closed his mouth.
Prompt list: @kaseysnow.bsky.social
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#pelicanimimus #dinovember2025 #dinovember #dinosaur #paleoart
Prompt list: @kaseysnow.bsky.social
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#pelicanimimus #dinovember2025 #dinovember #dinosaur #paleoart
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Pelicanimimus is day 24's dino! I read that it had like 220 teeth so I closed his mouth.
Prompt list: @kaseysnow.bsky.social
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#pelicanimimus #dinovember2025 #dinovember #dinosaur #paleoart
Prompt list: @kaseysnow.bsky.social
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#pelicanimimus #dinovember2025 #dinovember #dinosaur #paleoart
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The below details how that battle was almost lost in this draft plan. But thanks to some SC leading elected officials, our coast will remain oil free for some time.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Frank Knapp
Read the commentary here. www.postandcourier.com/opinion/comm...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Frank Knapp
Read the commentary here. www.postandcourier.com/opinion/comm...
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The below details how that battle was almost lost in this draft plan. But thanks to some SC leading elected officials, our coast will remain oil free for some time.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Frank Knapp
Read the commentary here. www.postandcourier.com/opinion/comm...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Frank Knapp
Read the commentary here. www.postandcourier.com/opinion/comm...
Finished my last therapy session, today (via benefits from a job I've recently lost). I have ... mixed feelings about my situation. Therapy has helped immensely. I no longer feel like I'm trying to process the decline of my nation on top of my own myriad personal battles.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Finished my last therapy session, today (via benefits from a job I've recently lost). I have ... mixed feelings about my situation. Therapy has helped immensely. I no longer feel like I'm trying to process the decline of my nation on top of my own myriad personal battles.
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"device hoarding" is a phrase that would have made my grandparents become the Joker
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"device hoarding" is a phrase that would have made my grandparents become the Joker
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did someone say PIGEONS??????
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November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
did someone say PIGEONS??????
campmustelid.shop
campmustelid.shop
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I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
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Just had a sort of inverse conversation with an alcoholic family member, where I had to explain that everyone drinking to excess at every occasion is also not fun because it's like being the DD when your friends wanna go bar-hopping and everyone's drunk but you./
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just had a sort of inverse conversation with an alcoholic family member, where I had to explain that everyone drinking to excess at every occasion is also not fun because it's like being the DD when your friends wanna go bar-hopping and everyone's drunk but you./
The more you read the better it gets.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The more you read the better it gets.
My husband gave me his old Samsung watch, since my Garmin vanished, and it has the option not to auto-update. Which is cool because the update has a bunch of AI stuff in it.
Now it won't let me sign in unless I update. Think I might bite the bullet and buy a new damn watch.
Now it won't let me sign in unless I update. Think I might bite the bullet and buy a new damn watch.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My husband gave me his old Samsung watch, since my Garmin vanished, and it has the option not to auto-update. Which is cool because the update has a bunch of AI stuff in it.
Now it won't let me sign in unless I update. Think I might bite the bullet and buy a new damn watch.
Now it won't let me sign in unless I update. Think I might bite the bullet and buy a new damn watch.
"Be yourself--wait, no, not like that. ....Nonono we meant for you to be that on your own time. Bills are due."
" 'Kay, but I'm still a writer. Even half-alive. :p"
" 'Kay, but I'm still a writer. Even half-alive. :p"
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Be yourself--wait, no, not like that. ....Nonono we meant for you to be that on your own time. Bills are due."
" 'Kay, but I'm still a writer. Even half-alive. :p"
" 'Kay, but I'm still a writer. Even half-alive. :p"
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Meet me in the afterworld
Nothing will be cold
No one will have our will
Understanding will be understood
We tried to be someone
We tried to go on so long
The best we could was let go
Find me in the cemetery
Looking around at what could be
With crows fighting over a worm
Tried to be for so long
Nothing will be cold
No one will have our will
Understanding will be understood
We tried to be someone
We tried to go on so long
The best we could was let go
Find me in the cemetery
Looking around at what could be
With crows fighting over a worm
Tried to be for so long
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Meet me in the afterworld
Nothing will be cold
No one will have our will
Understanding will be understood
We tried to be someone
We tried to go on so long
The best we could was let go
Find me in the cemetery
Looking around at what could be
With crows fighting over a worm
Tried to be for so long
Nothing will be cold
No one will have our will
Understanding will be understood
We tried to be someone
We tried to go on so long
The best we could was let go
Find me in the cemetery
Looking around at what could be
With crows fighting over a worm
Tried to be for so long
You know you're Southern when you casually drop an affectionate "bless yer heart, Darlin" ... at your aging car. 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
You know you're Southern when you casually drop an affectionate "bless yer heart, Darlin" ... at your aging car. 🤣
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I've been drawing dinos this month for Dinovember, these are some of my faves c:
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've been drawing dinos this month for Dinovember, these are some of my faves c:
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November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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#Dinovember2025 Day 17: Psittacosaurus! This lil taco is laying down but still in high alert
#Art #Paleoart
#Art #Paleoart
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#Dinovember2025 Day 17: Psittacosaurus! This lil taco is laying down but still in high alert
#Art #Paleoart
#Art #Paleoart
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Nerē (Night) Bead Soup Bead-Wrapped Wristlet Keychain
Made with silver lined glass beads that sparkle and catch the light beautifully ✨🖤
Go get your hands on one so you can see the magic IRL!!
Shop here → cvkvlv.com/products/ner...
#Beadwork #Art #Indigenous
Made with silver lined glass beads that sparkle and catch the light beautifully ✨🖤
Go get your hands on one so you can see the magic IRL!!
Shop here → cvkvlv.com/products/ner...
#Beadwork #Art #Indigenous
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Nerē (Night) Bead Soup Bead-Wrapped Wristlet Keychain
Made with silver lined glass beads that sparkle and catch the light beautifully ✨🖤
Go get your hands on one so you can see the magic IRL!!
Shop here → cvkvlv.com/products/ner...
#Beadwork #Art #Indigenous
Made with silver lined glass beads that sparkle and catch the light beautifully ✨🖤
Go get your hands on one so you can see the magic IRL!!
Shop here → cvkvlv.com/products/ner...
#Beadwork #Art #Indigenous
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Easy to implement #writing craft edits that will immediately improve your WIP (from a pro #betareader):
1. Know your "glitter" words. Everyone has words they overuse in their prose (and they get literally everywhere). CTRL+F your glitter words and cut them where possible. (1/7)
1. Know your "glitter" words. Everyone has words they overuse in their prose (and they get literally everywhere). CTRL+F your glitter words and cut them where possible. (1/7)
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Easy to implement #writing craft edits that will immediately improve your WIP (from a pro #betareader):
1. Know your "glitter" words. Everyone has words they overuse in their prose (and they get literally everywhere). CTRL+F your glitter words and cut them where possible. (1/7)
1. Know your "glitter" words. Everyone has words they overuse in their prose (and they get literally everywhere). CTRL+F your glitter words and cut them where possible. (1/7)
You know what? Think I'm gonna treat all my kid's art like gold, when I have one. Teach them to save and catalogue their work like it means something, even when it feels silly. A skill I wish I'd understood better and had to learn on my own.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
You know what? Think I'm gonna treat all my kid's art like gold, when I have one. Teach them to save and catalogue their work like it means something, even when it feels silly. A skill I wish I'd understood better and had to learn on my own.