Tara Wine-Queen Writes
@tarawinequeen.bsky.social
Mostly interested in laughing and crying and being good to other humans
https://linktr.ee/tarawinequeen
https://linktr.ee/tarawinequeen
Pinned
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing
Amazing
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Amazing
What if I wanted a lovely croissant for breakfast sometimes, Zeus? A nice omelet on occasion. But no, as I am not Zeus himself or little Zeus my desires do not register and I must keep tearing away at this titan flesh - not easy to tear into, by the way!! - avoiding awkward eye contact as best I can
If I was an eagle and forced to eat the same dude’s disgusting liver every morning for eternity just because he ticked off my boss I would be incandescent with rage
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What if I wanted a lovely croissant for breakfast sometimes, Zeus? A nice omelet on occasion. But no, as I am not Zeus himself or little Zeus my desires do not register and I must keep tearing away at this titan flesh - not easy to tear into, by the way!! - avoiding awkward eye contact as best I can
If I was an eagle and forced to eat the same dude’s disgusting liver every morning for eternity just because he ticked off my boss I would be incandescent with rage
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If I was an eagle and forced to eat the same dude’s disgusting liver every morning for eternity just because he ticked off my boss I would be incandescent with rage
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Their Dickensian siren song, it calls to me
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Their Dickensian siren song, it calls to me
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Found this on quote on insta being shared by I think @tarawinequeen.bsky.social (if thats the right handle!)
I definitely identify with The Creature too
I definitely identify with The Creature too
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Found this on quote on insta being shared by I think @tarawinequeen.bsky.social (if thats the right handle!)
I definitely identify with The Creature too
I definitely identify with The Creature too
When I was little and Jo saved Amy from the ice and the girls made up, I was relieved. Now, having written my own manuscript and thinking about it burning because I didn't take my little sister to the theater, I feel like Jo could've maybe left her in there a little longer
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
When I was little and Jo saved Amy from the ice and the girls made up, I was relieved. Now, having written my own manuscript and thinking about it burning because I didn't take my little sister to the theater, I feel like Jo could've maybe left her in there a little longer
When you think about it Amy March marrying Laurie makes a lot of sense, youngest siblings are always getting hand-me-downs
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
When you think about it Amy March marrying Laurie makes a lot of sense, youngest siblings are always getting hand-me-downs
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"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Ladies please divert your efforts to ruin your own workplace for the moment, the workplace we actually need to be ruining today is Congress
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ladies please divert your efforts to ruin your own workplace for the moment, the workplace we actually need to be ruining today is Congress
MY NAME IS TARA WINE-QUEEN AND I AM SO!!! EXCITED TO FINALLY WATCH FRANKENSTEIN
I have ruined
the corpses
making my
patchwork child
who I
promptly left to his
own sad
devices
Forgive me
I'm not really a doctor
just another
deadbeat dad
the corpses
making my
patchwork child
who I
promptly left to his
own sad
devices
Forgive me
I'm not really a doctor
just another
deadbeat dad
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
MY NAME IS TARA WINE-QUEEN AND I AM SO!!! EXCITED TO FINALLY WATCH FRANKENSTEIN
I have ruined
the corpses
making my
patchwork child
who I
promptly left to his
own sad
devices
Forgive me
I'm not really a doctor
just another
deadbeat dad
the corpses
making my
patchwork child
who I
promptly left to his
own sad
devices
Forgive me
I'm not really a doctor
just another
deadbeat dad
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I have ruined
the corpses
making my
patchwork child
who I
promptly left to his
own sad
devices
Forgive me
I'm not really a doctor
just another
deadbeat dad
the corpses
making my
patchwork child
who I
promptly left to his
own sad
devices
Forgive me
I'm not really a doctor
just another
deadbeat dad
“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”
- John Steinbeck, East of Eden
- John Steinbeck, East of Eden
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”
- John Steinbeck, East of Eden
- John Steinbeck, East of Eden
The past 24 hours feels like the universe is writing fan service to bisexual millennials
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will reportedly return for a new 'The Mummy' movie
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The past 24 hours feels like the universe is writing fan service to bisexual millennials
Watching the results coming in across the country 🥲:
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Watching the results coming in across the country 🥲:
Realized earlier my stomach felt strange and couldn’t figure it out until I realized it was the absence of anxiety, a euphoric high creeping in to replace it
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.’”
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Realized earlier my stomach felt strange and couldn’t figure it out until I realized it was the absence of anxiety, a euphoric high creeping in to replace it
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.’”
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.’”
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut
Michael Caine said going into Muppet Christmas Carol, “I’m going to play this like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink, never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role,” and good ghosts of Christmases various, did it pay off
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Michael Caine said going into Muppet Christmas Carol, “I’m going to play this like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink, never do anything Muppety. I am going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role,” and good ghosts of Christmases various, did it pay off
Oh you don’t usually give grades out for this sort of thing? *vibrates with the excitement of challenge*
The ghosts in A Christmas Carol coming to scare me into changing my behavior would be so effective to me personally, someone who will take any opportunity to turn something into a test and can’t wait to get an A in time travel-based paranormal intervention
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Oh you don’t usually give grades out for this sort of thing? *vibrates with the excitement of challenge*
The ghosts in A Christmas Carol coming to scare me into changing my behavior would be so effective to me personally, someone who will take any opportunity to turn something into a test and can’t wait to get an A in time travel-based paranormal intervention
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The ghosts in A Christmas Carol coming to scare me into changing my behavior would be so effective to me personally, someone who will take any opportunity to turn something into a test and can’t wait to get an A in time travel-based paranormal intervention
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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Remember, no matter how small the gesture, no matter how little the donation, every tiny bit of light you put out into the world brightens it just a little bit. Shit's pretty dark these days. Much love to every one of you trying to brighten it.
October 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Remember, no matter how small the gesture, no matter how little the donation, every tiny bit of light you put out into the world brightens it just a little bit. Shit's pretty dark these days. Much love to every one of you trying to brighten it.