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Z.B. Roger
@zbroger.bsky.social
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nonbinary (he/they) LitFic (not YA) hobbyist writer, artist, crocheter
~ OC obsessed! ~ lover of language learning & musicals
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rosemaryvictus.bsky.social
❄️ #FantasyIndiesJanuary ❄️

I'm a new(ish) writer who writes humor and romance.

My WIP is a Cinderella retelling with a twist. Instead of a fairy godmother, our heroine makes a deal with a dark fae. 📚💛⚔️

However, nothing quite sums up the vibes as well as the below meme. 🐇
Kombucha girl meme Getting the romantic kidnapping treatment from a dark fae turning him into a bunny and forcing him to do chores
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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just-write-studios.itch.io
🎉2025 recap for my big branching #darkfantasy & #horror VN!
🎨 #art: yes!
🧠 #accessibility innovation: YES
🍝 Flowchart spaghetti: MANDATORY

🎉Thank you all for the support in 2025!!! You can read it here: just-write-studios.itch.io/catalyst-bli...

#indiegamedev #gamedev #digitalart #writingcommunity
A working logo for the dark fantasy and horror visual novel "Catalyst: Blind Faith." The subtitle says "Devlog." Grayscale art on the top row shows three main characters. From left to right: A female elf with a sly expression, asymmetric hair, many piercings, and long ears side-eyeing the player; a disheveled and heavily scarred young man, clutching at his head while he stares directly at the viewer; and a bubbly woman in profile view with an unnaturally broad grin and very poofy hair. The bottom row has five sketches of different male body types, all at the same height. These are illustrative of the protagonist, whose appearance can radically change based on the player's choices. From left to right: An emaciated figure in a fighting stance, fists before his face; a slender and broad-shouldered figure in a front-facing and stiff pose; a muscular figure, looking relaxed and confident as he glances over his shoulder; a husky male figure, partially drawn, as some of the right arm is incomplete; and a very heavyset male figure, standing in a similar distant and neutral pose as the slim figure. Meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The character Charlie Kelly poses with a crazed and enlightened expression, smoking despite being in the office with a tie and button up, gesturing at a wall plastered with papers and red strings. This is poking fun at the indie developer of a majorly branching visual novel, who cannot talk about its narrative structure without recreating this image irl. Party member preview for the dark fantasy and horror VN Catalyst: Blind Faith. From left to right: A silhouette of Ray, a gigantic English Mastiff wearing a spiked collar. A sketch of Father Richard Anscham, a young, scruffy, and lanky priest wearing a bizarre combination of very modern textiles and bronze age metals. He carries a bloodied iron mace and beat-up shield, with many gold fasteners on his gothic attire. His mop of very curly hair fails to cover the excessive scarring on every inch of his exposed skin. Despite looking so grumpy, a small heart is sketched beside his face. (You) play as him. Orgoth, an elderly and muscular albino orc with bat-like features. One of his large, pointed ears is missing a giant piece. He's covered in dried blood, and his exposed upper body has numerous blackout tattoos with motifs of nature and battle. Numerous trophies of large teeth and a pauldron fashioned out of a demon's skull covers one shoulder. His pointed teeth are bared as he smiles broadly. A tiny sketch of a battle-axe dripping with blood is beside his face. Also in silhouette are three more party members to the right: Celegwen, an elvish sorceress, with extremely long and pointed ears. She's wearing an incredibly tattered, light colored dress, sandals, and has many piercings. Her choppily cut, cloudy-white hair is dyed lavender at its tips. Three stars hover around her right hand. Ofelia Banks, a short and stocky walking armory. She's covered with thieves' tools, knives, scabbards for short swords, and wears an enchanted cloak. Her very fluffy, blonde hair covers most of Celegwen's staff as she stands in front of her. A little sketch of a skull and crossbones is beside her. Lord Yech, the Disgusted has on a floppy hat with massive red and white feathers, striped and slashed clothing evocative of a harlequin and Landsknecht, very long poulaines, and a completely impractical pointed cape. A sketch of a bottle of liquor and a tree are beside him. Flowchart for the heavily branching, dark fantasy and horror visual novel Catalyst: Blind Faith. The narrative structure is shown in significant detail for one of ten "hard branches" of the game, in which the player chooses to further their relationship with the God of Vengeance above nine other choices (seven other deities, or two party members). Extra emphasis is given to the volume of chapters, words, and endings written just this year, to uplift the end of year recap this image was made for. A few fun statistics are also present, to convey this dark hard branches tone: 17 fates worse than death, 19 unique endings, 4 villainous paths, and 1 chance to become a hero. Links are posted at the bottom for previews, devlogs, updates, and more regarding the development of Catalyst: Blind Faith at its itch.io page and community Discord.
December 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
i would but you already know that's not true from me lol
December 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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just-write-studios.itch.io
A strange phenomenon is turning mankind into demons, in the #darkfantasy and #horror VN Catalyst: Blind Faith.

❤️‍🩹Play as a troubled young priest.
🙏Channel the Gods.
🩸Find a cure.

🔊Volume on! Follow for updates!✍️💖 #TeaseYaGame #visualnovel #CYOA #narrativegame #videogame #monsters #youcanpetthedog
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
This is so exciting! Omg!
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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rosemaryvictus.bsky.social
"The Lurker" is finally published! It's been a long road and my next project is something completely different, but for now the Lurker has retreated to my basement. 🍊

books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ
#TheLurker #SelfPublish #Writesky #Books #nanowrimo
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
#inktober day 1: #mustache

But I'm already behind. This is Paulie enjoying the fuck out of finger mustaches lol

cara.app/post/af847ff...

#art #ocart #oc #originalcharacter #wmhst #traditional #inktober2025 #ink #drawing #lgbtartists #queerartists #queercharacters #sketch
Zane (@zane) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Inktober 2025 | Day 1: Mustache
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October 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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rosemaryvictus.bsky.social
#UnhingedPit #A #R #F #WIP #Romancelandia

What I'm writing for #Novelvember #nanowrimo whatever we're calling it now.
The Kombocha girl meme "Getting the romantic kidnapping treatment from a dark fae" "Turning him into a bunny and forcing him to do chores" (I haven't titled this project yet)
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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aebrossbooks.bsky.social
Friendly reminder that when folks say that you "have" to follow specific writing advice, you do not, in fact, have to.

What they are sharing is what works for them, and while it might be useful, there is no one way to get your writing out into the world. Do what works for you.

#WritingCommunity
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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rosemaryvictus.bsky.social
Pictured here: The content anti-warning for "The Lurker." The cat ends up fine...probably the only character who ends up fine. You don't have to worry about the cat. 😽

#Unhingedpit #TheLurker #Humor #H #CS #A #Writesky
A cat looking out a window
September 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
Can you believe I still haven't read this book in its entirety? I keep getting distracted in the middle of it. I also haven't read any of LOTR, BUT I have MULTIPLE copies...
August 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
if you see a black box for the image, read the alt text. totally worth it!
rosemaryvictus.bsky.social Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · Aug 26
From "Vanilla (with Sprinkles)" during a scene at a grocery store. Wherein we get a taste of whats standing in the way of the romance.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
August 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
zbroger.bsky.social
thankfully the alt text still works! i remember reading this scene awhile ago! still cute, still weird. love it. hint hint

also it must be destined for me to have key lime pie 'cause it keeps popping up everywhere today
August 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
zbroger.bsky.social
oh weird
August 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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rosemaryvictus.bsky.social
❤️ I'm going to make a bluesky starter pack for aspiring romance authors. Drop me a comment if you want to be added! ❤️
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
4.5 chapters in. it's a rotation of 5 povs. i got a little stuck 'cause i'm reintroducing ryan's older brother AND introducing his oldest brother. they're not in the main wip, so i haven't a clue what they're like.
August 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
zbroger.bsky.social
Well, funny you ask, 'cause I'm pantsing this whole thing and have no clue. So far it's all about a group of teens about to start a D&D group, but all I've gotten is a ton of drama. I've even renamed it to Dungeons & Drama. It's a kinda spin off/AU/continuation of my main wip.
August 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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nossumusstellae.bsky.social
How. Many. Times. Do. I. Need. To. Say. This.

COMMERCIAL/BOT/AI/SCAM ACCOUNT FOLLOWS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKED - I am NOT interested in commercial writing/query services.

For the love of Bluesky, PLEASE check a writer's main page BEFORE following!!!

#writingcommunity
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
same world, same characters, new school yr.

so instead of 10th grade, it's 11th.

it's supposed to be a D&D story, but i apparently can't convince my brain to write fantasy. it'll get there eventually.

ea. chapter is a diff. POV rotating b/twn ryan, paulie, vicky, jesse, & gordon in that order.
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
zbroger.bsky.social
in may, in my writing server there was a new #wip challenge. i started a new story.

ryan is having a bad day! he started on the floor having rolled off the bed & now he's late to class. this is the rest of it

#wipsnips 'same' #writingcommunity #queerwriters #writesky #wmhst
obsidian app screenshot. a black background with white text. find text search tab at the top. the word 'same' is bordered with pink in the passage below: I get to school and go to my regular locker to grab a textbook for class. I hesitate. Why do I smell coffee? Of course, I decide it's nothing and open up the red door. Inside— ohh, inside! —makes my heart bound outta my chest! That beloved pink, orange, and white paper bag and a regular iced coffee from Dunks is sitting and waiting for me. My lips curl to a genuine, appreciative smile! Haha, fuck yes! I love that wonderful girl so fucking much! It makes the beginning of my bad day so much better! Though, as I wonder how Jess could have known I didn't just stay home sick, I discover the book I needed isn't actually inside my locker. And shit, I know exactly where it is, too! Well, and so… my crappy day continues, but at least I have an iced coffee and a pastry! With a sigh, I remove the treats from the locker and go on with my day, strolling ridiculously late to my first class— enough time to get the homework. Ugh! The rest of my day has exactly the same vibe. Man, I swear I'm not usually this forgetful or stupid! To sum it up, the unfortunate Top 3: 3) I get a D on my English paper, which I worked really fucking hard on! 2) New seating arrangements in French 3 has me now sitting next to Paulie's crazy ex— by which I mean she actually stalked him and caused some major-ass drama —and this arrangement is all for group projects which means I have to work with her, too. Yay! 1) And to top it off, I'm now wearing sweaty-ass gym shorts I shoulda taken home a week ago because I sat in chocolate pudding during lunch. Some kids still call me Tinkles from an incident that happened years ago, I didn't need to add Poopsy or Shitter to my roster of crude nicknames.
August 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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thompsonediting.bsky.social
Every “rule” has an exception. Double negatives? Useful in dialogue. Split infinitives? Sometimes more precise. Sentence-ending prepositions? Natural in speech. The trick: know the rule, then break it to serve rhythm, tone, or truth.

#WritingTips #NonfictionWriting #WritersOfBluesky #BookSky
August 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
go listen to it
August 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
so im not in a 1 musical on repeat kick rn, however the last one was Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, & i still go back to listen to songs on repeat like Pierre or Dust & Ashes. & i dont just listen to josh groban songs, i had the duel on repeat for a bit and sonya alone… prologue, yeah
August 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
zbroger.bsky.social
I have 'bow' omg!

From my smut flash fic continuation.

Erik, The Lady Persephone's performance is over.

full drawing on cara (i will get you guys there lol):
cara.app/post/cf65ffa...

#wipsnips #writesky #queerwriters #wmhst #drag #writingcommunity
white text on black background. word 'bow' highlighted in green in the passage below: The air of The Lady Persephone returned, and Erik blew out kisses to the crowd. He ran up to the stage, spotlight following, and jumped up onto the pole, legs wrapped with an arm outstretched. The pole spun him around. “Boys, it is sadly time to say our goodbyes!” The DJ confessed with a heavy heart. Gordon found himself sighing with the crowd. “The Lady Persephone has collected all that she needed, and Mama Hades has found out! But fortunately, for us, she’s ours to keep at Loophole, and she will— be— back! So until next time — The Lady Persephone!” Another kiss and a bow, Erik revelled in the applause. He winked for the last time, then left everyone in the dark as the main stage light clunked off. digital drawing thumbnail of a light-skinned lean muscular man dolled up in drag. he has his arms up above his head in a dance pose. his hair is dark, but ha a purple extensions ponytail. his lips are also purple. his eyes are brown with jewels on his eyelashes. the only thing you can see are black leather straps from a harness. and the background is purple too
August 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
zbroger.bsky.social
i mean, i know why i'm following you… i can't speak for others.
August 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM