Zel Valentine
@zellraiser.bsky.social
(she/they)
Queer author, half PR gremlin, poly disaster
PFP by @cattiesarts.bsky.social
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Queer author, half PR gremlin, poly disaster
PFP by @cattiesarts.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇷
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Dawn is mostly inspired by myself in school, but there are also elements of Bojack, particularly in portraying them as a flawed person trying to be better and portraying how their flaws negatively impact their relationships. There will be two relationships breaking apart by the end
Dawn is mostly inspired by myself in school, but there are also elements of Bojack, particularly in portraying them as a flawed person trying to be better and portraying how their flaws negatively impact their relationships. There will be two relationships breaking apart by the end
Q5: Did you draw inspiration for these queer characters from characters in other media? If so, we'd love to hear about them! #WeeknightWriters
June 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Dawn is mostly inspired by myself in school, but there are also elements of Bojack, particularly in portraying them as a flawed person trying to be better and portraying how their flaws negatively impact their relationships. There will be two relationships breaking apart by the end
Dawn is mostly inspired by myself in school, but there are also elements of Bojack, particularly in portraying them as a flawed person trying to be better and portraying how their flaws negatively impact their relationships. There will be two relationships breaking apart by the end
#WeeknightWriters
Of the queer characters, we get the most insight into Dawn's life. Their gender identity makes them a primary target of conservatism in Florida, which is a major reason for their dislike of the state. It also causes friction with Helga, their bigoted grandmother.
Of the queer characters, we get the most insight into Dawn's life. Their gender identity makes them a primary target of conservatism in Florida, which is a major reason for their dislike of the state. It also causes friction with Helga, their bigoted grandmother.
Q4: How do these characters' queer identities influence their stories and/or character arcs? #WeeknightWriters
June 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Of the queer characters, we get the most insight into Dawn's life. Their gender identity makes them a primary target of conservatism in Florida, which is a major reason for their dislike of the state. It also causes friction with Helga, their bigoted grandmother.
Of the queer characters, we get the most insight into Dawn's life. Their gender identity makes them a primary target of conservatism in Florida, which is a major reason for their dislike of the state. It also causes friction with Helga, their bigoted grandmother.
#WeeknightWriters
It depends on the character's social standing.
Aniyah and Camila are very popular people, so they're seen as couple goals.
Rose and Brynn are relatively well liked, so their queer identities are more ignored.
Dawn is the pariah, so they get the brunt of the bigotry.
It depends on the character's social standing.
Aniyah and Camila are very popular people, so they're seen as couple goals.
Rose and Brynn are relatively well liked, so their queer identities are more ignored.
Dawn is the pariah, so they get the brunt of the bigotry.
Q3: How are these characters' queer identities treated in the society they live in? #WeeknightWriters
June 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
#WeeknightWriters
It depends on the character's social standing.
Aniyah and Camila are very popular people, so they're seen as couple goals.
Rose and Brynn are relatively well liked, so their queer identities are more ignored.
Dawn is the pariah, so they get the brunt of the bigotry.
It depends on the character's social standing.
Aniyah and Camila are very popular people, so they're seen as couple goals.
Rose and Brynn are relatively well liked, so their queer identities are more ignored.
Dawn is the pariah, so they get the brunt of the bigotry.
Dawn Towry - nonbinary, sapphic
Benjamin Fortier - queer
Aniyah Wallace and Camila Flores - lesbians
Rose Libertad - bisexual
Brynn Meadows - bigender, pansexual
#WeeknightWriters
Benjamin Fortier - queer
Aniyah Wallace and Camila Flores - lesbians
Rose Libertad - bisexual
Brynn Meadows - bigender, pansexual
#WeeknightWriters
Q2: Now let's get into tonight's official chat topic! Tell us about the queer characters in your WIP! (If all your characters are queer, pick 2-3 so we can keep the chat moving) #WeeknightWriters
June 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Dawn Towry - nonbinary, sapphic
Benjamin Fortier - queer
Aniyah Wallace and Camila Flores - lesbians
Rose Libertad - bisexual
Brynn Meadows - bigender, pansexual
#WeeknightWriters
Benjamin Fortier - queer
Aniyah Wallace and Camila Flores - lesbians
Rose Libertad - bisexual
Brynn Meadows - bigender, pansexual
#WeeknightWriters
#LGBTQWriteAThon
Moody teen meets Smiley McSmilerPants and comes to learn that her smile has quite a few cracks under it.
Moody teen meets Smiley McSmilerPants and comes to learn that her smile has quite a few cracks under it.
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 26: Describe your book! Only like, really bad.
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Moody teen meets Smiley McSmilerPants and comes to learn that her smile has quite a few cracks under it.
Moody teen meets Smiley McSmilerPants and comes to learn that her smile has quite a few cracks under it.
#LGBTQWriteAThon
Baddie 1: Hayden Bowers
Your standard bully. He tries to provoke Dawn into hitting first so he has free reign to hit back
Baddie 2: Aniyah
A Mean Girls-esque villain who tries to dig up dirt on Dawn
Baddie 3: Helga Towry
Dawn's racist transphobic grandmother they live with
Baddie 1: Hayden Bowers
Your standard bully. He tries to provoke Dawn into hitting first so he has free reign to hit back
Baddie 2: Aniyah
A Mean Girls-esque villain who tries to dig up dirt on Dawn
Baddie 3: Helga Towry
Dawn's racist transphobic grandmother they live with
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 25: Tell us about your bad characters/antags today!
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Baddie 1: Hayden Bowers
Your standard bully. He tries to provoke Dawn into hitting first so he has free reign to hit back
Baddie 2: Aniyah
A Mean Girls-esque villain who tries to dig up dirt on Dawn
Baddie 3: Helga Towry
Dawn's racist transphobic grandmother they live with
Baddie 1: Hayden Bowers
Your standard bully. He tries to provoke Dawn into hitting first so he has free reign to hit back
Baddie 2: Aniyah
A Mean Girls-esque villain who tries to dig up dirt on Dawn
Baddie 3: Helga Towry
Dawn's racist transphobic grandmother they live with
#LGBTQWriteAThon
Dawn: Devaluing the issues Abigail and Ben face thinking it's not as bad as what they go through
Abigail: Treating Dawn like something to be fixed, trying to force them to be nice to people who treat them like shit
Dawn: Devaluing the issues Abigail and Ben face thinking it's not as bad as what they go through
Abigail: Treating Dawn like something to be fixed, trying to force them to be nice to people who treat them like shit
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 24: What are some bad choices your characters make?
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Dawn: Devaluing the issues Abigail and Ben face thinking it's not as bad as what they go through
Abigail: Treating Dawn like something to be fixed, trying to force them to be nice to people who treat them like shit
Dawn: Devaluing the issues Abigail and Ben face thinking it's not as bad as what they go through
Abigail: Treating Dawn like something to be fixed, trying to force them to be nice to people who treat them like shit
#LGBTQWriteAThon
From the beginning of early Chapter 3 draft
From the beginning of early Chapter 3 draft
June 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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From the beginning of early Chapter 3 draft
From the beginning of early Chapter 3 draft
#LGBTQWriteAThon
I don't know if this really counts, but my brother got me "In Their Shoes" by Jamie Windust as a gift and I binged that shit for like two weeks. It's not really fiction. So if THAT doesn't count, my default answer is Acception
I don't know if this really counts, but my brother got me "In Their Shoes" by Jamie Windust as a gift and I binged that shit for like two weeks. It's not really fiction. So if THAT doesn't count, my default answer is Acception
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 12: Share a book(s) with rep important to you!
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I don't know if this really counts, but my brother got me "In Their Shoes" by Jamie Windust as a gift and I binged that shit for like two weeks. It's not really fiction. So if THAT doesn't count, my default answer is Acception
I don't know if this really counts, but my brother got me "In Their Shoes" by Jamie Windust as a gift and I binged that shit for like two weeks. It's not really fiction. So if THAT doesn't count, my default answer is Acception
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a woman just trying to get home gets shot
June 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a woman just trying to get home gets shot
#LGBTQWriteAThon
I notice there's an abundance of nonbinary characters with more feminine characteristics or that are just flat out stated to be AFAB, and I don't see other parts of the spectrum much if ever.
I notice there's an abundance of nonbinary characters with more feminine characteristics or that are just flat out stated to be AFAB, and I don't see other parts of the spectrum much if ever.
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 11: Share some rep you'd like more of in books!
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I notice there's an abundance of nonbinary characters with more feminine characteristics or that are just flat out stated to be AFAB, and I don't see other parts of the spectrum much if ever.
I notice there's an abundance of nonbinary characters with more feminine characteristics or that are just flat out stated to be AFAB, and I don't see other parts of the spectrum much if ever.
#LGBTQWriteAThon
Well, it's important because the queer rep is what feels the most genuine to me. It's the kind of environment I'm growing up in, others' differing relationships with their bisexuality, pansexuality, transness is something that personally resonates
Well, it's important because the queer rep is what feels the most genuine to me. It's the kind of environment I'm growing up in, others' differing relationships with their bisexuality, pansexuality, transness is something that personally resonates
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 10: Why is the rep in your book important to you?
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Well, it's important because the queer rep is what feels the most genuine to me. It's the kind of environment I'm growing up in, others' differing relationships with their bisexuality, pansexuality, transness is something that personally resonates
Well, it's important because the queer rep is what feels the most genuine to me. It's the kind of environment I'm growing up in, others' differing relationships with their bisexuality, pansexuality, transness is something that personally resonates
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The President of the United States is advocating for arresting the duly-elected Governor of California for his SPEECH
He thereafter admitted that the Governor of California had committed NO CRIME—but he still wants him arrested
Spend as much time as you need processing what that means for America
He thereafter admitted that the Governor of California had committed NO CRIME—but he still wants him arrested
Spend as much time as you need processing what that means for America
June 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The President of the United States is advocating for arresting the duly-elected Governor of California for his SPEECH
He thereafter admitted that the Governor of California had committed NO CRIME—but he still wants him arrested
Spend as much time as you need processing what that means for America
He thereafter admitted that the Governor of California had committed NO CRIME—but he still wants him arrested
Spend as much time as you need processing what that means for America
June 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#LGBTQWriteAThon
Dawn Towry is mostly inspired by what I was like in middle school, and their arc is inspired by realizations I had about myself back then. However, their appearance and presentation were inspired by the following images. (First moodboard I've ever made so it probably sucks)
Dawn Towry is mostly inspired by what I was like in middle school, and their arc is inspired by realizations I had about myself back then. However, their appearance and presentation were inspired by the following images. (First moodboard I've ever made so it probably sucks)
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 6: What was the inspriation for your character? Share a moodboard with some inspiration if you'd like!
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Dawn Towry is mostly inspired by what I was like in middle school, and their arc is inspired by realizations I had about myself back then. However, their appearance and presentation were inspired by the following images. (First moodboard I've ever made so it probably sucks)
Dawn Towry is mostly inspired by what I was like in middle school, and their arc is inspired by realizations I had about myself back then. However, their appearance and presentation were inspired by the following images. (First moodboard I've ever made so it probably sucks)
#LGBTQWriteAThon
I guess... Like a coming of age story with leads like Rae Earl and Frankie Landau-Banks? (I have no idea 😭😭😭)
I guess... Like a coming of age story with leads like Rae Earl and Frankie Landau-Banks? (I have no idea 😭😭😭)
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 5: Today, share some weird comps! Feel free to be obscure or use things other than books as comps!
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I guess... Like a coming of age story with leads like Rae Earl and Frankie Landau-Banks? (I have no idea 😭😭😭)
I guess... Like a coming of age story with leads like Rae Earl and Frankie Landau-Banks? (I have no idea 😭😭😭)
#LGBTQWriteAThon
Welcome to Sunnyside is like Acception but the dynamic of the leads is switched. Also follows the idea of Bojack Horseman, but closer to the teenage experience. (I've been thinking about this for hours 😭😭😭)
Welcome to Sunnyside is like Acception but the dynamic of the leads is switched. Also follows the idea of Bojack Horseman, but closer to the teenage experience. (I've been thinking about this for hours 😭😭😭)
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 4: Share your book's comps today!
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Welcome to Sunnyside is like Acception but the dynamic of the leads is switched. Also follows the idea of Bojack Horseman, but closer to the teenage experience. (I've been thinking about this for hours 😭😭😭)
Welcome to Sunnyside is like Acception but the dynamic of the leads is switched. Also follows the idea of Bojack Horseman, but closer to the teenage experience. (I've been thinking about this for hours 😭😭😭)
#LGBTQWriteAThon
My own experiences in 8th grade for one. But, during the summer between 8th and 9th grade at one of my lowest points, I discovered a webcomic called Acception about a bullied teen forming his own inner circle, and it just went from there.
My own experiences in 8th grade for one. But, during the summer between 8th and 9th grade at one of my lowest points, I discovered a webcomic called Acception about a bullied teen forming his own inner circle, and it just went from there.
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 3: What was the inspiration for your WIP?
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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My own experiences in 8th grade for one. But, during the summer between 8th and 9th grade at one of my lowest points, I discovered a webcomic called Acception about a bullied teen forming his own inner circle, and it just went from there.
My own experiences in 8th grade for one. But, during the summer between 8th and 9th grade at one of my lowest points, I discovered a webcomic called Acception about a bullied teen forming his own inner circle, and it just went from there.
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This pisses me off to no end 💀 it's 2025 and people are getting killed for being gay in America, i don't wanna hear another fucking word from cishet ppl about "gay privilege" it doesn't fucking exist
Jonathan Joss, the voice actor for John Redcorn in “King of the Hill,” has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas. He was 59
'King of the Hill' Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot in Texas
Actor Jonathan Joss -- best known for his work in the animated series "King of the Hill" has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas, TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This pisses me off to no end 💀 it's 2025 and people are getting killed for being gay in America, i don't wanna hear another fucking word from cishet ppl about "gay privilege" it doesn't fucking exist
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the fact most reports are leaving out that he was killed protecting his husband during a homophobic hate crime where his dead dog's skull was placed in their mailbox as a threat is leaving some important details out i think
Jonathan Joss, the voice actor for John Redcorn in “King of the Hill,” has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas. He was 59
'King of the Hill' Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot in Texas
Actor Jonathan Joss -- best known for his work in the animated series "King of the Hill" has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas, TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the fact most reports are leaving out that he was killed protecting his husband during a homophobic hate crime where his dead dog's skull was placed in their mailbox as a threat is leaving some important details out i think
#LGBTQWriteAThon
Well, I realized outlining every single chapter is a very bad way to do this (especially with my attention span). So I'm just gonna muscle through this and get drafts done and see where it goes from there. I wanna get drafts for the four chapters I have outlined by month's end
Well, I realized outlining every single chapter is a very bad way to do this (especially with my attention span). So I'm just gonna muscle through this and get drafts done and see where it goes from there. I wanna get drafts for the four chapters I have outlined by month's end
#LGBTQWriteAThon June 2: What are your goals this week, and this month?
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#QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity
June 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Well, I realized outlining every single chapter is a very bad way to do this (especially with my attention span). So I'm just gonna muscle through this and get drafts done and see where it goes from there. I wanna get drafts for the four chapters I have outlined by month's end
Well, I realized outlining every single chapter is a very bad way to do this (especially with my attention span). So I'm just gonna muscle through this and get drafts done and see where it goes from there. I wanna get drafts for the four chapters I have outlined by month's end
#LGBTQWriteAThon
I'm Zel Valentine. I'm enby and pan. I'm currently writing a story about a nonbinary teen trying to survive their last year of middle school.
I don't have much to show so far, but I DO have the opening lines from a really really REALLY old draft
I'm Zel Valentine. I'm enby and pan. I'm currently writing a story about a nonbinary teen trying to survive their last year of middle school.
I don't have much to show so far, but I DO have the opening lines from a really really REALLY old draft
June 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#LGBTQWriteAThon
I'm Zel Valentine. I'm enby and pan. I'm currently writing a story about a nonbinary teen trying to survive their last year of middle school.
I don't have much to show so far, but I DO have the opening lines from a really really REALLY old draft
I'm Zel Valentine. I'm enby and pan. I'm currently writing a story about a nonbinary teen trying to survive their last year of middle school.
I don't have much to show so far, but I DO have the opening lines from a really really REALLY old draft
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#QueerWritersChat
Dawn would listen to All Time Low, their favorite song would be Calm Down.
Abigail would listen to the kind of songs that Kidz Bop would cover, but would have a soft spot for Tove Lo.
Ben would listen to nerdcore like Stupendium or Bo Burnham.
Dawn would listen to All Time Low, their favorite song would be Calm Down.
Abigail would listen to the kind of songs that Kidz Bop would cover, but would have a soft spot for Tove Lo.
Ben would listen to nerdcore like Stupendium or Bo Burnham.
#QueerWritersChat
Question Three:
What type of music (genre or songs) do your primary characters like?
Next question at :20!
@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Three:
What type of music (genre or songs) do your primary characters like?
Next question at :20!
@amaralynn.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
April 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
#QueerWritersChat
Dawn would listen to All Time Low, their favorite song would be Calm Down.
Abigail would listen to the kind of songs that Kidz Bop would cover, but would have a soft spot for Tove Lo.
Ben would listen to nerdcore like Stupendium or Bo Burnham.
Dawn would listen to All Time Low, their favorite song would be Calm Down.
Abigail would listen to the kind of songs that Kidz Bop would cover, but would have a soft spot for Tove Lo.
Ben would listen to nerdcore like Stupendium or Bo Burnham.