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Alexandrina Brant
@alexandrinabrant.bsky.social
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Just a vintage girl living in a clockwork world. Whovian, Trekkie, infertility warrior. #amwriting, I promise.

Cat, and Mum to E & B.
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I hate to say it, but for once G*ogle's AI knows what I'm on about with a neologism
#stilldontcondoneit
July 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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All this time we've been calling it 'walking down the aisle' when it should really be 'walking down the nave'??

(Brought to you by #amediting a fight scene in a chapel)
February 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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I'm so excited to help reveal the cover of @courtney-floyd.com's adult fantasy debut HIGHER MAGIC, in which a first-gen grad student has one last chance to pass her Magic exam but discovers that her students are disappearing. @htpbooks.bsky.social #HigherMagic #2025Debuts #WritingCommunity #BookSky
February 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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📖Much Ado About Nothing, except it's a moon base enemies-to-lovers with a cast queer.

🏳️‍🌈 Bi non-binary MC
🧠 Neurodivergent panic
💞 Unrequited love v new love
 Enemies to uneasy allies to lovers
🤺 Universe's worst mercenary
💙 He falls first & he falls hard
👭 Ride-or-die bestie
#bluepit #a #Sf #W #OV
A 9-block moodboard: the centre states the name 'Bibby' on a background of a silhouetted figure on a mountain-top. The moodboard is pinks and purples that fade to red edges. Clockwise from top left: a ferret looking at the camera; close up of Bibby's ear. They have a hoop helix piercing and vibrant pink hair; the word 'can u see me in the dark?' spelled vertical on a red background; two hands grasping at each other, lit by a red background; Bibby in a space suit, their hands grasping the edge of their helmet; a close up of fish and chips in a boat-shaped container against a dark blue background; the purple plume of a tornado out of focus against a dark background, where soft yellow light catches one side; abstract chemistry vials against a bright pink.
January 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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📖Adult DIVINE RIVALS x JUNE FARROW

A time-hungry moorland traps a pacifist from her steeped-in-war reality & her lover. When her impossible granddaughter shimmers into existence, they must decide which timelines to change before they’re both erased from every version of reality.

#questpit #Q #f
A moodboard for the Timey Wimey Fantasy, clockwise from left: peeling red onions in a wooden bowl; a foggy stretch of moorland rising; the top half of a gold carriage clock; Victorians walking in moorland; an eagle landing; a cook overlooking her team of maids as they prepare a meal; the edge of a brown barometer in the shape of a wheel; the band All Time Low with the word 'sleepwalking' overlaid. In the centre is a hand-drawn spiral intersected by a blue line.
January 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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📖Left to dig moon dust, Bibby pines over their absent bestie--until her return & ruined wedding brings mercenaries to their home. To save their life's work & bestie, Bibby races across the moon. No big deal - except the mercenary they're outrunning ignites new feelings.
#bluepit #a #Sf #W #OV #ND
Moodboard for MoonBase!WIP, clockwise from top left: a ruined castle stands atop a rocky hill; silhouettes of a masc and a femme character almost kissing in a darkened area; a tulle wedding veil in the hands of a seated figure; Bibby, a magenta-haired slim figure, looks away into a forest. They are wearing a black bathing suit; a top-down view of a couple's hands overlapping; a pipette and bottle resting against a tree trunk. The bottle's label reads 'The Ordinary'; the abandoned cloisters and pews of a church-like building in the dark; profile view of a dark-haired woman. Her hair is blowing over her features and the sky behind is purpley. The centre square is of a forest walkway with the text "He was not, Bibby decided, an inherently morally-dubious person, even if said morals were in question for having joined an elite squad in the first place."
January 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Gayyyyy

But also I have to cut this gem of a paragraph so this is the only place you'll see it :D
December 24, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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Happy #DoctorWhoDay! Maybe one day I'll come back to my Tenth Doctor cosplay
November 23, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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MoonDust!WIP first draft. I reserve the right to completely rewrite it ;)
October 18, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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They did it, these crazy kids!

#amwriting #firstdraft
September 2, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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Repost with a favourite photo of yourself!
March 4, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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I highly recommend trying to explain the plot of your novel idea in emojis - it's inspired me to actually plot this thing with these elements :D

#futurewip #amwriting #novelideas #writerproblems #MAIS
February 8, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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I dispute being lumped into the 'broader hipster subculture' by Wikipedia 😂 #steampunk
February 5, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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What tropes are in my YA 🏘️ WIP? 😍
January 16, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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With the occurrence of my new boots, I can confirm I seem to accumulate burgundy coloured clothes items. I guess they look good on me, but it's not something conscious

Also feat the baby's coincidentally burgundy dress...
An image of crossed legs with red boots, a red handbag on top, and an arm with a red sleeve on top. In the background is a baby crawling behind a highchair, wearing a red check dress
November 17, 2023 at 11:43 PM
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A little moodboard for time-wimey fantasy. This rewrite is done 🎉

Frozen in time away from her lying fiancé, 25-year-old Aidelle must navigate the mysterious moorland around her cottage before time decides to erase her from reality itself.
The Grief Nurse x Disney's Loki

#amwriting #amediting
November 1, 2023 at 9:09 AM
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Made a new graphic for #clockbook! Who wants to hold me accountable for finishing this rewrite off??

#writerslife #amwriting #amrewriting
October 17, 2023 at 12:04 PM
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The last couple of days, I've been focusing on a chapter which culminates in physical confrontation, either the negative aspects of the stand up plot element or the positive edge of the climax, depending on how you'd look at it.

#amwriting #amrewriting #clockbook
A moodboard of five images: around the edge from top-right: a black and white pair of balled fists; a gas lamp, smoky and orange; a worried man set against a corridor backdrop. He is dressed in a cardigan and shirtsleeves, but has multiple wound-marks on his face; a black and white photo of two brothers' faces in profile. The centre photo is of a manor house open doorway, washed orange, with the following text overlaid: "His vision flashed. A certain lightning ran through him - no longer subtle shivers, but shrill jolts. ENOUGH! He was a pit so deep he forgot his kindness."
October 17, 2023 at 8:32 AM
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When you're critiquing and just throw in some random body-horror reference to Bugsnax, hoping your CP doesn't think you're crazy...

#amreading #critiquepartners
September 13, 2023 at 10:11 PM
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A quick visual for the chapter I've been writing today - a bit of a diversion, I'll admit, from the actual chapter I was supposed to be writing, but I'm further developing one of the side characters and their motivations to help the protagonist.

#amwriting #timeywimeyfantasy
September 11, 2023 at 9:13 PM