Athena Minerva Devine
@amdevine.bsky.social
AuADHD | SciFi & Fantasy Author | books. video games. papercrafts. chainmaille. coffee.
(you probably know me as @zuyadragon.bsky.social)
a rare dragon sighting
(you probably know me as @zuyadragon.bsky.social)
a rare dragon sighting
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#BluePit is back for the summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#BluePit is back for the summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!
And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
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This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far
July 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far
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I was COMPLETELY ASTONISHED by how many early-career or unpublished writers I spoke to at the library last year who said they 'didn't read' fiction because they were 'worried' about writing too much like the author they were reading.
This is on me, I thought it was a bit people were doing online. 😩
This is on me, I thought it was a bit people were doing online. 😩
There's a certain type of writer that likes to claim that thinking about craft, studying other writers, and possibly even reading other fiction at all will "destroy your unique voice" ... and every single one of them writes in identical faux-edgy Reddit prose that is completely interchangeable.
April 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I was COMPLETELY ASTONISHED by how many early-career or unpublished writers I spoke to at the library last year who said they 'didn't read' fiction because they were 'worried' about writing too much like the author they were reading.
This is on me, I thought it was a bit people were doing online. 😩
This is on me, I thought it was a bit people were doing online. 😩
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Please stop using ChatGPT in general, but also, please, please stop using it and then taking what it says to you as fact. It's usually wrong! It doesn't fact check itself. It just creates approximations of information based on other text! It's basically magnetic poetry that sets the world ablaze.
March 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Please stop using ChatGPT in general, but also, please, please stop using it and then taking what it says to you as fact. It's usually wrong! It doesn't fact check itself. It just creates approximations of information based on other text! It's basically magnetic poetry that sets the world ablaze.
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this, on top of *everything* else that's going on IRL for me right now.
I just wish things would stop going wrong.
I just wish things would stop going wrong.
March 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
this, on top of *everything* else that's going on IRL for me right now.
I just wish things would stop going wrong.
I just wish things would stop going wrong.
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called my mom today to wish her happy birthday.
she let me know she'd had bloodwork done to see why her sodium was staying low, and that she'd gotten the results this morning.
cancer flags. *two* types. She's going to be undergoing further testing to see if they're just pre-cancerous or actual.
she let me know she'd had bloodwork done to see why her sodium was staying low, and that she'd gotten the results this morning.
cancer flags. *two* types. She's going to be undergoing further testing to see if they're just pre-cancerous or actual.
March 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
called my mom today to wish her happy birthday.
she let me know she'd had bloodwork done to see why her sodium was staying low, and that she'd gotten the results this morning.
cancer flags. *two* types. She's going to be undergoing further testing to see if they're just pre-cancerous or actual.
she let me know she'd had bloodwork done to see why her sodium was staying low, and that she'd gotten the results this morning.
cancer flags. *two* types. She's going to be undergoing further testing to see if they're just pre-cancerous or actual.
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This shit remains terrifying. Also I really hope 2025 isn't the year they decide to start enforcing Alabama's anti-obscenity law because I've never been 100% sure how much of a crime the Beyond series is. 😬
This bill in OK is exactly what Project 2025 threatened: to make all pornography illegal, and criminalize the people who make it, using a WILDLY broad definition of pornography, which would include any book with sex in it.
We're talking jail time for romance authors.
oksenate.gov/press-releas...
We're talking jail time for romance authors.
oksenate.gov/press-releas...
Deevers Introduces Slate of Legislation to Restore Moral Sanity in Oklahoma | Oklahoma Senate
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, announced on Tuesday a bold slate of eight legislative measures aimed at restoring moral sanity in Oklahoma.
oksenate.gov
February 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This shit remains terrifying. Also I really hope 2025 isn't the year they decide to start enforcing Alabama's anti-obscenity law because I've never been 100% sure how much of a crime the Beyond series is. 😬
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Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
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Would be great if the reporters who turned Joe Biden's dog biting a USSS agent into the crime of the century could be bothered to report on an unelected billionaire's employees basically taking over the HR function for 3 million federal workers.
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Would be great if the reporters who turned Joe Biden's dog biting a USSS agent into the crime of the century could be bothered to report on an unelected billionaire's employees basically taking over the HR function for 3 million federal workers.
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What Donna didn't say is that because of our lost employment/insurance situation, not only can I no longer try to help her but she's been trying to help us.
Having your insurance tied to employment remains a scam.
Thanks everyone who has helped or who has shopped: thebrokencircle.etsy.com
Having your insurance tied to employment remains a scam.
Thanks everyone who has helped or who has shopped: thebrokencircle.etsy.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What Donna didn't say is that because of our lost employment/insurance situation, not only can I no longer try to help her but she's been trying to help us.
Having your insurance tied to employment remains a scam.
Thanks everyone who has helped or who has shopped: thebrokencircle.etsy.com
Having your insurance tied to employment remains a scam.
Thanks everyone who has helped or who has shopped: thebrokencircle.etsy.com
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I've updated this campaign, but here's the tl;dr: everything is frozen, insurance companies are not my friends, and new meds are spendy.
Also, my cat is cute.
gofund.me/6bd3f24a
Also, my cat is cute.
gofund.me/6bd3f24a
Donate to Help Avert Donna's Deductible Disaster, organized by Kit Rocha
Hello from the Bree Half of Kit Rocha!
First, the TL;DR: After a series of schedu… Kit Rocha needs your support for Help Avert Donna's Deductible Disaster
gofund.me
January 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I've updated this campaign, but here's the tl;dr: everything is frozen, insurance companies are not my friends, and new meds are spendy.
Also, my cat is cute.
gofund.me/6bd3f24a
Also, my cat is cute.
gofund.me/6bd3f24a
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December 31, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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Okay, we need to have a conversation.
December 3, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Okay, we need to have a conversation.
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A great read. The book and the writeup!
If you'd like to publish your book without enriching four entities that emerged from the bio-jelly of a thousand pulped tech-bros, you could scan this writeup I put together on self publishing Legends & Lattes, which cost less than 5k and involved human artists and editors
medium.com/@travisbaldr...
medium.com/@travisbaldr...
November 25, 2024 at 2:59 PM
A great read. The book and the writeup!
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I feel very, very seen.
I have something to write that’s hard so I read a lot of books and articles to get ready to write and anyway my garage is now organized for winter.
November 17, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I feel very, very seen.
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Oh, because my brain will quite literally not shut up until I make the thing. Yes, it did take me 38 years to understand that I have ADHD why do you ask 😂
Hey bsky, I have a very open question for you all.
Why do you create art?
Why do you create art?
November 17, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Oh, because my brain will quite literally not shut up until I make the thing. Yes, it did take me 38 years to understand that I have ADHD why do you ask 😂
Discord outage appears to be over?
November 17, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Discord outage appears to be over?
intermittent outages in discord right now, for my discord friendos: discordstatus.com
Discord Status
Welcome to Discord's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.
discordstatus.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:37 AM
intermittent outages in discord right now, for my discord friendos: discordstatus.com
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I hate that “don’t leave home without your papers” is the shit I have to say right now, but.
“Undocumented immigrants from China who are deemed to be of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration, sources close to the campaign previously told NBC News, citing the potential risk to national security.”
As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep
Sources previously told NBC News that undocumented Chinese nationals of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:18 AM
I hate that “don’t leave home without your papers” is the shit I have to say right now, but.
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Someone recently posted a link to a livecam of a watering hole in a park in Namibia and it reminded me that when I could only see my students on zoom during COVID, I made them a long list of animal livecams to help their brains. This seems like a good time to re-share it! Enjoy, I hope it helps.
A curated list of COVID-19 distractions in the form of animal livecams, updated for 2024
A curated list of COVID-19 distractions in the form of animal livecams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAmFZj1y_a0 (Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia) https://www.beardsleyzoo.or...
docs.google.com
November 9, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Someone recently posted a link to a livecam of a watering hole in a park in Namibia and it reminded me that when I could only see my students on zoom during COVID, I made them a long list of animal livecams to help their brains. This seems like a good time to re-share it! Enjoy, I hope it helps.
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Okay, this is exciting.
Saw alot of moots wondering if this was coming looks like it :)
November 7, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Okay, this is exciting.
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ATTENTION
If you have a task that can be completed start to finish in 15 minutes or less, go do it right now and report back.
If you have a task that can be completed start to finish in 15 minutes or less, go do it right now and report back.
November 5, 2024 at 10:49 PM
ATTENTION
If you have a task that can be completed start to finish in 15 minutes or less, go do it right now and report back.
If you have a task that can be completed start to finish in 15 minutes or less, go do it right now and report back.
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It's official: The Teller of Small Fortunes is now out in the US & the UK! From a blank Google doc 2+ years ago, to a real life physical book (and ebook, and audiobook!) available on bookstore shelves near you -- it's been one heck of a ride.
November 5, 2024 at 7:19 PM
It's official: The Teller of Small Fortunes is now out in the US & the UK! From a blank Google doc 2+ years ago, to a real life physical book (and ebook, and audiobook!) available on bookstore shelves near you -- it's been one heck of a ride.
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SURPRISE!!!
The amazing folk at The Broken Binding have been very busy making my #SPFBO finalist some beautiful hardcovers!!
You can grab them NOW from
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
Sets are limited.
The amazing folk at The Broken Binding have been very busy making my #SPFBO finalist some beautiful hardcovers!!
You can grab them NOW from
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
Sets are limited.
November 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
SURPRISE!!!
The amazing folk at The Broken Binding have been very busy making my #SPFBO finalist some beautiful hardcovers!!
You can grab them NOW from
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
Sets are limited.
The amazing folk at The Broken Binding have been very busy making my #SPFBO finalist some beautiful hardcovers!!
You can grab them NOW from
thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...
Sets are limited.