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Raven [they/xe]
@authoroconnor.bsky.social
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Author of RECKLESS TRUTH

|| 25+ || Taurus || Queer || Neurodivergent || Author || Streamer || Musician || Chronically Ill bc the world is Chronically Stressful
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authoroconnor.bsky.social
Happy #Subtember!!! This month new subs are discounted! In celebration I'm doing an extra #twitchstream per week to try and lock in (and to make me get up before midday at least once a week 😭)! Catch me every second, third and fourth Tuesday at 2pm and Friday at 8pm (BST) on twitch.tv/sometimesraven
A streamer's monthly schedule. The background is blue trees beneath a yellow sky, and to the left of the picture is Raven, a person with mid-length blue hair, round glasses and a roundish face, standing leaning on a walking cane with their eyes looking up and to the left of the frame. They are wearing a long-sleeved blue top with a green vest with white flowers on the front. At the top of the image is the word "SUBTEMBER" in a fantasy-style font reminiscent of the Morrowind logo. The lettering is blue with a yellow outline. Beneath is is white plain text reading "Subject to change based on life events + spoons. Keep an eye on Twitch + Discord for changes." To the right of this is two blue ovals inside which is the twitch username "sometimesraven" and the tiktok username "authoroconnor" The main focus of the image is six large ovals inside which is a day, time, and subject of the upcoming streams. These are: "Tuesday 9th - Productivty/Coworking, 2pm BST" "Friday 12th - Dragon Age The Veilguard, 8pm BST" "Tuesday 16th - Productivty/Coworking, 2pm BST" "Friday 19th - TES Oblivion Remastered, 8pm BST" "Tuesday 23rd - Productivty/Coworking, 2pm BST" "Friday 26th - Baldur's Gate 3, 8pm BST"
September 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Fan of the Elder Scrolls? Particularly Morrowind? Ever wanted to see part of the 36 Lessons of Vivec: Sermon 1 if it was written by @vivziepop.bsky.social? No? Too bad I did it anyway 😅 /silly /affectionate
White text on a blue background. The text reads: "So this guy was born in fuckin ASH among the Velothi, fucking Chimer dumbass, before the war with the northern men (cunts). Ayem came first (NOT LIKE THAT YA SICKOS) to the village of the netchimen, and her shadow was that of a BITCH, who was the Prince of Plots or Cocks or someshit, and shit would just fold around her FAT FUCKIN TITS until they were like stars or the dumb shit stars say after a few lines of coke. Ayem took some dude's wife by the pussy and said: "'See this sexy fucking snake face? I'm part of the fucking Three in One. I want you to repeat this spell, got it? It goes "AYEM AE SEHTI AE VEHK" and if you don't repeat that shit until you give birth to the mystery my sexy fish dudes are about to put in you I'm gonna come back down here and slap your ass stupid, got it?' Then she chucked that bitch in the water where the Dreghs turned her into a fucking fish and stuck an egg in her, kinky bastards-"
May 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Lil progress update for the week! I'm working hard on the Reckless Truth audiobook and reformatting process!!!
May 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Did you know I stream Baldur's Gate 3? Next stream is due to be this Friday 8pm BST! Don't miss beautiful, heartfelt storytelling moments such as this Live Astarion Reaction. Truly moving 😌Check me out on twitch.tv/SometimesRaven
May 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
More than 200 people showed up in my fucked up lil city for trans rights today. Most passers-by were supportive, even if we had a few side-eyes. Also Birdy Rose, but she did a bang-up job of showing how pathetic and embarrassing TERFdom is ✌️

I don’t have any photos, but I do have this 💕
May 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Okay but this patch from katiewhittleart I got for my birthday was MADE FOR ME 🤩Corvids, Foxglove, Mushrooms, and it's UV REACTIVE???? That's like all of my favourite things I am OBSESSED and it IMMEDIATELY went on my favourite denim jacket 💖💖💖check her out: linktr.ee/katiewhittle...
May 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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And this was his 'canon' appearance. He was basically just James McAvoy but Irish sfjkghskjgh
February 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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(the picture is actually a commission I bought of him in an AU we did where he was allowed to have friends and a mother in his youth skjgsk. He was scarred up + traumatised but happier than he was at that age in canon) Here's an edit I did of him in that 'verse (he was obsessed with TLoZ)
February 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
⊹ Comfort OC Meme ⊹

★ Name: Oscar Morgan

★ Species: Half-human, Shifter

★ Fav Trait of OC: Perpetually the dad friend

★ How OC was Made: Doctor Who OC when I was a kid, RP character on Tumblr

★ Extra: His adoptive dad built an entire found family of adopted supernatural + mentally ill kids
a lightly animated bust drawing of a young man with blue eyes and pale, freckled skin. He has wild brown hair, scars across his face, and a single blue hoop earring on his right ear. He looks slightly off-camera with a smile on his face
February 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
The differences between Bi and Pansexual are mostly arbitrary and down to personal preference and individual ideology. Pretending they aren’t causes needless infighting and we should just accept what people personally choose without making assumptions on their character.
January 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Regarding Freydís Moon, and a warning about the person known as Sfarda. Stay safe out there.
A square image with black text on a translucent gray box, with a background that is yellow and blue. The text reads: "Following the news that Freydís Moon is a racefaker, bully and manipulator, I am in the process of removing my review of their book With A Vengeance from all platforms it was posted to. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this, especially the BIPoC authors who have been exploited and fooled by this person. "Similarly to Moon’s actions, I would also like to issue a warning for fellow authors to be wary of the person known as Sfarda. I had a run-in with them after they posted aggressive TERF dogwhistles and it has since come out that they are also a serial harasser and alleged racefaker using sockpuppet accounts to harass actual authors of colour."
April 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
EMERGENCY CALL FOR MUTUAL AID

I just received a letter in the mail from the council. I need £144 BY TOMORROW as the letter is dated March 21st despite only coming through today. If you have anything to spare please please consider helping us out.

ko-fi.com/sometimesraven
A cropped letter. It reads: COUNCIL TAX FINAL NOTICE Amount Now Due £144.00 The Council's records show that you are in arrears with your Council Tax payments. You have failed to pay your instalments, and have now lost your right to pay by instalments for this financial year. You have 7 days from the issue date of this letter to pay £144.00. Failure to pay within the required time will result in the issue of a summons to the Magistrates Court. As a result, £95.00 maybe added to your account to cover administration costs. Please note that this Final Notice does NOT include any other amounts for which you might have already received a court summons. You have received this notice as your orginal instalment arrangement was in arrears on the issue date above. Please note this notice removes your right to instalments and therefore you are no longer able to continue with your original instalment plan. Should you wish to discuss this please contact the department using the details overleaf.
March 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
if emperor uriel septim vii has 0 haters i am dead
image of emperor uriel septim vii from the elder scrolls: Oblivion. He is an old man wearing fur-lined robes looking downcast in dramatic lighting over the top of the image is text in white comic sans the top text reads: FUCK uriel septim vii the bottom text reads: all my homies hate uriel septim vii
March 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
TOMORROW IS TES OBLIVION'S 18TH BIRTHDAY so the stream schedule for this week is a lil different :P
stream schedule week beginning 18/03/2024 wednesday 8pm: tes oblivion friday 9pm: baldur's gate 3 (dark urge)
March 19, 2024 at 3:25 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
mfw I find out the rich transphobic mean girl I used to be friends with has 40k followers on tiktok and sometimes makes booktok content
black and white image of a woman staring menacingly into the camera while absently dunking a teabag
February 29, 2024 at 6:35 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
This week's stream schedule! No Thursday stream this week because I've had a fatigue/pain flare-up over the last few days so I'm taking extra precautions this week to try and minimise its impact on streams. See you instead on Friday with Dark Urge Tempest! #twitchstreamer #streamschedule #rpgamer
Stream schedule week beginning 22/01/2024 Friday 9pm: Baldur's Gate 3 (Dark Urge), Sunday 8pm: Oblivion
January 22, 2024 at 9:01 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Raven, I’m a disabled, ND, queer indie author from the UK!

I write found family, usually in contemporary or urban science-fantasy settings. I explore mental health and identity wrapped in magical intrigue! My debut is Reckless Truth, the first in an episodic series called the Truth Saga!
January 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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More character art for the Truth Saga! This is Tori, the sweetest bean I have ever had the pleasure of writing who is the personification of "looks like a cinnamon roll, could kill you (but won't because she's a cinnamon roll"

#writer #characterart #digitalart
A painting of a young woman on a green abstract background. She has pale skin dotted with freckles, hazel eyes and dyed red hair with blonde roots showing. Her hair is in a pixie cut and she is looking with curious concern at something out of frame toward the top left of the screen. Her right arm is raised palm-out, with a bright magic light shining there that she is casting, and her other arm is outstretched behind her like she has just taken a step forward. She wears a white tee shirt covered by a blue denim jacket and faded denim jeans.
January 16, 2024 at 4:05 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
*boogies down* this week’s stream schedule for y’all! Going to try and alternate like this for as long as I can handle it, keep things fresh for my ADHD but consistent enough that y’all don’t lose me <3
Stream schedule week beginning 15/01/2024 Thursday 8pm: Productivity/Coworking, Friday 9pm: Baldur's Gate 3 (Tav), Sunday 8pm: Dragon Age Origins
January 15, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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I’ve had a lot of requests over the past year to create an audiobook version of my debut novel, and I’m happy to announce one is being worked on! Introducing our lovely narrator @cassandrahaswell.bsky.social who will be reading through all 90k words, a job I do not envy 😅 Watch this space for news!
A casting announcement. The background is a sunset with the silhouette of a woman on the right hand side, partially cut off. To the left of the image is a smaller image of a nonbinary person with blond, swept-back hair, white skin and round glasses. They are looking intensely into the camera with their chin resting casually on their hand. White text underneath the image reads "Cassandra Haswell as Narrator". On the right hand side of the image in bold white text with a shadow is "Reckless Truth". Underneath it in smaller block capitals is "Audio Book". Underneath that is orange text surrounded by an orange border, reading "Coming est. winter 2024"
January 11, 2024 at 5:34 PM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Streaming consistently with ADHD and chronic fatigue is Hard so I'm giving this format of stream scheduling a whirl! Catch me on twitch.tv/sometimesrav... later this week!
Stream schedule week beginning 08/01/2024 Thursday 3pm: ??? Optional bonus stream Friday 9pm: Baldur's Gate 3, Dark Urge Sunday 8pm: The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
January 8, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Finally confident enough in my art to do official character portraits for the Truth Saga novels! This is Elyan and Lydia Moore, the MCs of Reckless Truth (free on Smashwords until Jan 1st!). They're catalysts for the whole story so it made sense to do them first!

#writing #characterart
A tall, slim man on a crosshatched background in shades of orange. The man has medium length wavy brown hair a little lighter than the woman, and brown eyes also. He stands in a casual pose gazing into the distant right of the frame. He wears a brown jumper vest on top of a white button-up shirt with the sleeve rolled up. His skin is pale olive. A heavy-set woman on a crosshatched background in shades of orange. The woman has long, thick brown hair and brown eyes with a few moles scattered across her skin and a scar on the top left of her lip. She is holding a pistol pointed to the air in a casual pose while looking into the camera with a smirk, and wears a dark blue denim vest on top of a white vest with black jeans. Her skin is a slightly tanned olive and she has several studded leather bracelets on her visible wrist. Two figures stand side by side, a heavy-set female just in front of a taller, slimmer man on a crosshatched background in shades of orange. The woman has long, thick brown hair and brown eyes with a few moles scattered across her skin and a scar on the top left of her lip. She is holding a pistol pointed to the air in a casual pose while looking into the camera with a smirk, and wears a dark blue denim vest on top of a white vest. Her skin is a slightly tanned olive and she has several studded leather bracelets on her visible wrist. The man has medium length wavy brown hair a little lighter than the woman, and brown eyes also. He stands in a casual pose gazing into the distant right of the frame. He wears a brown jumper vest on top of a white button-up shirt with the sleeve rolled up. His skin is pale olive.
December 30, 2023 at 11:34 AM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
I'm trying to learn to consider myself an artist even if I don't focus on drawing as a primary hobby, but uh,,,, my habits, they are Bad XD
image of a 5x5 grid titled "Bad Habit Artist Bingo". In the squares are various bad habits for artists to have, such as forgetting to save or not naming layers. All but three are crossed off.
December 11, 2023 at 12:44 AM
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Happy #TransAwarenessWeek! Nice to see a website not dissolved into absolute cesspittery like Xitter is right now. I'm a nonbinary author who writes pretty much exclusively queer characters, if you're into that!
A nonbinary person standing with both hands leaning on a cane, looking away in a thoughtful pose. They are white, and have blue, wavy hair with white strips at the front, and round framed glasses. They are wearing a long-sleeved hoodie in a dappled blue pattern, layered with a cropped green cotton jacket with embroidered white flowers. The background is turquoise. A nonbinary person lounging on an antique looking red lounge chair, holding a guitar and looking away in a thoughtful pose. They are white, and have blue, wavy hair with white strips at the front, and round framed glasses. They are wearing a long-sleeved hoodie in a dappled blue pattern, layered with a cropped green cotton jacket with embroidered white flowers. They are wearing pink thigh-high boots. A close up of a nonbinary person looking directly into the camera. They are white, and have blue, wavy hair with white strips at the front, and blue eyeshadow. They are wearing a hoodie in a dappled blue pattern, layered with a cropped green cotton jacket with embroidered white flowers. The background is grey
November 16, 2023 at 10:36 AM
authoroconnor.bsky.social
Almost two weeks into #NaNoWriMo!
How is everyone doing?

I'm still writing strong -- a solid 28k words so far!

Here's another snippet from what I wrote this week.
Blade is a sentimental bastard really, once you chip
through all that concrete he's dipped his heart in.
a screenshot from the NaNoWriMo website. The background is purple. White text at the top reads "You unlocked a badge". Below it is a black hexagon with white text that says "25k" in a chalk-like font, surrounded by tally marks that add up to 25. Underneath the hexagon is pale yellow text that says "Write 25,000 Words". There is smaller white text underneath reading "You earned this badge by updating your word count at 25,000 words. You are halfway there!" A yellow line divider separates the main body of text from a green button at the bottom with white text that says "close", indicating that this is a screenshot of a pop up. A square image diaplaying white text atop a translucent grey box. The background behind the box is black and gold, depicting the silhouette of a male-presenting person standing amongst trees. At the top of the grey box is the blue, shield-shaped National Novel Writing Month logo. The text inside the box reads: It was only as the trees parted to sparkling water in the morning light that he finally had a taste of what Tori and Josh were always writing or reading poetry about. The air was crisp and cool against his face, clear in his lungs like he'd never taken a full breath before. A layer of mist hung over the lake like an endless blanket, diffusing the honey-gold sunlight peeking over the mountains. It was Erik, he realised as his heart squeezed. Cold and sharp and soft and gold around endless blue eyes. A silent oasis amid overwhelming noise.
November 12, 2023 at 3:44 PM