V.C. Willow 📚 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🏴 🇵🇸
@authorvcwillow.bsky.social
Writer. Feminist. LGBTQ+. She/her. Socialist. Whovian.
Unapologetic bookworm, word nerd and lover of humour. Human rights, equality.
Writing novels one word at a time.📚
Author contact: vcwillow@gmail.com
Unapologetic bookworm, word nerd and lover of humour. Human rights, equality.
Writing novels one word at a time.📚
Author contact: vcwillow@gmail.com
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You can't separate the art from the artist when they're still alive because they're still benefiting from the financial leverage, access to platform and power through influence that art provides.
Supporting abusive artists makes you an accomplice to harm.
Supporting abusive artists makes you an accomplice to harm.
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I see the 'who's really English?' arguments are back, lifted straight from 1970s NF/1980s BNP leaflets scrutinising birthplace, grandparents etc. No surprise. Tolerating debate about LGBTQ+ people's rights to exist and live equal lives as 'reasonable concerns' was always going to lead to this. 1/3
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I see the 'who's really English?' arguments are back, lifted straight from 1970s NF/1980s BNP leaflets scrutinising birthplace, grandparents etc. No surprise. Tolerating debate about LGBTQ+ people's rights to exist and live equal lives as 'reasonable concerns' was always going to lead to this. 1/3
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"Nigel Branken, a South African social worker who assisted those held on the plane, said the passengers from Gaza had told him of being ordered by Israeli authorities to leave all their belongings behind before boarding an unmarked plane at an Israeli air force base."
👆🏽 this fits Israel to a T 👆🏽
👆🏽 this fits Israel to a T 👆🏽
Chartered plane carrying group of Palestinian passengers was second to land in South Africa in recent weeks.
South Africa lets 153 Palestinians disembark following 12-hour plane ordeal
Chartered plane carrying group of Palestinian passengers was second to land in South Africa in recent weeks.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"Nigel Branken, a South African social worker who assisted those held on the plane, said the passengers from Gaza had told him of being ordered by Israeli authorities to leave all their belongings behind before boarding an unmarked plane at an Israeli air force base."
👆🏽 this fits Israel to a T 👆🏽
👆🏽 this fits Israel to a T 👆🏽
Excellent article that deftly cracks the 'both sides' argument of impartiality in the context of media, political & legal cover
My right to exist without my equality being subject to debate because of other peoples prejudice should be inalienable
I can't imagine how tired the trans community feel
My right to exist without my equality being subject to debate because of other peoples prejudice should be inalienable
I can't imagine how tired the trans community feel
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Excellent article that deftly cracks the 'both sides' argument of impartiality in the context of media, political & legal cover
My right to exist without my equality being subject to debate because of other peoples prejudice should be inalienable
I can't imagine how tired the trans community feel
My right to exist without my equality being subject to debate because of other peoples prejudice should be inalienable
I can't imagine how tired the trans community feel
Human rights are inalienable or they're not rights. They're privileges that can be taken away at the whim of political opportunists. This would not only erode the rights of refugees & those seeking asylum. Have no doubt this would be detrimental to us all. Which human right do you want to lose?
The home secretary is set to unveil sweeping reforms to tackle illegal immigration as she considers potential changes to human rights law
news.sky.com/story/home-s...
news.sky.com/story/home-s...
Home secretary to tackle UK's 'excessive generosity' with sweeping immigration reforms
In a statement to MPs on Monday, Shabana Mahmood is expected to tighten up the rules to allow for more deportations, and reduce the "pull factors" that attract migrants to the UK.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Human rights are inalienable or they're not rights. They're privileges that can be taken away at the whim of political opportunists. This would not only erode the rights of refugees & those seeking asylum. Have no doubt this would be detrimental to us all. Which human right do you want to lose?
Trying to seriously think of an actor who didn't play the doctor as themselves to some degree.
Whittaker certainly did, as did Tennant and Capaldi.
Some Whovians are deeply over immersed in the fandom and it gets in the way of them just enjoying the show.
Whittaker certainly did, as did Tennant and Capaldi.
Some Whovians are deeply over immersed in the fandom and it gets in the way of them just enjoying the show.
Oh, shut up! 🤣 Ncuti personality is already like many of the Doctors. Also, none of U had a problem when David Tennant did exact same thing. Both of them have the Doctor's character traits in real life, so they brought that same energy to the character, but it’s only a problem for 1. I wonder why?🤔
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Trying to seriously think of an actor who didn't play the doctor as themselves to some degree.
Whittaker certainly did, as did Tennant and Capaldi.
Some Whovians are deeply over immersed in the fandom and it gets in the way of them just enjoying the show.
Whittaker certainly did, as did Tennant and Capaldi.
Some Whovians are deeply over immersed in the fandom and it gets in the way of them just enjoying the show.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
All of this 👇👇
Plus, please know that almost every author experiences imposter syndrome. You can have doubts and aim to keep improving the art and craft of your writing but don't let your worries get in the way of your progress as a writer.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
Plus, please know that almost every author experiences imposter syndrome. You can have doubts and aim to keep improving the art and craft of your writing but don't let your worries get in the way of your progress as a writer.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
Don't self-criticize and don't inflate yourself either. Stop attaching 'burdens' on your own back here. Accept yourself as a flawed human being in the never-ending flow of improving yourself. Be 'okay' in the now of the present. Recognize unhelpful behaviors.
#writingcommunity #writinglife #writing
#writingcommunity #writinglife #writing
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
All of this 👇👇
Plus, please know that almost every author experiences imposter syndrome. You can have doubts and aim to keep improving the art and craft of your writing but don't let your worries get in the way of your progress as a writer.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
Plus, please know that almost every author experiences imposter syndrome. You can have doubts and aim to keep improving the art and craft of your writing but don't let your worries get in the way of your progress as a writer.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
Helpful writing tools for writers
Keep it simple, friends.
A dictionary and thesaurus to make sure you have the right word not the most simple word.
A writing application like Word to get the words on the page.
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Helpful writing tools for writers
Keep it simple, friends.
A dictionary and thesaurus to make sure you have the right word not the most simple word.
A writing application like Word to get the words on the page.
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
Helpful writing tools for writers
Keep it simple, friends.
A dictionary and thesaurus to make sure you have the right word not the most simple word.
A writing application like Word to get the words on the page.
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Helpful writing tools for writers
Keep it simple, friends.
A dictionary and thesaurus to make sure you have the right word not the most simple word.
A writing application like Word to get the words on the page.
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
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In the spirit of kink positivity--what kinks do everyone's characters have (if this is something your characters have)?
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In the spirit of kink positivity--what kinks do everyone's characters have (if this is something your characters have)?
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
*Important note: Ace people and characters can and do also have kinks!
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
When did you start writing?
I started writing and telling myself stories when I was a kid. I write & I still tell myself stories, especially when I cant sleep or am doing something mundane. I hope I do for the rest of my life.
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
When did you start writing?
I started writing and telling myself stories when I was a kid. I write & I still tell myself stories, especially when I cant sleep or am doing something mundane. I hope I do for the rest of my life.
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
When did you start writing?
I started writing and telling myself stories when I was a kid. I write & I still tell myself stories, especially when I cant sleep or am doing something mundane. I hope I do for the rest of my life.
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
When did you start writing?
I started writing and telling myself stories when I was a kid. I write & I still tell myself stories, especially when I cant sleep or am doing something mundane. I hope I do for the rest of my life.
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Post today's mood in a GIF or pic
Me:
Me:
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Post today's mood in a GIF or pic
Me:
Me:
I caved and started watching #Bridgerton
It's everything I thought it would be. Extra vanilla, period porn for the terminally unimaginative.
None of the characters seem to have an ounce of the wit, wisdom or spirit of Jane Austen's women. Or the spark to not passively be treated as chattel.
Ugggh
It's everything I thought it would be. Extra vanilla, period porn for the terminally unimaginative.
None of the characters seem to have an ounce of the wit, wisdom or spirit of Jane Austen's women. Or the spark to not passively be treated as chattel.
Ugggh
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I caved and started watching #Bridgerton
It's everything I thought it would be. Extra vanilla, period porn for the terminally unimaginative.
None of the characters seem to have an ounce of the wit, wisdom or spirit of Jane Austen's women. Or the spark to not passively be treated as chattel.
Ugggh
It's everything I thought it would be. Extra vanilla, period porn for the terminally unimaginative.
None of the characters seem to have an ounce of the wit, wisdom or spirit of Jane Austen's women. Or the spark to not passively be treated as chattel.
Ugggh
#FantasyIndiesNovember
Introduce yourself and your WIP.
I'm V C Willow. I'm mostly a writer of Fantasy but my WIP is a suspense novel about a writer who allows her worst instincts on social media to create chaos and criminality in her personal life.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
Introduce yourself and your WIP.
I'm V C Willow. I'm mostly a writer of Fantasy but my WIP is a suspense novel about a writer who allows her worst instincts on social media to create chaos and criminality in her personal life.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember
Introduce yourself and your WIP.
I'm V C Willow. I'm mostly a writer of Fantasy but my WIP is a suspense novel about a writer who allows her worst instincts on social media to create chaos and criminality in her personal life.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
Introduce yourself and your WIP.
I'm V C Willow. I'm mostly a writer of Fantasy but my WIP is a suspense novel about a writer who allows her worst instincts on social media to create chaos and criminality in her personal life.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
Here's November's Fantasy Indies promps with alt text for the image from @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
Only just found it, so only just posted it. Oops.
Better late than never? 😉
Happy writing ✍️
#WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity
If you use #AI in any way in your writing you're stealing gourmet food from Michelin starred restaurants, producing juice from the bottom of a restaurant dumpster and pretending it's your original gourmet creation.
Stealing ultra processed mash ups of other people's art is not #writing
#WriteSky
Stealing ultra processed mash ups of other people's art is not #writing
#WriteSky
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
This is something that’s really helped me as a planster. I know where I want to take the plot, but I often come up with new character details along the way, and I make sure to note them all down in a separate document
This is something that’s really helped me as a planster. I know where I want to take the plot, but I often come up with new character details along the way, and I make sure to note them all down in a separate document
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Learning things about your First Draft Fall story as you go? Make a separate file with important worldbuilding and/or character facts you've learned.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
This is something that’s really helped me as a planster. I know where I want to take the plot, but I often come up with new character details along the way, and I make sure to note them all down in a separate document
This is something that’s really helped me as a planster. I know where I want to take the plot, but I often come up with new character details along the way, and I make sure to note them all down in a separate document
#QueerPrompts 12 November
Elara was the sort of child to read books and get all her worse ideas from them. As an adult she's putting all of them to good use, creating chaos and complications in her life.
That girl should've been supervised!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
Elara was the sort of child to read books and get all her worse ideas from them. As an adult she's putting all of them to good use, creating chaos and complications in her life.
That girl should've been supervised!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#QueerPrompts 12 November
Elara was the sort of child to read books and get all her worse ideas from them. As an adult she's putting all of them to good use, creating chaos and complications in her life.
That girl should've been supervised!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
Elara was the sort of child to read books and get all her worse ideas from them. As an adult she's putting all of them to good use, creating chaos and complications in her life.
That girl should've been supervised!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing
What happens on the patio stays on the patio 👀
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🙈 🙉 🙊
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What happens on the patio stays on the patio 👀
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Excel sheets are great for #pantsers or any #writer who wants to chart worldbuilding, plotting & characterisations as they go. If nothing else they're an easy access reference which means you don't have to scroll through 70k+ words to find out a specific but important bit of info
#WriteSky #Writing
#WriteSky #Writing
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Learning things about your First Draft Fall story as you go? Make a separate file with important worldbuilding and/or character facts you've learned.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Technically, if we're playing series crossover...
The Doctor is married to a Doctor.
But don't tell anyone sweetie...spoilers
#DoctorWho #DrWho #RiverSong #ER #AlexKingston
The Doctor is married to a Doctor.
But don't tell anyone sweetie...spoilers
#DoctorWho #DrWho #RiverSong #ER #AlexKingston
a woman with curly hair is smiling and saying spoilers .
Alt: River Song from Dr Who is smiling and saying spoilers .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Technically, if we're playing series crossover...
The Doctor is married to a Doctor.
But don't tell anyone sweetie...spoilers
#DoctorWho #DrWho #RiverSong #ER #AlexKingston
The Doctor is married to a Doctor.
But don't tell anyone sweetie...spoilers
#DoctorWho #DrWho #RiverSong #ER #AlexKingston
I still hate The Power of the Doctor ending for The Doctor/Yaz.
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I still hate The Power of the Doctor ending for The Doctor/Yaz.
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
The slightest whiff of a queer Doctor and they cop out with the 'I can't fix myself to anyone' (hello, wife in Gallifrey and River Song)speech in Legend of the Sea Devils.
Bury your queers! You wouldn't know it was 2025 #DoctorWho
#NovemberWorldBuilders
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
Greetings, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about the ethics of your MC or any character who is important in your world's lore. Are they morally good? Morally grey? Do they have a belief contrary to what others around them believe in? Are there any acts they refuse to do?
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#NovemberWorldBuilders
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
Elara is morally grey at her best and actively immoral when trying to extract herself from conflict she has normally created. But it's her demons that drive her, weakness born for fear. Making her a character the reader can root for will be "interesting" 😳
#WriteSky #Writing
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Be aware ...
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Be aware ...
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
Having used and abused the BBC for the last decade, the fascists now want to destroy it so their media mogul friends can asset strip it to the bone.
If this campaign succeeds, they'll move on to the even bigger prize, which is the NHS.
It's not that hard. We know that Mathilde is his daughter by Madeline Swann. Bond continues
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's not that hard. We know that Mathilde is his daughter by Madeline Swann. Bond continues
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz
The lack of imagination and cishet caucasian assumptions that the continuity of bond has to remain a straight white man is as frustrating as it is limiting. You're a damn writer use your imagination Horowitz