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BrightFlame (she/they)
@brightflame.bsky.social
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I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. THE WORKING: feminist #Witch #solarpunk novel. Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist
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BrightFlame (she/they) @brightflame.bsky.social · Feb 5
I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.

+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.

#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
"Reminder! contains tools for resilience & agency" atop image of book cover. Words surround: Hope! Justice, Magical Activism, Solarpunk...
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leftlanesmith.bsky.social
How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?

@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers 11 am PST Nov 16th Free for Nebula attendees $50 for new guests events.sfwa.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Quasar is all about RANGE. From science panels & horror, we're bringing wide-ranging SFF writers together.

That's why we're also excited about Tarot Need-to-Knows.

Register by Nov 8 to join @brightflame.bsky.social & @leftlanesmith.bsky.social!

Do the cards show you coming out? 👀

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Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers FREE for Nebula attendees $50 for new guests events.sfwa.org Swipe to learn more about our esteemed presenters Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers BrightFlame (presenter): BrightFlame writes, teaches, and makes magic towards a just, regenerating world. Register at events.sfwa.org Register at events.sfwa.org Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers BrightFlame (presenter): Lane Smith is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. Register at events.sfwa.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
What a list! #solarpunk #hopepunk #hope
otterkit.bsky.social Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 8d
Hey #Hopepit! I'm Olivia Wylie. I write about ways to climb out of the dark under the pen name O.E. Tearmann, and on today's theme: ta da! I run both a VERY big collaborative list of solarpunk books and a positive future review blog. Got a book? Add it here! www.oetearmann.com/positive-boo...
What Could Go Right: Open List Of Positive And Hopeful Futures — O.E. Tearmann
www.oetearmann.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Excited to offer a #Tarot seminar for #SFF #writers with @leftlanesmith.bsky.social at the upcoming @sfwa.org Quasar online conference.

We've begun some juicy convos as we prepare. Hope you'll join us!

www.sfwa.org/events/ (Free for Nebula attendees or $50)

#SpecLit #WritingCommunity #writing
Two headshots amidst a teal and purple nebula cloud. Text: Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers. 11am PST, Nov 16th. events.sfwa.org Same imagery with text: Join us at Quasar, SFWA's Fall Online Nebula Event. Virtual Panels & Seminars, Grand Master Keynote, Office Hours. sfwa.org/events. Free for Nebula attendees! $50 for new guests! same imagery and heading with Lane Smith headshot and bio: Lane Smith is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. same imagery and heading with BrightFlame headshot and tagline: BrightFlame writes, teaches, and makes magic towards a just, regenerating world.
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Kat helped me immensely with my speculative witchy novel, The Working. Thumbs up! 🙌

#WritingCommunity #writing #SFF #SpecLit
katwithsword.bsky.social Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 14d
Bumping this more visibly, as due to rescheduling I have extra spots open right now!
katwithsword.bsky.social Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 23d
I have openings in my editing calendar. I do developmental edits of novellas and novels, and work with multiple genres. More information here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Back from our Witchcamp in the Texas Hill Country where we worked at the feral edges with wild alchemy. Such a severe drought there. The big storm wasn't enough to make a dent in aquifers. But brought a 🌪 tornado within a mile to us.

#Witch #Witchsky #pagan
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Hope you'll join us for #tarot seminar for #writers at the Quasar Conf!

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF
@sfwa.org @bsfwriters.bsky.social
leftlanesmith.bsky.social Lane Smith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥 @leftlanesmith.bsky.social · 22d
It is my very great honor and pleasure to be on the schedule for this @sfwa.org conference next month, talking about writing & Tarot along with @brightflame.bsky.social ! ✨🃏

#Tarot #TarotSky #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpecFic #Writers
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
#Solarpunk Bookclub Thu 8pm ET!(online)

We're reading Solarpunk Creatures!

Jitsi link meet.jit.si/SolarpunkBoo...

Newsletter for recaps&monthly picks!
www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bo...

Edited @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
Stories @teffeau.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social & more
#booksky
Solarpunk Bookclub logo Solarpunk Creatures cover
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Glad I'm in Terminal A at Newark as it's rather nice and my flight is delayed.

Heading to play with the #Witches at Tejas Web. Looking forward!
#WitchSky #Witch
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Who's got to pack to teach at Tejas Web Witchcamp? Me! Looking forward to being with dear friends and making potent magic.

#WitchSky #PaganSky #Witch
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Finally began @aemarling.bsky.social 's Neon Riders and love the #solarpunk features of the story.

The novel was selected as one of the 5 best Solarpunk books by @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social (mine too!)

So join me in reading it!

@fivebooks.com #BookSky
October 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
#solarpunk book club with @susankayequinn.bsky.social ! Next up is a wonderful anthology that decenters humans, edited by @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social .
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Check out my latest blog that notes many #writers would rather write #horror #grim #dystopian works than #hope these days. (Is that what you all prefer to read?)

Hope you'll take a look: brightflame.com/writers-frau...

#hopepunk #solarpunk #SFF #SpecLit #WritingCommunity
Writers' fraught relationships with hope ⋆ BrightFlame
Why are authors reticent to write hopeful fiction? So many write dystopian, grim, and horror stories. Where is the hope?
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October 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
I highly recommend @teffeau.bsky.social 's A HUNGER WITH NO NAME. A story of rebellion and #hope. Take a look.

#solarpunk #hopepunk #SpecLit #SFF
#BookSky
teffeau.bsky.social Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · Sep 25
This is still ongoing!
teffeau.bsky.social Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · Sep 22
A Hunger with No Name has been out in the world for a year! I'm still in love with this story of hope in the high desert, dealing w so many things we’re grappling w now.

Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway
September 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
@acwise.bsky.social Just noticed the reverse side of your postcard for Ballad of the Bone Road (that I look forward to reading). "Wish you were here darlin' xoxo Jimmy Valentine" Really fun to see that following your reading at #Capclave!
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
I'm procrastinating from a story deadline. So here's a little chipmunk for you.

#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #Writing (not) #WillIMakeThisDeadline?

@susankayequinn.bsky.social , I think you can relate!

#SpecLit #SFFH
brown chipmunk with darker brown back and white stripe on side stuffs their cheeks with chewed leaves. They sit in a flower pot filled with green leaves of many shapes--all volunteer plants.
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
I should be finishing a story I'm writing against a deadline ... so of course, I'm inspired to write a blog post instead.

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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gianaclis.bsky.social
I hope you enjoy The Binding. Looks like you kind of have a theme going with both of these titles :-)
buchanan.today Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · Sep 22
The postie was doubly kind to me today, delivering not one but two books - @brightflame.bsky.social’s “The Working” and “The Binding” by @gianaclis.bsky.social. Apologies in advance - with 500 pages of Daniel Ottalini’s “Legion Rising” to go, it may be a few days before I get to either! #BookSky
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Webbing up! Growing community that lifts #solarpunk and hopeful #climate fiction. Follow @hopepit.bsky.social

#hopepunk
hopepit.bsky.social #HopePit Community @hopepit.bsky.social · Sep 21
What actually IS #hopepunk? How do we define #solarpunk, and what are some good examples? Let's talk about it!

There have been several relevant discussion threads here on Bluesky before.

bsky.app/profile/tanz...
tanzpunk.bsky.social TanzPunk @tanzpunk.bsky.social · Jan 29
Totally agree with this. I like what has been written about the genre at @solarpunkstories.bsky.social at www.solarpunkstories.com/blog/what-is... and prefer the idea of "rooted" solarpunk myself.
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Fun to see #authors I know at #Capclave and meet new folx.

Full day of interesting panels ahead.

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFFH
September 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
From @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
"Propping up fossil fuel is like propping up white supremacy: the future of the USA is a nonwhite majority, and the future of the human race is renewable energy."

I highly recommend following her for #truth #justice
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-war-on-t...
The War on Truth Heats Up (just in time for Constitution Day)
Hannah Arendt famously wrote, “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
I love my writing group! Go @bsfwriters.bsky.social !

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF
bsfwriters.bsky.social BSFWriters @bsfwriters.bsky.social · Sep 16
Our opinions on current issues in the technosphere:

AI is theft
Diversity encourages innovation
If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one
There is no such thing as a completely self-made human
Oppose both violence and whitewashing

Remember, you are here:
A map of the Milky Way showing the position of Sol and various galactic structures.
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
This whole thread! #futurism #WritingCommunity #BookSky #SpecLit
boriscrito.bsky.social E.G. Condé (Author) 🇵🇷✍🏼 @boriscrito.bsky.social · Sep 15
For the #indigenousfuturism worldbuilding (2), I skeptically consulted archaeology & the writings of Spanish colonizers who witnessed (& helped facilitate) the cataclysmic demise of the Taíno including De Las Casas, Ramón Pané, & Columbus himself. interzone.digital/refusing-ext... 7/
REFUSING EXTINCTION: E.G. Condé in conversation with Ariel Marken Jack
Ariel Marken Jack talked to E.G. Condé about the power of language, survival through art, and what it means to help found a new literary genre…
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September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Heading to a regional Pagan Pride event tomorrow to offer a #solarpunk + magic + #activism workshop.

Gonna bring my street drum and #resist signs because you never know when you'll stumble upon a protest along the way!
September 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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#greenlathe is organizing a #solarpunk #healthcare #conference this November the 8th!

https://www.greenlathe.org/

A FREE virtual conference brought to you by Public Invention and GreenLathe Collective, featuring scientists and inventors covering topics such as:

Open Medical Hardware

Open […]
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September 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM