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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open!
@chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
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I write and do art things, just your average local gay | he/she/they | 🚫 AI/NFT 🚫 | don't steal my stuff I'm watching

my socials (and comms info): https://tcsmith.carrd.co/
I wrote a sequel: https://books2read.com/scarsoftheraven
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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · Oct 10
We all like indie books here yeah? Good news! We have a mega bundle of relatively unknown indie books that deserve more readers! You can get the whole thing for just $38:

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚
A graphic featuring some of the books in the under-rated books bundle, surrounding some text in the middle. Text reads: "itch.io under-rated bundle. oct 9th to 13th. bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." two rows of five stars can be seen above and below the text.
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kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com
IT LIIIIVES! Riyati Ripple is officially out! Come for the traumatized teens, stay for the increasingly further traumatized teens

Direct 🏠 store.aquakatpublishing.com/collection/r...
Itch Bundle 🔗 riyati.ink/itch-ripple
Other Retailers 🛒 riyati.ink/ripple

📚📢📚💙 🌈📚🌎 🪐📚⚔️🌈🚀 #QueerSFF #QueerAdultSFF
Header text that reads, “Every act of defiance steers you into the person you were always meant to become.” A 3d mockup of an ereader with Riyati Ripple’s cover is on the left. On the right, the following bullets are listed: Third book in series Dark Fantasy Contemporary & low fantasy with urban fantasy elements Buffy x Persona 4 Vibes 1st Person & Multi PoV Classism & effects of generational poverty Demi, ND fMC Found Family Reincarnations Intricate Elemental Magic Childhood Friends Slow Burn 97k words (~320 pages) Retailers Logos for the itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Kobo, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle are listed. Underneath says "+ more @ riyati.ink/ripple" The promo image is yellow and brown colors, with a faded yellow magic glyph with foreign characters. Text reads as follows: “After Nimaka’s death and the older selves returning to their own time, Kylie ran from all she’d known and grown up with at North Opal Pines, but she soon learns she can’t run far or fast enough. She thought she could leave it all behind: go back to being a normal high school student, make new friends, keep her grades up and her mother happy. But Nimaka’s death has only rallied the two others, and now they’ve stalked Kylie to her new school. Even worse, they have a mysterious new leader who no longer seeks to just kill Kylie but all those she knows and loves…. and the body count is rising. Kylie can’t get by on “just surviving” anymore: to protect herself — let alone those around her — she must become as strong and cunning as Siani was, or everyone she’s ever known and loved will die with her.” Illustrated character art for Kylie Rae, Jordan Boyle, and Maya Van Daele are together. To their right are mockups of an ereader, smartphone, and print book that has Riyati Ripple’s cover. Under the mockups is the text “riyati.ink/ripple” in a bubble. There are faded yellow particles and a yellow faded glyph on a black background. On top of the particles and glyph is text that reads: I just needed the damn piece of paper. That’s all that mattered. I could do this, would do this. Yet despite telling myself that more than once in the past few weeks, I still wondered if this had been nothing but a massive mistake. I pulled my jacket tighter around myself. Outside was like a humid swamp hell, but they must’ve had the AC running full blast inside. It worked for the best since I preferred long sleeves, but outside of work, I hadn’t been in an AC’ed environment in weeks now — nearing a month. It brought me back to the question I’d asked myself so many times now: how was I going to do this?   Just as predictably, there was only one answer as well: it didn’t matter; I had no other option.   -Maya On the bottom left, there is a picture of a teenage girl with dark brown hair and light emerald eyes pensively looking to the side. To her right, retailer logos are listed as follows: itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/ripple” is under the retailer logos. Riyati Ripple Launch Sales! Aquakat Publishing Direct Store: 20% off total order with code RippleRelease, valid until Nov 17 Google Play Books Bundle Discounts Buy 2 Riyati books & get 25% off Buy 3 Riyati books & get 40% off itch.io Bundle Buy all three Riyati books for $9.99 (reg. $14.97), valid until Nov 17
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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pinsterwglasses.com
Two more dono sketches! This time for @lezulla.bsky.social !
A digital, black and white, anime bust sketch of an elf character with dark hair and elegant clothing. A digital, black and white, anime bust sketch of a woman with piercing light eyes.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
I'm running an end-of-year fantasy bundle for indie books! If you have a fantasy book on itch-io, you can sign up below:

forms.gle/45t5y5NVCP...

📦📚 #BookSky
A green graphic for the end of year fantasy bundle with a silhouette of a man in a hat standing on a cliff looking at a hovering dragon. text reads: "end of year indie fantasy bundle. december 1st to 15th. sign ups open"
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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nollthere.bsky.social
Drop something blue
Digital painting of a bunch of blue, green, and white fabric rumpled and wrinkled in a pile. In the center is a white swan, swimming serenely in a black rectangle void floating beneath it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
hekk why not let's do this

1 like = 1 SOTAL lore drop
kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 9d
About to go to bed, but I'll post now and catch up in the morning: 1 like = 1 Riyati lore drop
ddwardiswriting.bsky.social Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 9d
1 like = 1 Lore drop

First commemt picks whether its Moonlight Hearts, The Last Paladin, or Star Sentinels.
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com
About to go to bed, but I'll post now and catch up in the morning: 1 like = 1 Riyati lore drop
ddwardiswriting.bsky.social Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 9d
1 like = 1 Lore drop

First commemt picks whether its Moonlight Hearts, The Last Paladin, or Star Sentinels.
victorylime.bsky.social Avery Bluesky 🌌 @victorylime.bsky.social · 9d
1 like = 1 lore drop

I will try to come up with as much good lore as I can because I contain multitudes probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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bornangelauthor.bsky.social
NEW BUNDLE!
2nd in series! If you bought the first in series back in August, you should pick up this bundle too! 20 books for $19! You can pick up HAUNTED ANGEL, the sequel to STAINED ANGEL which was a part of the August bundle.

itch.io/b/3359/conti...

#Booksky #BookBundle
Books in the bundle: (From L to R, T to B) White Out by Suzanne Schmidt Death of Summer by Ninanjan Soul of Ash by H.L. Moore Riyati Rivals by Kai Zeal Prajwalita by Geetha Kreshnan Moonshadow's Champion by Dianna Gunn The Wish of a Dragon by JD Rivers Land by Bjorn Larssen Cosmonaut: The Lunar Wars by Laika L Gagarin Kranlian Rendevous by Simon Wolfe Haunted by the Undead by C.L. Carhart The Elefae Champion by Chris Mitchell The Haunted Angel by Jenn A. Morales Exolegacy by Conrad Altmann Child of the Forest by Audrey Simmons The Bull at the Start by M.C. Burnell To Spy a Star by Jonathan Nevair Face of the Nether by William C. Tracy
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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rabahber.bsky.social
#Bonktober69 14: Translucent

She does have some shapeshifting powers

(As in, when she eats organs, she adds them to herself, so don't ask where she got that from)

#art
Sakuri, a ragdoll hopmunculus, posing in a translucent blue dress. One can see her breast against the thin fabric, and a large penis dnagling between her legs. She is sheepishly gesturing at you to stay quiet
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
I'm running an end-of-year fantasy bundle for indie books! If you have a fantasy book on itch-io, you can sign up below:

forms.gle/45t5y5NVCP...

📦📚 #BookSky
A green graphic for the end of year fantasy bundle with a silhouette of a man in a hat standing on a cliff looking at a hovering dragon. text reads: "end of year indie fantasy bundle. december 1st to 15th. sign ups open"
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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lucyturnspages.bsky.social
If you see this please subscribe! I'm just 44 subscribers away from my dream goal but it's difficult! I post cute cozy lofi

youtu.be/doD5276IBXw?... 🦔

Thank you 🫶🏼

Get 3 audiobooks for the price of 1 with the code SWITCH: libro.fm/referral?rf_... 📚
One Thing at a Time 💫 | Cozy Cute Capybaras 🩵 | Lofi Chill for Relaxation & Focus
YouTube video by Cozy Crew Lofi
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November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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edubenart.bsky.social
Oooo it's alive! 👀 Please check the kickstarter of this zine full of awesome art of many OCs by many artists (including a full page from me :D)!!! 💙💙💙
moonlitguild.bsky.social ⭐️ Moonlit Guild ✨️🌙 Kickstarter is LIVE! @moonlitguild.bsky.social · 10d
The Kickstarter is now LIVE!! 🎉✨️

If you want to help support human artists and love TTRPG's along with original characters, then this project is for you! ✨️

Please consider backing it, and any shares are greatly appreciated 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Moonlight Soirée: A TTRPG Character Zine
A zine themed around the gala session of your TTRPG campaign! Featuring work from 40+ creatives, along with original characters!
www.kickstarter.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
no, I think it’s incredibly good actually that Bluesky gives people opt-in tools that allow them to use social media *without* constantly getting into stupid fights with strangers.
willoremus.com Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10d
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.

Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Margaret Mitchell, who was famously fired from Google after co-authoring the seminal "Stochastic Parrots" paper, has been posting on X lately because she is caught up in mass blocklists of AI industry people on Bluesky, making the platform borderline unusable for her. Here she's on X quote-tweeting fellow AI ethics researcher Giada Pistilli, who is in the same boat. Pistilli said: I really wanted 🦋 to work, but it looks like I’m on the worst block lists out there. Oh, well. Mitchell said: I think what many 🦋 Bsky users may be overlooking is that they’re blocking people in positions of influence *who want to listen to them*. As someone influentialish in AI ethics, it’s important for me to know what creators, critics, Luddites, etc., are thinking and seeing. Mitchell added in a second post: I’m an advocate in tech directly aligned with a lot of their values in the very spaces where decisions that affect them are being made. I need the stats, articles, hot takes…all the deets they can give me so I can be prepared when talking to regulators,academics, techies, etc
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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aimeecozza.com
Oh I'll credit the artist alright

it's me

I'm the artist

#Art #TLM #TWM
Full wraparound cover of The Warm Machine by Aimee Cozza with no synopsis on the back. It features two robots in different settings, one behind a fence and the other in a construction site, looking at the same colorful sunset. Full wraparound cover of The Lucky Machine by Aimee Cozza with no synopsis on the back. It features a shiny robot, walking across a fire escape catwalk towards a greenish lit shop, with a man in silhouette working inside.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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studio-ojii.bsky.social
Dia Kurosawa | #LoveLiveSunshine

[ #lovelive | #fanart | #黒澤ダイヤ | #ラブライブ ]
Dia Kurosawa | #LoveLiveSunshine [ #lovelive | #fanart | #黒澤ダイヤ | #ラブライブ ]
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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tomjconley.bsky.social
The uncritical adoption of AI by universities is not in the best interests of students
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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menotti.bsky.social
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
burnout sucks I want a refund
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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shimaira.com
🎃HALLOWEEN flash sale!🎃
28 books for $9.99
~Regularly $85 😱 Save 88%🔥
itch.io/b/3311/hallo...
🦇
🩸📚😱📢📚💙 #DiscountBooks
Happy halloween Flash sale $9.99 The background consists of multiple book covers. There is a jack-o'-lantern in the corner and flashes of lightning.
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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diannalgunn.bsky.social
No, I'm not doing a Halloween sale

But at $3.99, I'd say this book is already a killer deal 😈💀
diannalgunn.bsky.social Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 17d
It's Halloween week, the best time to support your favourite serial killer... By buying a book full of murder 😈😈😈

Killer Debt holds 33 murders within its pages, from the humorous to the horrific - all perfect reads for every goth's favourite holiday books2read.com/u/bO9Ne9 #BookSky #HorrorReads
Cover for Killer Debt: An Anthology of Murder on one side of a red blood splatter image. The other side of the image features the words “Have you ever wanted to die… in fiction? Dianna Gunn asked the Internet this question. Over 30 people said yes. These are their stories. Sacrificed to demons, killed by velociraptors, hacked to pieces by axe murderers—these are just a few of the deaths you'll find within these pages. From the humorous to the horrific, this horror collection contains a murder for every reader.”
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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artofthegrave.bsky.social
Aether, with fan in hand, moves with an elegance all his own~

and if you want to see the full piece, you should order a copy for yourself! You won’t be disappointed 😘 plus! The proceeds are going to The Rainforest Alliance!

@lostintheaether.bsky.social

lost-in-the-aether.bigcartel.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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guilhernunes.bsky.social
I'm making my first brush pack for Procreate available, completely free =)

guilhernunes.gumroad.com/l/lghhh
paiting of a cat and a demon + brush samples
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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sharkiatwrites.bsky.social
📣 It's alive!
The Happy Halloween Flash Sale is now happening at
itch.io/b/3311/hallo...

🎃 28 spooky books for just $9.99.

Get it if you dare!

💙 📚 📦 🩸 📚 💀
Happy Halloween flash sale graphic showing the covers of 28 books that are available for $9.99 until Nov. 1st
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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alankdell.bsky.social
28 books for a tenner! You can't sniff at that 🎃
sharkiatwrites.bsky.social Susanne Schmidt @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social · 15d
📣 It's alive!
The Happy Halloween Flash Sale is now happening at
itch.io/b/3311/hallo...

🎃 28 spooky books for just $9.99.

Get it if you dare!

💙 📚 📦 🩸 📚 💀
Happy Halloween flash sale graphic showing the covers of 28 books that are available for $9.99 until Nov. 1st
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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raynegrimm.bsky.social
It's pretty ballsy to claim that I am "Anti Artist" for saying that any use of gen ai is unacceptable

I think it's pretty pro artist to think that NO ONE should be generating images(or anything for that matter) be it for inspiration, to paint/work over or even as a placeholder

Huzzah for blocks 🚫
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM