M. Elizabeth Ticknor
@disgruntledpeony.bsky.social
Neurodiverse, genderfluid writer with fibromyalgia. Pronouns: Any (feel free to mirror your own). Loves reading, drawing, miniature painting, and TTRPGs (Chronicles of Darkness, 5E D&D, Bluebeard's Bride).
www.ticknortales.com
www.ticknortales.com
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Donate to Support Dakota’s Gender Affirming Surgery, organized by Dakota King
Hi, all! My name's Dakota!
I'm a transmasc guy in Colorado who's be… Dakota King needs your support for Support Dakota’s Gender Affirming Surgery
www.gofundme.com
I am once again asking people to contribute to my friend's gender-affirming surgery. 🥰 It's very important to me, and even more important to him.
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
This is a hard lesson to learn, but I'm trying.
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is a hard lesson to learn, but I'm trying.
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Very pleased to announce that my #sff story "A Song of Smokeless Fire" has been accepted for reprint publication by Flame Tree Publishing in their #romantic #fantasy short story collection: A Breath of Time (Spring 2026). www.flametreepublishing.com/a-breath-of-...
A Breath of Time
Time – fleeting and eternal – shapes love in A Breath of Time, a new collection filled with stories of lost loves, love discovered, love unreachab
www.flametreepublishing.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Very pleased to announce that my #sff story "A Song of Smokeless Fire" has been accepted for reprint publication by Flame Tree Publishing in their #romantic #fantasy short story collection: A Breath of Time (Spring 2026). www.flametreepublishing.com/a-breath-of-...
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Here’s the only writing advice you need:
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
Writing a novel is easy
All you have to do is...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here’s the only writing advice you need:
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
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My friend is on a limited time window at this point and could really use some help saving up for a gender affirming surgery. Even if you can only donate $5, I'd very much appreciate it. (That sort of thing adds up over time.)
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
Donate to Support Dakota’s Gender Affirming Surgery, organized by Dakota King
Hi, all! My name's Dakota!
I'm a transmasc guy in Colorado who's be… Dakota King needs your support for Support Dakota’s Gender Affirming Surgery
www.gofundme.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My friend is on a limited time window at this point and could really use some help saving up for a gender affirming surgery. Even if you can only donate $5, I'd very much appreciate it. (That sort of thing adds up over time.)
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
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ok but for real I remember a very specific sketch of a person balancing on their toes because the hilt of a greatsword had been driven into them and the point of it was in the ground and they were blindfolded and I don't remember what the proper pervert term for this is or how to find it
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ok but for real I remember a very specific sketch of a person balancing on their toes because the hilt of a greatsword had been driven into them and the point of it was in the ground and they were blindfolded and I don't remember what the proper pervert term for this is or how to find it
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A lucky seven hagstone kind of an afternoon 🌊✨️
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A lucky seven hagstone kind of an afternoon 🌊✨️
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Devin Forst.
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Devin Forst.
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My friend is on a limited time window at this point and could really use some help saving up for a gender affirming surgery. Even if you can only donate $5, I'd very much appreciate it. (That sort of thing adds up over time.)
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
Donate to Support Dakota’s Gender Affirming Surgery, organized by Dakota King
Hi, all! My name's Dakota!
I'm a transmasc guy in Colorado who's be… Dakota King needs your support for Support Dakota’s Gender Affirming Surgery
www.gofundme.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My friend is on a limited time window at this point and could really use some help saving up for a gender affirming surgery. Even if you can only donate $5, I'd very much appreciate it. (That sort of thing adds up over time.)
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
#funding #help
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-for...
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I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
The Submission Grinder
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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3LBE Issue 46 debuts today with new original short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by K.S. Walker, Brian Evenson, Nadia Bulkin, Corey Farrenkopf, Premee Mohamed, and Katie McIvor. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
3LBE Issue 46 debuts today with new original short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by K.S. Walker, Brian Evenson, Nadia Bulkin, Corey Farrenkopf, Premee Mohamed, and Katie McIvor. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/
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In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
Too Many Sharks: A Warning About "Agents"
No, seriously
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
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My wonderful artist friend Maya is being evicted—please share or donate if you can!
here we go- we are being evicted, and our next court date is tomorrow. i am pretty sure we will be forced to leave. the cheapest apartments i can find are $2700, and most places want 40x that in income!!! maybe through some miracle we can raise that much gofund.me/ee5a3b747
Donate to Support a Disabled Family Facing Eviction, organized by Priya Huq
We are being evicted and need to find another place to live. Rent in NYC is insane… Priya Huq needs your support for Support a Disabled Family Facing Eviction
gofund.me
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My wonderful artist friend Maya is being evicted—please share or donate if you can!
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Here’s some Ten Yetman art to make your Sunday a little better.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here’s some Ten Yetman art to make your Sunday a little better.
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Here’s some (more, I shared her work back in May) Dead Seagull art to make your Saturday a little better.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Here’s some (more, I shared her work back in May) Dead Seagull art to make your Saturday a little better.
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Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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Saw some stuff from @alandistro.bsky.social yesterday and talked to my agent. Lots of fuckery going around and too many predatory “agents” out there. Guess it’s time to write about it. Won’t change the world, but one less author that falls for their bullshit is a win.
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Saw some stuff from @alandistro.bsky.social yesterday and talked to my agent. Lots of fuckery going around and too many predatory “agents” out there. Guess it’s time to write about it. Won’t change the world, but one less author that falls for their bullshit is a win.
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🎶bad takes ruined the newspaper czar 🎶
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🎶bad takes ruined the newspaper czar 🎶
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
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If you are publishing reprints or translations in your magazine, anthology, or podcast, credit the market that first published the story. Clearly state it in that episode, book, or issue. It's a standard professional courtesy and beneficial for your readers. (Yeah, I've seen a few of these today.)
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you are publishing reprints or translations in your magazine, anthology, or podcast, credit the market that first published the story. Clearly state it in that episode, book, or issue. It's a standard professional courtesy and beneficial for your readers. (Yeah, I've seen a few of these today.)
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It has begun. And even the Jeopardy ads on Hulu are for fancy fake Xmas trees already
!["Stop being dramatic, it's just Christmas music."
Me:
[Picture of a fountain with a woman in the center of a basin. She appears to be sitting or standing in the fountain with her hands gripping the rim of the basin, with her head thrown back. Red liquid fills the basin and appears to be streaming from her eyes and mouth.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tcvpjkdcsdotgvcgdf6epyoe/bafkreih32tscmkj3ami34anooassjoauadh24ro546gej4wonfu7iswbeq@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It has begun. And even the Jeopardy ads on Hulu are for fancy fake Xmas trees already
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Are you remembering to stretch? With 53 hours to go as of this post, @apexmag.bsky.social has lots of stretch goals yet to unlock. Like a 5th issue dedicated to previously unpublished authors, since Apex loves to support those debuts.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Are you remembering to stretch? With 53 hours to go as of this post, @apexmag.bsky.social has lots of stretch goals yet to unlock. Like a 5th issue dedicated to previously unpublished authors, since Apex loves to support those debuts.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...