Elizabeth Snow
@elizabeth-snow.bsky.social
Call me Ez, any/ae/aer (like air), a baiman (not woman or man but both) dealing with chronic illness, mental health, ADHD, faith, & parenthood. Writer. Queer. Story and character nerd. Freelance editor.
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I'm just gonna curl up by a fire, if anyone wants to sit with me
a log is burning in a fireplace with a brick wall
Alt: a log is burning in a fireplace with a brick wall
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December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm just gonna curl up by a fire, if anyone wants to sit with me
#QueerPrompts
Alstair is a gingersnap: looks like it'll be soft, absolutely is not, & is a bit spicy
Bast is oatmeal raisin: soft, best when warm, sweet in an earthy way, not for everyone, & beyond disturbing when your expecting something else +
Alstair is a gingersnap: looks like it'll be soft, absolutely is not, & is a bit spicy
Bast is oatmeal raisin: soft, best when warm, sweet in an earthy way, not for everyone, & beyond disturbing when your expecting something else +
#QueerPrompts December 4: National Cookie Day: Are your characters soft, hard, or nutty? 🍪
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#QueerPrompts
Alstair is a gingersnap: looks like it'll be soft, absolutely is not, & is a bit spicy
Bast is oatmeal raisin: soft, best when warm, sweet in an earthy way, not for everyone, & beyond disturbing when your expecting something else +
Alstair is a gingersnap: looks like it'll be soft, absolutely is not, & is a bit spicy
Bast is oatmeal raisin: soft, best when warm, sweet in an earthy way, not for everyone, & beyond disturbing when your expecting something else +
#Smutcember
It's a circle, & entirely queer. I escaped the sex-averse purity culture w/o caring about sex content in media much at all bc it's so inundated w/straight-cis sex anyway. Light kink rep was interesting, but as I learned myself, media consumption & writing became a way to explore
It's a circle, & entirely queer. I escaped the sex-averse purity culture w/o caring about sex content in media much at all bc it's so inundated w/straight-cis sex anyway. Light kink rep was interesting, but as I learned myself, media consumption & writing became a way to explore
Last establishing question, #Smutcember:
Do you read different kinds of smut than you write, or is that Venn diagram a circle?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Do you read different kinds of smut than you write, or is that Venn diagram a circle?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#Smutcember
It's a circle, & entirely queer. I escaped the sex-averse purity culture w/o caring about sex content in media much at all bc it's so inundated w/straight-cis sex anyway. Light kink rep was interesting, but as I learned myself, media consumption & writing became a way to explore
It's a circle, & entirely queer. I escaped the sex-averse purity culture w/o caring about sex content in media much at all bc it's so inundated w/straight-cis sex anyway. Light kink rep was interesting, but as I learned myself, media consumption & writing became a way to explore
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Developing steam & clockwork. A little behind on electricity because they use actual light as a physical material.
Developing steam & clockwork. A little behind on electricity because they use actual light as a physical material.
#DecemberWorldbuilders! What is the "level" of technology in your fictional world? Is it a low-tech fantasy? A high-tech sci-fi? Or something in-between? Maybe something outside the tech progression of human history. Did they invent anything ahead of us in time? Any inventions suspiciously absent?
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Developing steam & clockwork. A little behind on electricity because they use actual light as a physical material.
Developing steam & clockwork. A little behind on electricity because they use actual light as a physical material.
#QueerPrompts
Alstair has a terrible stutter when dealing with sensory overwhelm, which occurs anytime he's away from very familiar surroundings or speaking to anyone he doesn't know very well. His grandfather had him & his future valet/childhood companion taught sign language. +
Alstair has a terrible stutter when dealing with sensory overwhelm, which occurs anytime he's away from very familiar surroundings or speaking to anyone he doesn't know very well. His grandfather had him & his future valet/childhood companion taught sign language. +
#QueerPrompts December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: GIF/Audio or description of disability rep in your story
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#QueerPrompts
Alstair has a terrible stutter when dealing with sensory overwhelm, which occurs anytime he's away from very familiar surroundings or speaking to anyone he doesn't know very well. His grandfather had him & his future valet/childhood companion taught sign language. +
Alstair has a terrible stutter when dealing with sensory overwhelm, which occurs anytime he's away from very familiar surroundings or speaking to anyone he doesn't know very well. His grandfather had him & his future valet/childhood companion taught sign language. +
Reposted by Elizabeth Snow
Actually, let me illustrate what I mean.
This is the first line of Don't Drag This Out. I immediately introduce this "mark" or "stain" motif that continues throughout the book. In this scene, Brian is trying to remove the stain to impress his ritzy girlfriend, but he ultimately can't.
This is the first line of Don't Drag This Out. I immediately introduce this "mark" or "stain" motif that continues throughout the book. In this scene, Brian is trying to remove the stain to impress his ritzy girlfriend, but he ultimately can't.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Actually, let me illustrate what I mean.
This is the first line of Don't Drag This Out. I immediately introduce this "mark" or "stain" motif that continues throughout the book. In this scene, Brian is trying to remove the stain to impress his ritzy girlfriend, but he ultimately can't.
This is the first line of Don't Drag This Out. I immediately introduce this "mark" or "stain" motif that continues throughout the book. In this scene, Brian is trying to remove the stain to impress his ritzy girlfriend, but he ultimately can't.
Damn. Rust esophageal spasm I've ever had. Trying to throw up when your esophagus is refusing to work makes your face feel like it's going to explode. My whole body hurts.
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Damn. Rust esophageal spasm I've ever had. Trying to throw up when your esophagus is refusing to work makes your face feel like it's going to explode. My whole body hurts.
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Alstair is more physicist/engineer than chemist, but in my last manuscript, Evan is a bit of an alchemist by way of brewing/distilling, & in the broader universe, Vince is a brilliant if slightly reckless alchemist. From my first MS, Ethan could scrape by if he had to.
Alstair is more physicist/engineer than chemist, but in my last manuscript, Evan is a bit of an alchemist by way of brewing/distilling, & in the broader universe, Vince is a brilliant if slightly reckless alchemist. From my first MS, Ethan could scrape by if he had to.
Yap at me, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Does your world have any chemists or alchemists? Are they living at the time of your characters' journey or are they ancient history? What did they discover? What *is* chemistry or alchemy in your setting?
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Alstair is more physicist/engineer than chemist, but in my last manuscript, Evan is a bit of an alchemist by way of brewing/distilling, & in the broader universe, Vince is a brilliant if slightly reckless alchemist. From my first MS, Ethan could scrape by if he had to.
Alstair is more physicist/engineer than chemist, but in my last manuscript, Evan is a bit of an alchemist by way of brewing/distilling, & in the broader universe, Vince is a brilliant if slightly reckless alchemist. From my first MS, Ethan could scrape by if he had to.
#Smutcember I was raised extremely conservatively in the US 'Bible Belt', so both are relatively new exercises for me, & I'm enjoying them both equally. Writing it is much easier than I anticipated when I decided to let the characters decide what level of detail was important to the story.
Continuing our #Smutcember setup:
Do you have a preference between reading smut or writing it, or perhaps engaging with it in a different form of media entirely? If so, what about that form of engagement appeals to you the most?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Do you have a preference between reading smut or writing it, or perhaps engaging with it in a different form of media entirely? If so, what about that form of engagement appeals to you the most?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#Smutcember I was raised extremely conservatively in the US 'Bible Belt', so both are relatively new exercises for me, & I'm enjoying them both equally. Writing it is much easier than I anticipated when I decided to let the characters decide what level of detail was important to the story.
What I'm working on now is 'feeling' the truth that uncertainty, anxiety, & awkwardness are not immature, childish, or indicative of a lack of ability.
I recognize that in others, & I need to stop feeling less than, bc I'm just not.
We all struggle. Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to a friend
I recognize that in others, & I need to stop feeling less than, bc I'm just not.
We all struggle. Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to a friend
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
What I'm working on now is 'feeling' the truth that uncertainty, anxiety, & awkwardness are not immature, childish, or indicative of a lack of ability.
I recognize that in others, & I need to stop feeling less than, bc I'm just not.
We all struggle. Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to a friend
I recognize that in others, & I need to stop feeling less than, bc I'm just not.
We all struggle. Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to a friend
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Watch world building live, folks, as I answer w/previously non-existent lore:
So worlds develop life in the light of the sentient stars, but never really 'higher' than a crow or octopus (so debatably aware/sentient, but not significantly creative) until one star watched...
Watch world building live, folks, as I answer w/previously non-existent lore:
So worlds develop life in the light of the sentient stars, but never really 'higher' than a crow or octopus (so debatably aware/sentient, but not significantly creative) until one star watched...
Hello, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Tell us about the creation of your people according to the in-world lore. Were they created by gods? Did they evolve from single-celled organisms? Maybe a bit of both? Maybe they don't know, and maybe they have stories about it. What are their creation myths?
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Watch world building live, folks, as I answer w/previously non-existent lore:
So worlds develop life in the light of the sentient stars, but never really 'higher' than a crow or octopus (so debatably aware/sentient, but not significantly creative) until one star watched...
Watch world building live, folks, as I answer w/previously non-existent lore:
So worlds develop life in the light of the sentient stars, but never really 'higher' than a crow or octopus (so debatably aware/sentient, but not significantly creative) until one star watched...
#Smutcember
I don't particularly care about the level? I don't look for it but can enjoy it. I just don't prefer to read -for- the spice. I prefer relationship first stories if that makes sense? If the sex serves relationship/character development I enjoy detail, but I don't enjoy story-for-sex-sake
I don't particularly care about the level? I don't look for it but can enjoy it. I just don't prefer to read -for- the spice. I prefer relationship first stories if that makes sense? If the sex serves relationship/character development I enjoy detail, but I don't enjoy story-for-sex-sake
As we continue into #Smutcember, it's important to know:
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#Smutcember
I don't particularly care about the level? I don't look for it but can enjoy it. I just don't prefer to read -for- the spice. I prefer relationship first stories if that makes sense? If the sex serves relationship/character development I enjoy detail, but I don't enjoy story-for-sex-sake
I don't particularly care about the level? I don't look for it but can enjoy it. I just don't prefer to read -for- the spice. I prefer relationship first stories if that makes sense? If the sex serves relationship/character development I enjoy detail, but I don't enjoy story-for-sex-sake
I don't know if this makes sense to anyone else, but I want to write stories with emotional climaxes that hit like Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 'This Christmas Eve'
I know I can. The story I have in @aanpress.bsky.social's "The Librarian" feels about right. I think my books get there. I just...
I know I can. The story I have in @aanpress.bsky.social's "The Librarian" feels about right. I think my books get there. I just...
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I don't know if this makes sense to anyone else, but I want to write stories with emotional climaxes that hit like Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 'This Christmas Eve'
I know I can. The story I have in @aanpress.bsky.social's "The Librarian" feels about right. I think my books get there. I just...
I know I can. The story I have in @aanpress.bsky.social's "The Librarian" feels about right. I think my books get there. I just...
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Sorta? Some of it is protected because it's -really- dangerous to know, but the newspapers include basic academic essays written fora non-academic audience
Sorta? Some of it is protected because it's -really- dangerous to know, but the newspapers include basic academic essays written fora non-academic audience
Welcome to the first week of #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is about SCIENCE (broadly speaking) (you can play along even if you're writing pre-industrial fantasy!)
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
#DecemberWorldbuilders
Sorta? Some of it is protected because it's -really- dangerous to know, but the newspapers include basic academic essays written fora non-academic audience
Sorta? Some of it is protected because it's -really- dangerous to know, but the newspapers include basic academic essays written fora non-academic audience
It was a long but mostly wonderful holiday weekend. I'm tired as ever, but I might be back online. Going through a bit of a "forgot how to people" phase, where I open the app & immediately close it like I'm turning around at the threshold of a full room. Not anxious, just largely nonverbal.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It was a long but mostly wonderful holiday weekend. I'm tired as ever, but I might be back online. Going through a bit of a "forgot how to people" phase, where I open the app & immediately close it like I'm turning around at the threshold of a full room. Not anxious, just largely nonverbal.
Can I have a nonverbal day? I'd love a nonverbal day...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Can I have a nonverbal day? I'd love a nonverbal day...
Weekend was rough health wise, weather shifting & menstruation approaching, but I still managed to get stuff done without hurting myself. Today I was actually feeling too restless to watch tv, so I actually picked up a book, which I haven't been able to do in over a month!
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Weekend was rough health wise, weather shifting & menstruation approaching, but I still managed to get stuff done without hurting myself. Today I was actually feeling too restless to watch tv, so I actually picked up a book, which I haven't been able to do in over a month!
#QueerPrompts
Alstair would choose villain, not bc he cares about the power or wealth, but bc being a hero sounds exhausting even if the conditions were swapped. He doesn't want to be either, but if he's forced to choose, he'll take the one that allows him to ignore people
Bast is a hero
Alstair would choose villain, not bc he cares about the power or wealth, but bc being a hero sounds exhausting even if the conditions were swapped. He doesn't want to be either, but if he's forced to choose, he'll take the one that allows him to ignore people
Bast is a hero
#QueerPrompts November 22: Would your MC/character rather be a villain with unlimited power and wealth or a hero with only their heart?
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#QueerPrompts
Alstair would choose villain, not bc he cares about the power or wealth, but bc being a hero sounds exhausting even if the conditions were swapped. He doesn't want to be either, but if he's forced to choose, he'll take the one that allows him to ignore people
Bast is a hero
Alstair would choose villain, not bc he cares about the power or wealth, but bc being a hero sounds exhausting even if the conditions were swapped. He doesn't want to be either, but if he's forced to choose, he'll take the one that allows him to ignore people
Bast is a hero
This. This is what's on my mind. I spent 18 years building a life in confinement, it felt like, doing my best while looking out the window. I spent 2 breaking out. I spent 18 reconstructing, deconstructing & making repairs as I went. I spent 2 figuring out wtf is up w/my body.
Now I get to -be- me
Now I get to -be- me
I'm determined to let go of my ADHD all or nothing ideas about commitment. I'm done with deconstruction, and in my healing era I'm going to embrace nibbling at hobbies and interests
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This. This is what's on my mind. I spent 18 years building a life in confinement, it felt like, doing my best while looking out the window. I spent 2 breaking out. I spent 18 reconstructing, deconstructing & making repairs as I went. I spent 2 figuring out wtf is up w/my body.
Now I get to -be- me
Now I get to -be- me
I have IDEAS. I'm not even going to call them goals, because my health sucks, but here are my ideas 🧵:
Before the end of the year:
Holidays & finishing the move-
Make the Christmas ornaments
Hang the rest of the pictures
Get everything put away
Before the end of the year:
Holidays & finishing the move-
Make the Christmas ornaments
Hang the rest of the pictures
Get everything put away
Why can't I do all the things? I want to do all the things. I need all the energy and all the time so I can do all the things.
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I have IDEAS. I'm not even going to call them goals, because my health sucks, but here are my ideas 🧵:
Before the end of the year:
Holidays & finishing the move-
Make the Christmas ornaments
Hang the rest of the pictures
Get everything put away
Before the end of the year:
Holidays & finishing the move-
Make the Christmas ornaments
Hang the rest of the pictures
Get everything put away