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Elspeth Rowan
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Writer of Sapphic romances. Transbian IRL.
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Elspeth Rowan @elspethrowanauthor.bsky.social · Apr 26
New Bluesky profile just for my writing adventures! Unpublished so far, but hoping to change that soon!
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There's something oddly therapeutic about writing a banger of a spicy scene after a no good, terrible, very bad day of being a cog in the corporate capitalist machine.

Instant mood booster writing the result of the Reaper declaring "you're mine" and the Siren finally believing her.

#WriterSky
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Just author things. Using the hot masc lesbian flirting with the love interest to melt the ice queen a little...

#BookSky #AuthorSky #Sapphic #WIP #NovelNovember
The tension is absurd, enough to freeze or burn the city block. Even the air is confused-half of it shivering with Winter, the other half sweating out Summer. I glance at Celeste, waiting for her to escalate, but her eyes are fixed on Raya, calculating. Raya sees it too. “Don't worry,” she says, “I'm not going to drag you in. You're more use to me alive, and besides, I've always had a thing for problematic girls.” She shoots me a grin. "Especially ones who make a habit of surviving when they shouldn't." I feel my face flush, and I want to bite her for it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I swear they're gonna kiss soon! I just need to squeeze out a bit more banter first! #WriterSky #BookSky #Romance #Sapphic
“There,” I say. “Done.” She studies the new bandage, then looks up at me with something unreadable in her eyes. “Do you ever get tired of pretending you don't care?” The question is so sudden, so reckless, that I almost laugh. "Do you ever get tired of pretending you do?" Her face closes up, the old defenses snapping back into place. “Touché,” she says, voice soft, and slumps against the cushions.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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My therapist informed me that this most recent project (sapphic why choose dark mafia romance) is my healing story...

I mean, my break-up was fucked up, and yeah... I want what Celeste will have... So maybe she's right... But did she have to say it?
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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That moment when you find the perfect headspace song for the character you're writing and end up listening to it 20+ times in a day...

This one is for Celeste Vale (aka The Reaper), the Heiress of Winter in my newest WIP: open.spotify.com/track/5krhWY...
Spotify – Web Player
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November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Oh, this is going to be so much fun... How much longer until the ice queen Reaper melts for the flirtatious Spring Siren? #BookSky #WriteSky #Sapphic #FeyNonsense
Adele faces us in the cramped foyer, framed by an archway of wrought iron leaves. She's never looked more Autumn: eyes alight with private amusement, smile sharp as the edge of a ledger. “And you, Siren-trusting the Reaper to spare your life. Would your father call that bravery or idiocy?"
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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I started a new WIP this week, because of course I did. It's a sapphic (shocker) dark mafia romance with some Fey elements!

Thought I'd share the current attempt at the book's opening! #BookSky #WriteSky #WIP
A snippet of text from a work in progress story that reads: Everyone comes to Eden thinking it’s a nightclub. It isn’t. It’s a confession booth with better lighting, and I’m the sin they all come to buy. I can always tell how a night at Eden is going to end by the way they look at me at the start. There’s a hunger behind every gaze here. Some want me, some want to be me, and the rest—well, the rest just want to see if I’ll fuck up tonight.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Writing the climax chapters today! (Plot-wise... other climax chapters are later... 😉)

Bombastic epic score playlist ✅
Previous chapter a cliffhanger for the LI ✅
Getting to write Bryce's 'just desserts' 🐉🔥

It's feminine rage time y'all!

#WriteThreads #AuthorThreads
October 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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These two are so much fun to write!

#BookSky #WriteSky #WIP
August 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Writing the angry daughter crashing her own fake funeral to end her father's reign of terror is the most fun I've had writing in quite a bit.

Why is feminine rage so fun to write?

#WriteSky #Authors #WIP
August 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Oh... Oh no. If I almost have a completed rough draft, that means I need to be thinking about a cover soon... (Now?)
August 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Okay, but really... Do I start a new WIP of this cyberpunk but with magic enemies to lovers trope-fest? Or do I try to have WIP discipline and finish this classic romantasy draft?

#WriteSky #WIPs
August 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Me: Being maybe six chapters from finishing the rough draft of my very first WIP.

My ADHD: We've had first WIP, yes. But what about second WIP?
August 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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"So what's your writing process?"

Uhh... Fingers make my keyboard go clickity-clack?
August 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The #WIPSnips word for May 24 is "warn"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag May 24 - warn Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner
May 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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The #WIPSnips word for May 23 is "cover"

#WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag May 23 - cover Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner
May 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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#WIPSnips

I have discovered I need to find synonyms for this word as part of my revision process... But! Here's one of the usages that will probably survive that.

Bryce contracts a pirate/bounty hunter to remove a "problem".

#WriteSky #Writers
And so he took the quill with conviction, his face an unreadable mask, as with a practiced hand, he dipped his quill in ink, and wrote: Name: Captain Sayidda Vashari Service rendered: Acquisition of person Target: Alixandra Crestspire Condition: Any means necessary. Publicly presumed dead. He paused, then added a final line. Bonus if she never sets foot on Crestspire soil again. He blew the ink dry and folded the parchment, sealing it with the iron crest of his House. The missive would find its way to her. Gold bought silence, and the right coin could move ghosts. “You were born with too much flame, child.” he muttered as he slid the letter into its leather case. “Let’s see if drowning suits you better.” He rang the bell once. A servant arrived, pale and silent. “Send word to the docks,” Bryce said without turning. “The sea is about to collect a very expensive mistake.”
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Them: How do you know when you've "made it" as an author?

Me: When my series have dedicated AO3 sections.

#WriteSky #Writer
May 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Today was a planning day more than a drafting day. Spent a few hours moving note cards around on my corkboard.

It's all part of the process, even if it feels "lesser" because the word count didn't go up.

I feel a ton better about the last third of the book now though!
May 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Happy Sapphic Saturday! I'm in the midst of edits on book three of my Sapphic Lady Knights series, and thoroughly enjoying it ❤️🏳️‍🌈⚔️ Title reveal coming soon!
#Sapphic #wlw #lesfic #booksky #ladyknight
Image shows two book covers for Her Pretty Knight and Her Lovely Champion, featuring florals and swords, on a rustic/weathered background. Sapphic Lady Knights. -women in armor -magic -fairytale setting -adult mcs -standalones (in a series)
May 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Curious how other spicy authors do this... Do you write all or most of the plot first? And then backfill spicy scenes?

Are spicy scenes integral to the plot and just go with?

I'm stuck on this earworm about "if you remove all the spice from a novel does it still work as a novel?"

#WriteSky
May 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Writing romance is all about patience and restraint. Yet, here I am, desperate to make these characters get together. Slow burning takes so much discipline #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #Romance #Fiction #CreativeWriting #RomanceFiction #SlowBurn #Writer #Author #Books #LGBTFiction
May 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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#WIPSnips It was hard to pick a scene with this word. There were a few good ones...

I'm enjoying writing these little reflection chapters after my FMCs dance around their feelings in shared scenes.

#WriteSky #BookSky #Writers
She barely knew Sayidda Vashari. She certainly could not trust her yet, even after their vulnerable night together. There was still every chance the pirate was her father's creature, hiding teeth behind her smiles. And yet... Alixandra closed her eyes, remembering the way Sayidda had spoken: rough, unpolished, real. The spark she felt when their hands brushed had not been a trick of desperation. How her magic, that ancient, stubborn, and proud thing, responded to Sayidda's oath.
May 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Have an awkward moment from Kyrra on this Monday morning 😁

From Fool's Feast, Eterean Empire 2.5

#WIPSnips #writesky #amwritingfantasy 💙🪐📚 #writingprompts
Two thoughts speared me with equal terror as he kicked his trousers off and bent to pick them up and fold them neatly. One—I did not want to have to stand there and spy on him naked, because, despite what he thought, I was not made entirely of metal and I was also definitely not a eunuch and I really didn't need to have to deal with this moral conundrum after the day I'd been having.
May 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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#WIPSnips Finally have time to share another little bit of my current #WIP!

Alixandra's handmaiden gets interrogated! 😱

#WriteSky #BookSky #Writer
"We can do this the easy way," Vestra said, an edge of impatience creeping in. "Tell us where Alixandra is, and perhaps you'll see sunlight again." Lyra feigned confusion, a delicate mask of bewilderment and fear. "I don't know what you mean," she said, her voice light and unsteady. "You helped her escape," Vestra insisted, her tone sharpening. "We have witnesses, the entire city buzzing with rumors. She's a danger to herself and others."
May 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM