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Grae Coltraine
@graeskies.bsky.social
He/she/they/it. #Author of fantasy, vampire enthusiast, fanfiction enjoyer.

Ao3: Grae_Coltrane
I'm pretty sure if I ever needed a diagnosis I could just show someone the 75+ footnotes in my ongoing project where I edited out a line because I described a pen making scratching sounds on the paper but then realized that the exact paper weight he was using wouldn't scratch like that.
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
New guy at work is apparently in his final year of a Philosophy degree. Given my track record we are either going to be fast friends or I am going to literally kill him by the end of next week.
June 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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"It just really comes as a shock that such accomplished intellectuals, who’ve spent their entire careers pushing the upper bounds of human achievement, could be judgy about a machine that runs the entirety of human imagination through a shredder and glues together what comes out."
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
buff.ly
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I'm actually writing again. I feel so alive.
June 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
After a full year of googling "2012 calendar" every time I needed to verify that dates lined up in this project and I wasn't referencing the wrong day of the week in dialogue, I have finally added a calendar to my Obsidian vault. Now to forget I have that every time I need it! \o/
June 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Year of poems, day 14: I have written a haiku including the word "rizzless"
January 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Babygirl I can run across bugs your bug report team hasn't even heard of
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Having stationery as a hobby is cool and all but no one really prepares you for how many syringes you end up with
January 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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The 2025 #BeatTheBacklist reading challenge is now available! Though it doesn't officially start until January 1, 2025, you can begin planning your TBRs now!

beatthebacklist.com

What backlist books are you planning to read next year?
December 1, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Giggling evilly alone in my apartment as I collage reactions to the most recent chapter, invariably in agony and frequently in all caps.
December 28, 2024 at 3:08 PM
I may never leave this bed but it will have been worth it. Remember me fondly.
December 26, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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December 26, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie
-Stop slouching, drink some water, take your meds.
-Be free, cringe is dead. Enjoy things unironically.
-The Cursed Object asked if the standing mixer was also a ‘spinny ride’.
❤️Auntie Jilli
December 20, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Today I woke up to someone upset that they put in a request, I don't take those, and I gently told them I could try when I had more time since it's a busy month but made no guarantees, and I only ranted to everyone who might listen, so I think you should be proud of me. 😤
December 10, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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The ovulation tracking app, "Ovia", now mandates you identify what state you live in. Delete immediately and warn anyone who might need to know.
December 10, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Today's little joy from a very productive writing session: the graph for this project's obsidian vault has a heart in it because of all the love I put into the project. :)
December 10, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Born to stay up until 3am writing because I just got to the REALLY REALLY FUN part of my outline (for me) forced to go to bed early so I can make it to work in the morning
December 10, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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It's #bandcamp friday! which means it's time to share my various music projects in the hopes they make some money!
first up:
~short term memory loss~
this is my witchy, bitchy, vampire stoner queercore/metal project. it's all over the place, it's heavy as fuck, and it's all me baby
stml.bandcamp.com
short term memory loss
short term memory loss is a witchy, bitchy, vampire stoner queercore/metal project from Audrey Hornet (she/her). Straight from the swamps of New Jersey, bringing you the soundtrack to your next ritual...
stml.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:49 PM
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Yall up 🌀🌀🌀
December 5, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Today's accomplishment: made Tasty Water™️. Tasty Water: it's water that tastes.
December 5, 2024 at 3:16 AM
The neurodivergent urge to drop everything and start a new life in another state
December 3, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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Good. Do not overworking your development staff next.
January 27, 2024 at 2:51 PM
In spite of drowning in Life rn, final stats roll-up for Nanowrimo 2023:

Somehow. 100,020 words.
December 1, 2023 at 5:53 PM
How does anyone function on the first of the month. I'm fighting for my life over here.
December 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM