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Gwend💫lyn Vines
@gwenvines.academics.blue
SFF writer, artist, mom, PhD in astronautical engineering. 2024 WTMP mentee.
Rep: @katieblagden.bsky.social at The Ampersand Agency
Fountain pen, TTRPG & sushi enthusiast. She/her.
Pinned
ARCANE x BLD OVR BRIGHT HVN x DISCO ELYSIUM
🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad STEM academia w/
🩺corrupted magic tech/ethics
🩻body horror
🤌obsessive ace yearning
🧠neurodivergence as power
🚨unreliable narrator
🛠️blacksmith biceps
🏆dangerous duels
🌿strange plants
👤& the strange man growing them
#questpit #A #F #Q
Expedition 33 for GOTY pleeeeeeeeeaaaaassssssse
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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VOLITION - I can't help you. I am totally useless. Everything I've said is lies. I want the exact same bad things you want. To stand here, like a pillar of salt.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Artists support artists advent calendar day 9:

My favourite person in the whole world! My lifelong friend! My forever scene partner and idea monger and support system. Gwen’s art and writing will astound you with their depth, fresh insight, and sharp wit. Keep an eye on her career!
Artists! Post your hot men art!🔥

Can't wait to get back to the drawing board after I finish this draft of Revbook 👀

#Art
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
as someone who remembers what Duke football games were like in the 90s, I can't believe (in a good way) I'm watching them celebrating an ACC championship right now

also I'm now of the age where I look at college sports players and just see a bunch of kids trying their hardest
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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You're sitting on a kicksled, whizzing through the snow. A warm, kind presence is guiding the sled behind you, her mittened hand resting on your back. You feel very, very loved -- and very, very safe.
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
so i bought a couple of handheld microscopes this week to assist with the green dot and T tests (IYKYK) and there is VERY LITTLE more fun than showing a two year old things through a microscope for the first time
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"moogle" is, however, unmistakable
My son pronounces "chocobo" and "soccer ball" exactly the same and I think that's beautiful
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My son pronounces "chocobo" and "soccer ball" exactly the same and I think that's beautiful
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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This is fascinating!
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Every time I look at my bright red Japanese maple I get a little boost of joy for my day 🍁🍁🍁
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Writing a first person child narrator in adult fantasy is HARD. Striking that balance between them actually sounding like a child but the book not reading as middle grade is maybe the hardest craft thing I've ever attempted. #writingcommunity
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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My dad sings in an incredible semi-professional choir in Portland and I’ve heard them sing this so many times and I cannot tell you how jealous I am that I don’t get to be one of the voices you never hear but you couldn’t live without who makes this sound possible
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I saved us $500-800 today! 💪🏼😤
every time I waver over a DIY hardware fix, I hear Obadiah Stane yell TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

and then i buy the part and pray
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Oh no, I missed #N7day! Some little known lore about me: I was SUPER into Mass Effect 3 multiplayer in grad school. It and Civ V...those were the days. Anyway, there was a ME3MP community banner contest back in 2013 -- I didn't win, but I had fun with a Tech Mastery banner entry!
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
husband and i are finally watching ATLA to see what all the hype is about, and he just paused it to tell me he can't stop thinking about how Bato's VA is also the narrator of 500 Days of Summer and when I tell you I love this man
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
major downside of Riftbound is being required to have both a Legend and a Champion card of the same character when there's so many Legends in the game...makes it really hard to cobble together a deck
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
today's "because i'm an adult and i can" moment: turned on Long Long Man for my husband and handed him a Long Sakeru Gummy to enjoy while watching www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-1U...
Long Long Man
YouTube video by Orbitalsquid
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The nearby Little Library has vanished and I don't know if it's coming back! I'm distraught!
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
new puscifer NEW PUSCIFER
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My son isn't even two and somehow he's able to identify cars as Hondas or Toyotas or Kias from a soccer field away????? How???
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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My man
October 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I've been watching my husband play the remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics in the evenings while I write (and look up how to fix dishwashers) and the plot is truly Shakespearean
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Zebra (of Sweet Pickles) is incredibly based. Easily the wisest citizen save Camel. #booksky
October 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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JOYCE MESSIER - “Of bodies of water and forest-covered surfaces, clusters of light where the cities lie. You've seen the montage, we all have -- this world is enough,” she concludes.

CONCEPTUALIZATION - It *must* be. This is the greatest and kindest arrangement the atoms had in them.
October 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
every time I waver over a DIY hardware fix, I hear Obadiah Stane yell TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

and then i buy the part and pray
October 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM