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Gwend💫lyn Vines
@gwenvines.writes.fyi
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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.
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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!
mass effect 3 game banner contest entry with (top) and without (bottom) overlay text. Image depicts a wounded Salarian Engineer with omni-tool creating a projection of himself for enemies to attack. Overlay text is generic: GAMERTAG HERE, Knight, Level 17 Vorcha SOldier, N7, 76585 points.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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If only my son was old enough to appreciate that Mommy owns Forgetful Max's fountain pen. Alas!
Photo of the front cover of Forgetful Max The Big Surprise, featuring a bear in a red shirt with a yellow M writing invitations to a surprise party with a teal demonstrator fountain pen and a background of balloons and streamers. In the foreground, a hand holds up a real demonstrator pilot custom 74 fountain pen to show the striking similarity (though because the book was published in 1988 and there is no ball on the tip of the clip, nor is the grip black, it is not actually a Custom 74)
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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This page from The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten reveals a remarkable bit of worldbuilding: there exists Another Magic School Bus in this universe, who is also engaging in the same occult adventures on the same day as the Original. A Bizarro Friz exists. In this essay I will--
#booksky
Page from magic school bus gets eaten, featuring a fisher woman with grey curly hair in yellow rain/sailing gear holding up a tiny school bus on a hook. The text reads A huge face peered at us as we dangled from the fishing line. "Another school bus!" The fisher woman said thoughtfully. "Second one today. Back it goes!" She unhooked the bus and tossed us back into the ocean. "We're a keeper!" Yelled Arnold, but it was too late. The bus landed back in the water with a splash. "Never fear, Arnold," said the friz as she pressed another button on the dashboard.
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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OMG look at these GORGEOUS preorder goodies! I cannot wait to read A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE; I need the 21st to get here faster.....
Bookmarks and art prints of the characters from A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE by Millie Abecassis
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Never thought I'd become one of those people with multiple of the same water bottle but I am ride or die for the Owala FreeSip...I'm not even a Wicked fan but this design is gorgeous
Hand holding an Owala FreeSip water bottle, closed, in the Elphaba colourway with a black bottle boot on it.
October 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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oh hey rare secret lair drop!!! (look I had to get the Daily Bugle cards okay) #mtg #spiderman
Photo of a hand holding a Harmonize spiderman magic: the gathering card with a sketch of all the Spiderfolk playing in a band together
October 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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a jimomage to the few small repairs cover #art
A digital painting of a blond man wearing a white collared shirt and suspenders standing in front of a green field background with a house on fire along the horizon. He holds a lit match and has three eyes.
October 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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i love little alignments of reality like this
screenshot of spotify with the text Recently played and then the cover images for Verlernt zu fuhlen by Fredrik and Undo Us by Kyle Stibbs, each of which depict a man with their arm in the air (right and then left) in a way that looks coordinated
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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for one horrible, sleep-deprived moment, I forgot everything I know about the English language
a screenshot of white text on a black background reading "and a gull skwauks"
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Artists! Post your hot men art!🔥

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

#Art
digital painting of a blond man from behind wearing a light coloured tank top and jeans with a tool belt. His right hand is on his hip, and beige text in the background reads "Keep it creative, make it your own somehow" digital drawing of a shirtless man holding a rifle, wearing blue jeans and boots. a mechanical bronze dragon with glowing neon green eyes is partially visible from the neck up peeking out from behind the wall against which the man stands. he wears leather straps wrapped around his left wrist and a war pick hangs from his belt.
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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sucked into the rabbit hole of trying to pick a couple Le Labo samples to get without being able to smell them first, and happened upon this absolutely incredible description of a scent
screenshot of a reddit comment by a deleted user that reads "Patchouli 24 hated by some but loved by others - if you had a bonfire in a just cleaned morgue is what it first smells of, but after an hour is softer and more comforting Plus lasts forever"
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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looking at dishwashers (the circulation pump on ours broke after ten years, and while I could probably do the replacement myself, I don't like to mess with water) and do major brands just not employ copy editors anymore?
photo of a kitchenaid dishwasher (24 in. PrintShield Stainless Steel Front Control Tall Tub Dishwasher with Stainless Steel Tub, 39 DBA) and there is a red banner on the product image that reads "No one is quieter in it's class"
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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#justengineerthings gotta make sure my descriptions of two people swinging on a rope in this fantasy novel obey Newtonian physics #writing
screenshot of a google docs comment by Gwen at 7:10pm Sep 13 reading "make sure the double pendulum dynamics are realistic for two point masses"
September 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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you have such a great style!!! Jim is the protagonist of my book and is a sweet man who always tries to be of use, gets excited when people let him talk about his special interests, and has terrible posture b/c he's always trying to minimize his very tall height <3
September 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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just a few things i notice off the bat: spokes that don't make sense, random bits crisp amongst the blurriness, the seams in her bodice are asymmetric
August 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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So excited to announce that I am now represented by @katieblagden.bsky.social at The Ampersand Agency!

I couldn't ask for a better partner in getting my STEM postgrad science fantasy, SEE IN ME THE WOLF, out into the world, & I can't wait to share our future SFFH projects with y'all!
Greenscale photograph of a Gothic college campus through a 9 pane window, the bottom right of which is shattered. Overlaid atop it is a circular image of the author, smiling, and the text "GWENDOLYN VINES (AND THE JIMBOOK)" above it, and "NOW REPRESENTED BY KATIE BLAGDEN AT THE AMPERSAND AGENCY" below it.
July 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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One of my fave things about being a parent is when you turn the corner and encounter evidence of your kids' glorious existence in the most random of places
A pile of multicoloured foam bath letters and numbers in the far corner of a water closet, deposited by a toddler
June 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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SO excited to help reveal the cover & title of my most anticipated romance of 2026: NEXT LEVEL LOVE by @shameezwrites.bsky.social!

Y'all know I'm picky about women in STEM rep & Shameez nails it here -- this one is for my fellow ladies in engineering (and gaming ❤️)

Preorder @ a.co/d/hFEPB9R!
cover of Next Level Love by Shameez Patel releasing 20 Jan 2026! Blue background with a man (medium skin tone and dark hair and beard) wearing red headphones, glasses, a white shirt and blue pants with black shoes sitting on a yellow stool typing on a laptop sitting on the first L in LEVEL, and a woman (light skin tone, red-orange waist length hair) sitting on a red ottoman, also on a laptop wearing a yellow shirt and blue jeans. A yellow PAC-MAN is poised to gobble up lil yellow PAC-MAN niblets in the background, ending in a yellow heart. The Blurb reads "Filled with all the warmth and nerdery and romance my dorky heart could want." - Charlotte Stein on Shameez's previous book, PLAYING FLIRTY.
May 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Can anyone find the VAGUE 👀 Jimbook reference in my mom's latest drawing?
Typenik, 30" x 22," graphite and mixed media on watercolor paper, art by donnagregoryart on Instagram. Graphite drawing of a deconstructed typewriter.
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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ya girl is gonna finish drafting this chapter today if it kills her!! #writingcommunity
Photo of a porcelain bowl with berry yogurt, strawberries, and bananas in front of a full cup of milky coffee and a NASA Owala FreeSip, on a kitchen island, next to an open laptop
May 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Feeling like I earned this mug today
Photo of a hand holding the handle of a white mug that has Critically Cool Mom written on it, with a d20 20 side up on it
May 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I made a moth fren!
Photo from the underside of a tan moth sitting on the outside of a window pane. Its wings are delightfully fringed!
May 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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ATTN: Tarot friends in the New England area
Casting call from Boston Casting reading "BOSTON CASTING IS SEEKING... REAL TAROT CARD READER FEMALE 45-65 YEARS OLD FOR A FEATURE FILM PAY: $1,204/DAY SHOOT DATES: ONE DAY BETWEEN 5/27 & 7/2, EITHER SOUTH SHORE, MA OR PROVINCETOWN, MA HE SUN. PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING TO BOSTONCASTINGSUBMIT1@GMAIL.COM: YOUR NAME YOUR PHOTO DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCE - WHERE YOU LEARNED TO READ CARDS AND HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN READING THEM CONTACT INFORMATION (PHONE & EMAIL) WHERE YOU ARE BASED SUBJECT: TAROT CARD READER // [YOUR NAME]"
May 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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I loved the first Boondock Saints SO much (look, I'm that person who turns on The Blood of Cu Chulainn every time I ride the Red Line across the Charles), and there was simply nothing good about the sequel. Julie Benz (though I love her)'s accent makes me break out in hives.
movie poster for the boondock saints II all saints day, featuring two men in profile with guns pressed to their foreheads, fingers on the triggers
May 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Did Y'ALL know that Popsicle used to make kids' clothing?
Photo of a white shirt with lapels embroidered with purple flowers, with the tag POPSICLE
May 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM