Lyndell Fox
@lyndellfox.bsky.social
Author || 🇦🇺🏳️🌈 || revising In The Shadow of Swans: MM romantasy inspired by Swan Lake 🦢⚔️
she/they 30 Ace💜
she/they 30 Ace💜
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It is Indie Ink Awards season, and I had a hell of a time voting for my favorites. In doing so, I found a ton of new indies I want to read, and some old favorites.
Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
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Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It is Indie Ink Awards season, and I had a hell of a time voting for my favorites. In doing so, I found a ton of new indies I want to read, and some old favorites.
Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
(1/3)
Vote for your indies, and find some new reads for your TBR!
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
(1/3)
What is your all-time favourite Christmas movie?
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What is your all-time favourite Christmas movie?
I sure hope so
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I sure hope so
#FridayFling snippet from the novel I'm querying~
⚔️Destined enemies to lovers
⚔️Dark/Light magic
⚔️Erased history
⚔️Academic setting
🦢Swan lake next generation
#booksky
⚔️Destined enemies to lovers
⚔️Dark/Light magic
⚔️Erased history
⚔️Academic setting
🦢Swan lake next generation
#booksky
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
#FridayFling snippet from the novel I'm querying~
⚔️Destined enemies to lovers
⚔️Dark/Light magic
⚔️Erased history
⚔️Academic setting
🦢Swan lake next generation
#booksky
⚔️Destined enemies to lovers
⚔️Dark/Light magic
⚔️Erased history
⚔️Academic setting
🦢Swan lake next generation
#booksky
I love being able to sketch my characters and see them outside my mind 🥰
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I love being able to sketch my characters and see them outside my mind 🥰
Obsessed with this picrew. I had to make my boys! It's so perfect with the forest/medow background ahhh 🥰
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picrew.me/en/image_mak...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Obsessed with this picrew. I had to make my boys! It's so perfect with the forest/medow background ahhh 🥰
picrew.me/en/image_mak...
picrew.me/en/image_mak...
Do any fiction writers with an academic background struggle to keep formality out of their writing?
Because I do.
Because I do.
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Do any fiction writers with an academic background struggle to keep formality out of their writing?
Because I do.
Because I do.
Sending my query letter to reddit for critique has been super helpful, and some of the harsh replies have been wonderfully eye opening. But some people write like they mean every word as an insult.
September 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Sending my query letter to reddit for critique has been super helpful, and some of the harsh replies have been wonderfully eye opening. But some people write like they mean every word as an insult.
Will would be a great travel blogger and Stephan would be a biologist. They'd work on nature documentaries together 😍🌿
#QueerPrompts September 14: Make up a fake career (or use a real one) your MC would be good at
September 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Will would be a great travel blogger and Stephan would be a biologist. They'd work on nature documentaries together 😍🌿
'but instead of sunlight filling the carriage again, it was the unmistakable shiver of Light Magic.
It was like passing through the surface of sun-warmed water. But as soon as it fully encompassed them the pleasant sensation fled, and the magic flared, bright and hot. A warning.'
It was like passing through the surface of sun-warmed water. But as soon as it fully encompassed them the pleasant sensation fled, and the magic flared, bright and hot. A warning.'
#QueerWritersChat
Question Four: Drop a passage from your writing that mentions senses / sensations!
Last question at :25!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
Question Four: Drop a passage from your writing that mentions senses / sensations!
Last question at :25!
@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers
September 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
'but instead of sunlight filling the carriage again, it was the unmistakable shiver of Light Magic.
It was like passing through the surface of sun-warmed water. But as soon as it fully encompassed them the pleasant sensation fled, and the magic flared, bright and hot. A warning.'
It was like passing through the surface of sun-warmed water. But as soon as it fully encompassed them the pleasant sensation fled, and the magic flared, bright and hot. A warning.'
I have been taking comp titles far too literally and severely limited myself, to the point I've used books outside my genre just to match certain things. Suffice to say I'm reworking my query package 😂
September 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I have been taking comp titles far too literally and severely limited myself, to the point I've used books outside my genre just to match certain things. Suffice to say I'm reworking my query package 😂
Will and Stephan are pretty heavily based on some of my favourite animated versions of Odette and Odile (direct or inspired), since the two characters are their respective mothers 🥰
August 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Will and Stephan are pretty heavily based on some of my favourite animated versions of Odette and Odile (direct or inspired), since the two characters are their respective mothers 🥰
Dear Aussie editing manuals,
Why is the Australian standard for quotation marks in fiction the single ' instead of the double " ?
Sincerely,
I hate it
Why is the Australian standard for quotation marks in fiction the single ' instead of the double " ?
Sincerely,
I hate it
August 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Dear Aussie editing manuals,
Why is the Australian standard for quotation marks in fiction the single ' instead of the double " ?
Sincerely,
I hate it
Why is the Australian standard for quotation marks in fiction the single ' instead of the double " ?
Sincerely,
I hate it
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Finished the pigeons.
I loved every brush stroke. Amazing reference photo by ernestophoto on Instagram.
I loved every brush stroke. Amazing reference photo by ernestophoto on Instagram.
June 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Finished the pigeons.
I loved every brush stroke. Amazing reference photo by ernestophoto on Instagram.
I loved every brush stroke. Amazing reference photo by ernestophoto on Instagram.
All my writing has queer characters/ themes that are central to the narrative. My debut explores my own struggles accepting my queerness growing up with homophobic peers, and the (internalised)prejudice I faced ✍️
I also write to see myself in fiction in a way I never did growing up
I also write to see myself in fiction in a way I never did growing up
First question: have you ever explored LGBTQ+ characters and themes in your writing? If you haven't, would you? If you do, what draws you to these?
#LateNightWrite
#LateNightWrite
June 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
All my writing has queer characters/ themes that are central to the narrative. My debut explores my own struggles accepting my queerness growing up with homophobic peers, and the (internalised)prejudice I faced ✍️
I also write to see myself in fiction in a way I never did growing up
I also write to see myself in fiction in a way I never did growing up
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gen ai has no place in the arts and if you steal from your fellows and don't care about the environment you are part of the problem, pass it on
May 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
gen ai has no place in the arts and if you steal from your fellows and don't care about the environment you are part of the problem, pass it on
Got a query response this morning that spiralled me into anxiety about my writing (I got over it). It seemed personalised at first because it specifically mentioned being unable to connect to my writing, which is a big worry for me because I do struggle with straightforward, literal thinking
May 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Got a query response this morning that spiralled me into anxiety about my writing (I got over it). It seemed personalised at first because it specifically mentioned being unable to connect to my writing, which is a big worry for me because I do struggle with straightforward, literal thinking
I have to do a detailed outline before I even think of writing. Then when I start I have to do a dot point breakdown of what should happen in a chapter before writing it.
Are you more of an outliner or discovery writer? Something in between? What do you do before writing, and then during? #WritingPrompt
May 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I have to do a detailed outline before I even think of writing. Then when I start I have to do a dot point breakdown of what should happen in a chapter before writing it.
Looking back on an amazing email I got from a #RevPit editor to inspire me to keep editing! It was so sweet and encouraging and is beating back my imposter syndrome! 🥰
May 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Looking back on an amazing email I got from a #RevPit editor to inspire me to keep editing! It was so sweet and encouraging and is beating back my imposter syndrome! 🥰
Took a break from editing and sketched my boys hanging out in the forest, totally being destined enemies and not at all getting alone 🤫
Still working on last edits before getting it to beta readers again!
Still working on last edits before getting it to beta readers again!
April 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Took a break from editing and sketched my boys hanging out in the forest, totally being destined enemies and not at all getting alone 🤫
Still working on last edits before getting it to beta readers again!
Still working on last edits before getting it to beta readers again!
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If you are a marginalized author writing books about characters from marginalized groups. I need you to know that it may look hopeless right now, but your books are needed now more than ever.
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you are a marginalized author writing books about characters from marginalized groups. I need you to know that it may look hopeless right now, but your books are needed now more than ever.
GASP! Another picrew to make my boys with
Will and Stephan, black and white swans ✨ fake friends to.... 👀
Will and Stephan, black and white swans ✨ fake friends to.... 👀
April 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
GASP! Another picrew to make my boys with
Will and Stephan, black and white swans ✨ fake friends to.... 👀
Will and Stephan, black and white swans ✨ fake friends to.... 👀
I was part of a 10queries session! Thank you so much for the advice and encouragement! It's really motivated me to make this MS the best it can be.
I know I struggle with interiority and the balance between showing and telling, so I'll have to dive deeper into the MS. Anyone else in the same boat?
I know I struggle with interiority and the balance between showing and telling, so I'll have to dive deeper into the MS. Anyone else in the same boat?
P7 — Great start point; would love to be brought closer to MC’s motivations in these FPs, esp since we’re thrust right into the events described in QL. Difficult to feel connected to the MC, but I really wanted to be. Let MC shine over side characters, give us more interiority.
#RevPit #10Queries
#RevPit #10Queries
April 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I was part of a 10queries session! Thank you so much for the advice and encouragement! It's really motivated me to make this MS the best it can be.
I know I struggle with interiority and the balance between showing and telling, so I'll have to dive deeper into the MS. Anyone else in the same boat?
I know I struggle with interiority and the balance between showing and telling, so I'll have to dive deeper into the MS. Anyone else in the same boat?