Megaera Lorenz
@megaeralwrites.bsky.social
Egyptologist and author. She/they. Authors Against Book Bans Illinois Chapter Leader. Debut novel THE SHABTI (2024) available now wherever books are sold.
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Hi, new skootuals! I’m an Egyptologist by training, writer by vocation. I probably talk about my debut novel too much. Giant nerd about Egyptology, 1930s American pop culture, & the history of spiritualism. Will happily talk your ear off about PG Wodehouse, Cab Calloway, or Gef the Talking Mongoose.
Sooo many new folks, I guess it’s time to share this again. Hello!
@authorsabb.bsky.social is officially a nonprofit! Please consider donating!
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
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November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@authorsabb.bsky.social is officially a nonprofit! Please consider donating!
TIL that a giant TERRIFYING ELEPHANT BUILDING used to dominate the Coney Island landscape in the late 1800s. It started as a hotel, very quickly became a brothel, and eventually burned down under mysterious circumstances. The dude who built it thought animal bldgs were the future of architecture.
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
TIL that a giant TERRIFYING ELEPHANT BUILDING used to dominate the Coney Island landscape in the late 1800s. It started as a hotel, very quickly became a brothel, and eventually burned down under mysterious circumstances. The dude who built it thought animal bldgs were the future of architecture.
I’m so excited to be putting some new little guys in a new situation
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’m so excited to be putting some new little guys in a new situation
Due to an ongoing series of incredibly unfortunate events surrounding my publisher, I may need to shelve my current draft for now. 😞 But I have another project in the works that I’m starting to get excited about. Been chewing on it for a couple of years, but I *think* I’m actually cooking now!
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Due to an ongoing series of incredibly unfortunate events surrounding my publisher, I may need to shelve my current draft for now. 😞 But I have another project in the works that I’m starting to get excited about. Been chewing on it for a couple of years, but I *think* I’m actually cooking now!
Is it possible to develop dimples later in life when you didn’t have them before? Why didn’t anyone tell me this was a thing that can happen?
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Is it possible to develop dimples later in life when you didn’t have them before? Why didn’t anyone tell me this was a thing that can happen?
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After just one day we’re so close to halfway from our goal! Do you want to be the person to push us over the edge? Buy some super cool trans books by some super cool trans authors here! ⬇️
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November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
After just one day we’re so close to halfway from our goal! Do you want to be the person to push us over the edge? Buy some super cool trans books by some super cool trans authors here! ⬇️
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
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I *am* big. It’s the pictchas that got small!
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I *am* big. It’s the pictchas that got small!
Update: apparently she was so distracted by my headgear that the didn’t even *notice* the makeup. I did the weird overdrawn ‘50s vamp lips for nothing! Nobody appreciates the face of a real stah anymore…
Just scared the crap out of my kid by bursting into her room in full Norma Desmond-style makeup and a silk turban with the tackiest costume jewelry brooch I could find pinned to the front of it. God, I love Halloween
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Update: apparently she was so distracted by my headgear that the didn’t even *notice* the makeup. I did the weird overdrawn ‘50s vamp lips for nothing! Nobody appreciates the face of a real stah anymore…
Watching the Stargate movie as an Egyptologist is a damn trip because it’s 99% ridiculous ancient aliens nonsense, 1% *meticulous attention to linguistic detail*
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Watching the Stargate movie as an Egyptologist is a damn trip because it’s 99% ridiculous ancient aliens nonsense, 1% *meticulous attention to linguistic detail*
Just scared the crap out of my kid by bursting into her room in full Norma Desmond-style makeup and a silk turban with the tackiest costume jewelry brooch I could find pinned to the front of it. God, I love Halloween
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Just scared the crap out of my kid by bursting into her room in full Norma Desmond-style makeup and a silk turban with the tackiest costume jewelry brooch I could find pinned to the front of it. God, I love Halloween
He’s at it again, no one is safe
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
He’s at it again, no one is safe
Eyyyy look what's just been added to the Queer Liberation Library! 😄 I'm so proud that my baby is part of this incredible collection. Thanks for everything you do, @queerliblib.bsky.social!
The Shabti
Can you flimflam a ghost? It's 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spiritualism and false mediums while struggling to stay ahead of his ex-business partner and lover who w...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Eyyyy look what's just been added to the Queer Liberation Library! 😄 I'm so proud that my baby is part of this incredible collection. Thanks for everything you do, @queerliblib.bsky.social!
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Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey
Soft Censorship of Diverse Books
WNDB is collecting information on the soft censorship of diverse books across the US. Have you witnessed soft censorship in your community? Please share your experiences below. Your response can be…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our friends @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social are gathering information about "soft censorship" happening in the US According to School Library Journal, soft censorship is a "quiet banishing that often comes without explanation." If you've seen it in your community, please respond to their survey
This is very silly and I should be working on literally anything else right now, but I need art therapy, damn it. Will I ever finish it? Remains to be seen.
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is very silly and I should be working on literally anything else right now, but I need art therapy, damn it. Will I ever finish it? Remains to be seen.
I did another seasonally appropriate feline art
October 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I did another seasonally appropriate feline art
I saw a photo of a panther fiercely protecting a pumpkin and had to draw it. Not sure of the original source for the photo reference.
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I saw a photo of a panther fiercely protecting a pumpkin and had to draw it. Not sure of the original source for the photo reference.
Quick study of my son and a neighborhood cat buddy. I’m liking the new Procreate brushes!
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Quick study of my son and a neighborhood cat buddy. I’m liking the new Procreate brushes!
Other topics that are presumably off limits now:
-Hatshepsut (well, a LOT of Egyptological stuff, actually)
-The works of L. Frank Baum
-The Talmud
-1920s fashion
-Freudian psychoanalysis
-Hatshepsut (well, a LOT of Egyptological stuff, actually)
-The works of L. Frank Baum
-The Talmud
-1920s fashion
-Freudian psychoanalysis
This means that marine biology classes cannot discuss, say, parrot fish.
(Parrot fish typically start out as female, then later say, you know, I've had enough of this, and turn male, all while munching away with powerful teeth on coral.)
(Parrot fish typically start out as female, then later say, you know, I've had enough of this, and turn male, all while munching away with powerful teeth on coral.)
A Texas public university administrator's notes for a meeting with faculty.
"No daylight": faculty "cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female." They must "scrub" syllabi for "transgender items."
And keep everything out of writing: "Don't email; talk directly."
"No daylight": faculty "cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female." They must "scrub" syllabi for "transgender items."
And keep everything out of writing: "Don't email; talk directly."
October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Other topics that are presumably off limits now:
-Hatshepsut (well, a LOT of Egyptological stuff, actually)
-The works of L. Frank Baum
-The Talmud
-1920s fashion
-Freudian psychoanalysis
-Hatshepsut (well, a LOT of Egyptological stuff, actually)
-The works of L. Frank Baum
-The Talmud
-1920s fashion
-Freudian psychoanalysis
Once again, I am blown away by my kid’s illustration/character design chops. Look at these little guys.
October 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Once again, I am blown away by my kid’s illustration/character design chops. Look at these little guys.
Reposting after @glenngfilmmaker.bsky.social made some tweaks—please enjoy the full book trailer for The Shabti!
Seance Scene from The Shabti
YouTube video by Logan Avenue Productions
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October 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Reposting after @glenngfilmmaker.bsky.social made some tweaks—please enjoy the full book trailer for The Shabti!
Just got one of these myself. :/
@thievesguild.biz account has been hacked and they are trying to scam people by getting them to go to discord where they'll steal your info. Be smart and don't fall for scams!
October 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just got one of these myself. :/
Something weird is up with my account. None of my posts are being indexed by the internal Bsky search engine. Is this some kind of shadow ban? I’ve tried logging out and back in. Just uninstalled and reinstalled the app in case that helps.
October 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Something weird is up with my account. None of my posts are being indexed by the internal Bsky search engine. Is this some kind of shadow ban? I’ve tried logging out and back in. Just uninstalled and reinstalled the app in case that helps.
I kind of forgot about this thing I wrote about the significance and history of shabti figurines: www.tumblr.com/megaeralwrit...
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 2 · What Is a Shabti, Anyway? (An Egyptologist Answers Your Burning Questions) · So, I wrote a novel called The Shabti (coming summer 2024!). In case you’re wondering what a shabti is—…
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October 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I kind of forgot about this thing I wrote about the significance and history of shabti figurines: www.tumblr.com/megaeralwrit...
My 12-year-old somehow ended up in her BFF’s very enthusiastic railfanning text group and drew this series of increasingly irate reaction images in response to random train chatter blowing up her notifications at all hours
October 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My 12-year-old somehow ended up in her BFF’s very enthusiastic railfanning text group and drew this series of increasingly irate reaction images in response to random train chatter blowing up her notifications at all hours