Nat Valenti ✍️📚
@natvalenti.bsky.social
Queer romantasy writer and independent music curator. Fan of worldbuilding, demi relationships and merry corruption arcs.
READ MY BOOK (new updates every Tuesday!)
https://www.wattpad.com/user/natvalenti ✨
Art by @risumonchis.bsky.social
READ MY BOOK (new updates every Tuesday!)
https://www.wattpad.com/user/natvalenti ✨
Art by @risumonchis.bsky.social
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Nat Valenti ✍️📚
@natvalenti.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello! I'm Nat and I want to use this space to share stuff about my interests, the playlists I curate and my work on my debut novel. This is going to become chaotic real fast, but I'll try to keep things thematic. Welcome!
I have been doing exactly 0 self-promo because I want to have several chapters out before I start, but I didn't know giving myself permission to put my writing out there would be so hard even without that.
Therapy comes in many shapes and forms...
Therapy comes in many shapes and forms...
May 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I have been doing exactly 0 self-promo because I want to have several chapters out before I start, but I didn't know giving myself permission to put my writing out there would be so hard even without that.
Therapy comes in many shapes and forms...
Therapy comes in many shapes and forms...
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3rd act breakup?
Not for me.
3rd act forced separation or fighting for their lives together against plot shenanigans?
All. Fucking. Day.
Not for me.
3rd act forced separation or fighting for their lives together against plot shenanigans?
All. Fucking. Day.
May 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
3rd act breakup?
Not for me.
3rd act forced separation or fighting for their lives together against plot shenanigans?
All. Fucking. Day.
Not for me.
3rd act forced separation or fighting for their lives together against plot shenanigans?
All. Fucking. Day.
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STOP POSTING GEN AI PICS INTO THE BOOKSKY FEED OH MY GOSH
also, if you use gen ai 'images' to advertise, most of us assume you're using gen ai inside your books and now won't touch them with a ten foot pole and gloves on.
also, if you use gen ai 'images' to advertise, most of us assume you're using gen ai inside your books and now won't touch them with a ten foot pole and gloves on.
a woman in a purple shirt says enooouugh in a crowd
Alt: A woman yelling, 'ENOOUGGGH!'
media.tenor.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
STOP POSTING GEN AI PICS INTO THE BOOKSKY FEED OH MY GOSH
also, if you use gen ai 'images' to advertise, most of us assume you're using gen ai inside your books and now won't touch them with a ten foot pole and gloves on.
also, if you use gen ai 'images' to advertise, most of us assume you're using gen ai inside your books and now won't touch them with a ten foot pole and gloves on.
Book cover ready.
I can't believe how gorgeous it is. I'm dead
I can't believe how gorgeous it is. I'm dead
May 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Book cover ready.
I can't believe how gorgeous it is. I'm dead
I can't believe how gorgeous it is. I'm dead
Every time I sit down to work on this story I end up laughing to myself because Sawyer and Miguel hate their own bad taste so much. I don't even have to nudge them in the right direction. They're just like that.
April 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Every time I sit down to work on this story I end up laughing to myself because Sawyer and Miguel hate their own bad taste so much. I don't even have to nudge them in the right direction. They're just like that.
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More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
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Beautiful authors of bluesky -- @queerbooksweekly.com will be hosting it's first ever BOOK SALE in July! The LGBTQIA+ Wrath Month Sale! All your prickly-pineapple protagonists are NEEDED! All genres welcome!
wrathmonthsignup.queerbooksweekly.com
wrathmonthsignup.queerbooksweekly.com
LGBTQ Wrath Month
An all-genre book sale for the angry LGBTQIA+ protagonists
wrathmonthsignup.queerbooksweekly.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Beautiful authors of bluesky -- @queerbooksweekly.com will be hosting it's first ever BOOK SALE in July! The LGBTQIA+ Wrath Month Sale! All your prickly-pineapple protagonists are NEEDED! All genres welcome!
wrathmonthsignup.queerbooksweekly.com
wrathmonthsignup.queerbooksweekly.com
"Write what you want to read, not what you think you should write" is the advice of the century
April 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
"Write what you want to read, not what you think you should write" is the advice of the century
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Indie authors just want one thing and it's DISGUSTING
(a popular book reviewer to find their book, love it, and rave about it across all of social media)
(btw, book reviewers, you can request copies of my sapphic fantasy books here: dax.ink/review)
(a popular book reviewer to find their book, love it, and rave about it across all of social media)
(btw, book reviewers, you can request copies of my sapphic fantasy books here: dax.ink/review)
April 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Indie authors just want one thing and it's DISGUSTING
(a popular book reviewer to find their book, love it, and rave about it across all of social media)
(btw, book reviewers, you can request copies of my sapphic fantasy books here: dax.ink/review)
(a popular book reviewer to find their book, love it, and rave about it across all of social media)
(btw, book reviewers, you can request copies of my sapphic fantasy books here: dax.ink/review)
It's rewriting week for me! I'm changing the location of the first arc in the serialized story I'm working on from something I thought would be interesting to something I know is interesting (to me, personally).
#queerwriters #writersky #writingcommunity #lgbtwriters
#queerwriters #writersky #writingcommunity #lgbtwriters
#queerwriters Monday: Goals Day!
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's rewriting week for me! I'm changing the location of the first arc in the serialized story I'm working on from something I thought would be interesting to something I know is interesting (to me, personally).
#queerwriters #writersky #writingcommunity #lgbtwriters
#queerwriters #writersky #writingcommunity #lgbtwriters
Fellow writing cave dwellers on #writersky!
How's your wordcount going today? Are YOUR characters behaving? How much of your original outline actually survived the winter? 😂
How's your wordcount going today? Are YOUR characters behaving? How much of your original outline actually survived the winter? 😂
March 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Fellow writing cave dwellers on #writersky!
How's your wordcount going today? Are YOUR characters behaving? How much of your original outline actually survived the winter? 😂
How's your wordcount going today? Are YOUR characters behaving? How much of your original outline actually survived the winter? 😂
I didn't know I'd feel legitimately sad about these news, but yeah. I wish this McDonald's person a very food poisoning.
December 9, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I didn't know I'd feel legitimately sad about these news, but yeah. I wish this McDonald's person a very food poisoning.
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“I have too many books”
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
December 7, 2024 at 1:58 PM
“I have too many books”
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
-judgemental
-boring
-implies impulse-control issues
“The books... they have me.”
- mysterious
- occult
- implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage
#readingcommunity
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Hi @sevenstories.bsky.social im just curious if you used ai art for this cover for a book on homelessness? Can’t find any info on a cover artist and it has a significant number of artifacts
December 6, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Hi @sevenstories.bsky.social im just curious if you used ai art for this cover for a book on homelessness? Can’t find any info on a cover artist and it has a significant number of artifacts
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The other day I was pitching our Gilded Age course to undergrads:
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
journalists really should have a gilded age/progressive era historian on speed dial for the next few years. it will help a lot!
December 5, 2024 at 11:52 PM
The other day I was pitching our Gilded Age course to undergrads:
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
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it's clear now that republican trolls are squatting here. i know it's tempting to engage, but i cannot stress enough that blocking is the only way to preserve this community. block and move on. block and move on. block and move on.
November 25, 2024 at 2:22 PM
it's clear now that republican trolls are squatting here. i know it's tempting to engage, but i cannot stress enough that blocking is the only way to preserve this community. block and move on. block and move on. block and move on.
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REPOSTING to include ALT text:
Hey friends! I’m organizing a #queer #stuffyourkindle day to celebrate queer representation in the coming new year! 🏳️🌈💖
Hey friends! I’m organizing a #queer #stuffyourkindle day to celebrate queer representation in the coming new year! 🏳️🌈💖
November 24, 2024 at 2:47 AM
REPOSTING to include ALT text:
Hey friends! I’m organizing a #queer #stuffyourkindle day to celebrate queer representation in the coming new year! 🏳️🌈💖
Hey friends! I’m organizing a #queer #stuffyourkindle day to celebrate queer representation in the coming new year! 🏳️🌈💖
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I am working on a round up of Thanksgiving romances for I Prefer Reading. Have any of the writers in my feed or over here on Bluesky written any that they would like to recommend?
#BookRecommendations #Thanksgiving #RomanceReads #BookSky
#BookRecommendations #Thanksgiving #RomanceReads #BookSky
a man in a suit and white shirt is asking what do you suggest
Alt: Schitt’s Creek: Mr. Rose in a suit and white shirt is asking what do you suggest
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:21 AM
I am working on a round up of Thanksgiving romances for I Prefer Reading. Have any of the writers in my feed or over here on Bluesky written any that they would like to recommend?
#BookRecommendations #Thanksgiving #RomanceReads #BookSky
#BookRecommendations #Thanksgiving #RomanceReads #BookSky
Hey y'all, this is crazy. Thanks for all the follows (and follow backs)!
I'll clean up my own follows within the week so I can interact more with moots. Starter packs are great but overwhelming, and I want to make the most of the human aspect of our still-blue skies.
November 21, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Hey y'all, this is crazy. Thanks for all the follows (and follow backs)!
I'll clean up my own follows within the week so I can interact more with moots. Starter packs are great but overwhelming, and I want to make the most of the human aspect of our still-blue skies.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but the World Anvil timeline function is great. The fact that I can tag the characters involved in each event AND then the event shows up in their article so I won't forget the details is a lifesaver for an ADHDer like me
(Thank you @worldanvil.com!)
(Thank you @worldanvil.com!)
November 20, 2024 at 1:19 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but the World Anvil timeline function is great. The fact that I can tag the characters involved in each event AND then the event shows up in their article so I won't forget the details is a lifesaver for an ADHDer like me
(Thank you @worldanvil.com!)
(Thank you @worldanvil.com!)
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Authors who use AI covers:
what I need you to know is that I assume your books are at least partially plagiarized. If you can't see the ethical problem with stealing someone's work in another field, I do not believe you have any moral discernment, period.
what I need you to know is that I assume your books are at least partially plagiarized. If you can't see the ethical problem with stealing someone's work in another field, I do not believe you have any moral discernment, period.
January 4, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Authors who use AI covers:
what I need you to know is that I assume your books are at least partially plagiarized. If you can't see the ethical problem with stealing someone's work in another field, I do not believe you have any moral discernment, period.
what I need you to know is that I assume your books are at least partially plagiarized. If you can't see the ethical problem with stealing someone's work in another field, I do not believe you have any moral discernment, period.
If you see this, post a GIF of your favourite Doctor.
November 20, 2024 at 12:36 AM
If you see this, post a GIF of your favourite Doctor.
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Marketing your self-published and indie fiction is cool and good and You All Should Do It 🙂↕️
i don't boost my own stuff nearly enough huh
November 19, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Marketing your self-published and indie fiction is cool and good and You All Should Do It 🙂↕️