Sarah Fearn
@sarahfearn.bsky.social
Writer, reader, former bookseller, all round dyslexic book nerd (she/her)
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Sarah Fearn
@sarahfearn.bsky.social
· Jan 17
I've been thinking about this recently after reading a BBC article on the same subject. I found this a really good summary of the importance of respectful representation, with some great tips for things to consider in order to achieve this.
I’m seeing some critical chat around Welsh culture used in fantasy and romantasy particularly, and as a Welsh person, and author of Mabinogion inspired fantasy (for kids) and romance for adults I thought it might be useful to weigh in a little bit.
January 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I've been thinking about this recently after reading a BBC article on the same subject. I found this a really good summary of the importance of respectful representation, with some great tips for things to consider in order to achieve this.
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Still room for a few more!
I’m going to piggyback off another author’s fabulous idea: donate $30 or more to the Trans Lifeline and dm me your receipt, and I’ll give you a free query critique. I’m good for about 10 of these and will comment here if I’m at capacity.
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January 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Still room for a few more!
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THE LIBRARY AT EVENTIDE: An idealistic botanist and a restless scribe in love work together to bring magic back to the world. As Garris blazes a trail of enchanted flowers across the land, Eran works to restore the greatest library ever known. #F #A #P2Ppit #LGBT #DIS #OWN #Q
January 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Akaira has struggled to contain her forbidden and deadly power all her life. To protect those around her, she must leave. But when she is faced with the return of the Gods and their destructive ancient magic, she must find a way to stop it before her world is destroyed.
#P2Ppit #W #A #F
#P2Ppit #W #A #F
January 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE X PERCY JACKSON
12 y.o. Félix gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, Félix must fight to stop it, before it destroys both dimensions
#P2Ppit #MG
12 y.o. Félix gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, Félix must fight to stop it, before it destroys both dimensions
#P2Ppit #MG
January 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Elodie, born with rare memory magic, shows historian Vivian around a botanical garden in hopes of solving a century-old disappearance—only to uncover a twisted, monstrous memory instead.
It’s hungry. It’s angry. It wants Elodie.
feat. sapphic & ace rep
#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #LGBT
It’s hungry. It’s angry. It wants Elodie.
feat. sapphic & ace rep
#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #LGBT
January 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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DONT LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall
🏳️⚧️ boy Owen was obsessed with the monster of the woods before he killed him to come home again. When Owen finds out whoever kills the monster must replace it, he needs to fight for his humanity to remain himself. But does he want to? #UW #YA #H #P2Ppit
🏳️⚧️ boy Owen was obsessed with the monster of the woods before he killed him to come home again. When Owen finds out whoever kills the monster must replace it, he needs to fight for his humanity to remain himself. But does he want to? #UW #YA #H #P2Ppit
January 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
DONT LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall
🏳️⚧️ boy Owen was obsessed with the monster of the woods before he killed him to come home again. When Owen finds out whoever kills the monster must replace it, he needs to fight for his humanity to remain himself. But does he want to? #UW #YA #H #P2Ppit
🏳️⚧️ boy Owen was obsessed with the monster of the woods before he killed him to come home again. When Owen finds out whoever kills the monster must replace it, he needs to fight for his humanity to remain himself. But does he want to? #UW #YA #H #P2Ppit
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Pitching my book by its hero
⛈️ raised to be a weapon for the gods
⛈️ out to destroy those who forged him
⛈️ guilt-ridden veteran
⛈️ in love with the villain
⛈️ the feeling is mutual
⛈️ electricity bender
“all this time you’ve played me as a puppet, all the while unaware of your own strings.”
#P2Ppit
⛈️ raised to be a weapon for the gods
⛈️ out to destroy those who forged him
⛈️ guilt-ridden veteran
⛈️ in love with the villain
⛈️ the feeling is mutual
⛈️ electricity bender
“all this time you’ve played me as a puppet, all the while unaware of your own strings.”
#P2Ppit
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Pitching my book by its hero
⛈️ raised to be a weapon for the gods
⛈️ out to destroy those who forged him
⛈️ guilt-ridden veteran
⛈️ in love with the villain
⛈️ the feeling is mutual
⛈️ electricity bender
“all this time you’ve played me as a puppet, all the while unaware of your own strings.”
#P2Ppit
⛈️ raised to be a weapon for the gods
⛈️ out to destroy those who forged him
⛈️ guilt-ridden veteran
⛈️ in love with the villain
⛈️ the feeling is mutual
⛈️ electricity bender
“all this time you’ve played me as a puppet, all the while unaware of your own strings.”
#P2Ppit
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THE WICKED DEEP x MIDNIGHT MASS
A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse & clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken.
#P2Ppit #YA #F #Q 🏳️🌈
A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse & clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken.
#P2Ppit #YA #F #Q 🏳️🌈
January 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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THE FIFTH ELEMENT x HOT FUZZ w Eleanor Shellstrop
After a job gone wrong, data thief Enmity and space cop Mirek end up handcuffed together, at the center of a political coup, and on the run from space thugs, disco-dancing assassins...and catching feelings for one another. #Q #A #SF #R #P2Ppit
After a job gone wrong, data thief Enmity and space cop Mirek end up handcuffed together, at the center of a political coup, and on the run from space thugs, disco-dancing assassins...and catching feelings for one another. #Q #A #SF #R #P2Ppit
January 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Sierra loves her family and fears becoming them. Their healing hurts and their pills make you sick. But as infectious iron creeps through veins like kudzu, she is forced to take on her dark inheritance.
If she must deal with monsters, she might as well become one.
#P2Ppit #Q #YA
If she must deal with monsters, she might as well become one.
#P2Ppit #Q #YA
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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BABEL x RIPE
Desperate to study at the Institute, graduate student Jim pitches rising star Professor Tanner a device that could revolutionize—or weaponize—medicine. Tanner wants to put it in everyone's pocket...and she doesn't care who it might hurt.
#P2Ppit #Q #UW #A #SF #F
Desperate to study at the Institute, graduate student Jim pitches rising star Professor Tanner a device that could revolutionize—or weaponize—medicine. Tanner wants to put it in everyone's pocket...and she doesn't care who it might hurt.
#P2Ppit #Q #UW #A #SF #F
January 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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SONG OF THE LIONESS X BRIDGERTON X REIGN
Achieving Mastery of magic at seventeen isn't easy. Why can't Kyan's family understand that? How far does she have to go to prove herself? When an assassin strikes at the king, and a conspiracy unfolds, she'll get her chance.
#P2Ppit #Q #YA #F
Achieving Mastery of magic at seventeen isn't easy. Why can't Kyan's family understand that? How far does she have to go to prove herself? When an assassin strikes at the king, and a conspiracy unfolds, she'll get her chance.
#P2Ppit #Q #YA #F
January 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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LAST AIRBENDER x FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
Ursa inherited the power of stars. The Royals hunt the starsent, but Ursa's teacher is unusual: barely a teenager, no magic, and dual wields axes. All of Ursa's kind have been killed & if she can't grow into her power, she's dead too. #P2Ppit #F #YA #W
Ursa inherited the power of stars. The Royals hunt the starsent, but Ursa's teacher is unusual: barely a teenager, no magic, and dual wields axes. All of Ursa's kind have been killed & if she can't grow into her power, she's dead too. #P2Ppit #F #YA #W
January 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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LGBT STEPFORD WIVES X BLADERUNNER
Waking without memories, all second-hand robot Jasper wants is a simple domestic existence as a new version of himself. However, this is threatened by trauma from his forgotten past and the rising conflict between humans and machines.
#P2Ppit #UA #W #A #SF
Waking without memories, all second-hand robot Jasper wants is a simple domestic existence as a new version of himself. However, this is threatened by trauma from his forgotten past and the rising conflict between humans and machines.
#P2Ppit #UA #W #A #SF
January 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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A fresh 2025 reminder about the FIVE THINGS I LEARNED WRITING [your book] at #terribleminds -- how it works, how to submit, all that. If you're a writer with a book coming out, it's a thing you can do if you want! Or don't! YOUR CHOICES ARE YOUR OWN, FRAIL MORTAL
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
Five Things You Learned As A Writer Writing That Cool Thing You Wrote?
Dear Writer Types: a reminder that this blog is a place where, if you have a book coming out, you can submit to me for a Five Things I Learned Writing [insert your book name here] guest post! If yo…
terribleminds.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A fresh 2025 reminder about the FIVE THINGS I LEARNED WRITING [your book] at #terribleminds -- how it works, how to submit, all that. If you're a writer with a book coming out, it's a thing you can do if you want! Or don't! YOUR CHOICES ARE YOUR OWN, FRAIL MORTAL
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
A gift from my aunt. It is one of my new favourite things. Going to hang it on a hook on the back of a door so it can cheer me up when I’m in frustrated writing. #amwriting
January 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A gift from my aunt. It is one of my new favourite things. Going to hang it on a hook on the back of a door so it can cheer me up when I’m in frustrated writing. #amwriting
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The BFS celebrates all things SFFH. And we want to celebrate with live events in your local area. We're currently looking for authors in Greater Manchester who're interested in panels, readings & talks. Fill out the form & we'll be in touch.
forms.gle/yQmFRvbHNxkq...
forms.gle/yQmFRvbHNxkq...
January 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The BFS celebrates all things SFFH. And we want to celebrate with live events in your local area. We're currently looking for authors in Greater Manchester who're interested in panels, readings & talks. Fill out the form & we'll be in touch.
forms.gle/yQmFRvbHNxkq...
forms.gle/yQmFRvbHNxkq...
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It's scary watching the basis of a book I first drafted a decade ago coming true. Souls consumed by Virtual and creativity killed.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’
Richard Osman and Kate Mosse say plan to mine artistic works for data would destroy creative fields
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It's scary watching the basis of a book I first drafted a decade ago coming true. Souls consumed by Virtual and creativity killed.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Six young witches were lured into the dark wood of their boarding school. Five witches returned.
18 years later, their professor's will forces them back together. The only way free is to face the dark wood again, and what they buried in its roots.
ATLAS SIX x MAGIC FOR LIARS #bluepit📖 #q #f #h #nd
18 years later, their professor's will forces them back together. The only way free is to face the dark wood again, and what they buried in its roots.
ATLAS SIX x MAGIC FOR LIARS #bluepit📖 #q #f #h #nd
January 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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GIDEON THE NINTH x GODKILLER
DOWNDRAFT
Valandra is a legend - the only delver to reach the bottom of the Abyss and return. But few know the costs that came with it. Decades later, as new threats form in the shadows, she must retell her story or finally face the consequences.
#BluePit #W #A #F 📖
DOWNDRAFT
Valandra is a legend - the only delver to reach the bottom of the Abyss and return. But few know the costs that came with it. Decades later, as new threats form in the shadows, she must retell her story or finally face the consequences.
#BluePit #W #A #F 📖
January 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM