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Mel Starkicker
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"I'm a song about the song that once said something new."
Teacher. Drummer. Author. Cocker spaniel fan. ❤️ music.
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Act 5: I finish writing the book and eventually share it with the world
Note: MC is a much better singer/guitarist than I am 🫣
A story in five acts:

Act 1: I wrote a song.
Act 2: I wrote a story inspired by said song
Act 3: I recorded the song
Act 4: I'm uploading the song to bluesky because maybe people will like it?
Act 5: idk... I lied, there's only four acts-- for now.
From a work in progress. Its appearance shows up just as a memory triggers for Julie that reminds her that some things are worth fighting for.

#QueerWriters #WriteSky #lesfic #sapphic #BookSky #WIP #WIPSnips
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Get thee to the sale!
🏳️‍🌈 The @bywaterbooks.bsky.social Reader Appreciation Sale is ON!
👀 25% off all ebooks & paperbacks
📚 Build a bolder, queerer bookshelf
💣 Code: GIVETHANKS25
🚫 Ends Dec 1
👉 Grab your next favorite
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#SapphicBooks #QueerLit #BookSale #LGBTQIABooks
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#QueerWriters #WriteSky #lesfic #sapphic #BookSky #WIP

Intro to chapter 8 of one of my current WIP. Went with a synonym with the same vibes as impede.
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Here's my one and only use of the word "impede" across every WIP from the last 20+ years from an #UrbanFantasy I never really did anything with #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Paranormal
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#debut #QueerWriters #WriteSky #lesfic #sapphic #BookSky #WIP

Julie is unimpressed with her family.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Cover reveal!

Artist Sienna is mistaken for an intern at a luxury goods emporium & meets her past: Jasmine, a former curator who shredded her art years ago. Sienna, now 34, decides to prove herself to an icy boss who doesn’t even remember her.
Office tension, banter, slow-burn sparks.
📖 Early Jan
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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💘 COVER REVEAL 🕊️🎨💼

@leewinteroz.bsky.social's When She Flies: artist Sienna is mistaken for an intern and meets her past, ice-queen CEO Jasmine who once shredded her art. Now Sienna interns at 34 to prove herself.

Expect office tension, sharp banter, slow-burn sparks.

📖 Out early 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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So many of these “debates” about themes and tropes and POV in romance all assume that a man is one of the MCs and I’m just over here writing sapphic romance and wishing people would remember it existed.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Hello, friends! We came across this fellow, and don't quite know what to make of him. He calls himself Quillbert, and says that he's on a crucial mission to investigate some exciting book news. I'm not entirely sure where he's from, but this news does sound exciting...
#writing #writingcommunity
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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This is from a weird west sci-fi short I didn’t finish in time. Maybe I’ll get back to it someday. #WIPSnips
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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System → series | Tok finds himself in a temple under the eyes of different Gods than his own True Mother and he doesn't feel comfortable.
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #bvm #bipoc #amwriting #Fantasy #SFF
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Not many of these ... here's one from my #DarkFantasy Death & the Dreamer. #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Fantasy
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🏳️‍🌈📚 To every writer pushing through the noise:
✍️ When the world shrugs—write.
💣 When everything feels like it’s cracking—write.
🫥 🦴 When you feel alone—trust the stories in your bones.
💯👉 Someone out there needs what only you can give them.

#AuthorSky #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerLit
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I’ve been skating around this announcement, so let’s make it official.

My next novel is Stick Around—a second-chance romance about a sports journalist and a professional women’s hockey player in the twilight of her career. More soon! 🏒❄️❤️

#amwriting #lesfic #wlw #sapphicbooks #ireadindies #PWHL
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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New Release: The Rookie by S R Silcox

A grumpy ex-jock, a bubbly ops manager, and a contract that changes all the rules.

#NewRelease #LesFic #Book #lesbianromance

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November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Izzy and Julie like The Cure's "Friday I'm in Love" -- the poppiness of it be damned.

#debut #QueerWriters #WriteSky #lesfic #sapphic #BookSky #WIP
Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

What's something (someone!?) your character(s) love that nobody else around them does?
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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#wipsnips *system* (some vibes kinda. to me they are vibes.) charlie and angelique call on the guardian king for help in finding angelique's best friend, who charlie done got kidnapped #writesky #lesfic #queerwriters
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Only 3 today.

1st is the Upmarket Western/Romance series
2nd is the MG standalone
3rd is the WIP w/alternate POV chps from dual MC's. This's from medical coder 'Kylan's' side

No more snips from me until the 30th. Will support.
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #sapphic #lesfic
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"How to cook without without making your partner sick and other tips for the queer home chef"

#QueerWriters #WriteSky #lesfic #sapphic #BookSky
#QueerPrompts November 24: If your MC/character(s) wrote a cookbook, what would it be called?
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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If you’ve ever wished The Road had more lesbians and better coping skills, good news: my bisexual end-of-the-world novel is 99¢ on Kobo & Amazon for a hot minute.

Go get it before my publisher puts it back to reg price: kristygardner.com/links

🌈📚 🌎📚 💙🪐📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

#booksky #sapphicbooks #sff
My publisher just told me my apocalypse book is 99¢ on Kobo rn, which feels free. If you want a queer survival story with messy feelings, feral hope, and a bi disaster trying not to die in the woods, this one’s for you.

Get it: kristygardner.com/links

🌈📚 🌎📚 💙🪐📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

#sapphicbooks #sff
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Never have I related to a post more than this one.
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM