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Storytelling with Starley

I’m launching a creative platform for my writing and art, Starley’s Stories, under the nom-de-plume Starley Rouge. I posted an excerpt on Substack to give you an idea of what to expect

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Storytelling with Starley
Stories with compassion
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October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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saraduran.bsky.social
A 🐚 is the perfect gift for a crush, but stealing from the sea has consequences. As it stirs, John is swept into danger—and a truth he’s always avoided: maybe he doesn’t really *want* to be a boyfriend.

Maybe he doesn’t want to be a boy at all.

#WSPitW #WSPit #F #YA #LGBT
A moodboard for John, showing hands gathering flowers from the sand, glittering abalone shells, a silhouette of a young man swimming and staring at a moonlight beach, iridescent scales, a sun halo through the water, a silhouette of a mermaid swimming, lightning striking near a lighthouse, and a mermaid tail on a rocky shore. The trans pride flag is subtly depicted as a gradient across the board, with baby blue, rosy pink, and white.
February 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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queerbooksweekly.com
Grace of Sorcerers
Maria Ying

Urban Fantasy
Representation: Trans, Lesbian
Spice Level: 🌶🌶🌶

Itchio: mariaying.itch.io/the-grace-of...
Amazon: amzn.to/3XlV2B9
Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bPyM2x

Ebook: $4.99
A woman with a lacy balck and red dress and gold leaves across her body and face leans forward in profile. The title is overlaid in bold sans-serif font. Cover for The Grace of Sorcerers by Maria Ying.
February 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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ritacoolbeans.bsky.social
Come get your sapphic vampire x monster slayer romance!! A BALLAD FOR SLAYERS & MONSTERS is now available to preorder in ebook, paperback and hardcover 💜

books2read.com/u/4A0e6q
The ebook/paperback cover and hardcover of A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters side-by-side. Text underneath reads ‘preorder now!’ and ‘on sale April 15’
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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maddiequestions.bsky.social
⬇️⬇️⬇️ please help Bailey if you can
February 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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restingdinoface.bsky.social
Some have asked why I call the book a romance. Read it and you’ll know. 🌱
February 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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eliwoodsgheist.com
Welcome to BLUDEYE BEACH!

👻Creepy town urban legends
💕Slow burn romance
🫂Found family
👥️Character-driven
😈Monster menagerie
🫠Messy family feelings
🙍‍♀️Anxious bean FMC
🙎Awkwardly sincere MLI

#WSPitQ #WSPit #F #H #A
A collage of six images and a few text bubbles. The images are: 1) a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes 2) A view from inside a cave looking out at the ocean. 3) A cliff overlooking the ocean. 4) A distant view of a road through trees. 5) The silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright green light. 6) A black and white image of a hand covered in unidentified black substance, with the word help written over it. The first text box reads "Something is wrong in" and leads to a big word graphic over the entire poster reading "Bludeye Beach". The other text bubbles read "Is something out there", "Never walk home alone at night", and "Cat, Manny, Milo...what do they know?" A collage of six images; three rows with two images each. 1. An ocean cave entrance shot from inside the cave, looking toward the horizon. 2. A birch tree with a sign hanging on it reading Bludeye Beach est. 1818. 3. Two hands reaching toward each other but not touching. 4. A silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright, green light. 5. A forest of dark, spooky trees. 6. A girl's face, looking distressed, with the shadows of fingers overlaid. Overlaid is the text: While visiting her estranged father, Edie Grayson falls in love with his little seaside town; but there's a dark undercurrent here, and Edie has to find out: what is wrong in Bludeye Beach? A watercolor of trees beside a road. The largest central tree has an eye symbol in the middle of its trunk. Text over the picture reads: For fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Dresden Files, Nettle & Bone An image of a beach with text overlaid: “There’s something wrong in Bludeye, isn’t there?” Edie asked in a hushed voice. Milo didn’t say anything. Edie bit her lip. “A lot of people die around here, don’t they?” Milo nodded, once. “And it’s not all accidents and wild animals, is it?” Milo shook his head, once. “And you’re…involved in it?”
February 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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author-rosie-dawn.bsky.social
#AskAnAuthor

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” - Henry David Thoreau

I want to love. I want to believe in people. I want to love.

#WritingCommunity
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davidgalle.bsky.social David Galle @davidgalle.bsky.social · Feb 25
2️⃣5️⃣ What’s a quote or saying that you find yourself coming back to time and time again?
Something that motivates, inspires, or guides your journey?

Repost with your answer and tag #AskAnAuthor so others can find it! Like & share so we can build a collection of inspiration. 📖

#WritingCommunity
Background: A blurred image of a woman sitting surrounded by stacks of books. Text: # AskAnAuthor Daily prompts from @davidgalle.bsky.social 25th February What’s a quote or saying that you find yourself coming back to time and time again? Support your fellow # AskAnAuthor writers! Engage with their posts through likes, replies, and reposts.
February 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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author-rosie-dawn.bsky.social
EVER AFTER x KING ARTHUR

Try a lovely quasi-medieval queernormative realm where magic abounds!

Expect
💖 Best friends to lovers
🌟 Betrayal most foul!
💖 A slow burn
🌟 Gender-affirming care
💖 Forbidden love
🌟 Action!
💖 Jousting
🌟 Pineapple🍍

#WSPit #WSPitW #A #F #R #LGBT #Dis #OwnVoices
A painting of golden stars with one shooting star over seafoam green clouds. The text reads as follows: You have me, all of me, and nothing will change that. Love in Halcyon A text block over swirling clouds over the moon that reads as follows: In the Kingdom of Halycon, one young trans man (Will) works hard to become the knight everyone expects him to be: the chosen savior of the realm. When it comes to be his turn to choose his magician partner, however, he selects the peculiar Lindsey Teasdale. After a series of adventures involving the mysterious shadowy magicians, The Shroud, Will comes to find his admiration for his partner-in-arms is growing stronger, and possibly teetering into something more. Will he win the joust and thus the respect of his fellow knights, or does Sir Trent the Valiant have other plans? Will Lindsey and Will piece together the machinations of The Shroud before it is too late, or will they be convinced they simply don't exist? What do Will and Lindsey get up to in the woods? A collage of images featuring a girl with white hair, a boy dressed in blue, knights, and stars.
February 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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lukelukeluke.bsky.social
Here are some nice mushrooms
A cluster of five vibrant Orange Mock Oyster mushrooms grow from the side of a bare log, their orange gills radiating outward under fuzzy tops. All photos by me
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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pairofclaws.bsky.social
Fuck y'all, we're still going to do trans joy. Live shamed and die empty.
February 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: In response to emergency litigation by @democracyforward.org, Trump backs down and agrees to keep hands off CFPB funding until case can be heard.

Visit Democracy Docket for breaking news involving democracy and the courts. www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
February 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode the deficit.

3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on.

4) Repeat.

Don't let them get away with it.
February 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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taliabhatt.itch.io
I like how the bloodsoaked traumatic schism of land and people that is still a lingering wound in our collective historical and cultural psyche over on the subcontinent was euphemized as "relocate" by some WSJ dipshit.

If you Google "mutual genocide", an article on partition comes up.
February 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
When Trump took office, the NLRB had 24 separate investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights.

But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases.

See how this works?
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social
#booksky #diversebooks I have 5 copies of Never Whistle at Night and 3 copies of A Council Of Dolls to giveaway. To enter be a member of my Bindery community (any level from Free to $25) and comment on the Bindery post with which book you want to win. boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/eStXT4b...
February 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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taliabhatt.itch.io
Please help out Silvaria if you can spare it <3
February 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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katzish.bsky.social
Horrific. Reporters are beginning to collect the names of specific people that Musk and Trump have killed by abruptly terminating USAID—in this case Pe Kha Lau, a Burmese woman living in Thailand
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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ryansara.bsky.social
This time with (even more) feeling, and also with book details! MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is out today:
bookshop.org/p/books/moun...
February 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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zprospero.bsky.social
Sex scenes should be more hilarious.

You get disoriented reach for a wall that isn’t there and fall into a closet (true story) or while making out a loud dog food commercial starts playing and you scream “Ah, puppies!” In a terrified voice (also true story).

Spice with a squeeze of lemon please.
February 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Never forget that Trump was the culmination of 40 years of stagnant wages, widening inequality, corruption, dog-whistle politics, and economic gains for the rich.

If we fail to address this, we should expect future Trumps as far as the eye can see.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
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February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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thetransfemininereview.com
It's devilishly hard to conduct business as usual right now, but also really fucking important when you realize that if you don't, its highly likely that nobody else will.
thetransfemininereview.com The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · Feb 11
Thinking that carving out time to publish the New & Upcoming Black Transfemme Novels article is more important now than ever tbh.
February 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM