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Willo/Rach 🏳️‍🌈⚔️
@willoglenn.bsky.social
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queer fantasy writer 🐉 | rach is my govt name | ✨29✨ | MFA student 📚 | critter⚔️| she/they

TEMPERED IN ASH out now ⚔️✨
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The actual face my girlfriend made at me when I woke her up trying to pull MY SIDE of the blanket back on to MY SIDE of the bed

(It was one of the funniest and cutest things i've ever seen in my life, and I will be doing it on purpose from now on)
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Here's mine! This is from the second chapter of FORGED BY FATE, the sequel to my debut, TEMPERED IN ASH ✨️⚔️

#authorsky #booksky #FantasyBookFriday
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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We're changing things up a little bit on Fridays from now on, so...

Welcome to Fantasy Book Friday ✨️⚔️

To participate, quote post a snippet from your book or WIP featuring the word "VENTURE" 🌍 and make sure to use the #FantasyBookFriday hashtag when you post!

#authorsky #booksky
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September 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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To read the full submission guidelines and terms of publication, visit www.anthologiesforchange.com 💖🗡️
Pink grungy text against a black grungy background that says: An anthology of feminine rage: Bite the hand that feeds. Because the goal of anthologies for change is to give back to marginalized communities, Willo Glenn will be donating her first month of royalties from Bite the Hand that Feeds to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. The remaining royalties will be split evenly between the included authors via draft2digital. Contributing authors are also invited to donate, though it is not mandatory. Pink grungy text against a black grungy background that says: An anthology of feminine rage: Bite the Hand that Feeds Interested in submitting? View our full submission guidelines and the terms of publiscation on our website: www.anthologiesforchange.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Submissions are open NOW through November 3rd, 2025 💖🗡️

We're looking For:
- Short fiction (of any genre)
- 7,000 word limit
- Your interpretation of feminine rage
Pink grungy text against a black grungy background that says: An anthology of feminine rage: Bite the Hand that Feeds We're looking for stories of feminine rage from femme and transfemme authors! Sound like your thing? Submissions for this toothsome anthology open september 1st, 2025. Swipe for details. Pink grungy text against a black grungy background that says: An anthology of feminine rage: Bite the hand that feeds Short fiction 7,000 word limit Your interpretation of feminine rage.
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 💖
@anthologies4change.bsky.social

BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS was made to showcase queer feminine rage in all its forms. We're looking for fictional stories of any genre that are messy, mean, and beautiful. If this sounds like your thing, consider submitting your work.

More Info⬇️
"An anthology of feminine rage: Bite the Hand That Feeds" written in a pink, grungy style. The graphic features a woman in renaissance style holding a man's head on a platter against a black, grungy background.
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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This might be asking too much, but if I could sell 29 copies of Tempered in Ash before the end of my 29th birthday (which is tomorrow) that would be probably one of the best birthdays I've ever had 🥹

It's a queer epic fantasy with sapphic romance and D&D style shenanigans, and it's my pride and joy
The cover of Tempered in Ash by Willo Glenn features wood etching into a teal background that features a man falling from the sky above a town nestled into a mountain range. There is iconography at the bottom of a pair of wings, pierced by twin blades and bleeding eyes with a Starburst in the middle
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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NEW ART ALERT ⚠️🎨

If Mariana and Olynna are good for one thing... it's fighting. Who's ready for some toxic yuri this time around? 😌

Characters are from my upcoming novel, Forged by Fate 🗡✨️

Art by me ✨️

#artsky #oc #booksky
Artwork of a half elf woman with dark skin and black curly hair yelling at a tiefling woman with long light brown hair and short horns. The half elf is wearing a red coat and pink shirt, the tiefling is wearing a green shirt, and they're both crying.
August 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Happy #FantasyFriday! ✨️

This week's question goes way back 🌍✨️ Is there an origin myth for the setting of your story? What is it?

Quote this post and share your answers! Don't forget to tag it #FantasyFriday ⚔️

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#FantasyFriday Does your setting have an origin myth? What is it? Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets. How to participate (bluesky edition): 1. Quote post the original prompt 2. Answer the question in your quote post (feel free to use threads! Get as wordy as you'd like!) 3. Make sure to tag your post # fantasy friday Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets.
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The August edition of The Hero's Word also features some freebies for subscribers, including an outlining worksheet and a free download of my novel, TEMPERED IN ASH ✨⚔️

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The August Newsletter Sneak peek at what's coming in this month's newsletter: Interview with Talli Morgan, author of Silver Blood Outlining worksheet Get Tempered in Ash for FREE to celebrate my birthday month! Subscribe to The Hero's Word for free at www.willoglenn.com Image Description: White text against a background image of joan of arc in renaissance style. Featuring mock instagram posts with images of a worksheet, tempered in ash, and talli l. morgan. The August Newsletter Free copy of my debut novel, TEMPERED IN ASH, with this month's newsletter A Trope Map with the following tropes: Unlikely heroes who are in over their heads queer normative world finding and losing faith found family and healing from trauma D&D style shenanigans vengeance and redemption a sapphic slow burn friends to lovers couple a lust at first sight lesbian couple subscribe to the hero's work for free at www.willoglenn.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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LAST CHANCE ‼️🗡️

The Hero's Word (my newsletter) drops tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM PST. I had the lovely opportunity to interview @tallimorgan.bsky.social about their Vampire Era 🦇 if you're interested in reading more, make sure to subscribe for FREE before tomorrow morning 👀

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Author of SILVER BLOOD and other bloody good stories: Talli L. Morgan Quote: "I think the key thing for me is to just keep going, regardless of how much of a mess the draft is. It's super tempting to edit as I go and take apart the chapters I've already written if something new occurs to me, but I really try not to do that until I have the first draft done. If I lose my momentum, it's hard for me to get it back, so I've trained myself to ignore the mess and just keep getting those words down until I get to the end." Interview featured in Willo Glenn's August newsletter. Subscribe at www.willoglenn.com Image Description: black and white text against a red background with a black and white photo of Talli L. Morgan.
August 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Happy #FantasyFriday! ✨️

This week's question is divine 😇✨️ What role do gods and religion play in your novel/series?

Quote this post and share your answers! Don't forget to tag it #FantasyFriday ⚔️

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"What role do hods and religion play in your novel/series?" Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets. How to participate (bluesky edition): 1. Quote post the original prompt 2. Answer the question in your quote post (feel free to use threads! Get as wordy as you'd like!) 3. Make sure to tag your post # fantasy friday Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets.
August 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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88k words in and we're finally getting to the religious trauma-coded sapphic romance. I'm so ready 👀

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It had been years since she had known any attachment outside of the dredges of Rholdir's faith. Years since she had been touched or held. And she knew that Mariana only wanted to be warm. And she knew that she herself only wanted to cool down... and to pretend. But gods, if it didn't feel incredible to feel someone's skin against her own, to feel breath against her neck, and a beating heart against her own chest. She felt the familiar buzz of Belial's spell in the back of her mind, and she immediately pushed it out before she could hear what he had to say. Just a little bit longer, she thought. Rholdir, forgive me. Let me have this for a moment more.
August 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Happy #FantasyFriday! ✨️

This week's question is magical 😉✨️ Is there a magic system in your novel/series? What is it like?

Quote this post and share your answers! Don't forget to tag it #FantasyFriday ⚔️

#authorsky #booksky #writers
"Is there a magic system in your novel/series? What is it like?" Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets. How to participate (bluesky edition): 1. Quote post the original prompt 2. Answer the question in your quote post (feel free to use threads! Get as wordy as you'd like!) 3. Make sure to tag your post # fantasy friday Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets.
August 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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This month's newsletter has some goodies you might not want to miss!

- A free PDF worksheet to help you with outlining, based off of the method I shared on socials 📚

- A FREE ebook copy of Tempered in Ash, to celebrate my birthday month ⚔️✨

- An exclusive interview with @tallimorgan.bsky.social 💖
A background of a renaissance painting of a woman holding a sword, with a fake instagram post of a PDF worksheet, a fake instagram post of Tempered in Ash by Willo Glenn, and a fake instagram post with a photo of Talli Morgan. The August Newsletter Sneak peek at what's coming in this month's newsletter Outlining worksheet free ebook: get Tempered in Ash for FREE to celebrate my birthday month! Community Spotlight: interview with Talli Morgan, author of Silver blood (insta handle @ talli morgan . books) Subscribe to The Hero's Word for free at www.willoglenn.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Happy Inaugural #FantasyFriday! ✨️

This week's question is all about inspiration. What was the initial inspiration behind your fantasy work? What gave you the spark to start writing it?

Quote this post and share your answers! Don't forget to tag it #FantasyFriday ⚔️

#authorsky #booksky #writers
"What was the initial inspiration behind your fantasy work? What gave you the spark to start writing it?" Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets Background is a blue to yellow green gradient, with watercolor mountains, watercolor clouds, and watercolor planets. "How to participate (bluesky edition): 1. Quote post the original prompt 2. Answer the question in your quote post (feel free to use threads! Get as wordy as you'd like!) 3. Make sure to tag your post with #FantasyFriday"
August 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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COMING SOON ✨️🌙 a fun new author chat for those of us who love writing fantasy and other speculative works ⚔️

#FantasyFriday is a weekly, single question prompt to encourage authors to share their works and connect with each other.

Fantasy Friday starts August 1st, 2025 😌 I hope to see you then!
A graphic with two moons, a mountainscape, a sword and a cloud. The graphic says FANTASY FRIDAY author chat. #FantasyFriday starting Friday, August 1st, 2025. Hosted by @willoglenn.bsky.social How to Participate: Bluesky Edition 1) quote post the original prompt 2) answer the question in your quote post (feel free to use threads! Get as wordy as you'd like!) 3) make sure to tag your post with #FantasyFriday
July 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Happy Yuri Day from ✨️them✨️ 💖😍
A photo of two women, Trystan and Joyanna, from Tempered in Ash by Willo Glenn. Joyanna wears brown pants and a brow collared shirt with the sleeve cut off. Her black hair is up in a bun and she's laughed. Trystan wears a red coat over a red skirt and leggings with boots and is giving Joyanna a smirk. A photo of two women kissing, Ilde and Madris from Tempered in Ash by Willo Glenn. Ilde has long hair and is wearing tan pants and brown boots with a poet shirt and a vest. She's sweeping Madris off her feet. Madris has her curly red hair down and is wearing brown pants and a ling brown coat with brown boots. She also has a visible scar on her cheek.
June 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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And of course, the winner of the signed paperback is...

✨ @genderfaesuccubus.bsky.social ✨

Please DM me the appropriate address so I can get your book mailed out 💖
June 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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BEHOLD! THE RESULTS OF MY BOOK GIVEAWAY! ✨⚔️

@acain.bsky.social
@morelenmir.bsky.social
@livingjetlag.bsky.social
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Please DM me your email so I can send you your ebook 💖
June 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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TEMPERED IN ASH IS TURNING 1 YEAR OLD!

To celebrate, I'm giving away 10 FREE COPIES ✨⚔️
To enter to win, all you need to do is:

-LIKE this post
-REPLY with the sword emoji ⚔️
-FOLLOW me
and
-REPOST to your feed

There are even more chances to win, if you'd be so inclined 👀

GOOD LUCK 🤞

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A graphic that says "Book Birthday Giveaway!" with the cover of Tempered in Ash by Willo Glenn, with some abstract shapes and gold stars against a teal and beige backdrop. To celebrate tempered in ash turning 1 year old, I'm giving away 10 free copies to 10 of my followers! How to Enter: 1. like this post 2. reply with the sword emoji 3. follow me on bluesky 4. repost to your feed. Prize details: giveaway ends june 1, 2025 9 winners will win a free EPUB copy of Tempered in Ash (open to international winners) 1 lucky winner will win a free signed paperback (U.S. citizens only) More chances to win: I am running separate giveaways on both instagram and bluesky, and you are welcome to enter in both for more chances to win! instagram logo followed by the handle @ willo _ glenn bluesky logo followed by the handle @ willo glenn . bsky . social
May 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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TEMPERED IN ASH is wide✨

TEMPERED IN ASH is great for fans of found family, D&D-style shenanigans, and sapphics with swords ⚔️ if you'd like to give it a chance, you can pick it up from many online retailers, or you can snag it directly from me on itchio or Patreon

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A teal cover with an engraved design of a town nestled up against a mountain scape. There is a decorative border around it and a man appears to be falling from the sky. The title is TEMPERED IN ASH and the author's name is WILLO GLENN.
May 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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"Know it's for the better..."

Artwork is of my girl Ilde from my epic fantasy novel, Tempered in Ash, done by me! ⚔️✨️

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An image of a young girl laying in the grass, crying and dirty with ash. She's wearing a blue top and blue skirt, and her hair is in a braid. An image of the same girl, now grown, crying with her eyes to the sky. Her hair is blowing in the breeze and she's wearing golden armor and covered in blood.
May 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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For anyone interested, I am currently in the process of republishing Tempered in Ash through Ingram Spark in an attempt to go wide and shift away from relying solely on Amazon.

It is already beginning to pop up on some of the most popular retailers, so keep an eye out for it on your preferred site!
Graphic that reads: "Pardon our dust, Tempered in Ash is going wide!" There is also a kindle and hardcover book featuring the cover of tempered in ash.
April 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I’m playing a Qunari warrior 👀 I love her a lot lol. Getting used to the combat has been hard, but definitely worth it!
A qunari woman from dragon age veilguard. She has long blonde hair in pigtail braids, and curly horns. Her face is very angular and covered in scars.
February 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM