BJ Sikes 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧

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Writing by hand? I recently did some pre-writing for my next novel by hand, using a lovely notebook and a fountain pen (that's the image above, excuse the dreadful handwriting and improper pen grip). I had to slow down but it was actually very satisfying. I wrote three full pages in about 40…

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What Makes Human Storytelling Human – Writer Unboxed Donald Maass, author of the Emotional Craft of Fiction (a really great book for writers of all experience levels) wrote this essay on what it means to be a human writer. He even has writing prompts!

What Makes Human Storytelling Human writerunboxed.com/2026/06/03/w... Donald Maas is simply masterful at getting to the emotional crux of story.

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Welcome to Sales Sales Sales at Liminal Fiction - Today we have 9 books on sale: www.limfic.com/sales-2/ Sign up to be notified of new releases weekly and get four free books! www.limfic.com/join-our-ema... #sales @bjsikesauthor.bsky.social @kashelchar.bsky.social @elizabethnoble19.bsky.social

In my next book, a sapphic Gothic horror, there's a tragic soulmate situation. No spoilers though...

Looking for something new to read? Check out Bermondsey Girl by B.J. Sikes 🌈queer fiction 🌦️climate fiction 📚readers 🏳️‍🌈queer books 😀reading community 📘book lovers #readers #readingcommunity #booklovers #books #climatefiction #queerbooks @bjsikesauthor.bsky.social www.mdneu.com/blog/bermond...

QSFer BJ Sikes has a new queer dystopian cli-fi book out: Bermondsey Girl. “I remember how things used to be. I had a garden with flowers in it. I’ve seen the ocean, I’ve eaten real food... www.queerscifi.com/new-release-... #SciFi #ScienceFiction #CliFi #ClimateFiction @bjsikesauthor.bsky.social

Check out my review of Her Runaway Lady by @bjsikesauthor.bsky.social . Lovers of Sapphic Historical Romance will love this book. 📘book review ✒️indie books 💻indie authors 🌈queer fiction 👭sapphic romance 🏳️‍🌈queer books #readers #readingcommunity #queerfiction #sapphic www.mdneu.com/blog/her-run...

In that not so lovely space between pay days where I'm running low on money for food and gas (and Maple needs more prescription cat food). So reminder I do commissions and my books are available on my kofi page! #commissionsopen #mutualaid #artsky #writesky #helpneeded

Worst: you have to write every day or you're not a real writer. 😨 I really struggle with a regular writing routine but have still managed to publish five novels. Granted, it took me ten years to get them all done... 📚🌈

A nice and definitely honest review of my new release! This one is very unlike my previous books and it has ALL the content warnings. Dubcon, attempted SA, drug use, crime, violence, murder. But I do not kill my gays. Nope. Not doing that. 🌈📚

A traveller's guide to fictional castles thoughtsonfantasy.com/2026/07/12/t... A whimsical guide to fictional castles 📚⏳

New Release: Bermondsey Girl Bermondsey Girl, my first novel published by an actual publishing house, Water Dragon Publishing, is due to release July 22nd! You can preorder right now on Kindle, and it will go wide later this month, with print books also available. Go to the publisher's website for…

My next book is coming soon, published by @waterdragonpress.bsky.social Definitely a departure from my usual fantastical history but still has a modern feminist slant. It's climate fiction set in a near future flooded London with plenty of queer characters. 📚🌈

My next book is coming soon, published by @waterdragonpress.bsky.social Definitely a departure from my usual fantastical history but still has a modern feminist slant. It's climate fiction set in a near future flooded London with plenty of queer characters. 📚🌈

avidreaderbooks.com/events/56319... I will be talking with Clara Ward about their new book as well as my upcoming climate fiction book Bermondsey Girl on July 11th in Davis, CA.

So pleased that @refinedbyheart.bsky.social liked my cosy Sapphic!

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Trans People Belong. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tran... 🌈📚

Currently reading Lady Like so I can get my sapphic historical romance fix! #sapphicromance

Help out an indie artist struggling with bills AND get some cool non AI art!

Commissions open or you can donate! Out of money until a week from now and will have Maple's vet appt to pay for so anything helps! #commissionsopen #artists #indieauthors

This week? The same as every week, Pinky. Iykyk. The plan is to get out of my post-publishing slump and write something. Or edit. Or outline.

Research for my next sapphic romance. Can you guess the subject? 📚🌈 Hint, think 1889 performing arts #belleepoque #paris #sapphicromance

Blog Tour incl Exclusive Scene: BJ Sikes - Her Runaway Lady lovebytesreviews.com/2026/05/06/b... here's a cut scene from my sapphic historical romance #lesbianromance #exclusivecontent 🌈📚

I wrote about the lesbian bar scene in Belle Epoque Paris. Guest Post: Her Runaway Lady by B.J. Sikes joyfullyjay.com/2026/05/gues... #sapphicromance 📚🌈

Today I am part of the fun #OtherWorldsInk #BlogTour for Her Runaway Lady @bjsikesauthor.bsky.social! Come read an #excerpt + find out all about this book + author~ #BookBloggers #Blogging #LGBT #HistoricalFiction #BookPromo #BookSky📚💙 twirlingbookprincess.com/2026/05/blog...

Does historical fantasy count? In my books, the characters are queer folk in 19th century France. #belleepoque

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My book baby is out in the world! My cosy sapphic historical romance Her Runaway Lady is now available on all online platforms books2read.com/u/bWDKAY

My book baby is out in the world! My cosy sapphic historical romance Her Runaway Lady is now available on all online platforms books2read.com/u/bWDKAY

Solange dances the cancan with the best of them but Lulu has an artificial foot and keeps her feet firmly on the ground. No high kicks for her.

Release date is coming up quickly! Her Runaway Lady, a sapphic historical romance set in a Belle Epoque That Never Was. There will be hats. And forced proximity in a drafty garret. 💜Cosy sapphic vibes 💞 Commoner & aristocrat 💗 Enemies to lovers 🌈📚

We are here at safe convention center in Sacramento, California for the comic con event. If you are in the area, come out and see us and say hello. We will be here today, Saturday and tomorrow Sunday.

It's nice to see a little attention for my debut novel, published 10 years ago this May! 😮 And it took me that long to realize that the main character is ace! I just didn't know there was a word for him. #asexual #steampunk #queer 📚🌈