Blu (is writing✨)

Happy Ace Week! 💜 We are a completely aspec owned and run small press, and for the last year we've been working on our first anthology which is out THIS WEEK Each and every story has an asexual or aromantic lead, but only some of them are haunted (others just want a cup of tea!) #aceweek #booksky

from BUGwip, adult fantasy/horror (think Gideon the Ninth meets Attack on Titan) Crimson explains her origin story, kind of. This novel is getting kind of dark, but it’s the season for it, right? #wipsnips #writesky #queerwriters

when I was apartment hunting earlier this year I went to see a place and there were 3 street cats sitting outside and I was like “this is the one” neighborhood has not disappointed. and they are cared for and fed and TNR’d, all around excellent

Subway. I love public transport. I love being surrounded by people but absolutely no one is talking. Lovely peace. Also get to feel like I’m multitasking just by reading

from The Luck of Lyric Leyebin I’ve got “claustrophobic” twice but used the other one in a different snip :) #writesky #queerwriters #wipsnips

#invertober 25, aromatic cherry millipede! i continue to focus on the locals #invertober2026

The Luck of Lyric Leyebin got its first request today🙏 querying is such a tough process and I've only just started but this is super encouraging #writesky #writingcommunity #queerwriters

I'm in the middle of like 6 other novels right now (I became this kind of person) but I JUST got my ARC for She Isn't Herself Tonight and I'm ready to shirk all responsibilities this weekend and read instead🛸 so excited to dig in!!

from The Luck of Lyric Leyebin when you’re still in love with someone you don’t recognize anymore🥲 (reposted to fix caption, pretend you did not see tyty it has been a LONG WEEK (it’s Monday)) #writesky #wipsnips #writingcommunity #queerwriters

Posting this Smilodon study from my course, week 2. About 10 hours on this guy just to practice textures and form. As my beastie will be largely based on a skeleton, this felt correct to choose. @paulscottcanavan.com said he looks nice, so im taking that win <3

Since y‘all like it so much, here‘s tonight‘s update!

Africanfuturism is an anchor point for science fiction that is not just by Africans, or set in Africa, but about Africa. This is an excellent sampler from my brilliant publisher @dawbooks.bsky.social Its a great deal! www.humblebundle.com/books/africa...

If you see this, post a skele’on 💀

A powerful film with a queer romance, a captivating, lyrical voice, and a clear political message, Neptune Frost confronts the stereotype that people living in African nations don’t know or aren’t connected to the modern technological world:

from The Luck of Lyric Leyebin (LLLwip) Lyric returns to his home planet after 9 years away (and 9 months straight locked on a spaceship) so he's having Big Feelings couple similes and a metaphor in his first impression back home :) #writesky #queerwriters

no sorry I can't go out tonight, I'm doing important research for my next novel (I'm watching bug documentaries)

Quik sketches

Science fiction isn't dead, it's just waiting 2-3 minutes before turning the power back on. October's SF new releases include new Claire North, Annalee Newitz, and Becky Chambers!

Beaky Camarasaurus. preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php... @dennish.bsky.social @fabiomanucci.bsky.social

RELEASE DAY! YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM, featuring New Weird Cosmic Horror from 30+ trans & gender nonconforming creators, is OUT NOW WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. Direct from us: store.tenebrouspress.com Prcoeeds benefit the Trans Doe Task Force & Trans Legal Services Network. Hail the Weird🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️

This month, buy my books from Habibti Bookshop and all the author and bookstore proceeds will go to the Gaza Soup Kitchen. Habibti is a mobile book truck based in NC with an online presence. You can shop their site at their Bookshop 🔗 on my page. Happy October, and free Palestine🍂🇵🇸

"i would die for you, i would kill for you" okay but would you go to the store for me. would you goto the. store ive just had a really long day and theres nothing in the fridge. would you go buy ingredients and. and cook for me and would you get snacks too. also i need you to do the dishes

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

I'm so excited about the newly described Leopardus tilcayo #cats

literally me writing a three-paragraph email in response to a one-line clarifying question from a friend about her WIP

From LLLwip :) #writingcommunity #queerwriters #wipsnips

Back to school. ❤️

finished LLLwip and sent chapter one to my critique partner! also went ahead and drafted up a query letter and synopsis as a way to step back and look at the project as a whole and I'm feeling pretty positive about it? now brainstorming my next novel :) #writingcommunity #queerwriters

not sure if this is "contradiction" but a recurring theme is how much of ourselves do we make vs how much is made by other people mentally and physically and emotionally? sort of nature/nurture but "nurture" is broadened to everyone who impacts us through life #writingcommunity #queerwriters

making good progress! just hit 94k on LLLwip and I can't believe how close I am to finishing this draft. 50 days ago I hadn't even conceived of this novel. suddenly I've got an entire world at my fingertips. writing is really like magic. #queerwriters #writingcommunity #amwriting

“Artificial intelligence labs are in a new arms race to buy up millions of rare books, slicing them open, scanning the pages and pulping the remains — sparking concerns that the last remaining copies of out-of-print texts are being destroyed on an industrial scale.”

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Thank you all for an incredible #questpit on friday. We wanted to wait a moment to discuss this, but we have been witnessing an uptick in AI usage in our events. We want to state that this is strictly against the rules, and though we function on an honor rule basis— (1/3)

it's been a very good writing week for me! got about 12k words written even with my dad visiting, bringing my total up to 44k. I'm honestly so excited about LLLwip. my goal was to average 1k words per day and my current average is 1.6k, so I'm really proud of that. #writingcommunity #queerwriters

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000's setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings — coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

HAZELTHORN X YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES Portrait of a Fawn- a Gothic, YA Speculative Horror 🦌 #revpit 2026 Winner 🥀botanical eco horror 🥀bickering ghost hunters 🥀a haunted, forest-infested theater 🥀found family & dysfunctional families #Q #YA #H #S #Questpit

SWAN LAKE X CEMETERY BOYS All Jamie wants is to prove they belong in ballet. But when they grow close to a boy cursed to turn into a swan unless someone declares love for him, they must set ballet aside and dismantle the walls around their heart or watch him fly away forever #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Unruly flight risk Lyric is bound by medical debt to his sponsor. Along with childhood friend Y, now a perplexingly obedient corp soldier, he’s assigned to track down a killer. But the killer offers a tempting bargain: freedom in exchange for help with her revenge. #W #A #SF #lgbt #queer #questpit

ABOVE THE SEA AND SKY; GODKILLER x THE GRISHAVERSE x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 🏴‍☠️ lesbian pirates; ❤️ slow burn; 🔥 elemental magic; 🫂 found (and lost) family; 👩🏻 female focused and character driven; “No place for mortals. So, I said, ‘I will no longer be mortal.’” #QuestPit #F #A #LGBT #Q

#W #A #D #SF #questpit Introducing my current work in progress, PROJECT WINTER

AVATAR X THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS (with a dash of canabalism) 👽 The alien Glishnagh is lost on a distant planet. With only sign language to communicate, he must find a way home, but things get messy when the local humans discover his blood is addictive and psychoactive. #questpit #Q #A #SF #SFF