Iosefka DV is in the query mines 🏳️‍⚧️

Iosefka DV is in the query mines 🏳️‍⚧️

@seffydv.bsky.social

She/her, Black transfemme writer of colorful dark fantasy with a glimmer of hope. Querying my first novel FIRE TO FLOWERS! No GenAI, ever. Sometimes 🔞. Ask me about weird PS1 games you've never heard of.

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🔥FIRE TO FLOWERS🪻 After betraying her late lover, a vampire hiding her curse goes on a journey of penance with a holy knight possessed by her ex’s spirit. 🌹Black-coded elves 🌹Colorful dark fantasy 🌹Explanation, not excuses 🌹Equal platonic & romantic relationships #QuestPit #Q #DF #H #A #POC #LGBT

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Tentatively opening waitlists for comms to gauge interest! vgen.co/Aowna I will likely actually open sometime near mid-November, after I'm done with my current set of deadlines~

vgen.coAowna (@Aowna)Check out Aowna's commissions and portfolio! | Hi, this is Aowna! I'm a 2D/3D art generalist. I primarily do illustrations and character/creature designs, but I'm also up for landscapes, 3D modeling, ...
Aowna@aowna.bsky.social

Aw hey I just saw my account has over 3k followers! That's the most I've ever had! Thank you everyone, and welcome to the new folk here :D I'm not suuuper active at the moment due to work and book deadlines (out Fall 2027 👀👀👀) and touching grass, but there will be more art before the year ends

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Time to show up for our marginalised authors! Especially with everyone going on about SJM who doesn't have a good record when it comes to being a good person #booksky

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Transparency is something we at Black Cat Book Nook strive for every single day. This is why we talk about all aspects of the press, from our anti-AI dedication to our financial aspects, including the most important one - Royalty Payments!

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Good morning, #WIPSnips! Today, together, Frogbo and Bunibo say farewell. For now. 🐰🫶 🫶🐸 content warning: acrophobia #FrogboAct1 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmRevising #Frogbo #QueerWriters

The #WIPSnips word for October 27th is "spooky" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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I've been playing a lot of indie games about talking to weirdos recently. #foole'sworld #mesmalie #endacopia #mellow #mesmer #fanart #e'sart

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Two slots left! 🙏

🦇 Harrows 🦇@barrows.itch.io

Hello all! Guess what--I am now on Vgen! Also, as I am saving up for a big move out of this hellhouse and am in dire need of some extra pocket money, I'm opening four new commission slots. More information can be found here: vgen.co/barrows If you have any questions, feel free to DM me!

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Replying to @bizabizow.bsky.social

One of the biggest parts of truly becoming an adult is being able to see something you find cringe and think "ah this just isn't for me" and move on. So many people are still living in their 14 year old mindset as 20+ year olds

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Happy Halloween Week 🎃 #Novmemeber starts on Sunday (Nov 1)! Feel free to participate around holidays and life—take part whichever days suit you, and catch up/drop in whenever, if you like! Prompts daily at 12 AM EST #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingQ

#AwesomeCharacters I agree with the fun/complex villain responses, but one I especially enjoy is the opposite: a nigh-unknowable FORCE, something you can interact with but can't truly understand or negotiate with, like Exdeath from Final Fantasy 5. Bonus points if the heroes are just normal guys! 🧵

Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters Today feels like a technical question day! What separates a character you love to hate, from one you just hate? A villain you may not feel sympathy for, but enjoy nonetheless? Which do you like to write? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Oh hey! That's me! I'm artist! Jokes aside, I've been busy editing my horror book, so not much new stuff to share, but here are some related arts 🏚️🐈‍⬛📷

Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters It's International Artist Day! 🎉🎉 And we haven't done an art share day in a bit! So, please share with me any art you have of your characters! A doodle or picrew works too! Help me picture them! (Please no AI) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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"Policies that aim to define or restrict a person’s sex or gender are not rooted in scientific reality; they’re based on political ideology."

The Advocate@advocate.com

On Intersex Awareness Day, Zach Eisenstein explains why political attempts to define sex as strictly male or female ignore scientific reality.

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"Games of Thrones meets Mr. Rogers" Step into the City of Spires, where merchant families vie for power through shows of wealth and a little backstab ✨ Bonus: it's a complete series! Four chonky queer fantasy books for your enjoyment. claudiearseneault.com/city-of-spir... #QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚

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We've sold less than 500 copies, but look at what people who have found it are saying. Grab yours and see why for just $5.00. I promise, it's worth a taste. Download the first three chapters for free: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dr9pq... or press play on the trailer below

Aftertaste is on sale for up to 60% off today until October 31st. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 $𝟱 on Itch for the ebook: emoriaweidner.itch.io/aftertaste-a... Save on the print edition too: www.pastitch.com/aftertaste-a... It's "a dark, beautiful, and ultimately life-affirming piece of art" - @setna1312.northsky.social

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A wrong lesson to take from the Brazilian elections is that voting can defeat fascism. That's not true at all. Democracy is an incredibly frail system and the US almost took over the country through it. ORGANIZED PEOPLE DEFEATED FASCISM

Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED@calligiovanini.bsky.social

It's another day, so let's talk about this. First of all, Lula didn't win the election alone. He won because more than half of the country FREAKED THE FUCK OUT and built a popular movement that organized several actions both irl and online.

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One way for an author to lose me as a reader when I otherwise enjoy their work is to be a snob about self-published books At least keep it to yourself if nothing else. No one has to read anything they don't want to, ofc, but every publishing path is a hard road; we should all be in this together

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I think artists and sex workers should have a natural allyship. Both of us are often told we should not be allowed to charge for our work if it is at all pleasurable. Both of us are wanted for what we can do, but our work is considered not worth paying for. We should stick together

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Replying to @brunodias.dev

It is in a lot of ways just an abdication of responsibility, of taking a role in forming the political environment. It's the fundamental problem of shallow popularism; you assume you're just a powerless actor reacting to the "preferences" of the "median voter", which is a loser's way of thinking.

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Replying to @brunodias.dev

What these politicians are doing when they put out dumb transphobic ads or say dumb transphobic things on stage is that they're weakening the movement either out of personal bigotry or out of doing incorrect electoral math, and they really should get shit for it.

#LitHodgepodge 26 Tiferet doesn't outright lie, but she's VERY good at bending the truth and lying by omission - and denying what she's really feeling, of course. Casimir is a horrendous liar, but he can be cagey and unassuming. If no one already suspects him, he can keep a secret well. 🧵

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Victory for Lula, who has already reduced Amazon deforestation by 70% since 2022, means there is now a chance of ending deforestation of the rainforest entirely I’m weeping with joy for Brazil, for the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and for life on Earth 🇧🇷🌳🌎 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comLula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio BolsonaroLeftist incumbent Lula stages unprecedented comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to Bolsonaro

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I have never seen anything like it. I have a few friends there and all I heard the day after the 1st round was despair. Then - a day later - they said “we can still do this”, they went to work at the grassroots, and they never ever stopped till it was done. They are my heroes.

Bruno Dies@brunodias.dev

Genuinely I don't know that it comes across to people who haven't been here to watch how almost unbelievable this was, just people taking something that looked impossible and dragging it kicking and screaming all the way to inevitability.

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I tried doing an emoji adopt and this lovely lady came out of those three emojis!!! 🔮👻🧿 This was honestly so much fun to design 😭💕💕 what kind of emojis would you suggest for a design like this? 🌸 [ #adopt #dnd #ocdesign #artsky ]

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I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

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Even if I'm on the outside looking In it's beautiful to see an alliance of Elon Musk, Meta, the evangelical power structure, the Israel lobby, the gambling lobby, AND the U.S. State Department eat shit

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

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