Tiny Elf Arcanist✨

Tiny Elf Arcanist✨

@tinyelfarcanist.com

Mat (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Acespec. Inclusivity advocate and indie fantasy reviewer. ✨Pushing the woke agenda✨ Find more at https://ko-fi.com/tinyelfarcanist FUCK AI 🚫 Support real artists

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop
@proud-geek.co.uk

It’s #AsexualAwarenessWeek this week. Looking for more ace representation to add to your bookshelf? Here are 20 LGBTQ+ books and graphic novels with asexual characters available at Proud Geek now: A list of book titles and authors can be found in the alt text #asexual #booksky

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bay 🌙 comms on vgen
@baydews.com

it's my 'three decades on this planet' milestone 🎉🎂 somehow we made it! if you'd like to help this guy get some eyes on their art for their birthday a a gift, it would be super appreciated 💜 otherwise, hope you are having a chill day! I will it for the occasion.

Tiny Elf Arcanist✨
@tinyelfarcanist.com

It’s a frustrating process, but it’s MY frustrating process.

CakenSun☀️🍰( CMS OPEN )@cakensun.bsky.social

To this day, it always makes me happy to see others create art, no matter how they feel. AI “art” is a disappointment. It lacks creativity, warmth, and the soul and meaning that it holds for the artist themselves.

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Kat Abughazaleh
@katmabu.bsky.social

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

Tiny Elf Arcanist✨
@tinyelfarcanist.com

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is only $1.99 in ebook format. Dystopian, queer, and brutal. A critique of the US for-profit prison system.

bookshop.orgChain Gang All Stars: National Book Award FinalistA NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE“This book is so good. Brutal subject matter, beautiful writing. This one is from the heart.” —Stephen KingA Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Elle, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Lit Hub, Kirkus Reviews“Like Orwell’s 1984 and Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Adjei-Brenyah’s book presents a dystopian vision so…illuminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what we’re capable of doing.” —The Washington PostShe felt their eyes, all those executioners…Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators, and prisoners are com­peting for the ultimate prize: their freedom.   In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death matches before packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thur­war and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, Thurwar considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games. But CAPE’s corporate own­ers will stop at nothing to protect their status quo, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.   Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors, to the CAPE employees and beyond, Chain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system’s unholy alli­ance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a “new and necessary American voice” (Tommy Orange, The New York Times Book Review).

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship
@thesfincs.bsky.social

Congratulations to all of the authors who will be part of SFINCS4!!!! We wish you all the best of luck! Next steps are for us to sort the novellas into teams for judging which we will announce later this week! #booksky #authors #writers #publishers www.sfincscompetition.com/post/accepte...

sfincscompetition.comAccepted SFINCS4 Submissions!Here you can find the accepted SFINCS4 author submissions!
Tiny Elf Arcanist✨
@tinyelfarcanist.com

Yes!! Everyone go check it out. It’s short and sweet. 🧛‍♂️

tinyelfarcanist.comThe Memoir of Johnny DayWalker by Meghan DavisA fake memoir of a vampire that teaches us about love, life, and humanity.
S-L Mackenzie@s-l-mackenzie.bsky.social

Spent the day reading The Memoir of Johnny DayWalker by Meghan Davis and loved it. This vampire memoir was funny, charming and touching. My only complaint is that I want more... guess I'll just need to check out the author's other books. #booksky

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winniiart.bsky.social
@winniiart.bsky.social

✨ Commission open ✨ October queue Only $40 👀 Headshot version (more examples in comment) DM me to reserve your slot RT are highly appreciated! 💖 #commissionsopen

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Aubo 🏳️‍⚧️
@aubryjoi.bsky.social

Tomorrow is my September shop update! As usual, here’s a handy catalog to show all the stuff included 🙌 Drop is on 8/29 at 12pm EST! 🫶 [ #artshop #merch ]

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The Lurker (Rosemary will return)
@rosemaryvictus.bsky.social

I'm going to say it loud for the people in the back. Voice actors are artists and replacing them with Gen AI is unethical and immoral. This is different than a screen reader/accessibility tool which isn't giving a "performance." This is a machine trying to imitate human emotion and artistry.

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌
@raenbowpunk.bsky.social

Authors, besides the fact that, you know, your cover artists deserve credit by default, another good reason to prominently name your cover artist is that it makes it clear you hired a human rather than using gen ai. Which is extremely important to quite a lot of readers, actually.

Tiny Elf Arcanist✨
@tinyelfarcanist.com

Sometimes I wish I were more eloquent in my review writing and wonder if that's what's stopping me from reaching a bigger audience. Maybe it's just that people find me too [insert any adjective] to care about what I have to say.

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸
@nooskadraws.bsky.social

💖 small canvas painting commissions are open! 💖 they're painted with gouache, varnished with matte varnish, and sent to thee via post. canvases are magnetic! (put your blorb on your fridge!) ✉️ alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk ✨please see below how many of each canvas i have in stock and their sizes✨

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Evelyne Park
@evelynepark.bsky.social

Oh hi. It's my birthday 🙂 I have to say that diving into acrylic painting and book illustration over these last few years has been incredibly rewarding, and I enjoy learning more, painting more, and getting older really is quite great!

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Tru Skies
@trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com

It's your last chance to win a signed paperback and a sticker sheet! 👀

On Wednesdays We Read Pod@owwrpod.bsky.social

We're giving away a SIGNED COPY of @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com Thirteenth Hour!! 1 lucky winner will get this just in time for #IndieMission! To enter: 1. Like & Reshare 2. Tag friend (1 entry per tag) Open in the UK, US, Canada! Ends midnight CT September 20! (On insta too) #booksky #books

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yulkradness🌹TTRPG||Comms open!
@yulkradness.bsky.social

Today is my birthday! 🎉 as ritual I'll share my artworks here and I'd really appreciate shares to help me reach more people 💗 This year I have many things I'd like to achieve, I want to paint more book covers and illustrations, and maybe one day getting the chance to paint for Magic the Gathering 🫶🏻

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Lio🌿@MCM Londong AA H-02
@kroovv.bsky.social

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Anyway just support indie creators, a lot of time, love and energy goes into creating there games and if you want to play them, please support them directly.

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Alex Arch
@alexarch.bsky.social

Woah!! Am I and award-winning author now! I SoS won best mental rep in the Indie Ink awards!!

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The winner of Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation is The Source of Strife by Alex Arch.

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Hel ✨ || Untwined is out now!! 🌀🪷
@helynalc.bsky.social

The time is here! We are looking for cool indie novellas for #SFINCS4! Submit now!! 💙📚

Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️@stevewestenra.bsky.social

And the #SFINCS 4 entry form is LIVE! If you've written a self-published or small press speculative (SFFH) novella, and would like to enter it, the form's here!: www.sfincscompetition.com

sfincscompetition.comThe Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship | SFINCSThe Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community.

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s. m. hallow
@smhallow.bsky.social

Replying to @smhallow.bsky.social

If you'd like to read How to Survive This Fairytale because it is now an award winning book, you can ask your local library to order a copy, walk into your local indie bookstore, purchase an ebook, or buy direct from Ingram (I make more money on sales with this link): shorturl.at/0Aeyl

shorturl.atHow To Survive This FairytaleA queer fairy tale romance tinged with the horror of reliving your story over and over again, perfect for fans of The Everlasting and Harrow the Ninth. That can't be the way this story ends. Try agai...

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s. m. hallow
@smhallow.bsky.social

Truly honored to have received not one, but TWO awards during the Indie Ink Awards. This book released shortly after my mom was hospitalized. After she passed, @rainbowcrate.bsky.social reached out about a special edition. Readers reaching out, loving this book, got me through that intense grief.🧵

Tiny Elf Arcanist✨@tinyelfarcanist.com

The winner of Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation is How to Survive this Fairytale by S.M. Hallow.