Lena | SF&F | 🚀🏰

I was, incidentally, the first reader for this story at TCL, so not entirely in the wild, but you definitely have a fan!

That’s such an amazing story about the story 😃

Loved this story!

Off to Futurescapes Firenze, looking forward to a great workshop with a bunch of lovely people!

Now, like any time, is a good time to mention that if you want to read about Ukrainian literature in English, @chytomo.bsky.social is now on Bluesky!!

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Very honored for my story "The Buried House" to be in this issue with a group of great writers!

My personal favorites:

-“World Hunger” by Mark Manifesto —> for some Sleeping Giants meets Ender’s Game epic sci-fi

-“Dawn Patrol” by Calvin Sharpe —> for some hopepunk surfer vibes

-“The Buried House” by Annie @stellarine.bsky.social —> for some exquisite prose and a heartbreaking metaphor

Beyond excited for the first TCL of 2025 and also the first issue I got to vote on all the stories :)

#booksky #writingcommunity #bookrecs #sff #scifi #fantasy

It’s been indeed a strange couple of days… the (near) identical messages (complete with a waving hand emoji) just keep coming in. I’m used to Instagram anno 2020 where everyone was just eager to connect and talk books, so I thought people were just feeling friendly all of a sudden…

Absolutely!

Not as such but I do trade chapters with my ideal reader on a weekly basis and regularly convene with my two writing coaches (both NYT bestselling authors) to discuss plot and character arcs so there’s definitely a bit of an agile/client focused approach to my MS development :)

I have a dual timeline component in the second act, where I switch between her reacting/surviving in one set of conditions and making more conscious, value-aligned decisions in a different, but arguably just as shitty, set of conditions.

Wonderful article! I usually have so many thoughts about writing complex protagonists (motivation vs agency etc.) but as I slide into second draft and editing mode with my trademark passive FMC, I really needed to read someone else’s informed opinion on this topic!

#amwriting #fantasy #romance

We’re in the final stages of reading for the Spring 2025 issue. If you’ve been sitting on an epic space opera story, now is the time to submit!

thecoloredlens.com?page_id=137752

#sff #writingcommunity #scifi #spaceopera #sffwriters

The days are getting shorter, the evenings darker, so we’d love to share this wonderful cozy fantasy “Fiona and the Fairy Queen” by A.P. Golub to brighten up your day!

thecoloredlens.com?p=140248

#SFF #storyrecs #fantasy #cozy
#writingcommunity

The fluffiest (in multiple ways!) story I have ever written 👇👇👇

I’m creating a 2025 debut authors starter pack, let me know who I should be adding! Shares appreciated 💙📚

go.bsky.app/RYHeizd

Hi Alex! Great to connect here as well!

This is a really good thread on why these types of accounts exist and what the goal is! Manipulating the temperature of the conversation and setting people on edge serves a *lot* of purposes. #BadActorBingo

Folks, I'm really proud that when chuds show up in my comments to take a crap on my timeline, by and large your response is... nothing. You are truly living the magic of "don't engage the assholes" and I love that for all of us. And then I block em and they're gone forever. You're great! Thank you.

Yeah really loving this gig!

That’s so cool, thanks! The fantasy publishers pack is super helpful, either!

So that’s the Fantasy Author Starter Pack Part 3 complete at 150 accounts.

go.bsky.app/TqJh8aA
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The cover of Fire Heart with Wehia holding her sword in a guard pose..

Happy book re-release day, Fire Heart! 🔥💖🗡️

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/fire-he... (buy links!)

Ahhhhhh!!!

#NovRelease #YAlit #kidlit #sapphic

Cover design and art by @yasuartstudio.bsky.social.

I’ve been trying to evade the shadow daddy trope for a year now. It’s really harder than it looks, people!

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #romantasy #fantasy

I’m all for the “sure, why not” approach as well!

Change Your Mind - Small Wonders They slip the stent into my vein, to help flush out the longing. / No wider than a thread, they say, so that the body can’t detect it.

IT’S OUT!!!!!!

i wrote “Change Your Mind” to process my feelings around a friend break-up and also kind of sort of my ride on the SSRI carousel 💊 this one is near & dear to me.

The last pill might unmake me.
I don’t care. You already took care of that.

smallwondersmag.com/piece/change...

Congratz!

Congratz on the acceptances and the award! I thought the two stories you submitted for workshop in @holleycornetto.bsky.social ‘s Gotham Writers class last year were top notch!