Lindsay (she/her)'s Avatar

Lindsay (she/her)

@topazlit.bsky.social

www.topazliterary.com Editor and writer, conscious language advocate, library assistant, cat mom, can usually be found reading. πŸŒˆπŸ“š

1,154 Followers  |  1,070 Following  |  412 Posts  |  Joined: 15.08.2023  |  1.9657

Latest posts by topazlit.bsky.social on Bluesky

Not For Use In Navigation by Iona Datt Sharma πŸ’«

www.generalist.org.uk/iona/books-a...
#AMoRaR

09.11.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A grey and black tabby cat looks composedly at the camera from atop a bed. She is fully snuggled under a cream knitted throw that is tucked right up to her neck.

A grey and black tabby cat looks composedly at the camera from atop a bed. She is fully snuggled under a cream knitted throw that is tucked right up to her neck.

This smol baby *tucked herself in*

08.11.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey pals, if writing in community with funny, wise, caring, and altogether incredible humans is your jam, from the bottom of my heart I invite you to join Wholehearted Writers Week.

Applications close Nov 12! #Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting

wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/apply.html

07.11.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The best thing you can do to help your favorite author is to pre-order 150,000 copies of their next book.

06.11.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

#EdiBuddies

05.11.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also throwing my weight behind Premee Mohamed, she is incredible.

Try "The Apple-Tree Throne," "One Message Remains," or my personal fave, "And What Can We Offer You Tonight."

05.11.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A few that no one has mentioned yet:
Sci-fi:
Iona Datt Sharma (cannot recommend them highly enough!!!)
Paz Pardo

Fantasy:
Ginn Hale
C.L. Polk
Kelly Robson
The Astreiant series by Melissa Scott
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Romance:
Samantha SoRelle
Tamara Allen

05.11.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every bit counts, friends. Please chip in if you can.

05.11.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

03.11.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6406    πŸ” 1239    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 36

subscribe subscribe subscribe subscribe

31.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A poster that says
Did you see:
-a tent in the woods?
-someone shoplifting?
-a person sleeping in their car?
NO YOU FUCKING DIDNT
people are struggling don't make it worse

A poster that says Did you see: -a tent in the woods? -someone shoplifting? -a person sleeping in their car? NO YOU FUCKING DIDNT people are struggling don't make it worse

30.10.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7822    πŸ” 3628    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 35

Having lunch with a friend today, and when our hot young trendy server brought the bill she was like, "Do you guys read?" After talking books for a bit she said she had decided to ask us because she "could tell" we were "2 smart ladies."

Guys, I'm giving SMART LADY. Made my day tbh

27.10.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

23.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8771    πŸ” 3375    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 318
I Am An AI Hater I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

"What is life but what we choose, who we know, what we experience? Incoherent empty men want to sell me the chance to stop reading and writing and thinking, to stop caring for my kids or talking to my parents, to stop choosing what I do or knowing why I do it"

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

23.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Portia Elan’s Debut Novel 'Homebound' Kept Madeline Miller β€˜Up All Night’ β€” See the Cover! (Exclusive) PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Portia Elan's debut novel 'Homebound.' The science fiction book, which has received early praise from authors like Madeline Miller, will be published in spring 20...

My friend Portia!!! πŸ‘‡

people.com/portia-elan-...

20.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me how Carney's evil is lesser b/c this is Harper shit.

Just b/c he's never OPENLY said that he wishes all queer, trans, disabled and/or BIPOC folks a merry "die already", centrists decided he was a fucking hero.

Politicians will not save us, esp bankers because this? Is what bankers do.

16.10.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is so very hard. πŸ’™

16.10.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is such a lovely idea

09.10.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't pick what to get with your free bookshop shipping? THE SHAMSHINE BLIND is a good choice if, for some reason, you're looking for a story about people toppling a theocratic conspiracy to energize you

08.10.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover for the book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The cover art features a person wading into a body of water in the woods at night.

The cover for the book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The cover art features a person wading into a body of water in the woods at night.

The table of contents for Read This When Things Fall Apart is a crisis directoryβ€”β€œread this if…” [insert heartbreak, setback, disaster, or breaking point]. I wish I could gift a copy to every activist in Chicago. You can donate a copy to an activist in need here: www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

07.10.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6
A tabby cat is stretched out on a couch in golden light. She is asleep. Her back legs are resting against a cushion with a screen print of a tuxedo cat in a bright pink tutu dancing with abandon.

A tabby cat is stretched out on a couch in golden light. She is asleep. Her back legs are resting against a cushion with a screen print of a tuxedo cat in a bright pink tutu dancing with abandon.

Goodnight from Sylvie, may you and she have dreams of dancing cats tonight

07.10.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Wholehearted Writers What is Wholehearted Writers Week? This five-day-long online event is a writer’s retreat, a conference, a festival, a community space . It's also highly individualized and flexible. Your Β ...

Is it a writer's conference? Is it a literary festival? Is it a writing retreat? Is it a radical space for community, playfulness, and support? WHY NOT ALL OF THOSE THINGS???
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors

(P.S. Check out that lineup of speakers!)

wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

06.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The First Thousand Trees Henryk Mandrusiak, finding nothing left for him in his community following the departure of his best friend, Reid, travels through the devastated land in search of a new place to call home.

Time to reread the first two books in the trilogy, because The First Thousand Trees by @premeemohamed.com has dropped, woot woot

ecwpress.com/products/fir...

01.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

29.09.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2596    πŸ” 1632    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 177

As Israel continues to intensify its genocide, please consider giving if you can πŸ’™

28.09.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shout-out to all the women who aspire to be bog witches rather than beauty stars

27.09.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Louder for the people in the back:

πŸ“’"Mutual aid at scale is taxation and that taxation should serve the people."πŸ“’

25.09.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lrp: its like, sickening to watch the country be gutted like this. there is absolutely no reason to run Canada Post as a for-profit business, unless you're a politician who is being supported by people who desperately want that profit

25.09.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Lewis for Leader - Avi Lewis for NDP Leader It's time for the NDP to return to our rootsβ€”fighting a system rigged for the rich that leaves the r

I'm a longtime fan of @avilewis.ca and I just joined the NDP so that I can vote for him in the party leadership election. A small positive action instead of endless despair.
www.avilewis.ca

25.09.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous

24.09.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@topazlit is following 19 prominent accounts