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Thinker of thoughts, writer of dreams. Gamer, teacher, author, just trying to make it through life...it takes a certain type of insanity to do what I do. |She/her | sbakelar.com | https://linktr.ee/starconspirator

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So very complicated. I'm starting to hope this story ends with him returning to his village in China.

17.02.2026 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Aromantic awareness book recs. Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman. The Bone People by Keri Hulme. The Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva. The Kindred by Alechia Dow. Until the Last Petal Falls by Viano Oniomoh. A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger. Goldheart by Tess Carletta. Threads of the City by Wren Archer. The final curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella.

Aromantic awareness book recs. Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman. The Bone People by Keri Hulme. The Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva. The Kindred by Alechia Dow. Until the Last Petal Falls by Viano Oniomoh. A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger. Goldheart by Tess Carletta. Threads of the City by Wren Archer. The final curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella.

Aromantic awareness book recs. The Prince without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara. The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg. The War Beyond by Andrea Stewart. Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel. Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor. Journey Home by May Barros. Painted Flock by Claudie Arsenault. Life Underwater by Matthew J. Metzger. If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann.

Aromantic awareness book recs. The Prince without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara. The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg. The War Beyond by Andrea Stewart. Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel. Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor. Journey Home by May Barros. Painted Flock by Claudie Arsenault. Life Underwater by Matthew J. Metzger. If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann.

Aromantic awareness book recs. Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall. Margins and Murmurations by Otter Lieffe. The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve. The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya MacGregor. Unbury the Bones by Coyote JM Edwards. The Thread that Binds by Cedar McCloud. Tell me How it Ends by Quinton Li. Good Angel by A.M. Blaushild. The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen.

Aromantic awareness book recs. Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall. Margins and Murmurations by Otter Lieffe. The Summer Love Strategy by Ray Stoeve. The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya MacGregor. Unbury the Bones by Coyote JM Edwards. The Thread that Binds by Cedar McCloud. Tell me How it Ends by Quinton Li. Good Angel by A.M. Blaushild. The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen.

Aromantic awareness book recs. Illyxa and Gragya by Fern V. Bedek. As Old as Thyme by Alix Nicoud. Demon King's Gardner by Rori Thornton. Being Aro edited by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor. The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy. Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White. In the Jaws of an Oak by Emryn Bird. Royal Rescue by A. Alex Logan. The Faerie Godmother's Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle.

Aromantic awareness book recs. Illyxa and Gragya by Fern V. Bedek. As Old as Thyme by Alix Nicoud. Demon King's Gardner by Rori Thornton. Being Aro edited by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor. The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy. Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White. In the Jaws of an Oak by Emryn Bird. Royal Rescue by A. Alex Logan. The Faerie Godmother's Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle.

It's Aromantic Awareness Week, here are a slew of aro-spec books for reading! (2/2)

17.02.2026 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Lunar New Year! ๐Ÿงง๐Ÿงจ๐Ÿ

17.02.2026 01:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Darius doesn't have a job, she enjoys that very much. :) Drake is undecided about being a bodyguard atm. He thinks it's worth it. Being a drug dealer was easier though. Way fewer people shooting at him and his creator (me) did not have any sharp objects around to torment him with.

17.02.2026 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today, I wanna point out Delta's amazing monsters ๐Ÿค Look at the little guys :>

16.02.2026 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The locals are on their own. The king isn't necessarily a good person. However, his friends can influence him (and have done so in the past). Sometimes justice depends on knowing the right people.

16.02.2026 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The king has an extra layer of responsiblity for heinous crimes. In exchange for recognizing him as being in charge, he promised to watch out for those living on the peninsula and take care of them. His mage army can be called in to save people, if he can be convinced it's important enough.

16.02.2026 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#FebruaryWorldbuilders
Local leaders and their forces are responsible for upholding local laws. Leaders of larger cities use their own forces for upholding their laws. Even the Warlord-King has to use his own army to hunt down people who break his laws.
#WriteSky #Fantasy

16.02.2026 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Febchantment Day 16
The Most Powerful
I've been thinking about this one and I have to say that the Nura who use Stasis are the most powerful mages. They can use their ability to hold something in time to affect any other type of magic. #magic #fantasy

16.02.2026 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A novel cover with a rose on purple silk. The title is Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. It includes the blurb, The novel that introduced Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.

A novel cover with a rose on purple silk. The title is Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. It includes the blurb, The novel that introduced Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter.

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that youโ€™ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen

Day 10: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

16.02.2026 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips | hurt
Nobody was permanently injured in the making of the #dragon novel. #WriteSky #Fantasy #scifantasy #Climateapocalypse #WritingCommunity

"'This is going to hurt?' Cal asked, shivering visibly.

"'It wonโ€™t hurt you,' Drake breathed near his ear. 'But Iโ€™ll be fine. Do it.'"

16.02.2026 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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To be resumed when we can celebrate decency in the presidencyโ€ฆ

16.02.2026 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6918    ๐Ÿ” 1750    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 225    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

Congratulations, you're a winner baby! ๐Ÿ˜˜

16.02.2026 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All proceeds are going towards my wife's cancer fight. The Savvas brothers have returned to the USA, and once again, stunning women are vanishing. This chilling psychological thriller is intense and will leave you breathless! ๐Ÿ“š amazon.com/Catch-Brothe...

12.02.2026 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's Portfolio Day, let's do an art share

โœ’๏ธ Repost and Like

โœ’๏ธ Tag friends and mutuals

โœ’๏ธNo A.i/NFT

โœ’๏ธNo NSFW

#art #artshare #illustration #comic #ink #lineart #portfolioday

16.02.2026 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"May I Be No Less Devoted To the Cause Of My Country Than He Was": Washington, Lincoln, and the Union Cause A few thoughts for this President's Day.

"May I Be No Less Devoted To the Cause Of My Country Than He Was": Washington, Lincoln, and the Union Cause ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

16.02.2026 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black text, green background, โ€œhurtsโ€ highlighted pink

He keeps carving his initials into my chest, upper left corner, under my collarbone. Over and over, every day, so they're sure to leave a permanent scar, a tattoo. The letters sink down into my chest and penetrate my heart so that I know, I know that I belong to him.

I can barely look at the initials, oh-so-familiar that they are. But I can only hold my head up for so long, hanging here from the ceiling, my arms pulling back out of their sockets. I'm trying. I won't give in. My neck HURTS from the strain of holding it up, but I won't. Look. Down.

Eventually though, exhaustion sets in. My head hangs of its own accord, and before my eyes close, giving in to the relief of passing out or non-existence, I see them there.

Black text, green background, โ€œhurtsโ€ highlighted pink He keeps carving his initials into my chest, upper left corner, under my collarbone. Over and over, every day, so they're sure to leave a permanent scar, a tattoo. The letters sink down into my chest and penetrate my heart so that I know, I know that I belong to him. I can barely look at the initials, oh-so-familiar that they are. But I can only hold my head up for so long, hanging here from the ceiling, my arms pulling back out of their sockets. I'm trying. I won't give in. My neck HURTS from the strain of holding it up, but I won't. Look. Down. Eventually though, exhaustion sets in. My head hangs of its own accord, and before my eyes close, giving in to the relief of passing out or non-existence, I see them there.

The first scene of many where we find out how BigBadโ€™s hurting Ace

No, you canโ€™t know BigBadโ€™s initials (hint: theyโ€™re not BB)

โ—๏ธCW: knife workโ—๏ธ

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From Master/Puppet ๐Ÿฆน๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ”ช

16.02.2026 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My fellow Weavers and Chaos Weavers,

"Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" finally releases today, in all formats & for all markets!

Info: www.patreon.com/posts/124992736

Vivian Ambervilleยฎ is a bestselling EPIC DARK FANTASY book series about a girl with the power to twist reality.๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š #booksky

23.03.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 827    ๐Ÿ” 490    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 243
Arctic lake 2026.

Arctic lake 2026.

To let hours stretch like golden liquid across your skin, to feel the slow pulse of warmth, the gentle fade of shadow, and the quiet insistence of light.

#BaskInSunlight
#Photography

15.02.2026 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 303    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jennifer
@JenYetAgain@beige.party
in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM
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Jennifer @JenYetAgain@beige.party in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with. this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US. Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM Boosted by 968: Favourited by 1324:

mom theyโ€™re roasting the US economy on mastodon again

16.02.2026 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11087    ๐Ÿ” 2543    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

It depends on what has faltered. Weather patterns running amok are more noticeable than soil going sour, for example.

16.02.2026 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Frog went leaping over rocks, and Toad came puffing up behind him.

16.02.2026 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Now, that would be a tribbling terrible event, no? ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚ #TOSSatNight

15.02.2026 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Until 5 March!

16.02.2026 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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#NoKings #IceOUT

16.02.2026 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#FebruaryWorldbuilders
Day 15 Who Makes the Laws

All I can think of is this:
youtu.be/9ssYZQnso4I?...

The real answer. Most laws are made by local leaders. They are enforced by local leaders as well. Palo has created a loose republic with elected or appointed reps who make policy decisions too.

15.02.2026 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this ๐Ÿ˜ญ

15.02.2026 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2653    ๐Ÿ” 1020    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79
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To order: amzn.to/4lPqn8V

14.02.2026 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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15.02.2026 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you died and came back as an old timey moonshiner, you could call it reintarnation.

15.02.2026 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 859    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

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