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ritacoolbeans.bsky.social
Best-selling author of Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love • they/them • queer neurodivergent nerd 🏳️‍🌈 A BALLAD FOR SLAYERS & MONSTERS (Out now!) Website: https://ritaarubin.wordpress.com/
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It shouldn’t be “it’s fantasy, it doesn’t have to make sense!” It should be “it’s fantasy, it doesn’t have to follow real world logic!”

submitted 21 hours ago • 4 comments

Josephine & Leliana (I would trust them with my life) Based on Two Venetian Women by Eugene de Blaas #dragonageinquisition

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

A slice-of-life fantasy set in a queernormative, Dungeons & Dragons inspired world with a bi4bi romance between the former servant of evil and a knight with a heart of gold

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

A slice-of-life fantasy set in a queernormative, Dungeons & Dragons inspired world with a bi4bi romance between the former servant of evil and a knight with a heart of gold

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

people don't see artists (musicians, writers, crafters, etc) as laborers and that's the entire problem right there people are inclined to see creativity as a hobby or downtime activity, you can't make it actual real work, what rights do you possibly want when you're being a slacker with no ambition

submitted 43 days ago • 26 comments

Listen Dragon Age Origins is a great game, but I hate the combat so much

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Characters from OF KNIGHTS AND BOOKS AND FALLING IN LOVE / OF BARDS AND QUESTS AND FALLING IN LOVE & their flags: a 🧵 Jayce

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve been thinking that after I publish OF BARDS next year I might need to go on a bit of a publishing hiatus. I just think I need to let myself write without feeling like I’m trying to race to the publication finish line.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

“There were times I would've been thrilled if everyone who put their hands on me burst into flames.” #Astarion #BG3

submitted 24 days ago • 7 comments

TODAY ONLY: get SILVER BLOOD for FREE basically everywhere except amz as part of the Monster Manor Book Fair! 🌈 🖤 vampire romance 🖤slow burn 🖤gothic decadence 🖤gay, obvs  https://tallimorgan.itch.io/silver-blood https://books2read.com/silverblood 99c on amz: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM9YQ2G9

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

A Moments Rest✨ #art

submitted 195 days ago • 17 comments

Leliana just flirted with me at camp. First Dragon Age Origins playthrough is going well 👍🏻

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

3 books you’ve read at least twice! ⚡️The Fever King by Victoria Lee 🍊 The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon ♠️ Bloody Spade by @bmwillows.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

All my books have queer elements about them, even if it's not the focus. In Errant Wings, Asher's and Raum's relationship drive both of them in different ways and I really like how it worked into the narrative! 🌈📚💙 ERRANT WINGS, 50% off all June over at itchio! earlronove.itch.io/errantwings

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Gays be like “I needed this” and it’s a short slice-of-life romantasy with a bi4bi romance between a knight with Golden Retriever Energy and the former servant of evil set in a D&D inspired world (Character art by @vitadivata.bsky.social)

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Can I be really honest for a minute? I’m tired of algorithms. I’m tired of feeling like I need to jump through hoops for my work to be seen. I’m tired of the creative industries being in a complete state. I’m tired of having to work two jobs just to survive.

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

I’d like to see AI do THIS *hits Replace All to change the name of a character, accidentally generating One Million Spelling Errors*

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Annnnnnd drumroll.... @bmwillows.bsky.social is the winner!! 🎉✨ CONGRATS! One of us will DM ya for your address soon!

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Its a long shot but i hope ciri got some muscle on her and more scars in witcher 4🙏

submitted 8 days ago • 17 comments

I’d have video game style cinematics made up and get them to play on tv and movie theatre ads. Imagine a BALLAD cinematic like for The Witcher games of Kas and Claudia taking down a monster together 👀

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I think it's very homophobic that I have to work in order to earn money so I can survive in this capitalist society instead of just spending all my time writing my books about gay dragon riders and book loving orcs

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

I think Greta Thunberg is the best example of how there is no way of protesting that will satisfy the scolds. It'll either be called too aggressive or a self-serving publicity stunt.

submitted 9 days ago • 145 comments

I’m a bit late in making a proper Pride Month post but better late than never! May I offer you my very queer fantasy romance books for your Pride TBRs? 🏳️‍🌈 You can get them here books2read.com/u/4A0e6q and here books2read.com/u/b5YEw1

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment