samueljoseph.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

If you would like to support me in ways other than buying one of my #books, then please consider donating to my #Ko-fi! Even just a little bit will help keep me #writing.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Adalia Lisbet is an adventurer and duelist, setting her blade against all manner of foes. But can she resist falling to despair when called back to her father’s house after more than a decade of exile? You can find my #novel, Bladedancer, on #Amazon! #fantasybooksky #booksky

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

It's winter in Barovia. #art #dnd5e #tiefling #armor

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

theintercept.com/2025/02/17/e...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Rogue AI have the odd propensity to give themselves Human forms. This alone would not be too worrying, as they were modeled off of Human Data, but overwhelmingly these AI add "Demonic Features" to their bodies. This is an entirely anomalous action. Prioritized to be destroyed on sight.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

What are we putting into the world with our stories? The answer to this question can give us, and others, hope even in the worst of times.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Will four strangers be able to band together to retrieve their stolen property from a powerful wizard, or will mistrust and selfishness see them perish in the wastelands of their broken world? You can find my #novel, Desolate Company, on #Amazon! #fantasybooksky #booksky

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Trans Magical Girl Novels! Honestly, it's kinda cool that this is a big enough genre space now that I had to pick and choose which to use, also that all six of these are pretty strikingly different in tone and content!

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

Can anyone please help me out in rebuilding my life? I’m a disabled trans woman without an income trying to recover from a long period of illness and homelessness, and I’ve lost nearly all my possessions over the last few years. paypal.me/qirenni #MutualAid #HelpSky 💕💸

submitted 131 days ago • 15 comments

This is a wonderful examination from Blair Austin on the mental spaces we enter when we read. #amreading

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

It’s always dangerous to leave the path when walking the woods alone at night. #shortstory

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Anger gets a bad rap, and sometimes that's deserved. Even still, I'm in agreement with Destiny Soria that it can be a powerfully driving force for #writing or any other creative endeavor. Via @reactorsff.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

submitted 8 days ago • 118 comments

There’s a fine balancing act you need to manage in any story you write to best determine what information is and is not necessary. Via @mythcreants.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Called home after over ten years exile, adventurer and duelist Adalia Lisbet must confront challenges no sword can cut. You can find my #novel, Bladedancer, in both #print and #ebook format! #fantasybooksky #booksky

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes you've got to step away from the page for a little bit to recover your creative drive, and that's okay. You'll come back stronger as a result.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

If there’s one thing I have always hated it’s the myth of the tortured artist.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Critique is a vital part of the #writing process, and just as Grace Bialecki says over at @janefriedman.com it’s important to take criticism in stride so your work can become the best it can.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Stories are one of the ways we question and try to make sense of the world. One of the most important questions, in my opinion, is asking if prosperity justifies suffering. I feel this article by Kali Wallace at @reactorsff.bsky.social does a good job examining this.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Fuck it I'm puttin 'em both in a single post. Two characters I'm playing in a 5e campaign that our GM has called STRAHDBORNE. It's like Curse of Strahd, except Strahd is an insane reddit nihilist and there's a massive bounty on his head. #dnd #dnd5e #fantasy #fantasyart #elf #tiefling #armor #gun

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Monsters, Girls, Monster Girls, Girl Monsters, Gonsters, Mirls

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it. www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...

submitted 12 days ago • 116 comments

If you've already bought one of my #books, or would like to support me in other ways, then please consider donating to my #Ko-fi! Any little bit helps with keeping the lights on so I can continue #writing.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

There are no windows, no exits. There is only his guilt. #shortstory

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Connect all the dots during the first few weeks of Trump II and what do you see? An oligarchy unleashed and in the open. Their extraordinary wealth is buying the power to make them even wealthier. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-big...

submitted 12 days ago • 79 comments

alright let's do this: call-your-reps scripts for people whose reps dgaf

submitted 12 days ago • 73 comments

It can be difficult to structure a story with multiple main characters. Thankfully, K.M. Weiland has some good advice to help you out.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In a land wracked by misfortune and war, can four travelers come together in common cause to retrieve their stolen property from a powerful wizard? You can find my #novel, Desolate Company, in both #print and #ebook format! #fantasybooksky #booksky

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

We purchase more from Canada than Canada purchases from us, because we are a much bigger country. That's not "losing money." That's like saying you lose money to the grocery store.

submitted 14 days ago • 115 comments

This is a fascinating article on #writing #poetry.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I’m right there with you, @mollytempleton.com. I love paladins, and there is no reason why do-gooder characters cannot be as nuanced and complex as any other.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

If your characters don't have agency, some control over how the story is shaped, then they can feel boring and directionless.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

It’s always good to make sure you don’t get so caught up in #worldbuilding that you never get around to #writing your story.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of this move is that Americans will have no recourse when they get screwed over by a bank. Good work Elon 👍

submitted 16 days ago • 715 comments

Adalia Lisbet has long lived by the sword, but risks collapsing under the weight of memory when called home to her father’s house. You can find my #novel, Bladedancer, on #Amazon!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

At Xitter and Facebook, scammers claiming to offer “marketing services” to writers are rampant – and like vermin sneaking aboard a ship they're following us here. Let’s stop ‘em with this handy moderation list! #AmEditing #AmQuerying #AmWriting #Author #Bookish bsky.app/profile/inve...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Made a little mock up of my first sketch collection ever. It's a very vulnerable thing I'm making that I've never done before. Hopefully folks will enjoy it. I'll post some preview pages eventually but most of it is supernote drawings.

submitted 20 days ago • 15 comments

Enchanted forests can be a very useful setting element when #writing #fantasy. R. Nassor explains why on @bookriot.bsky.social.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

- racist DOGE guy (redundant) canned - federal judge upholds birthright citizenship - another judge blocks voluntary resignation - NY state going to court over treasury business - patel put on ice for at least a week

submitted 17 days ago • 112 comments

broke - Kamala Harris: “i will follow the law when it comes to transgender individuals” woke - Stephen Smith:

submitted 16 days ago • 254 comments

If you know someone who is working on creative projects, maybe let them know your thoughts. For #writing, or #art, or really anything at all there's nothing quite so disheartening as silence. Even just a few words can go a long way.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

An update on health data removal by me and @wstonereports.bsky.social. Thoughts, tips welcome: [email protected], pienhuang.88 on signal

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Pointy robot doll girl sketch from a few nights ago

submitted 18 days ago • 27 comments

Four travelers come together in common cause to retrieve their stolen property from a powerful wizard, but will they be able to reach him before killing each other first? My #novel, Desolate Company, is available on #Amazon in both #print and #ebook format!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Amazing article. "More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media ... actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action. The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of ..fear and anger... instead of organizing against [our oppressors]."

submitted 17 days ago • 23 comments

Very good advice on how to structure sentences. #amwriting

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Villains are a great way to create conflict in a story, but their use in #literature has a long history of discrimination against vulnerable groups of people that needs to be kept in mind so we as writers can avoid perpetuating harmful tropes. Via @bookriot.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Called home after ten years exile, the duelist Adalia Lisbet finds herself at risk of collapsing beneath the weight of memory. Will despair drag her under, or will she rise to grasp the possibility of hope? My #novel, Bladedancer, is available on #Amazon!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments