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South African in Finland. Tattooed story-teller, climber, and peanut-butter connoisseur. Non-binary & autistic. They/them. WAYPOINT SEVEN is out now!! https://linktr.ee/xanvanrooyen
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Okay #booksky please give me all your preferably queer SF/F/H graphic novel recs. I love Jeff Lemire, James Tynion IV, Kieron Gillen, and Alex de Campi. Looking for more dark and beautiful graphic novels please! #writingcommunity

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Do I have any South African book bloggers lurking here on Bsky?

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Just received a surprise acceptance, this time for an academic proposal I submitted to a conference!! I'm going to be presenting my first ever non-fiction article 😍😍😍 (Now I just need to learn how to actually do that..)

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Clawing my way through this revision. Now just shy of the 75% mark. Started barreling toward the climax and tying all the story threads together. Hope I'm weaving a stunning tapestry and not just creating a messy knot. #WritingCommunity

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Just worked through Maggie Stiefvater's mini-course on editing/revising and wow, it really helped me see the structure of the my novel in a new way. I'm not a fan of prescriptive storytelling structures but understanding beats and where they need to go can be extremely helpful. #WritingCommunity

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I finally finished the short story I started in December. I needed time to cool off and regroup so I could finish this story fueled by hope as well as the searing anger I felt when I started it. It's done now and I think it might even be good. #WritingCommunity

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

If anyone wants to review my book, please DO! Do it with emojis, do it with typos, do it in interpretive dance! I would just be grateful someone read my book and bothered to take the time to say something/anything about it. #WritingCommunity

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Post a fictional death that devastated you...

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Ah, Eddie's screams sure are hitting the spot tonight. This is exactly what I needed 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkMq... #metalcore #metalhead

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Please don't follow me if you're pro-AI, especially not if you think you're being pro 'equality' by supporting something that actively steals from creators, harming people and the environment! AI can and should be used as an accessibility tool, not as a shortcut for creativity.

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Sat down with my outline, notecards, and blank paper today to tease out all the various story threads, making sure they weave together at all the right moments to form the picture I have for this WIP in my head. I think I succeeded. Now just to get through the last 25k... #WritingCommunity

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I've signed and shared this with my friends and family. You should too Say it with me now: Trans rights are human rights Trans healthcare is life saving healthcare 🩷🤍🩵

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Just crept over the 60% mark on the edits. And yes, this is the book I'm second guessing, but I'm still moving forward and that feels good. #WritingCommunity

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I'm at the delightful point in my novel's journey where I'm starting to second guess absolutely everything about this story 😢 and like maybe it just belongs in the bin, like how did I ever think I was capable of writing the story I'm trying to tell!?!? #WritingCommunity

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

Please check this out so you can support Black authors during Black History Month and beyond! #booksky

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Favourite books by Black authors? (which of course includes biracial/mixed race Black authors too). Please let me know! #BlackHistoryMonth #booksky

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

Um... wow... just discovered I'm on the BSFA award longlist! My novella Waypoint Seven, nominated for best cover & best novella, the Afro-Centered Futurisms non-fiction antho for best collection, and my @sauutiverse.bsky.social story The Heretic Harmonic for best short story! 😱😍🤩

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

I'm attempting to make 'cheesecake' using chickpeas with no added sugar (sweetness comes from dates). Batter tasted great, but let's see what happens when it comes out of the oven... #baking

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It occasionally worries me how much fun I have writing awful characters being their cruel and awful selves 😆 #writingcommunity #booksky

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