Bert Whirl 🖊📷🦉🎲🃏
Self-published science fiction and fantasy author. Avid reader, role player, MtG player/collector, and cat servant. Amateur photographer.
Starter Packs
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Author Starter Pack
A gathering of authors I recognize or have encountered during my writing tenure. Plus a few important writing organizations.
@saucy-smut-slayer.bsky.social
My dad never loved me so I obviously have ✨NO SMUT TRIGGERS✨📚🔥😈 Obsessed with contemporary mafia, organized crime, stalkers, dark romance, taboo, daddy kinks, and badass FMCs.
@kaytalinplatt.bsky.social
Illustrator, designer, and fantasy author. Owner of Vellum and Vine book club, and principle at Duskbound Books. Southern transplant to the Philly burbs.
@fictograph.bsky.social
Hugo- and Ignyte-recognized Writer/Artist/Narrative Designer. Works in Uncanny, Tor, Apex, Strange Horizons, Neon Hemlock, Palia, Magic: the Gathering. Currently @ CD PROJEKT RED on Orion. www.gracepfong.com
@chrisartinian.bsky.social
Yorkshire born best-selling author of 46 books #Dystopian #Apocalyptic #Horror. Living in the Outer Hebrides. A cinephile who loves music (anything from jazz to metal), cricket, and growing stuff in my polytunnel. Vegan FTA. Enjoy good food and wine.
@catsonacouch.bsky.social
Cats on a Couch 🐈🛋️ Petty Paw-litical DemoCATs Here to Make You Smile. 💅Honorary Cats (🐩) on Fridays The whole point of our IG is to troll JD Vance 🛋️ Connect everywhere!📱 https://linktr.ee/catsonacouch
@altnps.bsky.social
The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social
Science fiction & fantasy writer. World builder. Reader. Outrigger canoe paddler. I ❤️ my schnauzer. Hawaii. ✡️🕊️ She/her. Where Should I Start With Your Novels, a guide: https://imakeupworlds.com/index.php/2015/02/where-should-i-start-with-your-novels/
@darlingaxe.com
Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level. DarlingAxe.com
@kaitsims.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Public Policy @ University of Denver. SHAPE Lab director. Sweater knitter/oil painter/coffee needer. She/her Research: DV, crime, health, housing, welfare, Econ https://sites.google.com/view/kaitsims 🏳️🌈 BLM, protect trans kids
@draft2digital.bsky.social
Ebook Formatting and Conversion | SelfPublishing Assistance | Digital Distribution | AuthorTools
@cstuarthardwick.com
@ᗩᑎᗩᒪOG_Sᖴ ᖇegular ⭐ ᗯriters of the ᖴuture & ᒍim ᗷaen ᗩward Winner ⭐ Quora Top ᗯriter ⭐ Southerner from South ᗪakota ⭐ A unique voice known for inventive, thought-provoking narrative, philosophical depth, and fun! Be excellent to each other.
@halfmagical.bsky.social
AAPI fantasy writer. Librarians = heroes. Shares wholesome bird + book content. Loves old-growth trees and boreal forests. Bookclub managed by crows: halfmagical.com
@haileypiperfights.bsky.social
Make horror gay AF, Stoker Award winner Aug 12: A GAME IN YELLOW Sept 16: TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS she/her; rep: Lane Heymont haileypiper.com
@holteendslacker.bsky.social
Wandering NorCal with a camera.📷 Always looking for birds and other critters.🪶🦌 Disaster responder⛑️· Aston Villa supporter🦁 · UE🍁
@frontofhouseart.bsky.social
NYC artist/crazy animal lady, drawing theaters, NYC landmarks, birds, and pet portraits. I am indeed a front of house gal by trade. *Commissions open Jenackermanart.com
@daryllmarie.bsky.social
Bioacoustician & PhD student using sound to study baleen whale movement ecology 🐋 Wildlife photographer, birder, nature nerd 🪶 linktr.ee/daryllmariewildlife
@floriankeil.bsky.social
🇺🇳 International migratory🦩🐘🐋 conservation @UN. International Relations @BrownUniversity 🌿, Media Studies @UniBonn 🇩🇪. Views are my own.
@jasonjwillis.bsky.social
Equalist, geek, reader, poet, and lover of art. Author of System Apocalypse Liberty: Head of the Class Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CWPKZDG6 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558185905470
@septimusbrown.com
Senior editor at the DarlingAxe.com. Blogging at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they.
@clarkesworldmagazine.com
Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. Three-time Hugo Award Winner for Best Editor Short Form. Four-time Chesley Award-winning art director. clarkesworldmagazine.com neil-clarke.com
@agathagrimke.bsky.social
Someone positively pleased with the wonders and mysteries of the universe, a good book, cats, and hot cocoa. #WritingCommunity She/her Very pleased to have a story included in: https://www.amazon.com/Howlin-You-Werewolf-Charity-Anthology/dp/B0DCK7ZHY3
@shawnfoust.bsky.social
Husband | Coffee drinker | Book, music, movie & show lover | Really slow jogger
@hollyvalakresch.bsky.social
Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things. https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
@travisbaldree.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author: Legends & Lattes. Hugo, Nebula & Locus finalist. Audie winning Narrator. Ex-gamedev - Fate,Torchlight & Rebel Galaxy. Brigands & Breadknives out Nov 11 '25 from Tor. travisbaldree.com
@anniebellet.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling fantasy author, artist, nerd, and armchair medievalist. She/her. www.anniebellet.com
@vickymeadows16.bsky.social
Writer, book lover. Not in my name. This cruelty is not who we say we are. Please, no blind DMs. I would love to connect with other authors, but I get spam from bots and book marketers constantly.
@muskratjohn.bsky.social
Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlit…the usual).
@thephilfoglio.bsky.social
Cartoonist, Writer, and all-around layabout. Never had a real job except for quomodocunquize. He/him
@effinbirds.com
Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
@scamperbeasts.bsky.social
Sugar, Spice and Smudge, and occasionally guest animals and humans.
@amychenwrites.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dog mom Repped by Alicia Brooks, Martin Literary Management
@authoralbertopupo.bsky.social
I am an independent fantasy author https://albertopupo.wixsite.com/alberto-pupo-author
@wgawest.bsky.social
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing writers of motion pictures, television, radio, and internet programming. linktr.ee/wgawest
@wgaeast.bsky.social
Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO, is a labor union representing writers in film, television, news, podcasts, and online media.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
@titanbooks.bsky.social
Leading independent publisher of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Pop Culture, Movie/TV tie-ins & much more 📚 Also, @hardcasecrime.bsky.social
@valeriefrankel.bsky.social
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
@naominovik.bsky.social
author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. BURIED DEEP arrives Sept 17, 2024 & now available for pre-order. https://lnk.bio/naominovik
@catrambo.bsky.social
They/she. My cats' names are Bruce, Clark, & BabyBear. Nebula award winning F&SF writer/editor/teacher. Mansplain at your own risk. Located in South Bend, IN. Sometimes I swear. linktr.ee/catrambo
@matociquala.bsky.social
Multiple award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/matociquala Next book: THE FOLDED SKY June 2025 https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
@clpolk.com
I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
@seananmcguire.bsky.social
I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.