Elixir Writing Retreats's Starter Pack
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@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@debbieohi.com
Writes & illustrates books. 🇨🇦 #CanKidLit. Comics, board games, poetry. Illus in books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS. Alt-text fan. #Uplift https://debbieohi.com/ What I'm working on: @work.debbieohi.com
@gregrucka.com
Writer. He/him. Genuinely too boring for social media. Often incandescently angry. #RCTID #BAON #YNWA Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️ Newsletter: https://front-towards-enemy.ghost.io Avatar found at no-gods-no-masters.com
@boringstorybook.com
Author/illustrator living in the Cleveland area. https://briankirbystudio.com SCBWI Ohio: North | #pbparty Finalist ‘24 & ‘25 | #kidlit booster | #skypitch pitch party organizer | #pbchat picture book club
@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
Multimodal af. Collective Gravities, Patterns of Orbit Escaping the Body, & more Every Galaxy Is a Circle forthcoming Co-EIC of @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social www.chloenclark.com Cover image: raspberry danishes Profile photo: a river heron
@cmf406.bsky.social
She/Her. PhD. Author of Place Last Seen. Montana, grief, domestic life, Anthropocene. Newsletter: Getting Dirty: Material Entanglements in the Anthropocene (https://getting-dirty-anthropocene.com/)
@jmorgynwhite.bsky.social
Book Lover 📚 📖TCTK - October 2025 📓 DFB - February 2026 Lover of paper #writingarmor & bengal cats. Collector. Rabbit hole explorer https://linktr.ee/jmorgynwhite
@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
Reader. Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈 He/él I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
@detaileddraft.bsky.social
Editor and writer. Résumé specialist (CPRW). Book award judge. Dog hugger. Science fiction, kidlit, and anything else with themes of possibility. she/her #SCBWI #ACES #EFA #IBPA detaileddraft.com
@christiemegill.bsky.social
Kidlit agent at The CAT Agency, writer, story collector. Future ghost. Newsletter: throughlines.substack.com
@jennygaitskell.bsky.social
Small and/or speculative fictions. Old dictionaries. Shingle beaches. Everyday magic. she/her https://www.jennygaitskell.com/ https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jennygaitskell
@wrtrstat.bsky.social
Welcome to the positive side of Writing. Author & Author software that helps people write. And my Sci-fi + MG novels. Cool, clean, fun new Writing Software for all. *This is my page, for me, for writing motivation and writing connection, helps me write.
@wipsnips.bsky.social
#WIPSnips is a daily writing share tag est. Sept ‘23 Share a snippet from your work using the word, a synonym, a variation or ✨vibes✨ Be kind & supportive! Author Hype Event: #WSPit Date: TBD Hosted by: @rosie-j-potter.bsky.social
@raimalarter.bsky.social
Writer & Scientist. Nonfiction Editor @utopiascifi.bsky.social Author of 3 novels, 2 collections & 1 nonfiction science book. Websites https://raimalarter.com/, raima.substack.com, https://writing.exchange/@raimalarter In Denver & loving it!
@ranylt.bsky.social
Stories in PodCastle, Strange Horizons and many cool elsewheres. Founder of Lackington's Magazine (yup, still on hiatus). Dark fantasy, weird/horror, film, food, architecture, history, language. https://ranylt.wordpress.com
@carcionejay.bsky.social
Fiction: The London Magazine, The Forge, Lunate, Epoque Press, elsewhere Best of the Net 2024 finalist Deputy Production Editor: Irish Examiner Cork via New York
@steveweddle.bsky.social
My book about a 1933 outlaw camp in Arkansas: www.amazon.com/TheCountyLine My book of connected short stories: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Country-Hardball/Steve-Weddle/9781440570803 Reading, Writing & Arsenal Cville & RVA steveweddle.com
@kilagreene.bsky.social
I like the Astros, the outdoors, and books. Also sometimes I write and edit things. ND, disabled cat lady. She/they. 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/kilagreene I maintain a list of upcoming queer SF/F/H book releases: https://kilagreene.dreamwidth.org/1615.html
@sandwichpope.com
(she/her 🏳️⚧️) Founder of the Church of Sandwichism. Author: Broken Down Ghost Town, https://evetara.com https://sandwichpope.com for links and things Luna's Goddess. Heidi's Princess. Symphony's Biggest fan. Kristin's sister.
@booksbydlwhite.com
Same soup, just reheated. Find me in the #A. Author. Powered by Skittles & spite. Fan of beaches, brunch, *NSYNC, Kids in the Hall. Aggressively Black. #92percent Have you tried dying mad about it? Browse & shop ⬇️ https://www.booksbydlwhite.com/linkinbio
@emilymahonwrites.com
writer of gothic horror & gritty final girls she/her | 24 | SCAD grad https://linktr.ee/emilymahon
@barryryerson.bsky.social
Writer. Audio nerd. Ninja. Cat dad. He/him. Pan 🌈 Books: 📖 The Child of Fire and Earth (MG fantasy) 📖 The Magic Circle (YA/NA scifi fantasy) 📘 Origins (scifi short stories) Website: www.barryryerson.com Quick link to books: www.linktr.ee/bryerson
@jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social
I'm an author of romantic & fun YAish histfic/fantasy adventures, a lover of opera, classic films, all things classical & neoclassical, plus I'm the mother of twins & own a Bernese Mt. dog named Corelli! https://mybook.to/MyArchersSeries I don't answer DMs
@ellemcintosh.bsky.social
Writer fueled by coffee ☕️ | Currently working on an apocalyptic thriller 💀🖤 | Media production background | Let’s talk storytelling, suspense, and survival.💍 #amwriting #darkfiction #horrorlit https://ko-fi.com/ellemcintosh
@alethearlyons.bsky.social
SFF Writer | Author of the dark fantasy Seer of York series published by @BrigidsGatePress.bsky.social | Cyberfae Legend of the Bard coming June 2026 from @NorthodoxPress.bsky.social | Ze/She | Trans Rights are Human Rights | BLM linktr.ee/alethearlyons
@janeishly.bsky.social
Literary & commercial translator (Swedish, Norwegian & French to UK English). Proofreader/editor. Writer. Manx European in rural southern Sweden. Gamer. Lefty. Autistic. More than slightly obsessed with IDLES. Buy my book here: https://amzn.to/3ykZYJh
@jamielnathan.bsky.social
Playwright, Storyteller, Booklover 💙📚 Loves the spooky stuff She/Her
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@dbgroves.bsky.social
He/Him 🏳️🌈✊🏾 HBIC storyteller. The magic is within. Rep: Leah Pierre, Ladderbird https://linktr.ee/dbgwrites
@saraduran.bsky.social
hugger of trees / writer of books #amquerying YA fantasy 🏴☠️👑🧜🏿♀️ https://linktr.ee/saraduranauthor
@dmyoungblood.bsky.social
Indie adult fantasy author. Disabled. Knitter. Wife. Doggie mama. Desert dweller. Former accountant, data and BI analyst. She/her. INTP. LGBTQ+ ally 🚫 GenAI https://linktr.ee/dmyoungblood
@jennifermolidor.bsky.social
Writing about nature, food, climate, rewilding, wildlife and wild places. Senior campaigner @biologicaldiversity.org. 📚 🌲 🐺 West of the West JenniferMolidor.com
@dannyramadan.com
He/Him- 🏳️🌈 - Syrian-Canadian author Crooked Teeth, The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and The Salma Books. Lambda winner 🏆. Governor General Finalist 🏆. Former refugee. I don’t bite, unless you ask nicely! https://linktr.ee/dannyramadan
@paulwrites7.bsky.social
Twin Cities disabled writer. Debut FRIENDLY FIRE: A FRACTURED MEMOIR (HarperCollins 2024). Also in Roxane Gay's The Audacity, Newsweek, SmokeLong, Wigleaf, San Francisco Chronicle. Read my stories and essays at https://paul-rousseau.com
@mdwillustration.bsky.social
🖍️Illustrator, author, mom to girls 🌿Nature, retro, spooky, nostalgia 👋🏻Let’s make cool stuff together! #scbwi #kidlitart #12x12PB ⭐️#PBRisingStars 2024 Honorable Mention 📍Indiana ✨michelledwoodillustration.com ✏️michellewooddraws.com 📒 Seeking representation
@oldschoolevil.bsky.social
80s cartoon fanatic. Author of Old School Evil and Old School Evil: The Rejects inspired by the villains that held our after school and Saturday mornings hostage. www.oldschoolevil.com
@roanna.bsky.social
Comedy novelist and gossip columnist for imaginary people. Was once called the Dorothy Parker of Austin, Texas. They might have been drunk. She/Her but not H.E.R (sadly).
@plaatsch.bsky.social
Author: contemporary and paranormal romance. Some of them are queer. Nerds and spectrums abound. She/Her https://www.amazon.com/stores/Philippa%20Lodge/author/B01A2UBUCE
@lisaalletson.bsky.social
Canadian writer. Lake lover. Words in Atticus Review, Bending Genres, Cincinnati Review, Gone Lawn, Milk Candy Review, New Ohio Review, Pithead Chapel. Wigleaf Top 50 LL. Nominated for Pushcart (x2), Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, BOTN.
@ewdocparris.com
SCIENCE FICTION | DOUBLE FEATURE SFWA | SPSFC4 Judge | Best selling #SciFi author of: THE DENT IN THE UNIVERSE (May '23) THE AURORA'S PALE LIGHT (November '24) THE ATLAS OF HUMAN STRUGGLE (Spring '26) Buy my Books: https://magicgenius.co/books/
@jakefluekiger.bsky.social
Author, rep’d by Ann Rose at Tobias Literary Agency - Co-host of THE WRITERS BLOCK podcast #writingcommunity
@cladesm.bsky.social
Author. Fan of too many fandoms. Introvert. I don't usually talk much but I love encouraging others having fun and trying to make the world a better place on my timeline (skyline?). Am querying a New Adult Urban Fantasy, and writing five other books.
@mjhuntsgood.bsky.social
vaccine scientist | speculative horror author | best of the net nominee 2025 | pushcart prize nominee 2025 | find all published stories at: https://linktr.ee/mjhuntsgood | rep: Morgan Wilson Belcastro Literary | more info on www.mjhuntsgood.com
@vesperdoom.com
Award-winning Indie Author of SSFH THE BINDING OF BLOOM MOUNTAIN - OUT NOW METROPOLIS DOWN - OCT 7, 2025 ASTROPHOBIA - 2025 She/they | Queer | autistic | chronically ill www.vesperdoom.com Full-time problem for: @mwtcodes.bsky.social
@caitdarfler.com
picture book writer. mom. geologist. environmentalist. gardener. jigsaw puzzler. #SCBWI #kidlit 🏳️🌈 Co-Assistant Regional Advisor, SCBWI NY: West/Central PBParty2025 Finalist! www.caitdarfler.com Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
@cpatten.bsky.social
Artist, Writer, Knitter, Swifie, Coffee Addict Commissions Closed Writes Romance & Fantasy https://linktr.ee/cpatten
@megnev.bsky.social
📍Cleveland | she/her | Educator | Writer | Consultant | Department Chair | Xennial | Catmom 🐈⬛ | Plant nurturer 🪴 | The Fallow (Trio House Press 2022) | https://megannevillepoetry.com/poems/
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@elixirretreats.bsky.social
Curated writing retreats that combine inspiring locations, marquee authors, and an amazing writing community! Retreats and account run by @djdubs.bsky.social Find us at https://elixirwritingretreats.com