Tru Skies

@trudieskies.bsky.social

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British author of foul-mouthed fantasy series The Cruel Gods ⚔️ SPFBO8 & BBNYA Finalist 📚 Lover of indie books and video games 🎮 They/Them Enby 💛🤍💜🖤

Visit my website at TrudieSkies.com
The Cruel Gods Series: mybook.to/TheCruelGods

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 04:27 UTC

Kelly-Jay Keen aka Posie Parker received 196 votes in the electorate she stood for, meanwhile, this woman won the seat with over 24,000 votes

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:43 UTC

Yep, I voted Green for the above reasons.

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[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:04 UTC

Labour landslide predicted 🙉

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:53 UTC

Preying Mantis style!

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[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

I voted! Now we play the waiting game.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 09:58 UTC

Yeah, I'm voting for the queer candidate in my local area.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:35 UTC

But what if the villain is hot? What THEN?

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[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 06:26 UTC

It's election day in the UK and it's also my partner's 40th birthday!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 18:30 UTC

I keep seeing these very pretty trad books on Instagram and other social media, but there's not a single thing mentioned about them. I have no idea what they're about or even what genre they are!

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:12 UTC

Happy Disability Pride Month♾️
THE REANIMATOR'S HEART is out in ebook, audio, & paperback! Grab your copy if you want
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated crush
🪦And the crimes that bring them together
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal romance in 1890s NYC
books2read.com/trm1 🌈📚

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:57 UTC

Anything can get airborne with a little help.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:29 UTC

At that point, ask your friends if they'll post for you 😂

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 08:20 UTC

Psst, ladies. If you're looking for some bad literature, I got what you need 😎

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 05:39 UTC

It annoys me so much when online communities ask for reccs that my books fit perfectly, but there's a no self-promo rule lol

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Gemma Clark @gemmaclark.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:38 UTC

My letter in today’s Herald about the political establishment pandering to JK Rowling and her anti trans obsession while ignoring the majority of women and women’s issues www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2442...

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 10:10 UTC

Voting in a general election is like choosing the dog turd because it smells slightly better than the larger steaming pile of dog shit.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:28 UTC

A wonderful review to start the day with! 🥰

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:27 UTC

Sorry, I missed this when traveling/visiting family, but thank you so much!! 😍

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:25 UTC

Thanks Zack!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:25 UTC

Thank you!

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[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:25 UTC

Thank you!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:24 UTC

I'm back home and finally had a decent night's sleep so now I can catch up on things. Visiting family is always stressful for me, but also returning to my home city is an odd experience. So many things similar and yet completely different, like walking through a dream version...

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 17:44 UTC

If you're gonna sit in the reserved seat I paid for, then I'm gonna sit next to you, take up as much space as I can with my fat ass, and fall asleep. I don't care how much you scowl and sigh. Get fucked.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 10:29 UTC

Today's 5 years since I published my first book. I'm still away from home, though, so maybe I'll celebrate later.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 07:44 UTC

Being forced to watch daytime (morning?) TV and this is surely some divine punishment. Kill me.

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Tyler King @tylerking.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 02:09 UTC

This means romance authors. This means poets. This means screenwriters and playwrights and actors of anything remotely risqué. And eventually, anything secular. They have no point of satisfaction until they’ve erased all of non-Christian expression.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 04:37 UTC

Sleeping in a strange bed that isn't yours is the easiest way to rearrange your spine.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:56 UTC

I'm staying in the guest room of a retirement home, and this place is HAUNTED with crows and other black birds. Like they're just watching and waiting...

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 03:55 UTC

Up early this morning as I'm taking a coach to Nottingham. The cat made sure I was awake in time. He's so thoughtful.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

A quick reminder: for just 3 more days, my frothy Regency fantasy rom-com Scales & Sensibility is a Kindle Monthly Deal in the US and Canada! (& it's still available everywhere else at its perfectly reasonable usual price.) Grab it now! books2read.com/scalesandsensibility

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 08:05 UTC

Happy Book Birthday! 🥳

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 22:23 UTC

Today is e-book launch day for Fool's Promise, sequel to my #SPFBO finalist Fortune's Fool! 😁

To celebrate, all my other Eterean Empire books will be on sale for $0.99 June 27-30 🥳

books2read.com/foolspromise

books2read.com/fortunesfool

books2read.com/smugglers-fo...

books2read.com/dragonmeat

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:10 UTC

Do you want to read more adult M/M romance by queer men & transmasc authors?

I did too! So I started looking... and I've now found over 200 authors. 🎉

planetjinxatron.com/romance-auth...

If you see any needed corrections or there's an author I should add, let me know.

Happy Reading! 🌈📚

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:21 UTC

Your covers are amazing! 😍

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Vincent E.M. Thorn - Epic Fantasy Author @vinthornauthor.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:21 UTC

I was reminded recently by @artistarielb.bsky.social that we (authors) should promote our artists when we promote our books, and I absolutely agree. My beautiful covers were made by Fabrice Bertolotto

Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCPBJHY
Artist page: www.fabricebertolotto.com/portfolio

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 08:11 UTC

✨🌹 NEW SHORT STORY 🌹✨

🗡️ portal fantasy
🍄 magical marvels
👑 an evil princess
🌷 true love(s)
🍲 potions and curses
🐢 a giant talking turtle

🔖 book link: mybook.to/ffPUNq
📚 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
🖼️ cover by: @rachelbowdler.bsky.social

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 08:23 UTC

It's a lot easier if you do.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:22 UTC

Yeeeessss don't delete anything, just have a strange collection of snippets. You never know when you'll want them again.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:21 UTC

😂😂

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:39 UTC

BIG NEWS ! 💚🖤🤍

We have a new and improved version of the Aromantic and Asexual Database! This has been a long time coming, and it's far from over, but I'm super excited to have this version live now!

Most of this is thanks to @nyphren.bsky.social, who has been working hard to make it a reality!

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:19 UTC

Seriously though, writing should be fun, I'm not cutting my fun stuff. If I'm having fun, hopefully the reader is too.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:17 UTC

I wrote an elevator sex scene right near the end of my book before a pivatol scene. A climax before the climax if you will. Was it an odd place to put it? Should I have cut? Well I didn't 😂

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Altar Boy to Elder Gods @clhellisen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:12 UTC

Celebrate your darlings! What's your favourite thing you've written - scene, line, novel, poem, short? Mine's a novel about being dead and falling in love on a kaleidoscope road trip. While reinventing yourself and saving the world from aliens, with fairy tales.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 07:15 UTC

OMG I finally learned how to share things on Instagram 😂

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 21:36 UTC

And how does he feel about trans folk?

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 20:14 UTC

As I work on the outline to my new book, it's starting to bloom, revealing more of itself and what it wants to be. This part of the process takes time, so I'm not ready to begin writing yet. Not while the ideas are still growing.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:46 UTC

🙈

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[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

Always a good sign in a leader.

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[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

This just makes me dislike Starmer more.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

If you want to write good books, you really need to read books. You won't know that you're reinventing a genre's wheel unless you're well read in that genre.

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