Emily Sinclair
@butterflyonawheel.bsky.social
Lost Canadian. Author of Butterfly on a Wheel, now available on eBook, in paperback, and in hardcover!
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Website: https://flowersofdeath.net/
Cover art by Kai Schüttler: https://kaischuettler.com/
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Website: https://flowersofdeath.net/
Cover art by Kai Schüttler: https://kaischuettler.com/
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The Stardust of Failure (Fiore della Morte Book 2)
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The Stardust of Failure is officially OUT on Kindle as of right now! This second arc of the misadventures of Sigma S Star contains:
Sex! Drugs! Rock'n'Roll! Gender! Illness! And the catastrophes of our current era!
Paperback and Hardcover to follow on 9/28!
:D
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Sex! Drugs! Rock'n'Roll! Gender! Illness! And the catastrophes of our current era!
Paperback and Hardcover to follow on 9/28!
:D
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David, Jeanette, and Nicky all gravitate toward "amazing hole in the wall" but Nicky would not say No to the hot dog cart.
Molly partakes in both Michelin fine dining experiences and incognito visits to wonderful hole-in-wall places. ¿Por qué no los dos? and all that!
#WritingPrompts
Molly partakes in both Michelin fine dining experiences and incognito visits to wonderful hole-in-wall places. ¿Por qué no los dos? and all that!
#WritingPrompts
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
Your character is in the modern world, money is no object.
Where are they going to eat?
1) Michelin star restaurant
2) Casual dining place
3) Little known but amazing hole in the wall
4) Sidewalk hot dog cart
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Your character is in the modern world, money is no object.
Where are they going to eat?
1) Michelin star restaurant
2) Casual dining place
3) Little known but amazing hole in the wall
4) Sidewalk hot dog cart
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
October 8, 2026 at 4:36 AM
David, Jeanette, and Nicky all gravitate toward "amazing hole in the wall" but Nicky would not say No to the hot dog cart.
Molly partakes in both Michelin fine dining experiences and incognito visits to wonderful hole-in-wall places. ¿Por qué no los dos? and all that!
#WritingPrompts
Molly partakes in both Michelin fine dining experiences and incognito visits to wonderful hole-in-wall places. ¿Por qué no los dos? and all that!
#WritingPrompts
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super high guy on the street looks at me and goes—where am I? Is this the end of the rainbow?
and I said I don’t know man, that’s the US Capitol over there
And he just goes “oh shit then no”
and I said I don’t know man, that’s the US Capitol over there
And he just goes “oh shit then no”
October 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
super high guy on the street looks at me and goes—where am I? Is this the end of the rainbow?
and I said I don’t know man, that’s the US Capitol over there
And he just goes “oh shit then no”
and I said I don’t know man, that’s the US Capitol over there
And he just goes “oh shit then no”
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hey its me your party member that mysteriously talking about justice a lot recently and seems to be increasingly perturbed as the plot progresses. im fine still yeah dont worry that my theme song changed after i went a bit too far with one of the previous bosses. im still reliable and trustworthy
September 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
hey its me your party member that mysteriously talking about justice a lot recently and seems to be increasingly perturbed as the plot progresses. im fine still yeah dont worry that my theme song changed after i went a bit too far with one of the previous bosses. im still reliable and trustworthy
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"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
October 7, 2026 at 4:48 AM
"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
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nice even spacing on the sheet pan here — drizzle of olive oil, salt, pepper, minced garlic, in for like 15-20 at 300°, you’ve got classic doll chips
October 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
nice even spacing on the sheet pan here — drizzle of olive oil, salt, pepper, minced garlic, in for like 15-20 at 300°, you’ve got classic doll chips
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Every narrator has bias.
Unreliable narrators have an agenda.
#indieauthor #writesky #writingtips #narration #unreliablenarrator #perspective #rashamon
Unreliable narrators have an agenda.
#indieauthor #writesky #writingtips #narration #unreliablenarrator #perspective #rashamon
October 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Every narrator has bias.
Unreliable narrators have an agenda.
#indieauthor #writesky #writingtips #narration #unreliablenarrator #perspective #rashamon
Unreliable narrators have an agenda.
#indieauthor #writesky #writingtips #narration #unreliablenarrator #perspective #rashamon
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This splendid looking male Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in the Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora. Endemic to the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. After taking this, standing on one leg, arm outstretched, I fell into a bush of thorns. Lagarto verdinegro in Spanish.
October 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This splendid looking male Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in the Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora. Endemic to the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. After taking this, standing on one leg, arm outstretched, I fell into a bush of thorns. Lagarto verdinegro in Spanish.
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Once again, regretting the decision to hire knuckleheads, goons and feather-brained numbskulls.
October 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Once again, regretting the decision to hire knuckleheads, goons and feather-brained numbskulls.
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BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
October 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
David's a jerk! Even to fans! Even to *friends*! And he's very rarely sorry afterward.
#WritingPrompt
#WritingPrompt
What allegations is your MC never beating? #WritingPrompt
October 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
David's a jerk! Even to fans! Even to *friends*! And he's very rarely sorry afterward.
#WritingPrompt
#WritingPrompt
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Butterbutt. An older comic.
October 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Butterbutt. An older comic.
For a substantial part of Butterfly on a Wheel, David and Jeanette live as housemates in a nice house in Berkeley near the UC campus. They live with David's two cats and his terrier, Widget.
In the framing device of Butterfly, Jeanette is living in her Detroit mock-Tudor
(1/2)
#WritingPrompts
In the framing device of Butterfly, Jeanette is living in her Detroit mock-Tudor
(1/2)
#WritingPrompts
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
What is your character's living situation like?
Do they have roommates? Pets? Live with family? Alone in a mansion? On the road? On a ship? Other?
Are they happy where they are, or striving for something else?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What is your character's living situation like?
Do they have roommates? Pets? Live with family? Alone in a mansion? On the road? On a ship? Other?
Are they happy where they are, or striving for something else?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
October 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM
For a substantial part of Butterfly on a Wheel, David and Jeanette live as housemates in a nice house in Berkeley near the UC campus. They live with David's two cats and his terrier, Widget.
In the framing device of Butterfly, Jeanette is living in her Detroit mock-Tudor
(1/2)
#WritingPrompts
In the framing device of Butterfly, Jeanette is living in her Detroit mock-Tudor
(1/2)
#WritingPrompts
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“Boy are they cute”
October 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“Boy are they cute”
TBH, I write for myself, because I want to see my thoughts cohere into something concrete.
When I was a fanfiction writer I was a fairly popular one in my smallish, weird corner of fandom. I loved loved loved reviews and loved loved loved interaction with other writers. But
(1/2)
#pretendpanel
When I was a fanfiction writer I was a fairly popular one in my smallish, weird corner of fandom. I loved loved loved reviews and loved loved loved interaction with other writers. But
(1/2)
#pretendpanel
Brilliant responses yesterday 🫶
I’m looking forward to seeing what people are going to say in response to this. Could be wildly different to each other… or very similar… let’s see #pretendpanel
October 3rd: Who do you write for?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
I’m looking forward to seeing what people are going to say in response to this. Could be wildly different to each other… or very similar… let’s see #pretendpanel
October 3rd: Who do you write for?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
TBH, I write for myself, because I want to see my thoughts cohere into something concrete.
When I was a fanfiction writer I was a fairly popular one in my smallish, weird corner of fandom. I loved loved loved reviews and loved loved loved interaction with other writers. But
(1/2)
#pretendpanel
When I was a fanfiction writer I was a fairly popular one in my smallish, weird corner of fandom. I loved loved loved reviews and loved loved loved interaction with other writers. But
(1/2)
#pretendpanel
I've said this before, but...
Because I am compelled. I've been doing it since I could hold a pencil. I have to write things, and if fiction isn't flowing in the moment I write topical essays on social media and whatnot. My brain percolates with words that go together. It just is.
#pretendpanel
Because I am compelled. I've been doing it since I could hold a pencil. I have to write things, and if fiction isn't flowing in the moment I write topical essays on social media and whatnot. My brain percolates with words that go together. It just is.
#pretendpanel
Let’s kick off our #pretendpanel month of the deeper reasons why, with the big one…
2nd: Why do you write?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
2nd: Why do you write?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
October 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I've said this before, but...
Because I am compelled. I've been doing it since I could hold a pencil. I have to write things, and if fiction isn't flowing in the moment I write topical essays on social media and whatnot. My brain percolates with words that go together. It just is.
#pretendpanel
Because I am compelled. I've been doing it since I could hold a pencil. I have to write things, and if fiction isn't flowing in the moment I write topical essays on social media and whatnot. My brain percolates with words that go together. It just is.
#pretendpanel
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I'd like to once again remind you for #BannedBooksWeek that Huckleberry Finn and Animal Farm don't need you to go out of your way to read them.
Instead, support a book, and author, who a ban can actually hurt.
Instead, support a book, and author, who a ban can actually hurt.
October 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I'd like to once again remind you for #BannedBooksWeek that Huckleberry Finn and Animal Farm don't need you to go out of your way to read them.
Instead, support a book, and author, who a ban can actually hurt.
Instead, support a book, and author, who a ban can actually hurt.
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BE NOT AFRAID
October 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
BE NOT AFRAID
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In keeping with the rain theme, I painted these little guys. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache
October 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In keeping with the rain theme, I painted these little guys. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache
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This will never stop blowing my mind.
A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away.
And around it, four planets slowly orbiting.
Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.
A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away.
And around it, four planets slowly orbiting.
Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.
October 2, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This will never stop blowing my mind.
A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away.
And around it, four planets slowly orbiting.
Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.
A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away.
And around it, four planets slowly orbiting.
Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star.
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Remember: Darwin's note of "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything" was written on Oct 1 (1861).
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
October 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Remember: Darwin's note of "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything" was written on Oct 1 (1861).
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
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A lot of ‘90s stuff needs to stay way the hell back in the ‘90s, but imo the ‘90s were correct that clear colored plastic is Fun and Cool.
September 30, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A lot of ‘90s stuff needs to stay way the hell back in the ‘90s, but imo the ‘90s were correct that clear colored plastic is Fun and Cool.
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In order to reduce sibling rivalry we've introduced the new baby as an essentially tragic figure who's crying all the time bc he can't eat all the delicious foods the toddler can eat. I think its working but this morning the toddler solemnly told me "baby cryin cus e can't eat pineapple... Or bugs"
September 29, 2026 at 7:14 AM
In order to reduce sibling rivalry we've introduced the new baby as an essentially tragic figure who's crying all the time bc he can't eat all the delicious foods the toddler can eat. I think its working but this morning the toddler solemnly told me "baby cryin cus e can't eat pineapple... Or bugs"
All right!
The Stardust of Failure is now available in paperback and hardcover as well as in Kindle format! If Butterfly on a Wheel covered the messy rise of Sigma S Star to the top of the pop heap, Stardust covers what comes next.
Check it out!
<3
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
The Stardust of Failure is now available in paperback and hardcover as well as in Kindle format! If Butterfly on a Wheel covered the messy rise of Sigma S Star to the top of the pop heap, Stardust covers what comes next.
Check it out!
<3
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
The Stardust of Failure (Fiore della Morte)
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September 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
All right!
The Stardust of Failure is now available in paperback and hardcover as well as in Kindle format! If Butterfly on a Wheel covered the messy rise of Sigma S Star to the top of the pop heap, Stardust covers what comes next.
Check it out!
<3
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
The Stardust of Failure is now available in paperback and hardcover as well as in Kindle format! If Butterfly on a Wheel covered the messy rise of Sigma S Star to the top of the pop heap, Stardust covers what comes next.
Check it out!
<3
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
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If I knew anything about screenwriting, I would write the script for an origin story of Walter Peck, the EPA agent in Ghostbusters, that recasts him as a tragic hero. Showing how he was correctly responding to a legitimate public safety threat, and thwarted at every turn.
September 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
If I knew anything about screenwriting, I would write the script for an origin story of Walter Peck, the EPA agent in Ghostbusters, that recasts him as a tragic hero. Showing how he was correctly responding to a legitimate public safety threat, and thwarted at every turn.