Well, I thought about trying to catch up on the last several days of Discord messages. And then I marked everything read.

Sadly, the F on my transcript is accompanied by several Ds, a couple of C-s and a polite request to go away from the Dean of Engineering. (I have... issues with how the expected process there was communicated, but, eh, I ended up going into accounting which worked better for me til a better option)

It sounds annoyingly like hard work with deadlines and unreasonable expectations. And that's without considering readers at all!

Gollum sliding off the weird stone peninsula thing with the One Ring in his hands. "Fuck"

I will not complain that it's snowing again. We need the moisture. Think of the zombie wildfires, Krista. Just think of the zombie wildfires and celebrate the snow. 🌨️ There's so much snow 😭 No Krista. Think of the zombie wildfires. Snow is good. The snow is our friend. Let it snow 😭😭😭

It's soo good y'all.

This is a complete series, available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook. Book 1 is also in audiobook!

These books are very lovable. (Tomb Raider flavored urban fantasy, the Livi Talbot series. I freaking ADORE THEM)

🚨 It’s not too late to take ACTION. Last week, the house passed H.R. 845, a bill that would strip protections for gray wolves and block the public from challenging it in court. It now heads to the Senate. Call your Senators and urge them to vote NO: www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

What the actual frigating falcon?

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! I think the cats got more presents than we did this year...

Hi there new folks! If you're just joining me, I'm a trans author from PDX who writes novels about a queer leftist Portland magical girl rock band, which is a sentence I am SO delighted I get to type. Please enjoy the ongoing adventures of Magica Riot in ebook, print, or audio: magicariot.com/buy

Somebody in the area needs this sweet guy.

Happy Today, queerly beloved, whatever today means for you I hope something nice happens for you today

Not a Christian but spent formative years as part of the Salvation Army and inherited what I hope to be the best parts of the morality. This definitely fits with that and is a heart warming reminder.

A merry and happy day to all.

Apparently my brain has decided that Christmas Eve is the time to go through boxes in the basement. I came down here to grab stockings...

I know it's Christmas Eve, but an Ontario animal sanctuary (pet pigs, horses, etc) just had their water tank system fail. It's going to cost over $3000 to fix it, and it's an emergency situation (the animals have to have water). Please donate/share if you can: www.ralphysretreat.ca

That's a weird suggestion, autocorrect. Why would you suggest "boysenberry" as a fix for "saskatoonberry?" (I mean, I'm about 60% sure it should be hyphenated, but it's not suggesting that...)

Thread!

I spent this year swamped with one thing and another and now I have 9 days left to fill out my professional development hours for my accounting designation. *closes eyes, hits checkout on a thousand dollars of excel courses* Bets on how much useful data I get out of this? I figure two new formulas

I go with moggy, which I don't think has even been current slang in the UK for twenty-plus years.

You can now hear the next installment of the closest thing that exists to a Magica Riot anime. "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," the audiobook edition, is here. Please enjoy Emma's incredible take on my characters! stormmaiden.itch.io/magica-riot-...

Played a three-game 40K tournament yesterday. The third game is always an interesting one in that setup, because you're both exhausted and making silly mistakes. The day was weirdly hard on my models, though. I managed to keep all the pieces, but I don't normally break any models let alone two!

So, I joke that I'm culturally queer, but I'm at best adjacent to trans culture For a character in my current WIP, I need something subtle she would have as a tattoo as a reminder (post literal magic sex change) to herself that she is Trans and owes that community Any suggestions?

Upon my sickle I catch the sun And by my power I cast it on Across the sky The light to bring To rouse the gods To send the spring #WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation

Madeleine l’Engle said: “We will hold hands as we move through the dark”. May you be held, & whole, & may all things brighten for you hereafter. Susan Cooper, firewood, & the making of this year’s Eclectic Bethlehem are today’s plans. Wherever you are, may joy find you. #Midwinter #solstice

Blessed Yule and happy solstice all!

You totally need this book in your life, and the audiobook is excellent like I listened to that audiobook and forgot I wrote the damn book, it was that good (also my memory is shit and I forgot key events in this book, so that helps, too)

In case anyone ever fears you’re not supporting the author by reading from a library, you absolutely are! And the more people request a book the more copies they buy!

THIS. *They stole your fellow writers' FUCKING HEARTS' BLOOD to power their fancy-ass text-based writer-imitation machine.* You wanna get all NUANCED about that? Your easygoing take on that issue will sooner or later (most likely sooner) be used to steal *your* stuff. Let's see how *you* like it. 🫤

DING DING DING This is the fundamental, I think. Skyla summed it up so well my brain went *click* on reading this, because it's something I've been trying to put into words for a bit.

This is why several years past between my finishing Castle Federation and writing the Dakota Confederacy trilogy. I knew the DC trilogy was going to be harder and more complex. I waited until I thought I could do it justice. I think I succeeded :)

When the reports an ad agency is using to assess the effectiveness of their ads show they've generated more direct revenue for me while the ads are running than I've made sales in the same time period... I have questions.

My comment on the day "Oh, SFWA" I'm going to take a look at when my membership renews and think about this for a bit. I'm not a SFWA member because they do anything for me but in the hopes of supporting them being a voice for authors as a whole If the big symbolic award isn't a hard no to AI...

The cat who died - but got better - is having his corrective surgery today to finish the work they started before he died (but got better). I'm well into five digits for pet bills this year, so please RT a book from this long book thread.

So having bounced across an odd comment (yes, my bad, I know) about The Exodus Gambit... Can someone who has read it recently tell me where I talked about Islam? At... all? (Someone said I clearly misunderstood key concepts used in the book like Islamic religion and how monarchies work...)

Apparently the gang got back together for Christmas special on Frigates... youtu.be/psLdsnnJ5qI?...

New keyboard is... Loud. Seems to work fine, but is louder than I'm used to for my mechanical keyboards. But the exact replacement for the old one is now $300. So I grabbed a cheaper one with the features I wanted. I'm pretty sure I'll get used to it.

Complète fucking horror

Amazing XD (I have basically two head-canons for this: 1) the original process was busted somehow and Cawl probably fixed it by accident, but no one has yet tried to make Female Primaris or 2) base sex has never actually mattered, but the end product is always effectively male-coded so no noticed)

It doesn't look like we got a lot of snow, it was just falling sideways. Looking much clearer now. Always strange to see an accurate weather report in Calgary (Yes, in terms of hourly reports that's probably falsely maligning our meteorologists. Our weather just has a reputation)

Well, I was going to run some errands before writing but I can barely see the end of my backyard through the blowing snow. So I'm going to write first and see how it's looking in a few hours.

Hey folks - can you help out with a share and a small donation (if you can)? This is a super tough time of the year to run into emergency vet bills.

Yeah, I'd keep him too. Adorable and clearly understands cover and surveillance.

Tag yourself, I think I'm "Drink Puppy Drink"

This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands

I need a new browser.