WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! (We're in the climax)

"Alright, chums, let's do this." (The last words my characters hear before I dump them into the stupidest situational imaginable and tell them to "figure it out") Sometimes you must be cruel. #amwriting

"It's a meat grinder up there, and WE are made of meat!" 😱"It's an US grinder!" - out of context #D&D quotes

Just got done planning a hilaaaarious fight with @travisbach.bsky.social! I can't wait for y'all to read the next Mana Runners book. It's gonna be 🔥🔥🔥

Yes, that's my current wordcount, as in not the final. It's book 2 of my Mana Runners LitRPG series, and like DEATH HAS JOINED THE PARTY before it, this is book is a chonk!

I put a Spanish phrase into my book and now Word is convinced I'm writing en Espanol. It's put red squiggles under all my English words. ALL 176,445 THEM. I fixed it by resetting my language preferences, but it was absolutely ridiculous for a while there. Nearly crashed my laptop. #amwriting

Bluetooth is so needy. I connect to this speaker once and it's like YOU WILL CONNECT TO ME FOREVER. EVEN IF YOU TURN ME OFF, I WILL TURN BACK ON AND STEAL YOUR PHONE'S AUDIO FOR ALL TIME. You will never connect to another Bluetooth device. It's me and me alone for eternity.

I woke up this morning with an all-head headache. We're talking front of the head, back of the head, eyes, face, even down my neck. I think it's allergies, but it could also be the universe decided it hates me today. I feel fine otherwise. If my head could just fall off, I'd be great!

How does Charisma casting work? Do you just ask the spell nicely and the magic's like "Aww, you seem like such a fun ball of chaos. Sure! Let's cast a spell!" #DnD

She is very lonely

Signed art prints and character cards for @ilona_andrews "This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me" will go live May 1st, pre-order only and for a limited time. Stay tuned and subscribe to my newsletter to not miss out! Link in bio. #thiskingdomwillnotkillme #ilonaandrews #fantasyart

"Is it even a trap if we know we're going into it? I'm pretty sure it's just a situation at that point." - out of context #dnd / #D&D quote of the night :D

Me: I don't know about you guys, but I want to be level 20 when I face the dragon even the gods fear. Doesn't sound like a fight we want to be under-leveled for. My party member, with a serious look: When we reach level 20, *we* will be what the gods fear. #dnd #D&D

I just got yanked out of my writing by a duck having a meltdown in my neighbor's yard. I don't know what got under his feathers, but dude is crashing out. Quacking out? He's very loud. #amwriting

Quote with your horn art 👹✨️ (awesome cover art is by @luisapreissler.bsky.social but I wrote the book full of horned characters. Does that still count?)

Roommate has been reading this aloud while I draw, and it is a delight. 💖️ You can really feel the authors' love for D&D. (Who knew you could use the SRD materials to create a fully believable magic-cyberpunk society?) Also, I appreciate mimics even more now. :3 Very much looking forward to Book 2!

I just picked this book up and am loving it. Thanks so much

Entering the grand conclusion of Mana Runners book 2 today :D Always so fun when you get to this point in a novel, like being at the top of the rollercoaster right before it lets go! #amwriting

On this same note, I spent a solid thirty minutes yesterday figuring out if/how a dragon could use a longsword according to the 5e ruleset. Giving swords to dragons is always an excellent use of one's time, IMO, even if the end result is extremely ridiculous.

*write write write* Huh, I wonder what's going on in the world. (looks up from laptop) NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE *writes more frantically* #writinglife

It was a most epic session! (I have a bag full of useful items I have stolen. I am a proper player racoon!!) #DnD

Our DM has a random encounters table for this particular dungeon. So far all of the random encounters have been awful. WE DOTH PROTEST 😠😤

"Just 'cause Xanthar has everything doesn't mean you have to throw everything." - random #DnD observation of the night

"Do I look like I'm here to micromanage a goose?" - out of context #dnd quote of the evening

We did an interview! If you want to hear how the LitRPG sausage gets made, you should definitely give it a listen. It was super fun! Thanks to the UpperPen for inviting us! Spotify -> open.spotify.com/episode/6lEz... YouTube -> youtu.be/G4h1O2M_sh4

Just learned that turpentine has a flashpoint of 95F, 35C, meaning it can and will spontaneously ignite if left exposed to air in, say, a hot shed in summer. I love it when I'm doing research for a book and randomly discover new things to be afraid of. Going to go check all my chemicals now 😱

This is what I call "info filling." Instead of stopping the story for a lore dump, you put all of that information into everything your characters see/touch/interact with. If your worldbuilding is stuffed into every nook and cranny of your description, you'll never have to lore dump! #amwriting

Combat time! #amwriting

"You lose a fuse, but a goose gets loose." Hope this stupid mnemonic helps all of you as much as it's helped me. Seriously, I will say this to myself out loud alone in my room. #amwriting

I put together a blog post about one of my favorite DMing tools - the drama engine. It's a printable one pager that's used to generate DEEERAMA. Specifically, character-based problems, wants, goals, and so forth. It's system agnostic, too. #D&D #ttrpg www.travisbach.net/blog/2026/4/...

Oh Fireball, you never stop being good!

"What? To Detect and Good and Evil, one must also study evil." - our Celestial's excuse when he got caught reading books we stole from a very questionable necromancer #dnd

Today's wordcount: -12072 words 💀

The DM has entered the room. Everyone hide your plotting!

What I wrote was wrong. Time to rewriiiiiiite! #amwriting

Time to wriiiiiiiite!! #amwriting

"If we take this alley, we're either saving five minutes or losing a kidney." - best thing my husband has said today.

Thank you to everyone who's read and enjoyed DEATH HAS JOINED THE PARTY! Y'all are making my day!! 😆 amzn.to/3Q1hAGB

Wishing every freelance artist a very happy sell everything you make

Started reading “Death Has Joined The Party” from @rachel-aaron.bsky.social and it might be the first book I’ve picked up solely from stumbling upon an author on BSky. Only read the first two chapters last night but it’s pretty funny.

YouTube keeps recommending me AI "relaxing lofi to chill to" videos that have pastel AI images of Lumpy Space Princess. Leaving aside the awful AI for a moment... Y'ALL. There is no one less relaxed or more un-chill than LSP. She is the anti-lofi.

g'head- eat the ice cream. c/o Hell for Hire @rachel-aaron.bsky.social

And yes, we're playing D&D on launch day. I find this very appropriate.

Behold the brilliance of Travis Bach, my co-author, DM, editor, and partner in crime for life :D

"You never make me roll Deception! It's my highest skill!" DM: you are a violence-first party. You actively avoid intrigue, politics, and all social situations. Your preferred problem solving method is shoot first then cast Speak With Dead. Your lack of Deception rolls is your fault, not mine.

Reup for my evening folks! It's launch daaaay!

I's launch day!! DEATH HAS JOINED THE PARTY is out in ebook and KU! Audio is coming in May, but early reviews are already great! If you're looking for something hilarious and delightful to distract you from... everything, give this book a try! It's a classic good time :D amzn.to/4mioNhJ

DEATH HAS JOINED THE PARTY comes out tomorrow in ebook and KU! amzn.to/4tr1cO0 If you like D&D, Dungeon Crawler Carl, or fun nerdy stuff in general, you are going to love this book! I think it's the funniest thing I've ever written. Eli-style humor in a TTRPG world. I hope you'll check it out! 😀