Some pretty big news! Announcing Au Literary Management, where stories are as good as gold! Follow us over at @auliterarymgmt.bsky.social for updates.

this is outstanding especially because I just watched Lord of the rings last week. Thanks for this

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

On more than one occasion, Roy has moved around and made noise in his sleep and I’ve looked over at him to see if he’s ok and he chooses that exact moment to open his eyes. He startles every time because it looks (to him) like I’m just staring at him while he sleeps. 😂

“Sorry I’m late. There was a spider.” The spider:

Yesterday: No suspect in custody. "We will jump to the conclusion it was a radical trans leftist, we should persecute all people like this person" Today: Suspect in custody is from Utah, his dad is a Christian pastor. "We can't jump to any conclusions about this person's background or ideology".

Going from “THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO OWN THIS” to “he was one of us so let’s pray for him” is another great heel-turn hit from the same dipshit who gave us the “lgbtq people deserve our respect” to “lgbtq people are all disgusting gr00mers” heel-turn

Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies" Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."

"Violence has no place in politics" You think cutting off funding for food, education, housing and medical care isn't violent? You think arresting, jailing, deporting and killing people for the color of their skin isn't violent? Worms are in a lot of brains if you think violence isn't already here.

If every tattoo artist in the world was replaced with a robot, I'd never get tattooed again. The point is the art and the interaction. The process is just as important as the product. AI tech evangelists always want to shortcut the process as if it's superfluous. But that's where the creativity is.

I go to her because she gets me and she's hella talented - shoutout to Candi Kinyōbi at Dark Horse in La. Even when I get simple line work, she's my go-to. There's a difference between someone who does tattoos and an artist. I have ink from both and the latter are the ones I treasure.

I have an artist I've been working with for more than a decade. Do you know what my process is? I email her a vague description of what I want or send a reference, I venmo her a deposit, then at the appointment she shows me what she's got, we negotiate, and then she inks me. It's not complicated.

When you’re trying to get work done but the love of your life rolls over in his sleep and wraps himself around your arm so you can’t type. 😓😓😍

How the Emperor Stella Got Her New Groove Back (shut up, I’m stuck on the subway with only my thoughts!)

Using ChatGPT

Folks looking for a #freelanceeditor - I still have spots open on my schedule for August and early September. Open to developmental edits, query and/or synopsis reviews, and 1-on-1 video or phone calls. Feel free to reach out at [email protected] or via Reedsy (link in bio) for pricing.

I'm really frustrated right now and I need to vent. Be forewarned though, this is DnD-related, so if you're not into nerd shit, look away now. Also, TW, sex, sex work, war, gore, and sex trafficking.

Happy Release Day to Lord of Ruin by @kmenright.bsky.social!! I’m 75% through and it absolutely lives up to the bar Mistress of Lies set. If you’re looking for a dark, sexy, bloodbath of a vampire series with a trio of morally grey protagonists, The Age of Blood is for you. #booksky #bookreview

'No Body No Crime' is a twisty, loved-up crime caper for the ages! When Mel is hired to track her ex, Chloe, she finds her living off-grid. Who is hunting her? And what does it have to do with the boy they killed?👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🔫 Out August 14th @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @sharpegirl.bsky.social buff.ly/OQh4jCp

For the weekend crowd, I have some spots open in my freelance schedule for August. If you're looking for developmental edits, query review, synopsis review, or a 1-on-1 video call with an industry professional with 20+ yrs of exp, reach out at [email protected] or via Reedsy (link in bio).

I also need to get my website done and up so I can talk more about this, but I'm open to doing consulting calls. If you ever just wanted to get on a video call with someone with 20+ years of publishing industry experience and ask questions, I'm available for that.

I'm looking to take one another project or two this month, so if anyone is looking for a freelance editor, please feel free to reach out to me via email ([email protected]) or on Reedsy. I do full developmental edits, editorial assessments, query letter reviews, synopsis reviews.

I'm looking to take one another project or two this month, so if anyone is looking for a freelance editor, please feel free to reach out to me via email ([email protected]) or on Reedsy. I do full developmental edits, editorial assessments, query letter reviews, synopsis reviews.

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Making a list of who I want to fall in love with me in Date Everything:

The existence of Legos, Legolas, and Mentos implies the existence of an elf named Mentolas.

Be at least as anti-fash as a soda machine.

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PENNSYLVANIA: we are currently experiencing a STATEWIDE 911 OUTAGE. In the event of an emergency, do your best to remain calm & look for social media or websites operated by your county to find a 911 center number. Ideally you'll have received the alternative number via the emergency text system.

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you. It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

Saja Boys: 🎶 Cuz I need you to need me, I’m empty, you feed me, so reeeeefreshing, my little soda pop 🎶 Us:

*concentration camp

IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB Scripts here: 5calls.org

I’m at the Capitol, it’s past midnight, and as of right now, Republicans do not have the votes to pass their Big Bad Betrayal Bill and kick 17 million Americans off their health care. Democrats are united in our opposition. Let’s keep up the pressure and kill this bill.

☎️☎️ CALL NOW!!! MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE IN THEIR OFFICES RIGHT NOW!!! ☎️☎️

We just need FOUR Republicans of conscience to reject this Big, Ugly Bill and prevent millions of families from losing healthcare, food assistance, and more. This bill is not inevitable. Call 202-224-3121 and urge your representative to vote NO.

List with numbers (reproducing image so I can add alt text.)

I've seen a few "anyone who thinks they can stop this bill is naïve" posts this morning, and like... okay? Your point? I don't fight based on whether or not I think I can win. I fight based on whether or not I think it's right. Letting them coast into this horror show without a fight is WRONG.

We can stop this!

People and the media have accepted it as a normal political discussion that good people can disagree on but it’s straight up sociopath shit to take away someone’s healthcare and I don’t really have time for anyone who feels differently

They are going to attempt to deflect any comparisons to gulags or concentration camps by pointing out that no one's been killed in it yet. Open air gulags in Florida where mosquito borne illness thrives in the summer with 600% humidity. THEY. ARE. GULAGS. People WILL die.

Just because they haven't gassed people in it yet does not make it less of a gulag. A gulag is "a political labor camp." That's the definition. That's what it is. Trump has built gulags. Period.

It’s all already a garbage fire and then you see a spider crawling up your bedroom wall at 3:30 in the morning and suddenly the whole household (which is just you and your ex who is also your roommate and best friend) is awake and traumatized and the smell of Raid spray lingers in the air.

K-Pop Demon Hunters was definitely scratching some itch in my AuDHD brain.

Possibly my favorite summation of Pride

Thank you @draper-claire.bsky.social, @kaludiasays.bsky.social, and @desir.ee for the best birthday present ever: my new obsession with KPop Demon Hunters! 😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩

*snickering*

So you agree, you think he's really hot?