"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval." www.ms.now/opinion/minn...

hey so they're driving me insane

Coreo formatted my epub and did a fantastic job! They're fast, responsive, and knowledgeable - highly recommend their services!

Hey look it's my book cover! Is it not BEAUTIFUL? @isthiseva.bsky.social did a simply incredible job capturing the characters and the vibe. Pre-orders are open now! books2read.com/citizenofeas... has all your store links.

a lil angel jira based off cupidon by william adolphe bouguereau #burnoutsyndrome

Time to resume my Khemjira rewatch! It's been a busy few weeks but I've missed them. Now onto episode 8! We'll see if I get through ALL TWO HOURS today, it may be a two-parter #gbkhemjira

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Next week I'll be revealing the full (gorgeous) cover of my upcoming book, but for now here's a teaser and some character intros! The wonderful art on the intro cards is by @feral-philosopher.bsky.social, who captured their personalities so so well. I'm excited for everyone to meet these three!

Finally watched the last episode of Me and Who. Now debating whether it's worth writing the fic about Apo getting the rich-brat-learns-humanity experience in Phopthorn's life, with a bitches-to-lovers arc with that world's Tailah.

Every year, without fail, someone in sales leadership: hey why is my report suddenly showing way smaller numbers? Me: you mean your year-to-date report? Let's take two seconds and think about why that might be.

happy new year everyone! this year for yuletide i wrote a midnight museum fic where khatha and dome are back in time and khatha maybe isn't the nicest to his 1944 self. archiveofourown.org/works/75508971

Second fic for Fandom Trumps Hate! - Beyond Evil, Juwon/Dongsik - Post-canon "we thought this could be casual sex" get-together - Reader it could not be casual sex - Everyone else has Opinions - 16k, Explicit archiveofourown.org/works/766883...

First of two completed fics for Fandom Trumps Hate! - The First Shot, Zheng Bei/Gu Yiran - Canon-concurrent behind the scenes get-together - 11k, Explicit archiveofourown.org/works/765982...

G) All the "rules" of writing are subject to fads and fashions. There's nothing objectively superior about a given skirt length, or the tightness (or not) of jeans. If you're stuck on a particular era of style as the only right one, you miss out on a lot.

Kind of want to muse on the experience of writing beiran and jwds at the same time (I drafted the bulk of both fics at very different times, but have been finishing/editing them in parallel)... but said musings would really be for like two people

Becoming increasingly convinced that when people say "the audience for this is mostly straight women" it's just a lazy way of saying that the audience ISN'T mostly straight men. That's it.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

COMPRESS/REPRESS [Hollanov] lmfao it's here WATCH: youtu.be/3nUcVAIZrpk

Getting near the finishing point of two different fanfics and trying to decide where the line is between "this is a motif that recurs in many of the author's works" and "girl you use that same metaphor in everything you write"

It feels so weird and wrong not to enter HR into my mydramalist. That's what I DO when I finish a gay little show

Okay pals, what Asian BLs do we think are best to start people on if they're obsessed with Heated Rivalry and open to suggestion? Obviously it's going to depend on the person you're recommending to, but I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are for the immediate stepping stone

spent my christmas morning writing a thousand words of smut, just as baby jesus would have wanted

Every episode of burnout syndrome I think this is the most rabid I can be about the fucky triangulations between koh, jira, and pheem, and every episode they take it a notch higher

So if you wanna read more stories about guys in their early twenties dealing with closeted queer desire, masculinity, grief, and ultimately coming to terms with their sexuality… might I suggest Summer Sons?

The thing the Benoit Blanc movies get so right, that many mysteries now do not, is the core social allegory. The fundamental underpinning of the Golden Age, Agatha Christie-style mystery is a set of characters living in a co-created fantasy world, ignoring the rot that is already present.

Khemjira rewatch ep 7 - one of my favorites for reasons I'm sure no one can guess But first we have sad baby Pharan with a hopeless tangle of tape out of a cassette his mom had loved. We have lost some good material symbolism in the digital world, haven't we? #gbkhemjira

Coping with getting up for my weekly swim in the freezing morning by huffing and sulking about it. Some MEAN PERSON who has NO RESPECT for my feelings is making me do this. She doesn't even care that I ALREADY had to get up and and leave the house before coffee once this week. Tyrant.

Great thing about winter is I can pretend my hair is bad because I wore a hat and not because I couldn't be bothered

Watching the next to last episode of Me and Who and suddenly we have decided to sub both Phi and Hia as Ge?? Fascinating I mean I'm all for making anglophone audiences learn terms of address but we could maybe go all the way and make them learn the ones in the show's language

just watched the new burnout syndrome and I feel so alive. I could fight a tiger

I have a chapter and a half of line edits and one small knot of substantive edits before the book is DONE done done. Feels like a zeno's paradox situation to the finish line but I must believe that I will get there. Probably even this week.

I'm at that stage in a work project where progress is defined as "got a different error message this time"

Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!

Time for episode 6! This may be a lazier liveblog as I'm feeling a little under the weather, but we'll see We start off strong with my queen Fresh Arisara as Pharan's ailing mother #gbkhemjira

Quite a few good ones, but My Stubborn stands head and shoulders above the rest for variety, hotness, and storytelling in its smut. Taken as a drama it's got much to criticize, but as an erotic narrative it's in a class by itself

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

Much respect to Off Jumpol for continually being willing to play romantic leads the audience will HATE at some point Obviously Burnout Syndrome is a level-up but he's been doing this his whole career and I love it

Shine of course Khemjira and Revenged Love also made me weep softly but Shine was full breakdown

Comfort is not usually what I look for in a story but See Your Love was very much a comfort show for me (it spanned 2024 and 2025 but I always count by what year a show ended in). I feel happy just thinking about the characters.

39 BLs that finished airing this year. Also 4 GLs and 2 other QLs (both poly in this case.) Also watched 4 BLs that aired in prior years. If you count the full list, it's 49. Then I'm watching 3 more that will end in December, so my total year tally should be 52, unless I binge another older show.

This is me politely asking you all to review this skeet and, as a result, think twice before engaging in "smell-this 'activism.'" DID YOU SEE THIS AWFUL THING THIS AWFUL MAN SAID HOW ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE GUY, ISN'T IT HE TERRIBLE OK, so... why are you his street team? Why are you signal-boosting?

Head 2 Head is a pretty light show but it's a good time, and the besties side plot is starting to get its hooks into me. I love when both characters are Aware of what's between them and slowly circling the drain

Speaking of Khemjira, time for rewatch episode 5! #gbkhemjira

Newsletter sent! Brief reviews of two shows and a book that I loved this fall. www.vbruth.com/media-roundu...

What if I just watch burnout syndrome ep 1 again? And again every day until ep 2 comes out?

I am happy with my presents 💖 So much GL, so much genre, more earthmix comedy, a lot of fucky situations The biggest sickos.yes AND the biggest "oh no please do not" came in the GL segment, so win some lose some, but overall I'm excited for the number and range of GL

GMMTV showcase really is the closest I get to how Christmas morning felt as a kid. - Up way too early - So many hopes and inevitable disappointments - A few things that were exactly what I wanted - Favorite gifts often ones I never thought to ask for - Odd mix of giddiness and letdown by the end

Khemjira rewatch ep 4! Time to wrap up the Payos mystery and the first phase of the story. #gbkhemjira

good morning everyone look at my exchange gift-fic!! thk foursome for everyone, what a blesséd day (chin hands) archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Without downloading any new pics, what's it like to date you