Happy birthday to me.

I don't mean to plug, but, if you're feeling raw and hurting over an insane system that just accepts collateral human damage as a given and just want to flip the bird to all of that? I've been told my book is a bit of a balm for that feeling. Maybe it'll be a comfort. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKGYZ2S8

Swear to god, people need to remember that trolley problems are for *abstract philosophical reasoning and not real world problems*. They're the equivalent of a physicist going "assume a human is a cylinder." If you use trolley problems for real life stuff, you're ALWAYS making a false choice.

So... Much... Grading... Today...

Go back Stefanie's book! Trans cyberpunk is awesome (I am totally biased but still)!

- Lumberjanes - Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms - Galaxy: The Prettiest Star - Kim & Kim caveat: I don’t really read superhero comics so I can’t speak to those and I haven’t been to the store in a WHILE

OH MY GOD THIS IS THE MOST DARLING THING I'VE READ ALL DAY www.scmp.com/news/people-...

Here is my Pokémon Design Stance Starters being Bipedal? Totally cool! Loads of bipedal animals out there. Starters looking like they are a human being in a costume or someone's fursona? NO GET IT AWAY. Emboar and Decidueye? COOL CREATURES Inteleon and Cinderace? I AM CALLING HR

Transition remains the easiest hard work I've ever done.

Ooh, got a formal review for Nameless this morning, and it's great!! "Nameless is an exciting, nail-biting and well thought-through sci-fi thriller." www.draliceviolett.com/nameless-by-...

For those who've been keeping track: kitty is home, safe, and clad in an adorable little onesie.

Character deaths depend on the genre. In some, death is the end. In others, the beginning. And in some rare cases, it's what transforms the character. One thing I think is missed both in writing and in the stories I read, though, is that a character's death doesn't mean they leave the story.

Another five-star review for Nameless! "Fantastic cyberpunk romp, great characters and setting, A+ queer representation, and (avoiding spoilers), "we protect each other" communal resolution to the plot points (which I hadn't realized until reading this book is so much more cyberpunk than--

You know what? I'm trans. I destroyed myself and formed something better from mere ashes. I shaped my entire personal universe from fucking scratch. I am not going to let anyone tell me that isn't awesome, in the literal definition of awesome. I am not going to be quiet about it.

The next Stained Glass Woman article will be coming out on Thursday of next week, instead of Monday, because it's going to be my presentation at the 2026 Conference on College Composition and Communication. And yall? I think this one is an absolute *banger*.

it's all just art. "porn" is just art that makes you horny, in precisely the way that "horror" is art that makes you scared and "metroidvania" is art that makes you write video essays

Kitty is out of surgery!! She did great, and aside from one small unforseen thing that they're gonna keep their eyes on, everything went significantly better than expected!

Kitty is cleared for surgery!! And the tumor is in a slightly different place than the X-rays made it look, which means that they can go get it with a significantly less invasive surgical approach! It's a better than best case outcome!!!

Ya dingus,none of us just *choose* our gender. I bought mine fair and square in a femme chassis at the prosthetic body store. Badabing, badaboom, woman. It's literally hardwired into the frame. It's basic mechanical engineering. Yeesh. Take a college class for once.

That flavor text Jesus christ

#TBRuary Day 25: Pre-order Pick Choose a book that you were so interested in that you pre-ordered it or backed a crowdfunding campaign for it in order to get it upon release. Anything out this year counts! Quote post your replies. #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity

Fingers crossed for kitty today. It is, hopefully, surgery day.

Well, at the very minimum, Discord is kicking the can down the road for six months. That gives competitors time to build out capability in the absolute worse cases. But I will say, at least, the stuff they're talking about seems much more reasonable than their old proposals.

Hey, if you haven't checked it out, I just released an awesome queer cyberpunk novel set in Minneapolis two weeks ago. It's got a perfect 5-star rating on Amazon. Check it out! I think you might dig it if you like the stuff I talk about. 😊 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKGYZ2S8

Spoiler-free factoid about Nameless for the day: I ALMOST changed Kevin Garrison's last name after reading April Daniels' brilliant book, Sovereign. I didn't want to step on her toes, and I was worried the same last names for corpo dudes would be bad. But Kevin has a very different arc--

I think this is one of those things that's stunning, in all the worst ways, and most of them aren't obvious. Let's start with the basics: there are about 5.5 million trans Americans. This means that *nearly 10% of the entire trans population of the nation* has moved. Just Last Year

Thanks @impossiblephd.bsky.social! Now I need to make reading time.

I think people still underestimate the extent to which the panic over an increase in trans boys transitioning is about the belief that AFAB bodies are rightfully for breeding and should be preserved as property belonging to their future husbands.

10 anime to get to know me (in no particular order; just stuff that springs to mind) Cowboy Bebop Bofuri Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!! Mushishi Ranma 1/2 (new version is better!) Iria: Zeiram the Animation Armitage III Kill la Kill Delicious in Dungeon Laid Back Camping

Spoiler-free factoid about Nameless for the day: The Chief of Police's original name was Amelia Graf-Egan, which I originally chose as a nod to a real-life, (locally) historically-influential family in the south Twin Cities. Her name was changed to Amelia Graf-Parrish in revisions.

I passed 200 copies of Nameless sold overnight, so that's pretty neat!

At a social event last weekend, I was aggressively singled out and degendered by another member of the trans community for hours. No correction made a difference, and when I confronted them, they were all excuses and no accountability until they had no other choice. We Protect Us Until we don't. 😢

... wow...

Spoiler-free factoid about Nameless for the day! There are four (4) named trans characters in Nameless. One lies to hide their identity. One has a quiet gender crisis during the events of the book. But I left hints. See if you can find them all!

Hey guess what! Apparently, a "Feb 11" release date with KDP means "It's Feb 11 SOMEWHERE." Which means NAMELESS is OUT!!! Available on DRM-Free ebook, paperback, and hardcover!! Nobody survives winter alone! www.amazon.com/Nameless-Zoe...

Phew, it's been a hot minute since I had a proper social dysphoria spiral.

Oh gosh, I'm really close to 200 copies sold! 😳🥹

Trans people who write… Trans people who draw… Trans people who paint… Trans people who sing… Trans people who dance… Trans people who perform… Trans people who make any kind of art… Keep doing that. You’re all incredible! 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

My entire marketing strategy.

I just finished reading my hardcopy of Nameless. First time reading as just a reader, cover to cover. I started writing this book to try to hide from my dysphoria, and I published it to try to hide from other things I wasn't ready to face. It came together in the end in a whirlwind of stress and

Two more five-star reviews for Nameless!! Check 'em out! "This book did grab my whole attention and didn't let go until I got to the last page - only to leave me yearning for more. The world building is excellent and believable science fiction in the best way.

*Wakes up with that weird sleep hangover you get when you're consumed with rage while sleeping* Ugh. Yuck.

Ok, folks, “Nameless” by @impossiblephd.bsky.social is fantastic. Zoe’s written a fun, taut cyberpunk thriller with so much queer, it’s great. Go buy it. Trust me.

Absolutely. Dead. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 commandersherald.com/lgs-rules-al...

Spoiler-free BTS factoid about Nameless for the day! This one's a little sadder. While the nugget of what would become Nameless formed in the summer of 2013, I was absolutely slammed at the time from getting ready for my wedding to B--, so I did almost nothing other than sketch out Satya, Dan 1/

Actually, hard agree here. I love duologies, and if I find the time to set my butt down and write the sequel to Nameless, I think I'll be able to say and do everything I've got left to say and do in that setting. Sagas are cool, but telling a complete story consisely is too, I think.

In case you missed it, my newest audiobook launched yesterday. @beedokfern.bsky.social's most popular book is now available in a brand new format! It's extremely gay and hilarious. Go check it out! beedok.itch.io/the-harem-pr...

I’m in the third waiting phase on a submitted short story. It’s only been a few months total but I feel like it’s taking forever. I can’t imagine querying a wholeass novel 😭

So, I tried querying Nameless for years. The original goal was traditional publication. If you've noticed a few errors in it, that's because I had budget for profession sensitivity readers OR editing. I picked sensitivity, bc tradpub would've gotten me an editor. NOBODY is signing new talent rn.