Today's the day! Monster Brides Monster Fans is holding a party to celebrate the spookiest of months, and there's a whole bunch of FREE monster romances to fill your pumpkin bucket! Join us today from 5-midnight Eastern for fun activities and author fun! Interested? More info & link in comments!

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

Looking for some August reads? I may not have a new book releasing this month, but that doesn't mean I can't help you find something new! This month I'm participating in a sales promo with a bunch of other monster and paranormal romance authors, and there's a lot of fantastic-looking books... (1/2)

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

If we can reach 75% funded tonight, I WILL PAINT A SPACE UNICORN! Please note, I am not very good at art! 😁🦄

Realized the other day that I hadn't posted these family pictures from our LA trip! Yes, Mark is very tall (I am 5'8"ish for comparison) and we are all very cute.

CW: Mentions of suicide & CSA Addison Beck, using the name Maddison Devlin, wrote a book marketed as “M/M romance with an unconventional HEA.” Both protagonists die by suicide. One is a CSA survivor; his rapist was protagonist of a previous book and got an ACTUAL HEA. Revolting on so many levels.

When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reach 575 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited essayist Hana Lee! buff.ly/LDWcD7n

JUST FOUR MORE BACKERS!!!!!

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Update thread #2. Hemlock One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.

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What a stellar human, LOVE IS REAL 🖤🖤🖤

I hadn't realized that AI companies were pushing this stuff on us at a loss. It really makes them sound like coke dealers trying to get people hooked. But like, with a version of cocaine that sucks and is no fun

In this week's newsletter, we go behind the scenes for a truly epic commission, Deathwing for Blizzard Entertainment: theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/deathwing-...

Out for coffee with my friend Sioux at the coffeeshop that I wrote into Monsoon as Café Legend - the perfect place to announce that the paperback is now available on Amazon! Thanks to @hollyda.bsky.social for the beautiful layout! ❤️ Cover and interior art Procreate/Photoshop. tinyurl.com/MonsoonEB

It's release day, and the Tucson weather is on board with Rai's arrival! Monsoon is now available for purchase on Kindle Select and to read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited! And since I'm making ALL the rookie mistakes, I'm running a contest!

First rain of the monsoon! I have so much to do but it's good to take a minute to sit on my porch in the cool damp and listen to the rain mixed with the sounds of downtown. It's a lovely balm to the stress of the day before release!

Sometimes the meme just fits... One week to release day! EllenBAuthor.com/Monsoon

Still working on final edits for Monsoon, and then the special art for the limited edition book boxes, but I've also started my next* book. It was coming along vaguely until this idea settled, and now I have a plot and a title!

Just one day left to sign up for a free e-book of Monsoon prior to its release July 3rd! I'm so excited to share Rai and Poppy's story with the world. TAKE MY BOOK, PLEASE! Tinyurl.com/MonsoonARC

Monsoon is for people who communicate in TV & movie quotes, secretly think beer helmets are kinda hot, interpret the lyrics to Working in the Coal Mine the filthiest possible way, & always wanted to see the Underpants Gnomes business plan applied to romance. (He'll figure out Step Two eventually...)

Chapter header and scene break graphics for Monsoon. These are black and white transparent PNGs so you can read the ebook in dark or light mode and see the art either way. Done in Procreate! ARCs still available at tinyurl.com/MonsoonARC

Hey, this week's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is about Air Traffic Control, and I'm briefly in it. youtu.be/YeABJbvcJ_k?...

June's Monster Brides book is from Grace Mirchandani with a cover by Kit Fox, and it looks amazing! Amazon release date is June 15 - it will also be available on KU, so you know what I'll be reading this month! (This no-homework thing is pretty sweet, but I have so much reading to catch up on...)

Totally a kissing book. Also an open-door four-chili-pepper spice book. You have been warned. (Or tempted, as the case may be.) ARC signups still in progress! Info in my bio ❤️

I haven’t been keeping up on the Unbound thing, but anybody involved with crushing authors, not just defrauding them, ought to be required to stay at least thirty yards from a book for the rest of their lives. Any book. I don’t even want them getting near the dictionary. Books are ashamed of them.

Happy June! It's a new Monster Brides Release! www.amazon.com/One-Hell-Dea...

Hello #pretendpanel ! I have SO MANY future projects planned! -4 more Elements of Faerie books for the remaining 4 gogyo elements (Monsoon=1/5) -Late Bloomer trilogy that spawned Monsoon -4 Monster Brides romances for 2025/26 -2 contemporaries in progress -Only the Good "angel" romance series

I can’t understand, after the last 30 years of it happening EVERY TIME, how people think AI is going to stay free Once everyone’s reliant, it’ll cost a fortune we just “have” to pay Its energy needs will cost us the only world we have All so someone doesn’t have to write their own Reddit shitpost

Yes, it's a kissing book. (But don't read it to your grandkids when they're sick. Please.) ARC info in bio.

Last year I needed a book idea, so I went to a site that randomized tropes to see what sparked. If you didn't know, I love tropes! I am Ms. Tropey McTropester. They're fun to read, fun to use...and even more fun to subvert. "Caught in the Rain" is what lit me up.

Rust update! I did some stuff with vinegar, salt & hydrogen peroxide - look how pretty the rust is getting! Probably will do 1 more round before clearcoat. I'm taking the class again this fall! It'll be so fun to play with the CNC plasma cutter again... and hopefully develop actual welding skill!

Three days! Please come! We're going to spend all day talking monsters and mythology and worldbuilding and ROMANCE! www.facebook.com/groups/63131...

What's it like going grocery shopping with a trickster water fae with a serious lack of boundaries, all the audacity, and no idea whatsoever how to human? Sign up for an ARC and find out! Advance Reader Copies come out June 14, book releases July 3. Check out my bio to learn more!

'having romance in a story' is not the same as 'this story is a romance' neither is better or worse, many couples shouldn't stay together, etc, etc, but if you tell people you're giving them a romance story and then end that story with everyone single, you didn't write a romance. you wrote a drama.

You know the ones.

Authors, ✨ IMPORTANT PSA ✨ 🧵⬇️ This whole thread is so infuriating. PAY YOUR AUTHORS. AHHHH. 😫 As a struggling author, my heart goes out to everyone owed money. I’m so sorry this is happening to you. This is unacceptable. 📚💙

#MayWeDance Day 31 I enjoyed it a lot! I feel like I know my WIP characters better than I did before I started, and I am even more hyped to write their adventures. It was also timed nicely for me to stay positive amid promotional woes. ❤️ Thank you for a lovely time, @gunsmile.bsky.social !!!

#MayWeDance Day 30 Well, as a self-pubbed author currently struggling to promote ARCs for my debut novel, my advice would be: Do Not Despair. Whether you go trad or indie, it is a long haul, and some days will be depressing AF. Keep writing and find a good supportive group chat.

While I'm excited about my current WIP, I'm also excited that Monsoon is finally on the road to release! ARC signups going on now!

#MayWeDance Day 29 They definitely achieve a Happily Ever After. I pay my HEA Tax! Though there are ways in which the central themes of the story make it less of a fairytale & more the beginning of a lifelong quest together. But they're committed & moving forward hand in hand with love and passion.

#MayWeDance Day 28 When they first meet, Deirdre wants to rescue Samuel and hopes it will lead to justice. Over the course of their journey, they become lovers without much thought of or hope for the future. By the 3rd act, they each just want the other to be safe but would rather be safe together.

#MayWeDance Day 27 I always want to see characters whose developing love is based on true connection and knowledge of their partner(s), character growth leading into their HEA, and a plot that doesn't rely on false conflict or gimmickry to force the lovers apart. Also shamelessness. I love it so!

#MayWeDance Day 26 I enjoy writing spicy scenes, & while I could write straight erotica, I enjoy writing it much more if it's connected to an emotionally resonant relationship & characters with interesting arcs to spice up. I write Romance genre specifically because there is power and hope in HEAs.

Throwback Thursday to celebrate Mermay! "Nautilus" 11x14 watercolor, 2016. Her tail is based on an eel. There are things I'm hoping to improve on, but also some things I'm very proud of with this. #tbt #throwbackthursday #watercolorpainting #fantasyart #mermay

#MayWeDance Day 25 While Samuel and Deirdre's "true" story is very dear to me, they would also be adorable in a cozy coffeeshop AU (he'd be the barista) or anything set in a library of any kind. (I'm almost caught up!!!)