I want to scream, cry, and throw up at all the people who told me to ‘stop overreacting.’ This is 60-75%+ of my income, just ✨poof✨. Gone.

I gave Bluesky a shot, but it’s not for me. I won’t be posting here regularly, if at all. To keep up with me, follow my IG or Threads. Same user. linktr.ee/rldavennor

Dear Tiktok: respectfully, what the hell? Why has there been 0 word on what will happen to US TT shop sellers? Mere days before the ban—I think we deserve some answers and action plans, not these bullshit marketing emails carrying on as if nothing is happening.

So if TikTok gets banned, which would be an utterly devastating hit to my author income (both via TT Shop and the boost in Amazon sales I get via visibility on TT)—can myself and the millions of other affected small businesses/influencers all file for unemployment? Kind of joking, but kind of not.

The only man this bisexual found worth my time 💍 (That is a joke, please don’t ruin my cute wedding post)

I’m at the point where if you’re even slightly rude to me, it’s a block. You’re not entitled to be in my space, and you’re certainly not entitled to speak to me with anything less than basic respect.

I’m an author of queer (primarily sapphic/trans) books, and for some reason, people rather consistently think it’s okay to question my queerness. I’m marrying my fiancé on Friday—a man—and one of the many thoughts racing through my head is how much worse that’s potentially about to get.

If a book isn’t for you, and its themes don’t strike in the way the author intended, that’s okay—leave a review, tell your friends, and move on. Maybe DON’T comment on the author’s posts completely invalidating THEIR own experience.

This year, I was privileged enough to be able to record and produce my entire backlist in audio. I dropped—and I am not exaggerating—close to 10 grand, to record 6 books. My ACX (Amazon) average royalties, per month?

No shade to anyone posting sales figures, and I myself haven’t exactly been shy about sharing the fact that I had a 6 figure year—BUT, please please remember that for a lot of people, seeing those numbers only breeds resentment among your peers.

I've had a lot of comments that I should just leave Meta and find better platforms if they're discriminating against me and my queer SFF books. Yes! I agree! But there's also this: 1) I have multi-6 figures in sales in my author business, 90% of that driven from Meta ads 2) Tiktok is the other 10% 🧵

Why TIktok matters- a 🧵 1) I’ve been building my author platform since 2019. At first, I was only on FB, but eventually joined IG and Twitter. I found no success any of those places, and wasn’t keen to join another social media I’d have to keep up with. Plus I had no idea how to make video content.

Is it really pity marketing, or is it thousands of small businesses who rely on TikTok for the majority of their income in some capacity scrambling or scared or telling you what to do as a backup plan once the app goes away, to make sure their families can still eat and have a roof over their heads?

When marginalized authors come on here and tell you how they’re being discriminated against, the take is NOT to tell them what they should do instead or tell them they don’t deserve your sympathy because they made a business decision you don’t like. You can just keep scrolling? Idk.

I didn’t expect my post about Meta to blow up so much, but thank you!! And some clarifications, because I think my replies got lost deep thread: yes, this is about data collection. It’s ALSO about systemic and legally acceptable discrimination. Both can be true.

I’m only here because TikTok’s appeal for a temporary injunction was rejected. I make 75%+ of my monthly income selling signed books on TikTok shop so if that goes away, I’m probably screwed. Anyway, I make fairytales queer so check out my books if you want.