“If she were the one writing this story, this might’ve been where it started.” From “WHAT’S IN A NAME?”, my sapphic adult romcom WIP about two “rival” authors who accidentally get caught up in a fake dating scheme to save one of their contracts. 🩷💚

Welcome to the butterfly app, friends 🦋💙 Haven’t been on here since my dad died but I see we’re all helplessly trying to Do Something, huh? Felt that.

My father, Edwin G. Dayuta, passed away on the afternoon of Easter Sunday, the 31st of March 2024, at 12:50 PM. He was 64 years old. This was the eulogy I gave on the day of his burial.

"My father fell asleep on the afternoon of the 18th of March 2024 and he never woke up. He never will again."

'"I hope this happens to you" — And Other Awful Thoughts I Don't Mean' I wrote down some feelings about grief. Particularly, about anger. If you want to ask me how I'm doing, this is how I am.

Love to casually, academically explain A/B/O dynamics to a coworker in the office 🤠 Yeehaw.

best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶

Set up the Apple Watch I’m pretty much taking over from my mother and I giggled so much at the watch face I set up for it🤠

@deankenneth.bsky.social WELCOME 🥳

Happy 1989 TV day to all who celebrate 🩵🎉

I wonder how people still make things when they feel such immeasurable grief. The weight of it, the dread of it, the endless leeching of it that consumes you to your marrow.

A group of Palestinians from Gaza have circulated these demands, calling people everywhere to take action. Please share if you can 🇵🇸

Galadriel, in the third age: guys you’re really gonna hate me for saying this,

Lost my 100+ day Duolingo Math streak. Devastated. (My 1600+ day regular Duolingo streak remains pristine.)

It drives me off the walls bananas when I just get logged out of everything for no reason like pls. I was in the middle of something.

I was on a video call yesterday and was asked, "What do you like outside of work? What are your hobbies?" Me: "I read a lot. Watch a lot of TV and films. I like to consume stories however they're presented." Her: "What are you watching right now?" Me: "Rewatching all 15 seasons of Supernatural."

Saw someone scrolling through AO3 in this starbies. I see you, friend.

If the new Flanagan show even touches on paternal death, I will be losing every single marble I have left. (I am excited to watch the show.)

Okay but, sword earrings 🗡️💚

I literally have a full time writing job and I should be working on my original novel, but all my brain is letting me write is my emotional support smutty SuperWho crack ship that literally no one else but me cares about.

I feel a lot better when I think I look nice. I could use more of better these days. So it's 2:56AM and I spend too much time on my hair again. At least it feels nice.

HAPPY LESBIAN DAY!!! I’m a nonbinary mixed race lesbian, and I write sci-fi with messy lesbian shenanigans and butch/femme romances! my debut novel, HAMMAJANG LUCK, is a cyberpunk heist featuring a misfit crew of lesbian thieves, and it’s coming in January 2025 from Gollancz!!! ❤️🧡🤍💖💜

Got away from my life a little bit and saw the new Saw movie with my bestie 🥹

Taking a writing class to try and take my mind off of [vague hand gestures] everything going on in my life. And I'm reminded of the Carrie Fisher quote of, "Take your broken heart, make it into art." I have made so much art these last few years, y'all.

Absolutely love how if my besties go to a Hozier show, they send me all the videos they took. And I eat them all up! I love to see it!

Now is an excellent time to pick up SPOILER ALERT, if you haven't already. 🥰 AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/SAamz B&N: go.oliviadade.com/SAbn Kobo: go.oliviadade.com/SAk iBooks: go.oliviadade.com/SAi Google: go.oliviadade.com/SAgp

Every time I remember that John Green's kids are like... teenagers (?) now, I get so confused. Like? What do you mean they're not still itty bitty little babies? That's bananas to me. Strange, the passage of time.

Breaking news, I have the bare bones of a new poem. I haven't written one in ages but with everything going on... ahaha welp. But! I do not know if I have the skill to pull this concept off 🤡

My WIP adult sapphic romcom novel literally starts in a book store, surrounded by bookshelves. I am delighted to introduce my little sad babygirl, Ella Brilliantes, to Blue Sky. #WIPSnips

Been in and out of hospital three times in just as many months at this point. Going bananas! Cancer is the worst.

Dad is back in the hospital and I am so, so, so very tired.

I do just feel so much more like myself when I wear yellow. Wild. 💛

Absolutely convinced that the curse of Cassandra exists and that I somehow have it. No, I will not elaborate.

Everyone online is either 1. Exactly your age 2. 26 3. Four years older than your mom

Here's Vic, my favourite disaster lesbian LI of my silly little sapphic romance novel, shamelessly play-flirting with their sister-in-law to avoid a serious conversation. #WIPSnips

The amount of personal information I have had to process in the last twelve hours alone… I am the strongest person alive.

Do you ever just read something so absolutely spectacular it makes you never want to write again because how could you even compare? Lord.

the antisemitic richest man in the world is quite literally aligning with right wing germans, so yea my ancestral alarm bells are going fucking nuts

Why must these ramen places warn me about the spice level when I ask for their spiciest ramen? I know what I’m about, sweetheart. Gimme it.

Born to write and consume fanfiction, forced to work in advertising. I'm just a girl. I can't believe this. (Jokes, I enjoy doing my job. But I love fanfiction.)

My hair looked good today, everyone cheer 🤠

My Grab driver actually listened to my directions so I am not spending an extra half hour in traffic. I love winning.

Staring into space and trying not to be overcome by unimaginable dread is considered writing, actually.

My current emotional support pop culture content being Supernatural but there being zero fan content for the thing I'm into is so devastating to me.

Going through the absolute worst time of my life so instead of finishing my SPN bingewatch (I was already at S14E02), I restarted. I am back at S1. Yeehaw.

Everyday, I make myself a little iced coffee and face the horrors of being alive.

How you know Elon announced a new feature on Twitter

My WIP’s LI constantly calling the FMC with these little pet names >>> But then FMC notices that the LI uses those pet names for everyone and asks, with drunken courage, for an endearment to be just hers 👀

you can't beat a character saying 'my love' or 'my darling' like i'm sorry those lines make them perf and forgive them all their missteps i don't make the rules