ISTG if I’m interrupted by ONE MORE Google Gemini AI selfie slop ad

Was so delighted by that fanart that I had to draw a thank-you for it (featuring Shade and Asim, their tabaxi) 🎨❤️

I received my first fanart for "Soul of Solace," featuring Shade from my book and this person's Tabaxi, I'm so touched 😭 Big Claw Bros, indeed ❤️

Hi All! I'm opening to submissions between Dec. 1 and Dec 20 - a few short weeks so I can find something fresh to work on for 2026 - before going back to being referral only. For more on my updated manuscript wish list, go here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/al...

Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting. *An epic sapphic space fantasy about the rise of a dead cosmic god, the chronically-ill Herald of its arrival and the transfem Valkyrie who are just literally holding hands through the horrors. the-hallowed.carrd.co

My birthday is this friday! Which means my gift to you is that Songs of Broken Bells is on sale for the whole week! Universal Link: buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij Payhip: payhip.com/b/hKG10 Itch: voicesofvalhoon.itch.io/songs-of-bro...

The enthusiasm with which I write banter and fun arguments

The bonus short story is done! 30k words of Sky Pirate Captain Flora Sagar kissing women, hunting dragons, being pathetic for her wives and only a tiny bit toxic! Very nice. Very wholesome. ... what do you mean "a short story is under 10k"? Get em while the getting's good! itch.io/b/3364/poiso...

Knowing the difference between there, their, and they’re

Just hit 50k words of my second novel’s first draft, just about halfway!

It's my birthday! 🎉 (shameless request incoming) I've finished posting my debut novel for free on three sites (still buyable, but I wanted it to be accessible without a paywall), and I would love love love if people gave it a read/share as a present, it would mean a lot 💙📚 (links in thread below)

Day 21 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 21 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 20 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 20 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 19 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 19 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 18 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 18 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 17 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 17 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 16 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 16 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 15 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 15 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 14 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 14 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 13 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 13 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 12 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 12 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

As a trans man…

Day 11 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 11 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 10 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 10 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 9 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 9 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

The best way to find typos: read your post the second you publish it

Day 8 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 8 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 7 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 7 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 6 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 6 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 5 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 5 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 4 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 4 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 3 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 3 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

Day 2 of posting my debut novel for free :) 💙📚 Chapter 2 is up, links lead to chapter 1 for ease of access Substack: open.substack.com/pub/aldendra... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/aldendrake-a...

I do this cool thing where I exclusively think about scenes and characters when I have no time to write things down, it's a risky game with no winners

What’s your favorite music to listen to while writing? I love ambient, atmospheric soundscapes (can’t listen to songs with lyrics while writing, too distracting lol) 💙📚

Alden Drake’s the name. Fell into some gay rabbit holes on AO3 a few years back, decided to give fanfiction writing a shot and discovered I really enjoyed it, so now I’m writing actual gay romance novels (and occasionally still writing fanfic on AO3) 💙📚

Free novel! Money is cool and all, but I've decided sharing my novel in a more accessible way is more important at the moment, so I'm gonna start posting my debut novel "Soul of Solace" chapter by chapter on Substack and Tumblr so anyone can read (and hopefully enjoy and share) my work for free! 💙📚

Man, working on a book is tough with a full-time job sapping most of my energy and brain power 5 days a week, barely have any focus left for writing by late evening when I finally sit down to do it 😞💙📚

#PortfolioDay is here! I don't put out a great volume of portfolio-worthy work, but I work on both real paper and digital and greatly enjoy art. I aim to turn my novel series into a comic at some point. Feel free to check out my urban fantasy here: verati404.itch.io/echo-sight

*word count of 6,000 and only halfway through chapter 2* Yeah my novel’s basically done, what about it 💙📚

The nerve of Silksong to come out right as I’m trying to work and focus on writing a new book 😤 (it’s such a good game)

Same, yet we persist through the horrors

Roughly 1,000 words into the first draft of my next/second novel, only 100,000+ more to go, not including multiple rounds of editing 😭 hurts so good 💙📚

Yikes I forgot how hard it was to write the opening/first page of a new novel 💙📚

Sometimes, to really free yourself, something's gotta be destroyed. Be it expectations, your relationship with others, or maybe even that decrepit place the city plans to shove you when you get angel wings... Check out ERRANT WINGS, my coming of age novel today! ➡️ books.earlronove.com/errantwings

VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES!

AI actually stands for automated incompetence

Sadly, the mass shooting at that school today is going to get swallowed up by the death of a man who had no sympathy for them.