I’ve written probably over a million words of fanfiction in my lifetime and I will keep doing it but I do think that the normalization of fanfic as a replacement for reading original fiction has fundamentally fucked up the relationship between individual fans + fandom + fiction at large

it’s a consequence of the unspoken but widespread idea that stories only exist to be vague source texts for fanfic/headcanon/fanart, not pieces of art to be engaged with as a cohesive whole. to these people we’re inspiration boards for fanworks, not storytellers in our own right, and it’s maddening.

Wilhelmina Weiss and her Broken Circle organization. They’ve been violently opposing the Faerie Courts since 1875, though they’ve not been active for several decades when the story starts. Mina aims to become a benevolent dictator, and she’s a way better choice to rule than the current ruling queens

most people: downloading scenepacks from Payhip or Mega me: scouring YouTube for VHS rips with titles like “House of Frankenstein ‘97 (NBC Miniseries with Commercials)”

I finally caved and will start editing short form video promos for my books and I have to say I missed extracting a narrative from the most unhinged possible sources

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep 1. how the Narn i Chîn Húrin is a Northern European flavored pastiche of Classical epics that modern readers now claim as queer literature (i.e. the Iliad) 2. Animorphs as a stealth sequel to Lord of the Rings 3. Tenskwatawa and Prophetstown

to my new followers: I keep 99.9999% of my political activism and thoughts off this app, beyond “death to fascism and censorship” and “support all indigenous sovereignty”. my offline life is dominated by heinously evil settler politics I can’t afford to ignore, and this place is a needed escape.

I take a 5 day break from social media and see bluesky updated the TOS to implement more censorship. "Oh, but it doesn't affect me." Bro, do you think it's just an immovable line? Like it won't affect other things? I don't want some clownass mods deciding what's good or not. People's art is valid.

when I say I write canon-complaint fic I mean my most Known fanfic has so much untranslated Quenya (including neologisms I developed) that I had to include a glossary. but like. the difference between haryon and condo as titles matters.

About a year ago I was approached by Scholastic to pitch sketch ideas for the reprinting of Animorphs. After cryingscreamingbarfing I said YES OF COURSE. I am so grateful to have been chosen and for the enthusiasm everyone has expressed so far. David Mattingly left me some very big shoes to fill!

“I should go back to writing Animorphs fanfic”, I say, knowing full well that my original fiction writing goals will not take being attacked by a Dome Ship-shaped plot bunny well.

we love stasis mandated by conquest! that’s not obviously intended to force assimilation at ALL. (for my white followers: the fact that so many of us feel the need to choose between stasis + continued connection and assimilation + ability to pursue more life options is also colonial violence.)

the most exhausting part of being a Native artist IMO is that everything we do is automatically assumed to be Traditional and Drawn From Traditional Life by settlers. we’re not able to be nerds, or academics who study non-Native subjects, or people who just Like A Thing. it must all be Traditional.

The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this. I don’t view it as a Me problem.

I’ve been watching this blossom on Tumblr over the past years and I MUST insist that everyone even slightly interested in off the wall queer fantasy give it a shot. This book is gonna be GREAT.

With all the traveling I've been doing this month, I've been lax in my marketing responsibilities and, as a result, we're down 13 over this time last month. So here I am, taking a very jet-lagged moment to remind you that each subscription makes a difference: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Let me be clear: Indigenous designer makes a game with an Indigenous theme? Indigenous Game. Indigenous designer makes a game without an Indigenous theme? Indigenous Game. Non-Indigenous designer makes a game with an Indigenous theme? Not an Indigenous Game. It's a game ABOUT Indigenous people.

The review I can only hope to someday receive, for my #W IP #YA(? idek) #LGBT #historical #swashbuckler for #UnhingedPit.

A tragic goth sadboy, the amnesiac corpse he accidentally resurrects, and the nonbinary shadow child they rescue go on an unplanned road trip to the City of Literal Angels. What could go wrong? #UnhingedPit #YA #F #H #LGBT #InEdits #QueryingSoon

Carino Bay is a lovely seaside town full of queer people fighting gentrification and corruption. It's a great place to fall in love, too! Especially if you want out of a loveless marriage of convenience. Coming to NineStar Press in 2026. #unhingedpit #cs #lgbt #A #r #T

Sometimes life can get you down. Get you a hot goth elf babe who's wanted by every corp on the planet and then some, and feel better. Hot goth elf renegades: they're better than therapy. Let's just hope nothing happens to her. BOOM GOES THE BRIDE #unhingedpit #r #sf #a #boombride

#UnhingedPit #WIP #YA #F Let’s mix two supernatural things together for a b-plot. Who? … Got it! Angels and Fae. What should they do? …Legal dispute. Argue contract law over an outsourced miracle. That’s what people who read books with these things want, right? Bureaucracy. I’m with it.

Up North they say heritage doesn't matter. Only who you choose to become. Then why do they keep looking at me as if I was *her*? And why do I keep searching for my answers in her work? #UnhingedPit #SF #Q #A THE CURRENCIES WE CHOOSE

**MEAN GIRLS meets THE MATRIX** THE UNIDENTIFIED by rae mariz Available next month through your favorite online retailers, unless your favorite online retailer is Amazon, because eff them. You won’t find it there. #Unhingedpit #YA #SF #CS

SISTERS IN CRIME is a #MG novel about a raccoon with no mask trying to stop being a thief without losing her sister. It's hilarious & NONE OF THE ANIMALS DIE because your children should not have to live through the same Old Yeller hell and Where the Red Fern Grows trauma that we did. #UnhingedPit

What are the characters of #EverdarkWIP saying about this mysterious new trans vampire? Let's see this one priest's absolute L take on Twitter (and thank the gods for Erevan for keeping it real) #UnhingedPit #W #A #F #LGBT

ANIMAL FARM x THE GOOD PLACE AITA for needing to eat souls? I look like a cat I act like a cat I talk like a cat But… I am not a cat All I want is some souls to sustain me in my afterlife What’s so wrong about that? #A #F #UnhingedPit

Me: I want wholesome romance Also me: watching my characters slowly suffocate in a world with no air, murderous kings, and endless betrayals — but they still make time for a love triangle. #UnhingedPit #borrowedbreath #Q

What could go wrong? THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH is a gothic horror about the black sheep of a powerful 14th century Irish family and his doomed love story with the banshee who's haunted his household for generations. #UnhingedPit #Q #H #R #A #Historical #Gothic

When you flip between ‘The Mummy’ (1999), ‘The Big Sleep’ and ‘Bringing Up Baby’ on telly, things like this happen in a writer’s head. A happy homage to Golden Age Hollywood that acquired extra monsters on the way. Less hard-boiled noir, more lightly scrambled screwball romcom. #UnhingedPit #WIP

Dead Like Me X Buffy the Vampire Slayer 🙃 Invisible disability rep 😮Oops, I killed a reaper & must take his place 🐶Ghost dog with boundary issues 🌋Probably need to stop this apocalypse-type thing 😍Enemies to lovers 👧Sarcastic, witty MC #UnhingedPit #YA #F #Paranormal #Q

Former supernatural-obsessed teen, Brandy, hardly minds that her husband is a werewolf...until bodies start showing up dead on their property on full moons. Has her partner lost control? And should true love really require this much bleach? #A #T #Q #UnhingedPit

Ever look at the spy movies of the 90s and 2000s (Mr and Mrs Smith, The Bourne Identity, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lucky Number Slevin, The Long Kiss Goodnight) and thought, hey this is great but it'd be better if it was gay? That's The Augustine Affair in a nutshell! #unhingedpit #t #lgbt #a #q

The Society of Curse Breakers as told by memes. Bone Apple Tea. Comps The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu, The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski and Trust No One by Linda Sue Park #UnhingedPit #F #MG #YA #Q #amquerying #mgfantasy

What if ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOYAGES, a YA retelling of Sinbad the Sailor, had chapter titles in the style of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians? 🔱 #UnhingedPit #Q #YA #F Chapter 1: Help! I'm Being Chased by an Island 🏝

Crap, forgot #UnhingedPit

Dear Abby, my lesbian breakup caused the Great Chicago Fire… #unhingedpit #LGBT #R #W

“goth MILF faerie aristocrat who thinks motorcycles should make turns at right angles like in Tron” x “ex-dark-academia failwoman werewolf who just wants a nap” #unhingedpit #LGBT #R #W

tfw your parents get murdered, you inherit a psychic house with dimension-crossing doors, and you’re being watched from beyond the grave by an undead lesbian god-king who wants your help to come back to life as you try and solve the crime #unhingedpit #W #LGBT #R

that moment when you realize the character you’re writing has a fashion sense you personally can’t stand but your commitment to letting a character speak for themself means you’re not making her lose the godawful 1950s girdle

the thing about intersecting axes of oppression is you never get a fucking break. a woman? somebody wants you dead. queer? somebody else wants you dead. autistic? another group wants you dead. Native? a fourth group also wants you dead! intersex? dead! mentally ill? dead! chronically ill? you too!

these books are GREAT (and as a fellow Tumblr survivor I’m honor bound to rec them) - I can’t wait for the next one!

happy birthday to FB, who’s been kicking around in my brain for 23 years and whose story permanently shifted the trajectory of my life

Self-publishing means building a brand from scratch, and by 'brand' I mean screaming "please buy my book" into the internet void in between memes and existential dread 🌈✒️ 📚💙 #AuthorSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

for this #queerwriters Monday I hope to at least get halfway through the chapter I’m working on! It’s been a long time coming (eleven chapters) so I’m very relieved to finally be here

haven’t been on here in Forever. for an author whose works are solely on the Internet, I am very bad at being on the Internet.

I’m picking my in-progress series Blood Ties and Brickways, and while I’ve cast everyone in stock photos for reference I haven’t looked at actors yet - until now!

just to clarify - 95% of my politics happens off social media. I may engage sometimes, but silence ≠ disinterest. I’m here to have fun and to talk about art and writing and yes, Native and disability issues, but I live in the Native And Disability Issues Hellpit, and I’m allowed a break sometimes.