You have to support the projects you love with money. I am sorry we do not live in a world where that is not the truth.

I reread a section of YBaB that I thought would be impactful because I wrote it about feelings I've had in the past that I have now and I found it totally dead and uninteresting.

***Trigger warning - pregnancy/baby/child*** - - - - - - Losing a baby literally affects everything - I can't even sing now because I was looking forward so much to singing to him. Singing is just crying now.

How many books have I read this year? 0. Last week I read 11 pages of Project Hail Mary lol.

Support #IndieBooks by buying mine so that I can also support indie books by buying others 👀👀👀

My mom is gen alpha famous

Didn't clear the stuff around them this year because I'm depressed but there are even more this year!

I already hate managing multiple direct platforms (Kobo/Google/etc). Fuck gen AI and those who seek to profit from the greatest theft of human words and art.

I'm going to delist from D2D too. Not sure which platforms I can replace with direct yet though. I guess it's worth looking at Apple and Barnes and Nobel? Can you publish direct on Smashwords? 🫠

SDotSI still not beating the surprise ending allegations 🫠. But it's not bad, I guess!

I got to recommend YBaB to an old friend going through some shit today. Very, very thin silver linings.

DAMN, SON! Reinventing how a thousand year old instrument is played!

Alright, this has to be my favorite giveaway I've seen. Don't know why I'm sharing it since I'm only mucking up my own chances to win. And you better believe I'm in it to win it.

If you support universal basic income, become a monthly donor to itsafoundation.org to support our UBI projects. We are building the tools to help create a foundation under us all. UBI: it's a foundation!

Unconditional basic income works. We have the studies. We have the data. What we don't have yet is the will. I think we can build it. I know we have to try. I know we have to fight for it. It's certainly not going to be handed to us by those who will definitely pay more in taxes as part of the deal.

Pancreatic cancer usually kills within a year or two of diagnosis. In this trial, nearly all 8 responders are still alive six years later. The 5-year survival rate is usually only around 12%. We should be increasing federal funding for mRNA research, not cutting it.

I just want to own a bookstore in which indie authors have priority and successful, prolific, influential authors come in to shine a light on their work. And when those authors become prolific they come in to hold a light for the next indie authors. Is that such a big ask?

Per @amybearce.bsky.social, you can check your "Account Status" on your D2D Dashboard (under account tab). She had unpublished all her books several years ago but hadn't closed her account. She still got this page (this is my screenshot, but she got the same message).

I don't even make 12$ a year from D2D lol.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

anyway, let's do some #bloomscrolling 🌱

Here is the direct link to my standalone feminist fantasy novella, on sale for 99¢ on as many retailers as cooperated and international! 💙📚 books2read.com/savage-daugh...

As part of the Narrates Indie sale, there are also bundles of the books that are available on itch! Best Friends' Promise is part of the Fantasy 1 bundle, and the mid range novels bundle! itch.io/b/3634/narra... itch.io/b/3629/narra...

Greta Thunberg is right.

The Narratess indie April sale is on! Check out the deals here: indiebook.sale This year I've included my new standalone fantasy novella, Savage Daughters of the Secret Isle! It is 0.99$ internationally and wide 💪

What's up, y'all! What a great day to read more #indiebooks! The #NarratessSale is running through the weekend at indiebooks.sale! #IndieApril 🌈✨ Come with me on a journey of "I cannot believe books this good exist" as I tell you about some of my faves that you can get for real effin cheap! 📚💙

Psssst Have you checked out the Narratess #IndieApril sale yet? I've got a book in it & so do HUNDREDS of other amazing authors!

Not having time to reflect on things is how we don't seriously address a climate crisis that has been obvious for a looooong time. Ditto everything else structurally wrong with our society.

If I seem *extra* “yelling into the void” today, it’s because I recently talked to two published authors who, like me and probably you, are struggling financially and fear they’ve “done nothing” in life. NO. YOU WROTE BOOKS. YOU TOLD STORIES. WE ARE NOT OUR BANK ACCOUNTS. OUR LIVES HAVE VALUE 🔥

Absolutely the dream.

they're gonna look so good together when I have nine

The magic of an Irish rainforest. 🌏

The Many has arrived!

'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

For #IndieApril, I want to shout out @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social and @thebookpeople.ca, two Toronto bookstores that have been incredibly welcoming to me as an indie author AND both currently have signed copies of my most recent release, Woman of Sorrow and Blood 🥰

"Light Fossils" dinosaur light painting by artist Darren Pearson, known as Darius Twin, using a unique photography technique. The artwork is created using long-exposure photography, where the camera shutter remains open while the artist moves handheld lights to "draw" the figures in real-time.

@stevewestenra.bsky.social Steeeeevvveeee come on you could be the first NL author! (I also haven't signed up yet 🤣)

Urban Fantasy is easy once you know the rules. My UF name will henceforth be Flint Bishop. What's yours?

their numbers are still very low, but this is a good sign! if you've been planting milkweed DON'T STOP IT'S WORKING

This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for. That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.

NASA astronauts using Night Sight

There's a part of 3T on W9 where I can briefly address this. Just another reason the book is still relevant right now, despite being a book of better times (< tries to convince self).

🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth

There is not one gif from the perfect movie I wanted to post 😱. Not one! (It's Hatley High. Do not be fooled by the cover or the ratings 🤣)

"Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?" -- Jane Goodall, born #OTD 1934

I am very depressed about the moon thing (while also loving it) and it is very complicated and I might have to just write a book about it 🤣.

Artemis II sent a pic of the beautiful garden planet we are too greedy, lazy, short-sighted, and ungrateful not to destroy: