When you FINALLY open your manuscript to work on it and your computer kicks its fan on high, acting all DrAmATic. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Booksky #WritingAdvice

Trying to change someone's mind is like trying to pick a broken lock; it takes more than the right key but there IS a way! This is a story of one American man who learned how to open his eyes with hard lessons, help, and a lot of empathy. #ShamelessPromoFriday #SpoonieAuthChat #SFF 📚💙

I'm gonna post for @kristenklopez.bsky.social, whose book POPCORN DISABILITIES: THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF DISABLED REPRESENTATION IN THE MOVIES comes out next week and isn't getting enough attention. It is a PHENOMENAL book. www.bloomsbury.com/us/popcorn-d... #SpoonieAuthChat

How do you write a story when you know it's good/worth it but it's just *exhausting*? I'm so so close to finishing my book of short stories, but this last one is kicking my ass. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Booksky #WritingAdvice

Writing has been...not very forthcoming lately. Sales on Bounty Inc. still haven't even reached half what *preorders* were on either Gam Gam novellas, and I spent way more on Bounty Inc. overall. So, basically both motivation AND money have been very low 😅

"You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously." —from The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs

We got snow last night, so to honor the annual tradition, it’s time to compulsively play Skyrim for roughly twelve hours with essentially no breaks.

Severed limb swinging, Swinging in the midday sun. Has no smell about it As the colder season has begun. Where did the body go, If it left this fell piece behind? And why does it wave to me, As if it's me it's hoping to find? #poetry #bitsandpieces

I just realized... Writing tropes are the equivalent of old cartoons where the low-quality cell shading gave away what was about to move. Guys, they've figured us out... We need to write new tropes. #BookSky #ReaderSky #WritingCommunity #ShowerThoughts

When you're really close to finishing your book but that means The Next Step is coming... Anyone else ever delay a project because the ugh is too strong? #Writing #WritingCommunity #Booksky #DontWanna

"The Rattle of Bones" has a 32 year old lesbian protagonist. Her prepper upbringing finally comes in handy when face stealing monsters ravage what she assumes is the world. #horror #booksky #writing ebook: books2read.com/u/4DGOAQ Physical copy(free bookmark included!): ko-fi.com/s/49b76447e3

Me trying to convince every single service/website/app I touch that I do NOT want their suggestions, ads, or AI "features". #FuckAI

Frankenstein, but all he does is add raisins to recipes.

When you had a rough day so you just dress up for yourself and frolic around the house. I might bake too, we shall see. #SelfCare

Part of me is just, like, Im so sick of perfecting my books. Ive wrung every single drop of joy out of the process of writing them and obsessing over them. Ive chewed well beyond the point of losing their flavor and are now just rubbery in my mouth. I just want them off my desk and on a shelf!

In writing and real life; if a relationship doesn't work, STOP forcing it! Don't jam a fork into a light socket expecting a miracle; drop it and go find a *proper lightbulb* that will light up your world. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Booksky #Rant

Once again, The Onion sums it up perfectly:

I love this b/c it’s such a nice way of saying “Stop enshittifying the lives of people who aren’t cis white men.” And it seems everything I say lately has an implied “comma asshole” after it.

I wrote a book about a "tradcon" white man coming to grips with his and America's bigotry while in prison therapy. Why? Because no one else has, and people struggling to unlearn hatred need relatable characters to show them the way. #SpoonieAuthChat #ShamelessPromoFriday #Booksky

My books are for those that want to see themselves in fantasy. I aim to make my stories as inclusive as possible with characters that are queer, neurodiverse, disabled, have different body types, have different skin colors, etc.

Just went through the BlueSky Moderation filter and holy fuck the mods are condescendingly paternalistic and delusional.

traumatized queer folks who need to know they're not alone and to see themselves as heroes. bipolar people, plural folks, trans disasters, bisexual messes, the mad.

Next year for Halloween, I want a Guy Faux animatronic so I can scare imperialist oligarchs... 🎃 Want my business back, Home Depot? Get on it. #Halloween

“The world may be mean, but people don't have to be, not if they refuse.” -Colson Whitehead, born on this day in 1969. He is one of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice: "The Underground Railroad" 2016 (also won the National Book Award for Fiction) and "The Nickel Boys" 2020

What if you learned a bit too late that everything you'd been taught about American freedom and supremacy was wrong? Now you find yourself learning the truth, up close and personal, how the "American dream" doesn't die so easily. books2read.com/u/m20jRG #Readersky #Booksky #Scifi #Books #IndieAuthor

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP 💜 Chronic Illness Rep 🌱 Plant Magic 💚 Bisexual Witches 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar 😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance ☕ Cozy Vibes #QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy

Writing about topics in ways that people haven't thought about before. I wholeheartedly believe the world should be seen as a singular thing with many facets, not a book we should rip pages we dislike out of. The world needs to be seen as it IS for us to truly change for the better. #Hopepit

Guess what day it is 🤣

When the end of the writing process is in sight... but that means the publishing and advertising process is about to begin... Mmm, dread, yummy. #BookSky #WriterSky #AmWriting #WriterLife #IndieAuthors

We can all write about social justice till our fingers fall off, but until the privileged can relate to its pain, they won't change. So I wrote a book that turns the tables, letting a privileged bigot experience ol' America's discrimination for himself. #Readersky #Reading #Booksky #Scifi #Books📢📚🪐

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Ok, yay or nay, does it *actually* matter at all what time of year you publish a book? I'm sure it's a very heavy "it depends", but I'm curious to hear other's thoughts. #BookSky #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriterLife

When the writing is flowing so well you forget little things like food, water, work, sleep, sanity... #BookSky #WriterSky #AmWriting #WriterLife #ADHD

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” —from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

When the Dark Brotherhood gives you a contract on the racist fuck in the dungeons

True story

I have been informed that these absolutely nightmare-birthed (pun intended) things are very real and, therefore, CAN hurt us all! Protect yourself, stay away from baby horses. Happy Halloween! 🎃 #Halloween #Horror #TIL

The scariest part of reading Dracula is when the doctor starts jamming three different men's blood into an unconscious female patient. Sure, he didn't know, but I DID. 💀 #Dracula #BookSky

"The Thief of Always" by Clive Barker is excellent and deserves way more readers! It's a psychological thriller, so I'd rate it PG13 at most, meaning even kids can read it. There's also "Welcome to Nightvale" which is an epic cosmic horror podcast. #SpoonieAuthChat

So, I tried to watch Bram Stoker's Dracula... What the HELL did my poor eyes just witness? I remember the book... that was not the book. Holy shit. #Movies #Dracula

My book has 0/5 stars from angry, white, nationalist, Christians. Everyone else seems to really enjoy it though, so give it a read! books2read.com/u/m20jRG #ReadingCommunity #Books #Hopepunk #Booksky #Scifi 📢📚🪐💙

Anyway, good morning, happy Monday, let’s ruin some capitalists’ day, shall we?

If I had children, I would make them the COOLEST most popular kids in school for the explicit purpose of putting new slang into the population. "Here's a new Stanly mug. No go tell everyone that 'beige' means lame, boring, and bland for mommy. Good job!" #MomSky

This is your daily reminder that the English language is a disaster: "worthless" =/= "worth less" #Writing #Language

I finally went to buy one of those life-size skeletons from the store... and they're sold out... What's even the point of it all if I can't have A Them to pose in weird places? #Halloween

Why does everyone want to assume I want to talk about sports? Why can't they assume I want to talk about Final Fantasy?

Every time I see someone is named after a "glamourous" city like Paris (rude and stinky) or London (drunk and confused) I wonder if there's some kid out there with a name like "New York"... Just imagine... "Sup guys, want fresh rat pizza?"

Imagine hating on me and I'm just at home like this

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." —from The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien