Name your first videogame console.

I beat Yoshi Island by myself for the first time!

I have some sapphic novellas & short stories up for perusal! While my music taste is often genre ambivalent to a point, my writing sticks in the broader fantasy category. kris-madigan.itch.io #QueerWritersChat

#QueerWritersChat Q5 Thank you for hosting! If you want to check out the books I wrote for my playlists, you can find them here! Sweet & Wild: books2read.com/u/bzNng9 The Need for Dandelions: books2read.com/u/meYkPE Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...

Thank you all for the lovely conversation! Since I talked about it so much this time around, I might as well promo The Dealmaker's Gambit, a lesbian revenge story with shapeshifters and firebenders. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... jwtroemner.itch.io/the-dealmake... books2read.com/u/bxBPpJ

It changes based on the playlist. Sometimes I have no repeats at all, sometimes the entire playlist could be just one artist. For Dealmaker's Gambit, I had a lot of The Dirt Poor Robins cropping up for whatever reason-- they just fit the vibe. #queerwriterschat

I used to do it a lot more before I quit Spotify; my media player is a lot more limited in its selection and unwieldy to use. The one I've got available right now is the playlist I posted on my blog for The Dealmaker's Gambit, along with explanations. jwtroemner.com/2024/02/26/p...

I don't tend to listen to music while I write-- it's too distracting. But I like listening to music to pump me up and get me into the writing mood. #queerwriterschat #writesky

Hey all, I'm Jen, a nonbinary asexual writer and the author of a few queer stories. Right now I'm working on an 18th century lesbian werewolf WIP, The Wolves of Malgun Hall. #queerwriterschat #queerwriters #writesky

The final chapter of The Husband Poisoning Society is up! Next week... something brand new! www.patreon.com/posts/146548...

I currently #amreading a biography of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria to research my current WIP, because my antagonist is loosely modeled after her. My own character will be a couple orders of magnitude less powerful than an empress, but the research is giving me good jumping off points.

Hello #silkscreen and #screenprinting peeps: do you have any advice for getting your prints to turn out properly on fabric? I'm still a newbie, so any advice is welcome

I'm prepping my silk screen for screen printing some merchandise bags later this week. I have to say, I'm grateful for the photo emulsion sheets so I don't need to deal with the buckets of goop and stuff-- I only screen print a couple of designs anyway, so the pack of sheets is enough.

"Good worldbuilding" has 3 key ingredients: 1. Consistency - Don't break your own world's rules 2. Thorough - Each aspect should alter the world. If they don't, why have them? 3. Unobtrusive - No setting porn please. I don't need to know EVERY detail, only the ones that impact the characters & plot.

First thing in the morning and I'm already prepared to crawl back into bed.

I'm not precious about other people seeing my first drafts, but I do tend to tinker at the draft right up to the point where my friends get around to reading it, to the point that it's almost a second or third draft, so... yes and no? #queerprompts

Folks, I hate to tell you this, but if you spent more time reading actual books, or otherwise engaging with media created by human beings, and less time making up imaginary "tells", you would be much more able to spot AI slop without resorting to a list of "tells".

I got my convention copies of M. Lachance! And with plenty of time to spare before the next con~

Writers, what's the coolest weirdest thing you've learned about lately in research for a project?

How do you define Cozy, in a genre sense? What makes a book Cozy or not Cozy? #booksky #writingcommunity

Roscoe fell asleep lying in my lap and now I don't want to wake him

A reminder that all my stuff is free. It's on the blog: ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com. It's on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit.... And it's on my webpage: ddwardiswriting.com. No pay wall. No sign up required. Like my stuff? Read my stuff.

I could take a break for lunch or I could do some more editing during my downtime from my office duties. Decisions, decisions. I feel like if I'm not careful I'll head towards burnout. #amwriting

My coworker is group-ordering chic-fil-a for the office and I'm over here eating my frozen lunch in quiet continuation of the boycott. It feels like a dumb thing, but at least i have my principles.

Sweet! The biography I requested at the library has come in! #amreading #booksky

The Dealmaker's Gambit 🔥Shapeshifters 🔥Found Family 🔥Revenge 🔥Original Magic System 🔥Fire Magic 🔥WLW Romance 🔥Women's Wrongs 🔥Disability Rep 🔥Nonbinary Major Characters available at books2read.com/u/bxBPpJ #booksky

I think the reason I keep waking up before my alarm is my neighbor's rooster crowing every 25 seconds (I counted) come dawn.

I guess for once I'll promote myself! I'm Ryo and I'm nonbinary. I'm a fic writer and OC haver, but mostly I do a lot of archival work for the fandom which is very time consuming. I would not say no if anyone wanted to donate to my ko-fi to help support my crazy hobby. ko-fi.com/ryoseihime

🚀 spaceships 🌡️ dark conspiracies 🎭 brotherhood ❌ no romance 🐛 strange creatures 🤖 futuristic 🪐 other worlds 🐈 a rescue cat 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56... [ #booksky ]

🐉Arkay would be an elemental barbarian with some electric leanings-- she's a heavy hitter by all means Rosa would definitely be a cleric, all healing and support fueled by her faith in people Meph would be a paladin, or whatever a paladin becomes after he's lost his faith #awesomecharacters

Here’s your reminder that this bundle is running through the end of May! I got two books in there, plus there are 21 others from other indie authors. Nice little starter pack to explore the great frontiers of science fiction 📚🚀

Name your fav robot or android.

Name your fav robot or android.

I'm currently zooming through Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, based on a recommendation from a few weeks back. The worldbuilding is delightful and the robots are charming so far. #booksky #amreading

I'm going out to lunch with my mother and then doing some editing on my WIP!

I just opened my bank app for the first time since buying my paperback copies for this year's convention season...

Weirdly (?), it's the mundane moments, where I have to get the characters from Point A to Point B. Knowing when to make them fleshed out scenes vs when to summarize, and making those scenes land and actually add to the story without bogging it down, it's always a bit of a nightmare. #queerprompts

I got some editing done, now I'm going back to my research reading before I hit the hay for the night

QRP with the doctor you’d trust leading the hantavirus response.

Roe V. Wade

Roscoe is always down to make Mondays a little easier

Slightly increase a band Pussycat mannequins

I can't tell if my boss is being really nice and forgiving right now or if she's being passive-aggressive

"Henry Swick was eaten alive by the great gray beast of February." -- the opening line of The Thief of Always by Clive Barker. That one has always stuck with me, especially since I was a young teen when I read it. #booksky #readerscommunity

When I got up, a certain somebody stole my heating blanket. It's okay, though, he seems like he's enjoying it.

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

Drop some GAMES 🕹️🃏🖤♟️🎮

Soooo... I suspect my therapist might have forgotten about our appointment. #FML

I'm planning to do some more editing on my WIP this week, and get some new scenes written and some old scenes fleshed out. #queerwriters

Daily reminder that writers write. A slop machine is not a pen and a prompt does not make you an author. Your brain is beautiful. Use it.