So glad you enjoyed ALICE!! 💚💚

Omg I love this!!! #💙

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

My threads account got suspended and I had to delete it, but I had a lot more author and bookish interaction over there than I do here. So if you’re interested in queer, sapphic, disabled, romance, genre, writing or reading, give me a shout!

Happy Pride! Check out these 2025 debut novels with sapphic rep. Want to help a debut? Repost this, follow and interact, add to goodreads and review, request on netgalley and upvote/review, request from library, review on major retailers, preorder//order. Books listed in alt text and comments.

Cover reveal!!! Absolutely over the moon to reveal the cover for my debut sapphic romcom ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH!!! Preorders are now open (link in bio) so you might as well buy this bi4butch romance about loneliness, the rain, and a really big dog right now?!

Today fucking blows. That is all.

Normal sapphic romance problem: having to use names so often in s*x or intimate scenes because pronouns are unclear Next level problem: one character’s name ends in an S so you have to use an ugly ass possessive ALL THE TIME. “She takes Ames’s hand and kisses Ames’s head” UGHHHHHH HATE

“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about” - Beyoncé after winning Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”

Here is an interesting adjective quirk that you probably aren’t even aware you are doing. In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order: opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun

If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.

I see authors sheepishly announcing books, or apologizing for good news. Friends: we’re enduring an onslaught of censorship and bigotry. I am PROUD that you wrote anything. Please yell about what you're doing. Art is a fuel to keeps many of us going.

The times are bad so maybe you need to see my dog

Writers- If you are using Microsoft Word 365 and now have “CoPilot” showing up in your toolbar—that is AI. My tech friend sent me the steps to turn off CoPilot on a Mac. Protect your books!

So the worst genre is definitely dystopian nonfiction

Born to write. Cursed with a day job.

There are families who will never be able to come back from this devastation, and many of them were in generational homes, passed down from people who bought homes in the 1970sand 80's in Altadena. All of the fires are a tragedy, but especially for those who don't have the resources to rebuild.

LA is my home. The westside is my home. Santa Monica will always be my home. Feeling grateful, guilty, and helpless to be so far away. I don’t think I’ll have words for the devastation of our city for a long time. Below was my joyful beach visit just this past weekend.

Hello new influx of #Romancelandia peeps. In case you didn’t know, starter packs are the best way to follow your peeps. The “follow all” button is especially handy: go.bsky.app/MLhVxiH I’ll also link the other starter packs I know of in the comments:

We are on the eve of the first of us 2025 debut authors having their releases out in the world. I am so excited for all of these amazing writers. YOU DID IT. YOU DID THE THING!

I know this is old news but it’s fun [derogatory] to see several of them at once 🫠

A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.

Just preordered this and can’t wait to read my buddy’s debut novel!! @skateellis.bsky.social is a beautiful writer with extraordinary worldbuilding and I’m so thrilled for everyone else to get to experience it for themselves #💕🛸🌈

HAPPY DEBUT YEAR TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!! i can't wait to start going into bookstores this year and loudly exclaiming "my friend wrote that" even tho i've never met any of my fellow debuts IRL yet.

Approximately a million books read; all delightful (thread)

Hey, psssst, want to stay in the know about the incredible debuts coming your way in 2025??? We've got a starter pack for that! go.bsky.app/H13XQTN

Awww hey that’s my girl!! 💜💕💙

How it feels being a fall 2025 debut looking at all of the “most anticipated 2025” book lists 🫠🍁❄️⏳

Periodic editor's reminder to use "TK" for your placeholder copy, because it's easier to catch at a glance than whatever your gentile social media producer might use instead

surviving publishing is all about finding exactly the right editor who is the same brand of niche freak as you & who is willing to go along with all your wackass ideas

In case you need an extra smile today, the winners of the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Contest have been announced... The winner? Stuck squirrel by Milko Marchetti. #science #biology #nature #scicomm (Check out all the finalists here: www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/come...)

it's here it's QUEER it's the 2024 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!! 🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈

Some quotes from ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH that have been making me laugh during copy edits

My manuscript for copy edits has a copyright page and that really fuckin got me 🥹🥹🥹

Has anyone seen a starter pack for queer or sapphic romance/romcom writers?

Hello I am a writer and such but more importantly this is my dog

Also of the generation who had gayness completely normalized to her by the talking horse books. Also learned about birth control and abortion from fantasy books. (shout out to @pameladean.bsky.social who I awkwardly yelled YOU TAUGHT ME ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL at once in twitter 🤣 very chill!)

Just a reminder that I made a starter pack of 2025 debut novelists! Follow if you want to keep tabs on a bunch of awesome books. (and reply here to let me know if you should be added!) go.bsky.app/H13XQTN

Trying to be over here more, so please peep this exciting news about my second (!!!) and third books (!!!!) and get ready for more: 💋sapphic romcoms 🥴about regret and failure 👯‍♀️friends to lovers 👅second chance hookup buddies to lovers 💥enemies to lovers 🚘LA traffic jokes

I am beyond thrilled to say that my debut novel, ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH, is going to be published by The Dial Press!!   It is so much more than a dream come true to get to work with the incredible Katy Nishimoto and the Dial team to bring ALICE to you all. I can't wait.

Finishing HELL BENT (NINTH HOUSE #2) and then starting a romcom on the same night is some Barbenheimer style whiplash, let me tell you!!