Every single sale makes my day like nobody's business

When y'all buy from indie authors, it impacts us profoundly. Especially if it goes outside the circle of authors trading a few dollars back and forth amongst ourselves.

I’ve said this before, a lot, but when you’re an author and your book doesn’t sell your feelings can default to the premise, “Everyone in the world was offered my book and they all personally rejected it.” The truth is most people don’t know it exists. Awareness is the problem, not you or your book.

The 12 to 20 hour D&D adventure is designed to fit into a middle or high school environmental sciences program and comes complete with lesson plans and SOLs. It features delightful art from @erinthez.bsky.social.

Me , fossilized, mid-squid fact, talking about cephalopod evolution juuuuust as I got to the part about ammonites.

The fourth piece for my Zócalo Public Square's Sketchbook feature - I just love to draw a crooked croc 🐊

🌊 NEW Ocean Science Radio #podcast episode! We chat with Ben Minch about giant viruses - microscopic monsters that hijack photosynthesis & reshape ocean food webs. These viral giants were hiding in plain sight for 20+ years! Mind-blowing marine science! 🦠🔬 open.spotify.com/episode/1RmQ...

Dear girl wearing the @rustyquill.com sweatshirt. I'm sorry if I startled you when I shouted at you from my car, I was just very excited. 😅

Just finished up a wildly fun D&D session with @erinthez.bsky.social @akornblatt.bsky.social and @craken-maccraic.bsky.social. Ghosts, Pirates, Zombies, Creepy Vampire Kids, and Hamburgers. You should check out Interrupted Interment: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Do not drink and drive #thranduil #thehobbit #lordoftherings

In honor of our health secretary swimming in raw sewage, here's a reminder that I did a cute little video for Rock Creek Park on their fish ladder 🧪🐟

In addition to the campaign and supporting materials, the Last Hunt for the Jabberwock also comes with lesson plans and SOLs for educators. www.dmsguild.com/product/5056... (and amazing art by @erinthez.bsky.social)

Just a lil tabby baby 🥰 Custom pet portraits are available in my #art shop @ rainbowofcrazy.myshopify.com/collections/... Tips/support is greatly appreciated via Ko-fi 🐈 @ ko-fi.com/rainbowofcrazy #bsnm #supportartists #artshop #KofiPromoteChallenge

My doctors recently ordered antibody labs on me for MMR, etc. to make sure I still have protection and don’t need boosters. Other immunofuckedup folks should look into getting that done if possible!

A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop. www.wired.com/story/scient...

Are there any Barnacles enthusiasts over here? 🌿

Just in case you all were needing the most absurd, yet amazing, prop for your DnD or other RPG sessions.... behold, I give you Lazlo's Cubed Crypt. Coming soon to Backerkit April 22nd www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Hey lookie! It's about @deficitdragons.bsky.social's upcoming BackerKit campaign! www.wargamer.com/dnd/rubiks-c...

Are you still blogging about the ocean? Let us know where you're blogging over on Southern Fried Science. Years ago, were used to do blog carnivals: massive link collections highlighting the best from across the ocean blogosphere. www.southernfriedscience.com/ocean-scienc...

Why does every single major technology breakthrough in the conservation space end up becoming the Spiderman Dinosaur meme?

For the first time, a full 5e system is built from the ground up for accessibility: dyslexia-friendly fonts & layout, digital braille, markdown, representation, and more.

The evolution of Lazlo the Lich, the boss monster of my upcoming adventure and crowdfunding campaign. Initial sketch by Solomon AKA BatOfTheDead Final images by @erinthez.bsky.social Erin Z. Anderson

✨ High Stakes Space Thriller ✨ When the Martian city, Arcadia Landing, suffers a devastating attack, Capt. James Fowler sets out to bring those responsible to justice. THE SHADOW OF ARCADIA books2read.com/shadowarcadia 🪐📚💙 #SFF ⚡📚

In ceramics, I am making stuff and pitting shells and barnacles on them... It is silly, brings me joy, and looks pretty.

Oh, you want silly? Here’s my niece in a Gyarados Pokémon hat I crocheted for her last year. I also made a matching Magikarp one for my sister.

It's Women in Horror Month; let us speak now of women horror writers substack.com/home/post/p-...

I'll be offline for a few days to focus on some contract work, but the Holy Mola stickers should arrive tomorrow and Patreon patrons who sign up before the 15th will get them this month! The Ides of March are coming! www.patreon.com/posts/next-s...

It's wild that this little D&D Jabberwock adventure has been out for 4 months now, has sold a little more than 50 copies, and is still regularly on the front page for best-selling "handcrafted" (i.e. no AI slop) adventures. That's not a great sign for the overall homebrew market.

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Angry Robot have an indefinitely open Black Writers (unagented) submissions call, I know I have Black followers who write fantasy, sci-fi, or horror, and here's an opportunity. angryrobotbooks.com/2020/08/blac...

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. ― CS Lewis

The big boat It is stuck in the mud yes YES The big boat is stuck www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wildlife tracking tips. Thank you Patrons! www.patreon.com/c/birdandmoon

If anyone you know needs reminding of why vaccines are important, take a closer look at what happens if get the measles (which, if you're not vaccinated and you encounter a contagious person, you are almost guaranteed to catch). #SOTU buff.ly/W6zwuKk

Yesterday, over 600 patriots gathered in front of NOAA Headquarters in Washington D.C. to protest the illegal, arbitrary, and capricious firings of career civil servants. I was honored to be asked to speak about the 200-year history of America's first public science agency.

It'll take bit to update, but my little D&D adventure in ecologic succession, Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, is now a Copper Best Seller, putting it in the top 11-ish% of adventure on the Dungeon Masters Guild. Thanks to everyone who rolled the dice on this project with me!

This is really great for teaching science and just having fun in the fae wild! 🧪💙

Did I bring a bunch a ceramics in the train through half the country to make pictures et the sea ? Why yes, why are you asking ? So a few Seratocerolis isopods with celadon glazes #SciArt, #ceramics, #pottery

I transplanted the redwoods yesterday. Smol Sequoia has a large pot all to himself now; I put Frodo of the Nine Leaves into the original pot, but with new soil. Smol's taproot was *long*, and curled around the pot, so I hope he can stretch out well and grow tall. Frodo's roots were a bit entangled.

QT with your Elden Ring art! 👴💍

Mood.

Deepsea angler fish are famous for their fearsome appearance, but they pose no real threat to humans. Some are larger, but they are usually small, less than 10 inches long. The males are much smaller and parasitic on the females.

A greeting for negligent penpals and procrastinating authors. Postcard from my collection, 1911.

The #Free5e Core Bundle is open to the public! Get all 3 WIP manuscripts—Player’s Guide, GM Handbook, & Free Range Monsters—100% free & open! Download now!

Dropping some #anglerfish factoids: Anglerfish teeth are curved backward. So if something tries to escape, it just shoves itself deeper into the mouthal abyss of doom. 🌊🦑 #Anglerfish #Evolution #Science

People are getting so poetic about that little anglerfish but like If in my final days I manage to hurtle myself directly into the blinding embrace of the sun I hope people will know I did it in a melancholic, tragic way and not because I think the sun is pretty

Anxiety, budget reviews, callous disregard for human life! a.co/d/gOCFjDd