Babes, tell me who your characters are, not who they aren’t. Tell me what your book is, not what it isn’t. Show me how you celebrate yourself, not how you compare yourself to others.

We WOOOOOOOON! EEEEEEE!!!!

Tee hee.

I'm just gonna go hyperventilate for the rest of the week, it's cool.

I love the idea of fated mates, instinctual attraction, all that. But I keep finding stories where the woman has no agency, is often horrifically abused by her family, the setting is painfully patriarchal, and I just can't. So I guess I'm gonna make my own. Hmmm...

Me: I just need an idea of where human space meets alien space. Tallis: Hang on, I'm downloading a 7G interactive galactic map. Me: ... I feel like we're getting really crunchy for a smutty story. Tallis: You can't avoid the crunch.

This is straight up an anti-trans bill, but I am extra angry that we have all those files that no one is doing anything with, for people who are provably a danger to children, but Rep. Mary Miller and 16 other Republicans are wasting our time and money on this nonsense. bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...

We made it into the finals! Please please please go vote, it would mean so much to me! alexasommers.com/the-golden-p...

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

They got here early! And they look so good!

So Tallis just turned the sci-fi story we’re working on into at least three books, with multiple casts. And it’s such a good idea. Dammit.

BOUND TO DESIRE has made it into the semi-finals for the Golden Pigtails! If you are feeling magnanimous, and would like to make my little indie year, please go vote for it. alexasommers.com/the-golden-p...

Offline today. See you tomorrow. www.standwithminnesota.com

Person: So what's your current WIP? Me: Um, a sci-fi. Human girl gets recruited onto a ship with just a pile of furry aliens. Person: ... Me: ... Person: Yeah, you got me, when's it coming out?

Rep Troy Nehls from TX has given us the sage advice of, "If you comply, you will not die." THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE KILLING PEOPLE, TROY. YOU TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF A MEDIOCRE WHITE MAN. This dystopian bullshit is wild.

Since I finally finished the website, I have filled out interest forms for two indie bookstores and the Smut Lovers conference, all while ignoring the voice in my head that kept telling me not to bother because I am not popular enough. Please clap.

It took entirely too long, but I finally finished the website. Mostly. Yeah, the anthology section is a bit lacking on text but it has links and pictures. salarstories.com

What was that? @ubisoft.com never wants us to give them money ever again? Okay, cool. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Tallis and I published two books this year. We finished writing two more, along with at least three short stories (I might be forgetting one). So if my brain could please accept that as an accomplishment and let me rest until the new year, that would be great.

Bb, stop feeding the trolls. If sadsack67 with 23 followers and no profile picture said something that made you incandescent with rage and you can’t let it go, then take a screenshot and make your own post. Don’t comment, don’t quote.

Me: (using talk-to-text) Gum drop garland Phone: Cum drop garland Me: ... I feel like you're calling me out.

Get to know your mutuals. List ten random things you like. 1. The Dragon Age series 2. Earl Grey tea 3. Tonkatsu 4. Bats, bunnies, and crows 5. The ocean 6. Old bookstores 7. Several varieties of EDM 8. Sweet tea 9. A good live performance 10. Nights out with friends

Bugs Bunny is a trickster god, and therefore gender is meaningless. Though also, I hope someone who is still on Twitter responded to this with "They're going to make your mom gay."

I have seen two Astarion cosplays this weekend, both by people on the shorter side, posing the question of what would Astarion have been like if he were just a little guy?

I had a lovely reader interaction today that ended with me not making the sale. Because I realized quickly that the types of books I wrote were not what she was looking for. She was understanding, and we had a nice little chat. She was so sweet, and didn’t berate me for not writing what she liked.

I totally forgot to pick up lunch and I am manning this booth by myself today. Oops

Hear me out: A monster romance holiday anthology, where the plots are based on Hallmark Christmas movies. But with monsters. And 🌶️🔥. After establishing a promising career in a real estate dev company, Penelosephone returns to her small town to oversee a new development in the Old Forest...

I need to make a spreadsheet of all the bookish events within driving distance.

Story done! Now it needs a title, cause we can’t keep calling it “We Broke A Chair.”

It's release day! Changed for Desire, the delightful sequel to Bound to Desire, has been unleashed upon the world! Enjoy a cozy-adjacent why choose fantasy romp with TTRPG vibes, found family, and a lot of f— um, feelings. Yes, feelings was totally what I was going to say. books2read.com/u/3nJ98o

Remember that urban fantasy gender flipped Snow White? The short story? Where the seven dwarves are shortstacks and fey? So it’s done but it’s 45K words. Yeah, I was surprised, too.

Everyone* fears Nahia. She won the war, but they all remember how. And what keeps her from doing it again? It tears her apart. No one fears Octavia (except "pretty women are scary" types). They should, though. She's obviously a warlock and how do you think she safely travels alone? *Except the MMC

We're reviewing Kickstarter's "Three Ways to Maintain Momentum" email. One of the suggestions is "Add a new reward" and all I can come up with is "Clea will send you a personal, possibly weird or inappropriate, thank you." Because I think it's funny. (We won't be adding it.) Examples include:

It's the final week for our Summoner Kickstarter! Summoner v1.0 and Summoner v2.0 are paranormal romance anthologies about a demon summoning app and the sexy chaos that follows. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

I have a praise kink and imposter syndrome. So I want you to tell me I'm a good girl and that I'm doing a good job, but I won't believe you.

Still editing the fluffiest 🌶️ thing Tallis and I have ever written. It'll be a nice standalone when it's done. Was talking with another author today about how it helps to have a few standalones, because not everyone's ready for a series. But it's so fluffy, not sure it's a good representation.

Went to Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights last night. I had never been before, and it was so fun. I think as a former theater kid and someone who also did haunted houses, seeing that kind of event at that level of production was just magical.

Just a reminder that we have a really fun Kickstarter going on right now for our Summoner anthologies. One written by myself and @cherryflavoredclea.bsky.social, the other by a group of our writer friends. They're fun, light-hearted, and sexy! Help spread the spooky season with some demon goodies!

Saved by Desire is done! And by that I mean written. But we wrote a complete trilogy! Time for the butt wiggling happy dance!

Charming Fetish, an imprint of Periapt Press, is running a Kickstarter for two anthologies in the Summoner universe!

I simply cannot stress it enough. You cannot sit this out. They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised. Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

We have an anthology with a demon summoning app coming next year. It’s part lexicon, part succubus/incubus Tinder, part infernal Yelp. A friend pointed out that we could make the different demons’ profiles, and now I am spending way too much time researching and designing this fake app.

I have sparkly sunscreen and the deodorant with aluminum. And books that would get banned in any Florida school district. Tampa, I’m coming for you.

How my editor knows my WIPs: Warlock 2 30/70 story “We broke a chair”

So I am super upfront about the fact that this is a pen name. And I am going to be doing an event in Florida, as this pen name. While staying with my father. And hoping he doesn’t try to attend said event, so I don’t have to tell him that I have a pen name.

Me: I think there’s too many spicy scenes in [WIP]. Editor: Well, there’s often a lot of spicy scenes in your work. What’s the ratio? Me: Um, 70/30. Editor: …is the 70 the story? Me: No.

I’m aware of what a mess it is right now. I’m gonna keep doing the work, sending money where I can, showing up when I can, doing my best for a positive change. But I need to protect my sanity, and I have a book coming out on May 1, so I’m gonna focus on that for a little while.

Edits to Bound to Desire are done! I have removed over 300 instances of "just" and checked for the correct spelling of blond/blonde and several other things! I will now get myself a little treat!

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day the truly Irish way: open rebellion against any who try to repress or control you. We need more of that here in the U.S.

You know, I never understood the "good girl" thing when I was younger (despite being a burnt out former gifted kid with ADHD and a praise kink). But at this point in my life I have spent so many years doing so much for little to no acknowledgement that it's starting to make sense.