I think I should use this as one of those enticing 1 star reviews 😂 If you want gay sex in a fantasy detective story, hit up THE REANIMATOR'S HEART, especially if you like autistic necromancers accidentally reanimating their detective crush, so they can solve his murder. Link: books2read.com/trm1

I HAVE BOOKS COMING OUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM AND THEN TELL OTHER PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THEM HERE:

How about a queer Hi-Lo* YA about a kid facing (a) gaslighting ex, (b) queer friend group implosion, (c) volunteer hours to graduate? Comes with adorable husky, and discovering his voice. *High-interest, low-complexity, for ESL/learning disability/reluctant reader queerlings.

Well, it's not a full novel, just a short story, but if the idea of a transgender PI being forced by his crime lord rival to explore a disturbing house set in the Cthulhu Mythos appeals to you, have at: vincentlore.itch.io/lock-the-las... books2read.com/u/b6XgRE

Omg, Erin, you're amazing. We'd love for folks to consider AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC, examining documented haunted history that mirrors tropes of Gothic lit, a follow-up to our acclaimed HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN about women ghosts & their narratives. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781356...

I’m an indie author, so the publisher not helping me sell my books is me! Pirates and Poise is a mid-heat erotic romance between the sky pirate Captain Topaz, and the disgraced imperial consort, Davi. My works are intended for 18+ readers. zackprincebooks.itch.io/pirates-and-...

I'm sure there are creative people out there who enjoy self-promotion, but I don't think I've ever met one of them. Bree's excellent advice here goes hand-in-hand with the important truth that Look, You Made Something, You Clever Talented Bastard, Now Tell Us About It So We Can Be Impressed Too 😘

Finished '4Minutes' last night. It definitely made me *think* more than most BL dramas (actually, a lot of the time it felt more like a drama foremost, that happened to have queer MCs). Clever, even if imperfect. Curious what Bible does next, as I think he's The Real Deal when it comes to acting.

Continuing my streak of Top Quality Self-Promotion, I made this graphic and posted it one (1) time 🤦‍♂️ Do you like wildly high-heat gay erotica? Books that make people say "wtf did I just read?!" in their reviews? FREE books that were unexpectedly popular on Bookstagram? No HEA, just 🥵 #IndieApril

It is exceptionally liberating, not to feel obliged to have A Hot Take™ on whatever the fury-inciting topic of the day might be, and I highly recommend it.

and free on payhip too :) payhip.com/b/ZLKn3

New Itch bundle release! Get the awesome short story spotlight bundle on Itch today, with short stories and short story collections for only $20!!! Get in on that today! itch.io/b/3623/the-a...

I was going to post about how much I've been enjoying '4Minutes' (I forced myself to not watch episode 7 last night, because it would've taken me past my bedtime) but then I fell down a rabbit hole trying to find the perfect Bible gif and forgot why I'd started. Anyway, it's good.

Why do I never remember that going for a drive is almost guaranteed to nudge my brain past a writing block? I should put it on a post-it or something.

Jamir Cunningham had no desire for love. He ran a bookstore and had a tight-knit group of friends. When Emmy Park entered his store, he instantly fell for the stunning, irritable, chubby Korean man. Read my cozy M/M romance More to Love books2read.com/u/bwyrAO

✨️‼️ TWO NEW NOVELETTES OUT TODAY ‼️✨️ I'm very excited to do this double release, if you like Weird Books that blend horror and other genres, these two might be for you. Payhip exclusive, find then here! CWs listed here, I'll get them up on payhip soon. payhip.com/marsadler

It’s both Autism Awareness Month and #indieapril which obviously means an amazing itchio bundle of indie autistic books📚📦 Please support & get 30 brilliant sff & romance books by autistic authors with autistic MCs for $30! My book A Stage Over Ruthless Stars is here too 💙📚🪐 itch.io/b/3598/autis...

Happy #IndieApril Grieving Widow vows revenge on ALL of the wealthy after her wife is murdered in a get-richer-quicker plot. dax.ink/stars

Y'know what I should do? Schedule some promo posts for the month, then I won't get to the end of April and think "oh, I guess I forgot to remind people that I actually write books" 😂 Yes, we both know I'm not going to set it all up, but that's what I *should* do. 💙📚🌈

Newsletter is LIVE! Did I forget to post this last night? Shhh, no obviously I didn't (I sure did). Love youuuuuuuuu Xxxxxxx

There's a joke in here about the British which made me ugly-snort out loud. Yes, I am from the UK. Yes, it describes me perfectly. Wait, am I a vampire?

Tired: April Fools 🙄 Wired: April Sincerity 🤩 I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to anyone who bought one of my books, read one of my stories, left a review, recommended me, sent me an email, said something nice on social, or generally interacted with me in a fun way in March. I appreciate you! 🥰 💙📚

If you plan on buying A LADY eventually, can I ask you a favor? Can you try to purchase before April? Its first royalty statement period ends March 31 so those sales could determine a lot for me

If you're a trans author and have a TDOV sale, share it here. Especially if you have yet to get a sale. I want to give you visibility.

And to my fellow cis: I want to reiterate that The Horrors are NOT trans folks' responsibility to fix. That's squarely on us. Get your privileged ass out there and have the awkward discussions. Use every peer pressure lever you've got because if you don't, who will

Happy world backup day! You should take this day to reflect on what backup plans you have for your computer data. There are many options, but you should apply the 3-2-1 rule: • Three copies of your data (including the "live" copy), on • Two different media, with • One offsite. #WorldBackupDay

Visibility feels very not needed. I'd rather make trans books visible, especially if they have a trans main character(s)! So drop us your trans book recs! If you're a trans author & or have a trans MC; give us a description, link & graphic of your own books! 🌈📚💙🏳️‍⚧️ Boosts appreciated!

I ensure all my queer books about queer relationships/sex in a heteronormative world are sufficiently (but not overwhelmingly) political when the MC turns to the reader on pg84 to say "sexual liberty is achievable through open hearts & minds, and I only watch Star Trek for the pew-pew laser sounds."

Writer folks, there's apparently another wave of incorrect KDP bans going around. CD Reiss wrote up a checklist a few years ago if this happens to you, so make sure to save this *just in case* because while Amazon sends the "THIS IS FINAL" it's often not final. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

There is a lot to be demoralized about, with the rise of AI, and yet I find myself oddly buoyed by how it in some ways validates the rough edges of my own, decidedly human creativity. For example, I am a mediocre graphic designer: my homemade covers are consistent, but also consistently average 😂 🧵

Sadly I'm not eligible, but you should definitely check if your books are. (I am reliably informed that the process to file a claim is relatively painless) Help hold AI thieves to account! Get your money! Spend it all on queer smut!

Gorged myself today on @ardenpowell.bsky.social's "The Bachelor's Valet" (which is currently on sale for $0.99!) and it was lovely. Queer and charming and funny, with an utterly clueless MC who has the good grace to know he's utterly clueless. Adorable all round.

If you're an indie looking to do this, I've had good results using BookFunnel on my site. It can make a sample (from an uploaded PDF/ePUB) and then give you an in-browser viewer for that, which you can link to directly. So, no downloads needed. (Example here: alexpendragon.com/bodies-of-wa...)

It's a beautiful spring day, and all the shades are closed because a mating-pair of bluebirds are currently trying to fight their reflections in the windows.

My queer fantasy trilogy The Gardener's Hand—an angry mindreader, a sensible farm girl, and a genderfluid poet fall in love and save the world—is available in audio at LibroFM (libro.fm/audiobooks/9...) or Kobo (www.kobo.com/us/en/audiob...) or request it in Hoopla or Overdrive at your library!

Some people have never felt obliged to stream all the episodes of a niche series they weren't really feeling, lest the algorithm decide there's no demand at all for that particular niche, and it shows.

Strongly considering making these the personalities of my next mm romance.

Whole thread is good, but this stood out. Not just because "gatekeeping based on faulty thinking" is frustrating, but because I see people (myself included) preemptively dismiss what we create, simply because we assume there's no/little audience for it. And I need to get better at not doing that.

This perfectly encapsulates everything I was struggling to write about the situation, so I'm just going to repost it.

It's been several weeks since I rewatched "Semantic Error" and yes, I am still thinking about how Jaechan has incredible lips, and no, I am not okay.

Another post I didn't have much energy to promote initially. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) is credited by some film scholars as killing Mary Eaton's career, but I refuse to believe it had anything to do with her acting.

Spurred by this, I blogged on the subject of plot-service character behaviour, why you shouldn't, and what to watch out for. kjcharleswriter.com/2026/03/24/d...

I've been thinking a lot about "What do you want to be known for?" It's not long ago that I considered a new pen-name solely for gay romance, assuming my existing erotica audience would muddy the waters. Fast forward to today, and (barring HEA/HFN requirements) the genres feel thoroughly blurred. 🧵

If you don't want the (free) ebook version, all three parts of "Online Orders" are available (also free) at @nifty.org too: new.nifty.org/stories/onli...

"I sure wish I could find any books with an autistic demisexual earl who is also, deep down, an eldritch horror and simultaneously a cinnamon roll, especially if he falls in love with a bisexual American pagan florist who is also a heroin addict!" OMFG you're not gonna believe this!

This is basically the plot of several of my stories.

All the things I reviewed last month. I linked my underrated gem of the month, so you can give it more love. www.tumblr.com/vqueerbooks/... #mmromance #gayromace #bookreviews #blmanga

This is a great story: unsettling in all the right ways. Recommended.

Having one of those "genuinely only looking at porn to confirm the feasibility of a sexual position" mornings.

Trans Rights Readathon is here again, so why not pick up Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social? 22 stories from a broad range of contributors, all "grounded in the political realities of the present yet imagining alternate possibilities for the future." 🖤