#SummerofStories I've got to be able to see, hear, and feel it in my head before I can do a decent job of putting it on the page. 😣

#QueerPrompts Look, I didn't know my characters were queer until they told me. 🤷 So I guess you could say it's kinda fun & playful. There's also a rule that "club fam" gets cake when they come out, and Larry the Cakeman just strolled right into my book and made himself at home. #WriteSky #BookSky

#JulyInterviewFic Jack: Presentation matters a little more to me because of who and what I represent. Everyone knows my boss is a pain in the ass. I have to look professional, but also approachable. Pack and outsiders have to feel they can come to me, because they won't go to him.

I did bring in a cat. 🤣 He's an orange Maine Coon. There will be shenanigans. 🤭 #WriteSky #BookSky

I would love to be able to write deeply purple prose, but I annoy myself every time I try. Love reading it, cannot take myself seriously when I write it. 🙄 #SummerofStories #WriteSky

My characters are taking over my carefully crafted plot again. This is how I end up with chapters called "My Circus, My Monkeys." 🤦 #WriteSky

#AwesomeCharacters Hmmm. Swapping Ramsay & Raven wouldn't be noticeable to anyone who didn't know them really well, but Jack & Frey would definitely notice if Ramsay started smashing things and giggling. And hit his head on things he would normally duck, and picked up heavy or high up stuff...

Post a random picture if you feel like it.

#FavLineFriday (While discussing a bear friend) "Black? I thought he was polar?" 🤭

My site gives me analytics. I don't take any offers seriously unless they've read my stuff.

$331!! Can we get to $400 today?? Every dollar goes straight into disabled authors' pockets & helps us continue to write incredible books!

Anyone else having a flashback to the 2003 blackout? 😬

Raven: 😐 Freya: Um... One moment? I don't think there was ONE moment for either of us, really. 🤔 But one of the big moments was when my first social worker brought me to my first foster's house. I don't remember meeting them, but I think the mom took me to Raven's room-- Raven: OUR room. ...

#SummerofStories I go through at least a dozen different openings every freaking time until I find the one that fits the story I'm weaving together, the direction I'm going in, and/or sets the tone/mood/backstory/whatever. I love leaving trails of m&ms & Easter eggs for readers.

Freya came of age watching Merc indulge in all the layers of chaotic gender shenanigans. She thinks it looks like fun, but she doesn't take her own gender seriously at all. She goes hard on respecting everyone's names & pronouns. None of it is on Ramsay's radar until she puts it there for him.

Ramsay: No. #JulyInterviewFic

#AwesomeCharacters Freya opens the story with her roommate (who she used to date) moving out of their apartment with their new girlfriend. It's not a pleasant experience, and her feelings are badly hurt when her friends & family are unavailable for snuggles. reamstories.com/page/mkvte3q...

Being unable to work on the first day of #DisabilityPrideMonth because of #chronicmigraine is a little bit of overkill, in my not so humble opinion. This is what I get for eating standard chicken nuggets and chocolate ice cream for dinner last night instead of something #gluten & #dairy free. 😣

Happy Disability Pride Month to all my friends, and individuals who have a form of disability whether it be physical, neurological, etc. There is a lot going on with the disability community at this very moment in our country & the world. But know that you are absolutely worth it.

I go with it, and chase the dopamine. 🤷 #AuDHD

#SummerofStories Just call me M. I'm still struggling to adequately define my genres. Definitely urban fantasy & paranormal romance, but does the way I'm writing it make it speculative fiction? I don't know. That feels like critic territory, and I suck at critiques. Current #WIP: Hunting Season...

Saying we should all go back to physical media I think misses the point. I actually *like* buying games and movies digitally for a bunch of reasons. What we need is better consumer protections so the things we do buy digitally are actually owned and companies cant delete/revoke access!

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is over but it is still Pride Specifically it is Disability Pride Month The perfect time to grab a bundle of 33 sci-fi, fantasy & horror books by disabled authors for $33 - that's just a buck a book itch.io/b/3751/disab...

Don't mind me, I'm just a weirdo who loves when Mercury goes retrograde because I was born this way. 🙂‍↕️ #astrology

‘I asked ChatGPT’ Well, I asked Gandalf and he told me you should be silent keep your forked tongue behind your teeth because he did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.

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#SpoonieAuthChat I didn't intend to write an actual novel, much less set up a whole dang series with real characters. I read some werewolf smut that had a great premise, then got lame. I only meant to write a more satisfying version, but it got away from me. 😂

Mine are pagan. Moon worshipping heathens! 🤓

Words cannot express how deeply I loathe everything when my nervous system gets overwhelmed. #cPTSD

Found an ancient Kindle AND!! Its charger! 😱 Charged it. Found directions for jailbreaking it. Turned it on. Discovered I still have several classic books available on it, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Jailbreak can wait. ☺️

#LateNightWrite Join me in proving the adults that told me I'd never work in the publishing industry wrong by hiring me as your editor! (Since today was spite/hate themed lol) ottersediting.com

Heh. My spunky sidekicks are also central characters, but there's one in particular who has a little too much fun poking the talls. 🤭 #AwesomeCharacters

Done. #BookSky #WriteSky #2Spirit #LGBTQ #disability #mentalillness #AuDHD #cPTSD #IntersectionalLife #cozydark #urbanfantasy #paranormalromance #tirednow reamstories.com/page/mkvte3q...

Trying to work out content warnings when one's own life requires a content warning is... challenging. 🤔 #WriteSky #BookSky #contentwarnings #judgment #wtfisnormalanyway

... I'm not really into grand speeches. 👀

My partner is injured & won't be working for a couple weeks. He's our only breadwinner. He's unionized, so we'll still have income, but it's so much less than his hourly & we have dependents. If you've been thinking of subscribing to my Ream, now would be a great time. ReamStories.com/maevenstar

🐺🐻🎶🍰💥 Five isn't nearly enough! 🤓 ReamStories.com/maevenstar

Sharing again. If everyone could share if they can't donate I'd super appreciate it.

I'm just ten sales away from making June a triple digit royalty month... But there are only 6 days left to make that happen! Help me get there?

This week I learned Photoshop can slut-shame. So I spent a video testing Adobe's moderation system, seeing what triggers it, and discovering that Photoshop may be judging my outfits harder than half the internet - youtu.be/sWcnBBrJ5cw

My boy needs a last minute surgery tomorrow. I'm on the hook for 1500 bucks I did not plan on. Anything grabbed from here helps out. Thank you so much! www.peculiarityshop.com/sourcedsterl...

Me when I tell someone the direction I'm writing toward and it gives them sympathetic angst:

We're in the dumbest timeline.

In a just world there would be a way to take the pain from a victim's mind and deliver it directly into the perpetrator's. Then maybe our brains would stop screaming and trying to convince us to 💀 to make it stop. #cPTSD

#QueerPrompts There are multiple fathers mentioned in my 1st book, but the only one we see up close is Mercury. I love them so much. 🥰🥰🥰 *Spoilers ahead*

Agreed. That's one (but not the only) reason most of my characters are heathens.

I've been so occupied with finally reading Tasting Red (Holly Roberds) with my quiet time that I haven't done much of anything else. #BookSky

#LateNightWrite Proud of Ramsay & Raven for not giving up. Proud of Freya & Jack for being their authentic selves, even when it would sometimes be easier to ditch their very difficult siblings. ReamStories.com/maevenstar