If anyone would like to be sent an ARC copy of Best Forgotten, (with a complimentary copy of Bad Memory, the first volume of the series) please let me know. Best Forgotten explores the aftermath of a "happily ever after" roommate romance that left the couple, Jaimes and Nik, deeply scarred.

this is so real

There's always this insistence that people need to "learn how to use AI so they aren't left behind" and as an artist and an author, I don't know what there is to *learn* from models that were.... trained on my work.

These are my favourites, both done by me. I didn't really have a computer that could handle either render at the time, so they were done in layers and everything out of shot got hidden or deleted... I love how they both came out though, maybe because of all the hard work that went into them.

Hey folks. Here's one of the animations I did showing an O'Neill Colony - basically a hollowed out cylinder in space. This one is 35km long and 9km across and spins once per minute (if I remember) to provide 1g gravity. Please repost! Spread the love! Made in #blender. #sciart #scifi

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Em-dashes are not a sign of me using AI— it’s a sign of AI using me.

Happy #InternationalAsexualityDay my fellow aces 🖤🩶🤍💜.

So someone took one of my sketches and fed it into an ai machine to 'finish' it and sent me the result I guess thinking I would be wow neat. I wasn't, it was an instant block. I share my work for free in good faith... my work has been stolen in lots of different ways but this really sucked.

Last chance! I'm closing sign-ups on 4/1. This one can be read even if you haven't read the rest of the series. If you like urban fantasy/queer historical romance and wish there was more stuff set in 1970, check it out.

Every job you get AI to do is cash taken from working people, usually low earning freelancers. That money is now not in the system. You are not only making the world poorer culturally, you are making the economy poorer. And since there is no workable financial model for AI, not even moving money up.

Rare case of the “verified” custom username being the scam one. ❌ @indiebookspotlight.com is new and asks for money. ✅ @bookspotlight.bsky.social is the real one and supports indie authors for free!

#FantasyIndiesMarch Milos's pet peeves: people who don't tell him things, people who expect him to do nothing but make the tea/coffee. *glares at Alex* Alex's pet peeves: people who don't understand perfectly sensible filing systems, anyone with a persistent cough.

*checks the TL* Oh, I see we're doing "authors are landlords" again. Because *checks notes* one of the world's biggest companies is profiting off torrented work. 🤦🏻

#FantasyIndiesMarch Snippet: Lucky Something Milos isn't feeling now his fingers have turned into long, grey knives instead.

#QueerPrompts Alex spent two and a half-ish books insisting he's straight despite being in a monogamous relationship with a man, then throws a folder at someone in book 3 and yells, "I'm bisexual, do you have a problem with that?" Not quick on the uptake, that one.

Who are the five writers that made you? Terry Pratchett Iain [M.] Banks Megan Derr Steven Erikson Natasha Pulley

There are times when I think, "oh look. reading comprehension is dead."

All Rights Reserved. It couldn’t be clearer. Book piracy is theft. Training your AI models on stolen books is theft.

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Genuinely, please help me choose between these covers because I'm wildly indecisive and if I'm not careful I'll eventually just decide to upload a different one to each sales channel... #booksky #bookart #coverart

The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.

I redesigned the ancient cover to my non-romance scifi, and now I have two layouts across five options that I can't choose from. Which one do you feel most drawn to? The top three are, from left to right, 1, 2, and 3 respectively, and the bottom three are 4 and 5. Covers 1, 2, and 3:

(I had so much fun when I tried out this layout, only to realise I needed to adjust the camera and re-render so I could have the name at the top without it going straight across his face... 💀) Covers 4 and 5:

I announced this on IG & In my newsletter but not here! I'm hosting itchios first ever Indie Author Jam this summer! info & publishing resources here itch.io/jam/hot-wet-... Start prepping now! ♡ For eBooks ♡ Original works only ♡ Any length, any genre ♡ June 1st to August 31st] ♡ No AI More Below

Also if any Norwegian lawyers follow me and have any thoughts on what recourse I have against Meta in Norway, I’d love to have a chat!

It was never about the price of an ebook, or the person's financial situation. It was always about how little value they give to writing and creativity, and refusing to give or acknowledge credit for such in any way, payment or otherwise. It's about these people wanting to be able to punch down.

Finally found it. The average book thief makes between 60k and 99K USD. The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare. torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...

If you're trans and you're making a webcomic, comment so I can make a starter pack of webcomics made by trans people for #transrightsreadathon !🏳️‍⚧️

Hi, friends! A few days ago, we shared an IG📸 post from an author who was unwillingly outed by readers in 2023. We have a few notes we want to share for how to keep the readathon safe and successful for everyone. 💕 #trr25 #transrightsreadathon

I redesigned the ancient cover to my non-romance scifi, and now I have two layouts across five options that I can't choose from. Which one do you feel most drawn to? The top three are, from left to right, 1, 2, and 3 respectively, and the bottom three are 4 and 5. Covers 1, 2, and 3:

Since I'm working on model railroads, I can't help but mention the poster that legendary artist Don Lawrence made for the 100 year anniversary of the dutch national rail service, the NS, in 1989.

#FantasyIndiesMarch 1/ Oh dear. I'm watching The Penthouse, which is wildly hammy and everyone is either murdered, has secret siblings, or unrelated people who look exactly like them. Milos would've accidentally killed someone, Alex would be relentlessly obnoxious but near-unstoppable...

⚠️ DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES FOR ANY NON-ESSENTIAL REASON ⛔ DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES FOR ANY REASON AT ALL IF YOU ARE NON-BINARY OR TRANSGENDER ⛔ IF YOU ARE A NON-BINARY OR TRANSGENDER US CITIZEN, ATTEMPT TO MOVE TO A BLUE BORDER STATE OR FLEE THE US ENTIRELY IF YOU CAN

we can go back to the reylo comps if i means i never have to see a dramione/hp comp from a pub professional ever again

Hey, UK folks: What the Labour Leadership are doing to disabled and mentally ill people is monstrous. The way they talk about us is beyond disgusting. Sign this petition to give disabled people human rights: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... More info here: www.tumblr.com/chickdoop/77...

In the end, aren't we the same? Don't we all hide our tentacles under fashionable slacks and our fangs behind a thin smile, awaiting the day we can finally bloom into our full dark glory?

When Milos first started learning martial arts, it turned out he really wasn't very good at them... His friend Rick is already convinced Milos is in an abusive relationship with Alex, so if he'd seen these he'd have got the wrong idea and completely lost it. (He improves, but he's still not great.)

#FantasyIndiesMarch March 16: rumors No rumors in my WIP. Here is a RL rumor. At my college, people think a singing ghost haunted the chapel on the floor just below the dorms. It sometimes sang at 3:00 AM, sometimes in Latin. Yeah, so . . . that was actually *me* and my insomnia. No ghost. 😆

“Labour needs to say, we've done x, y, and z and this is what it has done for you.” Oh, they already have! Ask any pensioner about their heating allowance. Ask any trans person about what they’ve done to their healthcare. Ask any disabled person about what they’re planning on doing to their PIP.

#QueerPrompts Milos doesn't often get jealous. There's a bit in book 3, but he's hopeless at understanding his feelings. Alex says he doesn't get jealous, but he's clueless too and gets twitchy if anyone looks at Milos. In the 2nd Valentine's Day book he almost punches a chef who was eyeing him.

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#FantasyIndiesMarch There are rumours about how Alex's previous work partners have died (yes, plural). There is occasionally a rumour that he offed them himself... There's also the urban rumour about HEL and people disappearing. Milos remains oblivious to all this, because he's a clueless l'il bean.

I know I’ve said this before but it bears repeating: We need your queer books more than ever. They’re the only thing getting us through the day sometimes. You’re literally saving lives.

#FantasyIndiesMarch No actual magic, so a reference to the magic word instead. Alex didn't know he was going to be stuck with Milos—he thought he'd probably die in the experiment—so he wasn't particularly interested in keeping him unhurt on the way in.

#QueerPrompts Neither Milos nor Alex really had a chance to find out, but Milos likes nature and flowers (as long as he's not sleeping rough in it) and gets a new house with a little garden as a result of book 2.5, so he's looking forward to finding out if he's any good at this gardening thing.

It started badly and... has continued to go pretty badly, really.