Thank you so much for taking the time to read my book babies 💕 I'm delighted and I can't wait until they're both out in the world!

Is TriCon for me? If you are asking yourself, the answer is yes! TriCon is a conversation and an exploration: it will be what we bring to it. With this community, that means a lot! Early Bird pricing on weekend passes & tshirt ends on December 21st. Register now! tricon-halifax.com

Learning to Bleed by @catrector.com I got an ARC of this, and gods above, what even is this book! I finished it in one go, and it was nearly 4 am, and man, this is just SO good! I love Laurel and Spencer and my heart, Fuck. #booksky #readersky #queersky www.bookbub.com/books/learni...

Coal Gets in Your Veins by @catrector.com Man, this was so good. Once again, a book and author that don't shy away from heavy themes. It's also queer as fuck! #booksky #readersky #queersky #books #readers #fantasy #horror www.bookbub.com/books/coal-g...

Wix has increased my yearly web hosting fees by 20% this year. Is anyone out there happy with their website situation? I'm looking for something simple, preferably with a webstore, and not $500 CDN a year

I got hit with an unexpected $200 expense today! I need to buy software to keep my new freelance job. It would be amazing to sell some books or get some new patrons to help cover it 😬 Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell Exclusive fiction: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell Books on Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io

Thank you so much for this, and for being on such an incredible list 💕

Want to learn more about getting indie books into libraries or how that benefits authors? I've got you covered ✨

And oh hey, an interview ✨

And oh hey, an interview ✨

Want to learn more about getting indie books into libraries or how that benefits authors? I've got you covered ✨

For the late night crowd!! Grab your giveaway copy while you can!

Today, the Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 9 which uses the notwithstanding clause to restrict the rights of Two-Spirit, trans & gender diverse people. This legislation is brought days ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance - a day meant to honour the lives lost to anti-trans violence.

Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta. Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.

Middle of day 3 at #hal-con from my (sold out!!!) booth with @catrector.com !

Tru and @blog.readindiefantasy.com are so supportive of the indie community 💕 Thank you so much for this, and for putting Coal Gets In Your Veins on the list!

Y’all free ebooks if you email me proof of a $5 or more donation to either www.philabundance.org or your own local food bank. Shit is rough right now and it’s about to get worse—if you haven’t yet it’s time to show up for your community in any way that you can.

Had this happen with the Of Knights audiobook (poor fella’s already unavailable after only two weeks of life) Here’s the response I got from InAudio this morning:

If you work with InAudio for your Audiobooks (the replacement for Findaway Voices) you need to check Libro.fm for your listings. This is the second time they're appearing as listed, but are unavailable once the customer clicks them for purchase. We're being asked to contact InAudio directly

I have just realized that while I was sick with covid, I missed my book's first birthday, and how my world has changed with it. Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)

Lying in bed contemplating the universe and wondering what things my readers actually come to my work to find Is it dark themes and catharsis? Is it relationships and smut? What keeps them returning to my work? What draws in the random Amazon buyer? Will I ever know?

"here for art and literature, not politics" boy have I got news for you

I can't tell if it's because of the change of the seasons or if it's because I started taking estrogen and progesterone, but this week I've been dead tired and apathetic A week from edits being due is *not* the ideal time for this

I'm thrilled to help celebrate the cover reveal for @jessiethomasauthor.bsky.social's new book This Hideous Heart! After devouring her other title A Ransom In Blood, I'm stoked to read more of her work! Give her a follow and hop onto Goodreads to add the book to your TBR!

🕯️🫀COVER REVEAL 🕯️🫀 A big thank you to Fay Lane for creating a beautifully gothic cover for THIS HIDEOUS HEART that evokes a haunted Victorian séance parlor! The details are absolutely stunning — I can’t get enough of them. THIS HIDEOUS HEART will be releasing this winter.

Security is a must for creation. Yes, my work explores dark themes born out of past trials, but I didn't create a career DURING those trials. I was able to create when I had the safety to take time off, go to therapy, and start feeling safe. Financially secure artists will give you better art

Listening to two straight white men critique Wayward badly had angered me That show was a subtle and masterful display of generational trauma in the style of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

LRT: If Canada followed Ireland's lead with a UBI for artists, it would completely change my life. With a guaranteed weekly or monthly income I could actually focus on writing books instead of scraping by looking for extra work to make ends meet.

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

This past month was so busy I’ve been neglecting my book promos, so how about a little sale? 🌸✨Name Her Holy ebook for $1✨🌸 only on my kofi from now through Friday! Get yourself a slowburn sapphic space fantasy novel for your weekend read 🍂☕️ ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a

Reading this headline made me tear up and my asthma and allergies aren't even "that bad" As a kid i was allergic to so much stuff I could even have toys in my room for a while. Getting that vaccine would heal something in my heart I think Maybe I could have a pet 😭

🐦‍⬛TOMORROW🐦‍⬛ Here’s a sneak peek at the cover reveal for THIS HIDEOUS HEART, my sapphic, gothic horror romance reimagining of Poe’s most famous works 🕯️🫀 Coming this winter! You can add it to your Goodreads TBR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor. Who could have predicted? Oh, right.

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer! Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves. Go!!!

"What cultural things did you miss out on—" From age 13 to 16 we were trapped in an isolated rural community with no car, no money for cable, internet, or a PC, no cell service. If not for my public library with Bill Gates PCs, the cultural zeitgeist wouldn't have existed for me at all

HUNDREDS OF QUEER BOOKS RIGHT HERE, COME GET EM

I'm dead tired from not sleeping last night so naturally what had to happen tonight was that my stomach starts to cramp and I need to lie with a hot water bottle on my gut like I'm trying to ward off the birth of a xenomorph

I have 11 days to turn in edits so naturally I slept like shit last night

I'm not sure who was talking about my books today but SOMEONE was and I appreciate you very much.

This is true for books currently coming to Canada via UPS. I don't know if it's just a UPS thing but don't fucking use UPS

Oh hey, you can find Coal Gets In Your Veins and a ton of other amazing vampire book recs here!

I have two books for 99 cents (The Goddess of Nothing At All and Coal Gets In Your Veins) and every time I get a sale for a book that's full price, I want to send that reader a gift basket. Like every purchase is appreciated, but a FULL PRICE PURCHASE?? Stunning. Golden. Masterful.

I went on Reddit before coffee and read a post about how a bunch of readers don't know how to read 3rd person anymore and I just...I need my faith in the education system back

I'm so pleased to see my trans M/M Cinderella retelling out in the world! I hope ya'll enjoy this slightly darker story than my usual. (I promise it still has just as much heart 💖 ) Currently available below, but paperbacks will appear elsewhere within the week: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26J336R

#SFFChat It's probably old hat now, but my queer horror comedy's still around and almost two years old now (its pub. anniversary is Oct. 13th!). If anyone's looking for queer horror for October, consider checking it out! books2read.com/u/boB9YL It's also part of this ADHD awareness month bundle!

#SFFChat Intro: I'm Cat and I have full body reactions to medical stuff! And I write a lot of horror and blood! Funny how that works. My other less entertaining fear is where this career ends up in a few years. I fear disconnecting and having to rebuild when this community is so fantastic 💕

Okay but trans authors? We need to figure something out while we still can. A way to communicate with readers collectively. Because as people leave social media, algorithms suppress us, and large traditional publishers exclude us, we are going to get left behind if we don’t.

And the Airbnb host cancelled our hotel for Hal-con next month. I can't wait to spend the next 24 hours trying to shop for hotels in surge pricing event time. COOOLLLLLL

I hope my books smell just a little like an old library because someone decides to hold on to them for a while