I've been chatting about the #draft2digital announcement with others and if they had just announced a yearly fee to help cover storage and service costs, I would have been irritated but fine. This change targets low sellers and protects bulk slop. Which is infuriating @draft2digital.bsky.social

You know, I was going to give #Draft2Digital a little time to read people's complaints and come to their senses, but the more I talk with other authors the more I realize they know exactly what they're doing. They say the fees are to support paying humans to review the books for AI slop, but...

yo, this is some gross AF tomfoolery

STILL NEED HELP IF ANYONE CAN!

The D2D news really fucked with me. I'm already struggling finding the point of returning to trying to write. Now this. I don't make $ off of my books, I suck at marketing myself. My motivation has been in the dumps. Being an indie author was extremely difficult before, and now it's impossible.

And this just makes me not want to even bother at all anymore. Well, my books will no longer be wide, I guess.

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I'm super proud of this book and someday will return to this series. With the slop that is genai, more than ever indie authors need your support. If you like dark vampire fantasy with high action, gore, and eventual romance (sequel), check my book out please ^^ books2read.com/thedancingcr...

I'm super proud of this book and someday will return to this series. With the slop that is genai, more than ever indie authors need your support. If you like dark vampire fantasy with high action, gore, and eventual romance (sequel), check my book out please ^^ books2read.com/thedancingcr...

Ao3 down? May I interest you in a vampire novel by an indie author? books2read.com/thedancingcr...

once you get into shipping your ocs with your friends' ocs nothing else will ever come close to the dopamine hit it gives

Yeah. I didn't do any of that. But now I have mondays off and am out of a very toxic job. So here's to hoping I can do this the next year. My biggest accomplishment this year is still being alive.

Astara can't control her illusion magic. The monster behind her is her creation, and she knows it's harmless.... and yet :P Big scary monster = AHHHH! This was a fun draw and my birthday present to myself :) #beginnerartist #startingartist

VAMPIRE HORROR. If you're looking for an audiobook with a bite, and a LOT of bloodshed, I got you covered. Get "The Dancing Crow" here :) and support an indie author! <3 www.audible.com/pd/The-Danci...

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HEY INDIE AUTHORS If you need someone to voice a 500 word sample of your book for a trailer or advertising, I will do it for free (with high caveats). 1. Credit to me is required. 2. No NSFW. 3. RAW AUDIO. You get it fresh off the microphone, you do the editing. Poke here if interested.+

Hi all, I've got my sound system set up and am returning to Voice Acting endeavours. Also starting up a commentary channel on roleplay in video games (kinda niche but whatever). Hopefully doing other talky-subjects as well. anyway! If I manage to land this other job, I'll return +

Where's the best place to sell NSFW voice services? Aside from Fiverr, not working with them atm, thanks. If anyone has advice, let me know, I need to start it up again for extra income and have gotten a lot of feedback that I am good at it. I can provide examples via "Gone Wild Audio".

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

One of the coolest people ever to exist (@japhgura.bsky.social) made art of my updated 'sona design and OMFG she's so pretty 🤩 #art II #vampire II #sona II #persona II #monsterart II #eldritch II #digitalart II #fantasy II #originalcharacter

If this is how it's gonna be

This is true. However you can’t always do all of these at once. Take breaks. Look for hope. Make art. Call reps. Choose your engagements wisely. Hug a friend. Lose that paperwork. Start a union. Cry into ice cream. Resist but also survive.

They win when you: - lose hope - give up - become cynical and withdraw - keep silent to stay off their radar Don't let them win.

TikTok shut itself down as part of a pro-Trump propaganda campaign. The likelihood of a quid-pro-quo with Trump is extremely high. Using TikTok will mean being propagandized with pro-Trump messages over the next four years. You are not immune to propaganda!

So tiktok got banned. Had a pro-trump propaganda message to go with it. Then is back - with pro-trump propaganda yet still. Even before the piece of shit is in office in a position he should not have. ...I sincerely hope people are seeing through the blatant propaganda, like... seriously.

Well I’m going to stay away from trump’s TikTok.

Even if it comes back, I'm quitting it. Seems like the TikTok CEO sold out since they are advertising FB and IG on TT. Bluesky for now

TikTok replaces its app with MAGA propaganda

This is what propaganda looks like

I cannot believe that our ghetto ass govn't actually worked together to get rid of a fuckin app. Meanwhile, I can die from eating a mixed salad laced with Listeria or a mass shooting on my way to get it. Man, FUCK YALLL

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Friends: it would mean the world if you could call out to the ether and share my books! They're about two tween stepsisters who constantly run afoul of ghosts, monsters, and other creepy stuff. They face them all with wit, snark, and especially snark. Did I say snark already? Also snark 😆

So a band I listened to posted a piece of AI garbage, and I had left a comment on there similar to this one that they then deleted. I didn't expect them to stoop that low, and was hoping they'd take genuine feedback. I left another one but feel like I'm going to be deleted and ignored again.

So a band I listened to posted a piece of AI garbage, and I had left a comment on there similar to this one that they then deleted. I didn't expect them to stoop that low, and was hoping they'd take genuine feedback. I left another one but feel like I'm going to be deleted and ignored again.

I’m not convinced 2025 will be better.

*Stares at the new year ahead* It's been rough. But hey. I hope to return to my book writing this year. And possibly horror youtube stuff too.

Dhampir Gyn has no time for Christmas and boo hoos. (from @therealdesastr.bsky.social 's universe she let Gyn visit c: Surprisingly, it was still in tact after!)

"...Why are you staring? I am the one who usually glares." /confused #garlean II #ffxiv II #ffxivscreenshots II #ffxivrp II #gpose II #HEKKINGORGEOUS II #goth

Ares - but in FFXIV :D He's the main character of 'the dancing crow' ^^

5 faves, 5 tags Food: Sushi 🐟 Season: Winter! ❄️ Drink: Vodka + Cranberry Juice Game: FFXIV (I RP!) Color: Red! Tags: @onepageofmisery.bsky.social @itsviviactually.bsky.social @jaduncan.bsky.social @muramasa1285.bsky.social @amandanewmanauthor.bsky.social

Looking to roleplay with voidsent, Ashkin, and other things considered 'monsters'? I've finished a whole carrd of plots I'm running. Complex, dark plotlines, but I've worked hard to simplify. cityofmonstersplots.carrd.co #ffxiv II #ffxivrp II FFXIV RP II Voidsent II #ffxivroleplay II #roleplay +

Magpies are fabulous...I watched a Blue Jay hide a peanut in the snow and 30 seconds later watched the Magpie steal it🤣 #birds

Sunset Shimmer for @mediahead.bsky.social EQ version! #commission || #artsky || #art || #mlp

Doodle Drive doodle for @chuplaz.xyz ! Thank you!

#mutualaid I kind of need some help. I have $1.20 in my bank account & that's basically my survival funds for over a week. So if anyone would like to contribute to helping me stay on my feet by hitting my paypal that would be much appreciated. @qatapult.bsky.social @princessjade.bsky.social

The U.S. is only free for the rich. Land of the fee, home of the knave🤑

{{ $10+ DOODLE DRIVE }} My husband just got a job after being injured and losing his old job! He was unemployed for SIX weeks! 😬 My big concern atm is having enough gas to get him thru to next week. The end of the tunnel is in sight! We just need help getting thru the last leg. Deets below! 🔁 = 💕