My mom (who owned my house until I bought it eleven days ago) sent me a text about a missed package followed by a reminder that the post office closes at noon tomorrow and I'd be upset about the lack of faith except I frequently don't get up until noon on Saturday

Logically I know that eating chocolate makes my throat and mouth itch but I am a simple woman. If I see free goodies in the break room I will accept that I will be distinctly uncomfortable for the next 30-45 minutes.

Two of my sisters sent a reel about toddlers bringing sickness in their wake which is only funny because both of their toddlers have given me stomach bugs that brought me closer to do death than I've never come before

My two year old nephew learned how to turn the lights off with the switches and through smart devices and uses this knowledge only for mischief

Had to clear out the office for my roommate, so I moved my exercise bike into the primo position for gaming.

A disgraced officer & a former pirate join forces on a mission of redemption in this swashbuckling historical thriller! Available on multiple platforms at the link below, so please support an indie author’s literary debut! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #booksky #indiebooks #indieauthor💙📚

Why does buying a house come with a 10000% increase in spam calls. -_-

A bitter lady with a dark past. A grieving widow striving to help those in need. My sapphic romance, Because You Asked, is on sale and only $0.99 all month long! Grab a copy from your favorite retailer: www.booksbybennett.com

Since mobility aids are the theme of the day: You don't need any excuse to use one. Cane, crutches (heavily recommend forearm), wheelchair, etc. There is no minimum amount of discomfort or disability required. By the time you think you need a mobility aid, you often have needed it for a while.

Logically, I know that the plows aren't capable of coming up to garages and clearing them, but from a practical standpoint they left sixteen inches of compacted snow and ice blocking my door. They're lucky I came out to check the mail because if I found that when I left for work tomorrow... 😤😤😤

Got a plumber coming this afternoon because Something Has Gone Terribly Wrong, so it's a great day to buy my books! 😅 ✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io ✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view... ✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...

Day 17 of #FantasyIndiesDecember New-to-me authors I read this year: Nicholas Nicastro Sarah Beth Durst Sienna Frost John Wiswell Susana Imaginario Baptiste Pinson Wu Ceril N. Domace T.L. Greylock #WritingCommunity

I know that most of the time change in a business setting feels like change for the sake of change, but when the old way meant the business floundered for a year after the people who set up the system left, any change introduced is to stop that from happening again.

It's times like this that I'm very glad the dead trees in front of my house came down this year

Any indies have SF/F/H books coming out in January? I'm building next month's new release post, and there's room for new titles! You can submit the book info using the form below 😊 #booksky #writingcommunity docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:

I've got five books in the Smashwords year end sale this year! Haven is free! Avalon and Hiraeth are $0.99 each! Fortitude’s Prize is $1.49! Fallen Knight is $2.49! Take a peek at my catalog and then stick around to check out the rest of the sale! share.google/SjHI8gfjntnD...

All right, the Indie Ink Awards have opened their voting ! Go shower favourite indies with love 💚 Below are my narrowed-down list of categories I feel well suited for, in my preferred books for them. indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

You'll ALSO get my current cozy holiday fantasy romance short later this month! It's gay and there's magic, kissing, swordfighting, swordcrossing...✨❄️⚔️

Allergy blindspots are hysterical to me because what do you mean I was 27 before I realized chocolate didn't "burn a bit" for everyone In hindsight, the killer sore throat and cough I always got around candy based holidays should've clued me in much earlier

Love lying in bed in the dark because my cats will join me and it's always a fun little game of "loves to kill" or "orange coward" that I play where the prize is *bites* or "merrrp???"

The reverse is also true. If someone prefers food with so kany scovilles that it could light a bonfire, more power to them. There are so many problems in this world why do people get upset about what other people like to eat

You know what else weirds me out People who act like not liking spicy(or even just preferring bland) food is a moral failing The act of eating should be enjoyable. Why should someone eat something they don't find enjoyable just because you think it's weird they prefer salt and pepper to jalapeños.

New Knightly Forecast story is up! 430 words of wintertime fantasy. "It had come to the time of year when the nights stretched long and cold, and villages in the north hung up their lanterns of elf fire to ward off that darkness until the sun returned."

I'm always mildly peeved at "advent calendars" that don't actually last all of advent. I call them Christmas countdown calendars, lol.

Why

End of year membership push! Starting at $4 CAD/month paid members get: ✨56 chs of my epic fantasy serial (hiatus) ✨17 Swordtember stories (fantasy knights) ✨7 Knightly Forecast stories (meditations of a wandering knight) ✨6 queer SFF stories ✨whatever I do in 2026 ✨to support a queer indie author

I had the audacity to drink coffee on an empty stomach. Surely the nausea will be corrected if I eat a tub of mac and cheese.

The #Smashwords End of Year Sale starts today! 3 of my books are included: 🌒 FADED MOON is free! 🦇 SILVER BLOOD is 75% off! ☁️ TRANSCENDENCE is 75% off! Find them and many more ebooks at https://smashwords.com/sale 📚💙 📢📚

THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 4 books with 💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes 🫀An autistic necromancer ⚰️His reanimated lover 🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC 🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance 🔗⬇️Available wide! #romancelandia #booksky 🌈📚

If you enjoy court politics, difficult many-layered relationships of all kinds, betrayal, romance, action and magic, both dark blood magic and healing light magic, you might just find a new favourite in Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm. suelbavey.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/t...

I've got five books in the Smashwords year end sale this year! Haven is free! Avalon and Hiraeth are $0.99 each! Fortitude’s Prize is $1.49! Fallen Knight is $2.49! Take a peek at my catalog and then stick around to check out the rest of the sale! share.google/SjHI8gfjntnD...

I have 5 books in Smashwords' big End of Year Sale! Queer horror, fantasy, and romance $2.99 or less all month 🎄✨ THE BAYOU and OBSIDIAN ISLAND - $2.99 THE CARNELIAN KING - $1.99 FLESH AND BONE and IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH - $1.49 www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being. Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

Update: Dad got his last name wrong Still no social media

My folks have hit the "We have one remaining single child" stage, which means for the first time in my life they're trying to set me up with people And oddly it's been guys with no social media both times???

My fall reading wrap-up video is now public! Here are my thoughts on all the books I read this season~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDMN...

Made the decision to have some wine tonight, made the foolish decision to put my wine down and go into another room, and my cat knocked over my wine -_-

I am making good decisions

If there's one thing I've learned in my professional life, it's that running things as lean as possible always leads to knowledge loss because no writes down or teaches how to do their job just in case layoffs become a possibility And it's a shit business if it falls apart when one person leaves

The Propotioning of Lucas Hendry by Adie Hart @adiehartauthor.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Potions & Paramours) www.silversunbooks.com/post/potions...

🗺️Submissions are now open for our May issue on the themes of QUESTS & QUARRELS!⚔️ We are looking for fantasy short fiction up to 7.5k words and cover illustrations. Deadline 31 May 2026. For details visit our website at www.silversunbooks.com

I am frothing at the mouth

Inspiration came to me in a flash last night Anyway, this is probably the best possible way I could sum up Leon as a character, so if Aragorn in Helm's Deep meets ROTS Obi-Wan(complete with spunky orphan) check out Fallen Knight today! books2read.com/u/mqx5VQ

What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb): - fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation - ⁠forgotten rituals turned folklore - ⁠tricksy protagonists - ⁠swoony romance and queer HEAs - ⁠nothing that isn’t fantasy! - ⁠also cats www.silversunbooks.com

The Rot at the Root by Ceril N. Domace @cerilndomace.bsky.social is available to download FREE in the latest issue of Indie Bites (Potions & Paramours) www.silversunbooks.com/post/potions...

The first three books in my Sleeping Beauty retelling are available on Audible. Read, recorded, and edited by my wife. We are also part of the Audible Unlimited (or whatever it's called) program. www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D

The whole house to run around in and I'm the preferred hangout spot ❤️

2-6 inches of snow predicted tonight let's gooooo (but carefully because it'll be windy and icy)

I'm so honored that the Kraken King is included in this special edition! Check out the posts below for the full content list!