Chapter 16 of Girl Practice, "Immersed in Lynn," is already available for $6+ patrons on Fluff4Me, and it will be available on Patreon in under an hour! fluff4.me/work/Quill-R...

Wasabi is incredibly spicy without being the least bit hot, and my body does not know what to do with that. I felt it sting in my nasal cavities and cheeks.

Both the ebook and a pdf copy of my new anthology are available not only through my Patreon but also Itch. Both are DRM-free, allowing you to keep them permanently and share them how you like, and only for FIVE dollars! quillrabbit.itch.io/katie-quills...

And it is finally, finally, finally done. My next anthology is now available, featuring six stories (some of which are quite long) from the horror genre all featuring trans women facing and overcoming their demons. Please check it out and enjoy. www.patreon.com/posts/katie-...

Jeez, there really is just a certain type of man who cannot wait to tell a captive audience how much they hate women. I thought people like that were a myth.

My trans horror anthology is fully edited! Now there's nothing left to do but finalize the order of stories and format it for publication. For once, I'm actually going to hit a deadline, though I'm undecided if it should be for Halloween or before that.

I wish someone had warned me that when I lost weight, I'd also lose most of my appetite, and it would become harder to get the calories I need to actually maintain my weight. That being said, I do have to be careful not to fall back into a pattern of binging thoughtlessly sometimes. >w<

Revisiting Super Mario 64 and Sunshine has been a strange experience. I know the versions for Switch are regarded as kind of janky to begin with, but the controls feel really primitive compared to Odyssey. Good to know that it wasn't JUST that I sucked at games as a kid.

I have finally finished the initial redrafting for the final story of my upcoming anthology. It's not a big rewrite, but I've really brought these older stories up to my current standard of prose. I still have some revisions and editing to do, but if I'm committed, I could be done in two weeks.

I am loving the new job, but I am always so tired by the end of the day. Hopefully I'll get used to it. The downside is I have less time to write, but counter-intuitively I have more motivation to get to it when I do have time. Other projects had to move to the backburner, but what you gonna do?

This got lost in the scuffle of the power bill, but please do give this a read if you're at all interested in writing and the struggles of novice/hobbyist writers. I'm trying hard to distill my own experiences down to simple, practical advice that doesn't take much time at all from your day.

Remember that during the off-season, you can still support independent authors by buying one of our previous bundles for only a few dollars! It's more important now than ever as we navigate these unsteady times. quillrabbit.github.io/STWLPresents/

It has been fascinating to watch the rhetoric shift in real time from "America is the best because we get to spend money on luxuries" to "the reason you can't afford a house is because you stupidly spend money on luxuries... like breakfast" over my lifetime.

Perhaps I'm late to the party, but I suspect the appeal of Dark Souls (and FromSoft broadly) is largely its ability to marry intrinsic and extrinsic rewards for improvement. Like Noah Caldwell-Gervais said, the game rewards you with levels if you grind, acting as a de facto difficulty slider...

I am going to miss the old artwork, but there's no denying that this new one is a step up. It helps that it's completely from scratch, line art done by the wonderful ZeeAnna, instead of cobbled together from existing assets.

Well, it has been a DAY, but we managed to raise enough to cover the bill. Any extra donated from here on out will go toward helping the rest of the community. A sincere thank you to everyone who contributed

We only need about $150 more to make this happen. It's our best chance at keeping the lights and AC on. This is what will keep me hard at work both writing and finding a long-term job. We just have to get over this hiccup first.

I released a new blog post today with practical guidance for new writers who need help with fundamentals they aren't able to get from more clickbait-y writing advice videos and articles. Please give it a read! Let me know what you think! www.epistemicpolymath.com/writings/250...

Believe it or not, I managed to fill this page without AI by using something called "reference images." Really made me appreciate the mastery Studio Ghibli has over anatomy and shadows. I bet if I keep this up, I'll be able to make my own Ghibli-inspired at without ever needing to prompt anything!

My family needs to raise just over $300 to keep the power on this month. I won't be able to work on any of my projects or even access the funds I do have tied up in the system. You can help via Cashapp to $t4tclt with note "trans power" or use the attached link: opencollective.com/t4t-charlotte

The epub for THE LOST TRANSITION OF ANNE ELLIPSIS is now available for sale on our Patreon! So, you can just follow along with the weekly updates on Scribble Hub, or you can have the whole thing now for a wee bit of support thrown our way. Thank you! www.patreon.com/posts/epub-o...

There is a new chapter of Girl Practice! Riley gets invited to a house party, but these folks are VERY Christian in a way that makes her nervous. Maybe she can rely on good old William to help her get through the day socially unscathed. Or maybe she's doomed. fluff4.me/work/Quill-R...

It's so muggy in here with the AC out that I'm genuinely having a hard time remembering what I've already done today. And that's on top of being too tired to actually function.

Hello everyone, I have some absolutely thrilling and exciting news for you all. The physical copy of my debut novel: Dullahan's Heart is real! It feels so good to be able to hold my work in a phsyical format.

Hey! If you pledge to me on Patreon, you can get chapters up to two weeks early before they go live! Right now there are two of them up that most people won't see for another week and a half! Come see what happens to the dense Riley as he tries making friends as a girl! www.patreon.com/quillrabbit

I go to the optometrist infrequently enough that every time I do, they have some new sci-fi tech that I could never have imagined. I don't know if it's better tech than what came before, but it definitely felt faster.

I'm fine with FNAF being more than a little mediocre as a franchise. That doesn't bother me. I don't care about lore or the quality of the games. But it's frustrating to learn that Steel Wool, the company mostly in charge of the games now, is apparently just a worse version of Kindly Beast.

I have it in my daily to-do list to reach out to people in my DMs or texts that I haven't heard from recently, and it's actually done an awful lot to help me stay connected and reconnect with people who I used to interact with a lot more frequently. It's never a long conversation, but it feels good.

I don't know why it didn't get said more, but calling ourselves "the developed world" is just as much self flattery as "the first world" but for a tech-obsessed audience. More cowardly too, since it offsets the blame from us to machines.

II don't know if any of you are comic-loving freaks, but this is a really cute comic with a "Magician's Apprentice" vibe by a very talented artist who could use a bit of love. www.artstation.com/artwork/RylgOD

Reformatting my flyer in anticipation of my next anthology coming out later this year. Finding opportunities to hand them out is a little nerve-wracking, but I'm fortunate to have a local trans community that makes this kind of hands-on advertising possible.

In light of everything going on with Itchio, I've uploaded my three published books to Patreon, where you can buy and download them, DRM-free, for only $5 each instead of the more expensive Amazon or more niche storefronts. www.patreon.com/quillrabbit/...

Edit: not necessarily trans authors; just queer authors with polyam stuff.

My colleague @jemzero.bsky.social is still putting together a bundle. We're not willing to give up on seeing his project to completion. If you're a trans writer with something polyamory-themed, especially something not included in an itch bundle before, please reach out to him about being included.

Chapter 11 of Girl Practice is live! Riley learns how to do her makeup in anticipation of an upcoming party where there will be s t r a n g e r s judging her. Fun! www.scribblehub.com/series/14987...

This feels suddenly more relevant 😰One day, we'll have a popular and successful storefront other than Amazon. You can also get this book on Kobo, and maybe I'll add more storefronts soon. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

I was really anxious about starting Chapter 13, since it's about a topic I never write about, but it is amazing how easily I can get into a flow state sometimes. I'm not quite done, but 1700 words with no resistance is the writer's dream. Goes to show how helpful a strong outline is.

If you want to get Gift of the Unicorn but don't have an Itch account yet, you can now get it directly from Amazon now for $7. Paperback coming soon, most likely. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJG761PF

2 hours remain and only $20 from the goal :3 I cannot begin to explain how happy I am at how well this sale has been going.

Only ten hours remain! Grab it if you haven't! Do you really need ANOTHER $5 Steam game instead of over a dozen stories?

Alright, time is running out! You only have 2 more days to get EVERYTHING I've published to Itch for only FIVE DOLLARS. It's a big collection, and we are only $35 short of the goal. That is only 7 more people! It could be you that pushes us over that finish line!

Girl Practice, Chapter 10: Dolls in the Mall is live for anyone to read! Riley is faced with the dreaded task of getting her ears pierced, but at least she has some time with her crush in exchange. www.scribblehub.com/series/14987...

Alright, time is running out! You only have 2 more days to get EVERYTHING I've published to Itch for only FIVE DOLLARS. It's a big collection, and we are only $35 short of the goal. That is only 7 more people! It could be you that pushes us over that finish line!

I did not get ANY sleep last night. Love these manic episodes. Sucks how much time it takes for anti-depressants to work. When I was taking Adderall, they were better suppressed, but I got stuff to do today and no focus left because of how tired I am.😩

Doing a little mid-week boost. We are 2/3 of the way to my goal! I am so grateful to the people who gave that much to a fully independent author. We still have another $50 to go before we hit the goal, though! That's just TEN people if nobody gives a tip. I KNOW we can do it.

When writing, I've taken to (before my final read for typos and clarity) doing what @hbomberguy.bsky.social alluded to in his Sherlock video about going through and trying to reduce the word count by 15%. It is amazing how much this tightens up the writing and removes unnecessary details.

The thing they don't tell you about meds for depression and ADHD is that you don't even realize how much LESS you feel like yourself when you don't have them. I'm not unmotivated or fatigued or distractible; those are things imposed on me by circumstance.

I had a burst of energy and managed to (finally) finish this short story I've been working on for a couple of months. A repressed trans woman meets her teenage Magical Girl OC, and they must fight together to stop an inter-dimensional menace. quillrabbit.itch.io/a-person-you...

We're halfway through the sale and only $8 short of halfway to the goal! That's only two more purchases (or one $3 tip)! You could be the one to bring it over the edge! :P It has been so heartwarming seeing the response to this so far. Thank you so much to everybody who has already purchased it.