It is possible to reach hobby critical mass and I think I’m just about there 😩 so many things to do, so little time!

This has been great fun every time, sign up, be a speaker, or just get ready to get your tickets, learn a bunch, and raise money for charity!

Regular reminder fellow writers, if you're promoting your work, and you want people to be able to find it, and you want people to maybe even give you money for it, you have to include links to where they can do so IN THE POST!! Make life easy for the potential reader! EXAMPLE: Buy my shit!

Green's Dictionary of Slang getting a work out for tonight's writing session 😳 greensdictofslang.com

I donated to this!!!! Donate and you might win a cool prize and either way you get the good feeling of donating!!! win win win WIN

Re-upping this article in the Guardian Oz, about my research into the extreme harm being caused by Wes Streeting's puberty-blocker ban. UK mainstream media has collectively ignored my research (as I expected) but not the Guardian Australia. Needless the UK and US Guardian's didn't share it.

Come join me! We're exploring a book a month for 7 months starting at the end of February (so plenty of time to get that first read done!)

Halfway through my current project and it’s coming togetherrrrrr, have been writing stuff that makes me heeheehee and rub my evil hands together 😊

Finally have a moment to make a thread about the show, and my entry into the quilting category 😊 First up, here’s the item in question, a quilted bag I made as a birthday gift for a friend, she chose the colours and I figured out the rest, 1st time making a bag, and 1st time entering in the show

Yeah, you’re looking at a prize winning quilter here 😉 🏆

Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking? Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me. 1/

Just did an early limited eBook release of BEST FRIENDS BURY BODIES - Ko-Fi members get it free. Queer, middle-aged, second chance rom... wait why is this an episode of Midsomer Murders with a batshit third act Read a sample in your browser. #Romance #QueerBooks 🌈📚🌶️ buy.bookfunnel.com/dypyh083pm

OOOooooo nab those spots before they're gone!

Another fantastic looking course from Dr Hirst!! It's open to international students, and a shockingly reasonable price for this amount of deep dive!

Fancy some Australian Gothic? Check out this interview w/ short story author Mason Hawthorne @masonhawthorne.bsky.social and listen to him read from his story "Leadbitter House", from queer Gothic anthology UNSPEAKABLE. rss.com/podcasts/eld... #QueerAdultSFF #TransBooks #ReaderSky #Horror 🌈📚💙😱📚🩸📚🎧

Just in time for the new film coming out, I'll be running a couple of interactive workshops exploring the history of Wuthering Heights adaptation. It draws on the research (archival and otherwise) and we'll be diving deep into a really varied history of adaptation. Want to come along? (See below!)

'Theology & Vampires,' edited by @madelinepotter.bsky.social What can vampires teach us about God?Through an analysis of the relationship between theology & vampires,this book provides a glimpse into the versatility of the vampire as a tool for theological enquiry www.bloomsbury.com/us/theology-...

The options in the survey are very direct and unambiguous. Things like "I will stop using your service if implemented". Make sure to get this done and leave additional feedback about your thoughts too.

This looks incredible, and Sam is a fantastic lecturer!!!

Put together a microRPG for the #48WordRPGJam! stickyhunter.itch.io/adrift-alone

Yooooo the full compliment are at derekdesanges.wordpress.com/books (and my header image jocularly deadnames me every time, LOL)

I just burped and sneezed at the same time ... I do not recommend it 😵‍💫

View of Sydney Harbour from the train last night about half an hour before the midnight fireworks. Had a lovely dinner with friends, but was not at all keen on joining the crowds. We actually caught a few flashes of the fireworks from the train station going home too.

It's that time of year again! I've surveyed the Romancing the Book Group members and we've come up with our top '5-star reads' Get some bookish inspiration here! romancingthegothic.com/2025/12/28/r...

The Smashwords end of year sale runs until midnight January 1st!! If you're looking for good reads for cheap, check it out! My novelettes linked below!

Don’t forget about the big Smashwords EOY Sale! All my books are 50% off including my Christmas romcom novellas!

Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small -short story published -working a LOT and saving consistently -first holiday in ten years -joined the local quilting guild -gradually improving at climbing

Well… you know what they say about white people and cheese 🧀

My nan’s 30+ year old bread machine just burned out and tripped the power, and she started catastrophising that she would never be able to get another one because noone makes bread at home these days… I said Nan, let me tell you something. The year was 2020, and a plague was sweeping the world… 🍞 😂

The Smashwords end of year sale runs until midnight January 1st!! If you're looking for good reads for cheap, check it out! My novelettes linked below!

52 now, thanks so much <3 This remains £9.99 until 07 January 2026. Normal price £15.00, RRP £29.90 to buy all of these individually. ePubs and PDFs --> can be gifted to others, DRM-free. 🌈📚😱🩸📚💙👀📚📣 #Horror #Fantasy #BookSky #DiscountBooks #Books2Read

Happy (my) Birthday! 🎂

For my birthday I’d like to find indie and self-published queer SFF, if you have written one or know one that fits, please LINK below Brief: scifi: military, space opera fantasy: epic, political horror: scifi/ fantasy horror erotica with any of the above: yes NO: urban fantasy YA steam/clockpunk

Happy (my) Birthday everyone!! If you’re still looking for a gift, why not get one of my novellas! They’re on sale and everything!

I’m finally finished work for the year>>> woke up with a sore throat this morning 😕

If you’re looking for something to read over the holidays, my novellas are on sale til the end of the year!

You know, I had the suspicion that this thread would make me realise the unhinged amount of work that goes into a tiny presentation and I was correct. But also, this is what research looks like. Not whatever they keep trying to persuade us LLMs can do.

Don't forget to grab this bundle of trans winter stories for the solstice! 7 for $3. Help us reach our goal and get some awesome reads. 🥰 itch.io/b/3419/trans...

Went to an arcade with some friends yesterday and i had a go on a claw machine, my friend started to say ‘oh don’t waste your money on that’ but I was in the process of extracting this…thing.

I keep forgetting about this too, but YELEN & YELENA is in the Indie Ink Awards for a few different categories! Voting for it to get into the top 10 that judges review is live now. indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-... Audio narration is free on @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social Season 04, dip in!

The sky was very dramatic outside the gym this evening ☁️

Monthly Trans & Nonbinary Creators Boost - Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below. - Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share. - Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter! NSFW and erotica welcome. #TransSky #BookSky

I think this goes til the end of the year? yay

A friend made this fun little endless running game and i am soo bad at it 😂 Play Pig the Game

Oh, this looks wonderful. 😍 Dr. Hirst is a great lecturer!

Working so much that I’m losing track of what day it is 😵‍💫

❄️WINTER HOLIDAY SALE!❄️ Looking for some queer romance to keep you warm on these cold days? Now through midnight December 31, my ENTIRE store is on sale! Ebooks are 20% off, paperbacks and hardcovers are 10% off. No code needed! So hop on over to jordanlhawk.com and grab some discounted books!

75% off: - a slowburn, sumptuous romance between an ADHD vampire and his autistic secretary - a fucked-up dark romance between an unstable angel and a depressed artist - a horny 1920s erotic romance between a disabled gentleman and his fat new butler www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JohannesEvans

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My novellas are in the Smashwords End of Year Sale at 50% off! Check them out! www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...