After three days of rendering an animation a small part of me did think, "If the world ends before this render finishes I'm gonna be a little bit pissed off about the wrong thing."

I like a specific type of Toxic Yuri and it's less "Enemies to Lovers" and more "Enemies to Enemy-Lovers." It's less "Fuck buddies" and more "Fuck you! buddies"

I've spoken about it before but my favourite suggestions from an editor was to cut the interlude from The Knowing Doll, which introduced a unique cast of characters and their way of life. They were plot and theme important but a major and jarring, one time, POV change late in the story.

My usual answer is Arthur Morgan but I'm shouting out Shimazu Hinako. I've only finished the run 1 of Silent Hill F but she is a remarkably well-realised character. Props to her actress for not just her VA work but some inspired mocap choices! (Which the animators carried over beautifully!)

I love my editors but I also couldn't resist making this little goof! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

I haven't done a #WIPSnips for a while! Mostly cause I haven't been able to work on my next book in far too long! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Probably never gonna get over how good Frieren is; from its animation to every aspect of its writing. I've lost count of how many times this goofy elf woman has made me cry.

Yay! New review! I always get warm fuzzies out of hearing what people have to say, from positives to thoughts on what I could have done better to what readers might want more of later on! (This is totally a gentle reminder for folks to go review The Knowing Doll when they're done with it!)

I have a cancellable confession... This being the last spoken line of dialogue in Game of Thrones... I kinda like it? THE REST OF THE SCENE IS FUCKING STUPID. But this little comment Tyrion sadly makes whilst listening to a debate about rebuilding just works for me as a closing line.

I promise you have friends who will offer to do it for free who aren't even VAs and they'll do a better job. They much just charge you for the cost of a pizza but then you also get to have a pizza with your friends!

Season 2 of Netflix Daredevil

Silent Hill F is so good. The last Silent Hill game that had me thinking so intensely about it was Signalis.

Lets do a promo day! If you're a trans author then share your work here and tell people how best to support it :) #WritingPrompt

Actually this is gonna spur a slightly different thing but it's important: Trying to create a platform for yourself in spaces like Instagram or TikTok or wherever authors now need to be visible is hard enough for women but for trans women it is poisonously hard.

Hey, instead of watching the Harry Potter trailer, I've got a better idea. Why not buy books and art from the trans people Rowling loves to hurt? Let's start with me! This is The Knowing Doll, you can get it on Itch.io, physical next week, audio next month! hollidayvermont.itch.io/the-knowing-...

Please don't make me film marketing videos I just want to work on my audiobook. You don't understand, my narrator sounds so good and my marketing videos aren't fun to make and I would rather listen to my narrator's insanely good performance than hear my own voice IT'S NOT FAIR

Santos is my favourite character on The Pitt but the discourse FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE exhausts me because all nuance in this well written, nuanced character is thrown away in favour of "Is she a bad character or a good character." Folks, a well written character is a person with flaws.

I'm mean as fuck with number scores. If you make a PERFECT piece of art, if you don't set a foot wrong... You get a 9/10. To get a 10 you need to show me something I didn't think was even possible with your medium. Anyway, Sinners is a 10/10. It was a 10 when I first watched it, it's a 10 now.

The Pitt writes such layered and textured characters, many of whom are pretty flawed humans... just don't tell fans of The Pitt that last part.

The mistake that defines Delilah's flashbacks in The Knowing Doll is a pretty big way she's let people down. Keeping it vague: She does not reveal an easily accessible resource deposit for the community she lives with. Both because she does not need it herself and from an entitled sense of spite.

Buy your trans friend's book!

Stargate is absurdly good. Yeet skeet.

General reminder that Disney and Pixar have been creatively bankrupt for well over a decade and their terror of trying anything truly new isn't limited to their animation or storytelling, it extends into the queer community and how they depict it.

In The Knowing Doll I originally had a chapter that abandoned the main story and focused on a small mutual aid community just to the side of the action. My editor advised cutting the chapter after the first draft and I agreed. All but one of those characters were completely cut.

My 9 games! Also whilst I'm here... BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH REMASTER I'M BEGGING YOU my9games.com

Cartoon Saloon are in a permanent state of peak.

Three years ago I broke a piece of my car when I hit an elephant's turd in the road. I repaired the damage with a zip-tie and it's still holding the piece to the car now.

Marketing is a pain in the ass BUT I'm getting a chance to animate again and that's always fun! Creating one of the major locations from my book in 3D animated form is very exciting! Look forward to this, soon! #writingcommunity #indieauthors #fantasy

i need to make more art about giving fascists expensive dental bills

Holliday is Holligay. Thank you for attending my trademark infringing TedTalk on extreme lesbianism for people who are bad at marketing.

hahaha fuck yes greenscreening the actor into the actual fucking game footage is such an elite method of doing a videogame adaptation

Just like the game, the Relooted soundtrack is a little gem that showcases a wide range of musical genres from the African continent. Now playing on all streaming services nwpl.ing/relooted

As a South African, this is unbelievably satisfying to see.

“Please enjoy the museum”: Relooted is OUT NOW! Please share!

Hello #FebruaryWorldbuilders! Much of my book was built around the protagonist's psychic abilities. She can enter a metaphysical space, The Far Lake, where she can view the memories of nearby peoples. Each person's memories are held within a deck of cards, spinning in the air above the lake.

Absolutely, this right here. I live in South Africa, we have 9 official languages. MOST local music isn't in English and there's some really awesome stuff. The first time I heard Hugh Masekela I had an artistic awakening, and I didn't even understand most of the words.

See you in 24 hours! 🎉 #indiegame

Yeag, this checks out.

A few days ago on another post I alluded to three times in my life where I know my writing improved the lives of other people. Those three moments are the highlights of my career and NO AI will ever be able to tell a story that changes hearts and minds or brings peace to traumatised hearts.

the thing that annoys me most about AI slop in books isn't "competition". readers also think it sucks shit it's that human authors are gonna be accused of using AI and there's no way to prove we didn't. these things have learned off MY writing. eventually it'll seem like my writing sounds like them

I am so sorry but this meme popped up earlier and my brain put the @magicariot.com characters in it

Brevity is the soul of wit but in hard times I want to linger in a moment of well crafted beauty, hoping it does not end.

To this day my proudest moments as a writer are when someone has told me my writing helped them deal with something difficult. Either seeing something from a different perspective or, as you put it so well, "a little healing of the heart"

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Delilah is asexual and sex-repulsed so this is definitely not a concern for her!

#FantasyIndiesJanuary 26 Memories that your characters cherish: When Delilah first came to Stonetown she was surprised when Jessica, who hadn't held back from voicing her suspicions about Delilah's motivations, gave her a flower for her room. A flower from Jessica's own garden.

That would be Star Sword Nemesis, a cheeky novella I illustrated for one Christine Love :3 loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...

At first I wanted to make a joke about how The Atlantic was powered by Internet Explorer to figure this out so late but the perspective of the article makes it extremely clear that this motherfucker had blinders on and is trying to be smug about his own, willful, ignorance.

All this. Still. If I don't say it, no one will. Thankfully, I have a big mouth. #Africanfuturism Source: www.facebook.com/nnedi/posts/...

Pet peeve of the day! When people are announcing a "vague release window" and use "Spring, summer, autumn, winter" as their wording... Friend, we don't all live in the same region, those seasons take place at a different time of the year for me!