Worldbuilding is fun because - I intentionally wanted to set up a mid-1800s vibe for my WIP. This is a fantasy story so I'm not tied to real world history, but it occurs to me that it may make sense for them to use paper money rather than coin. Except now I have to think about how banks work.

All I want for Disability Pride Month is to blow our goal out of the water & get even more money into the pockets of disabled authors Help make it happen?

this is one of my favorite early youtube relics. "Get out my way I've gotta pee!" sticks with me to this very day.

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

I have not really talked about this guy for months because if we are being real he milkshake ducked A VERY LONG TIME AGO and I didn’t want to add to the discourse, but for god’s sake stop acting like men are owed massive power unless proven otherwise.

God I'm about 45% of the way through a book I was really excited for and have mostly been disappointed, but more importantly, I'm just kind of baffled by the prose? I don't think I've ever read a book with so many non-sequitors, the flow of sentences is BONKERS.

Anachronisms are so funny to me, and I don't really understand authors who don't care about them? Obviously YMMV but I'm revising a chapter right now where I had a character use the word "deescalate" in the first draft and that COMPLETELY cuts the tension of the scene because lmao what do you mean

okay sorry I saw this on etsy and I need to share bc I'm losing my MIND what in the cisheterosexuality is happening here

Will I ever get over the absolute gut punch that is "This book came out in 2017" "This book came out 9 years ago" Will my sense of the passage of time ever come back from the 2020 dimension or is this just what aging is like

Asked Alex (who has a B.A. in Theology) to explain the schism news to me All I have internalized is that "turn the priest around" can be sung to the tune of "turn the beat around"

I don't really see films in theatres much anymore BUT a friend and I saw Iron Lung in February and had a real good time with that (also it was at our local cheap tix theatre which helped)

#LGBTQWriteAThon Wow, wild that it's already the end of June!! I've been plugging away at revisions all month, and here's the final tally: - 13,410 words - 7 chapters - some pretty good writing imo!! Thanks for this, it's been a fun way to check in and flex some muscles!

🎶 simple and clear is the way I want communication it's hard to let it go 🎶

And my apartment is not flooded!! Yay!!!

At what point past the agreed-upon meeting time for business things is it socially acceptable to decide the person is not coming and leave, and how far past 30 minutes is it Factor 1: I cannot eat lunch until I leave Factor 2: it is raining very hard right now

Hey Ottawa folks, I'm internet shopping for my business; I need something able to handle 3+ people on video calls at once and I hate tech companies, so I'd love to go with a smaller org if possible We're currently with Bell and it runs like shit Any recommendations?

It's the last day of pride month so I'm gonna say a bias of mine that might get me cancelled: I don't trust people who are extremely physically attractive, particularly when it comes to making good art and understanding the human experience Like I'm sorry, but I simply can't see a hot therapist

Okay I realize this is probably my ace showing but I was reading a romantasy recently where near the end of the book I got fed up with a pattern and yelled "stop having sex and talk about your feelings already!!!"

Appendix B. "Reading is how you learn new words." They do not want to encounter any friction whatsoever when reading. They want their books to be fast fashion. They want disposable, forgettable, ultra processed books. I do not know how to explain this any clearer.

Lmao when I was in high school there was a (kind of hilarious) class divide between those who had unlimited texts and those who had LIMITED TEXTS so if you texted those friends you had to be CONCISE and it had to be IMPORTANT Don't even get me started on how bougie DATA was when it first came out

#LGBTQWriteAThon I got 2/3 chapters revised, so not too bad, especially considering I've been in a training all week and also been doing other things! Hard to believe it's almost the end of June 😖

I've been in a training all week and reflecting on the fact that, among the other therapists here, I am younger than most of them but more experienced than many of them It makes for a bit of a bizarre exchange to be 1 or 2 decades younger but to have been practicing for twice as long

It's Claudie's birthday, go support Common Bonds 3!!! In addition to making her day of birth very special, you'll also be supporting amazing aro sffh!!

Pride month is the perfect time to share the moment when Alma meets the Daughter of Night, the mysterious woman she'll soon fall for Like what you see? Get Woman of Sorrow & Blood to explore their tragic love story On Itch: diannagunn.itch.io/wosab Or elsewhere: books2read.com/u/m0p0kW #HorrorSky

Just got the most disappointed look from Alex ever by trying to put these two cards together in the dumb mobile game I've been playing but I'm NOT WRONG :(

An uneven episode, this one. More hits than misses, but the misses were very frustrating!

Got an overdraft on the horizon so any help would be appreciated 🙏🏾 ko-fi.com/weredawgz

In completely separate news, my partner was reading a romance novel last night that involved the use of buttercream frosting as lube and I'm still extremely upset about it

#LGBTQWriteAThon "I (20M) said I'd go get a mythical sword to prevent war, but then I ran into some pretty cool mercs (22M, 23F)...WIBTA if I stick with them a little longer?" OR "AITA for leading a bunch of noblemen on to get information out of them? Including the son (20M) of our enemy?"

All right, with a few formerly regular income sources having dried up (just the state of the industry) and no money coming in for the rest of this month that I know about, bills piling up, no money to hand, and July's rent looming, time for a 🧵 of things I have for sale/some ways to hire me: 1/?

Hey all! I am once again running up against the "I need a job but my disabilities paired with where I live from a perfect constellation of joblessness" so pushing this some more. This is a great way to support me and help me keep writing about music, lit, politics and theory <3

We're responsible for ourselves. And I say this as a person with mental illness, who is not always great to be around--it's incumbent on us to find ways of managing, esp in professional settings. That means acknowledging our diagnoses, no matter how harsh, and taking steps to not hurt others.

Every year I tell the socials to Give Black People Money for Juneteenth. 2026 ain't about to be different. Give a little, give a lot, give directly, give widely. Black fam: you are invited to reply to this with your info/links! Also: 🧵 👇🏾 #Juneteenth #GBPMforJuneteenth

For the last year and a half, I have been harassed by Emily Bell, also known as E.D.E. Bell, of Atthis Arts. I naively thought her harassment and false accusations would stop, but I was wrong. I'm now done being silent about this. www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...

#LGBTQWriteAThon Once again I am deep in revisions! This week I am optimistically hoping to finish THREE chapters (since I got about 85% through my second chapter last week). I still haven't hit the point where things are really going to diverge from the draft, so that'll be...interesting

I think it's time for the yearly "how to deal with extreme heat" thread. Please reskeet and comment with advice.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Week has been okay! Definitely showcasing how tired I am, lol, I've actually been taking a bit of a step back at work and still have super low energy. So far I've only gotten 1 chapter done out of the 2 I had hoped, but let's see how the weekend goes.

Happy juneteenth! Still black, still broke, and my bday is Monday, so posting my ko fi again It helps me and my disabled wife continue to be housed and creative! ko-fi.com/weredawgz

It's Juneteenth! It's Pride Month! It's a great day to buy queer books by Black authors! Share links to your favorites/most anticipated (or your own works, if you're an author) and go pick up something new! I'll start: Right now you can preorder This Mortal Coil by @mythjae.bsky.social:

Okay if anyone needs me, no you don't, because my partner and I are descending into anime hell for at least the next 36 hours and we shall defeat the enemy or die trying I guess

#LGBTQWriteAThon "Pounded in the butt by the fact that I can never live up to my father's expectations and should stop trying" OR "Attempting to NOT get pounded in the butt by long-overdue godly warfare"

I keep thinking about this and other common complaints folks are having about modern literature - like how books seem to be written for tropes rather than themes or how worldbuilding/character development is lacking - and I wonder what the root cause of this noticeable shift in quality is?

Okay so I ended up watching TWO (2) horror movies today that were new to me 1) Dead Silence - deeply silly but has its moments, thanks to James Wan's direction. Hilarious ending. 2) Event Horizon - I know I'm surprised too. Really liked it though, 10/10 no notes tbh.

#LGBTQWriteAThon Oops I missed two days of this, dang! Okay, back at it though! A literal title of the current WIP would probably be something like "Saving The World While Trying (and Failing) To Not Disappoint Your Dad, A Story in 2 Parts"

ok ok it's a rainy day in Ottawa, I only have a handful of tasks to do today and I am otherwise home alone, should I watch a scary movie y/n

I have a huge problem with the "uwu smol bean" framing that some business owners/publishers/etc. take You are an adult!! You are in charge!!! I'm not a publisher, but I am a business owner. I have clients and I have contractors, now. And while yes sometimes there is a sense of -

It is difficult to speak out against one's publisher (or agent). When they hold the rights to your work, they hold a significant amount of power over you. It is incredibly brave of Brandon to speak out this morning.

One way to tell that someone is weaponizing social justice is when they make big claims of massive evil forces arrayed against them because white supremacists hate them for being good allies, but then will never give concrete examples except "people were mean to me."

#LGBTQWriteAThon I think again my goal is to revise at least 2 chapters (4 and 5 out of 38), and stick to 400 words a day! 💪