Today, I’m web designer/seo expert, a marketing ad exec, an author, a limping human, a clingy dog mom, a patient parent of a neurodivergent adult kid, and an accountant so far. It’s only 11 am… being an indie is not for the weak, y’all.

Just gonna say it… when all your marketing have ‘no [insert queer relationship here], you know who you’re marketing to.

If you see authors limiting signings/setting boundaries: 1) it’s not your call. 2) bishes are crazy. Authors need to feel safe, too. 3) people have the right to them without explaining their situation, etc, while groveling. 4) we are not machines. Stop reducing us to products you want to consume.

Only in America: Mom: I have to get this expensive ice thing for after my knee surgery in Dec. Me: bonus, you’ll get your cost to value when they finally let me do mine. Keep it nice. My dad: oh, that’s a great plan.

This does not bode well for my knees not making me miserable this winter.

Authorland is very in their feels about some ugly realizations this past week. Be kind to your faves, especially romance authors. We’re having big feels, man.

The lesson of the week is that while yt women seemingly cannot ever stay cancelled, they sure can attempt to cancel everyone else. 😏

I am so over late stage capitalism. Aliens, take us away.

The sun even shines on a dog’s ass some days… Shitty people making a good comment or doing a decent thing does NOT erase their past misdeeds. Yes, people can grow but… what does the back & forth get them? I bet it’s more money or power—& that means you’re being conned, friend.

I do not give a single red raring fuck if my tax dollars go to: *healthcare for everyone *college/trade school/etc for everyone *veteran’s care *rehabilitation *housing for everyone *clean resources & energy *supporting the arts & education I’d prefer it, actually. Stay mad, losers.

Two things can be true: You can set boundaries & refuse to be baited on things & it’s fine. But crowning yourself a political force while making a shit ton of money, then zipping your lips once you have it is hypocritical and says a lot about who you are. 2025 is the year of disappointing people.

That’s enough internet for the day.

Sometimes things just hit you like ‘Oh. Oh. OH.’ and a perspective completely flips.

Looking for a FMC wayyyy over 30? I got you. www.champlinks.com/sl/secretsof...

I know everyone was on put out shoes to troll rapture folks thing but instead I donated gently used ones to the women’s crisis center nearby because mutual aid is more important than trolling nutbags.

I am so tired of living in the absolute donut of all timelines. Someone send the weasel back into the collider, plz.

Today is not a good day for democracy.

I look forward to everyone in Cincy bitching about a very important toe all week long.

I am never a fan of performative time management and the Emmys are unsurprisingly the absolute worst for making people anxious about an award they should be treasuring while ALSO threatening to dock poor kids. What the actual late stage capitalist bullshit was that shit?

Now that my brain is almost recovered from the con crud, I can focus on the seven demon shifter hybrids cluelessly falling for the girl pretending to be a boy at their demon college again. Whew.

OMG, SOME DAY I’LL WAKE UP & NEVER HAVE TO SEE THAT FREAKING FACE IN NEWS AGAIN. C’mon, Thanatos do your thing.

What @audible is doing to authors and narrators is already criminal—the new structure is highway robbery.

There is a show about a mystery solving nun on Britbox and I am SETTLED IN for her to school TF out of these post-war men.

Sometimes I read things said by folks in this community and I wanna be like, ‘Y’all okay? Like for real? Cause I’m a wee bit concerned about the break you’re having from reality, NGL.’

I didn’t have back alley labubu dealer on my bingo card this year, but 2025 is full of surprises.

People really sleep on how much your library offers. I’ve always loved them but since my goblin started working at one several years ago, I am constantly in awe of all the shit you can do there for free. Seriously.

The internet is a bad place for those who take everything said as gospel without vetting.

My mom used to say Sesame Street would convince kids that learning has to be fun which would make it hard for them when it’s NOT as fun. Except the amount of people who get the government from Hamilton proves MORE things should be taught by Muppets and rap battles. You don’t have votesssss….

We stand with the people of LA. America has no king. Period.

Luckily, my author dog is NOT afraid of the fireworks going off here. 🙄 She is afraid of tongs and pans sizzling, though, and I’d be running after some bishes with a bat. There is simply no need for giant ass fireworks that scare pets & those with PTSD/cPTSD. I will stand ten toes on this.

Is it a hidden secret that if you don’t want to read incomplete series you can just… not? Yes, there’s a bunch of reasons why this is controversial, but more specifically, do they know they can just NOT comment about it within every post or video or whatever? Like, why?

Happy Thursday to every who knows Ross is literally the absolute worst. 😏

I ordered this recumbent bike as a self-care thing (because of my knee injury and my Gen X aches). This was Wednesday. Today, I get a text that’s it arriving tomorrow morning 👀 No, it wasn’t Amazon Prime. Holy crap, I thought I had 7-14 days to clear the place for it. Womp, womp.

Seriously no one warned me that tweezers everywhere was part of being over 40 and I am PRESSED about that.

There’s something so satisfying about crossing things over and having readers go OMG I know what/who that is!

The Venn diagram of people who think 5k is enough to tempt broke people into having kids and the people forcing student loan garnishment at the same is a circle. 😏

Pretty sure this book is getting me put on a ‘list’ somewhere. 😏 Oh, well. www.champlinks.com/sl/fearacade...

Little tip of the day: Maybe DON’T go on release day posts of book one of a series and immediately ask when the series will be finished? FFS. Authors are fighting for their lives here.

You know your house is neurodivergent when you say ‘I don’t like today’s texture. It’s gross.’ and everyone nods and goes ‘oh yeah, makes perfect sense.’

When ARCs are out, authors are clenching. It is known.

I think people forget that when you’re falling for someone or have fallen head over heels for them, you often overlook personality quirks or things outsiders might find to be ‘insufferable FMC behavior’. TBH, Mr. Cass puts up with a lot 😏 Like… that’s how it works, man.

At this point, I’ve set my bingo card on fire and I’m using it to char the cherries for my bourbon. I mean, this year, amirite?

If my new PNR dystopia was more romantasy, it’d be called A Tale of Scary and Oddly Accurate Predictions. 😬

When I started writing Failed State I. June, I had no idea I’d end up feeling like a very scared prophet.

I am tired of living in the stupidest version of the Hunger Games possible, y’all.

Tell me the words you cannot spell for your life authors. Let’s commiserate together 😏 One of mine is embarrassment.

I have successfully adulted two days in a row and I deserve a treat.

Good evening to everyone except people who cannot understand that Amazon does not list books in series that aren’t published unless they are on preorder. 2/2 does not mean it’s complete and no one is lying to you. 😑

Getting the words in today while the temp is low and I have the chance. It’s better than obsessing on the mess around us for sure.

Just spent twenty plus minutes helping my mom Log in to her Netflix from afar. Send alcohol.