‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’

I keep forgetting that I have this account. I swear I am so useless at maintain more than one account on more than one platform at any given time. What fun, then, to have a business run online!

I now do sensitivity readings! I read: 🌸 Trauma 🌸 SA & abuse plots 🌸 Genderfluidity + bisexuality 🌸 MH + chronic pain 🌸 Authenticity of modern witchcraft I also do representation consultations for authors early in the writing process to help get good rep from the start! sensitivitywithelle.com

ko-fi.com/authorsalem My books are $1+ each right now, and I also offer cover design and printed page edge design services. All funds are going towards rebuilding my life while I lose my apartment and deal with major heart health complications.

Have I officially started a new WIP? Yes, yes I have 👀 Oh, and it’ll be: 🌚 Sapphic AF 🌚 Dark fantasy 🌚 Inspired by Ancient Greek culture, religion & mythology 🌚 Strong feminist themes 🌚 Allies-to-lovers 🌚 Seasoned with some monster fucking 🌚 Shadow magic protag 🌚 Witchy 🌚 Orpheus & Eurydice vibes

went into the thread to say tilda swinton and someone had beaten me to it but. tilda swinton

found on r/me_irlgbt, seemed relevant. stay strong. i love you all.

*whispers into the void* "your art will be declared degenerate, so you might as well lean into it."

fyi about screen readers- they don't have a fast forward or rewind (I did not know this!). so starting an image alt text with a very short, high level description could be a useful thing to do.

Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.

Book pre-orders are an indication of reader interest in a title. They demonstrate to publishers and booksellers that working with the author and stocking their books is a wise choice. So, if you love an author's work, consider pre-ordering and/or asking your local library to shelve the book.

The road to fascism is paved with centrists screaming “he can’t do that because of the law”

Since yesterday afternoon I have been inundated with messages from friends in West Bank— sadly used to occupation, checkpoints and closure— saying they’ve never seen anything like this. And much of it very far from Jenin, eliminating any suggestion it’s related to localised operation there

Oooh this sounds fun! 1 like = 1 thing I love

I got my UK PLR statement today, and wanted to say thank you to all my readers! A couple of thousand lends really adds up! Did you know, every time you borrow a book from the library or use the apps to borrow an ebook or audiobook, we get paid? It's about 11p a go for us and totally free for you!

Good morning

Trans artists, cover designers, editors, sensitivity readers, et al: Drop a link/info below so people can commission you. Cis authors, TTRPGers, et al: Show your solidarity the way it counts: hire someone from this thread to work on your next book or character art.

Bad day ain’t it lads

Similar to my post about "liberation means even for that annoying guy you hate" - weird art includes art you personally don't get, don't like, wouldn't spend money on, find unsettling. Games you wouldn't play. Books you wouldn't read. Decommercialise your preconceptions of what art deserves to exist

Anarchism is the name of an ideology with a canon of literature & continuing thought put into real world practice that seeks a world beyond the state & hierarchy. Some anarchists don’t mind the term anarchy, I don’t like that conflation. Those who align with & practice this school are anarchists.

Today and in the coming days, remember

One chapter finished, just shy of a 3k word day! 🥳 That’s quite rare for me so I’m chuffed to bits!

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THIS. DO NOT PIRATE BOOKS. - Put in requests at your library - If you buy for Kindle, track ebook prices at ereaderiq.com to get notified of sales - If you can, buy DRM-free ebooks and build an archive you completely control - Use Calibre to remove DRM from Kindle & Kobo ebooks for the same purpose

Good thread on why it’s not great to pirate books from marginalised authors! Usually I would be all for stealing shit, but marginalised authors need that money to live, to carry on writing the books you apparently love so much—*especially* if they’re self-pubbed.

Time for a 📌! Hi, I’m Eleanora! I’m a queer, disabled fantasy writer. My WIP, a debut novel but the first in a series, is about an oversized dwarf looking for his father, who finds the meaning of family along the way with the help of a couple of weirdos. I also post left-wing/feminist stuff!

I fucking love the goblin lore I’ve made in my book. Being a fantasy writer is awesome. Can’t wait to put this book out in the world, once it’s all done and finished and edited and pretty!

Neil Gaiman shouldn’t be treated like an extreme outlier. It’s not fame or following that enables men like Gaiman to act the way they do. It’s power. And power can be A-list celebrity status or it can be the head of any ordinary household or a leader in any local community.

Fuck you, Labour. Fuck the lot of you.

Yes! I have Strong Opinions about this 😂 Stories need *tension* but that can come through revelation, choice, change, love, conciliation, hope... It does not require *conflict* and we do ourselves a disservice by insisting it does.

Mark Ruffalo sounds like the name a dog would give if he was pretending to be a man.

I haven’t noticed any health benefits (or negatives) from switching from coffee to herbal teas, but seeing as I drink loose leaf, I do get to feel like a forest-dwelling witch in a cosy cottage instead of a caffeinated hobgoblin every time I have a cup, so I reckon that’s a winner

Altadena is a Black community and it has been completely destroyed. I think folks are frustrated that the focus is on celebrity when they aren’t the only ones impacted.

A little lore dump for today from the world of my WIP, Olrion!

Meanwhile in Gaza...it continues.

It is snowing. We are not used to snow in the South of England (the ‘southern softies’ jibe is absolutely spot on, which is why others hate it so much). I fear everything will come to a standstill if it keeps it up, especially as we live on top of a hill. What a great excuse to not leave the house 😌

Ugh I hate having to use more than one account on one app. My object impermanence and old person brain does not like it. But hi old and new friends! I am back on this app because Musk and Zuck fucking suck and hopefully it won’t be as bad over here. Take me to #booksky!