Being in a perpetual state of autistic burnout is crazy because if you handle it too well, everyone perceives you as being totally fine and it gets much harder to advocate for accommodations or explain why it's not feasible to regularly repeat an activity you managed to just barely tolerate once.

Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!

late halloween post 🦇

Just a lil reminder that my vampire romance series includes a spicy novella that makes for a perfect bite-sized introduction to the characters 🖤 PB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYYD99L7 Kindle/KU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDWHDNV7 Play the visual novel: https://tallimorgan.itch.io/swsr-visual

playing dress up with them #daorigins #leliana #zevran #alistair #wardensurana #illustration #commissionopen

Most POV characters in 🏳️‍🌈 dragon riders WIP have either thought about revenge or revenge is a big part of their storyline. The only one this doesn’t apply to is Kel. He’s too busy trying to make sure the last heir to the throne doesn’t get killed. Not because he’s still in love with him or anything..

| The Warden, The King | ⚔️👑 (the best boi) #dragonage

Sweet & Wild is an MM fantasy romance in a small town with a mysterious forest, and a spirit lurking within! It's sweet as honey, with just a bit of sting! 🐝 Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bzNng9 Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur... Cover Art: @northyme.com

I will never use AI for my covers, editing, translation, or anything else. It is not only useless to me as an author, it is actively hostile and harms every skill related to book production. If you're an author against AI used to generate writing, you better back everyone else in the chain too.

Getting cuddles from your baby niece is all well and good until she head butts you in the nose and laughs at your pain

It’s our boy, Lisa. #Castlevania #LisaTepes #Dracula #Alucard

I hope Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love, and Of Bards and Quests and Falling In Love, find people who need a bit of brightness in their lives. Something that will make them feel warm and comforted and put a smile on their face.

What are people saying about my recently released queer historical fiction? neshamapublishing.com/noah-hawthor...

Silver Blood is for these fans also 🙂‍↕️

A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters is for the Castlevania fans who think we deserved to see Trevor and Alucard make out

SWEET SORROW can now be read in Kindle Unlimited! Spice up your TBR this month with this spicy (and emotional) companion novella to my vampire romance, SILVER BLOOD. (You CAN read it independently of the longer novel!) Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDWHDNV7 📚💙 🌈📚

I bet you thought I forgot about my newsletter, huh? Well… you’re right. I did. But I’m going to try using it more often from now on ritaarubin.substack.com

I bet you thought I forgot about my newsletter, huh? Well… you’re right. I did. But I’m going to try using it more often from now on ritaarubin.substack.com

I just found out I’ll be spending all week next week doing job training so I guess I’ll go from just being burnt out with writing to being burnt out in general

I’ve been working so hard on gay dragon riders WIP lately but I think I can feel a burn out coming on 🥲

Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love is out now in ebook, paperback and audiobook! books2read.com/u/b5YEw1

me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself me to me: wtf is wrong with you

In gay dragon riders WIP, the half-elf twins Kel and Tes spend much of their childhood homeless. After running from a bad situation, they end up living in the cutthroat slums in the city of King’s Heart for a few years before meeting their adoptive dragon rider parents.

Yasha and Beau (2024) Waiting for The Mighty Nein to come out! #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #beauyasha

Heaven forbid a girl just needs a little snack A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters is out now books2read.com/u/4A0e6q

I have come up with a few new ideas for gay dragon riders WIP over the weekend that I think would only serve to make readers cry or throw the book across the room… which makes those ideas all the more compelling

Coming out on March 31st, 2026, The Need for Dandelions is an MM Fantasy Romance about two men forced to work together despite their differences in the face of a crisis! Cover by the amazing @nooskadraws.bsky.social !

Very fitting to find The Hobbit playing on TV just when I decide to start the final proofread for Of Bards, which was very much inspired by The Hobbit

Happy Halloween!! 🎃🖤 #vanhelsing #fanart #halloween #digitalart

🌿 Share your oc and a plant you associate with them If there’s one flower I had to associate with Jayce, it would be a lotus. Lotus flowers can symbolise new beginnings, and Jayce’s story in Of Knights is all about starting a new life once he’s free from the Dark Lord.

« I have been advisor to Orlais, Witch of the Wilds… Daughter of Flemeth… And once, long ago, an old friend. » Our beloved Dragon Age witch. Happy Halloween! 🎃✨ #Morrigan #DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard

Why is writing the synopsis often harder than writing the dang book? 😭

Tomorrow is Halloween, and you know what's a cool book to read on Halloween? THE DEVIL IN THE WOODS! Join Felix and his friends as they seek to debunk an urban legend that happens to be real... It's also on sale for 50% off during my itchio Halloween Sale! 🎃 earlronove.itch.io/the-devil-in...

Until SNAP benefits are restored, I'm giving free digital copies of Sweet & Wild, a MM Fantasy Romance, to anyone who donates $5 or more to the San Antonio Food Bank or any local food bank. Just email me proof of your $5+ donation, and I'll send you an EPUB. 💛🐝 Donate here: safoodbank.org

Have a snippet from gay dragons riders WIP of a gay dragon rider feeling a little need for vengeance 🫶🏻

Have a snippet from gay dragons riders WIP of a gay dragon rider feeling a little need for vengeance 🫶🏻

getting ready to sit for their portrait :) #trephacard #trephacardweek

Had this happen with the Of Knights audiobook (poor fella’s already unavailable after only two weeks of life) Here’s the response I got from InAudio this morning:

Hey hey! SILVER BLOOD is half off this week for itchio's Halloween Sale!  Grab the ebook or audiobook individually, or BOTH in a bundle for just $10 🦇 🔗 https://itch.io/s/164005/halloween-sale-2025 #booksky 📚💙 📚🌈

Highly recommend: throwing any and all creatives a DM/comment/email to let them know how their work touched you, whether now or in the past. I never expect a reply. But doing this regularly not only helps others see their art is valued, but improves your own confidence & connection.

what's this? a 137k slowburn romantasy about two bisexuals who have been denying their different traumas? A Verdant Vendetta is for: - AuDHD girlies who can't mask - lovers of golden retriever BFs - people who love scary dragons - ones who need banter, always art by @tacticiankate.bsky.social

That high of getting a commission update never gets old 😌

idk why this concept is difficult to grasp for a lot of people and doesn't take priority over wether or not liking wizards makes you a good person. Dont give her money! The money funds evil! its truly that simple

I’m so excited to finally reveal that Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love has an audiobook! 🌸📚 It’s narrated by the fabulous Cody Sloan and available now! books2read.com/u/b5YEw1

Every time someone posts about reading my book, I get at least one sale. You ever think "why should I talk about what im reading, no one cares what I think"? Well, you're wrong.

Gay dragon riders WIP has decided it wants to be more of a horror story this chapter instead of a fantasy

Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love is out now in ebook, paperback and audiobook! books2read.com/u/b5YEw1

It’s safe to say 2025 has not been my year. But today I decided to have a look at my sales and saw that so far this year I have sold over 1k books. Thank you to everyone who has supported this lifelong dream of mine in some way shape or form 🥺💖