Got mine in there, last minute. Bid on a tee, help democracy!

We have 52 spots left before we close the form. 👀

Final day to get your discount!

In light of the news of Ann Blyth passing away, I've unlocked my post about her. Say farewell to an overlooked Hollywood icon who endured multiple tragedies in her youth and went on to have a long, happy life. Bonus: you get to see her poodles! www.patreon.com/ChaceVerity/...

UPDATE: Due to financial considerations, Apex Magazine is increasing the price of single magazine issues to $6.99. Issues will maintain their current novella-length word count, and subscription/Patreon prices will NOT be increased. We appreciate your understanding and support! 🖤👽

You have Fogged your last Hat

Have you always wanted an Admin Assistant but couldn't afford one? Want to pick the brain of someone who was an independent bookseller for more than 25 years for research or to help get your books in stores? 4 hours of my time is up for bids in the @romancingthevote.com auction.

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I have a story in this!! PREORDERS! Get yours now!

Well, here it is....my 2026 offering for @romancingthevote.com. Infinity scarf, Bi colors. Romance novel, Bi characters, HEA guaranteed, written by ME and not AI...it's from 2018! All the em-dashes are mine. ;-) Big Skelly not included. 💀

Just submitted my donation forms for @romancingthevote.com ! If you've ever fancied owning a bobbin lace bookmark made by me, you'll get your chance. Want to pick the colours and patterns for a unique, custom bookmark? You can bid on that, too!

And reminder, this was the S/M shawl! Same yarn, different colorway, I only had 1 ball of this, but the L/XL one is almost 3! whole! balls!!

Okay. It's got 2 rows left to go and needs to be blocked but I was afraid @romancingthevote.com would close the form if I didn't submit it now--so! HERE IS THE L/XL RAINBOW LACEWEIGHT SHAWL. Dog not included.

So, for @romancingthevote.com--I normally do a 1st Fifty edit (reminder! I edit as Sarah STETS and I'm very good! And *kind* and funny!) but...do people still want that? Or do you want an AMA? Or both? I don't know--WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT?

Everyone should stop and tell Chocolate what a perfect good boy he is!

Look, I know the news is shit, everything is shit, and I'm not having the best time right now, but thanks for showing me your tattoos and making me smile this afternoon. I'm better now than I was and it's all thanks to you fine weirdos and I love you all.

Says the white man in English while living on Ojibwa and/or Dakota land. Apologies if I left out any other Native tribes whose land we now call Minnesota.

Crap I'm almost done with the 2nd shawl! Gotta get the pics up!!

Anyone?

I have to raise $500 more in a week so I can pay rent and I’d rather work for it than post a GFM (though no judgment to those who need to do so). If anyone needs a query or synopsis review, help polishing their writing sample, wants a video call/facetime with an industry pro, etc, please DM me.

You know what I need to see today? I need to see your tattoos. Your pretty ones, the complex ones, the ones your most proud of. Big, tiny, don't care--if you like 'em, I wanna see 'em.

What’s a @romancingthevote.com auction without heart jewelry? I’m contributing one of these handmade, sterling silver, one-of-a-kind heart pendants to the auction. Which would you like to see: pink wisteria, bright color flowers, or flaming red? Comment below, please.

Anyone got, like, cuddly and happy thoughts? It was a DAY of intense elder care (we're good*! Everyone's still alive!) but elder care! It's a thing! *cleaning up elder cat poop all over the house, having to rely on a neighbor to get mom back in the house, 7 different errands w/Mom etc. is "good"

Hi, Bluesky! It’s been a minute and I so have updates for you. But first: I’m being impersonated by an email scammer. Please report and delete any emails from: DanieleHunterMcIntoshAgency [at] gmail . com. This is NOT ME. Any agent emails I send will be through QM or my company address.

There's just 6 DAYS LEFT to preorder your copy of PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION for 30% off! ⏰⏰⏰ Return to Jason Sanford's Nebula-nominated fantastical dystopia, updated with new Afterward, cover art, and short story "Little Fathers of Darkness" ✒️🌟 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

Please understand that although you can't hear it, the primal scream in this house is loud and quite, quite long. But! I'm better now!* *probably!

A reminder to all authors: —No agent is going to cold email you with a gmail address —Any legit cold email from an agent (more common in nf than f) is going to do more than spend 6 paragraphs talking around your vague resume —No real agent ever asks for money from writers

Now almost 150!

CHAT I AM SCREAMING

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The @romancingthevote.com auction site is slowly filling in and HOLY SHIT look at this needle packet thingie? Or don't, because I want it? www.32auctions.com/organization...

So, believe it or not, my debut comes out in a matter of weeks... And I'm kicking off a small pre-order campaign. 1) If you pre-order from your retailer of choice, 2) And email me the receipt at celestepewter (at) gmail + mailing address 3) I'll send you a signed bookplate and bookmark.

Forwarding emails is the new mailing news clippings.

I was once assigned a book on spec--complete with outline and everything--and I wrote it as planned. Got to the end & sent it off to my agent going, "It's awful, career ending, HELP" and she went, Surely it's not that--OH NO, lemme talk to the editor, who said, Surely it's not that bad--OH MY.

ALSO did you know that The Magnus Archives podcast won TWELVE AWARDS (I am trying to figure out a way to work that into my 60-second pitch for this webinar thing today) also I just counted and since that last French one I am up to... FOURTEEN JUST BUY THE NOVEL OKAY that's the pitch

Just a reminder, I'm so proud of you. And I'll be proud of you tomorrow, too. Now drink some water, take your meds, and go to bed.

more and more queries and project descriptions these days come in saying things like "I wrote the book of course--I only had AI check for grammar/help with line revision/etc." I just want to be clear: I do not want to see projects that have undergone that step

do you want to preorder my queer cozy horror AND get a discount AND support an indie bookstore? now through 11:59 PM CT on Friday, June 26, preorder THE LORD OF THE WOOD from @swampfoxbookstore.bsky.social for 15% off! they ship nationally across the U.S. swampfoxbookstore.com/item/44euZQq...

I have spent the morning at Mom's watching a Very Large Tree Branch Get Removed and apparently, we're down a Brit Prime Minister, Alan Greenspan and also Clive Davis? And the day is yet young?? Hell of a Monday so far!

It's the second day of banned books week, and so I have decided to give you all more books by living, marginalized authors that are CONFIRMED banned. Another thread.

Yeah, that’s the America I grew up in. When I say the anti-trans playbook now is the same playbook as they ran in the 90s against gay people, I mean the SAME

chat is it weird to pierce my ears just so I can wear fried egg earrings, lmk

I'm just going to warn you now, in my upcoming @bcsmagazine.bsky.social story "We Are All Strange Here" I use the word "redd" as in to "redd up the table" which is a historically accurate word that means "to clear the table after a meal" so you gonna done learn a new thing, ok? OK!

Dad-isms of my Dad that've come out of my mouth that're leaking into my Kid's vocab: "I've done it all the wrong ways. I'm telling you the right way!" "There's the easy way, the hard way & whatever the hell you're doing." "Horses sweat, men perspire, women shed a crystal dew. Then there's you."

WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? ARCs are now available on Netgalley! Do as Snoop Dog says and DROP it like it's hot: D-ownload it R-ead it O-h my god this book is great, I should... P-ost about it online 😉 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #booksky #dystopian #ARCs #disability

Contract has been signed, sealed and delivered! I'm *super* excited to announce I sold the story "We Are All Strange Here" to @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! Yah!!!

Tomorrow is Indigenous Peoples Day and it's the perfect time to support the Indigenous community, Native small businesses and artists like myself! I am a queer Kanien'kehá:ka beadwork artist creating handmade beaded jewelry and accessories. You can shop my work on my website 🫶🏼 www.beadworkbykay.ca

My mom's tree fell and punched a hole through her neighbor's garage roof, if you're wondering how today's going. And since it's a lovely June Saturday, there's not a tree trimmer to be had. And we're going to get 3+ inches of rain tomorrow. So. Yeah.

Mental illness and marginalization are not shields against criticism and unprofessional nonsense. And, to be very blunt, if you do not have the emotional regulation to handle a business and the necessary behaviour that comes with it, then you shouldn't be in charge of the careers of others.

Someone near and dear in my life just beat throat cancer caused by HPV and while he's still alive! Which is great! He's also lost 40 lbs on the feeding tube, gotten pneumonia from breathing in food trying to relearn how to eat & lost his job because treatment was so rough. A vax? LOTS EASIER!!!