I'm writing an unusually personal newsletter this week. It's about losing everything and how to go on after that. (If there's anything I know from personal experience, it's that.) www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter

i feel pretty shit rn but here are trope maps for just some of my books. grab em off my smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view... or my site: hellostarshinepub.com

I think I just don't connect to these stories about how "even before I passed as a man people respected me more!" Bc the people saying that usually live in progressive American cities and I'm from small-town Saskatchewan, we are not the same, lmao

My partner referred to my sense of humour as "absurd things you find online" and idk, I feel called out

Creatives! Show me your favorite thing you made in 2025. It could be a sketch, a painting, a book, a sculpture - something YOU made that you're proud of, big or small. ------ I’m pretty damned proud of the cover of Disposable Magic, which I made myself, and the book itself, which is one of my best.

I got told to read Black Flame for transmasc reasons, and sure, it sounds interesting, I was intending to get to Manhunt in 2026 but I might read Black Flame instead, it looks more interesting and from the bits I've read from Manhunt I'm not sure I'll like it much anyway, why not procrastinate more?

REMINDER to send your 2025 original publications of queer speculative short stories (science fiction, fantasy, horror, anything odd and unusual) to We're Here 2025 for consideration - I am the guest editor this year, with the always awesome @cypayseur.bsky.social!! www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

Creatives! Show me your favorite thing you made in 2025. It could be a sketch, a painting, a book, a sculpture - something YOU made that you're proud of, big or small. ------ This piece of writing, I think. solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/11/tran... How to make a Monster is a close second

Creatives! Show me your favorite thing you made in 2025. It could be a sketch, a painting, a book, a sculpture - something YOU made that you're proud of, big or small. ----- Even though I think of this one as a 2024 piece, I didn't finish it until about a week ago, so it counts! 😛

nothing quite angers me like seeing people have to walk back criticism of something they read/watched/played bc they get lashed out at for daring to not give only raving 5 star reviews to everything.

With 6 hours and 15 minutes left until we hit 2026 in our publication timezone, can we get 6 more gold and 15 more bronze OR silver subscribers? Let's find out!! theneedlenews.com/membership

Am I obligated to pretend great things happened this year or like I accomplished a lot, or can I opt out? It's a strange tradition to partake in, and I'm not up my own ass enough to care about it

In celebration of winning best transformation fantasy, Song of the Dryads is going to be on sale for $1 for 24 hours! Get yourself a copy of my debut novella that got an award! itch.io/s/177836/sot...

Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year. It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards! Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷

Here is an interview about how I got my first job in Media. It involves professional con artists, the Great Recession, writing blog posts for $50 a post in less than an hour, and the era of the "women's vertical." Enjoy: yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...

Read all about it! OlegVeretskiy.com ​#BookAwards #FantasyFiction #OlegVeretskiy #CIBA

🏆 Tales of the Wandering Mists by Oleg Veretskiy is officially an OZMA Awards SEMI-FINALIST for Fantasy Fiction! ☁️✨ ​Huge congratulations to @veretskiy.bsky.social on this well-deserved recognition for his magical, multilayered Ukrainian fairy tale for all ages. Next stop: FINALIST! 🚀

Freckly is about to be evicted, please help if you can!

HALLWAYS - PUP

I will say a couple things bc imo they're important points to make. If you disagree with me I literally do not care.

I was debating doing a react thread to Devon Price's detrans article but I'd rather read Winterson's Frankissstein again than re read that horribly tone deaf essay.

Transmasculinity is every bit as big a finger in the eye of the patriarchy as transfemininity.

Ever wonder why no literature seems to cover how precarious the lives of trans women is? Ever wish you could hear from trans women about their lives and their struggles and their joys? If so, my book is for you! You have 14 days left to pre-order it! adrhetoric.itch.io/real-girls-t...

Again in case y'all didn't hear: Most of us LIKE. BEING. MEN. :3

I'm going to choose peace, for now, and simply say that if we're going to uplift trans men in our community, it's important to uplift ones that express joy in their manhood, not dismay. We're all different, sure, but to move past the toxic connotations of manhood, we have to look at people it HELPS!

Spirit of the forest 🌲 - Creature getting ready for winter!!! 🥺 #frankenstein

Being trans is such an interesting experience when you meet other sorts of trans people, bc for me, female puberty was hell and I had no idea why I hated being a woman for so long, it felt like I was forced to put on a sick performance for others' satisfaction But-

This. OMG, this. Manhood and testosterone were an unending nightmare *for me*, but watching my transmasc friends blossom into the fullness of their manhood made me believe in the beauty of masculinity for the first time in my life. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to read The Will to Change.

Hello new followers! Idk where you're coming from, but welcome! Once I feel less like garbage I'll be giving you writing and art updates 😁

How I'm walking out of 2025

Me, trying to find health resources post iud removal bc my body is being awful right now. Every medical website:

I wanted to draw, I still feel very uh, not great. so I re watched Castlevania Nocturne and am consuming a normal amount of chocolate (I made some of my personal recipe hot chocolate), which...seems to be helping

I love her

Share a great female villain

Sadly, the aftermath of war is as cruel as the war itself. We were left exposed without real support. What we live today is not life, but survival. We urgently need tarps and fabrics to protect the place before things worsen. Your support today is the difference between standing and collapse.💔

This sale officially ends on JAN 2ND!!

Dysphoria is extra bad today, we love that

What fun sci-fi, fantasy, and/or romance books would you recommend for someone who’s rebuilding their reading-for-pleasure stamina?

Just gonna drop this free pattern for sewing your own chest binder right here. For no reason at all. www.patternschool.online/tnb-chest-bi...

Do not insult Castlevania in front of me I will launch into a 3 hour lecture about why you're wrong

Coming to you this February...for free?! (Real cover coming soon!)

Again, can’t really ask anyone to follow my personal account too, but I can and will ask for a minute of your attention. My home city Kyiv has been bombed throughout the night, attack still ongoing. I have no access to electricity or heating now, constant explosions over our heads. This is not okay.

Need a queer read to get you through the festive period? My books are all 25% off. Or grab all five for £4.99. From cyberpunk to supernatural slice of life, there’s something for everyone. itch.io/s/176879/win... 🌈🚀💫 #Booksky 💙📚

Hey! My car just got a little mangled Would anyone be interested in buying my book to help me pay for it? Or giving money in a variety of ways in this thread. I need this car to keep learning to drive and eventually to get proper long term employment. detectivered.itch.io/my-boyfriend...

I made Fly by Night free until New Year’s because I love the story and just want more folks to read it. A lesbian romance between a cis butterfly & a trans moth in the waning days of summer. CW: lepidopteric smut. danifinn.itch.io/fly-by-night

In 2026 I'll likely work from earliest to latest but I'll go through my book review threads and convert them into kofi posts, it technically makes them more accessible and readable in one piece as opposed to a thread, also I think paywalling my opinions on books by a dollar is fine.

Something about memoirs written by trans men They're always bangers I need to read more of them

Longshot but does anyone here have experience catching and/or handling songbirds? It’s for a story I’m working on called Sister Thrush, a Marie de France inspired lesbian tale.