If you were looking for a way to help someone out today, might I suggest donating to Gwen's surgery fund? Fascists hate when trans people are cared for, so let's do our part and make them upset. www.gofundme.com/f/y7n5z3-hel...

Y'all, I just got an absolutely amazing review for Starlight and Cinnamon. There are links to buy on the review page, if you haven't bought it yet and the review convinces you. Or you can go to books2read.com/starlightandcinnamon #SapphicSeptember #Booksky indiereader.com/book_review/...

Cassian Andor would have cancelled his Disney+ subscription.

We keep losing a few decades at a time, where are we at now, 1870s?

1. Everybody cancels all their problematic streaming services 2. Dropout becomes the dominant source of entertainment 3. Dropout buys OFMD, greenlights 10 seasons 4. Fascism dies, queers kiss, everybody's happy

The gym I go to decided to lower the flags last weekend. Y'all, I cancelled my membership so fast. My money will never go to a business that bends the knee to fascism, especially unprompted. Found a pilates studio that's cheaper and closer to my house. Like it was meant to be.

It's here!! Starlight and Cinnamon is out on books shelves today, and I forgot to take pictures of it because I've been up since before dawn! You can find the best place to buy it here books2read.com/starlightand..., and if you like it, please leave a nice review wherever you like to leave reviews.

I solved the question of Best Chris. It's Andrew Garfield.

I just met Gwen today and she is so cool, like so much cooler than I am. She does a lot for our community in Dayton and I would love to see her surgery bills covered.

My book comes out Tuesday and I have a thousand things to do, so of course I'll be spending the day playing the game where I sneakily kill bad guys and pet all the animals.

Despite being terminally online, I didn't realize it was #SapphicSeptember! My sapphic romance, Starlight and Cinnamon, comes out September 9, just in time. Find your copy at books2read.com/starlightandcinnamon or get the ebook from me directly on the 9th at www.jemspears.com/writing #Booksky

I know I'm late to this and I'm only 30 hours into the game, but is the BBEG in AC Shadows a sentient ai? "Help me free my digitally jailed friend, you can trust me" reminds me of HZD and I worry the in-game modern times are gonna turn into The Matrix.

My sensitivity reader in Aotearoa New Zealand just told me their library is getting a physical copy of Starlight and Cinnamon! People will be reading me ✨internationally✨! This information is a little overwhelming!

I'm listed here, and my fellow September releases have made their way to my TBR list! I'm in good company!

Beverly writes excellent cozy MG fantasy and is a great human IRL, I highly recommend checking out her work for both the kids in your life and your inner child!

Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business

Bell, Book & Comic in Dayton, OH is hosting a book signing for Starlight and Cinnamon! It's on release day, Sept 9, from 6:30-7:30ish. I'll have pride ribbons that represent the characters and some treats to share. It's gonna be super casual because I'm a recovering Type A. Hope to see you there!

After hearing how hard it is to get indie books into local bookstores, I'm surprised by how many want to stock Starlight and Cinnamon! Maybe the people of SW Ohio crave queer romance and joyful stories that actually punish the bad guys. I'm taking this as a sign that I should keep writing them.

Look, transphobia IS fascism. If you cede trans rights to the people who want to destroy it, as a little treat, YOU are now doing a fascism. This is actually a very easy concept to understand! Do better!

I know I know, my profile is all Starlight and Cinnamon but that's the way I like it. You can find the best place to pre-order at books2read.com/StarlightandCinnamon ALSO! Kirkus Reviews said a bunch of nice things about it, and you can read the full review at www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

IT EXISTS! It's been a long journey from the faint wisp of an idea to a physical tome. It's the f/f contemporary romance I wanted to read, so I wrote it. Preorder it anywhere or here: bookshop.org/p/books/star... Bonus Kitcat photobomb, wondering why her person is yelling and crying over a book.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's writing scenes where someone strips naked but it takes 20 pages. I would have been a great burlesque performer.

I just realized that, at this very moment, if they're not actively making any sort of Muppet movie or show, Kermit is lying in the dark somewhere all alone, unable to to move, unable to speak. He's the opposite of the toys in Toy Story: he's only alive when he's with humans who love him.

Hi all, My work pace and income have slowed down a LOT because of my depression, and I'm worried about making ends meet through the summer while BG is out of work. Any help getting through that would mean a lot to us. Thank you all so much! www.gofundme.com/f/help-may-a...

Starlight and Cinnamon is available for pre-order! There are so many places to get it from. You can ask your library for it, ask your local indie bookstore to order it for you, or you can find it at your favorite online bookstore. I really like Bookshop.org. bookshop.org/p/books/star...

I'd love to see a DC comics adaptation where I don't leave the theater thinking its team and writer/director hate women. But today is not that day.

Writing the first scene of a new book and I keep muttering "this is so fucking weird." Is this...is this a good sign?

Oof. Always a bummer when I see someone who's admitted to using generative AI in their work be nominated for a major award.

COVER REVEAL! My debut novel, Starlight and Cinnamon, comes out September 9 of THIS YEAR. I'll share preorder links in a few days but I wanted to show you just the cover in all its glory first. My newsletter subscribers saw this earlier, and you can sign up too, through the link in my bio.

My newsletter subscribers got a sneak peek at my upcoming contemporary queer romance, "Starlight and Cinnamon!" If you'd also like a taste, you can sign up here: www.jemspears.com/contact

Me: I can't make it that day, I'm doing a viking river cruise. Spouse: That excuse won't work with me, I know you're just describing staying home and playing Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

let me tell you, if Cassian Andor showed up at my rebellion and gave me a withering look and said I didn't know what I was doing, I simply would never show my face in public again. I would crumple up into an embarrassed ball and count the days until I was dead.

Cute HVAC guy: I always confuse a card's security code with the "member since" date me: yes, I've had this card since *checks code* the 81st century. Folks, I'm beginning to suspect that this nerd humor is the reason I don't get any dates.

Poopsmith with her adorable stiletto paws sitting like people

Well it's that time of year again, when the Merlin app tells me I'm hearing eight different birds I've never seen and I get really excited and it turns out all of those calls are coming from the same goddamn mockingbird.

FYI I just deleted my Substack account, so if you're one of the several authors I followed there because that was the only place to get your newsletter, I'm sorry, but I promise that if you transfer to a different service, I'll sign up again.

Being sick means bingeing Reacher but this woman's attempt at a Boston accent is unbearable. There's only one rule: if you didn't grow up in the Boston area, don't try it. If you must, hit it *lighter,* not harder. You'll be judged either way.

There's a total lunar eclipse and blood moon during the Ides of March this year, which portends someone definitely stabbing Caesar.

We are fighting an administrative coup. The top question we keep getting asked is WHAT CAN I DO? The basic answer: resist every unjust, unfair, and unconstitutional policy at every level. We've organized a few simple actions on our website > choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

I'm usually too big of a baby to watch horror movies, but Heart Eyes had so much rom-com that I loved it, and my horror-fan spouse also loved it, so it might be the perfect? date movie??

Sort of very nervous that I can't log in to my student loan provider on any browser...

Microsoft made it so difficult to get an Office subscription without AI that I just canceled it altogether in a fit of rage. Am looking for software similar to Word/Excel that doesn't use AI, I don't even mind paying for it. Decades I've been using Word, but I'm fucking done with this AI bullshit.

My insurance waited till I was 2mos into long-term meds then said they wouldn't pay for it anymore unless I give my private health data to a third party, whose privacy policy says they can use and share it however they please (+to train AI). How is this not illegal

Do any of my autistic friends use a CPAP and if so, HOWWWW? This is a sensory nightmare

You know when you're putting off making a decision to the point where it's compulsive avoidance and then one day the universe makes the decision for you? Just got one of those. Teetering between "time to get to work" and "fuck."

Got on one of those weight loss drugs. Once I get my jawline back, it's over for you fuckers. I will simply be too powerful.

i bragged about my baking skills so my cookies came out very ugly. instead of dwelling on it, I'm renaming them "Oatmeal Butter Crisps" and telling everyone it's a new recipe.

I don't like oatmeal raisin cookies but I excel at baking them, that's all anyone ever wants, so I'm doing myself a favor and soaking them in a bowl of chardonnay first. Follow me for more life hacks lol

I have YET ANOTHER new book of poetry out TODAY! A Year Without A Season explores that first year (or two or four) of the pandemic, when time got soft and abundant and I spent it watching my cats and nature. You can find it now in paperback and ebook on Amazon! (link in bio!)

Hello, 18 posts in, I should introduce myself. I'm a writer, and my poetry's for sale through my bio link. I've written a lot of novels and am trying to get them published, but my first one is available online because it's fanfic, and you can find it at archiveofourown.org/works/36359110