I had just enough spoons to do a tiny update. I hope everyone has a good April. 💕

#IndieApril 📚✨ an update of sorts I published my first novella in September 2023, and my first novel in April 2024. I then published another novella in October 2024, followed by another in October 2025. 1/5 🖋️📖💰 📚💙

if you're a fan of short stories, check out this deal! 💙📚🪐 | 🤏📚 | 📦📚

🚨New Bundle Alert🚨 Kicking off #IndieApril celebrating the art of the short story! Grab this huge bundle of 30 awesome short stories, including The God Sun, for just $20! itch.io/b/3623/the-a...#IndieApril 💙📚🪐 | 🤏📚 | 📦📚

In a world of increasing uncertainty, I’m thinking about how much it means to witness the ways our trans siblings continue to show up as themselves. You are seen, and your existence brings meaning and brightness to the world. 💪🏳️‍⚧️✨ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransDayOfVisibility

Here is the schedule of events for June's Pride Book Fair! 🌈📚 Past participants, please be aware of one major change: we are now STARTING with Promo Week and ending with Spirit Week! Be sure to plan accordingly! #QueerWriters More info: pridebookfair.carrd.co

This deal for 63 queer ebooks for $60 ends TOMORROW! itch.io/b/3545/a-ver... 🖋️📖💰🌈📚💙 📦📚📢📚💙 #QueerSky #QueerBooks #BooksSky #QueerBooksSky #ReadQueerBooks #LGBTQ #LGBTQSky #LGBT #LGBTSky

My Spoonie romance, It’s All In Your Head, is out now in ebook, paperback, audiobook with duet narration, and on Kindle Unlimited! 🫶🏻

My (skeptical) 2023 post on AI-free certification programs (with updates) writerbeware.blog/2023/08/11/d...

Not theft, just tropes. The long-running Crave lawsuit, in which author Lynn Freeman sued author Tracy Wolff and agent Emily Sylvan Kim for plagiarism, has been dismissed by a New York court (sorry, paywall) lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2026/03/trac...

Mark your calendars! #PrideBookFair returns in June! 🌈📚 Participate in weekly events, share and wishlist your favorite queer books, and enjoy sales and giveaways! This event is open to all book lovers, authors and readers alike. Stay tuned for more updates! pridebookfair.carrd.co

America is respected perhaps like never before

“A winning duet narration.” Beyond thrilled to learn that the It’s All In Your Head audiobook received an Earphone Award from Kirkus! Over the moon about this, especially considering Mollie and Austin are part of the disability community as well. ⭐️🫶🏻

8th March is International Women's Day, and as I'm a big reader I thought I would share some of the books with strong female leads that have really made a mark on me through the years. Which books/characters would you add to this list? #InternationalWomensDay #BookSky 💙📚

Check out these 63 books for $60, all of them featuring different queer representations. 👉 itch.io/b/3545/a-ver... 🖋️📖💰🌈📚💙 📦📚📢📚💙 #QueerSky #QueerBooks #BooksSky #QueerBooksSky #ReadQueerBooks #LGBTQ #LGBTQSky #LGBT #LGBTSky

No offense to the AG--I'm a member & it does valuable work. But I am irritated by initiatives (this isn't the only one) that purport to authenticate human authorship but when you dig into them really just boil down to an assumption of participants' good faith www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Dental Formulas xkcd.com/3213/

Actually, fuck it, I've gone ahead and made a moderation list from it bsky.app/profile/did:...

i love being a United States citizen yet full-time resident of France because now that i pay all my social security contributions to FR, i owe the US exactly NOTHING in taxes. NOTHING. you get NOTHING and you SHOULD get NOTHING.

i've been shot down by a migraine, so i'm finally watching "reality check: inside america's next top model" (quietly), a docu about a show i never watched, but i'm here for the drama.

Having multiple writing projects is great because if I'm feeling a sapphic emotional romance with chronic illness and cats, or a messy bi4bi erotic secret millionaire romance, or an epic SFF chosen one series, I can just switch off and work on whatever. #AuthorSky

sometimes you need to just take a mental health day bc

This is the end goal of one of the most prevalent AI-driven scams right now. Such a cynical ripoff.

The Department of War regretfully informs you your husband has died lethalitymaxxing in Operation Epic Furry

Microsoft doesn't want you to call it "microslop." www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/m... #microslop

i finally finally FINALLY got to eat at the reservations-only hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese restaurant in town. ✨

I forgot I had an eARC for Emily Austin's "Is This a Cry for Help?" and wow 👀 sorry I'm late to the party (it released a month ago) but um I need to buy this audiobook immediately. #BookSky #LGBTBooks #QueerBooks 🌈📚💙

CALL. YOUR. REPS.

SAPPHIC SHELF EXPLOSION 💖 Check out these sapphic stories across all genres, each of them only 99c. yearofqueerlit.com 📚💙 #BookSky #SapphicFiction

Sapphic book explosion! Thursday you can find loads of free or $0.99 books with sapphic rep here: yearofqueerlit.com Browse & fill up your ereader with sapphic books😁 Romance Fantasy Historical Fiction Mystery Erotica Contemporary Horror/Psychological/Thriller Sci-Fi/Paranormal Young Adult 🌈📚💙📢📚🌈💜

sometimes i really hate being a mood reader. a month ago i couldn't stand reading a particular book. now i'm very into it. it's always the same with me. #BookSky 💙📚

it took me weeks, but i've finally settled on a name for my WIP's MC. sometimes character names burst onto the scene like HEY HERE I AM BITCHES but this one was a struggle. i'd say this is a sign of character personality trait, but one of my meekest characters ever told me his name instantly, so...😄

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

finally finishing @nordqvistbooks.bsky.social's It's All In Your Head 🥺💕 and it's inspired me. as my coffee was brewing, I imagined a scene for my in-development sapphic feral cat mom dramatic romance: the sequal-but-not-really to Even If We're Broken.... 1/2 #AuthorSky #IndieAuthorSky 📚💙

Thank you to those who have randomly bought my books this month 🥹

Just got an official email from @draft2digital.bsky.social. "Distribution of mainstream erotica titles to Bookshop. org is expected by the end of the second quarter, 2026."

My books are on BookShop.Org! 📚💙 All four of my books are available at BookShop where you can support your favorite participating indie bookstore OR add to the pool of support for all participating book stores. (Note that my ebooks are DRM-free from all vendors now.) bookshop.org/beta-search?...

GET OFF SUBSTACK

Ah, yes, when an "indie voices" profile/promotion website has both @victoriastrauss.com & @bookspotlight.bsky.social blocked, that's totally not sus at all 😒 The fact that one of the biggest indie book event hosts is also blocked, @tessahastjarjanto.com, is also not sus😒 Beware of @metareelz.com 📚💙

To celebrate Bookshop.org (US) now selling paperbacks & ebooks from trad & indie authors (& profit sharing w. indie stores😉)... Authors: drop your book blurb, graphic & bookshop.org link! Affiliate links are welcome. (If your ebooks via D2D aren't on Bookshop yet, bookmark this 🧵& add them later!)

A quick update on Bookshop.org distribution: erotica isn’t excluded. It simply requires additional safeguards to ensure books reach the right readers. That work is underway, and support is coming soon.

It’s All In Your Head is out in three days 💙💚 edit from IG: booksarebetterjess

Sabina’s book is excellent—one of the most beautiful romance novels I’ve ever read. It’s on of those stories that stays in my head and my heart forever. Her essay on disability in romance hit home for me. There IS room for our stories and for happily ever afters that include disability.

IT'S FINALLY HERE! ✨ Happiest release day to Sabina Nordqvist and her debut novel! @nordqvistbooks.bsky.social I am so excited to see an authentic tradpub novel about chronic illness and disability, especially in romance. nordqvistbooks.com ♿♾️📚💙

💖 Valentine's Day Romance Bundle 💖 Check out this selection of romance books spanning a range of genres, lengths, and spice levels. 29 stories for $25 (normally $100, save 75%!) itch.io/b/3515/valen... 🌶️📚💙🌈📚📦📚 #RomanceBooks #BookSale #ItchioBundles #RomanceEbooks #Romancelandia

Somehow ppl are still finding and buying my books without me even talking about them at all and I'm very grateful for that.

lfg 🤘😭

i've not been posting bc tired, busy, healing but i want ppl to know i'm finally dragging a dirty, filthy, zero draft (kicking, screaming, crying) out of me: a SFF rewrite that was originally 4 novels but it's gonna be squooshed into 1-3 depending on things n stuff. adult, magic, romance, tragedy.

IT'S FINALLY HERE! ✨ Happiest release day to Sabina Nordqvist and her debut novel! @nordqvistbooks.bsky.social I am so excited to see an authentic tradpub novel about chronic illness and disability, especially in romance. nordqvistbooks.com ♿♾️📚💙