I'm gonna say it. The makers of Royal Match seriously overestimate my desire to keep members of the royal family alive.

Checks? Balances? Pfffft.

So I'm at the "Run your own small business when baby is running their own small business" stage of parenthood.

If the Liberals win the election, I will only recognise this flag as the flag of Australia.

Ngl I would 100% vote for anyone campaigning to 'Make Pluto a Planet Again'

A friendly reminder that 'epic' describes the content and themes of a book, not it's length.

You don't know anyone but natural born American citizens, full stop. And if you're white and border patrol or ICE starts asking questions, you ask to see their warrant. Don't you do nazi shit.

Everyone is talking about making America "great" again, but nobody is talking about making America cromulent again.

People who say 'sleep when the baby sleeps' are making some pretty bold assumptions.

Just because TikTok is ending doesn't mean it's suddenly okay to post and share videos here.

They never say "the sky is always bluer..."

Wonder what they do here to people who say that actually the sky *isn't* blue...

I had a dream last night that may be the inspiration of a romance/body horror story.

video games are an invaluable tool in teaching children to find and kill god

After taking some time away from Social Media, I am returning with renewed dread and unwavering ambivalence. Happy New Year!

Just having a mini break from social media in wake of recent developments.

Parenting at night: Laying awake thinking 'please just make a sound so I know you're okay'. Also parenting at night: Laying awake thinking 'please can you just shut up so I can sleep'.

Question for Parents of babies / toddlers, would you rather have an extra $500k or four arms instead of two?

Conducting an exorcism is not just knowing the passages and having the patience of a saint, but having a feeling for the fluctuations of the conflict, and knowing what tool to use when. In many ways, it's like putting a toddler to bed.

If you want to know how it's going, I'm coming back from a medical appointment where my doctor prescribed me a medicine called FML.

I'm excited to share that this beauty from PS Publishing—which contains my story 'The Violet Hour'—is now available in ebook! Head on over to books2read.com/ftwl to download it from a digital store #ReadingCommunity #nzauthors #australianauthors #speculativefiction

Hello, just a friendly reminder that the only way we will all eat well is if we first eat the rich.

For all the Aussies and Kiwis, I am an experienced and affordable editor and I have some availability coming up very soon! I love to edit, and I want to make your short stories, novellas and novels shine! austinpsheehan.com/my-editing-s...

As an autistic person, I find it so hard to be spontaneous. I overthink every decision, but when anyone ever asks "why did you do that?" my whole being melts and I lose the ability to express myself. Anyone else gets that?

When I was a child, I was taught to be quiet, to be compliant, and to accept the world how it is. I hope to teach my children to rebel, to challenge, and to change the world!

Them: Do you ever get lonely? Me: *scoffs* Lonely? How could I ever be lonely with all this unshakeable, unspeakable dread?

If you want to be a Deadset Press ARC reader and be the first to get your hands on some exciting aussie & kiwi speculative fiction, we have spots available on our ARC team right now! deadsetpress.com/arc-program/

Oh, you're worried no one will want to read the thing you want to write? Are you kidding? Have you seen the mad shit people are fans of? Write the damn thing already.

Can any indie authors or publishers let me know what your experience has been with creating and publishing audiobooks? Do you have any advice for someone putting together their first audiobook?

Got back into editing my ND YA sci-fi novella about the crew of a ship lost in the depths of space. I am back in love with the story and characters again!

Them: Why don't you just sleep when baby sleeps? Me: First of, what makes you think that he ever sleeps?

Read more widely. Read less whitely.

My friend: Do you think of the Roman Empire much? Me: I think of the Kuzconian Empire. That's right. The Empire. The Empire of Kuzco, the Empire overseen specifically by Kuzco, Kuzco's Empire.

People worried that AI would have PHD levels of intelligence - lemme remind you a well known journalist with a PHD in politics wrote an article saying 'Nazis were Socialists' so yeah you can chill out.

You write story ideas in a notebook. I send reply texts to businesses at 3am saying 'a cemetery that displays the final thoughts of the deceased'. We are not the same

I'm not one to get worked up about insignificant things, but it should have been either The Beauty and the Beast or Belle and the Beast.

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The loneliness was familiar, and the familiarity was comforting.

A reminder of our open submission calls: REBELS & RAINBOWS - An Australasian Queer Speculative Anthology EMBRACE THE SIILENCE - A Neurodivergent Scifi Anthology We would love to read your stories, so get writing! www.deadsetpress.com/submissions

Stole this from BlueSky

Y'all know trad wives often got so bored that they ended up cheating on their husbands with the door-to-door salesmen / their girlfriends, right?

If you truly love a TV show, you will only ever watch the first season of it - and in some occasions you will not watch the final episode. I don't make the rules.

Just a question for writers - when you put together a short story collection, do you use only new stories, or a combination of new and previously published stories - and if so, what's the ratio?

Just a question for writers - when you put together a short story collection, do you use only new stories, or a combination of new and previously published stories - and if so, what's the ratio?

Come here to post, end up scrolling. Rinse and repeat.

Just a reminder that you don't have to like every book or painting or record that an artist produces.

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Is it just me, or do some Temu ads have a budget of like 10k and others look like they've been shot on a mobile phone and cost $100 to put together?

I sometimes wonder if high school reunions are as awful as they sound

I was asked what the difference is between being an artist and a content creator, and ultimately I think that creating art is a political process and creating content is not. In the unlikely event you see this I would love to hear your thoughts! Also - you can be both!!