Today in critique partner notes:

I know I've been absent from here - life is lifing and I'm really trying to finish drafting a book, edit another book, and continually release a third chapter by chapter on Patreon. Happy festivus!

She’s a vampire librarian aching for the life she lost… Each chapter brings her closer to a cure—or deeper into darkness. ✨ Read it for FREE on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/117209...

37 chapters and counting!

Psst - do you love books with lesbian and sapphic characters?? Check this out, all generously assembled and organized by @jaeauthor.bsky.social !! jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book...

Just a reminder that my “Queer Mexicana” print is restocked on my store in photo frame and postcard sizes! Please check it out 🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈

Hey what's up everyone we got a puppy! Meet Cappuccino!

37 chapters and counting!

late to the party as per usual but this cute focus game is absolutely adorbs as f. (Spirit City!)

It feels so fitting to me that all of Scrivener’s newsletters look like this on mobile. I wonder if they used the Compile feature

COVER EVOLUTION!! With the release of the sequel incoming, WITCHES OF MERCHANT CITY has gotten a brand new cover drawn by the inimitable @jennicoutts.bsky.social! Look at it!! *grabby hands*

Listening to musicals on shuffle is a dangerous game because "a message from the king" in Hamilton becomes "I feel pretty" from West side story

I designed this cover for my dear friend, go check it outtttt! 🥰 #indieauthor #indieartist #unite #smallbusiness

What is Scrivener on this early in the morning???

Man fuck the journey to Mount Doom, Sam and Frodo should try getting out of a car park after a gig

Trying to get a new office chair is an exercise in hell. All the photos are AI so you know damned well the company doesn't ever see the products, they just get drop-shipped. 43 companies selling the same chair at different price points and slightly different ai-generated images of it. pRoGrEsS

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You know you have the right writing pals when you can start a DM with "can I be a bitch rn" and you get the kermit tea drinking gif as a reply lmao

Absolutely thrilled that we are relitigating same-sex marriage yet again. Genuinely wondering when people will fuck off and leave us alone.

If your contribution to the Discourse™️ about whether the fight for same-sex marriage rights was assimilationist or not doesn't include an acknowledgement of the importance of hospital visitation/next of kin rights/end of life decisions/funerals and bequeathments to that fight then, maybe, just don't

She’s a vampire librarian aching for the life she lost… Each chapter brings her closer to a cure—or deeper into darkness. ✨ Read it for FREE on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/117209...

This chart doesn't matter because: A: If immigrants aren't working, they're lazy and steal benefits from hardworking UK taxpayers. B: If immigrants ARE working, they are stealing jobs from would-be hardworking UK citizens. You cannot reason with people who just want to be racist.

Sometimes I wonder how a new author manages to explode onto the booktok scene and be hugely successful out of the gate when so many of us have been quietly working on expanding our backlists for years, and then it's like that simpson's meme because surprise, they have a huge trust fund

Oh that will not be a problem

ICYMI!

"Hey, who turned out the lights?"

Hear me out - multiplayer achievements shouldn't be part of getting 100% on a game on Steam. Some of us never want to do multiplayer, or are playing a game that doesn't even have multiplayer servers any more, but can never get 100%. Very annoying. They should be separate. That's the Ted Talk.

Actual footage of me blasting girly pop anthems after therapy:

Tfw you're a proud ass bitch bc one of your pals is on a featured table in waterstones 🥰🥰🥰 @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social

Made the very poor choice to argue with racist troglodytes in my old Facebook local group from when I lived down south in a safe Tory seat. At least I am reminded that I am indeed significantly smarter than a chunk of the population. Those folks have absolutely zero reading comprehension.

This current Itch.io nonsense is why we should never rely on one platform for promotion or payment as creatives. Things can change in an instant.

I don't want to party like it's 1999, I want to buy groceries like it's 1999 though

How much do authors make? I spill my beans in a scary post (free to read) over on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/financ... #BookSky #Authors

If you love lesbian vampires who pine and murder, why not check out my free to read serialized story on Patreon? www.patreon.com/posts/chapte... #Booksky #LesFic

Bella the old lady dog says "go away unless you have cheese."

Good news! Ingram Spark emailed me an invoice to let me know that someone ordered a paperback, and I made 62p from the sale! I better not spend it all in one place. :))

Affirmation Coyote hopes you and your posse charge right through Thursday.

Me omw to fight god because I'm sick of new titles not being on audible in the UK, only on Spotify with their trash ass 10 hours a month unless you pay us more because we couldn't bear to not scrape more money out of people bs

We're fucking doomed lmao

Trying to write while sleep-deprived means spelling "the" wrong 45 times in a row.

My girl and I enjoyed the weather over the weekend 🥰🥰

If this was a fae trap I'd be screwed

HEY! Were you also upset by the now-removed Worldcon panel about how we're turning all the fricken strong women gay? Do you want to talk about sapphics in SFF? Fill out this form for a one-off panel about lesbians in fantasy and sci-fi and let's chat! forms.gle/5chrc834yc9x...

Given that "ugh too many lesbians" was very clearly communicated, either the programmers are virulently homophobic, or you used AI (again) and don't want to admit it. Both options are pretty terrible. I'm very glad I decided to take a break from WorldCon this year because holy shit.

I've been staying out of WorldCon discussions this year but lmfao wtf is this slop

STEAMPUNK LESBIAN SPACE PIRATES! 💀People are dying. 🔫A corrupt government is responsible. Full 7 book series now in Kindle Unlimited. books2read.com/deusexmechanic

This will be my Queer Love Ultimatum thread. Episode 1, let's go. #QueerLoveUltimatum

How much do authors make? I spill my beans in a scary post (free to read) over on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/financ... #BookSky #Authors

Unsolicited advice to artists really always boils down to some version of "Make an art, sell 3 copies of it a day for $100 dollars each. Now you make a 6 figure income. Problem solved, you petite bourgeois IDIOT."

I cannot imagine looking at the online activity of a creator and assuming that their social following automatically translates to wealth. Y’all. It does NOT. Maybe next time you want to bitch about a stranger not making money the way you think they should, you should just shut the fuck up.