#QueerWriters Goals! I've got two overall goals for this week. 1) Adjust to summer break—get into a routine of errand running and task tackling. 2) Write words in Darius & Morgan 2. Hopefully, I'll be in a place to get both done!

#QueerPrompts May 11: I know I deliberately draw on my experiences with neurodivergence, disability, chronic illness, and mental illness when writing those in my stories and characters. Other parts of my life or self find their way in a bit more sneakily 😂

I "like" to make those miniature shelf decorations that have mini scenes in them, like a bookstore or post office. By "like," I mean I sit for hours, cursing at small pieces of carboard and plastic, wondering why the hell I thought this was a good idea. And then I buy another one and do it again.

EdPuzzles and their ilk are a huge part of the reason our education system is failing. Designers of this garbage don't consider how a child might like to learn, they just try to cram mind-numbingly boring questions into a constantly interruptive format that drags the torture out as long as possible.

There are times I really do try to give folks the benefit of the doubt, which is frustrating, because it means I don't catch the ones who are arguing in fairly bad faith until later on. 😑

Nothing to see here, folx 🫠

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I sometimes wonder if so many folks are cool w/the environmental costs of genAI because they know reckoning with them would mean having to face what the U.S. & other powers have done to the Global South in order to have tech niceties. It would force them to see the real cost of capitalism. 🤔

For anyone wondering... ...Yes, QTS (the data center folks) claim their center will be "closed-loop" and not utilize much water, except for the years where it's being built, wherein LOTS of water will be used 🤦🏻

Sharing again as would have been missed last night

This is what I point to when folks try to justify genAI. "It's not so bad as long as they don't sell it." Meanwhile, these data centers are swallowing up resources, ruining local water infrastructure, & not really caring. All for plagiarized slop. It's gross. Every use counts. Every single one.

Darius's lamented the biphobia that his work colleague showed, maybe 3-4 chapters in. For Kyle, it was in the first chapter, she was agonizing over how to propose to her trans nonbinary partner. In CyberSnow, it was more subtle. Both characters were ace, but Taja being a trans woman is said early.

Happy Saturday evening, #QueerWriters. I got precisely zero writing done this week. Got hit hard around Tuesday night with a cold and was basically in bed the rest of the week. Finally feeling better, though. There's always tomorrow and next week to get words on paper. 😆

Commissions open or you can donate! Out of money until a week from now and will have Maple's vet appt to pay for so anything helps! #commissionsopen #artists #indieauthors

Story crafting Sessions: Disability in Writing is happening in EXACTLY three weeks! Grab your tickets today & join us for a day of fun and learning all about how to make our stories more inclusive of disabled folks!

Fascinating, terrifying, and I have to wonder what other browsers are showing. I'm on a browser that's supposed to be very privacy forward. 🤔

My epic science fantasy novel The Protector and the Annihilation has begun its pre-order period! A galactic story, it features 3 gens through 10,000 years, 45 LGBTQ characters, and many queer romances. You can get it here: blue-horizon-tpata.carrd.co #QueerWritersChat #QueerWriters #writesky

YES! One of my favorite pirate disasters of all time! 😍

I'm plugging He's Not for Me, a second chance MM romance coming June 2. Ezra is a crabby adjunct professor. Cole is the golden boy who once shattered his heart. There is lots of spice, and an epilogue! a.co/d/05oC7XA8 #QueerWritersChat (And I'm looking for ARC readers)

#QueerWritersChat Thank you @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social! Pre-Order are open for Fairy Seasons! For a limited time only! Love whimsy? Horror? Weird little guys? Then you'll love Fairy Seasons! fairy-seasons.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

#QueerWritersChat A5: Nothing to promote, so it's time for me come up with a book rec question on the fly... What's a queer book you've enjoyed that deals with mental health topics?

#QueerWritersChat All of my books are on sale thru Tuesday! Minimum of 25% off (most are more)! www.amazon.com/author/cherr...

#QueerWritersChat Thanks, Theo! You can find my novella here! It's got space lesbians, art theft, bounty hunting, and lots of yearning! elizamares.itch.io/catmouse-an-...

Here is my Instagram! www.instagram.com/virgilthetin... And here is my TikTok! www.tiktok.com/@virgiltheti... #QueerWritersChat

I loved this book sooooo much 🥰🥰🥰

My newest short story is out at Neon Dystopia, a SF flash about a woman (& a young employee) sticking it to a money-grabbing corporation #QueerWritersChat www.neondystopia.com?p=100043574

#QueerWritersChat The inspiration for today’s theme, the epilogue of Mage By Blood is out TODAY! The whole story is up! It’s fantasy with a trans MC, free to read: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1453... Also, my art series of trans mythical creatures is up for Kofi supporters! ko-fi.com/transcendrag...

If you want to support my work with @thevoice.dog, or see preview chapters of upcoming book "The Fall of the Tiger," then you can support me on subscribestar. #QueerWritersChat

##queerwriterschat I'll be hard at work messy drafting THE DRAGON'S LOVER this weekend but the first book THE DRAGON'S KEEPER is on sale for $1.99 on all platforms. If you're looking for the first book in a fantasy book that gets darker with each entry, UNBOUND is $.99 for the month! 🔗 in bio

#QueerWritersChat Q5 Thanks for the chat!! 💛 I have two books out now with plenty more on the way! Links! Sweet & Wild: books2read.com/u/bzNng9 The Need for Dandelions: books2read.com/u/meYkPE Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...

#QueerWritersChat Time for our chat’s epilogue! Question Five: I write Fantasy, Romantasy, Science Fantasy, and Dark Fantasy. And it's all free with no sign up required on my Patreon. ddwardiswriting.com

Dead New World: funny scifi noir about holographically-resurrected ghosts falling in love, solving ghost crimes, and working ghost jobs. MurderbotxBeetlejuicexPushing Daisies in a Queer blender. Book + Audio: Podiumentertainment.com/titles/134527/dead-new-world Ebook: books2read.com/deadnewworld

Good morning #QueerWritersChat, my blog is on hiatus due to no content and my ADHD telling me to get stuffed So here's my Three Ways promo page, with chapter 1 up for your enjoyment Go have a read, you know you want to, and the pacing's good 😁 #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky #LGBTQIA+

I do love thinking about narrative forms and how you can mess with them, so thank you for this week! Meanwhile follow my campaign Do it DO ITTTTT #QueerWritersChat

#Queerwriterschat self promo you can follow my writing at #AlethiaWrites but know i'm a furry smut writer! the project I'm proudest of is #CatchingCinders and I'm working as hard as I can to get back on track and finish editing the final chapters. linked below

Looking for a fun, urban fantasy w/ magic, shapeshifters, & murder? Of course you do. It's rad as hell. #EchoSight stars disabled phoenix & professional wiseass, Enaka, as they try to save a city from monsters w/ an archmage who could save their life...or ruin it. verati404.itch.io/echo-sight

My promo for this week is it's your last chance to get your first edition copy of my first book, The Woods! www.hazelebaumgartner.com/buy-the-woods

#QueerWritersChat Thanks for hosting, and I'm so sorry for being late af. I will post my tumblr and IG into the void. I post book of the month reviews, and am working on putting my first novel, To Catch a Unicorn, out. www.tumblr.com/blog/giddygi... www.instagram.com/giddygideong...

Hi #QueerWritersChat, why not enjoy some wholesome stories about found family, chivalry and community in a queer-normative apocalypse. If you need hope it's here. Youtube: www.youtube.com/@thebrambler... Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/user/TheBram... Enjoy! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Raven+Bear #Cymru

The correct answer to the trolley problem is to dismantle the trolley and hunt down whoever keeps tying people to the tracks

✨ Things in my fantasy romance ✨ The Bard and the Messenger comes out in June!!

A bunch of extremely beautiful pictures of wind farms in China - all photographs by Weimin Chu e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

The tragedy was supposed to be over 10 years ago, but now an upcoming true crime writer thinks he can use Ollie’s murdered mother and sister to make his career. She’s about to finally move on when he reaches out to pull her back down. rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea... #QueerWritersChat

#QueerWritersChat I can promote my itchio page now! 😭❤️ I have an "in development" page for Beautiful, But Deadly up! If a novella about a dysphoric trans man hunting down a "terrifying" beast but instead getting a monsterfucker awakening interests you, that is! 👀 gt-anthony.itch.io

Thank you as always, Theo! The only book I have out right now is my full-length poetry collection, TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, which includes my Rhysling-finalist poem “Toward a Cladistic Analysis of Hauntings.” #QueerWritersChat Azn: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7 Itch: dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...

#QueerWritersChat Good questions this week! Honoria is the house. Owen enters the house to investigate the death of a housewife. A clearly perfect wife. So why is she dead? A murder mystery short story set in a gaslamp fantasy world. vincentlore.itch.io/honoria Here's a meme to go with it.

you can read the epilogue (and the rest) of THE LORD OF THE WOOD on July 21, so preorder this queer cozy horror about a 43yo autistic guy having a gay/lowkey monsterfucker awakening after getting lost in an enchanted forest now! #QueerWritersChat www.elizmanderson.com/the-lord-of-...

#QueerWritersChat 5️⃣ I have a novelette coming out June 1st! It's up for preorder on itch, Kobo and the 'Zon It's got spaceships, planets, women kissing, and the deconstruction of a worldview www.rjmartinwrites.com/adelaide-black #QueerWriters #WriteSky #Writers

If you want to read novellas without epilogues (but one with a short closing invocation), have I got the stories for you! kris-madigan.itch.io #QueerWritersChat

#QueerWritersChat Q5: Alas, I am too tired to self promo, but I will be happy to boost folks in the posts! Hope you all have a great weekend! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity