The first edition of Don't Be So Scary. Is out! It’s about: My creative process Every horror subgenre The world at large and how it impacts the creative process Plus exclusive content and writing updates for subscribers. So join the Don't Be So Scary substack: open.substack.com/pub/dontbeso...

"The left is losing because it is too left" motherfuckers, y'all been crawling to the right on your hands and knees for decades and all it got you is rug burns.

“people are allowed to dislike things” WRONG. no one is allowed to dislike Bonnie Bennett.

First of all, this is correct and I need everyone to know it.

Age yourself with your first gateway horror. I got bribed by my brother, who let me watch Chucky if I didn’t tell our parents his girlfriend was at the crib.

I posted my first YT video in 2 years, talking about why I’m going after my dream of screenwriting and filmmaking even as America slides off the mountain, like a gawdy McMansion built on horse manure instead of bedrock. Check it out: youtu.be/OeNrmJ0EyjA?...

If you are excited for Katabasis by RF Kuang, here is a must read. No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away is about a Black woman who is condemned to the seventh level of hell unjustly and must band together with a werewolf a vampire and a demon to escape. You need this book bookshop.org/a/87137/9781...

If you read fantasy or horror & want to support a queer Black author go here: linktr.ee/Amandabweaver In the House of Transcendence - a Southern gothic fantasy, a love child of P-Valley & Pose. No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away- a horrific love child of Dante’s Inferno & The Wizard of Oz.

Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.” “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”

Roses are red 🌹 June’s my month of birth ♊️ Am I the only one ready for 👀 Aliens to invade earth? 🛸

MIDNIGHT! The Cover Reveal & Submission call for WET SCREAMS, an anthology of Monster Erotica, goes live! We’re looking for stories that’ll have us sleepless and breathing heavy. We want to be disturbingly turned on. Details Feb. 14th Happy Valentine’s Day, Monster Lovers. 👹🖤👻📚

it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, you’d write less drafts with a synopsis.

Thought for the Day…

Right wing wet rags blathering about the halftime show: "Nobody knows who this is" Odysseus: "Yes, I'm familiar with the great poet Kendrick Lamar and his duel with a drake, as are many in my kingdom Ithaca and across the world"

Loser behavior. People who create art shouldn’t go w/o pay or health insurance bc these companies RUN BY RICH PEOPLE set up these systems that don’t benefit the people ACTUALLY doing the labor. Y’all get it when it comes to manufacturing or the like but somehow think art should be created for free.

Hi, hello. Uh… what’re y’all reading these days? 🤓

So glad you're enjoying our podcast! www.lifewritingpodcast.com

4 books to read if you love Abracadabra by Lady Gaga: Gideon the Ninth-Tamsyn Muir No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away- by me Death Among the Stars by @clockhartwrite.bsky.social I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea

Thank you! I also have a host of Black authors to add if you haven't already: @clockhartwrite.bsky.social @celesteharte.bsky.social @purviswrites.bsky.social @amandabweaver.bsky.social @orichardsauthor.bsky.social @shakirrashaan.bsky.social @dlhowardwrites.bsky.social

No One's Gonna Take Her Soul Away by Amanda B. Weaver @amandabweaver.bsky.social Dantes Inferno meets The Wiz. Amanda's an indie author. This was one of my favourite reads of '24 #blacksky #blackbooksky #horrorbooksky 💙📚 🌈📚

She wondered if anyone would ever tell the story of a queer Black princess solving a murder mystery. - Amanda B. Weaver (formerly known as Amanda Ross), In The House of Transcendence @amandabweaver.bsky.social 💙📚 🌈📚 🪐📚 #booksky #blackbooksky #queerbooks #blackindieauthor #indieauthor

Here are a few black indie authors you can start with! @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social @amandabweaver.bsky.social @shamekawrites.bsky.social @tamarajeree.bsky.social @mfisherauthor.bsky.social @chelseyjleon.bsky.social

Let’s be clear: Black queer history IS Black History! Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed. George M. Johnson said, “We are too disconnected from our roots” and they're right. Flamboyants is a great start toward correcting that. (1/3) 💙📚🏳️‍🌈🚀

Free peek at the first chapter of No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away, a book you should definitely read if you loved any of the following: Nosferatu, Dante’s Inferno, Hellraiser, and The Wizard of Oz. linktr.ee/Amandabweaver

I’m starting to post more on here and I’d love to connect with writers of all types, since I write both books and screenplays. Where my fellow scribes at?!

Post 4 great horror performances that didn’t get nominated for an Oscar. It’s forever Lupita Nyong’o for Us (and a Quiet Place if we are real) and Toni Collette for Hereditary, but also: -Lilly-Rose Depp for Nosferatu -Wunmi Mosaku for His House -Mia Goth for Pearl -Anya-Taylor Joy for The VVitch

*ahem* allow me to pop my sh*t: I’m an indie author. My work is dark fantasy/ horror that centers Black and queer characters. Here are 2 📚 for you to consume: In the House of Transcendence (southern gothic fantasy) No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away (gory Gothic horror) linktr.ee/Amandabweaver

My favorite place to be.

Today and in the coming days, remember

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From Mary Oliver

Make sure you buy banned books. Get a library card and borrow banned books. Read banned books.

This you? If so— read No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away. It’s about Sapphira who’s killed, sent to hell, & fights her way through 7 islands of torture & gore with the help of a cvnty vampire, a flirtatious werewolf, & a bitchy demon. All are Black & bisexual. Read it: linktr.ee/Amandabweaver

Writers, what are you working on today?

I went to bed last night DISGUSTED with yesterday's writing session. Felt sure I'd have to reimagine the whole scene, possibly this entire novel is PURE CRAP. Reread the pages today. Changed nothing except polishing & small edits before continuing onward! Ignore the voices. Just write.

Allow me to introduce myself- I’m Amanda B. Weaver and I write magical and scary sh*t for queer Black folks. My most recent title is No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away (pictured) but I’ve also published 3 other books and 2 anthologies. I’m now writing a screenplay. Books: linktr.ee/Amandabweaver