32 days until the move!

Up to $260 with one month until the move! I'd like to be able to hit at least $2k by this time next month so that will help me cover the moving costs and the one month of doubled up rent. But again anything helps. www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-...

Up to $260 with one month until the move! I'd like to be able to hit at least $2k by this time next month so that will help me cover the moving costs and the one month of doubled up rent. But again anything helps. www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-...

I am officially less than a month away from signing my lease. I'm currently sitting at $60 for raising moving costs. Anything that anyone can help with would mean a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-...

At $60 after just one night, thank you guys so much! Any little bit and any signal boosting will help make the upcoming move so much less stressful for me and get me into a much better place in my life. www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-...

At $60 after just one night, thank you guys so much! Any little bit and any signal boosting will help make the upcoming move so much less stressful for me and get me into a much better place in my life. www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-...

If you can continue to boost this call, or chip in, Mary Ellen and Jeff could still use help. They're doing their best but the medical bills and energy bills have been brutal.

Hey, friends. If anyone is able, I desperately need to raise some money for moving in about a month. www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-...

Today I learned that people now use "storytelling" when mean "marketing" because no one likes marketing but they do like storytelling and as someone who professionally does storytelling that is not marketing I don't care for that at all.

Meet my favorite dad character that I've made (yes even more than Cassin). ko-fi.com/post/WEDNESD...

Rumi (to warmongers): What kind of lightning are you, setting farms on fire? What kind of cloud are you, raining down stones? What kind of hunter? Caught in your own trap— a thief stealing from your own house. -- Rumi, "Water." trnsl. Haleh Liza Gafori

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

Isabela #DragonAge I miss you

Alright I have a GoFundMe set up for moving costs. Basically need to cover: 1) one month where I'll be doubling up rent, 2) a couple TaskRabbit movers, 3) a few new furniture pieces and kitchen appliances. Anything helps! www.gofundme.com/f/help-alex-...

...Roaring with laughter. (And I can just *see* the dry look on @peter.petermorwood.com's face ...as he was born, as we say, up in the Wee North. "Bit hypersensitive there," I can hear him saying. "Question kind of answers itself...") 😏

Hey, all. I'm going to be moving in about a month and a half, and I could really use some help between now and then to raise money for a) moving costs, b) some new furniture I'll need, and c) cost to get a couple movers on Taskrabbit. Anything helps! ko-fi.com/thetomatowri...

Hey guys, this could not be hitting at a worse time but the service contract I bought for my car is refusing to pay out and I now have to pay over $4000 for my car to be fixed. I cannot live without a car as there are no viable options for me to get to work. Please, please help. gofund.me/ab306d36e

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

WHEN YESTERDAY ENDS, my queer cozyish fantasy, is releasing July 28th! Here's the cover! 🌿 a grumpy herbalist who left his life behind 🌿 a fey lord who eats human hearts to live 🌿 a curse that must be broken before summer ends Preorder & details below! ⬇️ sjean.earlronove.com#whenyesterda... 💙📚🪐📢📚🌈

A4. Right now, I'm trying to build more of an audience on Ko-Fi, so if you want snippets of Fox Eyes or any worldbuilding tidbits from me, you should check out my tiers! #ChaosChat ko-fi.com/thetomatowri...

A3. There's a focacia bread that Oak makes that Promise loves with walnuts. Del also goes for a more savory treat, but she loves cheesy bread. Nissa will go with that traditional super rich and decadent chocolate cake. #ChaosChat

A2. Not...that I have thought of, I'll be honest. I think the birthday traditions just vary based on whatever works for that person. #ChaosChat

A1. So Promise's birthday is kinda loaded with "oh hey the day my mom dumped me here." But they'll usually do something special at the Grove like have her favorite meal or maybe Zire or Woad make her something. Del doesn't even know her birthday. Nissa doesn't bother with real birthdays. #ChaosChat

Ahhhh, hi, #ChaosChat! And happy birthday to E! I'm Alex, and I write fantasy adventure and mystery. Most of the time. When I'm not struggling to get the words out.

How did February go? How am I hoping March will go? Let's talk about it all here! ko-fi.com/post/March-C...

Let's try again! Here's my #FantasyIndiesMarch thread!

February newsletter, despite the fact that it is...March. thetomatowriter.substack.com/p/a-good-rid...

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

*sings in Ultravox* It means nothing to me Ooooooh Picasso

sometimes you have to be clear about your values

Pedro Pascal urged Americans to “fight back” and “f**k the people that make you scared” amid Donald Trump’s tumultuous second term. 📷 Getty

Hi, all! Unexpected costs and then moving coming up in a month and a half means my ass is getting handed to me financially. I have some really neat Ko-Fi tiers with lots of content if you'd like to consider supporting me. ko-fi.com/thetomatowri...

Going to need some help until payday on Friday. I'm out of TP and laundry money and running low on cat food and litter. ko-fi.com/thetomatowri...

Going to need some help until payday on Friday. I'm out of TP and laundry money and running low on cat food and litter. ko-fi.com/thetomatowri...

people who complain about "too much telling and not enough showing" are often complaining about voice, POV, and interiority. they're searching for TV brain writing. in this essay I will

if you need me, I'll be here

If you have never read SPEAR, I am falling on my knees begging you to read SPEAR.

too angsty to be wholesome too hopecore to be edgy…

ask your doctor if lying down in the forest to be consumed by the earth is right for you

One Day is a reasonably popular book and I think more popular Netflix show so I can't say "no one but me likes it" but at the same time I cannot imagine pitching it to one of my friends in a way that would make them like it.

I made a storm cloud. He is Grumplesquish. 🧶 ⛈️ He just wants to be loved. And ice cream. Gonna be honest, as soon as I came across this pattern, I knew I had to make it just so I could show it to @kevinhearne.bsky.social. I just didn't know where to put the lightning bolt. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's entirely possible that Shakespeare's intended reading of Hamlet WAS the action vs. inaction "Hamlet spends too long soliloquizing to act" thing and I just missed it, but talking to @daphnemwrites.bsky.social today who agreed with me on not seeing it was VERY validating. Bc I've never read that.

Two things can be true at once. I'm so grateful to be so lucky to have people in my life who love me and want to help me out - and have the ability to do so - and I HATE how often I need to be bailed out by my friends, often at their expense, without ever being able to make up for the trouble.

Looking for CPs for contemporary romance. I write 🌶️ and looking for fellow open door romance writers. Would love to CP for new authors or fellow first draft/first novel folks. I plan to self-pub too. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #romancelandia #romanceauthors #romancereads #WriteSky 🌈✒️ #booksky

Saw Macbeth with @thetomatowriter.bsky.social at The Guthrie. It was soooooo good!!! First time seeing this play. There was a post show discussion too and it was a delight to get to see how thoughtful the actors were in their responses. It's stuff like that that makes me obsess over theatre.

If you haven't subscribed to my Ko-Fi yet, this is a great time to help me cover some upcoming moving expenses! I have two tiers: First Readers at just $3 per month and Behind the Page at $5 per month. Anything I make from now through April 15th goes to moving/emergencies. ko-fi.com/thetomatowri...

I'm moving! The plan is to move on April 15th and the security deposit is already eating up most of my bonus from work. I have a steady job, but I will need help to afford some moving help (I don't drive), a couple new furniture pieces, and double rent for one month. ko-fi.com/thetomatowri...

Day 12: Queer Joy or Queer Love In Your Story Queer joy in Hexmark's Fate was important to both of us. One of my first thoughts when we decided to make a witch school story was "Well the main girl is gonna be trans." (For no particular reason.) But it's ESPECIALLY one of THE... 1/3 #QueerPrompts