top 10 horrific things in THE LORD OF THE WOOD 10. wet socks 9. grasping, disembodied fingers 8. wood sickness 7. wet socks 6. hungry eldritch creatures 5. forest turns people into trees 4. wet socks 3. fog akin to the poppies in Oz 2. plant creature tries to kill you 1. wet socks

I drew General Gorgion being attacked by a goose because General Gorgion deserves to be attacked by a goose. Thank you to @victoriacbooks.bsky.social and #ChaosChat for the inspiration. 😊

#LateNightWrite my characters regret many things and they are always bad at coping with said regret and that has absolutely nothing to do with me as a person I’m sure. But also Ivy regrets breaking into her childhood hero’s home in an attempt to meet him because he’s kind of an asshole, actually

#LateNightWrite basically the catalyst for the entire plot was one (1) stupid decision so…yeah…very easily… alas he suffered from a terminal lack of brain cells at the time the decision was made

#LateNightWrite the power of a good line edit. There’s nothing like taking a manuscript that’s way too long down to a manageable length without having to cut any major scenes

OMITB TRAILER SPOILERS AHEAD I’m so excited that the trailer confirmed Nathan Lane is back, I love Teddy so much and I was so sad when he wasn’t in past seasons, god bless this is the news I needed today vt.tiktok.com/ZSSvaAPNJ/

I say "reveal" like I'm drawing it all out and stuff but actually it'll be right there in the first paragraph lol

It's my first #ChaosChat! Thank you all so much! My personal website is under construction right now, but you can find my ttrpg work at theinvulnerabletide.itch.io Every dollar is going to get me and my girlfriend to move in together, but there are community copies avaliable if money is tight~

Still working on the first draft of Don't Bite the Hand but here's a mood board I created for it.

cozy horror title reveal in tomorrow's newsletter! subscribe if you want the title tomorrow, or I guess wait until (?) whenever I decide to mention it on socials if you don't wanna subscribe lol #ChaosChat buttondown.com/elizmanderson

I haven't publicized this much yet but I recently updated my book to include an option for an illustrated cover! I figured announcing it now is pretty on theme for #ChaosChat juliemarchbooks.itch.io/bridges-of-s...

Thanks #ChaosChat! "like Shirley Jackson, Taylor skillfully taps into the unique fears that can arise in domestic spaces"-GNoH "Conveys the terror powerfully!" -FantasyBookNerd "An engrossing novel that works because of that balance between character & horror."-RunalongtheShelves a.co/d/eusVsYB

Thanks #ChaosChat! I'm open for betas for my epic fantasy! If this sounds fun, I'd love to hear from you! ^_^ bsky.app/profile/tylo...

Wrapping up #ChaosChat with a bit of joy, as goes best with chaos 😌

#ChaosChat I’d absolutely spice up the final confrontation and reveal of the villain with a goose. He yaps way too long with his dramatic villain monologue. Yeet a goose at that man.

#ChaosChat it is a wonderful day in your manuscript and you have to introduce a horrible goose — what's it up to?

Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom is on TV and I'm just thinking about the absolute rant I posted to my old Twitter account because I was so enraged and distraught over the scene where they leave the poor dino on the island (I also threw up from crying about it after, to this day I can't rewatch it)

#ChaosChat this is actually my personal hell because I can't be bothered to get geography correct which is why I make up cities so I can hand-wave away geographical errors. If I had to pick, probably a tiny town that only has 2-3 major streets so I can't mess up too badly.

Question two of #ChaosChat!

#ChaosChat doesn't even matter what MC I mean — they're a trash possum. They don't say they are, but they are. Trash possum through and through.

Welcome back to #ChaosChat everyone! Our first question is live — enjoy the chaos!

So I just realized that I accidentally let my free trial of audible continue for much longer than expected and have been paying for it that whole time 🥲 I have a month before I need to pay again so I intend to cancel before then, but for now I have several credits to use. Recommendations, anyone?

Okay a little less than one hour now but would it be #ChaosChat if the timing wasn’t slightly messed up?

Don’t forget! #ChaosChat returns in 24 hours!

For anyone out there who has self-assessed as #autistic, and can't access a formal assessment/diagnosis (or don't want to for your own reasons), this is for you: 🥰🫂🩷🙏 This is an excerpt. Please read the entire handout at this link: t.co/Y0sAYrr522

Sorry #ChaosChat friends… gonna have to postpone our next bout of chaos to next week. Forgot I had a (minor, don’t worry!) medical procedure booked for tomorrow and the prep is making me very cranky and I don’t want to subject yall to that, so we’ll reconvene when I am better suited to human company

A couple of bundle sales have trickled in today so I can finally say this. As of right now, I only need ONE (1) sale of my any of my books on my Ko-Fi page (as that's where I make the most money) to finally break even. Please consider giving my disaster lesbian a home. ko-fi.com/anotherindie...

Thanks for joining, #ChaosChat! Hopefully next round I remember to announce it's starting in a few hours instead of just starting without having said a word for two weeks.

reminder that you have through tomorrow to - get THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRIT in ebook for $5.99 at your favorite retailer - get the #PrideBookFair bundles on Itchio - enter my giveaway for a copy of KEEPER or a copy of THE REMARKABLE RETIREMENT OF EDNA FISHER links below! #ChaosChat

#ChaosChat you'd think I'd plan what I want to share when I know I'm going to do this, but that requires more forethought than I am apparently capable of. So here's a photo I took today.

#ChaosChat it's time for show and tell!

Honestly, all kinds. There's never enough rep. But a personal passion of mine is writing more aro/ace and queerplatonic rep.

#ChaosChat third question!

#ChaosChat yeah I cheated with this question. I write contemporary fantasy. we just have pride month. but surely someone else's answer will be more interesting

#ChaosChat second question, on world building! Maybe you write fantasy or sci-fi or otherwise not in our world. how are queer identities celebrated in that world?

Pride month will continue through the rest of the year until morale improves

#ChaosChat I write two kinds of characters: trash possums or utter recluses. The possums are marching in the parades and attending all the events and bringing back souvenirs for their introverts who were probably tucked away somewhere cool and comfy cheering along away from the crowds.

Welcome welcome to another round of #ChaosChat! Tonight's edition will once again focus on Pride, since it's almost the end of June (although if you ask me, pride month should be every month).

I’ll never forgive people who say em-dashes are a sign of A/I use. Let me live in peace with my overuse of em-dashes, dammit.

Art by @elizmanderson.com, based off of a drawing of a bird in a similar scenario which I unfortunately cannot find right now but if anyone has it and the artist credit please let me know.

What’s the one thing that could make Peter’s curse-iversary worse? Making him be perceived, of course. Whoops.

#ChaosChat thanks for joining! See you back here again in 2 weeks, and we're back to Sundays -- the 29th at 7 PM EST!

#ChaosChat In order: Michael Ezra Michael (again) Ivy: Birch fucking fell off??

#ChaosChat the hardest one of the night: you get a choice of up to four characters, three speakers and one unfortunate victim

#ChaosChat this is basically how I imagine Michael and Ezra’s first date going (although fun fact, they didn’t really have a first date so much as one went to the other’s house for what was meant to be one night after they met and just. Never left.)

#ChaosChat *philosopher voice* is the self not just a character you write? Anyway philosophy aside this is straight up just me. Please let me nap.

#ChaosChat for me, this was always Ezra @ his husband Michael. And now Michael is saying it to their adopted kiddo, and Ezra feels very vindicated that Michael is getting a taste of his own medicine.

#ChaosChat a fun one right now: which TWO characters would say this? 🤔