how it's going (not pictured: the music playing while I'm also listening to/watching that gameplay video on the bottom left. I like to have a notepad open these days for different thoughts so I don't clog up my main document with endless pontification) guess it's a high-stimulus-needed day

I can't be the only JJK fan/fic writer in my circle, anyone want to jump in on this? 👀 #JJK #JujutsuKaisen #fanfic #hainana

Time for the Pride fundraiser! All month long, sales of this pack will go to 3 orgs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Me, @nullentitystock.bsky.social, @sambestock.bsky.social & @trueref.bsky.social are combining forces to raise the most! 🌈 W/special coupon code from @theposearchives.bsky.social 👀 ko-fi.com/s/b42ff644e6

It's official. Applications are open for The Book Bazaar 2026, October-November. If you've wanted to launch your crowdfunder with The Book Bazaar, now's your chance! Get your application in today!

Gay books gay books!!! TFB is in bundle 4 (for all your Ace MC, problematic nonbinary, and feral lesbian needs) but do check out the amazing spread we have to kick off this #PrideMonth 😁

You've seen the lore, you've seen the art, you've seen me yap about it time and time again. Now it's time... TO SEE THE COVER. In honor of Pride Month and Science Fantasy Jam, I present my third major project: PIERCE THE SKY. Find out more here! ⬇️ linnfoster.com/pts/ platinumsoulpress.itch.io/pts

Prepping my exit portfolio from my scam college and went to him to ask for help. We were already Not Friends. He ended up screaming at me in front of the whole class that I should just drop out, then sent me to the school counselor.

Been a real, real rough couple of days. Wish I could say today is better/things are on the upswing but it doesn't seem that way. Just sort of, letting myself drift between whatever projects hold my attention for five minutes. Trying to survive.

#TBBChat outro. I don't have much right now other than continuously screaming unto the void about The Dark Side of Super (now in audio book format!) and The Backwards Knight. Check 'em out, if you haven't! But, readers, also check out @the-book-bazaar.com right meow! Great project going on!

I MEAN But also just all @the-book-bazaar.com books! #TBBChat

Yeeeees! Check out the Summer Bonanza everyone! www.backerkit.com/c/collection... Fairy Seasons, a Fall Book Bazaar project, is looking for people to step into the fairy ring The Pre-order store will close at the end of June, so get your orders in now! fairy-seasons.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

If you like pretty art (like on book covers), you should *definitely* check out my short visual novel with the funny acronym, Forbidden: A First's Obsession 👀 nasoleil.itch.io/fafo It's freeeeeeee Nice talking to you this week #TBBChat!

I like the kinds of covers where it's like, A Complex Series Of Objects (which is why I did TFB the way I did) Painterly characters are a close second but they're common, so that makes them less interesting to me. I'm sorry to anyone who has one but I dislike the clipart style, a lot 😅 #TBBChat

CLAMP 💯 They weren't a huge influence on my art simply bc they were too good for me to even imitate back when I was still doing anime style fulltime. They were sort of in that godlike category for me. Idek about genre I'd write a light novel for that lmao #TBBChat

Okay are we talking about literal books or people here lmao (the Tism must know) For books, haven't people always judged by the cover? If they didn't, there wouldn't be rules about what kind of cover you're 'allowed' to have based on your market/genre. #TBBChat

Hello #TBBChat!!! It me, N. My partner A and I write a science fantasy series! I'm also an artist, noob gamedev, and wearer of many hats :D

Oh, gods. ALL of my stories are like 1% what they started as. Project:Freqs started out as an urban scifi comic idea with Yuri as a literal ghost, one love interest (Dae), and they met on a video game 😅

Little late, but 😅 A year into recovery and I found the biggest help to be changing my process. I burnt out on my own so this is probably irrelevant to people shoved into burnout by an external job. But ig — change as much of the circumstances that burnt you out as you can. #QueerWritersChat

Man. Pretty wild to think I did this 22 years ago, when I was 16. I don't even remember what program I used. Kids are something else. #Art #OC #OldArt #Animation

So I heard you're legally allowed to ask for shares and likes if it's your b-day? I am 33 today! 🥺🎉 #art #digitalart

👀📚😱📣💙 And with that, Aloe's BackerKit Campaign is officially LIVE! If you back in the first 48 hours, you get a free short story, so be sure to check it out! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... #TBB #Aloe #HorrorAuthor #QueerWriters #TFTNG #BookSky

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!! THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE TIME PARADOX PRELUDES IS NOW LIVE!!!! GO GO GO GO GO #TPDox #TimeTravelAuthors #WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters #booksky 📚💙🪐🌈 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

The backerkit for PROMETHEUS: A QUEER FUTURISTIC HORROR ANTHOLOGY is live!! Coming at you from @snakeskin-press.bsky.social, check out what goodies you can get for backing (and also check out the Book Bazaar Summer Bonanza while you're at it!). www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

The urge to get help with inking for this next VN, cuz I Am Not doing painted sprites again and my hand hates inking these days, is real but then I wouldn't be able to say it was solo dev ._. choices.

Since it doesn't look like I'm gonna be able to do a new #MerMay piece this year here's another old one! My character Ara as an anemone. I called her Aranemone cuz I think I'm clever 😝 #art #oc #ocsky #Metacosm

Your 20s are not your whole life. I didn’t start feeling like myself — like I had any idea who I was and wanted to be — til 30. Last year at 37 I made some major realizations about myself and I’m still processing it. Makes me wonder what 45 and 50 will look like.

Oooooh one day left 👀 I have and will again! We will probably crowdfund our next full-length novel. I also had some ideas for next Pintopia but I have done 0 work on it 😅 Also, the Project:Freqs VN! Tho I have some other ideas for that too 👀 #TBBCountdown #WritingCommunity

I used to be the first but since burnout my process has done several 180s. I’m more the second now, bc adding detail later means I can keep track of the story better. Esp since when there’s A Lot of words I tend to get overwhelmed and blank on where and what needs to get cut. #SpoonieAuthChat

special for the night crew. My most recent writing is almost always fics these days 🤡 still trying to break burnout's clutches. It's been a year.... sigh.

The music in a VN is so important. Nothing will launch me into VN mode like listening to the soundtracks from the VNs I've played that really stuck with me. Hoping someday to be able to well, 1, make a full-length VN lmao, but also 2, have custom music for it.

I think?? maybe?? I might have finalized the very basic outline for the next VN?? We'll see if it holds up when I actually start developing it out/writing it this one will be so much more ambitious than FAFO, but I'm up for the challenge.

I forgot the word for ... fuck it's happening word again. The uh. the national anthem! I forgot the word for the national anthem so I called it the America theme song 😅 (in a lot of pain today, brain has like 2% processing power for Thinking)

Love triangles, “morally grey” MCs/LIs lacking nuance to the point of being basically just villains in protagonist clothing, sympathetic villains, and Drama™️. I get enough drama, anxiety, liars, and irredeemable bastards winning/being excused from accountability in real life thanks. #Mememay

The sketch I gave to the artist -> The art the artist gave to me. Gen AI is never needed for concept art / placeholders

We’re in bundle 4 👀

Bad day, so playing this again for the first time since the voice update. I'm secretly in love with Jonah Scott's voice acting so I'm sort of fancryptiding out 😅 (yes I know Yuri looks a lot like Casper shut up it's a coincidence.) #ADateWithDeath

Nothing like starting out a Monday with an RSD crashout... 🫠 Gonna be a great day! (/s)

Was just thinking about how long I've been making original stories. My first instinct is always 5th grade cuz that's when I attempted to write my first novel. Then I remembered in kindergarten my best friend and I played in the school field as Princess and Kreetur and we had a Whole World haha

me: changes two words in a WIP, writes one new one me: progress!

Okay how bout we do the next short VN I'm planning cuz that's the next project on the docket: Rando encounters antagonistic polycule during code-red natural disaster. #TBBCountdown

The guy from the hockey show for Chris || #art #artsky #fanart #heatedrivalry #ilyarozanov #trans ||

As if it isn't hard enough to put yourself out there constantly as a self-published author, this sort of thing is really common for us. And it always feels really shitty. Support indies 🖤

aaagghaksdjjaksdha This is why I hate getting out of my routine. Pingponging between art and writing is really important for my stability. When I get overwhelmed with one I move to the other and eventually I get overwhelmed with that and move back. Perfect. Balance. Homeostasis.

Looks like the soonest we can publish on Steam is Jun 2nd so as long as we're not smack in the middle of a move then, that's about when you'll be able to download it! In the meantime, wishlists help us a lot :D And you can also download now on itch: nasoleil.itch.io/fafo #VisualNovel #Indie

There are officially over 400 artists on HireHumanArtists.com🎉 More human artists than you would ever conceivably want to even try to look at all at once! Hire one for your next human project, wouldja?

Several anxiety-inducing things happened with the house in the last week so I took today off completely and played Elden Ring all day, collecting stuff I missed in the early areas (so, as low stress as Elden Ring ever gets lol) it was nice 😊

Why does it take 6 hours to clean out one closet 🥲

There was a technical issue and NOW it's live. Good luck friends! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...