I send out a periodic newsletter highlighting new self-pub & small press queer romances I think look promising. IF YOU are putting out a queer romance in 2026 for retail sale and you are (like me) NOT publishing on Amazon, please reply / DM so I can get you on my radar. Reposts very welcome. 🌈💜🌈📚♠️

Went on a whole rant about adaptations of Wuthering Heights today when asked about the new EF one. (Short answer: some are better than others, none I’ve seen truly understand it.) (I NEED to see the Mexico-based adaptation [looks good] and the two high school AUs [look delightfully horrible].) BUT—

Do you enjoy beta reading? Are you writing something & you'll be looking for beta readers this year? DM me for info about a chill Discord server focused on asking for & offering beta reads! It leans SFF and queer but isn't exclusively either. 👍 Reposts welcome. #WritingCommunity

If anybody needs music to listen to in order to center themselves, I have four suggestions. - This Is What It Sounds Like from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack - We Deserve to Dream by Xavier Rudd - Nina Cried Power by Hozier and Mavis Staples - Nazi Punks Fuck Off by the Dead Kennedys

Hey men-attracted people on Bluesky--Like and/or Reblog (I'm a tumblr grandma leave me alone) this post if you would GENUINELY LIKE shirtless/intimate/sex scenes with men who were well fed and not dehydrated. I wanna see. Jesus fucking Christ give me a belly I can bite that won't break my teeth!

Just a quick update: My titles are not currently available on Amazon. I'm hoping this is a temporary situation--aka, I'm hoping that we soon live in a country where capitalist billionaires aren't funding guerrilla tactics on civilians--but please refer to other retailers or Payhip until then.

It's been TEN MONTHS since I made this post, and I feel like I've been fighting a mental health breakdown for every day of them, but Chapter Four just went up! The thread includes the details and the link. Thank you to everyone following this project; it means a lot to me.

Ten thousand fucking percent. Like, I get it. I get that you're despairing. Shit is rough. But skeeting "we're so fucked" ten times a day accomplishes nothing, alleviates nothing, and contributes to learned helplessness. In all seriousness, if you feel that welling up? Log off. You need a break.

I like that this phrasing implies they can help you mysteriously murder someone. Now THAT’s bespoke service.

I think at this point they should just set up a guest room for me at the vet’s. This cranky old lady (on the blanket, not the blur trying to groom her) is still putting us through our paces a year and a half-ish after her near-death experience, Labor Day 2024.

Made some diamond art tree ornaments with the wife tonight and couldn’t help thinking of Derek im @skyekilaen.bsky.social’s Tell Me Anything, one of my faves.

ATTN FELLOW CANADIANS: An actual MP has created a petition to stop financial discrimination against adult creators by payment processors. You have to confirm your email but thats because its something that can actually be shown to parliament.

Quick heads up that the cover for Stars Still Fall has had a small update (literally just the title font), so if you have an ebook copy, you may notice that update in your reader, depending on where you got it from.

Quick heads up that the cover for Stars Still Fall has had a small update (literally just the title font), so if you have an ebook copy, you may notice that update in your reader, depending on where you got it from.

Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word. action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

- you have to initiate the payout yourself. it's under "Earnings" - if this is your first payout, the amount will seem unaturally low. itch calculates a 30% tax withhold systematically, until they review your tax info, which they do in first payment - they charge 3.00 for that first review

Look, my two primary advice are: 1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch 2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:

had to:

Honestly my guiding principle is to live my life in such a way that John Rogers would never coolly and calmly eviscerate me with a single sentence on social media.

Books aren't meant to be universally adored. If you don't like something you read, it's not personal. It's just not for you. And, as authors, our job isn't to make ourselves palatable for everyone. It's to make our stories essential for the reader who needs it more than anyone else.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.

These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.

This starts today!

happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.

<3 big thank you to everyone who has been reblogging!!

My indie blog has finally launched its LGBTQIA+ Book Collection! See how you can take part.

You need books for kids about things like queerness without parental awareness because—and I cannot say this any plainer—some parents are truly shitty fucking human beings who would rather their kid be dead than queer. I don’t fucking care what those parents "believe."

this is an old thread but some folks are still finding it and in light of the stuff with the Trevor Project and the supreme court ruling maybe it's worth reposting just in case anybody is looking for some concrete stuff that's definitely helped me hang in there during really hard moments

Baltimore -- we are full up on felines but if anyone can help please do!

Hey y'all, all my self-published books will be 75% off on @Smashwords for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! July is also my birth-month and nothing makes me happier than seeing titles move, so pss this link to your friends too! www.smashwords.com/shelves/prom...

When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share. These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.

book is on Amazon now! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCSLFTHW

If the Senate wants to pass this bill, they should have to blow up the filibuster. There is zero reason to allow them to do it in any other way. If you have democratic senators, call them and make this clear. I'm gonna call Tommy fucking Tuberville about it so I don't want to hear ANY EXCUSES.

Ebook ARC, anyone? Cosmic horror during early Harlem Renaissance. Themes are: trauma/healing, poetry, music, Great Migration, set against a rich historical background. CW - war refs, racism, gore (very little), slight body horror. Interested? Lmk by reply or by DM. #bvm, 📚😱, 💙📚, #BlackBookSky

Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:

Non-Amazon retailers: books2read.com/u/mZ6RLB Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7T6WH98 Payhip [use code QUEERJOY for 100% off your cart]: payhip.com/b/nv5JX

- Fangs don't make a monster, but they sure do help. - A modern werewolf alpha, used to playing by civilized rules, has to cope with interlopers in her territory who want to bring back the old ways. EDGE OF THE WOODS is the self-published re-release of a 2021 novel by Jules Kelley.

Exciting news! There are audiobook versions available now of STARS STILL FALL and WELCOME TO THE SHOW. Now, disclaimer: These are digitally narrated, but I DID get assurance from the company that professional VAs were paid for their work and their voices for these models.

Coming back soon :)

Just some recent pet pics for a timeline break :)

Hi everyone, sorry I've been kind of quiet lately! Trying to spend less time online and more interfacing with my in-person community. In the meantime, though, I'm trying an experiment - I'm posting my current WIP as-I-go, fanfic style, and it's free to sign up! (Thread 4 deets.) payhip.com/b/w4pNW

I've gotten quite a few new followers, so just to mention: I have a pinned post! I'm not on X and I'm not active on TikTok since the "resurrection", but you can find me very much on Tumblr and mostly here. The rest of the thread has some overviews of my current work & some links!

It is a lot more helpful for everyone to be real about what they can contribute and then contribute that (even if it doesn't feel like it's enough) than to make goals that we can't meet, then crash & burn out of shame & guilt and end up doing nothing at all.

I don't really have time for pretending that personal taste in books is the end-all, be-all of what makes a book good quality, especially when it comes to things like voice, tense, and POV. Even the most unpopular of these can serve a story well if used with care. 🤷 YMMV, as we say where I'm from.

Still obsessed with this name/design. Rough sketch Of something I might make wearable.

Moroccan food for lunchhhhh

unsubscribe from news sources and social accounts where there’s only ever one call to action and it’s “get upset / lose faith in humanity” those are reasonable REACTIONS but you can get your news somewhere that offers you more

Seattle folk, can do something RIGHT NOW to channel your rage and fear and despair. Ballots were sent in the mail today for Prop 1A: A 5% tax on the compensation of millionaires, paid by their employer, to go straight to our Social Housing Developer. Vote. Tell your friends to Vote. Volunteer.

IF YOU DELETE YOUR #TWITTER ACCOUNT, YOU CAN SAVE & DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR POSTS BEFORE YOU DO. IF YOU DELETE YOUR #FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, YOU CAN SAVE YOUR FACEBOOK INFORMATION & ALL YOUR MEDIA CONTENT BEFORE YOU DO. You don't have to lose the life you lived online; just the app that displayed it.

I'm still obsessed with the name of this rights group and getting deep into researching it. FREE: A look into the beginning of gay rights in Minneapolis – The Minnesota Daily search.app/G1e4gqKyLRso...