Being poor is expensive. Everything costs more when you don’t have a buffer.

Being hounded by debt collectors while we can’t even cover rent or food is breaking us. We're doing everything we can just to survive right now. Any help or shares mean a lot right now. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations

Paid the bills that couldn’t wait. Now we're overdrawn with nothing left. If anyone can donate or share, we'd be incredibly grateful. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations

It's colder than a witch’s tiddy in a brass bra in a snowstorm. The kind of cold where your bones complain and your coffee quits halfway to your mouth. 🥶☕️

This is honestly the lowest we’ve been. We’re working, but one mistake wiped us out and now we’re struggling just to get through the week. If anyone can donate or share, it would mean everything. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337

I feel like I’m living out the Boots Theory.

I don’t like asking again but the reality is our paychecks will barely cover rent alone. Utilities and groceries are still at risk. If you’re able to donate or share, thank you. Truly. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337

My birthday plans.

I'm still selling my paintings through my ebay shop. I'm revamping the listings and prices for the new year. I'm open to any questions, comments, or concerns. Happy shopping.

We’re doing everything we can, but another blow just hit. Just got a notice that our storage unit is headed for auction. We’re working to prevent it, but things are incredibly tight. Please, if you can donate or share. 🙏 gofund.me/82bc9440a

Deep in rewrites. My Spite Project is alive and well. #amwriting #indieauthor

We’re not asking for a handout, just a hand up. We’re working, doing everything we can, and still struggling to cover bills and groceries. Any donation or share helps us get through this stretch. 🙏 gofund.me/82bc9440a

✅️ Tropes I Like ✅️ Unreliable Narrator Show me the story as the narrator wants it to be told. Then show me what actually happened. The contrast tells the real story. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

❌ Tropes I Don’t Like ❌ Put on the Bus I hate when less popular characters just disappear without a trace. No goodbye, barely a mention, like they never existed. It’s oddly unsettling. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

He saved Eternia. Now he can watch your room. 🖼 Things Found on My Mantle No. 1: He-Man’s Head (2025) By Shane Rodriguez ⭐️ www.ebay.com/itm/31775370... #HeMan #MastersOfTheUniverse #ArtReveal #PopArt #HandPainted

Straight out of an early-2000s anime convention. This isn’t a hat, it's a time capsule. 🎩 Normad Mascot Galaxy Angel Hat (cir. 2000) Extra Large Hat ⭐️ www.ebay.com/itm/31775178... #GalaxyAngel #AnimeMerch #VintageAnime #OtakuCore #AnimeCollectibles

Here's a quick look at a recent haul. Tell us which one was your favorite. #ComicShopLife #DCComics #MarvelComics #Superman #ComicForSale

Just finished the rewrite on chapter four of my Spite Project. The page fought me and I won. Feels good to be writing again.

Who would win in a fight: a leprechaun or a genie?

✅️ Tropes I Like ✅️ Horror Comedy If you can’t be scary, the least you can do is be funny. I’ll take a good laugh over limp tension every time. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

Buried in bills again. It feels like it never ends, but we’re still pushing forward one step at a time. Any support or shares truly help us keep going. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations

❌ Tropes I Don’t Like ❌ Dangerously Close Shave I don’t like this trope when the person shaving the villain has a clear shot and doesn’t take it. If your life depends on the villain being dead, fear of “what if I fail” isn’t tension, It’s stalling. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

✅️ Tropes I Like ✅️ Hammerspace Bazookas, keys, swords... I don’t need an explanation for where they came from. I only care that it was there when it mattered. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

❌ Tropes I Don’t Like ❌ Herbivores Are Friendly I don’t like stories that treat plant-eaters as harmless by default. Especially dinosaurs. Plenty of real animals dine on plants and will still wreck you for getting too close. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

Okay, so I misheard 'bachelor party' as 'bed sore party' and now I think that should be a thing. Just 3 or 4 days, binging movies, eating snacks, and rotting away in bed with your friends.

✅️ Tropes I Like ✅️ Big Damn Heroes A character leaves, you think they’re gone, and then they show up again at the exact right moment. I cheer every time. Timing does the work, not speeches. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

❌ Tropes I Don’t Like ❌ All Just a Dream When it isn’t done perfectly, it feels like a cheat. You don’t get credit for emotional weight if you wipe it all away with eye gunk. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

✅️ Tropes I Like ✅️ Right Behind Me The buildup is everything and the payoff never gets old. The best part is watching the slow realization that the thing is right behind them. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

They say what you’re doing at midnight on New Year’s is what you’ll be doing all year. I was writing. If that’s what I have to look forward to, I’ll take it.

Stoked to have a physical release of our film from @shudder.com & @vinsyn.bsky.social w/ a Wild limited ed slipcover by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social & New essay by one of my fave writers @aheartofgould.bsky.social vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the...

❌ Tropes I Don’t Like ❌ Adults Are Useless I don’t like stories where every adult is incompetent just to make the kids look clever. It flattens the story and turns experience into a joke. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

Happy New Year, you nutty kids!

RIP coffee maker. You held this household together.

Bronze Age Power Girl taking an energy blast like a champ. 70s Showcase didn’t mess around. 📖 DC Comics Showcase Presents Power Girl #98 (1978) Levitz, Staton, & Giordano ⭐️ www.ebay.com/itm/31771639... #DCComics #BronzeAge #WomenofDC #ComicCollectors #ComicsForSale

✅️ Tropes I Like ✅️ Rule of Cool Why did that happen? No idea. But it looked cool, didn't it? That was reason enough for most movies in the ’80s, and honestly, they were right. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

❌ Tropes I Don’t Like ❌ Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You I don’t buy abandonment being hand-waved away by good intentions. If the parent shows up later and wants forgiveness, the story needs to earn it. Most don’t. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

✅️ Tropes I Like ✅️ Cut a Piece, Take the Rest I love this trope because the setup and payoff are just comedy gold. You don’t need a monologue about greed or gluttony when someone does this. The cake does the character work for you. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

❌ Tropes I Don’t Like ❌ Intimate Psychotherapy I don’t like stories where sex fixes someone’s trauma or self-worth. Sex can change things, complicate things, even break things, but it shouldn’t be a shortcut to healing. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

Here's a quick look at a recent haul. A solid mix of classics, weird stuff, and a few issues you don’t see every day. Great for reading or filling gaps in your collection. #ComicShopLife #HorrorComics #DCComics #BronzeAgeComics #ComicForSale

Frozen pizzas used to be a dollar. Not on sale. Just a dollar. Those dollar frozen pizzas weren’t just food, they were a financial strategy.

Tropes I like ✅️ Family of Choice I like stories where the characters aren’t looking for a family. They’re just trying to survive, and it takes them a while to notice they’re not doing it alone anymore. #WritingCommunity #TVTropes

Currently watching Pandemonium (1982) and honestly impressed by how confidently dumb it is.

Merry Christmas, you nutty kids!

Being honest: we’re short on groceries and running on empty. If anyone can help with a small donation or a share, it would mean everything today. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations

If anyone’s wondering what I want for Christmas this year, it’s just a little help with bills and groceries. Any donation or share would mean more than you know. 🎄 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations

We’re hanging on by our fingernails. One crisis paused, but everything else is still due and we have nothing left. Please donate or share if you can, even a few dollars helps. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations

We barely made rent, and now we’re trying to figure out how to eat and keep the lights on this month. If just 20 people gave $10, that would mean food and lights staying on. If you can’t donate, sharing helps just as much. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding

I don’t have the right words anymore, just please help if you can. We’re struggling and trying to survive this month. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations

I could’ve sworn there was an episode of The Andy Griffith Show where Ernest T. and Mr. Merriweather got into a bare-knuckle, no-holds-barred brawl that dragged from one end of Mayberry to the other. But I guess that was just my brain rewriting history the way it should’ve gone.

Please, please help if you can. We’re really struggling right now and trying to get through the rest of the month. Any donation or share would mean everything. 🙏 gofund.me/bd7e85337 #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #GoFundMeHelp #Fundraiser #Donations