Oh my GOD I'm so glad the days of cryptic emo lyrics as away messages on MSN are over because 12 year old me would have a FIELD DAY with The Great Divide (2026).

Unfriendly reminder that you can deeply, deeply love someone WITHOUT wanting to kiss them, sleep with them, or date them. They can be your whole world without being your romantic or sexual partner. Queerplatonic relationships are so important and under-represented.

For NO REASON AT ALL :) (stares into the camera like I'm on the office) What is your favorite story with queerplatonic soulmates?

Before I forget: You can buy Common Bonds 2 here: buy.bookfunnel.com/yilbsiz3a6 And it will also be available as part of the Common Bonds 3 crowdfund this Pride Month: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Good thing I left that fandom years ago I just dodged the BIGGEST bullet 😮‍💨

You: please act normal you need these people to like you Me: okay! People: hi Me: okay so there's this queer horror podcast that changed my brain chemistry and it's about a deeply flawed and pompous but secretly kind nerd who runs an archive that collects supernatural statements and 14 Fear entit

I keep seeing stuff saying that the industry is trending shorter, but I'm seeing ZERO evidence to back up this claim.

The 250 has been reached [whispers] but hear me out we could always get it up to 300 because Common Bonds stories tend to hit it out of the park and this is a GREAT campaign to keep your eye on.

For those keeping track I have had the full spectrum breakdown from “maybe I should quit writing” to “eff that, I will keep writing and if no one will publish me I will publish myself” in a 12 hour period

Hiiii I'm gonna be ✨ super vulnerable ✨! I used to write because I couldn't imagine not telling stories. I quit because I was afraid I wasn't good enough. I stopped for seven years. I started again this March and whacked out a first draft. I have been back at this for less than two months. 1/

I'm not saying listening to "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" by the Offspring at top volume can FIX me but at least I'm no longer sobbing

for our many new friends like Amy, we are a chaotic auction of crafts, book stuff, and consultations where all of the money goes to helping voting rights! you can see 2024's auction here: auction.romancingthevote.com

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*gritting teeth* The only way to stop being a quitter is to stop quitting, the only way to stop being a quitter is to stop quitting.

I hate Bluesky in the RIGHT way (by using it coz I have to coz Twitter went to shit and Threads is even worse).

#AwesomeCharacters Noah: Warlock Benjamin: bard Cordie: Rogue Beth: Ranger or Cleric

Okay. I am working on SpaceAceWIP (yes, again.)

Even if Picky didn’t have terrible recommendations in the epilogue, it’s a dangerous book predicated on an incorrect hypothesis. It presents itself as a history book that says American kids have been modeled into “pickiness” by corporations.

Who remaining from the Bad Place remembers my aroace space opera circa 2017-2018? It's finally time to re-draft from scratch.

My book comes out in the US today. If you spot her, say hi? www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/danai...

surely, *surely* I know people with stories that fit yes? send them in (no, no I haven't written any of my own ideas for it yet 😭)

At some point there needs to be a *proper* conversation about how cruelty has become a new normal for so many people. And we can't just keep putting it down to structures. Too many people with plenty of agency are actively choosing this.

@ people who think sex averse and sex repulsed aces should "compromise" for the sake of their partner: that's coercion. You shouldn't have to learn to "endure" it for the sake of your partner. If it's not an ENTHUSIASTIC yes, it's a no. It should not be something you dread, fear, or do reluctantly.

(kicks down the door) AND GUESS WHAT. You don't have to be ace to be in a relationship without sex! You can 100% experience attraction and not want to act on it! I'm sure there are allo/allo relationships out there without sex. Stop policing people's sex lives (or lack thereof!)

Wild that people can suspend disbelief for dragons, magic, and tall ships in space but it's beyond their capabilities to imagine a happy ace/allo relationship without sex.

Re: negative goodreads reviews: I don't read the Ace of Hearts goodreads reviews anymore. They're none of my business. 1/3

A thing I offer to my friends (must be FRIENDS): I will look through your book's goodreads reviews and screencap and DM you the nice ones so you're not crushed by the less positive reviews. You deserve to know what people love about your books!

If you're looking for a sign to do it scared, this is it. I stopped writing for seven (SEVEN!!!) years because I was afraid to start again.

sometimes the little coffee treats are load-bearing

Someone on threads snidely remarked that "insecurity is treated like a moral virtue." Girl (gender neutral, derogatory.) Do you think I LIKE being insecure? Do you think I'm PROUD of it? It's miserable. No one ENJOYS or FEELS RIGHTEOUS about thinking they suck!

We came home to our kitchen flooded again. We thought it was taken care of but I guess it's not. I'm so sorry to keep bringing this up and asking for help but I'm getting desperate. We need to leave here.

I would love to pay a lot of taxes and live in a city that works. I am somewhat less thrilled about paying a lot of taxes so our schools can fail and a billionaire can get a nicer vanity castle.

Explain this to me. Someone gives me a compliment: I am deeply suspicious. I get confirmation from various sources with less bias that the compliment is valid: still deeply suspicious. Someone says one (1) negative thing about me: yep this is gospel and I’m accepting it as irrefutable fact

The universe, conspiring to create me: "yes let's make this one a total yapper on the internet, but make it almost impossible for them to talk out loud. And neuroses? Give them a dozen. No. TWO dozen. And six comorbid chronic conditions. As a little treat."

thinking about this tumblr post (www.tumblr.com/bumblebeebat...)

💕💸 #HelpSky #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive

My tummy hurts and I'm being SO brave about it

ACAB and that includes gatekeepers within communities and Oppression Olympics cops.

Am I going to get drawn and quartered for this? Probably, because the internet is the bad place with not one ounce of nuance. However. I just saw something asking for "queer and lesbian" book recs. I'm going to hold your hand when I say this.

To be clear, I love my niblings so, so much. I would move heaven and earth for them. If you told me I'd have to have a child of my own or die, I'd choose death. Easily. Happily. Every time. It's valid to want a kid, or kids. It's also valid to NEVER EVER WANT THAT. There's no one right way to be.

Y'know what every day I wish I wasn't AFAB but I ALSO EVEN MORE FORCEFULLY don't want to be AMAB. I don't want to be anything. I JUST WANT TO EXIST AS A BODYLESS PRESENCE ON THE INTERNET.

Hmm, yeah, sorry, if you’re being hypocritical, people get to call you that. If you’re using AI based on my writing and going “oh but I don’t agree with them stealing that, though”, by using it, you are giving tacit approval. I’m so sorry. Certain things ARE black and white.

I am one (1) inconvenience away from becoming a supervillain btw

"Under-babied"? What the genuine fuck?

Most everything I write has at least one ace if not more characters (write what you know!) Avery from Avery Mothmere Amelia from Once Upon a Wave of Witches My animal protagonists from Nightshade and Wren's Aria Q in my mystery series & too many of my stories to list here! (Links in pinned post 🙂)

some advice from an AFAB in their mid30s: get into strength or some kind of resistance training before you turn 30 bone density & strength don't just happen on their own or by drinking calcium you do not want to trip and fall in your 40s and wind up with a preventable fracture or break

I don't want to single-handedly market my book and juggle all the aspects myself versus "fuck it, we ball (self publish)"