my queer cozy horror THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in 10 days, and that's the book all the answers were from tonight! preorder, request it at your library, tell your friends, yell on socials, etc etc thank you #LateNightWrite bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

If you respond to my post in bad faith, I will reply accordingly.

#QueerWritersChat Q4: Yes! Wound Up is set in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, about an hour west of where I live in Illinois.

#QueerWritersChat Q3: yes. Hesper’s abusive father is based on my own. People are like “wow he’s CARTOONISHLY EVIL” and I’m like “YEP HE SURE IS” knowing there are men out there who are 100% Like That. And Noah’s experiences of being an asexual, autistic genderqueer person are based on mine.

#QueerWritersChat Q2: Yes. I worked through a LOT of my own family trauma writing Ace of Hearts. And Noah, the main character of Wound Up, has autistic traits inspired by my own lived experience.

#QueerWritersChat Q1: Hiii I’m Lucy and I’m currently working on an audio drama script while querying Wound Up, my mm asexual yarn shop romance!

Saw someone ask for “queer ace” books and a thing no one is ready to discuss is that all ace books are queer, because asexuality is queerness.

Tw: cancer screenings Okay. Survived my encounter at the high cancer risk clinic, got informed that one of my genetic mutations means a much higher colon cancer risk, and my paternal grandma had colon cancer in her sixties, so I have to start screening for that now 🙃

#QueerPrompts July 7: It depends on the depth of the slight. Noah is INCREDIBLY petty. Ben is easy-going about minor things but will hold a grudge til the day he DIES against people who hurt the people he loves. Hurt him? Fine, water under the bridge. Hurt Noah or Beth? It’s on SIGHT.

GOOD MORNING We are sitting at $1240, a full 75% of the way to our goal! Can we hit $1400 today? Every dollar goes straight into disabled authors' pockets to help us write more books!

I don’t swim. I’m happy for people who do, and for people who enjoy it! I do not judge people who do and they’re welcome to swim all they want. But it’s not my jam. I personally find it yucky and that’s okay. (This is not JUST about swimming but no one is ready for that conversation.)

If my aroace ass had to watch Ariel and Eric kiss my whole life because EVEN CHILDREN’S MEDIA IS ALLONORMATIVE AND AMATONORMATIVE maybe y’all adults bitchin’ about the HANDFUL of books and movies without romance and sex, either explicit or implied, can take SEVERAL seats.

“I can’t read a book without spice!” Skill issue, I don’t want to read books WITH spice but it’s all that ever gets published so I have no fucking choice. Not every book has to contain sex. Not everyone has or wants sex. If you don’t see those people as human, YOU are the asshole.

I did a promotional post for Wound Up, my queer adult yarn shop romance novel. Someone immediately commented, and I quote, “Is there spice? 👀”

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#QueerWritersChat Q5: I have two books already out with a small indie press, but if you want to keep up with news on Wound Up, my mm yarn shop romance with a high strung ace and his flirty trans love interest, subscribe to my newsletter (in my pinned) or join my discord server! discord.gg/k8RCDyrh

#QueerWritersChat Q4: lol lmao (sobs in ADHD with time blindness and no executive function)

#QueerWritersChat Q3: Beth Tasch has never been late to one (1) thing ever in her life on principle. She has her shit together. Noah Wakefield does not have his shit together, however, he is very high strung and thrives on routines and schedules so his time management is impeccable.

#QueerWritersChat Q2: I’m gonna be so real 95% of my writing happens on my phone in stolen moments with about 5% on my computer at work over my lunch break.

(Rolls up two hours late to #QueerWritersChat with an iced coffee) Q1: Hiiiii I’m Lucy and I’m in the query trenches with Wound Up, my cozy adult MM ace yarn shop romance. I am not currently writing, I am taking a little break to refill the well!

#QueerWritersChat Q1 Hello! I’m Alex Larkspur and I write queer fantasy! My current WIPs are: 🪶The Bird and the Blade - MM Fantasy Romance with bandits 🩵Apocalypse WIP - MM Fantasy Romance during a magical apocalypse 🪻Flower Fairy WIP - Cozy Fantasy Romance with a garden fairy More info in 🧵

OK I'll admit it: I am constantly refreshing the page to see if we've hit $500 yet WE'RE SO CLOSE

So right now Wound Up’s status: - 19 outstanding queries - one submission to a small independent press - 12-14 rejections How would YOU 🫵 like to see wound up? Self pubbed book + audio drama? Indie pubbed book? Trad pubbed book?

I went here and everyone knew you

I started a discord server for people interested! I’ll be building that today. discord.gg/XGmBK7tj

Question: would you support a MM contemporary romance audio drama about rival yarn shop owners in their forties falling in love? 👀

Svaha Kaleidoscope dress with POCKETS my absolute beloved

*sigh* I hate doing this, fucking again, but it's the end of the month and I'm about 100 usd short on bills. If anyone's able to help I would be immensely grateful. ko-fi.com/blackbirb

There are 48 hours left to get Common Bonds 3's authors the same pay as the Common Bonds and Common Bonds 2 crews. Please please please help me reach new backers? One last sprint of putting our aromantic sffh antho in front of as many queer sff readers as we can? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

Virtual tabletop group: we've been playing for thirty seconds and this just got posted in the chat 😂😂

Reupping the bundles by other authors because I adore their works and everyone should go get them

What do you do if there is no next book for you. That you have one idea worth writing every five to seven years so you CAN’T just churn out books and hope that the next one is The One.

Reason 575467 why I hate summer: In the winter I go to bed when I’m tired, because it gets dark at like 5 pm so any bedtime feels reasonable. Try going to bed at 7:30 when the fuck-ass sun doesn’t set til 9 pm in June, challenge level: impossible.

So. l am…maybe despairing a little about Wound Up. Should I self pub? Should I try indie again? Should I acknowledge that writing may not be in my best interest at this time?

….okay. I know I should just improve Wound Up to a point where trad pub will actually want it. But honestly, I wrote it the best way I know how and I don’t want to change it. I *like* it the way it is.

Violet Lichen is NOW OPEN to novella queries until June 30th! 🌱🍄 We're seeking speculative and literary ecofiction and sci-fi between 30-45k words. We look forward to reading your work! Read Full Submission Guidelines: violetlichen.com/submissions/ Query Portal: querytracker.net/query/Violet...

35 more backers at the $25 CAD tier puts this over!

Maybe all Indigenous communities should have running water before data centers get a drop.

5 things you will probably find in most of my books: - aspec main characters - grouchy, difficult main characters getting cherished - characters who travel in packs like neurodivergent queer wolves - my obsessions (libraries, yarn, art) - ride or die friendships

In case you’re wondering why indie authors are struggling so much right now: I started pushing marketing hard in March. We are now almost halfway through the calendar year.

TW: food Lunch for me and my mom: mini air fryer pizza bowls!

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I am a big fan of “don’t yuck someone’s yum” (as long as it’s not hurting anyone). However, as someone terrified of not being in complete control of my own actions and life, AND an arospec ace, fated mates gives me the big ick.

guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.

Me: Time to read a new book! Dark me: What if you... REread a book instead?

“Everyone does [x thing]” *shoots you with my laser vision, leaving you a smoldering heap of ash* NO!!!! Not everybody!!!

Perfect for a parent and child duo, this pair of handknit hats is available in my Etsy shop. Knitted by hand in a smoke-free, pet-free home. merryandmae.etsy.com/listing/4520...

I am doing content pulls for promotion for The Endless Sea Between Us, my sapphic YA mermaid romantasy, which will be on sale at some point in July 👀 1 Like = 1 line I pulled