Wrote my #FlashFictionCountdown piece in the ...In a Pear Tree 🎄 world. Haven't done that for many Decembers, though the first few Countdowns had a bunch of IaPT stories. Guess that's what happens when I focus on the old novel for the first time in years. #AmWriting

Haven't started, but my brain is considering: a new A Paranormal Bromance book! But, Sage, you say, Ren's not a ghost & they're a romance now 🤫 Blake, Ren, & Joy start a paranormal investigation service. Blake brings the sensitivity, Ren brings the enthusiasm (& snacks) #WritingPrompt #WritingQ

Ugh, forgot the attachment in a submission yesterday 😫 The editors were very nice & asked me to send them this morning

#DeckTheHalls I did Mother Nature & Father Time as a unit for another card, but the Hierophant can only be Father Time. Upright: She is the educator of all Winters & Summers when they are young, teaching them to read & write, plus math & science, with a focus on meteorology...

Ren is Santa, bringing joy to whoever he can. Also, magic, whee! Blake is Scrooge, bah humbug!* #QueerPrompts (*ok, Blake has his Santa moments, almost all centered on Ren, like when he gifts him a working that’d temporarily make him human or goes on a dangerous quest for a wish for Ren’s sake)

SFWA has a survey out for feedback on AI use in the industry. You don't have to be a member or even a writer to participate. Please share. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...

#WIPSnips Stone. Our hero in his first encounter with Damion, the necromancer. Text in the alt. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips The Single Source Of Truth is the Library of The Serpent of Fraud. In the black books, every lie told. In the white books, every truth. In the grey books, every half truth. Levi gives Blake his own black book. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting

The seven swans are these ballet statues, usually pointing towards another gift…or away from danger #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From …In A Pear Tree🎄🩰

Subbed a bunch of stuff today. I haven’t done much subbing this December (or November), so my number of subs out there was feeling low to me. Glad to have new (& old) things out there!

You can read my microfic “Subject: Invasion” here on Rat Bag Lit for free. If you’re behind on Christmas shopping, it might give you some ideas! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas #MeleKalikimaka #FlashFictionCountdown #AmPublished ratbaglit.substack.com/p/subject-in...

For Sunny Ray, it’s the vines he has for hair. They are shoulder-length & have purple buds on the end. He’s a fan of them, even that one he can’t keep out of his face. Because it always tempts Jack to push it behind his ear, the closest thing he gets to Jack touching his face #AwesomeCharacters

“Subversive, cleverly written, challenging and surprising” – Cory Doctorow The Unidentified by Rae Mariz Kids invent ways to rebel against corporate control in a fun tech dystopia (Mean Girls meets Ready Player One) New updated edition OUT NOW: books2read.com/b/bpJdnq

Caught up on the #FlashFictionCountdown! I hate being behind 😬 #AmWriting

Being "too Rube Goldberg to be functional" has never stopped Poe before 😂 From Poe's arc of The Atlas Brothers Break the Multiverse #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting

My 6-year-old niece told me that she doesn't think the snowmen are really invading. But Joel seems like a pretty reliable source, if you ask me ☃️🛸 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #HappyHolidays #MeleKalikimaka

#DeckTheHalls The League in the Hero/Villain trilogy is the Justice card Upright: Holding superhumans accountable with rules they must follow & reviews they must perform to be deemed a "superhero" rather than a villain. In theory, they're a beacon of hope & truth for civilian & hero, alike

Sneak peek of an important moment in the final installment :)

Sharing a bit of my #hopepunk novel for the #WIPSnips word for Dec 22, "angle." Just getting ready to go work at the new alien zoo. #scifi #WIP #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writers #writing #aliens #solarpunk #zoo #cozy @wipsnips.bsky.social

#WIPsnips #angle

Soryl is about to have to fight a berserker #WIPSnips #WIP #AmWriting #WritingPrompts #Writers #Writing #Authors #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #DarkFantasy #Necromancy

Xmas = Christmas Exmas= When you’re back home for the holidays, and you run into your ex and decide to take the high road by telling them they look good

Blake in the first chapter of A Paranormal Bromance👻💙 has a very different view on Ren’s pout than in the post-trilogy short I wrote a few days ago. He’s also more likely to just do things now without Ren annoying him into it 😇 #WritingPrompt #FlashFictionCounydown #WriteSky

You can read my microfic “Subject: Invasion” here on Rat Bag Lit for free. If you’re behind on Christmas shopping, it might give you some ideas! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas #MeleKalikimaka #FlashFictionCountdown #AmPublished ratbaglit.substack.com/p/subject-in...

Today's story is "Subject: Invasion" by Sage Collins. @sagecollins.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros #scarysanta ratbaglit.substack.com/p/subject-in...

The Pear Tree is found! It’s behind a shield, so that’s only sorta helpful, but baby steps #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From …In A Pear Tree🎄🏰

…In a Pear Tree🎄👻 The way to the Hens’ house, to the barn, to the Workshop, to the tailor’s, & to the hospital, plus how to accidentally defeat monsters by having a snowball fight, & how to waltz #QueerPrompts (Corrected the hashtag)

SSLS Yes, even Hale, who grew up on a kakhole of a planet, had a regular education, until he got to the Kinnara at 13, where he--like all the teens--had their studies interspersed with their duties, & some were studies for their duties #AwesomeCharacters

Ooh, they previewed my story that comes out tomorrow 🥰

Ratty Holidays! We’ve know you’ve been naughty, but who are we to judge? We’re just a bunch of rats! And no matter what’s going on between you and the jolly guy who leaves all the cookie crumbs, we rats decided we’d be good and treat you... [Read more at:] ratbaglit.substack.com/p/naughty-or...

I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.

#DeckTheHalls Strength is Johee. Johee knows exactly who she is and isn't afraid to be it, even growing up with people who do not understand trans folks. She has the bravery to fight back, in the face of a lecherous captain who will surely lock her up (or worse) for doing so...

December 21st – silver Today, Fox finally exorcises a demon. #DawnsBlood #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

G'morning #WIPSnips! Day two of me doing nothing writing related for a little rest break for finishing TLC's first draft. Feels weird not to write. Well here we see Jennifer doing working, as will be come usual in her future. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

They left Klepto out of Rudolph’s song… …for a reason #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From …In A Pear Tree🎄🦌

So easy for Jack Frost and Sunny Ray. Sunny Ray: Summer solstice on the beach Jack Frost: Winter solstice in the snow This is why they meet in spring/fall #QueerPrompts

Issue 4 of @icaruszine.bsky.social is here! It's filled with some excellent stuff, and I'm so psyched to part of their line up :) (seriously, please grab an issue!)

Me: I don't do ships like that Also me: Sunny & Jack: 🌞❄️ Evie & Ace: 🦸‍♀️🦹 Ren & Blake: 👻💙 (Okay, this is a bit cheating. Blake should probably be 🥱 or 🪄, but this is the ship combo)

Christmas #Caturday from Luna

SCWWGC Sunny loves praise and compliments, and accepts them beamingly. He gets flustered if it's Jack giving him the compliment, though. Jack will accept them with a curt nod, showing as little emotion as possible #AwesomeCharacters

#DeckTheHalls For confusion & subconscious, we've got to go with Evie (or perhaps just her brain). As you here on #WriteSky know, Evie has more than 1 person in her brain. This leads to much confusion as she loses time & finds herself where she doesn't expect to be. Especially in book 1...

The best gift of Christmas. And, ooh, it came with a toy inside!

They set the watered tree on fire 30 seconds before the dry tree because otherwise you wouldn’t even notice what was going on with it.

In case you were wondering how Summer ended up in Christmasland, it’s the turtle/dove’s fault #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From …In A Pear Tree🎄🐢🪽

Blake and Ren: All the banter all the time Sunny Ray & Jack Frost: Jack making the decision to touch Ray for any reason (usually just his vines) Ace: Being ridiculously dramatic Evie: Fight scenes Lilia: backstory of her & Nico Nico: “conversation” #AwesomeCharacters

#DeckTheHalls Max Speed is the world. A child star turned heartthrob whose parents (who own a production co) pushed him into it. He joined the war because he wanted to, was the top fighter on his ship, then took on an unknown to help him produce a new show...

G'morning #WIPSnips! Try not to pull something while you're bending over backwards to catch a glimpse of TLC high up in the sky! These officers are certainly struggling with this. #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

We all deal with grief in our own way #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity From …In A Pear Tree🎄🎶

Smacked the back of my hand on the metal doorknob & it’s really hurting, so I guess I won’t be writing tonight