It's my birthday. Be kind. The world needs a lot more kindness. If you don't feel up to being kind today, go pet a puppy or a baby goat. You'll feel better and then can be kind. (Coffee or tea might help too!) You can also buy my books! www.amazon.com/stores/Miya-...

Here's one thing you can do: a disney+ subscription is around 16 dollars. Go on Patreon/Kofi, find your top 16 creators/youtubers with less than a million subscribers and give them each $1 a month. Changes lives, believe me

Eyes painted, keychains attached.... My hands are now wrapped in compression wraps to ease the pain

I'll be in Dixon, IL at Fall and Fantasy Fest this weekend. It's a free, family friendly event running 10a-4pm Saturday and Sunday—rain or shine. Over 80 vendors, food trucks, petting zoo, bounce house, black powder demos, and more!

Romance writers (and readers), pay attention.

Today, I'm starting on something scary and exciting. In a few weeks, I'll be launching the first episode of my YouTube show, wherein I will read a short story of my own making while illustrating a piece of artwork to accompany it. Follow in advance here: www.youtube.com/@CozyKathryn Details ⬇️

Twin 1: (T2)! Why are there 42 videos in the group chat????? (Tiktok) Twin 2: 42 is the answer to life. And you were taking too long in the shower.

Heyo. Been offline while recovering. It's been rough & I'm doing my best to not make it worse by trying to operate at 100% Unfortunately capitalism doesn't care about any of that. If anyone has some work they need done or a couple credits for the tip jar it would really help. ko-fi.com/mcetching

When your mom sends you $ for your birthday, and you're all excited that you can pay some medical bills and possibly get yourself a small something after, and then your car needs repairs for more than that in order to get you anywhere. At least we can afford the repairs thanks to her.

The dice and runes I poured look like shadow filled red jello with royal purple flakes.... Maybe I'll call the colorway demon prince.

I turn 45 in a few weeks. I miss game nights and cooking for a crowd. *Kicks my immune system*

When an RPG streamer is abducted by the prince of Hell to be his bride, she decides being the queen won't be so bad. She can run a media empire from there- starting with finding a wife for her father-in-law, Lucifer Queenie Queen, Queen of Hell is free today on Kindle! www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSR912DQ/

Right now, when any material related to Romance, sex, or even just diverse perspectives are facing censorship and demonetization under the guise of “protecting children” the Romance community should be allying with SWers as they are at the forefront of the fight for free expression. #Romancelandia

In most cases, where a nsfw creator has set up shop is the most feasible place for them to be and it's not fair to ask them to pack up and start over again and again in increasingly obscure places which translates to huge income hits

As a romance writer who makes more on Patreon per month than I usually do in royalties, this worries me. My Patreon covers my business expenses in lean months and allows me to afford to be an indie writer.

This. I say this with the full transparency of me being a creator on Patreon: You're not hurting Patreon. They can weather it. Small creators can't. We've seen this over and over again. Every time it's the same story played out. Use your voice, not your silence.

So, with RFK wanting to eliminate vaccines, I think it is time to pass this around again.

Glitter is my favorite business expense.

First week back to school for the teenagers means I'm relearning routines, schedules, and trying to catch up on work from the prior 8 1/2 months of chaos crisis mode and recovery from the worst of it.

truly I need you guys to know that "North Chicago" is an extremely deceptive town name and that Great Lakes Naval Station is way way closer to WISCONSIN than Chicago. You can take a commuter train. But it's not even peak rush hour rn and it's a 90+ minute drive from Great Lakes to Michigan Avenue.

One of my favorite parts about the actual writing process is when the plot reveals itself to you as you're going. Sort of an "Oh, so that's why the character did that thing five chapters ago!"

Prepping my pantries for the coming winter. need to get stuff for pickling and preserves. Moving slow & doing my best to both recover & heal while doing what I need to do to keep afloat in this modern economy. Got a 25% off discount at the shop & active fundraising goal for the month ❤️

🍂September is here🍂 Time to get cosy 😌 New freebie coming soon, but the rest of them can keep you company in the meantime ✨ ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...

Relief is finding that you have six sets of dice in your project organized polished and only needing ink and another round of polishing before they're ready to package when you were panicking about having enough product for events this fall.

Chapter Ten of Reality Check is also posted to my Patreon. Now to catch up on chores and then rest. <3

Alright. We are both smart. Well, smart enough. We found our way through Evera’s blasted taint of the underground…the underground beneath the stinking sewers full of rats and worse-than-rats…and found a missing treasure. We can find a book. In a library. For sure. We can do this. #WIP #RealityCheck

It's so disheartening to write these days, but I keep doing so in hopes that it'll make a difference to even one person. Bringing people a few moments of joy or even "just" distraction from the world is all I've wanted to do. Chapter Nine of Reality Check is up on my Patreon.

Hey yo, I dont know who needs to hear this so it's probably you. You're a crafter. A maker. An artist. You dont make shit that appeals to EVERYBODY. What you make fuckin matters, to SOMEBODY. You've changed a life on your journey & you may never even know the impact you've had. Fuckin own that.

An expanded version of my Hate Mates anthology short story is now available! When a Devon Rex shifter is prevented from being with his Shiba Inu mate to protect his family secret, fate sometimes has to intervene.... All secrets are exposed during a Full Moon Rain. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMKQ93CY

It's so hard to focus on my active stories when my brain has a different pot of tea brewing that it would like to pour all over the pages. I'm determined to finish at least one of them before I start anything new.

Blood dripped from thorn-wrapped canes of blackberry throughout the center of the Bramble. It was the first time I was ever allowed this deep into the sacred space my father protected since the day we arrived in Patch. “The vow will become your world.” #WardensOfTheBramble #indieauthors

It's cool enough and not so humid that we were able to turn off the ac and open windows today. It'll be nice to save even a little money off our energy bill the next few days.

Full Moon Rain, the enemies to lovers story I wrote for the charity anthology Hate Mates, has been expanded into a novella. A cat shifter has had to hide what he is to protect his family's power. When he's caught in the rain and forced to shift, a Shiba Inu shifter helps keep his secrets. #romance

More soon. artificerind.threadless.com

It’s not exactly easy to have a conversation mid-fuck, especially with my father standing only a few feet away. “Can you please get off?” he snaps at Poppy. “Already have, several times…sir.” (My favorite line from Full Moon Rain. Poppy is a Shiba Inu shifter and rather sassy.)

The Patreon survey on AI was not very hopeful. It came across much more of a "how hard are we going to have to cover our butts to prevent losing creators by embracing AI?" and less "what are your thoughts on AI?"

Three grumpy mages are oathbound to protect or sacrifice all magical creatures to save their world. When the Wardens of the Bramble rescue a woman after she's been exiled from Earth, they find a third path opens to them: can they love her? MMFM, plus-sized FMC #QueerPit #FR #A

#ThursThreads Week 672 Winners blog is up. Congratulations to THIRTY-EIGHT TIME WINNER @sterlings-son-2.bsky.social . Great thanks to @davidaludwig.bsky.social for judging this week. Check out the winning tale and his comments. #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads...

*cries* buy my stickers

Tomorrow is two weeks on the new medication I fought like hell to get my doctors to try me on to reduce my kidney stress and edema. My legs look like legs, my pain levels are way down, and two days in a row I've woken feeling good. It's been 2020 at least since I wasn't just trudging through.

A comic book artist and a sculptor decide to share custody of a shelter dog. Romance happens! (they do it) A Walk in the Park is available now in ebook and audiobook! rebekahweatherspoon.... 💗 two plus size MCs 💗 forced proximity 💗 a sweet doggy #booksky #romancelandia #blacksky

I bought aluminum rings because they were mandrel sizes I didn't have, but the rings aren't within tolerances despite being the same size as the tutorial called for. The rings around the pips keep popping open. I don't have $ to order from a new vendor, so the dice will have to wait until next yr.

Rally 'round the family and make this happen, friends. This Little Teashop That Could is a wonderful part of their local community, a knowledgeable and diligent tea haven, and a safe harbor for many souls that need more places to find home. Go pick up some treats or donate to their survival!

There's something heartachingly awful in being invited to take part in a convention that is floundering to get enough authors there to keep attendees going, a convention you had applied to and been declined. I'd love to be a "known" author, but I don't need the money enough for it be from that.

Today we find out how fubar we are from medical bills. Side benefit of the new med: I don't feel the physical effects of anxiety. While that makes a definite mind/body disconnect right now, it is nice being able to go through the motions of the day and not be a wreck.

A new freebie fresh out of the oven. Just for you. ✨Free for personal and commercial use ✨ (Not to be used alongside AI slop, cuz fuck that shit) ko-fi.com/s/404c638eb3

The most picked up books on my table yesterday: d3some, Caffeinated Copulation, and Santa's Sweet Shifters.

I'm looking at photos of my favorite dice I've made as inspiration to go finish cleaning my resin workspace so I can make more tomorrow to be ready for the two big gaming events I have this fall. Also? The rhinestones for my chainmail d6s arrived yesterday. I'm excited!

Yesterday's sales at the Kenosha Harbor Marketplace may not have been where I'd hoped to get me in a good place financially for the big business bills coming up next month, but it was still a beautiful day outside.

★★★ LAST CHANCE ★★★ Hate Mates, an enemies to lovers, dark romance charity anthology in honor and memory of Catherine Wiltcher will be unavailable soon! All proceeds will be donated to Bowel Cancer U.K. amzn.to/4iXeEDu