Another day, another spam AI email claiming to have loved Love At Frost Sight and telling me it delivers an "unhinged level of serotonin explosion". Which is lovely and all but the ARCs haven't even gone out yet and you're inventing scenes that don't exist 🤣🤣

I absolutely adore working with Lauren on my Christmas covers and they always come out so gorgeously! Plus Lauren will take my ridiculous requests of "Think Christmas but then add MORE" and make the most beautiful cover.

I'm helping out with a Halloween drag show tonight and had totally forgotten about the whole costume thing. So I'll be going in a hoodie, ratty joggers, slippers with a giant mug so I can be author on a deadline 😂 A deadline is the most terrifying thing I know anyway!

If there is one thing I loathe more than anything about writing, it's timelines. In book timelines, in series timelines, in universe timelines - all of them are the utterly bane of my existence & I hate them! (Signed someone who realised they've made yet another timeline mistake in this book. Fml)

Now Available on Amazon: The Winger 💚 Looking for more MM rugby romance? The get The Winger now and meet the mulleted menace looking for his HEA. Available on Kindle, KU, in audio & in paperback. 📖 Ebook: mybook.to/thewinger

I got my physical copy of the Soap's Journal zine today with all the gorgeous swag and it's all so beautiful I could cry 😭 @mildlimerence.bsky.social and Rune you created something so gorgeous and everyone involved absolutely smashed it! I'm obsessed 😍

Now Available Direct: The Winger 💚 Are you ready to see the Knights' mulleted menace get his happily ever after? Because the The Winger is now live on my webstore! 📖 Direct Ebook: charlienovakshop.com -- Includes exclusive NSFW artwork by @muepin.art that proves mullets are sexy!

So The Winger, my next MM rugby romance, is out tomorrow on my webstore & if you pre-order/buy direct from me you'll get super spicy art included that proves mullets can look sexy AF! 🥵 Art by the fabulous @muepin.art Pre-order direct here: charlienovakshop.com

THIS MONTH! 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🏳️‍🌈💘💋 Join our trans rights cabaret, Leeds, 28th September! Featuring amazing performances from local drag artists, explanations of the law affecting trans people, and fundraising for @goodlawproject.bsky.social's trans rights fund! Book now: www.eventbookings.com/b/event/law-...

28th September! THAT'S REAL SOON! Come join us for a drag cabaret, with performances from amazing local artists, and some much needed clarity about trans rights and the law! £5 tickets! Tickets online or at the door. Share, like, spread the news! www.eventbookings.com/b/event/law-...

Just a reminder: Freydis Moon is not a Mexican author. They are a a white person pretending to be Latinx. Do not give them any money. And yes they have a new book about to drop in the middle of Latinx heritage month.

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

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Just finished writing a (very belated) spicy bonus scene for my Patreon featuring Orlando, Charles, and Jude and it is like 99% filth 🥵🥵 Sweet filth. Praise-filled filth. Adoring filth. But also there is a lot of c*m.

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Out Now: THE NSFW PROMPTS 💜 Available exclusively at charlienovakshop.com These short pieces of flash-fiction, originally written for my Patreon, are steamy snippets, allowing you to catch up with some your favourites as they explore a variety of kinks, talk dirty, and get filthy.

ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧 The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products! This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word! The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

So, TikTok has pretty much shadowbanned my old account so I have a shiny new one with lots of gorgeous aesthetic posts and so many fun teasers for The Winger! I'm super closer to 500 followers on there so come and join me at: www.tiktok.com/@charlienova...

#SaveSpeech 🚨If you're in Europe, remember to contact your EU representatives to tell them you are OPPOSED to chat control.🚨 Even if your country's already against this, contact them anyway! Contact your reps: fightchatcontrol.eu Help stop Chat Control: www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha...

Taking a break from my rugby romance tonight to write my current Patreon serial, which is set in an ice cream shop and today they're discussing the new tiramisu flavour they're testing. So now I really, really need some ice cream, just to make sure I get the vibes right.

I'm eyeball deep in writing Danny & Ezra's book and I'm so in love with them it's unreal. They're funny, sweet, messy, and both struggling with various aspects of themselves, but they're also starting to help each other heal & bring out the best in the other. I can't wait for you to meet them! 🥰

It's over - The Polari Prize has been halted for 2025. Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author. Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.

One Week Left To Get Delicious! 🥐 📖 Get the Delicious Anthology until 24th August Find the ebook here: mybook.to/deliciousant... Don't miss your last chance to help us raise money for some incredible charities. All proceeds will be split between two UK LGBTQ+ charities: Switchboard & akt

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

My little emo heart is happy, I'm going to see My Chemical Romance next year!!! 😭🖤

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

So those booktok girlies who think the book community shouldn't be political are going to wake up one day to the news explicit books is now illegal because they are seriously trying to pass a porn ban. What are you going to do then, smarty pants?

Romance writers? You are not going to be exempt from this. GOP senator's bill to make all porn a federal crime advances to committee www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/12/s...

15 of 24 authors, and two judges, have now withdrawn. First Book: Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Hanako Footman, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas Main: Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies

14 of 24 authors have now withdrawn. First Book: Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas Main: Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies Judges: Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes

VERY excited about this. Please do come if you can! And if you can't: share, tell friends and allies, spread the word! Good fun for a good cause! Trans rights in the UK are under attack. Drag artists are uniting in solidarity to speak out. Public legal outreach is crucial. Come join us! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈✊️💕

Visa says they're still drowning today! Payment processors think that we're not organized enough to keep this up but it's we either prove them wrong or submit to global censorship so it's. not much of a contest. Keep calling all 4!!

Freaking out (in the best way) at the new Trephacard family portrait on the new, official Castlevania boxset. It's so perfect and I am frothing at the mouth! 😍😍

@pegaslick.bsky.social is so lovely to work with and super talented! Authors if you're looking for more fabulous character art, definitely drop them an email!

if your use of paypal is primarily as a customer or otherwise are NOT somebody that makes a living off adult work, you are the best people to pressure paypal! there is a risk of retaliation for adult creators, but if you don't have that risk, please call!

Good morning! Visa is starting to hang up or refusing escalation when asked about censorship. If you get hung up on, call back to complain about it until you get an employee who will record your complaints. Make sure to leave that person a positive review!

Keep going! Mastercard (US): +1-914 249-2000 Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111 Visa (US + Can): +1 (650) 432-3200 Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440 PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000 Mastercard (Aus): 1800-120-113 Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372 Mastercard (CA): 1-800-307-7309 Mastercard (UK): 0800-96-4767

Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard. These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.

You didn't think we'd forget about you two, did you? All payment processors get love! :) While Mastercard and Visa are drowning, these two have been feeling a bit neglected. u_u stop-paypros.neocities.org #SaveSpeech

I think Visa and Mastercard may be getting a lot of calls about their adult content policies, but I just called in to PayPal and not only was there no wait, the customer service rep I got had never had one of these calls before (they were very nice about it.)

I have acquired a content calendar spreadsheet with colour coding, drop downs, monthly tabs, categories and all the fun things so my team and I can plan things and it's amazing! I fear this is about to become my personality for the next month or so, but who doesn't love a good spreadsheet?

Create NSFW art Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like Always resist oppression

Some people were asking about scripts for credit card company complaints, this is the gist of my approach

"no sex scenes unless it serves the plot" the plot is I want to see them fuck nasty and that's actually legal

If you call visa or mastercard to complain about their adult content policy and they direct you to an email, do not leave until you've said your piece and asked your questions. Email inboxes collect dust but if you call, they're forced to interact with you.

Icymi indie game & book marketplace itch rushed to comply with payment processors' demands to scrub "NSFW" products I'm a fucking adult who wants to use my adult money to buy things. Fuck OFF with this puritanical bullshit.

Here’s a short script: “Hello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isn’t rescinded and fixed."

This itch.io kerfuffle seems like a good time to remind you that it is not and never has been a war on pornography. It's a war on women and marginalised people to attack and remove their capacity for earning income and financial independence.

Chase bank were behind a lot of prior payment processor porn bans. They hunted down payment processors who accept those transactions, then bought controlling shares and immediately used that power to ban "adult" transactions. Now the little guys are dead, they're going after the biggest ones.