It's incredibly alienating to see people say they want us to talk about our inspiration more when my inspiration is "idk, it popped into my head and wouldn't fuck off"

Werewolves, baked goods, and romance tropes, oh my! #sapphicbooks #nonbinarybooks #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqbooks #sliceoflife #werewolves #indieauthor

I have used “beach” in WIPs, but I went with this conversation about the coast from Borderline: Sidetracked Part 2 because I like it a lot. #WIPSnips

"All authors are using A.I. now." Not true. I use my autism (and my ADHD when it feels like being part of the solution).

you’re telling me I can draw a cartoon guy with a tv for a head and major circa 2010 deviantart OC energy, and people will buy prints of it? 13yo me would never believe that

according to my mom, my child is very much like I was as a young child, including her inexplicably high charisma & effortless ability to make friends at school seems I completely lost my rizz as I got older, though lmao

Once my new job starts, I will be working 10 hours every day, but I will be earning significantly more, so I can only hope my improved financial situation will offset the 2-3 hours of sleep I’m gonna lose out on for the foreseeable future.

Less jokey post, it is Autism Awareness Month and this autistic author would greatly appreciate more eyes on my books ❤️

my book was rejected from the Narratess sale because I applied using its legal name (Sidetracked Part 1) lmao

anyone trying to normalize gen/AI use in creative fields is a hack and deserves to be ridiculed

I have so little interest in using gen/ai during any part of the creative process (or in general) that I would rather die, actually

unedited snippet from To Break A Curse #WIPSnips

In Sidetracked;;; either Carmen or Matthew. They’re both kind of a lot (big, outgoing personalities and love parties) but very friendly. Jayde meets Carmen in book 1 and Matthew in book 2, and she likes them both. They’re cool & fun to be around, and Jayde is always fascinated by extroverts. lol

Hi #tdov enby author here with some dark fantasy books 🖤 and some art to go along with them linktr.ee/1mpavidus

already got a job offer from the place I interview at yesterday yay

unedited snippet from To Break A Curse (Rachel POV) #WIPSnips

Our power went out, but only…halfway? 1 of 4 living room ceiling lights come on when you flip the light switch. Many lights are similar, dimmed, and/or flickering. Stove & space heaters don’t work at all, fridge light is at half brightness. I can still charge my phone. Never seen anything like it. 😵‍💫

one print down ??? prints to go

Using AI to write fanfic is the biggest loser behavior imaginable. You don't even love the things you love enough to actually write about it? Imagine being that pathetic.

If you're a trans author and have a TDOV sale, share it here. Especially if you have yet to get a sale. I want to give you visibility.

I can never tell if job interviews go well or not, but I don’t feel bad about how it went even though one of the interviewers was present at an interview I did last year in which I spent the entire time crying as I answered questions. LMAO I should hear back within the next week or so.

from Something Familiar #WIPSnips

Art comes from the hell of getting from point A to B. You're supposed to trudge through the nightmare that will probably kill you before you ever get anywhere. That's the art of it, simply making it, so just make something

Books should take forever to write. They should torture you your entire life and the things you could have said slightly better should haunt you forever. This is what art is for, transferring the discomfort of being human into something relatable to the other humans

wish me luck at my interview tomorrow I know I’m plenty qualified for the job, but I get gnarly anticipatory anxiety before any event of even minor importance 😅

randomly decided that I wanted barley soup for dinner, so I’m making barley soup

Just made a Sidetracked Series digital boxset available on ko-fi & itch. You can now buy the entire series (4 books!) for the price of a single paperback. 👉 ko-fi.com/s/e7121da9ac 👉 intpsam.itch.io/sidetracked-...

I have an 80% complete Triple Baka Miku/Teto/Neru print, a 35% complete TADC Jax print, and thumbnail sketches for Vox/Alastor, Bill Cipher, and solo Miku Hatsune prints so here’s to hoping I manage to finish at least 3 of those in the next 12 days lol

I paid for the vendor spot at the local high school comic con, and I’m so excited, but now I NEED to finish at least a few fandom prints asap 💀

Daniel probably sold two dozen perfectly preserved historical artifacts from his personal collection at highly variable flea market prices to pay for this car, and Crystal is like “ok why, tho?” #WIPSnips

I love writing characters crashing out. lmao Everyone in Sidetracked’s main cast gets a chance to crash out at least a little. Ice crashes out over dumb shit on the reg, but most of my other OCs take a lot more pushing, so their crash outs are more justified (and also all directly caused by Ice 💀)

from Sunrise (the final Jayde dream sequence I’ll probably ever write 😭) #WIPSnips

My favourites ( #booksky 💙📚 edition). POV ༄ first Single, Dual or Multi-POV ༄ no preference Genre ༄ fantasy Trope ༄ enemies to lovers Standalone or Series ༄ series Format ༄ paperback Film or TV Adaptation ༄ TV Underrated Book ༄ first that came to mind was Impavidus Cycle by @impavid.us

I have so many things to do over the next month and so little time to do them and aaaaaaaaaa if I don’t at least break even at my in-person events this year, I don’t think I can justify applying for any in 2027

I’m including my short book playlist in Sunrise, and now I kinda want to update the other books to include their playlists…but that sounds like such a hassle. 😪

I have that high school comic con in mind, so the first fanart print I’m doing is Jax from The Amazing Digital Circus. I bet kids love Jax

Up to 38 people following the teaser page for Project Tasman's BackerKit project below. I've had some cool things happen this week. Excited/hopeful to share more soon.

humanity peaked with this, I fear

I need to redo my publishing imprint logo and make it into an actual vector image so I can use it for more than simply a cute logo on the spines of my books, but I’m so lazy… 🥲

I know it’s not my fault I was sick & missed so much work, & it’s ok to ask for help when you really need it, & my mom genuinely means that she doesn’t mind loaning me money so I don’t have to cancel our Seattle Sakura-Con trip, and I am relieved, but it doesn’t make me feel any less like a failure

I applied to the local high school comic con and a local fantasy ball/book fair event. If I’m accepted at both, I’ll have 5 in-person events lined up for this year here’s hoping my events go better this year than the two I did last year lmao

I hate this so much, but I think I’m going to have to update my resume and start looking for a better paying job. I love my job. Love the classroom. Love the kids. Love my boss. But I cannot survive on minimum wage forever.

I hope OpenAI collapses entirely under the weight of the creators’ hubris. Just let it die. I want to kms every time I hear someone mention using ChatGPT

Found out that a localish high school is hosting a mini comic con in a couple weeks, and I’m trying to decide if it would be absolutely fucking insane of me to apply as a vendor

anyway, I finished my final big editing pass on Sunrise tonight All that’s left is typesetting/formatting and a couple rounds of proofreading. Then I get to sit on it until whenever I decide to open preorders in September or October (I haven’t decided yet)

I’m usually very good at compartmentalizing my inner turmoil around others (especially at work), but two coworkers, one preschooler, and two random people at a grocery store asked if I was ok throughout the day, so I guess I’m Especially Unwell

If you don’t kiss your pets on top of their stupid little heads I don’t trust you.

save me, 2-hour Disneyland ambience music YouTube video

🙌 🙌 🙌

I’m so tired.