I had a TON of fun working on this, and even more fun playing it. 🌌😍 Whether you're well-versed in #DrawSteel or a newbie (like I was!), Brandon's world & story are 10/10. Go peek!

Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only)@brandoncrilly.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Enter a world of Futurity for #DrawSteel! In Kelestren's Couriers, the heroes secretly transport a mysterious artifact across the space lanes - assuming they can dodge constructs, mercenaries and a traitor on board. Available now on itch and DTRPG! brandoncrilly.itch.i... www.drivethrurpg.com...

SHE HAS ARRIVED 🌌 Issue 2 of Otherside is packed with queer dreamy summer tidings, including a poem of my very own! Go take a peek at their Patreon, you shall not regret it 👀

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 4mo ago

HAPPY PRIDE, ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW FOR SUBSCRIBERS!!! Check your email! 🪐🗡️🌈 Issue 2 will be free online on June 15th—but if you'd like to support a queer magazine AND read Issue 2 without waiting, you can snag a copy now! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/3e872a158d Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/others... (1/2)

ISSUE 1 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Please enjoy our debut issue in all its messy, wonderful, heartbreaking, joyful queer energy. We love these poems and stories, the reprints and nonfiction, the cover and interior art—all of it! And we hope you will too 🪐🗡️ othersidespec.com/issues/issue-1/

Emerging from the surface of the cranberry bog for a second here to say that I have a poem forthcoming in the new issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social!! It's such a summertime poem, I'm so glad it found a home in the summer issue 🌤️🏞️💜

Happy winter Solstice my loves. 🖤🕯🌥 Half way out of the dark.

WE DID IT. 104 backers. $7,352 at the official campaign end. The Heretic's Guide #audiobook is HAPPENING and we are silly with gratitude. Behold, our tired smiling faces at midnight last night. Longer update for all interested parties on Kickstarter here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

Okay nerds, 20 minutes to go - this is it!!

Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

AAAAAAAAAND IT HAPPENED 100 BACKERS. OVER $7,000. Y'all are gonna get some HIGH-QUALITY thank-you treats from your friend Sienna oh yes you are 👀🎶🌌 The night is young so here's the campaign link one more time! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

Clown music, you say? Only (roughly) 100 minutes remain! DO NOT MISS!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook

Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.

kickstarter.com

Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

There will be shrieking and Brendan will play clown music on the piano, it'll be VERY entertaining

AAAAAAAAAND IT HAPPENED 100 BACKERS. OVER $7,000. Y'all are gonna get some HIGH-QUALITY thank-you treats from your friend Sienna oh yes you are 👀🎶🌌 The night is young so here's the campaign link one more time! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook

Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.

kickstarter.com

Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

YOU GORGEOUS PEOPLE ✨✨ WE SURPASSED $7K!!!! Now we are only 2 backers away from a clean 100 and perhaps this is the night that I do in fact get everything I want?? If it happens, I think I'll throw in an extra goodie for everyone who's pledged, even the $1 folks. Because why not have fun?

100 BACKERS LET'S GOOOOOOO

Can*Con@canconsffh.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We are not sure how feral Avi will get if this hits 100 backers bu it would probably be fun to find out? Also this audiobook is going to be SO GOOD, friends - jump aboard!!

We are not sure how feral Avi will get if this hits 100 backers bu it would probably be fun to find out? Also this audiobook is going to be SO GOOD, friends - jump aboard!!

Avi Silver (they/he)@thescreambean.bsky.social · 11mo ago

i'm gonna shut up for a minute and eat something but i will continue screaming later between hades 2 runs bc hitting 100 backers would also be neat. i stg i am satisfied, i just like going as feral as humanly possible from time 2 time feral-making machine: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

WE BROKE $7000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Avi Silver (they/he)@thescreambean.bsky.social · 11mo ago

ONLY $17 LEFT UNTIL $7000 AND MY OFFER STANDS GOGOGOGOGOGOGO www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

YOU GORGEOUS PEOPLE ✨✨ WE SURPASSED $7K!!!! Now we are only 2 backers away from a clean 100 and perhaps this is the night that I do in fact get everything I want?? If it happens, I think I'll throw in an extra goodie for everyone who's pledged, even the $1 folks. Because why not have fun?

Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Make that ONLY $47CAD away from hitting $7,000!!! Which would be frickin POETIC since this book is 7 years old!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

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ONLY $17 LEFT UNTIL $7000 AND MY OFFER STANDS GOGOGOGOGOGOGO www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook

Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.

kickstarter.com

Avi Silver (they/he)@thescreambean.bsky.social · 11mo ago

ONLY $47 AND/OR 5 BACKERS!!!!!!! IF YOU GET US OVER $7000 AND TELL ME IT WAS YOU, I WILL DEDICATE A VERY NICE CAT PICTURE IN YOUR HONOR www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

Make that ONLY $47CAD away from hitting $7,000!!! Which would be frickin POETIC since this book is 7 years old!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook

Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.

kickstarter.com

Avi Silver (they/he)@thescreambean.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We are also only $162 CAD away from hitting a clean $7000 which would also be ✨ so satisfying ✨ !!!! back the project! tell your friends! tell your foes should they have exceedingly good taste! this project is seriously cozy on the ears. ❤️ DON'T MISS OUT!

PLUS - if you think this is cool but you're Just Not An Audiobook Person, you can pledge to receive just the 2-hour musical album we're composing as part of this project!! If you fancy some #noAI fantasy tunes, this might be your ticket! 🎶

Brandon Crilly (Announcements Only)@brandoncrilly.bsky.social · 11mo ago

You have mere HOURS left to back @siennatristen.bsky.social's orchestrated audiobook of The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming and ensure you get one of the best audiobooks you will ever listen to. HOURS, people. Get on it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

#BookSky friendos (especially lovers of #Audiobooks)! They’re just $100 or so shy of $7k last I looked. Go! Listen to the demo! Allow the Sirens in! (Shares also appreciated, and I cannot wait for this.) #Audiobook

Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Book people! Music people! There are less than TWO DAYS left to be part of the #Kickstarter for the orchestrated audiobook of The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming! If you've backed, THANK YOU! If you're thinking about it, NOW IS YOUR MOMENT! Check out the demo here: tinyurl.com/hgth-audio

LET'S DO IT. This is a beautiful project, full of amazing music (and you can get only the music!!), for one of my all time favourite books, and you should go back it!!

Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My loves we are EIGHT BACKERS AWAY from a sweet cool 100 backers and we LOVE triple digits in this house IT WOULD BE SO SATISFYING www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

WE FUNDED AND I LOVE IT BUT I AM ALSO A COVETER OF MANY THINGS. 👁️ in these final hours, it would be so neat to either hit $7000 and/or 100 backers and baby we are CLOSE!!! ($137 CAD or 7 backers to go, thanks to a new one who just showed up 😍) listen to the demo and back here: tinyurl.com/cm2utrzz

Brendan May (my co-composer/audio engineer) learned the entire 15 minute piece on piano FROM MEMORY for this performance and THAT'S the kind of dedication you can expect from this audiobook project!!

My loves we are EIGHT BACKERS AWAY from a sweet cool 100 backers and we LOVE triple digits in this house IT WOULD BE SO SATISFYING www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook

Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.

kickstarter.com

Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Book people! Music people! There are less than TWO DAYS left to be part of the #Kickstarter for the orchestrated audiobook of The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming! If you've backed, THANK YOU! If you're thinking about it, NOW IS YOUR MOMENT! Check out the demo here: tinyurl.com/hgth-audio

Okay, because I need to try and re-spark some writing community joy after… *gestures at everything* how about a revisit on a way you can absolutely support authors you love for zero dollars: by dropping a low-stress, three-sentence review somewhere.

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Nicholas Atwater 🇨🇦@nicholasatwater.com · 11mo ago

Them: AI is the future for all of humanity! Me, unable to span-block the mass of emails about clearly AI-written messages about 'book clubs', numerous payment systems going down and delaying weeks of payments because AI automation was shoved in, playing whack-a-mole to disable AI plugins (cont)

If you're an author being published by small and tiny presses, please shamelessly promote your work, however much your temperament might militate against it. I've seen many wonderful authors at this level so quickly forgotten when they die, you deserve all the readers you can get while you're alive.

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Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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Sienna Tristen (they/them)@siennatristen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Book people! Music people! There are less than TWO DAYS left to be part of the #Kickstarter for the orchestrated audiobook of The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming! If you've backed, THANK YOU! If you're thinking about it, NOW IS YOUR MOMENT! Check out the demo here: tinyurl.com/hgth-audio