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A walk with a difference today, as I was looking for the best place to see tomorrow's eclipse. It'll be about 90%, but the tricky thing is it'll be low to the horizon. I live in a forest.

Cover elements are cleaned and colour balanced. I'm arranging the cover now. It'll match fairly closely with Werecockroach's cover in terms of placement, only it's felt tips and a tree.

Turning reposts off per account is great as there are only a few I follow where this can be an issue. Mostly, I really like seeing people repost the stuff they love. I turned the beta thread numberer on, which I liked. But I hate the beta logo it put by my account name, so I turned it off again.

Rin moves into a new flat on the day the aliens arrive. It doesn't take long to notice some oddities about their new flatmates, like hissing when they're angry. Something strange is going on. WERECOCKROACH is a gentle science fantasy novella with an agender aroace lead. Friendship focused.

Don’t drink the mushroom water

My air conditioner filters are washed and ready for the next heat wave.

Rin moves into a new flat on the day the aliens arrive. It doesn't take long to notice some oddities about their new flatmates, like hissing when they're angry. Something strange is going on. WERECOCKROACH is a gentle science fantasy novella with an agender aroace lead. Friendship focused.

The wind direction changed and the smoke has cleared!

On early GenAI history, it reminded me of what warned me off it: a generator called Wombo that went viral in late 2021. In publishing circles, people generated abstract covers for their books as a meme. They weren't usable images.

Sorted various things today, including booking an eye test. In book news, I've set 21st September as the tentative release date for Wereconifer. I should have everything ready by the end of August, but it gives a little more room to deal with issues and not get tangled up with Worldcon.

I'm trying some ginger green tea. I'd like more ginger, but what's there does help conceal the bitterness. (I'm sensitive to bitter tastes, but green tea helps with my health stuff, so I've kept at it. I can drink a cup with a little honey now.)

Are you interested in the 2023 Hugo Awards fiasco? If so, and if you’re an attending or virtual member of this year’s Worldcon, you can now read a couple of relevant reports. 1/7

The Chronicles of Nerezia is a big fantasy series in fun bite-sized format! It has... ✨ aro, ace, non-binary main characters / worldbuilding ✨ high stakes and quieter moments around games ✨ found family road trip claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/ 🌈📚 #booksky #QueerAdultSFF

The Chronicles of Nerezia

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I got a neat bamboo storage box thing that's just the right size for my desk. Good timing as I'll be doing a desk tidy soon.

Getting there with the bonus short! Also planning all the spinning I'm going to do once the book is out, as a motivation thing.

Official list of my current #writer / #author work FATALITY book series amazon.com/dp/B0F92WRWKC THIN novel amazon.com/dp/B0B2VD424G BEAUTIFUL DREAMER amazon.com/dp/B0DVFCCM2T Check out my author website or Amazon Author Page for the full list!

Our medieval art curator rates every "European castle" emoji. 🏰

I'm looking for short solo TTRPG recommendations. Sometimes sold as one-page games, but longer is fine as long as it can be played by one person. Usually sold as a digital file to print with pen and paper type gameplay. All genres and styles welcome. Self-recs are fine.

Today's critter removal was a harvester who really didn't want to be inside a house. No crickets for once.

I'm looking for short solo TTRPG recommendations. Sometimes sold as one-page games, but longer is fine as long as it can be played by one person. Usually sold as a digital file to print with pen and paper type gameplay. All genres and styles welcome. Self-recs are fine.

It cooled down enough for a night walk. Very quiet at the moment.

this is really, really bad, and Spokane is ... not exactly on the national radar. I know there are infinite people and places that need help, and everyone's resources are finite, but some options if you are so inclined:

NPR@npr.org · last wk.

Wildfires in Spokane have destroyed hundreds of homes and led to evacuation orders for 60,000 people. n.pr/3Sbed19

One of the crickets I put outside decided to bite me. Not hard enough to damage, but expecting to get my cricket superpowers soon.

My name is Nilah and I'm here to say I'll illustrate your picture book any time you're looking for an illustrator to do that, just hit me up! Look I'm an illustrator, not a poet. Hire me to DRAW! My portfolio: www.nilahmagruder.com/portfolio/ #kidlitart

Still working on scan cleanup, with the occasional excitement of catching the crickets coming into the house.

1920s writer: "I'd just had a short story published so I was able to make a substantial downpayment on a new house." 2020s writer: "I've just had a short story published so I can have a cheeky Nando's as long as I don't get a pudding."

It's been some days since I stopped the medication, so it seems to have worked for now. I was put on low dose amitriptyline for a month for nerve issues. It made me feel alert rather than sleepy, so I didn't take it too close to sleep. But the nerve stuff worked as it was supposed to.

Here's the first instalment of our guide to Kenyan speculative fiction. Today's spotlight features Kenyan writing published by Will This Be A Problem? over the years. See thread below 🧵

Worked on the bonus short for Wereconifer. Everything is getting there.