D.J. Russo

@djrussoauthor.bsky.social

Monster romance author (and romantasy AND sci fi) She/Her, ADHD, Bi, gamer, polyam

When men lose interest in a woman (and this is from personal experience, so let's not 'but not all men!' right now), they tend to breadcrumb. A lot. And this is so that when he's lonely and horny again, he can circle back.

Caught a ban on Tinder and I have absolutely NO idea why. Verified account. Never said anything mean to anyone on there - at all. I mean I did just reject a guy who didn't read my bio that states I'm polyam. And then 2 minutes later bam. Banned. How frustrating.

My 75 year-old mother, bless her, went from reading me to Kimberly Lemming... and then fell straight down the cliff into Vera Valentine and Latrexa Nova's work. Like, that was a very steep cliff. But she's okay! She made the drop and she is OKAY.

Hey, if you're an indie game dev who creates romance visual novels (bonus points if they are weird and have monsters), please let me know? My readers and I love to stream these on my Twitch channel and I'd love to check out yours. (Unless they are too NSFW, then I cannot, sob.)

Dammit. I had a Tik Tok video pop off and it really did affect my income in a positive way. I hate this, because I thought it meant my accounts were healthy again. Nope. Right back into the 100s. I hate gambling like this.

We are going to be streaming Arcade Spirits next on the channel since everyone adored First Bite. That had to be the most entertaining couple of streams I've done. Makes sense considering... I'm a monster romance author. ANYWAY, go play First Bite if you're into sexy vampires!

Me over here, putting down a SINGLE boundary with a guy (and that boundary is not sexting until we, at minimum, meet in person!)... and then said guy getting upset about it. Throws a hissy fit. Oh my god, easiest block ever but c'mon now. This is exhausting!

Hey this isn't to get down on anyone in particular, it's just something that I see happen often (and it's happened to me). If an indie author is talking about how difficult it is, selling their books... (1/2)