Emily Alter
@emilyalter.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 queer author of achillean and sapphic romance ⛓️ BDSM/kink that follows PRICK/RACK guidelines 🏳️⚧️ she/he/they 🧠 social psychologist | sex therapist https://emilyalterbooks.com
Kinda chic to be bugging everyone about a book in edits instead of the one that's going live in 5 days 💀
I'm deep in edits and i need help because my research skills have abandoned me today. So, in Europe, we use chem sex more often. In the US, PnP (party 'n' play) is used more often. That's fine, I got there.
I would just love it if i could write my queer, kinky books in peace (and if we ended capitalism)
HELLO MY BOOK COMES OUT IN JUST A WEEK SEND HELP (and preorders. and saves to your TBR shelves. and all the big things that make release days happy days)
Is it bad if some of my posts for Kinktober (which, yes, i'm already working on) are turning out to be way sweeter than intended? 👀
Geopolitics are a thing. We should all strive to learn more/stay on top of it. That's all i have the energy to say right now in response to all the posts about Ceuta and Spain.
...to be perfectly clear, when i make posts listing all the reasons why genAI/LLMs are the worst on every level and why i'm not using them (ever), this includes research and any other use and no, it's not hard to avoid
"I don't write kink but—" IT'S LITERALLY IN YOUR TAGLINE, EMS "i know i just wanted to hop on the trend 😭"
Hello, it's the last day of July, and that means, starting tomorrow, it's release month, SO I NEED YOU ALL SUPER HYPED UP FOR MY DARKISH SAPPHIC ROMANCE WITH GOLDEN RETRIEVER/BLACK CAT VIBES Thank you
My author red flag is my propensity to imagine all the hate my books are going to get because i have zero trust in the world around me and i don't know what that says about me
Author friends!! If you upload directly to B&N, and have been wondering why sales may be down...check what categories you're under on their site (!)
What do you mean there's a book coming out where they meet in a BDSM cult, survive prison and a psych ward, AND then get to redefine what kink means to them? And it's SAPPHIC??? 📚 Risk Aware by Emily Alter
She's a ten but she doesn't understand why you're always going to her for support and she doesn't think you two can work together because the last time she trusted someone they showed her what a big mistake that was and now she's convinced healthy dynamics simply aren't possible
All I’m saying is I got the prettiest graphics to promote Risk Aware, and while promoting it still scares the shit out of me,
Things you can find in Risk Aware - sapphic MCs, obviously - “why are you obsessed with me” - explicit ACAB - “if not me, who?” - “I’ll make it better” - trauma isn’t pretty - redefining kink and what consent looks like - they just want peace
Berlin is why I'll never stop being political on main Reach out to your local communities, and start organizing. We need to be there for one another
i'm needy and want more kinky authors whose books are PRICK/RACK compliant thanks 🥹 (if you're that author and you wanna be friends, that's also cool)
I don't wanna keep adulting But I need more preorders for Risk Aware so...WHERE ARE ALL THE SAPPHIC READERS INTO DARKISH ROMANCE WITH GOLDEN RETRIEVER/BLACK CAT ENERGY? mybook.to/coralhunter
Wish me luck because this WIP is easily surpassing 100k words which means i'm going to have to take out entire chapters of it except i'm historically terrible at that
"Too far left" but...no, i'm actually too far left Fuck this timeline
Sadly talking about my upcoming release here leads to more preorders (and more preorders get you more benefits, by the way!) But anyway
Sapphic authors!! Who has room in their newsletter for a darkish sapphic romance that comes out August 10? 🩷
...i've just gotten the prettiest thing on my email, but it's for a 2027 project I'M NOT GOOD AT KEEPING THINGS INSIDE, PEOPLE i'm already struggling not to talk about my November release 😭😭
My bookish hot take as a social psychologist is that saying "it's just fiction" as response to ANY critique/discourse is just so factually wrong i don't even know where to start.
I don't think it needs to be said but if you're the kind of reader who's going to cry wolf about vagina surprises (or any form of genitalia) My books are not for you
Clap for me, I deleted a whole thread that would've been too nuanced for Threads before posting
I just want more kinky romance books out there that know what they're talking about 😭
Smut is not a derogatory word You all need to unpack some shit Also, a lot of what you may find "weird" because "no one talks like that" in smut comes from the kink community and it's not a good look when you (1) try to shame it (2) completely dismiss the people who bring up that context
All i'm saying is that it would be really cool if i surpassed my preorder record with Risk Aware but i'm terrible at marketing preorders