reminder to self: drafts often feel clunky because our brains are electric miracle things and words are a construct we make in an attempt to communicate from one electrical miracle thing to another and it's an imperfect system.

Add build-a-bear to your sh*tlists.

Heyo! I've got a release today---see two elves get schmoopy while they figure out how to make a ship fly www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVGJXQ5Y

NOW-ish! The Marriage Market Misadventures continue with my story about a noble and an inventor falling for each other. Found family, noble family drama, and a world of fantasy awaits! Preorder now so you can wake up tomorrow with a new book to read ;) www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVGJXQ5Y

Anyone doing any kind of Harry Potter promotion in 2026 has looked at the options and deliberately chosen evil.

THIS FRIDAY!!!! The MMM continues this weekend with my book The Love Schematic! An inventor who needs to learn there's more to life than work and a noble who longs for meaning in life cross paths at the Everend Marriage Market. Sparks (and more ;) ) fly! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVGJXQ5Y

he first collection of my supernatural soap opera Nights of Blood Dreams is available NOW! Vampires, werewolves, the fey, and humans all have their problems--and their heartaches. Catch up on the drama and smooshies today! www.amazon.com/dp/B0H27JNVP3

In case anyone else needs the reminder: the first version of the story spewing out of your head and onto the page won't be perfect. And that's okay. You're making something in your head into something not in your head. It's not easy.

Hey Tidal peeps, you can just TURN OFF all AI music! So it doesn't run through the streamer! Fuck yeah.

“Your horror has been stolen from you” is a 10/10 sentence.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 3w ago

You can and should point out that police killing people daily is the "norm" in America. But that doesn't mean you *accept* the normalization of this violence and the way some people rush to smugly point these things out contributes to collective fatigue. Your horror has been stolen from you.

It's the most basic of litmus tests you're being asked to do nothing to not buy a book or a game or a piece of merch to live your life exactly the same way you did before that thing became available for purchase if NOTHING is too big an ask, you can't be counted on when it's time to do SOMEthing

Zoe Tunnell ➡️ FlameCon E-09@zoewithasword.bsky.social · 3w ago

The thing about JKR and telling folks not to buy Harry Potter shit is it isn't because we think it can take away her fortune and platform. She's so rich she would still be rich if she never sold another book It is because it is literally the smallest possible hurdle to clear to value trans lives

ICE shot this man, a loving husband and father of three, dead, for the crime of going to work Tuesday morning. His family's gofundme for funeral/services is about halfway to its goal gofund.me/660ca4364

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no matter how many years go by, I still clench my teeth when these numbers hit. iykyk (but I do wonder how many know)

Let's be real AMC/AMC+ if y'all aren't announcing a The Vampire Lestat vinyl preorder at the end of season, y'all are sleeping on it.

What a day for it, but here we go — I’m over at r/Fantasy today answering whatever questions you’d like to ask. Stop by if you’d like for sci-fi mystery discussion, crafting, birds, and anything else that comes up over the course of the day! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

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When your hope runs dry, you can totally run on spite until you can rekindle your hope. We've had so much Be Positive shoved down our throats it can be hard to remember--balance means embracing your 'negative' emotions, too. It's what you do with it that matters.

'Nathan Burgoine (he/him)@nathanburgoine.bsky.social · last mo.

As we close a Pride Month that seems determined to kick queerfolk in the chest (again), I consider one of the queerest experiences of all: spite. Excise those motherfuckers from your life like the cancers they are. Live. Make art. Find others. Be joyful. Outlive those assholes, cheer when they die.

June is always an endurance month for me--I'm a creature of darkness, not sunlight and living in the US means June is the brightest month of the year. All this to say: The Vampire Lestat is both shredding sanity and rebuilding it this summer. thank fuck.

Makes me feel better that I've got one queer UF series that I'm like "I know it's at least 5 books ... and probably doesn't stop there ... and has at least one spin-off series already that gets even weirder and they cross soooooo lots of connected story"

Jenny Hamilton@readingtheend.bsky.social · last mo.

not the main problem with today's book landscape, but do you think we could find a way to bring back long-running fantasy series whose authors have not even begun to think about the possibility of resolving their psychosexual issues so their books end up reshaping queer teens' minds permanently

Anxious and excited about the upcoming signing this weekend at Queer in the Middle! I get to see friends! I get to meet readers! I have to be social *gasp*. Now to get a day of work in before travel time. (Finding focus is so rough today)

Just a little bit of good news can be enough some days

🌈Wally ~ Meditating in her Cave🌈@wallyaurora.bsky.social · 2mo ago

oh yeah, in terms of good news- I haven't seen anyone talking about this??? In short- worst case scenario of 4C warming by 2100 is no longer possible, new worst-case is 2.8C now DOES NOT MEAN we just relax- the only way we got here is through hard work- but it means THE HARD WORK IS WORKING

girl-who-is-fine-est vampire to ever live

Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

Lestat, looking in a mirror: I could fix him

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn. Lady's just *machine-gunning* hundreds of truth rounds here.

aliii✨✨@gigixmelo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Also don’t invest in Space X… Per ig: @/your.richbff

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aze is a commoner with a big idea, and Durae is a noble who is getting pushed into marriage with someone he doesn't know--when they meet, magic happens. Are they a team that can change the world? Or will they crash and burn before they can ever take to the air? www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVGJXQ5Y

Just read this and LOVED it (Mine's physical and I'm glad to have that trophy, muwhaha) 1.99 is a STEAL

Sarah Rees Brennan@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Extremely delighted to say LONG LIVE EVIL has been chosen as a Top Read and is now in a Kindle Deal going for 1.99 for a limited run beginning today! Please shove evil upon your loved ones, so you can fall in the chaos pit together. www.amazon.com/Long-Live-Ev... #booksky

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The 'zon ate their preorders!!!! Out NOW--Cash Hooper Saves a Live by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey "Cash has to confront his past, and Mason has to decide his future. Because falling for someone is easy—believing that you deserve them is the hardest part." Link: books2read.com/gooserun4

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