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Jay Requard

@jayrequard.bsky.social

Award-Winning Fantasy Author. I write novels about valiant heroes, radical hope, and badass dragons. YouTuber: Where No Bubs Has Gone Before. Soon: Jadzia's Closet. https://linktr.ee/JayRequard

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Jay Requard@jayrequard.bsky.social · 2d ago

On the last chapter of this UF novella and I'm not sure it is a romance anymore. I thought it was, and there is a huge element of Romance there (with a decent bit of sizzle and spice), but it feels like an action-adventure UF book too? And while I love the book, I don't know what to do with that.

Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · 7d ago

It's really really difficult to see what's happening to you from inside your own life. You can't tell that you're being coarsened until you leave an environment that is key to making you more coarse. That's my experience at least.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 7d ago

The worst part about twitter is there are a number of people who think they have to be active there who are left-leaning but have had their brains absolutely cooked by the site. You can't inundate yourself in exposure to that stuff without it having an impact on you.

Jay Requard@jayrequard.bsky.social · 2w ago

I think one of the harder parts of trying to craft an viable "author identity" (ew) is that if I'M BEING HONEST, a lot of what I talk about in life is what I talk about in my work--the grief suffered and the endurance needed in a world full of death. Hard to be fucking cheery about that on TikTok.

Jay Requard@jayrequard.bsky.social · 3w ago

Pushed through a few bad episodes in the writing process and I'm so glad I did. I rediscovered why I loved and fell in love with this Celtic Urban Romantasy in the first place. Don't quit. Finish the work before you decide whether the time was worthwhile or not. Finish, finish, finish the book.

Julie DiCaro@juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the narrative around 911 is being written by people who were either children or not born at the time of 9/11. We were not holding hands and singing Kumbaya in the streets. In fact, things got pretty ugly and anyone who didn’t toe the line was called a traitor.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4w ago

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “The left-wing destroyed Venezuela. The left-wing destroyed Cuba. The left-wing destroyed Nicaragua. “The left-wing has basically destroyed every country they've gotten ahold of in the hemisphere.” Who destroyed America, Marco?