The continued warm reception to this just reminds me it's why I've never been able to write an alphahole love interest--I married a man who has a goal of making me laugh once a day and that's why I write guys like Random who just wants to cook Valkyrie dinner and wishes she'd stop breaking his heart

Michelle Manus@michellemanus.com · 4d ago

Been sitting on this until my physical copy arrived, but Fellow Humans, MY HUSBAND COMMISSIONED ME AN EXCLUSIVE WAVERLY STORY FROM @skyladawn.ca FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY. I have never received a better gift. I love it so much. And my husband. He is great also. No one has ever commissioned me art before.

8 DAYS True friendship is going to the library with your bestie when you would rather be slashing at something with a sword.

Michelle Manus@michellemanus.com · 3d ago

9 DAYS EVERYONE. Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guardian-o... Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/guar... Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM2R6PKF (Direct will be available on release day)

When your brain starts to associate a task or a place or activity with trauma, it just does what it's been designed to do and tries to *stop you from doing that.* We talk about burnout sometimes like it's a moral failure, but it's literally a deep survival mechanism.

Photo from my collection, the back says “Gail and landlord’s cat”. No other info/date.

Situation was apparently more extensive than we thought. Our podcast also went rogue and is spreading our stories in audio form. We continue to investigate how it managed to escape our sandbox, but suspect that this modern RSS technology is exhibiting signs of awareness. The industry is concerned.

Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 4d ago

Clarkesworld has recently discovered that their August issue successfully breached containment and gained access to the Internet, where it is presently hacking reader's minds. "Oh no, what will we do? Who knew that stories could be so powerful?" said Neil Clarke, when approached for comment.

9 DAYS EVERYONE. Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guardian-o... Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/guar... Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM2R6PKF (Direct will be available on release day)

Look, I don't want wealth to hoard it, I want wealth to be a Patron of the Arts.

Skyla Dawn Cameron@skyladawn.ca · 3d ago

...and b) I can write this character anywhere doing anything. You want Waverly Jones #23: The Butcher Takes Manhattan? How about Waverly Jones #39: Waverly Solves Crime in Space? I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY WITH FUNDING.

Please give Krista money, dark or otherwise, to write various IPs, she's promised to pay me to write two Waverly Jones books a year if she gets rich.

Krista D Ball is Canada's Snarky Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · 3d ago

Despite the accusations (by the Bells), I do not belong to the Dark Money IP Racist Cabal (tm pending). I just refuse to tolerate harassment, abuse, and the weaponization of identity to find new targets. (DMs are open for anyone wishing to hire me to write in certain IPs. I can provide a list) 1/2

This is out now, available globally! Inkwood Books in NJ has signed stock! So does The Head and the Hand in Philly! Any indie bookstore can order you a copy! It's at all the big box stores, too: Amazon, B&N, Walmart, etc. Ask your library! And if you loved it, leave a review (Goodreads, etc)!!

Ali Trotta@alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2w ago

This comes out…tomorrow?? Holy hell. So grateful to @clashbooks.bsky.social for being wonderful! I’m so in love with @katelanfoisy.bsky.social’s gorgeous art & grateful to @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social for being 18 kinds of fab! So excited for y’all to read it!! Thank you for all the support. XO

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Free school lunch disappears every June for low-income | Bushwick Daily

New York State has distributed $189 million in Summer EBT benefits to 1.6 million low-income children, with families able to apply through September 8, 2026.

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I am so fucking excited for this!!!

Michelle Manus@michellemanus.com · 3d ago

9 DAYS EVERYONE. Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guardian-o... Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/guar... Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM2R6PKF (Direct will be available on release day)

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Celeste Ng@pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 3d ago

I think about this guy a lot, and how sometimes the most useful thing you can do is refuse to have conversations that are in bad faith or are otherwise flawed in their premise. m.youtube.com/shorts/g7kym...

9 DAYS EVERYONE. Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guardian-o... Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/guar... Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM2R6PKF (Direct will be available on release day)

Patrick's website is much prettier than mine, but I am proud of mine as a mostly technologically impaired individual. What's yours look like? michellemanus.com

Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿@patricksamphire.bsky.social · 3d ago

Yes! Share your website. I'm pretty proud of mine. patricksamphire.com

One of my favorite parts of writing is the puzzle-like aspect of "Okay, I have this point or emotion or what have you that I want to convey, but it doesn't fit here in the sentence/paragraph/scene" and getting to look at it until it clicks in your brain and you're like "Oh, THAT'S where it goes."

It is funny that as more people get duped by AI, the response more frequently seems to be to insist that the models are developing godlike intelligence and we all need to be sooo careful when the real lesson is clearly that the human psyche can get absolutely one-shotted by personalized flattery

This month's project update is a lot of "I regret every decision I've ever made" over accidentally writing a novel when it was supposed to be a short story, but there are more exclusive story things coming later this month. Join Patreon and help new books get made!

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August Project Updates 📚 by Skyla Dawn Cameron on Patreon. Join Skyla Dawn Cameron's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Every man married to a Waverly Jones reader just felt the chill of eyes landing on him and STARING out of nowhere.

Been sitting on this until my physical copy arrived, but Fellow Humans, MY HUSBAND COMMISSIONED ME AN EXCLUSIVE WAVERLY STORY FROM @skyladawn.ca FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY. I have never received a better gift. I love it so much. And my husband. He is great also. No one has ever commissioned me art before.

Happy release day to @ddalglish.com for Vow of Ashes! Please just go get this and curl up for a few hours and read a beautiful story about the enormity of love. This is a deeply human tale, the perfect length, and I think you'll be glad you experienced it.

Yes this EXACTLY!!!

Shantell Powell@shanmonster.bsky.social · 5d ago

Whenever I concentrate, people ask me what's wrong.

Happy release day to David! You want this story in your life. Go on a journey, feel lots of feels, get some cathartic ugly crying in!

David Dalglish@ddalglish.com · 6d ago

Vow of Ashes is live! It's one of the more personal stories I've ever written, and I hope it finds its audience. If you'd like a story of a married couple dealing with love, loss, death, and honor, along with a bit of magic and sword fighting, this might be for you. www.amazon.com/Vow-Ashes-Da...

Someone explain to me why, if my coffeemaker costs $28 new, the replacement carafe costs $18. (Yes, I know the answer is capitalism)

HOW exactly did they expect people who couldn't afford ACA coverage to find another way to get health insurance? THERE ISN'T ANOTHER OPTION. The GOP needs to be destroyed in the next election and people need to be reminded constantly what they did so they can't do it again.

Miss Aja@brat2381.bsky.social · 6d ago

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We ask for so little

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.

I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.

The quickest way to discover you've formatted your copyright and dedication pages in the wrong order is to meticulously check your epub multiple times, load it to all retailers, double-checking the file each time, THEN, after congratulating yourself on your hard work, open the file again on a whim.

It's true tho and I say this as someone who loved this film as a kid, it is very depressing.

Dan Sheehan@dansheehan.bsky.social · 7d ago

Thousands of parents saw this poster and subjected their children to one of the most singularly depressing movies ever produced by human hands

He's literally still just pissed that when he was a part of PayPal they went with the name PayPal instead of X.

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · last wk.

oh good the full self-driving of money has finally arrived

Ends on Friday!

Skyla Dawn Cameron@skyladawn.ca · 4w ago

Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter. Part of Kobo's CA/US summer sale, get Livi Talbot's first adventure for $1.99 www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... My direct store sales page: payhip.com/skyladawncam... (Price-match coming elsewhere varying by store/region) books2read.com/solomon-s-seal

4 days left!

Michelle Manus@michellemanus.com · 3w ago

Audiobooks.com is running the third book in the Nyx series for 60% off through the end of July! It's a perfect time to catch up on the series! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...