JR Maxwell
@thejrmaxwell.bsky.social
schmoopy smut writer, knitter, agender queer, PNWer, Episcopalian, funnier than you'd think 🧶📚 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ jr-maxwell.author-pages.com
are these cool or WHAT (card design by me, via canva, who plant a tree when you print through them?! amazing) #indiepublishing
Unlocked Doors Press@unlockeddoorspress.bsky.social · 7h agoWe are Very Fancy now! 😍 💅 ✨ (A friend volunteered to scout brick & mortars for us, which obviously meant we needed these. Obviously.)
Getting compliments from my typesetter is very pleasing indeed, because I respect their magic so so much. We're SO CLOSE to the finish line, folks. #indiepublishing
Is the fact that every search result thinks 'sneers' and 'simpers' are synonyms for 'grins' a sign of AI and how much it sucks? Because I'm about to throw my computer out the fuckin window.
new game, let's see how many times I used 'wheezes' in one book #amrevising
Man Counting on Fingers, Feeling Overwhelmed
ALT: Man Counting on Fingers, Feeling Overwhelmed
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Print version of bk1 will have 296 pages, which is just fucking bonkers. I'm the kid who couldn't write fic over 2000 words without feeling pained.
well I definitely wrote the book I wanted to read, because even when I'm just skimming for spacing issues the end gives me feeeeelings of the shiny eyeballs variety
Rosa Diaz: It's Embarrassing Having Feelings
Alt: Rosa Diaz: It's Embarrassing Having Feelings
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TIL people are even mean to each other on the kdp community forums. Like, a *lot*. I thought I was too cynical to be surprised by this shit anymore. Apparently... not.
Nope Nope Nope Nope
Alt: Nope Nope Nope Nope (person in hoodie making a surprised 'nope' face then disappearing into the hoodie)
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Of COURSE she sends me the first full proof of bk 1 while I'm actually busy at work 😭💀
Hang on, the only way to participate as a romance author in Stuff Your E-Reader / Stuff Your Kindle day (www.romancebookworms.com) is by joining a Facebook group? That's a huge bummer, on several levels. I was looking forward to it.
In a world where many people would prefer we not exist, and many more just wish we weren't so obvious, queer romance and existence *is* resistance. One part of it anyway. If you want to read something that welcomes you, that are AI free, check out this promo - promos.foxgloveficti...
No idea what my first romance novel was, but my first and very formative sexytimes book, which I read when I was 10 or 11, was this one.
"Oh, well, AI is already here so—" "Asbestos." "Well, I mean—" "CFCs. Leaded fuel." "—but—" "Portable baby cages." "—okay, I—" "Radium. Agent Orange. DDT..."
It was a very full weekend of travel and family and singing so I am grumpy as hell about having to go back to work. But a gear is turning on the book this week, so I will knuckle down.
OK yes it was a good funeral, except for the part where a man in full military uniform did the reading of 'blessed are the peacemakers' and my brain fully glitched. Anyway, RIP Great-Uncle Chuck, the last of his generation of the Henry & Freligh lines.
"I need evidence that he's breaking the law." "I don't think he is breaking the law. I think the law just sucks. Now get in the hole." Leverage: Redemption 3x1 The Weekend in Paris Job
Doesn't matter how great the article is if it's behind a paywall. Because even a 'free' account is paying: I would then be seeing adverts from companies that pay the news outlet to play those ads for me. I would be generating revenue for the news outlet. Nothing is free, fam.
TIL knitting takes two-thirds of the yarn crocheting does. WHAT. Which has pros and cons in general, but as I'm already playing yarn chicken with this particular project, I've not got much choice. Boo.
Me and my mama touristing it up at a museum cafe in Oregon with the cutest dang table decorations.
Well. I say "Negative, Ghost Rider" all the fucking time, but I actually say "Negatory, Ghostwriter" because I've never seen Top Gun, I was a tween of the 90s, and that's how my brain works.
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · last wk.Name a film quote you use all the time.
I've never really felt the whole 'I wish I had someone special to share this with' thing, like sunsets or movies or idk other couples type stuff. But gosh I wish I had somebody I to squeak at about every step in this publishing journey. Because there are a LOT of steps, and a LOT of feelings.
"I'm too literal for this" - something I've said out loud about two things today, and probably one reason I'm single
And! Today I got this! Crochet thread #40 and #50 for my brother's wedding present, which will be a fancy knitted lace tablecloth and placemats.
I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm doing it authentically 🤓
Unlocked Doors Press@unlockeddoorspress.bsky.social · last wk.Somehow, between me and the person I hired, the home page was published containing 'favourite' like we're British. 😂 I mean, a micropress can dream, right? Anyway, we officially have a (very barebones for now) website! It's a beginning. www.unlockeddoorspress.com
I just got to sing a favorite piece by a favorite composer in a giant echoey sanctuary with an organist who could actually play all the notes (Britten is no joke) and it was fucking magnificent. Like greeting an old friend you didn't realize you'd missed quite so much.
Mm, woke up angry today. Will do my very best to use it for good, but I make no promises.
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
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