I plan to sleep through the entirety of June.

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Buying a house, scheduling MRIs and other medical appointments, buying appliances and scheduling installs, while trying to work day job.

sometimes it flows drop by drop, and other times it's rapids, but we get there in the end.

I absolutely love this explanation.

First-first draft is where I start the story, stumble, then realise what needs to change for the story to feel right. This gets tossed completely to an archived folder. (delete nothing!)

Second-first draft is where the story flows start to finish.

step one: focus on getting healthy and build stamina through personal barre/yoga practice. I think also learning how to take nature photos, just for me.

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I have been so productive this week but am now a human slug. Maybe less than a slug, maybe slime mould.

Small pot of succulents made of clay

Small pots of clay succulents on earring hooks

Low-key obsessed with the earrings I made today 🤩🪴

it is kind of neat to see your own heart in a weird, morbid way. Very alien though, especially with the valves going.

I've just been taken into the Heart institute, and expect many more will be in my future.

so cute!

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Hi, both chronically ill and dealing with disability. I write fantasy and horror fiction which can be found here: superstitionpub.com

A red, purple, orange, yellow cover. Title in yellow "Together is a Distant Star", a sci-fi and fantasy anthology on belonging. Clouds, trees and hills in the background. Two hands reaching toward each other each with a piece of a broken star.

🌟 COVER REVEAL 🌟

Together is a Distant Star is a collaborative SFF anthology by 12 women and queer authors.

The theme is "Belonging" and the stories range from dark horroresque fantasy to lighter sci-fi romance.

Releases on May 19th 2026!

Cover art by @cblansdell.bsky.social

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Older bloodborne work. 🌝

Yep. This is the 3rd time they've targeted small authors' income in a matter of months.

First they upped the minimum income before payout.
Then they cut the amount they pay out per sale under the guise of 'consolidating' percentages.
Now this.

1 = accident, 2 = coincidence, 3 = deliberate action

I was privileged enough to be a beta reader on this one, and as someone who has to manage disability and pain on a life-long basis...

I. Fucking. LOVE. IT.

Disabled badass energy is something we need more of.

A lovely illustration featuring a green goblin, soaking in swampy water in a very pretty and pristine, clawed foot tub. Lily pads and lily flowers rest on top of and burst from the water.

A swampy soak

It's been five years since we did our first sale! I'm so excited for this one too. I've worked on it the last three weeks so I hope you'll check it out :D

Maybe grab my free book?

Sale: indiebook.sale

Get my book: books2read.com/AD2K4

Honestly, this is the best deal of the year. Go find your next favourite book!

Velta just showed up as Velta.

It sounded a little like volt and a little like velvet, and that felt right for a soft-hearted witch.

I just think a badass gunfighter named Mildred Berry was hilarious. She was almost Millicent, but that wasn't as funny to me, so Mildred it was.

I think the texture of most crochet projects is weird and uncomfortable.

you and me both. The city that's built on older and older versions of itself? the fact that alleys are called closes because they're so tiny? Just. ugh my gothic heart.

A craft fair booth with a beige tablecloth and green banner. Various shiny jewelry pieces are hung up on a pair of sire towers.

Mini swords with colorful tassles and beads hanging from the pommels. A sign says "swords 30$" in Canadian money

Hello! We're at Ottawa Anime this weekend in the artist alley at A426!
Stop by and check out our sword bookmarks because those are going f a s t!

or even character building in the sense of facing things that are very scary to that character that they can no longer ignore.

The fridging business can go straight into the bin, though.

... 2/2

basically, I overthink things and I'm so tired of people being Edgy™️ just to be edgy.

I'm old, and if I wanted to read about atrocities these days, I'd just open the news.

#SFFChat
I think I gauge how dark something is by who's referring to the work as dark (or light). Are they a regular grimdark reader? Or do they normally read romantasy and cozy?

I've seen a lot of 'dark' books turn out to be not that bad and equally seen them be anti-women. ...1/2

....yes.
All of it.
Sometimes in the same book.

Review: Lightfall by Ed Crocker | FanFiAddict Synopsis A novel of vampires, werewolves and sorcerers, Lightfall is the stunning debut epic fantasy by Ed Crocker, for fans of Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the ...

Wildly unique, this one takes so many pieces of things I love and makes them entirely new.

For fans of vampires, werewolves, magic, murder mystery, and intrigue. @stmartinspress.bsky.social @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social

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This applies doubly so to game dev or visual art. There's hosting to consider, and software costs, not to mention time that could be used making money at a traditional job.... which many of us also have.

I mean, Cowboy. Elves. amirite?

But really, support Indie authors, especially if you want more interesting and innovative work.

It's expensive to publish a book of a certain standard, and if a series of books doesn't sell, the author can't keep tossing money into that pit. We still need to eat.

A hand drawn bunny sits next to a book and flowers. The text says: Next Door Ottawa & Stephanie Anne Author present: Unbound: Indie Lit Market. Sunday, March 29 11am to 5pm, 955A Gladstone Ave, Ottawa. Join us to celebrate the art of independent storytelling. Meet Local Authors! Experience Live Readings! Contests and more!

Where have I been? Under an avalanche of boxes, getting ready for a move. BUT I'll be resurfacing this Sunday for the Indie Bound book fair at Next Door Ottawa!