This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
Birthday Landscapes
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Cozy SFF
Aromantic MC
Established qpp
Warrior-mage Cavallan comes home on leave in time to celebrate his kids' birthday with magical illusions
#Booksky
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Graphic 1 of 4. A decoration of pink and orange leaves and text on the orange-white-pink gradient of a lesbian pride flag. The text reads: Our Favorite Lesbian Books for Lesbian Visibility Day.
Graphic 2 of 4. Eleven book covers and a decoration of pink and orange leaves on the orange-white-pink gradient of a lesbian pride flag. The books are: Breaking Character by Lee Winter; Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang; The Girl from the Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag; But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo; Kase-San and Morning Glories by Hiromi Takashima; The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite; Goodbye, My Rose Garden by Dr. Pepperco; A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark; Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab; Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott; Matrix by Lauren Groff.
Graphic 3 of 4. Eleven book covers and a decoration of pink and orange leaves on the orange-white-pink gradient of a lesbian pride flag. The books are: Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone; The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson; One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston; The Beauty's Blade by Feng Ren Zuo Shu; Spent by Alison Bechdel; Alter Ego by Ana C. Sánchez; Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir; She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan; A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine; All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny; The Unbroken by C.L. Clark.
Graphic 4 of 4. Eleven book covers and a decoration of pink and orange leaves on the orange-white-pink gradient of a lesbian pride flag. The books are: Pembroke Park by Michelle Martin; Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan; Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle; The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite; Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley; Burning Roses by S.L. Huang; Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas; Yuri Espoir by Mai Naoi; Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo; Proper English by KJ Charles; Skullrunner by Vyvre Argent.
Happy Lesbian Visibility Week! Have 33 of our favorite books starring lesbian protagonists. There's a range of genres, lengths, and styles, so check um out!
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I'm assured by writer friends that one good thing you can do to support them is to buy not just new releases but explore their backlists.
Read SF/fantasy? Like queer stuff? I am part way through a project looking at great queer SFF from the 2020s.
2021 is here, and... 1/2
you're still allowed to experience joy
you don't have to conscientiously erase it from your life just because we exist in a system where experiencing anything at all is to inherit a small part of someone else's sin
the guilt and fear and hard-eyed cynicism won't save us, we need to want to live
Update: my sign up form is fixed!
And the number of Fantasy & SciFi Authors who sell direct and want to be listed is looking sustainable, so at this stage I'll be able to list everyone who applies in my blog post 😄
A Love Less Travelled By
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Rhoda could have married anyone she wanted. She chose a friend who wasn't attracted to her
Or: How an ace blacksmith attracted the attention of the goddess of love
Ace MC
Established qpp
Older queer folk
AI Free
bit.ly/3EHXvfA
OK #indieauthors, new intel on @draft2digital.bsky.social's changes just dropped thanks to @kevinmc.bsky.social who posted his notes from a private Zoom call with the D2D CEO in the 20booksto50k FB group ~4 hours ago.
Kevin's post: www.facebook.com/groups/20Boo...
👇 short version + my take 🧵1/?
The kids wanted to know everything about the topic. He answered patiently, laying out what plans he had, what the area was like, how to get there, what would be needed, what would be expected.
#WIPSnips #Writesky
This Draft2Digital thing has pissed me off so much. I can't focus on anything else now. I'm so sick and tired of trying to be an indie author and trying to make any kind of income from it, and companies just constantly fucking us over.
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
Some thoughts on @draft2digital.bsky.social 's absolutely horrendous fees, beyond "wow they fucking suck, huh?"
1) This is a gift to Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. KU authors who already don't think they can move out won't want to eat that $20 fee only to make peanuts and get hit with another $12
Ugh, greedy bastards
What the actual fuck
I have a story in Common Bonds 3 :) So excited to be a part of this antho series.
On Why You Shouldn't Bring Your Ex Back From The Dead is about Leo, a necromancy student, who brings back his ex from the dead and immediately regrets it
OR what if a zombie was the amatonormativity you can't let go
Testing Grounds
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Warrior-mage Cavallan undergoes a series of grueling tests while attempting to remain undercover
Aromantic MC
Friendship-centered
AI free
#Booksky
bit.ly/3E9xnIB
A banner with text that reads Ducks in a Row | Duxxx in a Row, Curated Collections of Queer Stories. Beside this are two mock-ups of books, their cover titles matching the text. Duxxx shows art of a line of people sunning themselves on the beach while reading, and Ducks shows a group of people cuddling in a pillowfort while one of them reads aloud. There's a "Projects We Love - Kickstarter" badge in the upper right corner.
An ill-timed cold has meant I’ve done less promo than usual on our current Kickstarter. We’ve got 48 hours left in our campaign, and we’re about $1700 short of our goal All you need to do to help is boost this post!
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Heyoo
I put together some highlights for the Narratess sale! Post is public AND colour coded for your convenience!
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They just need another $2k and change to be funded! 💜
The cover of Baker Thief by Claudie Arsenault featuring a person with long hair and a cape standing on a rooftop, looking over an evening cityscape and water in the distance. There's also a long bridge over the water. The picture has purple and pink-ish/orange-ish as main colors and there's a bright yellow moon in the starry sky above.
Baker Thief by Claudie Arsenault is a breath-of-fresh-air, Quebec-inspired queer fantasy with a genderfluid main character investigating missing witches and unethical magic experiments. Also features an aromantic relationship! 🥐💎
Indie book sale: fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, April 11-13; text on banner surrounded by a mosaic of book covers
It's a great weekend to show some love for indie authors!
This is an awesome selection of indie ebooks on sale for $0 to $1.99, including Warped State -- plus I spy some other excellent books in here: indiebook.sale
You can filter the list by genre and representation, too!
#booksky #sffbooks
Holding Onto Day
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Cozy SFF
AI Free
A disabled aro werewolf and an aroace vampire get snowed in together in a post apocalyptic world
#Booksky
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“For every berry that goes in your mouth,” Dan reminded his people solumnly as they gathered around the blackberry thicket, “at least five need to go in the basket. Other people want berries too. Don’t eat anything you don’t recognise.”
#WIPSnips #WriteSky
Thrilled to have a short story in Common Bonds 3! Can’t wait for my ragey & grieving ‘aumakua (ancestral guardian) to be unleashed on the cosmos. ✨🦈
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Thank you!!
Early afternoon bump~
Are you looking for your next platonic relationship read? LOOK NO FURTHER!!
@clh2oars.bsky.social is crowdfunding Common Bonds 3 (yes THREE!! There's two others already published 😘 back catalogue anyone?)
It's also ToC reveal day! Check out the thread for all the info 💚🤍💜
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Spotlight image for Claudie Arseneault featuring an author photo of a white woman with short dark hair wearing glasses and a white crochet shirt. The image also features three book covers for Baker Thief, Awakenings, and City of Spires.
Today’s #IndieApril spotlight is Claudie Arseneault, author of Baker Thief, Awakenings, City of Strife, and other fantasy stories! Give them a follow at Claudie and be sure to check out their website, claudiearseneault.com/
Marlowe, a siren with green-grey skin and dark wavy hair, and Masie, a human woman with a brown braid.
You, Me, and the Sea, my short story featuring an aroallo siren named Marlowe that definitely eats people (but would never eat Masie), and Masie, their tired aroace human bestie who is hanging on by a thread, has been accepted in Common Bonds 3! Art by the incredible @starsinmycoffeeart.bsky.social