Haunted House of Rock by Watercress A punk band enters a mysterious house and winds up unstuck in time!

Our #NaNoRenO2025 submission is here! Play Haunted House of Rock now! Thank you to everyone on the team who helped make this NaNo amazing!
watercress.itch.io/hhor

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability This proposed rule would revise standards relating to past-due premium payments; exclude Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of "lawfully present"; the evidentiary st...

This act would cut HRT care for 200,000+ people.

Please take the time to leave a public comment opposing it here: www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...

For more info, and ideas on what to comment: github.com/gotfrog/celp...

The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.

Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

I've been going a little slowly because of irl + I'm doing an editing pass

But I'm still super excited to keep going on the story. Thought up some stuff to tighten up book 1's plot aaaaa <3

Blue Archive needs to put a warning on the app page that says

"DISCLAIMER: If you are prone to growing attached to fictional characters, this game may cause you to end up with several new anime daughters."

Like holy crap every single one of these girls deserve protection and love.

We have 32 followers on the project OMG!! Could we make it to 40 by tomorrow? It might be a stretch but I'd love to aspire for it!!

To follow the trans knight prelaunch page go here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/190...

Thank you for the love thus far <3!
#IndieAnimation #Moonlit

Someone read the first draft of my first batch of chapters

And they really really liked it oh my god ❤️ 😭 aaaaa

There are some characterization issues another person picked up on but when it hits right it *really* hits right aaaaa!!

CALL YOUR FUCKING CONGRESS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. IT'S A SATURDAY. YOU GET TO JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE. SCRIPT I'M USING IS BELOW:

I really enjoyed this chat. We discussed how the right uses the tools & audience relationships of social differently than the left, constantly evolving messages - and how this is very different than institutions taking a top-down approach.

We talked about “free speech as meme,” rather than value.

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

Build up a supportive, close community of fellow writers! This is the best way to discover who to kill and eat so you can gain their precious, valuable writerly powers. You'll be leveling up in no time!

I'm just constantly remembering those reports I saw out of tumblr back in 2016 suggesting a decent chunk of the online disinfo campaigns targeted leftists, with the specific goal of getting us at each others throats.

I'd say that's a good place to start. Basic volunteering is a great foundation, and you can build connections from there that help you do more.

I'm around in my queer community and focusing on my writing. Health makes it hard to do much, but it's where I'm effective while maintaining my well being.

Maybe you could start with engaging with your local community online? A local queer discord for example

Sorasaki Hina is my top pick for Smash 6. No I'm not kidding.

Out of the fear that getting romantic feelings for someone or entering a relationship would do harm to herself and her friends, she pushes people away and 'defends' the people she loves from such things

And she learns the difference between toxic love, and supportive love, in a time of great crisis

In regards to the individual story I'm working on

There's a difference between 'love as care' and 'love as romance', in a sense. My protag goes through hard times, cares about, and leans on others.

But she has a complex about toxic romance, and that pushes her away from her healthy bonds at times.

From a writers perspective, I stand by a 'characters are people' viewpoint. Looking behind the text at the person the writing represents, and conveying them as best we can, builds bonds with the reader that can leave the biggest impact.

Loving our characters as people conveys the same to a reader.

A story is going to have plot, alongside other things like audience wish fulfillment, pushing back against a sincere depiction of its characters without objectifying them or exploiting their agency.

But loving characters as people, and letting that shine in your writing, can change readers lives.

My love for fictional characters motivates me to write.

I've always grown deeply attached to characters as people, and how well a story can convey respect for the people within it, while still being engaging by its other merits, is one of my highest evaluations of whether I like a story.

It's alive! 🙂 ebook (KU) and paper back, audio sooon, promise!

What do you do when you find out your family’s truths are nothing but a web of lies?

#TheogonyBooks #litrpg #scifi

Grab your copy now!
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#lgbtq+ 🙏🏼

I struggle with similar stuff. I'm trying to push through my fear and shut-in nature to do more activism, it's hard though ;;

Thank you aaa!! I'm gonna aim for 30k more in Feb but I'm really glad I got that done

I reached 20k in my story! It's technically past midnight, but I reached my goal for the month aaaaa

#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social January 30th: What do you see in the future for your writing career? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts!

I'm late to #pretendpanel cos I stayed out til 9pm with my 5yo in Wellington, playing with the Bucket Fountain. If you don't know it, look it up, it's a wonder of the world 😅

January 30th: What do you see in the future for your writing career?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

I'm currently trying to get a first book out, and then I'll try and go the indie route as a web serial with patreon. I've been wanting to make an income with my writing for a while now, on top of hoping my writing can mean something to people in modern times <3

My Orphan Queen story crossed 14k words tonight! I'm about halfway through the introductory part of the first arc aaa <3

I'm still pretty new to working on this story. But the protag is heavily inspired by another character I originally disliked, and it's done a lot to like... at least make me warm up to that one

She's a dumbass and a bit of a bitch, but at least tries to be a good person while she pursues dreams.