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I'm doing an AMA on Reddit r/fantasy today if you want to Ask Me Anything

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The Photonic Effect “What space opera is meant to be. A brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war.” —K.B. Wagers A starship captain and her crew face conspi...

THE PHOTONIC EFFECT releases tomorrow! To tempt you into preordering, let's deep dive into the initial pitch of "Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect" and how its influences all shake out on the characters and world. THREAD

(And the all-important preorder links!)

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Yes! That’s definitely it for me!

Ah that is a cool idea!

Closing in on TEN DAYS LEFT for this submission period! Polish em up and send them in! Visit our submissions page for details 🖤

I wish Scrivener had a counter for words removed. Also I deserve a cookie and a hug for every sentence I delete.

Thank you!

Quick break now, then time to hammer out this final chapter and start at least one of the rewrites.

One chapter to go!!!! One more chapter, and then I have a complete draft of Book 3!!!

I still need to read the entire thing through and tidy it for continuity etc. And I have 5 chapters I want to rewrite from scratch. AND and I somehow need to lose about 20% of the word count. But yay!!!

Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both

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I like it!!

Why does my optimum time for creativity have to be 11.43pm ffs…

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Congratulations! 🎉

My beloved novelette Phantom View is a Locus finalist! Wonderful news, especially since it's sharing a ballot with @acwise.bsky.social @sentencebender.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @marthawells.com @nassos.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @hildur.bsky.social & @aimeeogdenwrites.com! Yay all!

(Once I get to 10k followers, I want to do a recommendationopalooza!)

Congratulations! 🎉

Our not-so-little story, We Begin Where Infinity Ends, is a Locus Award Novelette Finalist. Grateful to everyone who read, loved, and recommended this story. May all your infinites be boundless✨🪲💕

Thank you again!

Thank you!

Thank you!

I checked four times. That is indeed my name on the list. Congratulations to my fellow finalists!

Thank you so much!

Happy publication day! 🎉

Thank you!