Ahhhh once again the dude who copied my name has 20+ scam websites according to Writers Beware and charges money and is NOT ME NOT ME NOT ME 😭😭😭

if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead”

even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.

Updates:

• I wrote 3000 words in the last 48 hours
• genAI is ick and we should all still commission artists (incl narrators for audio books, covers, fan art, & yourself as a ghibli character)
• the new hunger games book made me cry so much I had to drink a Gatorade.

I think that's all ✌️

If you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery.

Just deleted the X app off my phone and my entire facebook account. We'll see how I go without messenger I guess?

Genuinely feel so bad for all the 🇺🇸 tiktok creators losing their jobs & livelihoods.

It's that time of year again! (where indie authors bombard you with pleas to vote for their work in the #IndieInkAwards)

I've made it as easy as possible to vote for Spark of the Divine - just go to linktr.ee/louisehollandauthor and click through to see the noms! Thank you if you do 💚

I had a most excellent time at Dragonsteel! Still pinching myself to check it was real.

My only problem is I bought so much stuff I now must side quest for an extra suitcase. Wish me luck as I search for a Walmart 🤣

it's my birthday today, and it's becoming clearer each year that once you've had The Bad Birthday things will never quite feel the same.

(if you don't know what I'm talking about I'm extremely happy for you)

So are we shitposting on here yet or are we still pretending this is going to be more put-together than the bird app? Because personally I can't wait to get back to shitposting.

Get to know your mutuals: in no particular order, post 10 things you like

taylor swift
ramen
musicals
stardew valley
collecting vinyls even though I don't have a player
the colour periwinkle
overdressing
twirl chocolate bars
queer media
2003-2013 pop punk

It's my book birthday today!! Happy one year to #SparkoftheDivine 💚💚💚💚

Hi I'd love to be added to the ND (I'm AuDHD), Aussie, Indie Authors & Fantasy ones please! Thank you for going to the trouble of making these for people 💚

My formative years were deep in the 90s/2000s ED thin culture torture & it was VERY hard not to be triggered by the bodies in Wicked. I went to the bathroom & caught myself poking at my own collarbone.

Please don't make being super super thin cool again. Our daughters deserve better.

Just saw Wicked - it was absolutely fantastic, brilliant work, bawled my eyes out.

BUT jfc I don't think I can let my kid watch it, because I'm not ready to have a conversation about why Ariana's sternum is so pronounced it looks like she ate a plastic butterfly. The thinness is legit terrifying.

Btw if we're mutuals & interact on other platforms but I haven't followed you back here – like this post/let me know! Everyone's jumping ship at the same time, it's easy to miss people.

(promise I don't secretly hate you)

The copyright statement from Ephemeral City which reads in part: No part of this book may be used as data for ‘training’ any large language model or as part of any machine learning or neural network architeture. Human creaivity cannot be replicated by doing maths with stolen art. Altman, Andressen, and all their cronies can get fucked. Enquires should be made to the publisher.

Publisher: Do you want to put an LLM clause in the copyright statement?
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.

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in case you needed a bunch of idiots❌ whoops I mean cool authors✔️to follow, here's the #BreakIns starter pack!

Repost a GIF describing your exit from twitter:

my daughter just asked for a "save point" in the book she's reading...

FanFiAddict Indie Author Sale | FanFiAddict A few of the reviewers here at FanFiAddict also happen to be authors, so we thought it would be fun to host a book sale featuring their work! Here you’ll fi ...

There’s talented bunch of authors in the FFA team and from 23-25th Nov there offering their wares at stupidly good prices (some are even free)

So be sure to check out the FanFiAddict Indie Author Sale
fanfiaddict.com/fanfiaddict-...

SPARK OF THE DIVINE HARDCOVER (The Kalaraak Chronicles, #1) by Louise Holland [SIGNED] | Kimori Books Online Bookshop Happy Sparkiversary! SPARK OF THE DIVINE is turning a whole year old, so I thought I'd celebrate my baby being out in the world by bringing the fancy version to the world. Usually only available at in...

🎉SURPRISE!🎉

For Spark of the Divine's bday week, I'm making the fancy hardcover (usually only available at in-person events) WORLDWIDE for one week only!

more info here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/Spark-HC

Spacey graphic with white text and arrows pointing to a book in the middle. Text top right to bottom left: Sort of a romance. I don't think this island is abandoned. Bisexual MC. Space pirates? Space pirates! The sassy rat is a stable now. Anxiety is a b*tch, huh? Connected Standalone! Book cover: A magenta-red spacey scene with a huge pinking and grey moon in the top left corner and darkening storm clouds nearer the bottom. Centre right a wooden sailing ship is flying through the storm clouds of outer space. Gold foil text, title: Quarantine Thirteen. Author name below: Natalie Kelda. Series title at top: Inner Universe.

I have a book on sale this weekend!

It was part of a queer book sale yesterday so go check that out as most are still available for 0.99!

Check out the 17 queer books here: www.cassandramedcalf.com/queer-books-...

And direct link to Quarantine Thirteen: books2read.com/u/3y62D6

I'm writing more books, but I'm also slow as heck and full of anxiety so I drop off the digital earth a lot.

If we've had 2+ positive interactions, congrats, I consider you my Internet Friend. If you're a GGoT that gets upgraded to hypothetical coven member and I'd go to war for you 🫡

I haaaaaate AI. I don't use it, I won't use it, I won't entertain it. Keep your creepy shiny plastic art tf away from me thanks.

When I'm not writing (or procrastinating writing) I'm doing Vending Stuff, as my husband and I own a vending machine business. I have a 5yo daughter & a 12yo stepson. I love bg3 & painting despite being bad at both.

I am pro-LGBTQ+, pro-women, pro-🍉, pro-feminism, pro-free-speech, and pro-humanity.

You can get my physical books author direct from 🇦🇺 at kimoribooks.com.au — prices are in AUD so check your conversions, it might actually be cheap for you! (the Aus $ isn't great 😅)

For digital readers, Spark is in KU/on the 'zon. The paperback can be weird prices. I'm sorry.

✨intro post✨

Hi, I'm Louise Holland. I write indie fantasy books based on the real life escapades of my unhinged dnd table. My love of classic adventure fantasy is rivaled only by the big 3 S's (Sanderson, Skyrim & Swift)

here's some dorky infographics to give you more context

guys I'm in a car wash in my work van and the top of the windscreen is leaking water onto me 😅😅😅

this is never not funny #indieauthor 💸💸💸