I had my fingers crossed, but day job is really spoiling the effort. 😐

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This is going to make the next month even harder. So if you want to do something to help, now is a great time to support my Patreon.

Sir, that was smooth.

FIRST LOOK for Mentor; A Playthrough Aradhna K. added a post for members!

doing something new for Ko-fi members for the next few weeks! ko-fi.com/post/FIRST-L...

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@fersus.bsky.social

You gotta stir your letters.

Yes you are. I am firmly in the "don't make the thing I could read in a minute a four minute video" camp.

P.S. If anyone (in the UK) would prefer to purchase one of these direct from me for cover price plus p&p please drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com, letting me know where to send. You'll also get a free bookmark (there are a few other designs, as well as those pictured).

Listen, I didn't know that the joke "I like my muse as I like my coffee: ..." would have THAT effect.

a little boy is being interviewed by a woman with a microphone that says ktla on it Alt: A little boy answering a question with a laugh, then starts crying while being interviewed by blonde woman.

I mean... it's going better than for other people, so... I'll just cling to that, yes?

If that isn't worth $3, what is? Throw in! The Waffle House parking lot my have never seen a fighter as fierce before! ❤️‍🔥

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I am, embarrassingly once again, a week out from my monthly check from my non-profit job and so low on food and gas I am unsure how we'll get there, even with side hustling. If you're into helping hopeless girls survive the apocalypse, anything extra will go to other mutual aid. 💖

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And still, you bested me, no matter how intricate my patterns were. 😱 Might have been fate.

Rumor has it I didn't drink anything and realised when I felt hot but did not sweat and got a headache.
You will NEVER GUESS what happened then...

Valid 🤣💜

Does it affect posture? Do you sit straighter trying not to touch it with your wrists? 👀

#drinkwater #stayhydrated #writerslife
PSA: HYDRATE! DRINK YOUR WATER!

You are not yourself when you forget to drink for half a day, you'll START SCREAMING ON THE INTERNET AT STRANGERS!
ASK ME HOW I KNOW!
ASK ME!

Also, how can you read all those books when you are dehydrated? *mic drop*

Over here, weather is almost frost in the morning and over 20°C midday. Clothes-wise, I wish it could just decide what it wants. 🙄

Ah damn. Fingers crossed your sleep gets better! 💜

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Good morning to everyone except billionaires, fascists, and my autism / anxiety, which decided that I needed to spend the night mentally re-reading and second-guessing every email I’ve ever sent in my life.

The battles we fight with imposter syndrome, the old villain, and fear of failure are manifold and vary greatly in intensity. Some days I can ignore it, pass it by, get words down right from the start. Other days I have to square it, blade drawn, and hiss: "Either thou or I, or both!"⚔️

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I do that with words, sometimes. 👀

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Allow yourself to fail, with the prospect of failing better, until you fail so good that others do not perceive your creation as failure.
Start writing your thoughts about a first sentence, until you coax it out of hiding, until it desperately wants to be on the page to be part of the discussion.

#amwriting #writerslife #fuckimpostersyndrome

Just to say it out loud - yes, I do all my typos myself! I don't have anything helping me with them!

Gosh, the adorbsd level is over 9000! 😍🤩

A poster with 9 vertical lines - 4 in shades of blue, the other 5 with pictures in them. The longest image is a side profile of an Indian bride, focused on the dupatta covering her head and a portion of her red skirt. In a clockwise fashion, the next image is of hands holding flower garlands of red and yellow. The third is a blurry image of a man in a winter jacket and hat behind a table holding festive items. And then a little bit of a turban with a blurry veiled woman in the background. The last and smallest photo is of the torso and legs of a child sitting on a table with an adult facing them. We can only see hands and legs. At the bottom left of the poster are the words NOW AVAILABLE. At the top is the title FACETS in cursive. Under that reads SHORT STORIES BY ARADHNA K. and under that LOVE | HEARTBREAKS | FRIENDSHIPS | HOPE.

Facets; a compilation. Five short stories of love, heartbreak and hope. Out now on Ko-fi. Coming soon on Itch.

#PosterPit #A #R #C #P

You swallow
hope like swords,
fear bright as fire,
a river of sadness
moving
of its own accord,
then you wait—

something
will grow, even if you
do not want it,
tried to guard against it,
made a salt circle
around your heart—
it all still breaks,
& you do too,
history
ripping
& repeating.
#TinyPoem

A red background with yellow stars in the top third and part of a decorated royal in the bottom third. In the center reads FESTIVE Spirits with F, E, S, I, V and E showing parts of a photo of colourful rangoli and a flame. The letter T shows a little bit of a christmas star and lights. On top of the title is the tagline "'tis the season... for Diwali?". Under the title and a little to the right reads "a DESI HALLMARK novella". At the bottom of the page are the words CURRENTLY REWRITING and at the top ARADHNA K.

HALLMARK meets BOLLYWOOD.

When Sneha Rai makes a wistful wish on a Christmas star, the last thing she expects is to wake up a few months in the past and a little to the left of the life she knows. It's the life she's never said she's wanted, and now it's real. Or is it?

#PosterPit #A #R #C #W

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Ich did not make thys, but Ich wisshe Ich did. Repost yf you are a proud member of the Gen AI Backlash.

My tetris was not as pretty!