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Yes, I *do* have a tiny collection of my previously published short stories coming out on Sept. 26, and yes, it *is* available for pre-order in ebook form. Also on release day you'll be able to get it as a PAPERBACK with the full gorgeous, glorious cover by Lane Lloyd.
Meanwhile, via Bluesky...
(See also the video here from ITN.)
Larry is displaying the full value proposition he brings to British governance. Who else at Downing St. has been this consistent a performer over the years?
Shoutout to my favorite genre of TOS episode:
…I can’t think how it took me so long to run across this. I feel privileged to have been found by it. 😄
Double the privilege only seeing it BECAUSE @dduane reblogged it.
It’s so unfair i don’t get to see where evolution will go in 50 million years
crab
Crustaceans: Crab
Mammals: Weasel
Plants: Tree
Amphibians & Reptiles: Unchanged because they are perfect
Birds: 360° around back to dinosaurs
Fungi: I shan't speculate on the affairs of gods
As a mycologist, I must concur. Do not speculate on the affairs of gods. Decay exists as an extant form of life.
The sphinx stirred.
"Halt! If you seek to pass, you must solve my riddle, or I will kill you!"
The wanderer skulking in the sphinx' shadow froze in place.
"Riddless? It wishess to play a game of riddless? We know riddless, we do, my preciouss, we do!"
VEGETA
Possible case for Vegeta defeating bugs bunny.
In the immediate following scene, Arale's head comes off. Her headless body stumbles around, finds her head, and places it back on (she's a robot). She proceeds to kick Vegeta so hard he flies once-around the planet. Vegeta is not, in fact, capable of defeating a gag manga character. He would not win against Bugs Bunny. This is, however, an epic fourth-wall breaking moment.
VEGETA
Possible case for Vegeta defeating bugs bunny.
Midnight Pals: Shrooms
HP Lovecraft: what if a mushroom came from space Caitlin Kiernan: what if a mushroom came from space and made zombies William Hope Hodgeson: what if you hated the sea and everything in it and also there was a mushroom
Junji Ito: what if there were mushrooms in your house Jeff VanderMeer: what if you stole a mushroom's house Andrew F. Sullivan: what if the real mushroom was capitalism this whole time
Ursula Vernon: what if mushroom but gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia: what if mushroom but gothic and also mexican Saskia Nislow: what if a mushroom ate your kids
Molly Tanzer: what if you put mushroom in hooch Bitter Karella: what if you put mushroom in titty milk
Yi Shi Si Zhou: what if you killed a mushroom Aliya Whiteley: what if you fucked a mushroom Laura Cranehill: what if you married a mushroom
What if our mushrooms were the friends we made along the way.
Went to the grocery store with my kindergartener. We weighed some bananas: 2 pounds even. We weighed a watermelon: 4 pounds even. We weighed some mangos: a little over 1 pound. We weighed the watermelon AND the bananas: 6 pounds even.
“That’s funny” said the child “because 2+4=6 and two pounds and four pounds is six pounds. It’s like the same as math!”
“What happens if you add 6+1?”
“SEVEN”
“What if we put one pound of mangos on the scale?” <mangos added>
“IT’S THE SAME!!”
“OK, what’s 7-4?”
“Three?”
“What if we take the four pound watermelon off the scale?” <watermelon removed>
“Mama! Are you telling me math works In Real Life? Think of all the things you could measure!!”
This child has discovered "The Unreasonable Effectiveness Mathematics in the Natural Sciences." Basically, a five-year-old channelling Eugene Wigner.
The Artemis II images are making me emotional for a lot of reasons but one of them is:
reblog if you’ve had an online friendship that’s lasted more than 2 years
Insane writing techniques that help me every time
writing
writing my words
thinking of words and writing them on paper
putting words on paper
putting them out there, words and all
typing on the keys and everything
filling up the document & shit
writing
Hope this helps !!!
There are a lot of nuances to the asexual spectrum and aromantic spectrum -- they can overlap in a myriad of ways, and sometimes be informed by neurodivergence and/or trauma, all of which is valid.
For writers wanting to add ace and/or aro rep into your books, it's worth talking to ace and aro people, and those whose orientations sit on both spectrums, as having this perspective can really help.
Honestly, I think it's just way more interesting to have this kind of rep, too, because we aces and aros can flip and subvert story expectations and narratives, no matter what genre this rep is in.
What happens if you take sex (but not necessarily romance) totally off the table as a motivator for a male character who is very "macho" or perceived as that? How does that change/subvert expectations? What vulnerabilities does this add, and how might it complicate his storyline?
What happens to the dynamics of a situation when one person is very comfortable having sex with all genders but only romantically attracted to certain ones, or vice versa, so they could fall in love with someone they aren't sexually attracted to, or be sexually attracted to someone they won't fall in love with?
What happens if you're writing spice and a character is fine with sex but just never falls in love; what would changing a subplot or main plot into a Strangers-to-BFFs-With-Benefits do, if you wanted to look at ways to open things up and explore queered relationship structures?
How does jealousy manifest in these relationships, if it does, and how do you navigate that?
In an SFF situation - how would any of the above impact the dynamics of a group of characters, with forced proximity of a quest or castle or space station or something they can't leave so they're all stuck with each other? It doesn't have to make something "boring" if spice isn't added... It can create opportunities for growth, new situations, conflict, and resolution to issues.
In horror, sex averse MMCs basically take SA off the table totally as a means to shock or disturb the audience, and mean the writer has to actually work with that and create more interesting antagonist characters with deeper motivations. It also changes the dynamic when someone is literally only interested in your body from an anatomical point of view, and if you start coming onto them, they freak out and have no idea how to handle that situation, which can even flip the power dynamics. (See also: my touch-starved cannibal in The Crows).
You can also use it for deepening emotional bonds in romances of all types, as demisexuals and demiromantics are perfect for the slowburn trope. Explicitly exploring demi orientations gives additional things to develop and talk about, too; what will help them create the emotional bond the demi character requires in order to feel sexual and/or romantic attraction to the other person?
Note: if the person is demi and the emotional bond isn't formed, the only-one-bed trope won't work. BUT you can use that to create more angst for Character B if Character A is demi, and then reprise it later once the demi character is fully into them...
Anyway - almost everything I write has ace, aro, or both spectrums rep in it, not necessarily both, and I would love more people to know that!
Ace and Aro rep can be found in:
The Crows Thirteenth The Day We Ate Grandad The Sussex Fretsaw Massacre (& Other Stories) (all of these have unlabelled but very obvious and on-page ace/aro spec rep) The Reluctant Husband (aesthetic attraction is present, but the MMC is lowkey aro and grey-ace, unlabelled as it is set in 1938)
Birds of a Feather (contemporary romcom with aro-spectrum and sex averse ace MMC, he doesn't label himself but microlabels are speculated) Yelen & Yelena - aro only, Queer Dark Gothic Fantasy
My stuff for those interested:
My fiction books
“why are you, as someone in their 30s, still on tumblr” oh so you think you’re gonna be normal when you’re my age? you think you’re gonna be CURED?? you think the witches’ curse will have been lifted by then?? cmon now
More like "Sorry, what? You think social media sites work like shells for hermit crabs? That from here we're supposed to migrate to Facebook and then to the scrabbly weeds of Nextdoor? Kid, no. You stepped into OUR shoes years ago when you were way to little to be wearing these big heels, so you could play dressup. Just because those shoes fit now doesn't mean you're gonna use our own damn shoes to kick us out."
30? Honestly? Is this some modern version of Logan's Run where anyone over age 29 has the gem implanted in their hand start flashing red and is commanded to report to "renewal" or be hunted down? I'm a whole lot older than that. I've been weird longer than some of you youngsters have been alive and intend to stay that way.
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I think I find this post every April Fools Day and I am so happy that I do
Don’t click. Just listen to the music in your brain. You know the rules and so do I.
Click it you coward
But I'm singing the lyrics even! I'm going to have a Rick Astley earworm for WEEKS now.
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
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*hammers reblog button*
I think I find this post every April Fools Day and I am so happy that I do
Don't click. Just listen to the music in your brain. You know the rules and so do I.
