franklyn s newton - queer sff author @franklyn-newt - Tumblr Blog

I should do a little intro since uhhhh a lot has changed since I was last here - I'm Franklyn (they/she) and I write mostly sci-fi, and a little fantasy, but it's almost always queer and dripping with * G E N D E R *.

So far I've published a couple of sapphic short stories, Wolfsbane [urban fantasy with a werewolf and witch, lightly romantic meet cute],

Living Ink [succubus body horror , do NOT read at a work lol],

and a pulp sci-fi romp with a trans starship captain in the Dudes Rock Anthology

I also have a steamy retired hitman m/f short, Old Devil Moon [think John Wick in the 80s]

My first novel was published in spring 2024, Synthetic Sea featuring a washed up trans masc private detective and the non-binary lounge singer he falls for <3

Just starting to draft my second novel now!

Checkout my website for the latest news :)

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distractionsfromthefood

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skarchomp

advertising lemonade is pointless. the human body already knows it needs it

mandatoryrollercoaster

This is Progress

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aplpaca

big fan of when animals creche. Love to see so many fucking babies in one place

aplpaca

So a creche in ecology is a group of animals that take care of their offspring as a group. Grouping together like this can help with protection against predators, finding food, enduring the weather, and gives the parents time to "rest", as sometimes the parents will alternate who's being the primary watchers while others get to hunt by themselves for a bit, like a baby animal daycare.

But ye lions do this once cubs each a certain age. A decent amount of birds do it (for example: flamingos and a lot of penguin, duck, and goose species). Gharials (a type of South Asian crocodilian) form creches with hundreds of babies from multiple nests (they lay under 100 eggs each and sometimes as few as 20). Feral hogs tend to form groups of mothers and young like this, and I saw 3 sows and like 15+ tiny babies the other day and they were so cute

But ye that's how you get pictures like these

tumorhead

Rattlesnakes will creche!! In some species mature adult females will hang out together (they're friends!) in shared dens and even birth their clutches together. Then one will babysit while the others go get food. Adult females have been seeing caring for their young like shooing young back into the den when a predator approaches. You can watch LIVE rattlesnake den mothers and all their babies on Project Rattlecam!!!!

hazeldomain

You can fight AI in indie publishing by leaving reviews.

Seriously.

Ai-generated garbage is flooding the self-publishing market. It works as a numbers game- put out ENOUGH fake crap and eventually someone’s aunt will buy them the ebook as an unwanted gift, and you’ll have made two dollars. This tactic works at SCALE, which means real independent titles are now a needle amongst a haystack of slop.

If you have read a book this year that has less than 5 reviews, your rating is an algorithmic spotlight on that needle.

A one sentence review helps. Really. A star rating helps if you really can’t think of anything to say, but if you can muster up even “I laughed at the part about the tabby cat” you are doing indie authors a favor like you cannot believe.

(Also if you left a review on one of my books this year I am kissing you so softly on your forehead and I adore you)

plague-of-insomnia

as a former indie author i cannot express how much even one single sentence review can mean to sales.

so if you care about supporting authors take a sec to leave one!

Thinking of a new concept. It's called a pharmacy, but it works.

franklyn-newt

Curious for a new read ? Something trans, romantic, and cyberpunky? Synthetic sea is a cyberpunk romance with noir mystery vibes, available in ebook and paperback 💜(x)

I feel the same about influencer/"phone video"/scripted podcast set style advertisements. In my day Patrick Wilson had to dance to Annie Get Your Gun to sell you Gap jeans. Britney Spears and Beyonce had to fight in a gladiator pit to get you to buy Pepsi. You used to hire jingle writers but now some guy is pretending to eat Domino's pizza for the first time from the front seat of his minivan and it's Sad.