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I'll be "present" from 8 ET/5:00 Tucson Time with some sneak peeks and behind the scene details. Hope to see you there!

Party: www.facebook.com/groups/76463...

If you can't make the party but want the books, you can get them here: books.bookfunnel.com/13nightsofha...

I myself have a free monster romance NOVEL, Whiskey Pooka Foxtrot! It's a fun, heartfelt, shapeshifter story with plenty of sweetness and spice. And there's ELEVEN more stories up for grabs in the Monster Brides 13 Nights of Halloween promo so you can stuff your October with monster brides & grooms.

Today's the day! Monster Brides Monster Fans is holding a party to celebrate the spookiest of months, and there's a whole bunch of FREE monster romances to fill your pumpkin bucket! Join us today from 5-midnight Eastern for fun activities and author fun!

Interested? More info & link in comments!

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

Fantasy, Paranormal, and Monster Romance Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

...on the menu with a wide range of monsters and fantasy creatures to suit every mood! Check out the offerings here:

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Looking for some August reads? I may not have a new book releasing this month, but that doesn't mean I can't help you find something new! This month I'm participating in a sales promo with a bunch of other monster and paranormal romance authors, and there's a lot of fantastic-looking books... (1/2)

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

If we can reach 75% funded tonight, I WILL PAINT A SPACE UNICORN! Please note, I am not very good at art! 😁🦄

Maddie, Mark, Bridget, & Niobe

Maddie, Mark, & Niobe

Bridget, Mark, Maddie, & Niobe

Maddie & Mark

Realized the other day that I hadn't posted these family pictures from our LA trip! Yes, Mark is very tall (I am 5'8"ish for comparison) and we are all very cute.

CW: Mentions of suicide & CSA

Addison Beck, using the name Maddison Devlin, wrote a book marketed as “M/M romance with an unconventional HEA.” Both protagonists die by suicide. One is a CSA survivor; his rapist was protagonist of a previous book and got an ACTUAL HEA. Revolting on so many levels.

Don’t Fall for AI: Nine Reasons for Writers to Reject Slop Some shortcuts aren't worth taking.

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Hana Lee

When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reach 575 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited essayist Hana Lee! buff.ly/LDWcD7n

JUST FOUR MORE BACKERS!!!!!

It's a tool of fascism.

Road sign, two directions: "doing what you need to do", and "doing what you want to do", car underneath between the two directions upside down and on fire, "ADHDers somehow doing neither"

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Update thread #2. Hemlock
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.

Just $53 more!!!

What a stellar human, LOVE IS REAL 🖤🖤🖤

I hadn't realized that AI companies were pushing this stuff on us at a loss.

It really makes them sound like coke dealers trying to get people hooked.

But like, with a version of cocaine that sucks and is no fun

A black dragon with flame smoldering in its mouth and lines of magma burning between its scales spreads mighty wings as it emerges from the ocean. Water spirals and froths, rising at opposite edges of the panel with the massive displacement of the dragon rising. The rib supports of its wings are thick and spiked, but the flesh between is tattered and showing through at the edge of its wings. A cloud of orange billowing smoke rises behind. Lines of fiery debris launch in random directions. A spire of rock rises from the ocean as a tiny figure perches atop faces the massive beast.

In this week's newsletter, we go behind the scenes for a truly epic commission, Deathwing for Blizzard Entertainment:

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Out for coffee with my friend Sioux at the coffeeshop that I wrote into Monsoon as Café Legend - the perfect place to announce that the paperback is now available on Amazon! Thanks to @hollyda.bsky.social for the beautiful layout! ❤️ Cover and interior art Procreate/Photoshop. tinyurl.com/MonsoonEB

-Double points if it's something I missed, but not if I did it on purpose. Final points decision is mine.
-US only.
-ARC readers are eligible!
-No cheating by looking at the corrected version when it goes up!
-Contest ends July 15!
-My mom is currently in the lead with 6 points.

The deets:
-DM or email me your guesses on what I changed. The changes can be anything from cosmetic layout changes and improved wording to continuity and grammar corrections. You don't have to fix it, just find it.

I wasn't able to get my post-ARC edited version uploaded before I was locked out. I sent 132 edits to my editor, and might have missed more. I'm offering a signed paperback to whoever finds the most of my corrections. See comments for details!

It's release day, and the Tucson weather is on board with Rai's arrival! Monsoon is now available for purchase on Kindle Select and to read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited!

And since I'm making ALL the rookie mistakes, I'm running a contest!

I started writing Monsoon about a year ago, and it seems crazy to me that I finished it, that people beyond my immediate family and friends are reading it, that I even have a few reviews! Thank you everyone who joined me on this journey!

First rain of the monsoon! I have so much to do but it's good to take a minute to sit on my porch in the cool damp and listen to the rain mixed with the sounds of downtown. It's a lovely balm to the stress of the day before release!

Sometimes the meme just fits... One week to release day!

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"A Fae's Guide to Tactical Botany" coming November 15 as part of the Monster Brides Romance series! Join my Patreon for preview chapters and behind-the-scenes fun!

*yes, I'm working on that other book, too.