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Author of Two Can Play That Game (A&U) Owner & designer at Next Level Escape (Sydney) She/her

186 Followers  |  90 Following  |  22 Posts  |  Joined: 10.07.2023  |  2.2418

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Holy shit this is SO gorgeous!!!

31.01.2024 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Query and First 10 Pages Critique Auction item 'Query and First 10 Pages Critique' hosted online at 32auctions.

Hello friends! I'm offering a query + first 10 pages critique of a YA or adult novel for the #BooksforPalestine auction.
Bidding starts tomorrow at 8am EST!

#writingcommunity #SFF #speclit

www.32auctions.com/organization...

07.11.2023 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay just how amazing is Alex and their commission of Sam! They totally brought her to life and to this day I will sit and stare at this with the goofiest, happiest grin on my face!

06.11.2023 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Applies to novels, too, and it kinda hit a nerve as I'm prepping to go back into edits soon

15.09.2023 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
I made a small ink drawing of a woman in a large, impossible dress festooned with bows. The dress is stippled, which took forever. So many tiny dots to indicate gradation in value.

I made a small ink drawing of a woman in a large, impossible dress festooned with bows. The dress is stippled, which took forever. So many tiny dots to indicate gradation in value.

Another tiny drawing

11.09.2023 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 403    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
When did the badger badger mushroom song come out?
1 September 2003
It consists of 12 animated cartoon badgers doing calisthenics, a mushroom in front of a tree, and a snake in
the desert. The Flash cartoon is accompanied by a bass line, above which a voiceover sings the names of what is shown on screen. This Flash cartoon was published on 1 September 2003.

When did the badger badger mushroom song come out? 1 September 2003 It consists of 12 animated cartoon badgers doing calisthenics, a mushroom in front of a tree, and a snake in the desert. The Flash cartoon is accompanied by a bass line, above which a voiceover sings the names of what is shown on screen. This Flash cartoon was published on 1 September 2003.

this is the oldest i've ever felt in my life

01.09.2023 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1217    ๐Ÿ” 350    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82    ๐Ÿ“Œ 126

you vs your pfp

20.08.2023 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

omgomgomg AMAZING

21.08.2023 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a website with white background and cut out photos of fish and vegetables lining the bottom. The title of the site is ASIAN FOOD DICTIONARY and there is a search bar in the middle.

Screenshot of a website with white background and cut out photos of fish and vegetables lining the bottom. The title of the site is ASIAN FOOD DICTIONARY and there is a search bar in the middle.

๐ŸฆSOFT LAUNCH ALERT๐Ÿฆ Welcome to the Asian Food Dictionary! Weโ€™re very excited to show you some early fruits from our years-long research project on what we call our foods ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

Screenshot below of our website, which JUST WENT LIVE ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ โ€“ check it out at AsianFoodDictionary.com

11.08.2023 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IT DESERVES SO MUCH MORE LOVE. I was legitimately expecting it to find a huge fandom if I'm being honest- and aaaa I LOVE THE MENTION!

07.08.2023 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I AM SUCH A FANGIRL OF IT GOES LIKE THIS. I have been yelling at everyone I can to read it like just PLEASE!!!

07.08.2023 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Aaaaaa thank you!!!

07.08.2023 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry

This rather sucks: apparently the company behind Libby/Overdrive (which is the dominant way to access ebooks etc. through your local library) is now in the hands of the vulture capitalists who took down Toys Rโ€™Us.

And signs of enshittification are already showing.

04.08.2023 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 990    ๐Ÿ” 679    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220
And then: slipping back in. There was the initial surface tension of unfamiliarity (who wrote this thing? they must have been going through it), and lines I didnโ€™t remember sometimes hit me like buses. But in the slow shaping and re-shaping of sentencesโ€”in becoming, again, these characters Iโ€™d come to knowโ€”it was the same feeling as, toward the end of this pass, when I found myself rushing through some Manhattan subway station with two suitcases (which I would never recommend, especially in summer), sidestepping people on the platform and slotting myself in and shallowly breathing in the reek like some nasty madeleine and thinking: the body remembers.
Because maybe your past selves donโ€™t always leave you behind. Because sometimes if theyโ€™ve poured out enough of themselves for you, in words and phrases and shadings of sense-memory, you can slip in among them, breathe in time to their heartbeats. Because one day this version of you, too, will join their ghostly crowd.

And then: slipping back in. There was the initial surface tension of unfamiliarity (who wrote this thing? they must have been going through it), and lines I didnโ€™t remember sometimes hit me like buses. But in the slow shaping and re-shaping of sentencesโ€”in becoming, again, these characters Iโ€™d come to knowโ€”it was the same feeling as, toward the end of this pass, when I found myself rushing through some Manhattan subway station with two suitcases (which I would never recommend, especially in summer), sidestepping people on the platform and slotting myself in and shallowly breathing in the reek like some nasty madeleine and thinking: the body remembers. Because maybe your past selves donโ€™t always leave you behind. Because sometimes if theyโ€™ve poured out enough of themselves for you, in words and phrases and shadings of sense-memory, you can slip in among them, breathe in time to their heartbeats. Because one day this version of you, too, will join their ghostly crowd.

wrote a lil newsletter thing about finishing dev edits! https://lowph.beehiiv.com/p/on-time-and-travel

05.08.2023 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nooooo sorry :(
Only Australian rights have sold so far, we're working on world!!

04.08.2023 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AAAAAAAA CONGRATS!!

04.08.2023 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Scrivener screenshot saying "THE END," Pages 231-232 of 232, 109,729 words

Scrivener screenshot saying "THE END," Pages 231-232 of 232, 109,729 words

Bottom view of a white binder full of pages, with a green gel pen on top

Bottom view of a white binder full of pages, with a green gel pen on top

the chonker has been chonked! (these deathless shores draft 9) ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

04.08.2023 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just doing my standard promo stuff, nbd. But also buy my book ig? :P I've been told it's a trojan horse of a [REDACTED] hidden in a cute rom-com!

Links here: https://twocanplaythatgame.carrd.co/

04.08.2023 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Single adventurer dad and his accidentally adopted chaotic tiefling daughter

03.08.2023 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 797    ๐Ÿ” 219    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I use Brevo, the free plan is limited to 300 emails a day (but you can store as many contacts as you want), which is enough for a small thing like mine. It's got a drag and drop editor so it can be as simple or as fancy as you like, and you really don't have to be that tech-savvy.

29.07.2023 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello! Grammarly just announced that they've been using your work to train their AI. If you still use their garbage service, stop now.

28.07.2023 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 224    ๐Ÿ” 143    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Canada has barbarian class wildlife. Australia has rogue class wildlife.

29.07.2023 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For #authors who are just joining Bluesky:

There are a number of writing feeds set up that you can add to your feeds. They each have their own rules for what shows up there so check the feed descriptions. I'll comment some of the ones I'm aware of below!

25.07.2023 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 390    ๐Ÿ” 214    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
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up and at โ€˜em โ˜€๏ธ

25.07.2023 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

very here for #sequentialsaturdays! this is a spread called โ€œisnโ€™t it fun to move characters through time and space?โ€

#comic #comics

22.07.2023 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

pro wrestling is yaoi

20.07.2023 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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*GASP* a โœจnewโœจ social media platform to plague with endless crops from my endlessly WIP graphic novel about messy grown-ups? DONโ€™T MIND IF I DO!

#comic #comics

18.06.2023 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44

Just did a human verification captcha thing that made you select the picture where the top of the (many) dice added up to 14.

THEY MADE ME DO THIS TEN TIMES. I DO NOT MATH WELL AT 11:40PM AT NIGHT. WHY.

Bot-proofing has gone too far

17.07.2023 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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