Annalisa

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Updated the site with info on the authors selected for the Bioterror anthology, and some short summaries about their stories!

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#HorrorWritersChat it has been a delight to join you today.

I am writing a game based on Palestinian folklore. It has a short playable demo which I offer for the low price of free: soniasulaiman.itch.io/thursday-of-...

Found out I had social anxiety and got on meds. Found out I was autistic and started accommodating myself. Moved way left politically by hearing from marginalized people firsthand. Learned from the chronic illness community how to advocate for myself and got another diagnosis leading to more meds.

I backed at the ebook level, very excited!

Hi, I'm Annalisa, and I write fantasy, romance, and sometimes other stuff. For this month I need to finish my Disease of the Mind short story for an anthology I'm part of and start working on a witchy short story for another anthology I'll be applying for. #LGBTQWriteAThon

YouTube video by Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Hidden Epidemics Within Indian Boarding Schools

It's #OrangeShirtDay, or National Day of Remembrance of Indian Boarding schools in the US. I spent time today watching this webinar about how boarding schools enabled and hid epidemics among the children. youtu.be/tkFjpEbVUOw?...

Every child matters. Here, there and everywhere #LANDBACK 🧡✊

#EveryChildMatters #FreePalestine #BreakTheSiege

🎨 fetchart via @mcmastersphr on IG

I broke my fast today at 6:48, about ten minutes after sunset. But Palestinians in Gaza still have nothing to eat. Pass the Fast, Let Gaza Eat! #ParentsFast4Gaza

The second is a queer exploration of the author's life and the recurring themes of abuse, body shaming, self-reclamation, and sexuality. More details about the author's sexual experiences than I was interested in but others might enjoy more. Well written and composed.

Today I've finished Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden by Jenan Matari and Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar (I had started the second a while ago). The first is a lovely picture book that explains the Nakba and the Palestinian desire to return in a child friendly way. #ParentsFast4Gaza

Parents Solidarity Fast 4 Gaza Toolkit Parents Solidarity Fast 4 Gaza PASS THE FAST & LET GAZA EAT! bit.ly/fast-signup bit.ly/fast-toolkit @ParentsFast4Gaza ParentsFast4Gaza@gmail.com In response to the call to action from Bisan and Pal...

Go to docs.google.com/document/d/1... to learn about the Fast and sign up, and cut-ties.org to sign the petition for WSIB to divest.

I will also spend part of the day reading Palestinian books. This is a small act of solidarity with the people who are being starved to death in Gaza by Israel's blockade and seige. Pass the Fast, Let Gaza Eat! #ParentsFast4Gaza

Tomorrow at 7am begins my day of fasting for Parents Fast for Gaza, which will be part of the Tri-Cities for Palestine Team week of the relay. I am fasting from dawn until dusk for one day. Others are fasting from luxuries all week or limiting calories for 24 hours depending on what is accessible.

My farthest-along-wip's two main characters are dragon shifters. One defends her home village from zombies and the other comes to her aid because he is a "fixer" of magical and inter-magical species problems. #SpoonieAuthChat

I hope to finish my new witch short story first draft because the deadline I'm submitting it for is Sept 30th and I want some time to edit it! #queerwriters

Hi, I'm Annalisa, and I write fantasy and romantasy, sometimes a little sci-fi. I have a short story out in the anthology Remnants of Relics curated by @jakevanguard.bsky.social called Backbreaking about a dragon shapeshifter heavily featuring disability as most of my wips do.
#SpoonieAuthChat

Ta da!

we made a thing for you

it's the @fantasymagazine.bsky.social back issues--those that we have online, anyway.

acquiring an older property like Fantasy reveals... quirks.

starts with issue 48... 🤷🤷🏼‍♀️🤷‍♂️

we're working on
1 - getting the older issues online, and
2 - making all the URLs prettier

njoy

#queerwriters I'd really like to start work on my next short story about a witch!

The Chronicles of Nerezia. Six covers with bright colour for each of the novellas, with "a found family road trp adventure" written under. On the side are three pride flags, aromantic, asexual, and non-binary, and additional info: Sept 1-10, all previous novellas at a 30% sale or buy all five for $10. Only on itchio.

🏔️ The RUINED HISTORY release bundle is up! 🏔️

You can get any previous Nerezia novellas at a discount or all for $10!

Embark on a sentient Wagon across haunted lands, fall in love with the motley crew, and dive into an adventure that keeps growing in scope.

itch.io/s/157140/rui...

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Back in my natural element. Close your eyes and feel and hear the serenity that the water produces. Shut out all the other noise and ground yourself!!
#waterfalls
#mentalhealth
#nature

I'm in this anthology, and I read the other stories and they are so lovely and one even got me teared up! Also you can get a bonus paperback right now, so go support the kickstarter!

Flash Reward Time!
The next 5 backers can secure themselves a paperback copy of either They Them Wolf or The Fox & The Bladesworn, graciously offered by Jaydell!

YouTube video by Beck Loves Books 🌈 📚 The Polari Prize Backlash

The Polari Prize (LGBTQ+ prize in the UK) have nominated self proclaimed TERF John Boyne. I have tried to make a video to raise awareness but I am very angry to please forgive me if I stumble over my words. If you didn't know, please share. 🌈📚💙

youtu.be/Cwu9DZjYZSQ?...

YouTube video by Annalisa's Library July Wrap Up: Queer Lit and Leftist Non-Fic [CC]

New wrap up video! Queer Lit and Leftist Non-fic. youtu.be/uZDkTZKqEAw?...

And that's why the Democratic old guard is trying to smother his candidacy in the cradle.

I think about this a lot, and how evangelicals are trained from early childhood to believe without questioning, and to reject logic, evidence and critical thought, making them the perfect mark for a cleverly designed elaborate con. This, in large part, is how we got to where we are.

a red square image with translucent flames in the background. All text is in capital letters, and reads "DISABILITY IN DYSTOPIA ANTHOLOGY". The bottom of the image features graphics in dark red, purple, and pink, of several differently disabled people holding flags, signs, and capes.

#Disability is the only universal marginalisation, making up 1/5 to 1/4 of the world's population, yet so few of our stories are published!

Help me uplift disabled & chronically ill #writers by supporting & submitting to this #anthology ❤️‍🔥

Guidelines: shorturl.at/jges6
Deadline: July 31st 2025.