✨Eliza Mares✨

21,000 words and counting in DeadGirlsWIP! Took a few days to get my bearings in Chapter 13 but now that I'm here, we're cooking steadily.

#DecemberWorldbuilders

There was some nasty business re: reproduction in the pre-war era, so this was among the first issues the Alliance codified. Its stance is essentially: "this is a personal matter & no one can impose a choice upon you."

There are magical & mundane ways to avoid pregnancy...

This is still true for your faves who write only short stories! Anthologies, collections, and even some magazines are eligible for all five of these!

yes, this!

and even though a database issue borked punctuation (and i've had no spoons to fix it), this post i made in 2016 is also about this www.amberbird.com/blog/2016/10...

pro tip: your fav authors accept such free gifts at any time! but since a lot of you focus on holidays, 'tis the season!

Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025

Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?

No donations for a couple days!!

05/500

#helpsky 💕💸

Publishers and editors! Am hoping to receive any submissions by year's end.

smashwords end of year sale december 8-january 1, 2025 the king's mushroom $3.75, sleeping beauty $1.64, denouement $4.49, the church on the hill $3.75, sorry i kissed your dad! $5.25 everything 25% off!

direct shop sale december 8-december 15,2025 everything 25% off! use code WINTERSALE2025 * Does not include custom commissions, physical products or Freak Pit releases.

oops!!!! i forgot to mention i am doing an end of year sale lol get the deals on smashwords (www.smashwords.com/profile/view...), or head over to my website (hellostarshinepub.com/product-cate...) with coupon code WINTERSALE2025 for 25% off.

(psst my website has my complete catalogue 😉)

Creative work IS work

Just a reminder --

The holidays are meant to be time of rest & recooperation, but when you're an hourly employee at a college, winter break means lost wages & unpaid bills.

Commissions are how I make ends meet this time of year -- and they make amazing gifts for the creatives in your life! 💙📚

3 days left until Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina (aka Opus) releases.

10 preorders until my novella hits preorder goal.

May I interest you in links?

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/anotherindie...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Eliza Mares's Commissions Commissions Open! Click to see Eliza Mares's commission menu.

Winter break means no work until 1/12, but bills pause for no one, so:

My editing & reading comms are open!

$1 books a no-obligation email consult. I do sample excerpts on request, & I offer reduced rates for marginalized authors. Slots are limited, so grab one quick! 💙📚
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PAID WORK: Ringo Award Winners Lifeline Comics is opening submissions for the next volume of Bi Visibility!

DEADLINE: Jan 11th!

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A screenshot of a spreadsheet. One column reads "Platform" and the other says "2025 Sales." The values are as follows: Amazon: 51 Itch: 335 Ko-fi: 1 Payhip: 0 In person: 5

Decided to be more organized & intentional about tracking sales -- WOW I can't believe I've sold almost 400 copies of CAT/MOUSE since its release in January!

Can we hit 400 before Christmas?? 👀👀

The mundane are familiar: herbal methods, barriers, etc.

The magical methods are more interesting. You can have a room or a bed bespelled to prevent procreation inside or upon it (typically seen in brothels). There are also healing/life mages who can perform discrete terminations, if needed.

#DecemberWorldbuilders

There was some nasty business re: reproduction in the pre-war era, so this was among the first issues the Alliance codified. Its stance is essentially: "this is a personal matter & no one can impose a choice upon you."

There are magical & mundane ways to avoid pregnancy...

I turn 35 today and would love nothing more than to raise $350 for the Greater DC diaper bank. WIC doesn’t cover diapers. Please donate here.
greaterdcdiaperbank.org

NEW! Comic anthology call for submissions. Get your stories in before the deadline!

#DecemberWorldbuilders

There are many kinds of "family" since it's a diverse setting, but in the MC's homeland, families are matrilineal. Children receive their mother's surname, & it's common to have multigenerational households. After marriage, couples move into whichever home has more room.

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Still not able to work. Getting better, but appendicitis turned into complications with a month long hospital stay. Lost a lot of time, a lot of income, struggling to stay afloat. Help if you can.
#ttrpg #mutualaid
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btw if you're enjoying these lines, you can read the whole first two chapters of THE LORD OF THE WOOD when my next newsletter drops at 9a.m. EST on December 15, BUT only if you subscribe

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It's here. The Smashwords end of year sale. Go on treat yourself.
💙 📚

#christmasgift #giftabook #treatyourself #freebooks

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People don't understand what is meant by "literacy" and the "literacy crisis".

Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.

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If you want to help me hit my goal, here's the link where you can do that!

elizamares.carrd.co#catmouse

And because offspring typically inherit property & resources through their mothers, it isn't as crucial to be legally linked to one's father, so marriage isn't seen as a mandatory prerequisite to having children.

Marriage is still common & encouraged, but happily unwed/single moms are common, too.

#DecemberWorldbuilders

There are many kinds of "family" since it's a diverse setting, but in the MC's homeland, families are matrilineal. Children receive their mother's surname, & it's common to have multigenerational households. After marriage, couples move into whichever home has more room.

The CAT/MOUSE cover on a dark purple background. Surrounding it are arrows and the phrases: “Sapphic science fiction with a noir twist!”; “heisting on a space station”; “far-flung future”; “steamy nightclub encounter”; “all the yearning”; “supporting women’s rights and wrongs”; “femme alien art thief”; “butch human bounty hunter”. The ebooks are $2.99 and they are available on Amazon, Itch, Ko-fi, and Payhip.

🚨NOVELLA NEWS🚨

Veteran hunter Nadine accepts a high-paying bounty to capture a crafty art forger, expecting an easy job... but one look at her mark tells her she's in over her head. 💙📚🪐

Now priced at $2.99... forever! Available on Amazon, Ko-fi, Itch, & Payhip! elizamares.carrd.co#catmouse

A heart drawn around the rank #90 flag, over an Amazon listing for The Dancing Tree (Songs of a Sunless Land #1) by J.A. Skald, along with an ereader featuring the clinch cover, and trope arrows listing Complete Trilogy, Grumpy/Sunshine, Sword & Sorcery, Hurt/Comfort, Cover Art by Author, Epic Dark Fantasy, Swashbuckling Adventure, & Open Door (Spice). Showing a rating of 4 stars & priced $4.99 USD (as of this posting) Also shown is "What readers are saying about Songs of a Sunless Land" and reviewer quotes: dark and distinctive | amazing worldbuilding | entrancing | Unique premise and wonderful characters | I immensely enjoyed it | compelling | Dark Fantasy at its best | pick up this series if this is your genre. You will be glad you did

👀 Hey look- my dark epic #mmfantasy about singing monster hunters broke the top 100!

Grab it & help give a boost while it's still on KU:
👉 suncatcherpress.com/get-SoaSL1

#🌈📚 #mmromance #GayRomance #WeekendReads #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #lgbtqwriters #romantasy

reject braindead Dakota Johnson capitalism. embrace cunning Kristen Stewart anti-capitalism.

#DecemberWorldbuilders

Astronomy as a study exists in all nations of the Alliance, but only certain cultures believe that the stars influence the human world.

The Lomovans in particular cling to many pre-Alliance traditions, including the belief that being born under certain stars is a bad omen.