T. A. Hernandez || Tanni

Hey look, it's another AI-generated author marketing spam email. Only this time, they sent it to the wrong person because this is not even my book.
(Though you really should read Survival Kit by A. H. Haga because it's great.)

Lor has a sister, Savanah, who she was very close to. She's referred to throughout the story but died during the global pandemic and societal collapse that happened before the story starts.

"Our goal as writers should be extreme empathy." -Leigh Bardugo
I had the BEST time last night at this panel/discussion with Leigh Bardugo and Brandon Sanderson for the 10th anniversary of Six of Crows.

I just finished beta reading this, and I loved it. If you like vampire stories, don't miss out on this one! Check out that epic cover!

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, now might also be a good time to support writers and artists. Times are extremely tough for creatives, so why not buy a book, commission an art piece, sign up for a Patreon, tip your favorite creators. Everything helps.

This is so freaking cuuuuuuute! *grabby hands* I absolutely must have it!

I still have such a fondness for Mitul and Kamaal's romance in my Curse of Shavhalla series. Second chance romance between two middle-aged men, an artist and a musician. We see it all play out through the eyes of the traumatized teen they take under their wing and basically adopt. 🥺💙

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What an interesting day to be in the OFMD fandom and online writing/bookish spaces.

I will say this for the OFMD fandom: we are NOT cool with this, and if they thought they were going to be making money appealing to us, they were mistaken.

My current random creative obsession is altering old t-shirts, and then I also want to try bleach painting. Anyways, I just left the thrift store with a sack full of clothes to play around with and I am very excited.

I saw! As soon as I get home from work, it's download time.

Went to look up what this is and now I think I need it, too.

Large sections of the indie author community seem very happy with using generative AI for "writing", covers, promotion, translation, audiobooks and all the rest. I'm tired of it. It's parasitical behaviour, IMO, and it damages the reputation of us all.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Also related (or maybe the same): Suspense is not generated by the reader not knowing what happens next. It's generated by the reader CARING what happens next.

Hmmmm. Maybe I need to try something like this.

Screenshot from Etsy's "keep shopping, new picks for you" suggestions with a listing for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stickers created by me.

Etsy recommending me my own stickers

oh my new sticker from @tahernandez.bsky.social arrived at the perfect time

Really wish my order of Tethered Spirits paperbacks had shown up before this weekend because I've now sold out of them and still have a few hours to go at this con.
They'd better be here before the ren fair in a couple of weeks but Amazon is being SLOOOOW

I do, I just went and updated the listing. :)

I don't have srickers listed anywhere else yet, but I do have some prints on Ko-fi. Or if you want to message me directly here with what you want, I can just take your order that way?

Thanks for linking the listing 😁

Oh hi, yes, that's me. Thanks to the folks in the comments who linked my listing. I know it says there are only a few left but I make them from home and can do more if needed :)

Kids went back to school today, and as much as I love summer and having them home, it was definitely time 😅 They were super cute this morning waking up early and getting ready because they were so excited to go back.

I have these on my Etsy, along with some other Clair Obscur stuff.
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Three stickers on a black background, all depicting the character Verso from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.The first two are separate halves of Verso, one with the top part of his body and one with the bottom half. The other sticker shows a whole Verso.

Made some more Expedition 33 art stuff this weekend, including these two sticker versions of Verso. 😁 #clairobscur #expedition33 #clairobscurexpedition33 #verso #fanart #characterart #stickershop

A digital painting of two women facing each other with an apple core in the center.

Wanted to try this apple core art trend with Lor and Harlow from my work-in-progress cozy post-apocalyptic novel. #applecore #characterart #arttrend #sapphicart #digitalart #artistsofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #cozybooks

Made some good progress on my WIP last night, and today I'll get to incorporate the scene I've been dying to get to since I started. It was one of the first dialogue scenes I wrote for this book, and I'm super excited to build on it.

These are incredible! ❤️❤️❤️❤️