Lauren Taylor Bak

That’s why artists, including writers, used to have patrons. Rich people need to invest in creators that they like, need to pay them a monthly stipend to just… live and do their thing. We’ve outsourced the rich people’s function to crowdfunding from the masses and it’s way worse.

Making both laundry and the concept of being “ghosted” sexy 👏🏻

teewatterss on Threads: “losing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

10/10 take. no notes

“Laundry Day” Longlisted 👻💦 The Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction longlist is finally here… and boy is it LONG! I am absolutely thrilled to be counted among the 49 authors longlisted in Not Quite Write Podcast's "Flesh Fiction" contest for erotic flash fiction. Listen to the 3.5hr highlight reel episode here; my story is mentioned at 3:20:33-36. The fun will continue in the coming weeks with an announcement episode for each category (my story is in the…

The Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction longlist is finally here… and boy is it LONG! I am absolutely thrilled to be counted among the 49 authors longlisted in Not Quite Write Podcast's "Flesh Fiction" contest for erotic flash fiction.

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Consider us INVESTED 👀

The Flesh Fiction longlist is finally here… and boy is it LONG!

I am absolutely thrilled to be counted among the 49 authors longlisted in @notquitewrite.com's erotic flash fiction contest.

Cross your fingers for "Laundry Day," my queer domestic erotica featuring a horny Victorian ghost! 👻💦

Read Banned Books, says the little kitty. 📚 ❤️ 🐈

beat me to it!

You've just reminded me that I saw a fantastic Othello at a Shakespeare in the Park years ago, and I cried in public it was *so good*. It was set in modern Cyprus so the military uniforms were all like modern camo, but it worked?? So well??

It is World Book Day. Buy a book from an indie press, leave a review for an author, or social media post to a beloved author and make their day.

All the New Romantasy Books Arriving in March 2026 - Reactor Things get steamy for bounty hunters, lovers of Death, and many, many, more this March...

February may be over, but sexy bounty hunters and fated mates are forever. We're sharing a list of all the new romantasy books of March 2026!

#booksky

@calendaroffools.bsky.social has a terrific Kickstarter running to fund a speculative fiction anthology, Missed-Fits. Please consider supporting this project. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...

When you're voting the SFF you loved from last year for the Locus Awards, I hope you'll consider Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 (Ansible Press, 2025) in the Best Anthology category. Grab a review copy here: BookHip.com/PJBXHSX Voting closes April 1st!

Ironically, Schrödinger was also a pedophile.

This is fine dog saying "I've got a novel coming out"

What it feels like promoting your projects right now as a writer.

#WritingCommunity 💙📚

A Brief Survey of Canadian Political Thrillers - Reactor You may be surprised to learn that "Canadian thriller" is not an oxymoron.

As unlikely as it might sound to some, "Canadian thriller" is not an oxymoron. @jdnicoll.bsky.social offers a brief survey of political thrillers set in Canada, and some of the recurring themes and threats they tend to share...

Let’s Celebrate Heated Rivalry! Mainstream smut is a net positive in a world of censorship; Canadian hockey smut book series-turned-surprise television series breakout, Heated Rivalry is a “game changer” in more ways than one...

Image showing "stretch goal 1 - $7000" in yellow on top of a psychedelic background" and a key signifying it was unlocked

By a thin margin we have locked in the first Stretch Goal of the "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" KS campaign and can now add 4 to 6 more authors to the budget. Info - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...

Mood.

Star Trek: Discovery, Kenneth Mitchell as Aurelio, a character in a futuristic hover/wheelchair

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Daphne Ashbrook as Melora Pazlar, a character who uses mobility aids including a wheelchair as accommodation for her lower gravity requirements

Bruce Greenwood portrays Captain Pike in the Star Trek (2009). The character canonically uses a wheelchair and other assistive technology in the Prime Universe, including The Original Series S1.E11-12 episodes "The Menagerie: Parts I-II", in Star Trek: Discovery, and in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (the latter in visions of his future injury).

The inventor of the transporter, Emory Erickson (Bill Cobbs), uses a wheelchair after being paralyzed in a transporter accident (ENT: "Daedalus").

Disabled characters have ALWAYS been a part of Star Trek.
I can think of examples from TOS, TNG, 2009, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, BNW, Disco, LD. Why would Academy be different?

Oh, ew. What program are you using that is monitoring your writing like that?!

What?? With the sudden mainstream reinvigoration of Bridgerton and Outlander? What on earth...

Signal boost for my fellow Canadians!
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#writing

Oh someone please write the smut version of this book

#writingcommunity Everyone's championing Bookshop dot org as being different and kinder to authors... No, they're not.

Ah, thank you for clarifying. Still sucks that adult content is being treated differently by bookshop than other categories.

Worth noting that this deal has led to the explicit banning of erotica on D2D, so self-publishing smut has gained a new roadblock.

bsky.app/profile/jmke...

Unfortunately they are blocking all erotica from distribution. Very sad to see a champion for indie bookstores take such a restrictive stance on fiction.

Ah, finally a story that captures how it feels to postdoc