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People who cry crocodile tears get marginalized people (POC especially) killed, fired, unjustly charged, and shut out of communities. They weaponize goodwill. And once the truth comes out, they make it harder for the rest of us to tell our stories and be believed.

image of Joann's with a going out of business sign, colors of photo have been photoshpped to be eerie teal and criminal crimson, from Getty images

Image of the cover of The Stitcher: An Otherworldly Patron by Kari Jo “Kage” Freudigmann, jess ross, and Jen Vaughn. The illustration is of a Black femme-presenting person with teal suspenders, a purple neck tattoo in the shape of a wing, holding their finger up with a look of shock. Their finger is bleeding. Floating down from the top of the page is a glowing green ghost hand holding a needle - which presumedly pierce the person’s bleeding finger.

In honor of Joann's closing, The Stitcher: an Otherworldy Patron is half off for the week. @ragekagegames.com, @writejess.bsky.social, and me encourage you to stitch one out at the D&D table with this fiber-arts based warlock patron, from @drivethrurpg.com

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A Familiar Dream - Haunted Vault Studios | DriveThruRPG Time to wake up and smell the cauldron! A Familiar Dream is a GM-less RPG, so you can play it solo, co-op or with a GM. It’s a narrative-first game of fantasy with some horror elements, using a d6 and...

No stream today, but if you want to see what @thejenya.bsky.social and I have been up to, you can check out our PocketQuest adventure, A Familiar Dream!
bit.ly/TTRPGdream
#PocketQuest2025

A cute badge board for pocket quest where Jen and jess have received sevn outta the possible twelve badges: Finished pocket quest, collaborated, made their own art, made the first sale, someone shared my book online, i shared someone else's title online, and earned six badges. They are sleep themeed. Now to sell 10 copies, get a review, earn a best seller medal, and stream and have someone stream our title

One of my favorite parts of PocketQuest is seeing the little badge boards like for finishing, making your own art, 1st sale, and so forth!

@writejess.bsky.social and I have received 7/12! It's up to YOU to help us get others 💙 Also, print version come soon!
bit.ly/TTRPGdream #PocketQuest2025

Thank to @drivethrurpg.com for showcasing the cover for A Familiar Dream by me + @writejess.bsky.social!

Time to try and get all 80 new games, then stuff them in said pockets 👖 😏 #PocketQuest2025

Cursed Captains of Cthulhu: Voyage Booklet 1 - Race to Temple Deep - Black Cats Gaming | DriveThruRPG When a mysterious opportunity appears, who will answer the whispered call? Race to Temple Deep is a pirate voyage for Cursed Captains of Cthulhu, where the player characters delve into the dangers of ...

When a mysterious opportunity appears, who will answer the whispered call?

Delve into a mysterious eldritch temple, make friends or enemies of other pirate crews, and become entangled in dark schemes...

Race to Temple Deep, a starting voyage booklet for low level pirates, available now!
#ttrpg

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If there is AI art on the cover, we cannot assume your ethics are pristine in regards to the work behind the cover. It’s that simple.

We have to cancel Game Time tomorrow, but we should be back next week!

A square image with text at the top and bottom, and a neon game controller in the center. The background features waves of purple, orange, and yellow. The text above the controller reads "Game Time with Jen & jess" and the text below the controller reads "Join jess and Jen for games every Wednesday on Twitch! 11am Pacific/20h CET" Below that is the Twitch logo and username @writejess

We're back this week playing The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood! Join me and @thejenya.bsky.social this Wednesday for Game Time!

A screenshot from Tumblr user omnybus, saying, I think what I love most about mythology is that the "Trickster God/Spirit" is an archetypical character found in almost every body of folklore. It's like "Oh, here's our God of the Sun, our God of the Sea, our God of Fertility, and our God of Being A Wretched Little Gremlin Who Causes Problems On Purpose".

This is everything to me

Helm Greycastle Book 1 - Top Cow | DriveThruRPG New Latinx fantasy by HENRY BARAJAS, author of the critically acclaimed (LA VOZ DE M.A.Y.O.: TATA RAMBO). The last dragon prince has been abducted—kept prisoner by an unknown threat: AZTEC MEXICA! H...

Grab a copy of Helm Greycastle today: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...

Image of a water dragon with a small dungeon map inside it's belly. Carved into its snoot and dripping from the saliva of its tongue is the title "Belly of the Beast"

Cover for Helm Grey Castle Book One, with adventurers on the cover. With the names Barajas, Valenza, Handoko, Downie, Napier on the cover.

Screenshot from DriveThruRPG of Helm Graycastle Book 1 from Top Cow. Description says "the last dragon prince has been abducted-kept prisoner by an unknown threat. Includes TTRPG role-playing games written by Tristan J. Tarwater, Geoffrey Golden, Matt Hawkins, and art by Jen Vaughn!

Big thanks to @drivethrurpg.com for featuring Helm Greycastle as a Featured Title today! I loved working with TTRPG parts of the book with @backthatelfup.bsky.social, @geoffreygolden.bsky.social, @henrybarajas.bsky.social! Here's one of my little maps.

A blue starry sky background with a logo on the left and text on the right. the logo is a crescent moon slightly behind a cloud and says "Pocket Quest Dreams & Nightmares" under the cloud. The text on the right says "It feels like a dream! I am participating in PocketQuest 2025!" and is followed by logos for DruveThruRPG and Storytelling Collective.

No stream this week! @thejenya.bsky.social and I are working on #PocketQuest2025 and since it's the last week, we want to use our regular stream time on Wednesday for coworking to get things finished up. We'll be back next week to play The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood!

Trans rights are human rights.

GDoCExpo 2025 Digital Wallpaper Download

We can't wait for #GDoCExpo 2025 this September 16-19, so we wanted to give you a little something for your devices to celebrate our 10th expo! 🎉

The digital wallpaper options include:
(2) Desktop wallpapers
(2) Mobile phone wallpapers

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We're live! Join us to find out whodunit!

Going live with Clue and the vampire mansion board in 15 minutes! www.twitch.tv/writejess

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮

So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

-rings a GIGANTIC bell-

I can only imagine how many folks have been waiting for this. #WOTCstaff

JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.

Patch in the shape of a pokemon card with a trans Pikachu holding the trans flag, text reads: trans Pikachu, bite terf

Always and forever...

A square image with text at the top and bottom, and a neon game controller in the center. The background features waves of purple, orange, and yellow. The text above the controller reads "Game Time with Jen & jess" and the text below the controller reads "Join jess and Jen for games every Wednesday on Twitch! 11am Pacific/20h CET" Below that is the Twitch logo and username @writejess

Today @thejenya.bsky.social and I are playing Clue! Join us for Game Time in a few hours!

There were so many things I recognized from the trailer that got me deep in my feelings to see those parts of my childhood and the stories my family used to tell in a game. Can't wait to play it!

a person in a t-rex costume is standing in a living room with their mouth open . ALT: a person in a t-rex costume is standing in a living room with their mouth open .

Happy Birthday!

If you enjoy creative writing and haven't tried solo journaling RPGs, you're missing out.

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We're streaming over at twitch.tv/writejess!

Game Time is starting in about an hour!