There’s a goodreads giveaway happening for the paperback edition of my YA Chinese underworld inspired fantasy Darker By Four! You have just 1 more day to enter!!!🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

#books

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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT!

Good news!

Harper Voyager and I have come together to give away 100 copies of MACABRE!

If you want to read my adult horror debut this is a great chance to enter!

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I opened up my online shop!!
It's going to be up for the foreseeable future, and I'll be shipping out orders weekly ;)

🌸 www.shazleenkhan.shop 🌸

Shares appreciated! #artistshop #art

The klan, the police, the butcher, baker and candlestick maker in every little Southern hamlet used to disappear Black people too.

When they didn't step off the street.
When they whistled.
When they bought a new suit and stood too straight.

Fascism isn't new here. It's coming for you too.

imagine needing to put other people's stolen writing into a computer to write a book. couldn't be me.

i love working on comics in between my prose work because artists are some of the most delightful people to collaborate with. so much talent and creative energy goes into even the tiniest panel

ONE parent. And in Florida, ONE man is responsible for 40% of all book challenges in the state. The book banners are a tiny minority. Make that clear by speaking up in favor of the freedom to read. (Email your school board!)

but what if you do!

Done. I can't believe this was just 3 days ago. Thanks to @prisonculture.bsky.social for the idea. Thanks to @dell.bsky.social for the boost. The idea? During #TeslaTakedown events, present consumers with an alternative to Tesla as you do your part to save democracy.

www.betterthanatesla.com

Do you ever just remember "Ruthkanda Forever" and burst out laughing

In 2009 GOP Member of Congress Joe Wilson screamed “you lie” during Obama’s SOTU. No censure by the GOP, only “reprimanded” by Dems

At Biden’s SOTU 2022 Lauren Boebert and MTG heckled him, nothing..

But Dems will happily throw their Black colleague under a bus for white moderate voter pandering

I'm of two minds because on the one hand, yes, I definitely have my concerns about the tropeification of both Romance and Fantasy

But also I'd really love to see more BIPOC and queer writers get to jump in on the romantasy train before we all collectively decide enough is enough

I have received more bots on a single post on Bluesky than I ever got on any singular post on Twitter.

Something is really shifting over here, and not in a good way.

This post has gotten more bot interaction than anything I've ever gotten on Twitter tbh! And a couple have definitely fooled me. It's scary stuff

Well, this has definitely been an eye-opening experience with the growing Bluesky bot problem yikes :/

I'm looking for a Black illustrator to commission character art from! Any recommendations for people you know or have worked with (or yourself! Hype your shit!!) are greatly appreciated! #art #BlackSky

Ramadan Mubarak 🌙

I pray that everyone has blessed month of peace, self-improvement, spiritual growth and forgiveness.

I have such FOMO since I am not able to fast this year again but hope to make the most of Ramadan in the ways that I can.

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

today was supposed to be a deep-dive research day, so of course my deeply ADHD brain also decided today is also the perfect day to teach myself to play chess????

"Leaders... said they’d fielded numerous calls from the parents of transgender youth worried about this legislation. Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, said his office had gotten over 500 emails and calls from constituents about the bill."

Your voice matters. ❤️👊☎️

room for repair is not for allowing abuse or regular, intentional malice. it is honoring those who stand with you and who you stand with by allowing them the chance to repair your relationship when you inevitably come into conflict and vice versa.

compassion and accountability is how we survive

a concept my therapist taught me that has radically changed my approach to community and care is that healthy relationships require room for repair.

we are all going to hurt and be hurt by one another as we try to survive this current moment. remember to keep room for repair whenever you can