Adira Slattery
@adira.bsky.social
she/her, game menace 🏳️⚧️ 🪬
award winning ttrpg and larp designer
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adira.itch.io
award winning ttrpg and larp designer
icon: @angryartist.bsky.social
adira.itch.io
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
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If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
Already seeing folks say, "Well, HORSES isn't YUCKY PORN like other games are, so..." which is super frustrating.
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
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this is what it's like, yeah.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
this is what it's like, yeah.
i went 2-1 and so got 3 packs :D
heading to a card store for the first time in half a decade to play physical TCG in person, and its the goddamn League of Legends game that got me to do it. god it fucking rules, why is it so good
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
i went 2-1 and so got 3 packs :D
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The fact that itch posted this and not even an hour later I got a bunch of new sales proves how big it is when other people talk about your games.
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The fact that itch posted this and not even an hour later I got a bunch of new sales proves how big it is when other people talk about your games.
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
It can literally be a life changing events.
When John Harper made a nice quote tweet about Breathless, hundreds of people looked at the game.
Wild
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
“How did you get into ttrpgs?”
Using a pair of tiny silver scissors, I unpicked the hem and climbed inside, where I proceeded to refashion the various pieces until they became a comfortable nest for my own dreams, then I cut star-shaped holes to let my dreams fly. Sometimes there’s a flamethrower.
Using a pair of tiny silver scissors, I unpicked the hem and climbed inside, where I proceeded to refashion the various pieces until they became a comfortable nest for my own dreams, then I cut star-shaped holes to let my dreams fly. Sometimes there’s a flamethrower.
“How did you get into ttrpgs”
After receiving a full pardon from the governor I found a great deal on a trailer in Malibu and just haven’t had a good reason to get a real job yet.
After receiving a full pardon from the governor I found a great deal on a trailer in Malibu and just haven’t had a good reason to get a real job yet.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
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"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
heading to a card store for the first time in half a decade to play physical TCG in person, and its the goddamn League of Legends game that got me to do it. god it fucking rules, why is it so good
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
heading to a card store for the first time in half a decade to play physical TCG in person, and its the goddamn League of Legends game that got me to do it. god it fucking rules, why is it so good
i need to wear everything jordan on gastronauts is in this season. god, fucking loving their outfits
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
i need to wear everything jordan on gastronauts is in this season. god, fucking loving their outfits
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Genuinely frightening to see what only can be described as a concentrated effort by PayPros to deperson @acvalens.net, actually insane and in a just world they would be made to face a reckoning for what they're doing to her right now.
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Genuinely frightening to see what only can be described as a concentrated effort by PayPros to deperson @acvalens.net, actually insane and in a just world they would be made to face a reckoning for what they're doing to her right now.
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hello.
i have written a guide for safely navigating t4t cruising spaces. i hope that, if you are interested in going to t4t cruising spaces, that this will be a helpful document for you.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
i have written a guide for safely navigating t4t cruising spaces. i hope that, if you are interested in going to t4t cruising spaces, that this will be a helpful document for you.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
eri’s unofficial guide to safely enjoying T.E.A. and other t4t cruising events
eri’s unofficial guide to safely enjoying T.E.A. and other t4t cruising events a non-comprehensive guide WHAT IS THIS GUIDE AND HOW DO I USE IT? This is a guide to trans folks about safely and respo...
docs.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
hello.
i have written a guide for safely navigating t4t cruising spaces. i hope that, if you are interested in going to t4t cruising spaces, that this will be a helpful document for you.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
i have written a guide for safely navigating t4t cruising spaces. i hope that, if you are interested in going to t4t cruising spaces, that this will be a helpful document for you.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
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if this post gets at least 10 interacts i will return to posting online for one week, like to charge and reblog to double charge and reply to anti-charge
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
if this post gets at least 10 interacts i will return to posting online for one week, like to charge and reblog to double charge and reply to anti-charge
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transness is a gift. i need every trans woman to understand that by nature of their existence they have been blessed with the ability to pluck the strands of fate with their hands if they choose to. it is not always easy and it is not without hardship but every trans woman is capable of greatness.
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
transness is a gift. i need every trans woman to understand that by nature of their existence they have been blessed with the ability to pluck the strands of fate with their hands if they choose to. it is not always easy and it is not without hardship but every trans woman is capable of greatness.
drove a car at night for the first time in a year today and i have two take aways:
1. Headlights are too fucking bright
2. Humans were not made to go beyond 30 miles an hour in the dark
1. Headlights are too fucking bright
2. Humans were not made to go beyond 30 miles an hour in the dark
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
drove a car at night for the first time in a year today and i have two take aways:
1. Headlights are too fucking bright
2. Humans were not made to go beyond 30 miles an hour in the dark
1. Headlights are too fucking bright
2. Humans were not made to go beyond 30 miles an hour in the dark
i have played Riftbound and i am in fucking LOVE. god why is this new league of legends card game so fucking good (rip legends of runeterra)
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
i have played Riftbound and i am in fucking LOVE. god why is this new league of legends card game so fucking good (rip legends of runeterra)
oh FUCK YES HELLPIERCERS
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
oh FUCK YES HELLPIERCERS
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Lilancholy is a guidebook to the fae disguising a horrible, childhood trauma. It has short fiction, poetic spells to cast, and a mess of games to play when you run into a fairy and don't want your name stolen~
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Lilancholy is a guidebook to the fae disguising a horrible, childhood trauma. It has short fiction, poetic spells to cast, and a mess of games to play when you run into a fairy and don't want your name stolen~
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
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In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
maybe i'll radically change the central dice mechanic in GUNFUCKS and delay it's update... yes i think i'll do that as a little treat to myself
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
maybe i'll radically change the central dice mechanic in GUNFUCKS and delay it's update... yes i think i'll do that as a little treat to myself
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Few ways to start the morning quite like learning you outlived one of the most evil people to walk this earth ✨
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Few ways to start the morning quite like learning you outlived one of the most evil people to walk this earth ✨
not really a manifesto person so I've never written one of these, but an anecdote. i once wrote a definition of lyric games for my (now dead) blog so that it could be cited in someone's dissertation because every other form of writing which provided as such didn't pass muster for their defense
My hot take: there's a lot of great writing about tabletop roleplaying games, its just not taken seriously unless you're an academic or a video games journalist. we have a rich history and most of it is treated as drivel.
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
not really a manifesto person so I've never written one of these, but an anecdote. i once wrote a definition of lyric games for my (now dead) blog so that it could be cited in someone's dissertation because every other form of writing which provided as such didn't pass muster for their defense
time to do some playtesting 🔫😼1️⃣3️⃣
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
time to do some playtesting 🔫😼1️⃣3️⃣
if they replaced the chicken patty in a sandwich with a big chicken nugget, would anyone be able to tell?
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
if they replaced the chicken patty in a sandwich with a big chicken nugget, would anyone be able to tell?