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27, MFA graduate, author, screenwriter, horror enjoyer, theme park goer, #actuallyautistic, she/her. FOOD FOR THOUGHT out now! No AI ever!!!!
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elizmanderson.com
GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS that's right it's time for edits again SO. new accountability thread, ho!

only this time we have like. a title! and a description! although the meme is still accurate lol except for the part that they're not in a castle so no ballroom scene I fear
When a lonely clockmaker loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning slowly into a beast—and dying alongside his forest. Text is inside a translucent gold textbox beside a generic green cover with the corner peeled back because we don't have an official cover yet, labeled The Lord of the Wood, Hanover Square Press, July 2026. Preorder now! Textbox is over an image of a stag standing alert in a field surrounded by autumn leaves
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themasterdances.bsky.social
Rose is having trouble breathing and the steroids don’t seem to help. We absolutely must get her X-rays to diagnose her ASAP.

Please, I need $400 right now. I am so scared I am going to lose her. I can’t stop crying.

gofund.me/c9447d84
Donate to Rose and Riff's Essential Needs, organized by Riff Millar
I am a disabled IT professional who has been fighting an uphill battle with a broken jo… Riff Millar needs your support for Rose and Riff's Essential Needs
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arianaferrante.bsky.social
Close enough welcome back Andrew Wakefield
helenkennedy.bsky.social
Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.
Simon Maechling & @simonmaechling
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RFK Jr is set to announce Tylenol causes autism.
And then he'll push the "cure": leucovorin (folinic acid).
Who sells folinic acid? Dr. Oz's supplement company, iHerb.
The same Dr. Oz who is now the
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Trump's administration.
Think about that: A government health official tied to the very supplement company that benefits from RFK Jr's bogus
"cure."
This isn't public health.
It's corruption dressed up as wellness.
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benjanun.bsky.social
Please help a disabled trans woman afford an MRI (and let's hope it's not a brain tumor)
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Kim @kim.yiff.ie · 25d
I might have a brain tumor, and I need an MRI

the doctor's visit and the cost of the scan are around €500 and I need any help I can get

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arianaferrante.bsky.social
Hey would anyone read a book (na, science fantasy, isekai) that starts like this
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adwills.bsky.social
"You attract what you fear."

Oh my god nooooo, unlimited free time to write my weird little stories in a secluded forest cabin, AHHHHH, get away from meeeeee
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i'm a nonbinary author of traditional and interactive fiction!

books: fantasy romance novellas. blurbs & links at tabithaoconnell.com

interactive fiction: short works, many queer, often with multiple paths/endings. play at alyshkalia.itch.io
Graphic labeled "Trans books by a nonbinary author". Three books by Tabitha O'Connell are depicted: "Structural Integrity" has an illustrated cover with a young man walking toward an ornate wooden door looking back over his shoulder and holding out his hand to a man who stands in the lower left corner, his head and shoulders visible from the back. “Structural Strain” has an illustration in the same style of two men standing in front of an archway with a building in the background. One, wearing a green robe, stands right at the edge of the arch with a nervous expression, holding a suitcase in front of him. The other is in the foreground, only visible from the waist up, and is facing the first man with his hand held out. text beside these two reads "Trans man x cis man, dual POV". the third book is "Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin", which has a border of leaves and red roses, with the title text in a decorative font taking up most of the space. The title is overlaid on a castle with a blue sky behind it. in the foreground is the back of a person with short hair in a plain shirt standing facing the castle. text beside this one reads "Nonbinary MC (ey/em pronouns)". text with arrows pointing to all three reads "Strong character arcs, Cozy domestic moments, Dose of angst"
arianaferrante.bsky.social
When I have downtime at work I like to write stuff for my wips on paper scraps so I don't forget them. I usually bring them home, folded up, and throw them on my desk to find later. Today I opened one up to find this SUPER important excerpt I simply COULDN'T afford to forget.
A crumpled piece of receipt paper on a wooden surface. On the paper is a single phrase: "Wow, this guy sucks."
arianaferrante.bsky.social
Tried to refresh my knowledge of how many circles of hell there were in The Divine Comedy but accidentally typed "corcles" and completely distracted myself by saying it over and over again in the goofy voice
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funkelly.bsky.social
I know many of you haven’t had a Covid shot in years but please, this is so important to call your reps and yell at them about. This is one of the few safeguards immunocompromised and disabled people have against this disease that everyone seems to not be afraid of anymore. Covid still kills people.
leroylynch.bsky.social
The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, has told the Daily Beast. (Something he is pushing for, they are yet to get Trump to agree.)
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.
www.thedailybeast.com
arianaferrante.bsky.social
Finally writing again!!!!! 😊😊😊😊

It's fanfic and not my actual wips 😭😭😭😭
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authorsguild.org
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."
arianaferrante.bsky.social
Practically tearing my hair out at this point. It's been months since I've made progress on a WIP. New WIP ideas come instead of words for current ones. I just want to write!!!! Why can't I write!? What am I doing wrong!?
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monteiro.bsky.social
They’re so jealous you can write.
They’re so jealous you can draw.
They’re so jealous you can make music.

They have all the money in the world, but they’ve been driven insane because they don’t have your joy.
chuckwendig.bsky.social
Writers should never modify their own prose as a reaction to what stupid fucking generative AI is doing -- that shit stole from us, and it stole poorly, incompletely, and has none of our magic and zero of our humanity, our experience, our wonder and fear, and it never ever will. Fuck AI. You do you.
arianaferrante.bsky.social
Curse of the outliner w the pantser soul where you Want to write more but physically can't unless you Know what happens next
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gravewriter71.bsky.social
Goddamn unrealistic paranormal capitalism
edmondsscanner.bsky.social
Most economists agree that by the time you're 45, you should own:
- a variety of capes
- at least two enchanted talking skulls
- one square mile of the moon
- a hovercraft capable of outrunning the law
- a ghost filled mansion on the moors
How are you doing?
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neokefka99.bsky.social
And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
I found a non-exhausted list of Indigenous radio stations that you can donate to in order to keep them afloat after the defunding
If anyone has a better list, please let me know, and I will happily repost it (I couldn't find anything on here)
arianaferrante.bsky.social
Insane nightmare I had where I received an incredibly personalized query rejection on a full and not only did the agent rip the manuscript to shreds but she also tag-teamed in two other agents at her agency to dunk on it.
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Today is the last day of the @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale - so this Friday's snippet is from Enchanting the Fae Queen, which you can preorder from B&N today for 25% off with the code PREORDER25:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enchanting...

#romancelandia
“I take it you abducted my travel trunk at the same time you abducted me?” he asked wryly.
“It was the only polite option,” she assured him. “You see, none of the men’s clothing left with me across the years would have been nearly large enough to fit. You wouldn’t have cared for it at all.”
 His expression was skeptical. “And you were, of course, terribly concerned about my preferences when you chose to abduct me.”
“Of course!” Lorelei said piously. “I might be wicked, darling, but it’s never necessary to be cruel.”
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