Skyla Dawn Cameron
@skyladawn.ca
Mystery/UF/Horror writer of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak unless she expects to say something that will amaze the whole room. Also a cat lady. Very tired. skyladawncameron.com patreon.com/skyladawncameron Cranky Canadian
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Solomon's Seal in eBook and audio is in a big Kobo sale this week, and in price matching in my own shop I opted to discount everything available in the series.
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
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Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
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“Digital slavery” if you’re not allowed to copy and distribute someone else’s work lol sure.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“Digital slavery” if you’re not allowed to copy and distribute someone else’s work lol sure.
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feeling extremely something to see some peanut go "you haven't given people a reason to *not* pirate books" juxtaposed with said peanut talking about the kind of queer representation they want in media
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
feeling extremely something to see some peanut go "you haven't given people a reason to *not* pirate books" juxtaposed with said peanut talking about the kind of queer representation they want in media
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
The large-print edition of The Killing Beach is live!
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November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The large-print edition of The Killing Beach is live!
Did anyone tell Doug Ford that dogs live in apartments and that people evicted who have dogs means dogs might live on the street?
Seriously, I know he hates people--esp poor people--but surely someone can show him a pic of a sad homeless beagle.
Seriously, I know he hates people--esp poor people--but surely someone can show him a pic of a sad homeless beagle.
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Did anyone tell Doug Ford that dogs live in apartments and that people evicted who have dogs means dogs might live on the street?
Seriously, I know he hates people--esp poor people--but surely someone can show him a pic of a sad homeless beagle.
Seriously, I know he hates people--esp poor people--but surely someone can show him a pic of a sad homeless beagle.
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And I'm not saying there's 10,000 people downloading my work. Even if there's only 1 hitting 1 of these useless sites, that's 1 person looking me dead in the face telling me I don't matter. That's 1 whose legitimate purchase might have been the only positive thing a writer's whole week. 1 matters.
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
And I'm not saying there's 10,000 people downloading my work. Even if there's only 1 hitting 1 of these useless sites, that's 1 person looking me dead in the face telling me I don't matter. That's 1 whose legitimate purchase might have been the only positive thing a writer's whole week. 1 matters.
Krista's been handselling people's books all day because she knows everyone in the arts is having a tough time right now; I hope folks are also hitting her storefront, considering she's got an upcoming dental surgery to cover for the cat who died (he got better) during the last one.
Krista D. Ball
Krista D. Ball is an award-winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Krista's been handselling people's books all day because she knows everyone in the arts is having a tough time right now; I hope folks are also hitting her storefront, considering she's got an upcoming dental surgery to cover for the cat who died (he got better) during the last one.
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Re: tonight's book related fuckery, I know it won't help because I know how people are.
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Re: tonight's book related fuckery, I know it won't help because I know how people are.
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
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The best part (I would say) about being an author is being referred to as "Fraudy McFrauderson" and "Frau Fraudbissina" by your bank whenever you call with a question
I AM NOT A MONEY LAUNDERER OKAY
I WOULD BE TRYING TO LAUNDER MUCH LARGER QUANTITIES IF I WERE
"Okay there F... Fraudo Baggins"
I AM NOT A MONEY LAUNDERER OKAY
I WOULD BE TRYING TO LAUNDER MUCH LARGER QUANTITIES IF I WERE
"Okay there F... Fraudo Baggins"
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The best part (I would say) about being an author is being referred to as "Fraudy McFrauderson" and "Frau Fraudbissina" by your bank whenever you call with a question
I AM NOT A MONEY LAUNDERER OKAY
I WOULD BE TRYING TO LAUNDER MUCH LARGER QUANTITIES IF I WERE
"Okay there F... Fraudo Baggins"
I AM NOT A MONEY LAUNDERER OKAY
I WOULD BE TRYING TO LAUNDER MUCH LARGER QUANTITIES IF I WERE
"Okay there F... Fraudo Baggins"
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This series so SO GOOD.
Solomon's Seal in eBook and audio is in a big Kobo sale this week, and in price matching in my own shop I opted to discount everything available in the series.
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This series so SO GOOD.
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I've been remiss in promoting this, but there are NINE Zoe Chant books free through today!
www.zoechant.com/thankfulfors... for all of 'em
www.amazon.com/dp/B09MGD2DR... for mine, A CHRISTMAS LIKE NO OTTER :)
www.zoechant.com/thankfulfors... for all of 'em
www.amazon.com/dp/B09MGD2DR... for mine, A CHRISTMAS LIKE NO OTTER :)
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I've been remiss in promoting this, but there are NINE Zoe Chant books free through today!
www.zoechant.com/thankfulfors... for all of 'em
www.amazon.com/dp/B09MGD2DR... for mine, A CHRISTMAS LIKE NO OTTER :)
www.zoechant.com/thankfulfors... for all of 'em
www.amazon.com/dp/B09MGD2DR... for mine, A CHRISTMAS LIKE NO OTTER :)
Solomon's Seal in eBook and audio is in a big Kobo sale this week, and in price matching in my own shop I opted to discount everything available in the series.
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Solomon's Seal in eBook and audio is in a big Kobo sale this week, and in price matching in my own shop I opted to discount everything available in the series.
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
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Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Some of my authors are on disability. Some struggle to pay monthly bills. Some are retired & on limited income. Some were laid off in the past couple years & have yet to find new work. Some would love to quit the day job & write full time, but don't earn enough from royalties to do that.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
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Bigger than this, I think people should be more skeptical of online leftism that says, "Actually, under capitalism I don't owe other people anything." Oh, your communal philosophy says you can be interpersonally vicious and steal from other people? How convenient!
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bigger than this, I think people should be more skeptical of online leftism that says, "Actually, under capitalism I don't owe other people anything." Oh, your communal philosophy says you can be interpersonally vicious and steal from other people? How convenient!
As promised, here are some old pics of Rodney Ballsnomore.
He was almost a year old when we found him (he was very dehydrated and sick, but trying to make friends with horses). He'd clearly been handled but not an indoor cat so he tried to play with things that are not toy-shaped--like scissors.
He was almost a year old when we found him (he was very dehydrated and sick, but trying to make friends with horses). He'd clearly been handled but not an indoor cat so he tried to play with things that are not toy-shaped--like scissors.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As promised, here are some old pics of Rodney Ballsnomore.
He was almost a year old when we found him (he was very dehydrated and sick, but trying to make friends with horses). He'd clearly been handled but not an indoor cat so he tried to play with things that are not toy-shaped--like scissors.
He was almost a year old when we found him (he was very dehydrated and sick, but trying to make friends with horses). He'd clearly been handled but not an indoor cat so he tried to play with things that are not toy-shaped--like scissors.
Yesterday I took my vacuum apart to clean, washed the filters, and put everything back today, and it's running so smoothly I am delighted, and god I'm an old person now, aren't I?
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Yesterday I took my vacuum apart to clean, washed the filters, and put everything back today, and it's running so smoothly I am delighted, and god I'm an old person now, aren't I?
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This may come as a shock but people are allowed to say no.
It's a complete sentence.
When you get mad at being denied something, you're telling on yourself.
It's a complete sentence.
When you get mad at being denied something, you're telling on yourself.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This may come as a shock but people are allowed to say no.
It's a complete sentence.
When you get mad at being denied something, you're telling on yourself.
It's a complete sentence.
When you get mad at being denied something, you're telling on yourself.
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This cover was even stolen ones by one of those T-shirt scam places!
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Hey, can folks also look at this *amazing* anthology by @tychebooks.bsky.social that keeps being pirated every time it goes semi-viral on the internet: Swashbuckling Cats
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
Link with buy links all over the internet: tychebooks.com/swashbucklin...
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This cover was even stolen ones by one of those T-shirt scam places!
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
Like, this book gets hit so much, so if you could show it some love that would be great.
This is, and always has been, my biggest issue. Even when people bring up this communist utopia of UBI and all needs met--like sorry no, you still do not get to dictate what people do with their work. Consent matters. Full stop.
All right. Let's try this.
Piracy is also a consent issue.
There are books on that archive that have been rewritten since. There's juvenilia that people don't want out in the world.
But it's there, and they can't stop it. It's like if people kept sharing your most embarrassing picture.
Piracy is also a consent issue.
There are books on that archive that have been rewritten since. There's juvenilia that people don't want out in the world.
But it's there, and they can't stop it. It's like if people kept sharing your most embarrassing picture.
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is, and always has been, my biggest issue. Even when people bring up this communist utopia of UBI and all needs met--like sorry no, you still do not get to dictate what people do with their work. Consent matters. Full stop.
I think I have less tolerance for the "piracy is okay if you're poor" thing because I am very poor, I've had a few rough years in a row atop a few rough decades (I am possibly only breathing because y'all did that big fundraiser for my birthday last year, which I'm still paying vet bills with).
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I think I have less tolerance for the "piracy is okay if you're poor" thing because I am very poor, I've had a few rough years in a row atop a few rough decades (I am possibly only breathing because y'all did that big fundraiser for my birthday last year, which I'm still paying vet bills with).
Oh AND ALSO: today I finished The Locust Job. 👀
@craigschaeferbooks.com I am just delighted watching all the dominoes set up in advance topple and all the threads connecting, this continues to be such a blast.
@craigschaeferbooks.com I am just delighted watching all the dominoes set up in advance topple and all the threads connecting, this continues to be such a blast.
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Oh AND ALSO: today I finished The Locust Job. 👀
@craigschaeferbooks.com I am just delighted watching all the dominoes set up in advance topple and all the threads connecting, this continues to be such a blast.
@craigschaeferbooks.com I am just delighted watching all the dominoes set up in advance topple and all the threads connecting, this continues to be such a blast.
Rodney's not had gaba today and he's seemed fine, no signs of pain (the pred has cut back inflammation from the tumour) and he was trying to explore the hallway and making me run up and down the stairs after him. I'm so glad and grateful for every day, and it's so sweet of people to root for him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Rodney's not had gaba today and he's seemed fine, no signs of pain (the pred has cut back inflammation from the tumour) and he was trying to explore the hallway and making me run up and down the stairs after him. I'm so glad and grateful for every day, and it's so sweet of people to root for him.
I've been offline using Freedom.
*logs on to Discord*
Krista: I've blocked everyone, it's wonderful, Bluesky is normal again!
*Timestamp less than two hours later*
Krista: So I started some piracy discourse.
*logs on to Discord*
Krista: I've blocked everyone, it's wonderful, Bluesky is normal again!
*Timestamp less than two hours later*
Krista: So I started some piracy discourse.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I've been offline using Freedom.
*logs on to Discord*
Krista: I've blocked everyone, it's wonderful, Bluesky is normal again!
*Timestamp less than two hours later*
Krista: So I started some piracy discourse.
*logs on to Discord*
Krista: I've blocked everyone, it's wonderful, Bluesky is normal again!
*Timestamp less than two hours later*
Krista: So I started some piracy discourse.
*whisper*
Sorry, is it...is it common American sentiment that...that Canadians stopped Democrats from voting last year???
Sorry, is it...is it common American sentiment that...that Canadians stopped Democrats from voting last year???
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
*whisper*
Sorry, is it...is it common American sentiment that...that Canadians stopped Democrats from voting last year???
Sorry, is it...is it common American sentiment that...that Canadians stopped Democrats from voting last year???
TIL from Krista's mentions that Canadians are why American left voters stayed home and that's why Trump won, so... 🙃
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
TIL from Krista's mentions that Canadians are why American left voters stayed home and that's why Trump won, so... 🙃