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Ness 🎃🇨🇦
@vriccithode.bsky.social
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aka Vanessa Ricci-Thode. Nebula Award-winning trashbag & queer SFF writer. SFWA & TWUC. Dogs, gardening and Canadian rage. she/they 💙💜🩷

I'm only here for the food

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · Oct 11
i'm ness (she/they), queer & disabled & the 1st self-pub author to win a nebula award! i mostly post about my dogs, writing, & health stuff, and seasonally about gardening, monarch butterflies, & halloween. there’s swearing & rants. details in thread & more about me on my website: thodestool.ca 1/12
vriccithode.bsky.social
damn. despite wasting most of the day, i rallied tonight to finish one chapter and completely write another for a 3600 word day. i'm now only 2k behind par and 6k from my goal for the month. i won't finish this draft this week, but i might get really close
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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infinitescream.bsky.social
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
vriccithode.bsky.social
little miss snoozybutt says goodnight
a giant fluffy white dog curled up on a brown couch.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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kestrelcasey.com
The Salvation Army bell ringers are out. I thought this year instead of just ignoring them (rude) I would print out a little card outlining my issues with the organization.

I started by copying and pasting the wikipedia "controversies" section.

IT IS SIX PAGES LONG.

Gonna have to trim this.
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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classyearlgrey.bsky.social
Wheeeeee!!!

I so appreciate everyone who posts
nature webcam events. Thank y’all.
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
vriccithode.bsky.social
i really really wish i'd known sooner that i had hypermobility. the things i do now to manage it aren't actually that bad, and i'm pretty sure if i'd been doing them consistently when i was younger i wouldn't have catastrophically blown out my back in my early 20s and made it all so much worse 🫠
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
vriccithode.bsky.social
omg i'm tweaked-my-back-in-the-shower years old 😭
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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thegoldenratio4.bsky.social
Cerberus on the beach, preparing for CHAOS
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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scalzi.com
Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
dklatta.bsky.social DK Latta @dklatta.bsky.social · 9h
Would-be/struggling writers can feel like losers or wannabes when they read about other writers writing "full time" or promo'ing their book in various exotic cities. And it's good to recognize that, yeah, sometimes there's another income (or a spouse is helping to pay the bills).
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
Anyway, thinking about all the shit we could pay for if we got rid of the fuckin billionaires and then getting furious is why I wrote this story 👇
bsky.app/profile/vric...
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
Ready for a completed series? Pick up Favour Fire now! It’s got:
🔥 sword lesbian (bi)
🔥 axe lesbian
🔥 disaster bi
🔥 everything’s on fire
🔥 oh shit!
🔥 shenanigans with a volcano
🔥 intergenerational team-up
🔥 international team-up
🔥 queer firebending dragon riders
🌈📚
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Favour Fire cover image on a black fiery background with white text that reads: The epic finale to the Fireborn series: Available on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, itch.io, Kobo, Smashwords, and more! Including libraries.https://books2read.com/rl/fireborn-series
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
it's here! the final book in the fireborn series is available everywhere now! want to see three generations of powerful, firebending women (and friends) kicking a whole lot of ass? get it now!🌈📚 #CompleteSeries #QueerAdultSFF #booksky
books2read.com/u/mqxAa8
Favour Fire cover image on a black fiery background with white text that reads: If you like sword lesbian (bi), axe lesbian, disaster bi, everything’s on fire, shenanigans with a volcano, intergenerational team-up, stronger together, international team-up, queer firebending dragon riders. Grab this series now!
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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murderbotbot.bsky.social
I hurt too much to pay attention to anything with a story, but the friendly noise would keep me company.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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lchanwrites.bsky.social
Maximum derp
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
it's dog o'clock
two large fluffy dogs in bowties.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
100% of my income is from books but it's a disgustingly pitiful amount and I can only do this (such as it is) because my spouse has a good tech job and we live somewhere with healthcare
peterbcounter.com Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 1d
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 9:51 PM
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elainechen.com
When I was on contract as a web designer I made more money in one day than my advance for the small press novel I'd spent years working on.

I often joke that full-time employment is the best artists' grant you can get.
peterbcounter.com Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 1d
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 9:44 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
It's dog o'clock and Binky wants you to know she's #TeamPorkchop

(Yes, she got some)
A giant fluffy white dog with her chin on a brown dining room table, staring intently at a nearby plate with some porkchop left on it while my spouse cuts off another bite. Same dog as before but with her head up, staring with hope and longing as my spouse eats another bite that did not go to Binky.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
Do you love the Mandalorian? Think HTTYD is awesome? Want more dragon-riding sapphics? Even better if they’re aroace? Check out my ace romantasy, The Dragon Next Door 🌈📚 #QueerAdultSFF #booksky #romancelandia
books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6
vriccithode.itch.io/the-dragon-n...
white text on a blue night sky background that reads: Tollar’s got a stolen dragon egg, and that’s the least of her problems! Available on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Campfire, Google Play, itch.io, Kobo, Smashwords, and more! Including libraries. Art by @leeshahannigan. With cover art featuring two women and a dragon on a blue night sky background.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
See you Sunday!
vriccithode.bsky.social Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 1d
local friends! here's one of the last markets i'm doing this year! want to grab the new book? or get the signed series as a gift? come out on sunday! #KitchenerWaterloo #ExploreWR #SupportLocal #LocalArtist
green background with a festive holiday booth. Stanley Park Community Association. We invite you to join us at our holiday market. Sudnay, November 30th, 10am-2pm. Stanley Park Community Centre, 505 Franklin St N, Kitchener
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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kitvaria.bsky.social
If you need a few moments of calm, I recommend watching a black dog in the snow...

#GalliTheExplorer #CuteDog #PumiMix #DogAdventures #LifeOfADog #Dog
#AdoptDontShop #RescueDog
#dogs #DogSky
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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weratedogs.com
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
i can't believe i'm describing this, but a rainbow bagel rests on a gray couch. it is vibrant and beautiful. to the untrained eye, one might the rainbow bagel is actually a tan greyhound wearing a colorful striped sweater and a colorful wavy design collar resting in a perfectly round circle position.
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
THREAD BUT ESPECIALLY THIS

i've also seen a lot of "but the author only gets paid once" which still doesn't justify fucking stealing and *ALSO* some countries have public lending right and the authors do, in fact, get paid repeatedly and for years for every book in the library ✨
maggietokudahall.bsky.social Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 14h
If you want literature to exist you have to support it and that doesn't always mean you, personally, will pay. The more we USE our libraries the better they can justify their funding, and the more people they can serve.

By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
Boycotting Amazon? Good! Fuck 'em! But remember there are lots of other ways to support #IndieAuthors. Check out Kobo+ and itchio. ✨IN 2 DAYS✨ get the Fireborn series for a steal! Only on itch, all 6 books for only $20! 🌈📚 #booksky #QueerAdultSFF #CompleteSeries
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Black Friday. Fireborn series bundle. 6 books for $20. Book cover art for Dragon Whisperer, Trueflame, Fireborn, Firebound, Favour Fire, The Dragon Next Door. Itch.io logo.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
vriccithode.bsky.social
omg i've actually got the will (and time!) to write today (lol i have no idea how that happened either) so i'm gonna log off and try to actually do some words. i'm 5k behind par if i want to actually write 30k by the end of the month 🥲
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM