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Clarissa C. S. Ryan
@wintersweet.bsky.social
I guess I'm here now? But also wandering.shop? Where are any of us, really?

🏳️‍🌈🚀 sf/f writer, artist/designer, fan of things, GW2 player. Forever temporospatially disjointed. Ozarks→NorCal→Southern Tier NY. She/her, ish. 中文 OK
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.

If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
MARS *30th anniversary* what!!!

(admittedly it came out in English back when we got manga years after Japanese publication, but still)

(does anyone else remember the Taiwanese TV drama version?)
Holiday Gift Guide: Pre-Orders 🎁✨
Snag the season’s hottest manga before they drop, including:

- Blue Lock Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-3)
- MARS 30th Anniversary Edition 1
- Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition 1
& more

More pre-order picks 👇
https://ow.ly/TUrE50XxGKW
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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so, do you milk it and then evaporate it? or is this like a milk of magnesium thing and you're mixing the evaporated goat into some liquid? can you recommend the best device for evaporating the goat? every web page disagrees.
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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mmmm, nothing like the taste of evaporated goats in the fall
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
They may not be perfect but they look pretty good! Made with ghee, evaporated goat milk*, and no cinnamon, for food issue accommodations. Not pictured: LORGE dish of sourdough-based stuffing/dressing, also using ghee.

*milk of an evaporated goat, obvs
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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#Booksky Happy birthday to author/agent @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social today! We published Jennie’s hilarious talking corgis from space/roadtrip gone awry novel, OBVIOUSLY, ALIENS, and we think you should give it a read this holiday season! queenofswordspress.com/product/obvi...
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
adventures in recipe comment sections: "I replaced the milk with bourbon"
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
this sounds like an AMAZING dish for someone else to make and me to eat (and love them forever)
💥The HOTTEST new publishing trend is:

Spending an entire afternoon in the kitchen stirring a big pot of onions

Here's a recipe to help YOU keep your finger on the pulse 😎
French Onion Soup Tarts
Digest 11.26.25 - Stone Soup
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Good news everyone, the US Thanksgiving culinary discourse has now been completed and we can all go home!
You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
If you live in any country *other* than the US, is it legal there for manufacturers to just list "spices" on an ingredients label?
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I don't wish to live in the South again but I *am* a little irritated that my grocery store here will sell you up to a 32 oz bag of walnuts but only up to 10 oz of pecans.

pecans >>>>> walnuts, you cannot change my mind
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
the entrenched social value of designating exercise* as Virtuous In All Situations is a dangerous one

*somehow this never includes physical labor buuuut that's a different topic for a different day
For up to half of people with #LongCOVID, activities like exercise can trigger post-exertional malaise (PEM). Yet Long COVID clinics around the world are offering exercise as treatment while dismissing its serious harms.

Read more from @spichaksimon.bsky.social: bit.ly/4aaDRJW
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I'm in the final stages of getting the 2026 new horror list ready to launch, so a reminder: please let me know about your books if you haven't already! RTs very appreciated
do you have a horror/horror-ish book coming out in 2026? tell me about it here, please! I'm working on the 2026 horror list and while I'm very good at sniffing out new books, I still miss things - help me help you!

forms.gle/KxLNwVDVbbRS...
2025-2026 Horror Master List Book Submissions
Because I'm out of my mind, I maintain a running list of the year's new horror releases. If you're an author/editor/marketer/publicist/agent who'd like one of your books included, please fill out the ...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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🖋️Ko-fi Commissions✒️

I have commissions still open if anyone is looking for a gift for the holidays! I’ll be starting a new job soon so these might not be available for much longer while I’m getting adjusted.

Shares are appreciated!

#Art #Commission #Kofi

ko-fi.com/aorticinkwell
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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The leftism leaving people's bodies like cartoon ghosts when people say "artists need to be paid" and "don't steal books."
i have never wanted to make a YouTube video before, but now i want to make one that's basically: Books Are Not Free Content For You, Stop Stealing From Authors, You Scabs.

we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Y'all, It's TODAY!

Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,

"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". #Lit #SciFi #BookSky 🌱

Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...

#Lit #OctaviaEButler
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Friends it's me!!! Go check out this interview I had so much fun answering. Thank you so much, @blog.readindiefantasy.com, for having me!

Plus, there *might* be pictures of a certain doggo...👀

#BookSky 💙📚🌈📚
It's a Month of Rain & Reads, and I just secured a batch of leftover pastries from the cafe on the corner.

That'll go fine with this interview with Nicole Evans ( @thoughtsstained.bsky.social ) while the rain is coming down hard outside.

www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...

#AMoRaR #BookSky
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A bit of the physical TBR/ACR/ACRR* pile, featuring @thoughtsstained.bsky.social and @sevenseasentertainment.com. After looking at the photo I realized that these are all by women (AFAIK), though I didn't do that on purpose

*to be read, already currently reading, actually currently re-reading
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
well, that was unexpected! Tempting, though I currently Cannot, what with not having caught up on GW2 Visions of Eternity, playing Where Winds Meet, and theoretically still playing Path to Nowhere 🫠 Cool that they're doing this, though
Guild Wars launched 20 years ago, starting a franchise that's helped shape the #MMORPG genre. On Dec 3, Guild Wars Reforged launches!
✅ Steam Deck verified 🎮 Controller support ✨ Visual updates and more!
🔗 www.guildwars2.com/news/announc...
#GuildWarsReforged #GuildWars20
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
it's like playing whack-a-mole! I'm so tired of this, @firefox.com
– I disable one unwanted nonsense "feature" and then another one comes along
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Villainess
We support women's wrongs - an artbook filled with hot evil ladies!
www.kickstarter.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
it's time...time for Where Winds Meet (out today, new wuxia MMORPG-with-solo-play-option)
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ADHD crew, if you're looking for one tab in Firefox and can't find it and typing in the address bar produces no suggestions even though you KNOW it's there, put a % before your search. If it's really open, it should show up. I've been so frustrated trying to find tabs that I KNEW were open somewhere
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM