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fandom account • she/they • late 30s • nonbinary disaster bi • drag king & pole
Sent all this documentation to Affirm, who took two weeks to investigate. (For reference, a previous payment dispute through a credit card took almost 3 months.) They said I was missing information. When I asked what information was missing, this is what I received in reply:
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Sent all this documentation to Affirm, who took two weeks to investigate. (For reference, a previous payment dispute through a credit card took almost 3 months.) They said I was missing information. When I asked what information was missing, this is what I received in reply:
Going to try and take a break to recharge and focus on writing projects I’m excited about. Norm will be in charge of this account for the next few days.
Please be advised he will steal all chairs and prefers to purr two inches from your face.
Please be advised he will steal all chairs and prefers to purr two inches from your face.
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Going to try and take a break to recharge and focus on writing projects I’m excited about. Norm will be in charge of this account for the next few days.
Please be advised he will steal all chairs and prefers to purr two inches from your face.
Please be advised he will steal all chairs and prefers to purr two inches from your face.
A book recommended by a friend: last month, @robertaseaport.bsky.social posted about Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss and how everyone should read it (and was correct). Really spooky and unsettling but with an ending that feels like letting out a held breath.
February 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
A book recommended by a friend: last month, @robertaseaport.bsky.social posted about Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss and how everyone should read it (and was correct). Really spooky and unsettling but with an ending that feels like letting out a held breath.
As a side note, for my pirate pals whose OTP is Ed/Stede, you might like the first one, Impromptu Match, with Holt and Taylor. I haven’t read it, but there was this moment in Clean Finish that suggested it might your kind of romance:
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
As a side note, for my pirate pals whose OTP is Ed/Stede, you might like the first one, Impromptu Match, with Holt and Taylor. I haven’t read it, but there was this moment in Clean Finish that suggested it might your kind of romance:
Clean Finish by Lily Mayne, one of a series of romance novels about a paranormal wrestling organization. It’s very silly in the best way and a lot of lighthearted fun. (It is also immediately spicy, in case you skim over the premise. Larkin has no time to waste!)
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Clean Finish by Lily Mayne, one of a series of romance novels about a paranormal wrestling organization. It’s very silly in the best way and a lot of lighthearted fun. (It is also immediately spicy, in case you skim over the premise. Larkin has no time to waste!)
An audiobook: Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite, the delightful second installment of the Dorothy Gentleman series. A combination of girl detectives and Miss Marple, but put it on a generation starship. This one’s out next month, but fear not! The first one, Murder by Memory, is available now.
February 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
An audiobook: Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite, the delightful second installment of the Dorothy Gentleman series. A combination of girl detectives and Miss Marple, but put it on a generation starship. This one’s out next month, but fear not! The first one, Murder by Memory, is available now.
Beautiful work, as always. Please consider me for the hat :)
(Let me know if you’d like me to forward you the emailed receipt.)
(Let me know if you’d like me to forward you the emailed receipt.)
January 25, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Beautiful work, as always. Please consider me for the hat :)
(Let me know if you’d like me to forward you the emailed receipt.)
(Let me know if you’d like me to forward you the emailed receipt.)
A book adapted into a movie: Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. I enjoyed this one a lot. I was taken off guard by how sweet and sad it is—disarmingly so, and a novella besides, both of which are a testament to Mars-Jones’s skill.
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 AM
A book adapted into a movie: Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. I enjoyed this one a lot. I was taken off guard by how sweet and sad it is—disarmingly so, and a novella besides, both of which are a testament to Mars-Jones’s skill.
Norm hopes everyone in the path of this weekend’s storm stays as cozy and warm as he is right now on his electric blanket.
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Norm hopes everyone in the path of this weekend’s storm stays as cozy and warm as he is right now on his electric blanket.
A book with a magical creature: George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett, narrated by Samuel Barnett. Loved Barnett’s narration! I had some conflicting feelings about the overall novel, unfortunately. (A more detailed review is on my StoryGraph.)
January 22, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A book with a magical creature: George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett, narrated by Samuel Barnett. Loved Barnett’s narration! I had some conflicting feelings about the overall novel, unfortunately. (A more detailed review is on my StoryGraph.)
Making my way through an audiobook of George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett and the narrator, Samuel Barnett, is quickly becoming one of my favorites.
Also, check out this fantastic cover:
Also, check out this fantastic cover:
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Making my way through an audiobook of George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett and the narrator, Samuel Barnett, is quickly becoming one of my favorites.
Also, check out this fantastic cover:
Also, check out this fantastic cover:
Similar boat—I expected the same result as you but this one tracks
January 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Similar boat—I expected the same result as you but this one tracks
A book with a one-word title: continuing with Joseph Hansen’s Dave Brandstetter series with book 3, Troublemaker. I listened to the audiobook of this one all the way through. Narrator Keith Szarabajka is an excellent casting choice—world-weary without losing empathy.
January 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
A book with a one-word title: continuing with Joseph Hansen’s Dave Brandstetter series with book 3, Troublemaker. I listened to the audiobook of this one all the way through. Narrator Keith Szarabajka is an excellent casting choice—world-weary without losing empathy.
I was left unattended near @wildramppublishing.bsky.social’s website.
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I was left unattended near @wildramppublishing.bsky.social’s website.
Not what I would have guessed, but I’m not mad about it.
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Not what I would have guessed, but I’m not mad about it.
I’ve been feeling a bit bad about myself because the fiction writing (not fanfic writing) has been slow to return. Yesterday, I was rereading a fic I posted years ago and like, damn, who are they?
January 12, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I’ve been feeling a bit bad about myself because the fiction writing (not fanfic writing) has been slow to return. Yesterday, I was rereading a fic I posted years ago and like, damn, who are they?
A book with a love triangle: Death Claims by Joseph Hansen, the second in the Dave Brandstetter series. I think there were at least three love triangles in this one.
January 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
A book with a love triangle: Death Claims by Joseph Hansen, the second in the Dave Brandstetter series. I think there were at least three love triangles in this one.
A book with a LGBTQ+ protagonist that is NOT about coming out: Fadeout by Joseph Hansen. Published in 1970, it’s the first in a noir series featuring a gay main character, Dave Brandstetter.
Great prose, very of the genre. (Mind the pub date—it’s also very much of the era.)
Great prose, very of the genre. (Mind the pub date—it’s also very much of the era.)
January 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
A book with a LGBTQ+ protagonist that is NOT about coming out: Fadeout by Joseph Hansen. Published in 1970, it’s the first in a noir series featuring a gay main character, Dave Brandstetter.
Great prose, very of the genre. (Mind the pub date—it’s also very much of the era.)
Great prose, very of the genre. (Mind the pub date—it’s also very much of the era.)
Innocently revisiting Isaac Asimov’s “Runaround” before reading “The Three Thousand, Four Hundred Twenty-Third Law of Robotics” by Adam-Troy Castro and
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Innocently revisiting Isaac Asimov’s “Runaround” before reading “The Three Thousand, Four Hundred Twenty-Third Law of Robotics” by Adam-Troy Castro and
The camerawork in that scene is so beautifully done, too. LIKE
THIS FRAME???
THIS FRAME???
January 2, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The camerawork in that scene is so beautifully done, too. LIKE
THIS FRAME???
THIS FRAME???
Kicking off @piratereadingclub.bsky.social’s Winter Bingo with a book with a green cover: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
My contemporary Irish lit knowledge is lacking & I recently saw an interview in which Cillian Murphy lists some essential authors to read, including Claire Keegan.
My contemporary Irish lit knowledge is lacking & I recently saw an interview in which Cillian Murphy lists some essential authors to read, including Claire Keegan.
January 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Kicking off @piratereadingclub.bsky.social’s Winter Bingo with a book with a green cover: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
My contemporary Irish lit knowledge is lacking & I recently saw an interview in which Cillian Murphy lists some essential authors to read, including Claire Keegan.
My contemporary Irish lit knowledge is lacking & I recently saw an interview in which Cillian Murphy lists some essential authors to read, including Claire Keegan.
look sometimes when I’m doing a task I hate it helps to have some commiseration, okay
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
look sometimes when I’m doing a task I hate it helps to have some commiseration, okay
Pretty great reading year. I set out to read 50 books & finished with 71. My top 5 (new-to-me) reads:
💚 Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
💚 The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet
💚 Key Lime Sky by Al Hess
💚 What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
💚 The Summer War by Naomi Novik
💚 Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
💚 The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet
💚 Key Lime Sky by Al Hess
💚 What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
💚 The Summer War by Naomi Novik
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Pretty great reading year. I set out to read 50 books & finished with 71. My top 5 (new-to-me) reads:
💚 Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
💚 The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet
💚 Key Lime Sky by Al Hess
💚 What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
💚 The Summer War by Naomi Novik
💚 Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
💚 The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet
💚 Key Lime Sky by Al Hess
💚 What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
💚 The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Every time I see something like this, I feel like I’m having a break with reality. All scientists, researchers, academics, etc HAVE SPECIALIZATIONS because no one ever has thought you need to READ EVERYTHING to do science
Also that link is to a pitch to use AI in research.
Also that link is to a pitch to use AI in research.
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Every time I see something like this, I feel like I’m having a break with reality. All scientists, researchers, academics, etc HAVE SPECIALIZATIONS because no one ever has thought you need to READ EVERYTHING to do science
Also that link is to a pitch to use AI in research.
Also that link is to a pitch to use AI in research.
The mic drop on the end of this article is incredible:
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The mic drop on the end of this article is incredible: