Rita DelRaso
@rita-delraso.bsky.social
Queer romance author. Cat mom. Also a Twitch streamer/ vtuber.
This account is exclusively for my writing-related posts. For everything else, be sure to follow me at https://bsky.app/profile/shizucheese.bsky.social
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This account is exclusively for my writing-related posts. For everything else, be sure to follow me at https://bsky.app/profile/shizucheese.bsky.social
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Pinned Post time! Hey there Bluesky! I'm Rita, indie author and writer of queer genre romance! I'm currently working on my debut novel, a queer retelling of Sleeping Beauty (title pending because titles are hard)!
This message brought to you by there being a book I really wanted to read as market research for my current WIP, btw. :3c
Pro tip for anyone who, like me, relies on their library for their reading fix: if there's a book you want to read and it's not on Libby, check and see if it's on Hoopla! I've found often Hoopla will have ebooks that aren't on Libby.
January 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
This message brought to you by there being a book I really wanted to read as market research for my current WIP, btw. :3c
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Pro tip for anyone who, like me, relies on their library for their reading fix: if there's a book you want to read and it's not on Libby, check and see if it's on Hoopla! I've found often Hoopla will have ebooks that aren't on Libby.
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Pro tip for anyone who, like me, relies on their library for their reading fix: if there's a book you want to read and it's not on Libby, check and see if it's on Hoopla! I've found often Hoopla will have ebooks that aren't on Libby.
I'm gonna finally finish my fucking debut novel (the queer Sleeping Beauty wip I keep talking about, title still pending) so I can finally get started on my next one.
What’s the first writing related project you plan to tackle for the new year? #WritingPrompt
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I'm gonna finally finish my fucking debut novel (the queer Sleeping Beauty wip I keep talking about, title still pending) so I can finally get started on my next one.
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A complete catalog of my current titles across all platforms. I'll be updating this thread as new things drop.
For more in depth summaries, trigger warnings, and buy links, check out my website: www.tdcloudofficial.com/books
For more in depth summaries, trigger warnings, and buy links, check out my website: www.tdcloudofficial.com/books
April 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A complete catalog of my current titles across all platforms. I'll be updating this thread as new things drop.
For more in depth summaries, trigger warnings, and buy links, check out my website: www.tdcloudofficial.com/books
For more in depth summaries, trigger warnings, and buy links, check out my website: www.tdcloudofficial.com/books
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Just added some new merch to my kofi shop! If you're a DVerse fan of LETIFER or SKIAMAKHIA, you'll wanna see what new swag I've got for you <3 ko-fi.com/A535CBT/shop
Visit T.D. Cloud's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Just added some new merch to my kofi shop! If you're a DVerse fan of LETIFER or SKIAMAKHIA, you'll wanna see what new swag I've got for you <3 ko-fi.com/A535CBT/shop
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We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
www.seizethepress.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
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It’s the final chapter for Baker & Taylor, the nation’s largest distributor of books to public and academic libraries.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It’s the final chapter for Baker & Taylor, the nation’s largest distributor of books to public and academic libraries.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
Here’s what this means for authors—and their readers.
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Hey Snacks! November is my birthday month and this Wednesday (11/5) is Luca's last chemo treatment, so I've made the executive decision do one last big push and then stop taking donations for his vet bills at the end of this month.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...
Support Shizucheese ❤️
Become a supporter of Shizucheese today!
ko-fi.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hey Snacks! November is my birthday month and this Wednesday (11/5) is Luca's last chemo treatment, so I've made the executive decision do one last big push and then stop taking donations for his vet bills at the end of this month.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...
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How is it basically halfway through November already?!
Hey Snacks! November is my birthday month and this Wednesday (11/5) is Luca's last chemo treatment, so I've made the executive decision do one last big push and then stop taking donations for his vet bills at the end of this month.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ko-fi.com/shizucheese/...
Support Shizucheese ❤️
Become a supporter of Shizucheese today!
ko-fi.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How is it basically halfway through November already?!
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Last chemo treatment is officially done!
If you wanna see videos of this boy high on catnip be sure to donate and/ or spread the word!
If you wanna see videos of this boy high on catnip be sure to donate and/ or spread the word!
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Last chemo treatment is officially done!
If you wanna see videos of this boy high on catnip be sure to donate and/ or spread the word!
If you wanna see videos of this boy high on catnip be sure to donate and/ or spread the word!
One of the fun challenges of writing fantasy is almost using terms that are totally common place in your vernacular only to realize that you can't because that term wouldn't exist in the world you're writing in and you have to like...recalibrate and think in terms of the setting you're writing.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
One of the fun challenges of writing fantasy is almost using terms that are totally common place in your vernacular only to realize that you can't because that term wouldn't exist in the world you're writing in and you have to like...recalibrate and think in terms of the setting you're writing.
The very exciting sequel to this post:
I'm mostly a pants writer; I know the general shape of my stories but it's easier for me to figure out the details by just Writing The Thing than planning ahead.
This did not stop me from making an entire wiki in Scrivener for the book series mentioned below.
I'm mostly a pants writer; I know the general shape of my stories but it's easier for me to figure out the details by just Writing The Thing than planning ahead.
This did not stop me from making an entire wiki in Scrivener for the book series mentioned below.
I'm very excited to announce that after a year of working on my current WIP, I've come up with a book title!
Too bad it's for a completely different wip in a completely different series...
#writing #indieauthor
Too bad it's for a completely different wip in a completely different series...
#writing #indieauthor
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The very exciting sequel to this post:
I'm mostly a pants writer; I know the general shape of my stories but it's easier for me to figure out the details by just Writing The Thing than planning ahead.
This did not stop me from making an entire wiki in Scrivener for the book series mentioned below.
I'm mostly a pants writer; I know the general shape of my stories but it's easier for me to figure out the details by just Writing The Thing than planning ahead.
This did not stop me from making an entire wiki in Scrivener for the book series mentioned below.
I'm very excited to announce that after a year of working on my current WIP, I've come up with a book title!
Too bad it's for a completely different wip in a completely different series...
#writing #indieauthor
Too bad it's for a completely different wip in a completely different series...
#writing #indieauthor
October 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'm very excited to announce that after a year of working on my current WIP, I've come up with a book title!
Too bad it's for a completely different wip in a completely different series...
#writing #indieauthor
Too bad it's for a completely different wip in a completely different series...
#writing #indieauthor
All of my plans for today got cancelled, so now the question is: will I get some writing done while procrastinating on doing laundry or will I end up doing laundry while procrastinating on writing?
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
All of my plans for today got cancelled, so now the question is: will I get some writing done while procrastinating on doing laundry or will I end up doing laundry while procrastinating on writing?
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Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills
TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...
transfamilysos.org
September 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar
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The only consent that matters in art is the artist's consent for it to be seen, and the viewer's consent to see it.
September 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The only consent that matters in art is the artist's consent for it to be seen, and the viewer's consent to see it.
*blows dust off this account* I'm alive!
Still working on my queer Sleeping Beauty wip! (Which still doesn't have a name ;A;)
It's been a little over a year since I started writing it and I'm determined to finish it soon so I can start working on making it publish-ready and people can read it!
Still working on my queer Sleeping Beauty wip! (Which still doesn't have a name ;A;)
It's been a little over a year since I started writing it and I'm determined to finish it soon so I can start working on making it publish-ready and people can read it!
September 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
*blows dust off this account* I'm alive!
Still working on my queer Sleeping Beauty wip! (Which still doesn't have a name ;A;)
It's been a little over a year since I started writing it and I'm determined to finish it soon so I can start working on making it publish-ready and people can read it!
Still working on my queer Sleeping Beauty wip! (Which still doesn't have a name ;A;)
It's been a little over a year since I started writing it and I'm determined to finish it soon so I can start working on making it publish-ready and people can read it!
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I took a break for August, bit I just posted Episdes 8 & 9 of To Kill Me Kindly. My Hades x Persephone M/M dark romance is available now!
September 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I took a break for August, bit I just posted Episdes 8 & 9 of To Kill Me Kindly. My Hades x Persephone M/M dark romance is available now!
Audible continues to be EVIL
YouTube video by Elisabeth Wheatley
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August 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.
August 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.
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If you use Firefox:
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
mozilla has a rich history of shooting themselves in the foot
thankfully most of the ml stuff can be disabled through about:config
thankfully most of the ml stuff can be disabled through about:config
Some users report Firefox scoffing CPU power
: You guessed it: looks like it's a so-called AI
www.theregister.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If you use Firefox:
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
Go into Settings, in the search bar type "Sidebar" and select "Show Sidebar." At the bottom of the sidebar, click "Customize Sidebar" (the little gear icon) and un-check the "AI Chatbot" box.
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Some good news! A federal judge struck down Florida's book ban law (HB 1069) as unconstitutional, ruling it violated First Amendment protections for school libraries. The victory protects authors' rights and students' access to diverse literature.
More info: authorsguild.org/news/authors...
More info: authorsguild.org/news/authors...
August 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some good news! A federal judge struck down Florida's book ban law (HB 1069) as unconstitutional, ruling it violated First Amendment protections for school libraries. The victory protects authors' rights and students' access to diverse literature.
More info: authorsguild.org/news/authors...
More info: authorsguild.org/news/authors...
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Also all art is political and art that tries to be "apolitical" is still making a political and moral statement.
August 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Also all art is political and art that tries to be "apolitical" is still making a political and moral statement.
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...creativity is inherently unsafe...
June 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
...creativity is inherently unsafe...