Karen Healey

Can't wait for the Pitt musical episode.

Basically, take the amount of money you think your favorite author gets, halve it, and then halve it again, and you have a number that's probably a lot closer to their actual earnings from writing.

"But I don't think they make that much!"

Halve that. Halve it again.

Oooh

Oh, do romance readers read too much? Of the wrong kind of books, you say? In the wrong kind of language, you say? Are they too easy, too sexy, too fun, too silly? And we’re pretending this is not The argument that people have made against romance since (checks library) 1785?

As a wāhine Māori I am… annoyed.

I illustrated these in scratchboard, (with digital colour) and they were such a joy to read and illustrate.

Claude relies on the theft of my work and that of thousands of authors, so, yeah, this didn't land with me.

Naught but a leap to the left
And thanne a clockwyse tread;
Put thyne handes on thyne hippes,
And be thy knees yn-gatheréd:
Lo, it ys the pelvique thruste
That maketh mirthe down to rayne -

Let us do the Tyme Warpe agayne!

The Brighter Future What would this country look like in a decade or so if we actually did what so desperately needs doing?

Emily Writes @emilywrites.co.nz and I are starting a new series called The Brighter Future, where writers and artists and poets and so on imagine what a better future might look like, if we actually did some of the needful that's right in front of us: www.emilywrites.co.nz/the-brighter...

It got played by RNZ on their Met programme! I was listening in the car and going wtf.

I have no idea how to respond to that.

I can assure you that monogamy is also prone to drama, depending very much on the people involved.

A poly friend explained it to me as different people meeting different needs, instead of trying to find one person who Does It All, and that made a lot of sense to me. But lord, the scheduling.

The literal worst version of it has to exist first if you're ever going to get anywhere, so you might as well embarrass yourself by writing it

cynical pessimists are so BORING, man. grow up, you adolescent dorks.

the war is unpopular but it's also illegal but it also doesn't serve any purpose but it also undermines diplomacy but it also is set to produce the opposite outcome as intended but it also already has hundreds dead and threatens more but it also will not make anything better for anyone but it also

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

I don't think cis people are fully grasping what Kansas' legislature about trans people effectively does or how serious it is. Please, listen to your trans friends or seek out trans voices on this. People aren't drawing parallels to nazis and fascism for fun--it's note-for-note part of the playbook.

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

The Great Stench, 2026 (or, how history helps me cope) Book (and book-related) News. In a minute, I'm going to talk at length about poop. But before we get to that special treat, some reminders: * It is your last chance to bid on my offering (or any ...

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Have spent this evening working on my newsletter instead of my books in progress, but good news: it's mostly about poop.

Bus pro: Can daydream. I'm not in charge of the motorized death machine, and no one can blame me if it all ends in fire.

Bus con: Can't rehearse angry monologue at the Ministry of Education.

BUNCH WAS NOT A PUN DO NOT @ ME

I think it's extremely telling that this list is four men who just keep rolling along being self-absorbed assholes and one woman who does a bunch of very dubious things and then puts in years of explicit work to be better.

Rebecca is absolutely the worst, and also the VERY BEST

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Hey, for just 6 more days, you can scoop up the Romantasy Rebels anthology of 26 (!!) romantasy novellas, including my own cozy-spooky A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, for just $6.99, with all proceeds going to fight book bans.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YA CREEP

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Hm might just take myself off the reliever list for tomorrow...