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You will never appease every reader out there, but this actually makes me feel a lot better about some of the negative reviews I've gotten! I'm going to remember this. 🖤

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Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

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with all the updates about kindle and amazon: a reminder that I and many other self pub authors have books on platforms other than amz! this is a super important topic to me as an indie bookseller, but in most conversations, I've noticed people assume there are no other avenues for self pub authors

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NEW: Whitman Walker, a LGBTQ health center in Washington DC, has scrubbed its site of descriptions of gender affirming care services. This is pure cowardice and stabbing the trans community in the back. While services are not affected, it will limit access to resources if patients can't find them.

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THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with 💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes 🫀An autistic necromancer ⚰️His reanimated lover 🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC 🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance 🔗⬇️In libraries & itch #romancelandia 🌈📚 #booksky

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Tutorial for PC Kindle-app users trying to back up their ebook collection before Amazon's download deadline!

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Just for some perspective on how well this is going, and how awesome you all are: it took a month for us to raise what we did in two days. Keep boosting it!! Our stretch goals are basically more money for authors, and more accessibility via audio. We'd LOVE to hit that!!

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Over 2,000 webpages containing LGBTQ+ information have been removed from federal government websites.

submitted 5 days ago • 84 comments

back up those amazon books! 𖦹 pay what you want for my indie ebooks: alhessbooks.itch.io 𖦹 subscribe to my newsletter for books updates: alhessauthor.com/subscribe 𖦹 consider getting my trad books from bookshop.org

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I am off to D&D night with friends, so you're all in charge of finding me 5 more backers so we can hit 100 in a day!! 🌈📚 #AroWeek 🌈🚀💫

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent. Buy direct from authors. Get your files.

submitted 6 days ago • 256 comments

✨My first read for the Indie Ink Awards: Yours Celestially by Al Hess (@al-distortion.bsky.social )✨ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ rep Full review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1166...

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Wanna see ALL the interior art for the entire Dark Walker Series? Here it is in one gratuitous video trailer. Enjoy! #GulfShellyCampbell #BreachShellyCampbell #SeedShellyCampbell @eerieriver.bsky.social

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💚 Our Kickstarter for COMMON BONDS 2 has just launched! 💚 Very excited to be running back this awesome anthology of aromantic SFF and building a second one. Get your #AroWeek discounts ✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla... #AspecAuthors 🌈📚 💙📚 🌈💫🚀

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

🔮Forever Night🔮 I just released this 7k short story with a tragic fairy tale! If you prefer the Grimm tales over the Disney ones, you'll enjoy this emotional and hopeful story of two unfortunate souls. Buy now: books2read.com/Forevernight

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Hey hey, happy V Day, go listen to me talk about aromantic goodness!! 💚✨️

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DID YOU KNOW you can read an exclusive early draft of my first giant epic fantasy novel? I post #TheBlackKnightSaga chapters 2x a week, and paid memberships fund my writing of more books. Ch 46 went up today 🖤✨ ⚔️Read Ch 1-7 free: www.patreon.com/posts/ch-1-s...

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If you're looking for an escape this Valentine's Day - or just in general - all my ebooks are on sale this weekend! You can find them and many others as part of the @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social Valentine's Day sale! Check out the link below! #booksky 🪐📚💙

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Oh my god. They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service. "Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights" WOW.

submitted 9 days ago • 219 comments

go get my books for freeeeee (or pay me handsomely, whatever you prefer!) alhessbooks.itch.io

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

i'm a 1/4 finalist in the SPFSC & i saw all the drama unfold 1 - FUCK N@ZIS 2 - i think the comp needs a solid leadership structure but i hope it continues to exist for indie SF 3rd - the Eriksens are leveraging attention to sell books, but you can support other authors in the comp instead

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

The people who left the spsfc competition out of solidarity for Devon Erickson are hitting number one in their categories. So anyone feel like supporting the rest of us?

submitted 17 days ago • 15 comments

I'm about to print this out and put it on my wall.

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

If you're wondering who runs the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition, it is not Hugh Howey. He built the contest with Duncan Swan in 2021 but they haven't been directly involved for a few years. #SPSFC https://spsfc.space/2025/02/05/let-me-speak-to-your-manager/ Hugh also built the Silo.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

1. The state department has removed transgender people from its website and just reads "LGB Travelers," as reported by a number of journalists. However, on further investigation, it is also removing trans-specific directions for individual countries. Subscribe to support my journalism.

submitted 18 days ago • 42 comments

damn, @al-distortion.bsky.social always pulling on my heartstrings. I just read The Elopement of Atticus & NEON and MY HEART! 🥹 Super cute, cozy post-post-apocalyptic novella. Highly recommend! (as always w/ great queer + neurospicy rep and lots of love for robots!) #booksky 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 #queeradultsff

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

It's official, from the #SPSFC discord and Xwitter. Hope it brings some of the good people of the indie author community some peace.

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book "Dying has given me indigestion." (Yours Celestially 👁️✨)

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

So Trump's shutting down of the entire government's funding system for American projects is literally so he can go line by line and target transgender people and other minorities. When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.

submitted 25 days ago • 65 comments

It's Queer Your eReader Day, hosted by @divinationhollow.bsky.social! 50 FREE queer fantasy, sci fi, horror, and romances, including A THIEF AND A GENTLEMAN! Gay romance in 1920s London w/ magic jewel heists 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 Browse: divinationhollow.com/queer-your-e... Free on Amz: books2read.com/u/4jvDKv

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