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Indie author, book enthusiast, Alaska. I escaped Hollywood. https://www.amazon.com/Alessa-Winters/e/B07SHJZFH3
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Today’s perfume. Look, it’s basic, but it is a winner. Sweet vanilla coffee with a fig undertone? Always a crowd pleaser. #perfumesky

Todays perfume. Like a fruit and marshmallow salad. Easy to wear and affordable, nothing too fancy but is quite nice.

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

Todays perfume. Salty sweet amber and vanilla. This is my second bottle of it so obviously I adore it.

Seeing this James Bond montage makes me think about all the thousands of times women have been made to apologize for liking escapist romances

Todays perfume. A family member got it for me when they were deployed. Very strong tropical scent, needed for how dreary it is up here.

Round.

I’ve watched enough mafia movies to know that if you’re gonna shakedown a pillar of the community, you do it in private, you make it clear they’re not to tell anyone, maybe you put a couple of your goons on the front door so no one comes in. Because it’s shameful. You don’t do it on live television

Every Movie in 1999:

“VANCE SKIS IN JEANS” is so devastating

This perfume smells like money. It also smells like lemon poppyseed cake

Sometimes you hear about some writing advice that is so bad it takes your breath away

Oh hey, I got more KU in February than in January, even with less days.

For the record, do I think a one-day boycott is going to make much of an economic impact? No. Do I think that a sort of "Baby's First Boycott," performative though it is, might be useful to make some folks aware of the impact of their economic power, and how it might be wielded politically? Maybe.

Indie authors are largely poor and struggling and we rely on the income we get from our books. Don’t include indie books in your boycott, please. It directly hurts struggling creatives who are faced with corporations, an impossible industry and rising living costs alongside falling royalty returns.

Language preservation is not just about words and rules; it's about embracing the full spectrum of human expression. A language truly lives when its speakers are unafraid to use it in all its richness, even for something as universal as the many names for a fart. Gunalchéesh, X̱ʼunei! #Lingít

Hero

ughhhhh I just finished this book and I am IRRITATED. I was gonna put the second book on hold from the library right up until the last page, where they revealed a twist that COMPLETELY INVALIDATED the main characters emotional core

they're... they're everywhere!

"There were over 10k-20k [Black people] that lived in London during the time of Jane Austen. The number has been estimated to be as high as 30k across England, Scotland, & Ireland. With less than 28 dukes during that time period, who were you more likely to run into, a duke, or a person of color?"

me trying to keep my streak going like

Sunday writing check in: authors, what are you writing today? #writersky #authorsky

chat is it good for a dictionary to be mad at you

It is so hard for me to NOT move goalposts on myself. I was feeling bad this week because my income dipped down from the previous week, but then I remembered two things: 1. The KDP rate came down so my estimates came down 2. My lowest day was $109. That's amazing and I should remember that.

I FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT! I wrote 4363 words today alone!

DON’T STOP!

Writing tip - if your characters spend the entire book trying to prevent something from happening, have it happen anyways in the dark point. And then the triumph comes from them knowing how to overcome it based on what they’ve learned on their journey

Might finish the 5th ghost romance novel today. Gonna try at least.

This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op

Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

Lunchbreak writing session - drawing close to finishing this book! #amwriting #indieauthor #authorsky

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

I am SO CLOSE to the climax of this book and yet doing the hesitating thing where it’s hard to write ugh #writersky

Early morning writing selfie #amwriting #writersky

Friends of mine in the Indie Comic book sphere: I am looking for indie romance arcs in super hero romances, any advice?

So good.

Great thread

happy presidents day

When you’re about to be smug in someone’s replies, ask, “will someone simply returning my energy piss me off?” And adjust accordingly.

Murderbot is evergreen

Good KU reads day? Good KU reads day!