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helloooooo. I’m e (she/they) & I write contemporary fantasy, and also other stuff. how often will I be here & what will I post? your guess is as good as mine.

before I share more about me, here’s the GoFundMe for a family in Gaza that I’ve been in contact with for a while now. since all border crossings are currently closed, they are using the funds for day-to-day needs like food, medicine, and diapers rather than evacuation: link to GoFundMe

check out my about page for my ~author bio~ and publication credits, learn more about my books at my books page, or or drop an ask in my ask box - I love talking about my writing! pages are linked in this list.

visit my website for a list of upcoming book events: link to events page

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realbrassbtw

grey-sides

Hi. Things are bleak, I know that. I know that we paid for Trump"s last term with blood and it is likely the price will be blood again.

But listen to me. LISTEN.

You do not have to force yourself to witness horrors as an act of activism. It is not a form of activism. You can put your phone down, you can block that horrific video. We cannot win if you cannot fight and you will not be able to fight if you are hopeless.

Do not let them guilt you into this. People who are exhausted are easier to walk over. Take care of yourself, find community where you find joy.

brawlite

You do not have to force yourself to witness horrors as an act of activism. It is not a form of activism.

^^^ remember this. do not exhaust yourself into hopelessness. take care of yourself and stay strong.

alessandriana

I know I"ve recced it before, but if you want a place to monitor the news while avoiding getting caught in the horrors, What The Fuck Just Happened Today is a really useful resource. They summarize political (& adjacent) news so you can remain aware of what"s going on while still minimizing the emotional energy you expend on any one issue. (And they provide links and sourcing if you need to know more.)

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draconym

I really hate a lot of the advice on the Internet about taming birds.

So much of it is literally "isolate your birds so they bond to you instead of each other" or "clip your bird"s wings so it can"t get away from you when it feels nervous." I"m no expert, but that"s fucked up, man.

draconym

My advice for winning over untamed birds:

Include the bird in your daily routine. Eat, read, and do activities in their presence.
Figure out a treat the bird enjoys.
Spend time with the bird while offering them this treat, directly from your hand if possible.
Go up to but not over the limit of the bird"s comfort with you. When the bird is nervous, back off.
Accept that you cannot force anyone or anything to love you.
Love the bird anyway.

draconym

I"m other news, my housemates and I are redoubling our efforts in Operation: Teach Cheese to Love.

gallusrostromegalus

I can verify that you are absolutely correct because that"s pretty much exactly how two of my great-grandmothers tamed a shitload of wild-wild songbirds and a condor, respectively.

draconym

Gallus, hang on: a condor??? Please elaborate.

gallusrostromegalus

It was like 1910, the migratory bird act didn"t exist and neither did much modern conventional wisdom re: not messing with the wildlife.
Great-grandma Agatha lived in Big Sur, where condors are endemic and weren"t remotely endangered at the time
One of the local birds had decided her garden shed roof made a good sunning perch and then started following her around while she did the garden because they"re curious birds.
California Condors are like three and a half feet tall standing up and Agatha was 4"10" so she didn"t exactly intimidate the creature, and she liked "having a dog I don"t have to bend over to pet".
Condors, being intelligent and curious animals, clocked immediately that this woman wasn"t going to be a problem and would sometimes give him fun snacks or play games (she taught him tricks), so he hung about the place, roosting on the shed and getting very protective of her and the property in general.
He also brought his wife and children to hang around the place but was apparently kind of a jealous boy who would get nippy if she paid more attention to another bird than him.
Which was good, because there was an unfortunate amount of anti-irish sentiment in the area, and against her house, my other great-grandma Florence and their four children. So a flock of birds with wingbeats hard enough to knock a man out and the ability to projectile vommit acid was a handy thing to have about.
I think his name was Gregory, but I"m not sure.
"Tamed A Condor For Fun" is one of the less insane things Agatha did.

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elizmanderson

*smashes cup on the ground* ANOTHER

which is to say, another ARC giveaway, but make it ✨fancy✨ and exclusive, i.e., this ARC will have hand-painted gold edges and the giveaway is for newsletter subscribers

if you"re already subscribed to my newsletter: you"re automatically entered! no need to do anything
if you"re not subscribed to my newsletter but would like to be: subscribe by the end of the day on January 27 (the day my next issue drops) to be entered into this giveaway

the link is in the QR code in the images, but also here: link to subscribe to author E.M. Anderson"s newsletter

the giveaway is open internationally (just one winner this time though lol so I don"t need to know where anyone lives beforehand). all you need to do is subscribe to my newsletter with an active email address (which is what I"ll use to reach out for a mailing address if you win)

[for those of you wondering, my newsletter is more or less monthly, very occasionally comes with fun exclusives—like an early cover reveal for The Keeper of Lonely Spirits or a short holiday story about Edna and Benjamin from The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher—and aren"t too long unless I have more news than usual. generally there"s a short section about what"s on my mind, then book news/project updates, then a short section about what movies/shows/music/birds I"ve seen and listened to lately]

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reupping and also I fixed the date in the post bc apparently I can"t do a giveaway lately without making a mistake somewhere 🤦‍♀️

reupping again because I keep remembering I should do that huh

elizmanderson

*smashes cup on the ground* ANOTHER

which is to say, another ARC giveaway, but make it ✨fancy✨ and exclusive, i.e., this ARC will have hand-painted gold edges and the giveaway is for newsletter subscribers

if you"re already subscribed to my newsletter: you"re automatically entered! no need to do anything
if you"re not subscribed to my newsletter but would like to be: subscribe by the end of the day on January 27 (the day my next issue drops) to be entered into this giveaway

the link is in the QR code in the images, but also here: link to subscribe to author E.M. Anderson"s newsletter

elizmanderson

reupping and also I fixed the date in the post bc apparently I can’t do a giveaway lately without making a mistake somewhere 🤦‍♀️

the-alethiometer

subatoism

Love love love characters that present themselves as emotionally open social butterflies but the more you see of them the more obvious it is that they’re the most closed off fuckers in the story. Sure, they want to help you with your personal problems and messy emotions, but if you turn that shit back on them, they’ll shut down or deflect every time. Why are you sticking your nose in their business anyway? It’s not like it matters. They’re not a person, they’re just a role being played. They’re the guy who fixes things and saves people. Please ignore the man behind the mask, he’s fine. Everything’s fine.

the-alethiometer

Want more characters like this.

David Schwertner The Keeper of Lonely Spirits

really feeling that “the worst part isn’t losing someone, it’s living all that time without them” today

*smashes cup on the ground* ANOTHER

which is to say, another ARC giveaway, but make it ✨fancy✨ and exclusive, i.e., this ARC will have hand-painted gold edges and the giveaway is for newsletter subscribers

if you’re already subscribed to my newsletter: you’re automatically entered! no need to do anything
if you’re not subscribed to my newsletter but would like to be: subscribe by the end of the day on January 27 (the day my next issue drops) to be entered into this giveaway

the link is in the QR code in the images, but also here: link to subscribe to author E.M. Anderson’s newsletter

the giveaway is open internationally (just one winner this time though lol so I don’t need to know where anyone lives beforehand). all you need to do is subscribe to my newsletter with an active email address (which is what I’ll use to reach out for a mailing address if you win)

[for those of you wondering, my newsletter is more or less monthly, very occasionally comes with fun exclusives—like an early cover reveal for The Keeper of Lonely Spirits or a short holiday story about Edna and Benjamin from The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher—and aren’t too long unless I have more news than usual. generally there’s a short section about what’s on my mind, then book news/project updates, then a short section about what movies/shows/music/birds I’ve seen and listened to lately]

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wildernezz

hey chat did you guys know there"s a whole website with informational videos on the rights you hold when interacting with ICE or witnessing interactions with ICE. all written by immigrants and for immigrants. idk man it"d be a shame if people watched these informational videos y"know.

We Have Rights

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pieklo

Reblog daily for health and prosperity

buried things

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

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welcome! time for shitposts.

You do not have to force yourself to witness horrors as an act of activism. It is not a form of activism.

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