@swirly313
(She/her, they/them) Autistic bisexual geek whose interests cycle around animation, comics, and video games. You can find my writings at https://www.autisticobservations.com/ Icon by Stina Rudebjer. Header image from "Night in the Woods" (2017)
The best advice I have for writers is: the harder you try to impress people with your prose, the worse your prose will be. Sit down and try to communicate honestly, you will find the places for your flourishes and metaphors that actually serve greater meaning rather than your own ego.
Good on you, Dan Green
This article is great and it reminded me of the point this tumblr post I saw a while back was getting at:
hi i want to talk to you about this book i promise iโll be fast just hear me out There is a book cover showing a tall skinny brunette girl in a purple dress and a shorter chubby blonde girl in a pink dress. They are standing in a moonlit garden full of purple roses. its purple babey!!!!!!!!!!!!! Basically itโs about two princesses who are trying to get married to each other and also trying to not get eaten by dragons. And both of these things are difficult. There is a picture of the same cover art but this time it is square shaped because it is for the audiobook. it also comes in square
Okay let me explain So Princess Esofi has been engaged to Crown Prince Albion since basically forever. But sheโs never met him because they live on different continents, just like you and all your mutuals. Esofi and all six hundred of her ballgowns travel to Ieflaria for the wedding, but when she gets there it turns out the prince recently died in a tragic plot contrivance. Now sheโs got to marry Albionโs younger sister, the new Crown Princess Adale. The world runs on video game rules when it comes to romance and sexual orientation* so this isnโt a big deal. Except Adale doesnโt want to rule the kingdom or marry a stranger because sheโs afraid her undiagnosed learning disorder will lead the kingdom to ruin. Also there are dragons. *The reason why the world works this way is slowly revealed over the course of the series.
It's purple babey
Tales of Inthya is a high fantasy series set in a queernormative world. It follows different f/f couples who do magic and go on adventures. This is the first book! The other five are not currently in print (long story) but I am actively rereleasing them with new cover art and bonus content and other fun stuff. There is a picture of a typical high fantasy novel map. It is brown. Here is the obligatory high fantasy novel map.
okay i lied i also want to talk to you about this book There is cover art of a lady knight in chainmail holding another lady in a red and white dress. They are surrounded by white flowers. Book two is called Daughter of the Sun. Itโs about Orsina of Melidrie, a paladin who is big on killing evil things with her sword but not so big on critical thinking. It is also about Aelia, who is a chaos goddess without any followers. When Orsina mistakes Aelia for a young woman escaping an abusive family, she offers to escort her to safety and Aelia is like, โUm okay?โ They have adventures and kill a monster shark and fall in love while Orsina repeatedly fails to identify Aeliaโs true nature. It should be out this summer!
okay thatโs all thank you bye!!!!!!!! These books are fun and optimistic and nice and they make a lot of people happy. Getting them back into print is super important to me, but itโs also super expensive. So I want to say a special thank you to everyone who has supported me so far!!!!!
Purchase here: linktr.ee/effiecalvin
Graphic reads "Want to read more books with trans & n-b characters? I Shall Never fall in love - Regency rom-com graphic novel with a transmasc/n-b MC. Choose your own path (and gender) in Into the Tower (n-b love interest) or Night at the vampire castle (transfeminine n-b and trans man MCs).
Graphic reads 'Recent books I enjoyed with trans and/or n-b leads', with the book covers of A Lady for All seasons by TJ alexander, the Scandalous letters of V and J by felicia Davin, Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto, Angelica and the bear prince by Trung le Nguyen, and Trans history, a graphic novel by Alex L Combs & Andrew Eakett.
if YOU are doing Trans Rights Readathon (I am, more info next week) or simply looking to read more fun things with trans people in, here's a reminder my books exist and an excuse to shout out some books I really enjoyed. Thread โคต๏ธ
#TransRightsReadathon #trr26
๐Mark your calendars for March 16th at 7 PM PST/10 PM EST for a live discussing the magic of Black indie animation! Join us as creators Pearl Low, Breana Navickas, Kiana Mai Khansmith, Kennedy Freeman, and Shara Kibry share their journeys on creating Black magical girl stories outside the studios.
Itโs #mar10 day, so Iโm obligated to plug my video about the true origin of Mario, which is completely different from the way itโs usually told.
youtu.be/gsCWPserdrs
The cover for A Lady For All Seasons. A photograph of a redheaded woman in a blue dress is facing away from the viewer. The title and author name are illustrated as if on the front of a poetry chapbook. Text reads: The sequel to national bestseller A Gentleman's Gentleman. Out Now.
๐ธ She has arrived ๐ธ
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS, the Regency romp starring a cunning society lady who is looking for a fake marriage but instead falls for a genderfluid poetess, is out now.
Full synopsis, buy links, etc: tjalexander.com#books6
I just released a short playable teaser for my upcoming game The Mondara Incident! It's an atmospheric puzzle exploration game about a small town that suddenly vanishes. The teaser has content not included in the full version and two endings! #gamedev #indiedev qwarq.itch.io/the-mondara-...
Man.
The world fucking is on fire.
So go be as corny and cringe as you wanna be without hurting people.
Live whats left of your only life.
If you canโt be free in your body at least go be free in your mind and soul.
Fuck the haters.
Fan art of Baiken in Guilty Gear Xrd, her hand resting on the hilt of her katana.
Baiken in #ggxrd
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lorn holding irigoth by the collar and yelling at him
a background of scalloped layers resembling a gradient in different shade of teal โCrips for eSims for Gaza Alice Wong, Foreverโ in bubbly fuzzy black text โ$400 Matching Campaignโ in Knock Out Cruiserweight font A cartoon illustration of a Palestinian woman with dark curly hair and large round glasses sitting on the floor with her feet in the air, wearing black boots and dark pants, a yellow jacket and a black and white kufiya, at a laptop. "Illustration: Jessica Jiangโ "Palestinian American writer Summer Farah, author of The Hungering Years, is offering to match $400USD in donations to our project." Three orange-, blood-orange- grapefruit-coloured SIM cards, the second one upside down, both with green and white kufiya patterns inside where the SIM chip is. Inside the last SIM card is a green QR code.
s for eSims for Gaza Alice Wong, Foreverโ in bubbly fuzzy black text โWhere to Donate: Chuffed: bit.ly/eSimsRUs E-transfer: cripsforesimsforgaza Venmo: bit.ly/venmo4esims PayPal (UK): http://bit.ly/esimsUK Send donation screenshots to cripsforesimsforgaza@gmail.com. โ in Knock Out Cruiserweight fontย Three orange-, blood-orange- grapefruit-coloured SIM cards, the second one upside down, both with green and white kufiya patterns inside where the SIM chip is. Inside the last SIM card is a green QR code.ย
The wonderful @summ.bsky.social has generously offered this matching campaign for Crips for eSims for Gaza, which provides eSims to Palestinians in Gaza currently under siege.
Donate:
bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Send screenshots to our email:
cripsforesimsforgaza[at]gmail[dot]com
#ConnectingGaza
Every time it comes up I just gotta remind people that it's extremely expensive to license filming in Shibuya, which the team making this game couldn't afford, so they filmed this game by stealing shots and running from the cops.
lorn looking unamused. making a heart shape with his hands
The Scottish Comics itch.io Bundle is open for submissions! MORE INFO BELOW
๐ SCOTTISH COMIC CREATORS! ๐ Submit your comic to the Scottish Comics Itch Bundle, which will go up for sale later this summer! 25% of profits will go to charities aiding Palestine and the rest will be split among creators. More info in the thread below!
๐ Submit comics: forms.gle/n7BzZWwJPqm9...
WE HAVE A LAUNCH DATE: April 7th! โจ
Spring is springing, and HOW TO TOUCH GRASS is coming with it. ๐ค๐ฟ๐พ๐ฆ๏ธ
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Daily Nagoriyuki 09032026
#dailynago #ggst
Fan art of Dizzy in Guilty Gear Xrd, floating with back towards viewer, tail trailing.
Dizzy in #ggxrd
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Trans women make life more colorful and rich. I sometimes struggle with the right things to say but I believe thatโs just a truth of reality. It certainly is in my life
i've been seeing the r word a lot more frequently lately even by people on the left and personally i think we should leave that one in the past
IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DONATE TO SEND SOLAR GENERATORS & PANELS TO CUBAN HOSPITALS. Already 3000+ people have donated over $487,000. Your donation will help reach our goal of $500,000 These solar generators can provide ~55 kWh per day, helping hospitals to run essential equipment without a drop of fuel. DONATE NOW LETCUBALIVE.INFO/DONATE
They are at $480,000/500,000 goal
Just donated $25 can anyone match me
The Publisher Weekly announcement of a 3 book deal Laine Falk and I have with Scholastic for an early readers graphic novel series: Pine School Pals.
A drawing of all the pals from our series. Theyโre in 2nd grade and are named as followed. Top row (left to right): Nora, Jack, Riley, Ava, Sara and Malik Bottom row (left to right: Niki, Jun, Zoey, Tate, Ben and Theo
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!
Iโve been working on an early readers graphic novel series with Laine Falk: The Pine School Pals! The first book of the 3 book deal will be out this Fall (and you can already preorder it). Shoutout to my agent, Hannah Man @ Writers House
Canโt wait for yโall to meet the pals!โ๏ธ๐ธ
If you canโt help, please share with anyone you know! Again these are reliable Mutual Aids to help the displaced in Lebanon. Iโll add more in the thread as I hear about the ๐งต1/x
1. I am leading a group of Ugandan LGBTQ refugees in a camp in South Sudan - 100 souls, half of which are children.
I do not like asking for help, but the truth is that we do not have enough for food, medicine and other necessities.
Any amount helps!
Crowdfunder: fundrazr.com/LGBTKakuma?r...