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Creator of speculative fiction and art. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and plain strange. Check out my profile!

Greater Vancouver
Joined February 2019
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Official list of my current #writer / #author work FATALITY book series amazon.com/dp/B0F92WRWKC THIN novel amazon.com/dp/B0B2VD424G BEAUTIFUL DREAMER amazon.com/dp/B0DVFCCM2T Check out my author website or Amazon Author Page for the full list!
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Fuck people who use AI to write, edit, and/or illustrate their books. None of mine have AI. They were written by people, drawn by people, edited by people and even narrated by people. My not-AI work is on my profile. Fuck the bots.
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Thank you to V.B. for taking the time to give my One Aon Fatality book a 5 star review. And still "no thank you" to the angry lady from Birmingham who got mad at what I said on TikTok and hunted my books down just to leave a 1 star.
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Thank you to the wonderful people (and one cat) who picked up my book, gave it a chance, and read it voraciously. (And not hacked a hairball on it. Seriously, it means a lot.)
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I really wish I could go wide. It sucks here. #writingcommunity
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Ugh, some readers (that are not mine, because what readers?) are so disconnected from reality. That some think any of my recent viral posts are making bank is a joke. Critique /= book sales. It does however get me some hate reviews. I knew this going in. I care about craft A LOT
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Groan... They didn't even read a page of my book. #writi
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I want readers who know what a ferret is. If you don't know what a ferret is, my books are "too smart" for you.
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And I thought getting a 1 star review for using "fancy" words like "linoleum" in my One Aon Fatality novel was bad. But seriously... FERRET?! It's a flipping ferret! And worse, a lot of us writers and authors are literally told this and with words you'd think adults would know!
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I dragged Redwall and His Dark Materials into the "ACOSH is adult fiction written poorly" argument. When an 8-year-old gets a book with more style, charm, and character, I have questions.
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ACOSH, ACOTAR, it is all a cash grab When the argument is "I can't cut words due to binding issues" + "btw, included are the bonus scenes from the special edition books you bought for just those scenes," blaming a lack of edits and word count is an excuse Readers deserve better
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Y'all made me get out the puppets to explain the broken POV in ACOSH rebuild-a-wall scene! Meet Ginger and Tear in their starring roles as Self-Insert-Lady and Rice, The Shadow Daddy in another episode of "This Writing Needs Help"
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Still chuckling at the troll that said my work was 'trying to be fancy.' Dude. My book ain't fancy. It is 3 trash pandas in a trench coat with a typewriter, a dream and a pocket-full of rabies. If that sounds like your jam, my books are on the usual.
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By the way, if anyone wants to see what Booktok considers "fancy" writing, apparently it includes writing out numbers and using big words like "linoleum." We are all screwed, aren't we?
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Four people picked up my sci-fi/fantasy cli-fi book recently because they actually gave it a look and realized it wasn't 1 star garbage. Thank you. And thank you to the many wonderful acquisition editors who offered their insight when I was on submission with it.
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Nevermind, someone paid for the privilege to read 6 pages and do this... Joke's on them though...I still got paid!!!
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Meanwhile, in Canada... My novel, One Aon Fatality, is now considered too fancy. 1 star! Come read my fancy sci-fi book with absurdly lofty prose! 🤣
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Since I'm the person who wrote a speculative romance where the tiny thin FMC wants to hook-up with anyone larger than her... Am I the only author out there who wrote a XS main who wants an XXL lover? I keep seeing the inverse. Where's the love for larger love interests?
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