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It's Lesbian Visibility Week! Did you know that I -- a lesbian visible on the light spectrum -- have a book out with a likewise visible lesbian?

That's right! And she murders people!

I have to admit, I've been pretty bummed that she hasn't gotten as much love as Amastan and The Perfect Assassin. Yes, yes, she's technically the second book in a series, BUT -- hear me out -- it's a standalone! AND -- continue hearing me out -- I wrote this book first, anyway.

So for this Visibly Lesbian Week, if you enjoy: - girls with garrotes - undead camels - cranky necromancers - desert jaunts ...you should check out THE IMPOSSIBLE CONTRACT.

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I'm opening my Line Editing Services for the first time in several years! I've got years of professional experience behind me, having been an acquisition editor, line editor, and proofreader for different indie publishers and self-published authors since 2008.

I quit editing a few years ago to focus on my writing, but life circumstances (ie, a kitty with medical bills) have dictated that reopening seems like a prudent thing to do at this time.

What I Do: In addition to correcting spelling, grammar, and punctuation, I make suggestions for syntax and flow, do broad fact checking, point out areas that may need a sensitivity read, and comment on style.

Rates & Timeline: I charge a base price of .009/word, which may be revised if you need a particularly intensive edit. (No shade! Some manuscripts just wind up cleaner than others for some reason.) Most edits take about 2 weeks from the time I start them, but I'll keep you posted if things are taking longer for whatever reason.

Want to Start? Unless we've worked together before, I require that we start with a sample edit. About 5,000 words is good, and there'll be a $25 flat fee. If we decide to go forward, that $25 can be put toward your total. This gives you a chance to see if you like my editing, and it gives me a chance to evaluate whether I think it will take longer or need intensive edits.

I can be contacted at [email protected] for any additional queries.

#i should tag this but i don't know what so uh #do you mind reblogging it for me

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Love hazy, reverb drenched synths and jangly indie guitars? Duets with low voice and high voice?

Love of Montreal, MGMT, David Bowie, The Smiths, The Killers, Genesis, Grizzly Bear, Left at London, Local Natives, Lucius, Arcade Fire, Strokes or even possibly Radiohead?

Maybe you will like my new song! Hope you do 💞💖😍💖

Bonus for if you want more:

#reblogging yo listen to later

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annotated hardcover giveaway

it's The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher's first birthday, so I'm celebrating with games and giveaways on social media all week! for my own sanity, the full schedule of events will happen only on Instagram, but this giveaway and select other events are happening across platforms.

if you're interested in reading the silly comments I left on this hardcover - including roasting my own characters, letting you know where I was doing my annotating that day, and occasional insights into the writing of Remarkable Retirement - here's how to enter:

rb this post

follow me

for a bonus, tag a friend in your rb or the replies

this giveaway is open internationally to anywhere that can accept shipments from USPS. while it is taking place across platforms, there will only be one winner because it took me months to annotate a single copy.

the giveaway will run until 9a.m. EST this Friday, 26 April 2024.

in the meantime, you can take a quiz to find out which character from The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher you are: click here to take quiz on UQuiz

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underrated threesome dynamic of herding dog x lamb x wolf

#....... #welcome to the show vibes #do not have to say who is who i think

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April 2024

New Queer Earthling post is up! It's a Dispatches from Space post, which is a bit of a life update and a bit of this and that. This time we have some vacation photos, some excited rambling about @juleskelleybooks, and some discussion on monsterfucking and being ace-spec. Fun times!

I also talk a bit about my favorite TV show:

Y’all, when I tell you how obsessed I was when this show came out in 2009, right before my senior year of college…not only was it actually pivotal in my mental health stuff at the time, it made me at least one life-long friend, and also—writing fanfic for it (which you do not need to see thanks) was the first time I’d really written for an audience other than my college writing classes, and is probably part of why I’m doing what I’m doing.

Also there is nothing funny whatsoever about this street sign I saw in Oklahoma.

Read Dispatches from Space: April 2024!

Don't forget to check out my Patreon and Ko-Fi!

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(Queer Earthling is my 18+ sex blog. If you’re interested in supporting a sex-positive, queer, neurodivergent weirdo, check out my support and affiliates page, buy me a Ko-Fi, or reblog so others can find me! If you’d rather not see these on your Tumblr feed, feel free to block the tag “Queer Earthling.”)

Also I have a Patreon that allows access to an exclusive Discord community of nerdy, friendly queer folks, as well as polls, behind-the-scenes stuff, and other fun, and I have tiers as low as $1 if you want to support my work!

Aphobes, bi/panphobes, trans/nb-phobes, anti-kink, TERFs & SWERFs DNI

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Small artists you need to understand that when you see an artist who you think has 'made it' tells you not to worry about the numbers and to not fret about getting more likes than reblogs they are not telling you it because they think you are stupid for caring or because they dont need to network to survive they are very likely telling you that because they have witnessed first hand the way the numbers game tears people to shreds in terms of mental health and motivation

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Mossy Curtains - Sketchbook

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I’m on Patreon! I have an Etsy Store!

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I haven't personally read it but I did help prompt Kneel, Mr. President, by LA Witt (an old editing client of mine who asked for a slightly taboo smut prompt and I came back with "ex sex") an m/m/f Dom/sub with the US president, first lady, and head of the secret service security.

Door, I come to you in my hour of need with an extremely specific ask, because I have what feels like an apparently very niche desire for any [and I do mean ANY] fiction where the [preferably fictional. Tbh.] leader of a country has a big sexy gay love affair. Yes this is because I watched love actually and spent the entire time thinking about how much I wanted to suck Hugh Grant's dick. Help me please.

alright bud i’ve had this in my asks since mid-december and i’m pleased to report that my pal @morethanslightly has something for you:

the only thing i’ve got is the spare by miranda dubner, which is more a royal family soap than a romance novel but one of the threadlines IS the prince of wales falling for his bodyguard, so.

sorry to have left you hanging for so long but im afraid this is not an area of interest which you and i share

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#brb putting this in blackthorn

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Unsplash -  photography, illustration, & art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Getty Images - photography & illustration

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

StockSnap.io - stock photos

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without plagiarizing! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more resources for free images <3

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It's tax day in the US! Spend your refund on books! Or if you're like me and most other indie creators, and you have to pay additional taxes through the nose, I put them on sale just for you.

Both Welcome to the Show and Stars Still Fall are 1.99 at most major retailers through the end of the week!

(or if you REALLY had to pay through the nose, go to payhip.com/juleskelleybooks, and enter QUEERFAM at checkout. I think. Or QUEERJOY. One of them is your whole cart one is just WTTS. Try 'em both until you get the result you want haha.)

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Fontainebleau State Park, Louisiana by Lana Gramlich

#stars still fall aesthetics

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I say go for whichever one suits you best! I've written/write in both, depending. Some people prefer first-person, so they've gotta have some stories too, right?

(Of course, my slogan includes the word Unmarketable so maybe don't listen to me, lol.)

We really, really want to write The Fatal Dragonnapping of Princess Magnolia in first person, because Sorrel sort of just keeps defaulting to it and it's making it easier to write him in a fun & voice-y way, but we keep balking because we've bumped into so many people saying that they don't read first person narratives because they think it's always worse than third person.

I resolve to write this story in the perspective that feels right for it, but man am I tired.

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characters in their 30's and older exploring their sexuality and discovering themselves beyond their teens and twenties is so important and beautiful and worth telling

#also my brand!