Annalisa
@annalisaslibrary.bsky.social
Autistic, asexual, pro-Palestine, artist, author, reader. She/her
I'm going to share the Odd Blood series by @azaleacrowley.bsky.social because it makes me very happy. An undiagnosed autistic woman becomes the carer for a vampire with dementia and moves in with the household, which consists of two more vampires and a ghost. #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 10: Sharing is Caring - Share your favourite indie read! Remember, this can be a self-published SFF author or small press!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
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November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm going to share the Odd Blood series by @azaleacrowley.bsky.social because it makes me very happy. An undiagnosed autistic woman becomes the carer for a vampire with dementia and moves in with the household, which consists of two more vampires and a ghost. #AMoRaR
I think I would like to visit some early Irish Christians, the ones who built the High Crosses. Just for a short visit, would not want to live then.
For historical indie book, Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley is set in historical northern England with some magic. Very sweet romance. #AMoRaR
For historical indie book, Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley is set in historical northern England with some magic. Very sweet romance. #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 8: History Uncovered - Which period in history would you like to visit? Feel free to recommend indie books that fit a historical theme!
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Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Make sure to check the rules below, this must be an indie book!
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I think I would like to visit some early Irish Christians, the ones who built the High Crosses. Just for a short visit, would not want to live then.
For historical indie book, Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley is set in historical northern England with some magic. Very sweet romance. #AMoRaR
For historical indie book, Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley is set in historical northern England with some magic. Very sweet romance. #AMoRaR
I love Guides for Dating Vampires by @dnbryn.bsky.social I love the autism and chronic pain rep. Also fun steamy scenes. #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 7: The Long Haul - Share a series you enjoyed.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I love Guides for Dating Vampires by @dnbryn.bsky.social I love the autism and chronic pain rep. Also fun steamy scenes. #AMoRaR
I have to say inside, as I am very picky about outside conditions. But I love vicarious outsideness, which there is a lot of in A Crimson Covenant by Aimee Donnellan. The MCs camp pretty much the whole time on the run from the baddies. #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 6: Quest or Cozy - Will you wander outside or rather stay inside?
Tell us which you would prefer, but also feel free to share indie books which fit your idea of this prompt!
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Tell us which you would prefer, but also feel free to share indie books which fit your idea of this prompt!
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I have to say inside, as I am very picky about outside conditions. But I love vicarious outsideness, which there is a lot of in A Crimson Covenant by Aimee Donnellan. The MCs camp pretty much the whole time on the run from the baddies. #AMoRaR
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A Month of Rain and Reads is here!
This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!
Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...
This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!
Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A Month of Rain and Reads is here!
This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!
Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...
This is our first month-long event celebrating indie and self-published SFF! This month we'll be posting reviews, author interviews, guest posts, spotlights, and our Daily Challenge with daily giveaways!
Find out more: www.readindiefantasy.com/welcome-to-a...
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Yall, if you feel the need to donate food to folks who need it that’s amazing. Do that. Just… don’t do it on Halloween. Don’t give kids ramen for trick or treats. Halloween is for candy & costumes-not being reminded that you’re poor. Let kids have fun & a night where they are just like other kids.
October 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yall, if you feel the need to donate food to folks who need it that’s amazing. Do that. Just… don’t do it on Halloween. Don’t give kids ramen for trick or treats. Halloween is for candy & costumes-not being reminded that you’re poor. Let kids have fun & a night where they are just like other kids.
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It’s literally lightyears more expensive to incarcerate and displace people than it is to meet their needs at a large scale. But for-profits like prisons want slave labour
That’s why they speed Black folk through the process at such a high rate
Your taxes pay for this to occur
Fire to the prisons
That’s why they speed Black folk through the process at such a high rate
Your taxes pay for this to occur
Fire to the prisons
The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
The US Is Criminalizing Homelessness and Expanding Incarceration. Who Profits?
www.anarchistfederation.net
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s literally lightyears more expensive to incarcerate and displace people than it is to meet their needs at a large scale. But for-profits like prisons want slave labour
That’s why they speed Black folk through the process at such a high rate
Your taxes pay for this to occur
Fire to the prisons
That’s why they speed Black folk through the process at such a high rate
Your taxes pay for this to occur
Fire to the prisons
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I want to send you a FREE signed copy of one of my books.
Lots of food insecure people are about to lose SNAP benefits. Donate $36 or more to any food insecure person and I will mail your FREE signed copy anywhere in the continental US. Email your receipt to sheryl@weikallaw.com!
Lots of food insecure people are about to lose SNAP benefits. Donate $36 or more to any food insecure person and I will mail your FREE signed copy anywhere in the continental US. Email your receipt to sheryl@weikallaw.com!
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I want to send you a FREE signed copy of one of my books.
Lots of food insecure people are about to lose SNAP benefits. Donate $36 or more to any food insecure person and I will mail your FREE signed copy anywhere in the continental US. Email your receipt to sheryl@weikallaw.com!
Lots of food insecure people are about to lose SNAP benefits. Donate $36 or more to any food insecure person and I will mail your FREE signed copy anywhere in the continental US. Email your receipt to sheryl@weikallaw.com!
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Happy Asexual Pride Week! We’re participating in an awesome bundle of 51 titles featuring ace characters and/or written by ace authors, organized by @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com. Our book Puppetry, by Nina Waters (that’s me!), is included. Check the bundle out: itch.io/b/3318/ace-p...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Happy Asexual Pride Week! We’re participating in an awesome bundle of 51 titles featuring ace characters and/or written by ace authors, organized by @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com. Our book Puppetry, by Nina Waters (that’s me!), is included. Check the bundle out: itch.io/b/3318/ace-p...
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General reminder:
It is less important to be able to recognize that someone is a fed or other bad actor infiltrating your movement
Than it is to be able to recognize the bad advice or suggestions that they provide.
It is less important to be able to recognize that someone is a fed or other bad actor infiltrating your movement
Than it is to be able to recognize the bad advice or suggestions that they provide.
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
General reminder:
It is less important to be able to recognize that someone is a fed or other bad actor infiltrating your movement
Than it is to be able to recognize the bad advice or suggestions that they provide.
It is less important to be able to recognize that someone is a fed or other bad actor infiltrating your movement
Than it is to be able to recognize the bad advice or suggestions that they provide.
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This novel is very smutty, very cozy, and very gender
danifinn.itch.io/unpainted
books2read.com/b/bo9A09
danifinn.itch.io/unpainted
books2read.com/b/bo9A09
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This novel is very smutty, very cozy, and very gender
danifinn.itch.io/unpainted
books2read.com/b/bo9A09
danifinn.itch.io/unpainted
books2read.com/b/bo9A09
Have I mentioned my love for the "team sees their friend go down in a group fight and fights all the harder" trope? Because it's my second favorite fight scene trope (after "enemy of my enemy is my friend"). Watching the scenes in Moria right now.
a man says they have a cave troll in a dark room
Alt: Boromir (a white man in LOTR) says "they have a cave troll" in a dark room
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Have I mentioned my love for the "team sees their friend go down in a group fight and fights all the harder" trope? Because it's my second favorite fight scene trope (after "enemy of my enemy is my friend"). Watching the scenes in Moria right now.
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
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Updated the site with info on the authors selected for the Bioterror anthology, and some short summaries about their stories!
pdloupee.blog/anthology
pdloupee.blog/anthology
a man wearing a yellow mask and a white shirt that says stay back
Alt: a man wearing a yellow mask and a white shirt that says stay back
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Updated the site with info on the authors selected for the Bioterror anthology, and some short summaries about their stories!
pdloupee.blog/anthology
pdloupee.blog/anthology
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#HorrorWritersChat it has been a delight to join you today.
I am writing a game based on Palestinian folklore. It has a short playable demo which I offer for the low price of free: soniasulaiman.itch.io/thursday-of-...
I am writing a game based on Palestinian folklore. It has a short playable demo which I offer for the low price of free: soniasulaiman.itch.io/thursday-of-...
October 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#HorrorWritersChat it has been a delight to join you today.
I am writing a game based on Palestinian folklore. It has a short playable demo which I offer for the low price of free: soniasulaiman.itch.io/thursday-of-...
I am writing a game based on Palestinian folklore. It has a short playable demo which I offer for the low price of free: soniasulaiman.itch.io/thursday-of-...
Found out I had social anxiety and got on meds. Found out I was autistic and started accommodating myself. Moved way left politically by hearing from marginalized people firsthand. Learned from the chronic illness community how to advocate for myself and got another diagnosis leading to more meds.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Found out I had social anxiety and got on meds. Found out I was autistic and started accommodating myself. Moved way left politically by hearing from marginalized people firsthand. Learned from the chronic illness community how to advocate for myself and got another diagnosis leading to more meds.
I backed at the ebook level, very excited!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore
www.kickstarter.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I backed at the ebook level, very excited!
Hi, I'm Annalisa, and I write fantasy, romance, and sometimes other stuff. For this month I need to finish my Disease of the Mind short story for an anthology I'm part of and start working on a witchy short story for another anthology I'll be applying for. #LGBTQWriteAThon
Welcome to #LGBTQWriteAThon!
Introduce yourself and your goal this month!
Remember to use the tag so others can view your posts, and please feel free to quote the daily posts, it's actually the easiest way for me to keep up with you all!
Happy October and happy writing!
#writesky #queerwriters
Introduce yourself and your goal this month!
Remember to use the tag so others can view your posts, and please feel free to quote the daily posts, it's actually the easiest way for me to keep up with you all!
Happy October and happy writing!
#writesky #queerwriters
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hi, I'm Annalisa, and I write fantasy, romance, and sometimes other stuff. For this month I need to finish my Disease of the Mind short story for an anthology I'm part of and start working on a witchy short story for another anthology I'll be applying for. #LGBTQWriteAThon
It's #OrangeShirtDay, or National Day of Remembrance of Indian Boarding schools in the US. I spent time today watching this webinar about how boarding schools enabled and hid epidemics among the children. youtu.be/tkFjpEbVUOw?...
Hidden Epidemics Within Indian Boarding Schools
YouTube video by Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's #OrangeShirtDay, or National Day of Remembrance of Indian Boarding schools in the US. I spent time today watching this webinar about how boarding schools enabled and hid epidemics among the children. youtu.be/tkFjpEbVUOw?...
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Every child matters. Here, there and everywhere #LANDBACK 🧡✊
#EveryChildMatters #FreePalestine #BreakTheSiege
🎨 fetchart via @mcmastersphr on IG
#EveryChildMatters #FreePalestine #BreakTheSiege
🎨 fetchart via @mcmastersphr on IG
September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Every child matters. Here, there and everywhere #LANDBACK 🧡✊
#EveryChildMatters #FreePalestine #BreakTheSiege
🎨 fetchart via @mcmastersphr on IG
#EveryChildMatters #FreePalestine #BreakTheSiege
🎨 fetchart via @mcmastersphr on IG
I broke my fast today at 6:48, about ten minutes after sunset. But Palestinians in Gaza still have nothing to eat. Pass the Fast, Let Gaza Eat! #ParentsFast4Gaza
Tomorrow at 7am begins my day of fasting for Parents Fast for Gaza, which will be part of the Tri-Cities for Palestine Team week of the relay. I am fasting from dawn until dusk for one day. Others are fasting from luxuries all week or limiting calories for 24 hours depending on what is accessible.
September 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I broke my fast today at 6:48, about ten minutes after sunset. But Palestinians in Gaza still have nothing to eat. Pass the Fast, Let Gaza Eat! #ParentsFast4Gaza
Today I've finished Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden by Jenan Matari and Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar (I had started the second a while ago). The first is a lovely picture book that explains the Nakba and the Palestinian desire to return in a child friendly way. #ParentsFast4Gaza
I will also spend part of the day reading Palestinian books. This is a small act of solidarity with the people who are being starved to death in Gaza by Israel's blockade and seige. Pass the Fast, Let Gaza Eat! #ParentsFast4Gaza
September 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Today I've finished Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden by Jenan Matari and Love is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar (I had started the second a while ago). The first is a lovely picture book that explains the Nakba and the Palestinian desire to return in a child friendly way. #ParentsFast4Gaza
Tomorrow at 7am begins my day of fasting for Parents Fast for Gaza, which will be part of the Tri-Cities for Palestine Team week of the relay. I am fasting from dawn until dusk for one day. Others are fasting from luxuries all week or limiting calories for 24 hours depending on what is accessible.
September 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tomorrow at 7am begins my day of fasting for Parents Fast for Gaza, which will be part of the Tri-Cities for Palestine Team week of the relay. I am fasting from dawn until dusk for one day. Others are fasting from luxuries all week or limiting calories for 24 hours depending on what is accessible.
My farthest-along-wip's two main characters are dragon shifters. One defends her home village from zombies and the other comes to her aid because he is a "fixer" of magical and inter-magical species problems. #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), September 16, 2025:
Why are dragons awesome? Tell us about a dragon in your book.
(Or your non-dragon fantasy too! I just like dragons.)
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
Why are dragons awesome? Tell us about a dragon in your book.
(Or your non-dragon fantasy too! I just like dragons.)
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
September 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My farthest-along-wip's two main characters are dragon shifters. One defends her home village from zombies and the other comes to her aid because he is a "fixer" of magical and inter-magical species problems. #SpoonieAuthChat
I hope to finish my new witch short story first draft because the deadline I'm submitting it for is Sept 30th and I want some time to edit it! #queerwriters
#queerwriters Monday: Goals Day!
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
What do you hope to accomplish this week? Can be anything, big or small! Let us know so we can cheer you on!
#WritingCommunity #lgbtqwriters
September 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I hope to finish my new witch short story first draft because the deadline I'm submitting it for is Sept 30th and I want some time to edit it! #queerwriters