Diane Ackland
@author.dianeackland.com
Author, geek, creative. Writer of sexy books to geek out about. Neurospicy and disabled. Bisexual disaster and trash goblin. Pen name for Molly Schlemmer.
http://www.dianeackland.com
http://www.dianeackland.com
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Afterglow is doing a pivot? Stephanie Boyd is still leading editorial but they’re asking for different manuscripts, after cancelling a bunch of contracted books not that long ago. Maybe wait to find out more info before sending your manuscripts into this maelstrom.
They definitely never closed their submissions page, I know that for sure! But their new release page had been frozen for months. Now it's all updated, and they're looking for different stuff. From Oct 29:
New Writing Guidelines for Afterglow and Carina by Harlequin
Today, we are putting a spotlight on Afterglow by Harlequin and Carina by Harlequin, two Harlequin imprints that publish a…
www.writeforharlequin.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Afterglow is doing a pivot? Stephanie Boyd is still leading editorial but they’re asking for different manuscripts, after cancelling a bunch of contracted books not that long ago. Maybe wait to find out more info before sending your manuscripts into this maelstrom.
I wonder if this would explain the weird puritanical bent the younger generations have. Talking about, reading, watching sex is inherently vulnerable. Bonus: if you can’t tolerate this discomfort of being vulnerable around others, you’ll be more prone to being aversive and even hostile to it.
There's a whole generation that learned irony before sincerity and now they're trapped. Can't be earnest without a layer of self-deprecation. Can't be enthusiastic without signaling awareness of how cringe enthusiasm is.
The price of never being vulnerable is never connecting.
The price of never being vulnerable is never connecting.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I wonder if this would explain the weird puritanical bent the younger generations have. Talking about, reading, watching sex is inherently vulnerable. Bonus: if you can’t tolerate this discomfort of being vulnerable around others, you’ll be more prone to being aversive and even hostile to it.
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This is an excellent thread on why dopamine is important and why people with adhd struggle with tasks and habits etc. It's the dopamine and how our brains manage it.
For folks who don't know this intimately -
ADHD is tied to hyperactive dopamine reuptake. Our brains make plenty of dopamine, but they also recycle it faster than we can use it - like a busboy taking away your plate at a restaurant after you only had the first bite.
Dopamine regulates EVERYTHING.
ADHD is tied to hyperactive dopamine reuptake. Our brains make plenty of dopamine, but they also recycle it faster than we can use it - like a busboy taking away your plate at a restaurant after you only had the first bite.
Dopamine regulates EVERYTHING.
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is an excellent thread on why dopamine is important and why people with adhd struggle with tasks and habits etc. It's the dopamine and how our brains manage it.
This! I would rather do everything myself than use AI. Trades within the community are clutch. You can do things relatively inexpenively if you’re willing to put in time and effort.
If you‘re not… I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
If you‘re not… I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
I will never use AI for my covers, editing, translation, or anything else. It is not only useless to me as an author, it is actively hostile and harms every skill related to book production.
If you're an author against AI used to generate writing, you better back everyone else in the chain too.
If you're an author against AI used to generate writing, you better back everyone else in the chain too.
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This! I would rather do everything myself than use AI. Trades within the community are clutch. You can do things relatively inexpenively if you’re willing to put in time and effort.
If you‘re not… I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
If you‘re not… I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
Chapter 1 of my new sci-fi romance serial is out now! Join Captain Jez Shaw and his crew as they investigate what happened to the Theta-1 Expedition. Check it out now!
If you're new, check out the prologue posted last week before reading the new chapter.
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
If you're new, check out the prologue posted last week before reading the new chapter.
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Chapter 1 of my new sci-fi romance serial is out now! Join Captain Jez Shaw and his crew as they investigate what happened to the Theta-1 Expedition. Check it out now!
If you're new, check out the prologue posted last week before reading the new chapter.
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
If you're new, check out the prologue posted last week before reading the new chapter.
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
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Every person responsible for this, from the goons in Broadview to the very top in DC, deserve life in prison.
No impunity for these crimes.
No impunity for these crimes.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Every person responsible for this, from the goons in Broadview to the very top in DC, deserve life in prison.
No impunity for these crimes.
No impunity for these crimes.
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Check this setting—it changed without your consent! I used to get warnings when a user was labeled “rude” but that was turned off by default.
Change it!!
Change it!!
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Check this setting—it changed without your consent! I used to get warnings when a user was labeled “rude” but that was turned off by default.
Change it!!
Change it!!
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Join me tomorrow and share a #FridayFling snippet from your WIP or published work. :)
This week’s prompt is TURN!
You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop those links in a reply to your main post so people can find it!
#Romancelandia #BookSky
This week’s prompt is TURN!
You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop those links in a reply to your main post so people can find it!
#Romancelandia #BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Join me tomorrow and share a #FridayFling snippet from your WIP or published work. :)
This week’s prompt is TURN!
You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop those links in a reply to your main post so people can find it!
#Romancelandia #BookSky
This week’s prompt is TURN!
You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop those links in a reply to your main post so people can find it!
#Romancelandia #BookSky
I was doing really well today until the sky got gray as fuck and now I am a Cranky Bitch.
Love this for me 🙄
Love this for me 🙄
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I was doing really well today until the sky got gray as fuck and now I am a Cranky Bitch.
Love this for me 🙄
Love this for me 🙄
Did the “fuck the world, I’m staying in bed” depression have to happen on Election Day???
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Did the “fuck the world, I’m staying in bed” depression have to happen on Election Day???
I am at the vet with my cat an hour before I was supposed to be here. Goddamn time change 🙄
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am at the vet with my cat an hour before I was supposed to be here. Goddamn time change 🙄
Re-upping this for the weekend crowd!
Would you like to get in on the ground floor of a new sci-fi romance? Of course you would! Check out the Prologue to Human After All, my new weekly serial, at the link below and sign up to receive the next chapter directly to your inbox!
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Re-upping this for the weekend crowd!
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Convinced the people who write these op eds think a banana costs five dollars.
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Convinced the people who write these op eds think a banana costs five dollars.
Between this and the people complaining about SNAP beneficiaries buying treats, I’m convinced our greatest sin as a country (aside from the genocide) is refusing to move out of a puritanical Calvinist mindset.
Weber was right all along.
Weber was right all along.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Between this and the people complaining about SNAP beneficiaries buying treats, I’m convinced our greatest sin as a country (aside from the genocide) is refusing to move out of a puritanical Calvinist mindset.
Weber was right all along.
Weber was right all along.
And if you liked this week's chapter, consider donating to my Writers Against Hunger page! I'll be writing 50k words this November on Human After All and my flintlock fantasy WIP, and it's thanks to donors like you!
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And if you liked this week's chapter, consider donating to my Writers Against Hunger page! I'll be writing 50k words this November on Human After All and my flintlock fantasy WIP, and it's thanks to donors like you!
Would you like to get in on the ground floor of a new sci-fi romance? Of course you would! Check out the Prologue to Human After All, my new weekly serial, at the link below and sign up to receive the next chapter directly to your inbox!
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Would you like to get in on the ground floor of a new sci-fi romance? Of course you would! Check out the Prologue to Human After All, my new weekly serial, at the link below and sign up to receive the next chapter directly to your inbox!
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
www.dianeackland.com/human-after-...
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Also, #3DPrinting crowd! Thanks to @moryan.bsky.social I have a link where you can sign up to send whistles to Chicago. They're trying to get up to 5,000 a week, so plenty are needed. There are two links to STLs on here (including the micro whistles I've been doing!) and a spreadsheet sign-up!
Chicago Whistle Links | Linktree
We host weekly whistle events at places like Nighthawk in Albany Park, Beermiscuous in Lakeview, and more coming soon. Please help us print whistles & zines!
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October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Also, #3DPrinting crowd! Thanks to @moryan.bsky.social I have a link where you can sign up to send whistles to Chicago. They're trying to get up to 5,000 a week, so plenty are needed. There are two links to STLs on here (including the micro whistles I've been doing!) and a spreadsheet sign-up!
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If supernatural, lustful sapphics are your thing, be sure to check out Turning Tables, Biting Down, and Vindicta—all available in Kindle Unlimited and ready for spooky season 🐺🦇 www.amazon.com/stores/Torra...
#SapphicRomance #BookSky #BisexualRomance
#SapphicRomance #BookSky #BisexualRomance
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If supernatural, lustful sapphics are your thing, be sure to check out Turning Tables, Biting Down, and Vindicta—all available in Kindle Unlimited and ready for spooky season 🐺🦇 www.amazon.com/stores/Torra...
#SapphicRomance #BookSky #BisexualRomance
#SapphicRomance #BookSky #BisexualRomance
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A reminder: if you see someone shoplifting food, water, baby formula, diapers, tampons, etc. etc.
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN’T.
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN’T.
Millions going hungry is a national emergency, like hurricanes and earthquakes. Withholding life saving resources during these types of emergencies isn’t just a moral crime, but a legal one.
Why is this not the same? I would simply put out a flyer for a ‘grocery store take over’ party in Barstow.
Why is this not the same? I would simply put out a flyer for a ‘grocery store take over’ party in Barstow.
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A reminder: if you see someone shoplifting food, water, baby formula, diapers, tampons, etc. etc.
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN’T.
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN’T.
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This is a cool project that NYPL is offering: Teen Photography Kits - www.nypl.org/education/te...
New! Teen Photography Kits
NYPL’s Teen Photography Kits are professional-grade camera kits that teens can borrow for a week at a time from participating libraries.
www.nypl.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is a cool project that NYPL is offering: Teen Photography Kits - www.nypl.org/education/te...
Welp, my iPad Pro is finally showing its age. I can't use the smart features in Affinity Photo without an Apple Silicon chip, and I can't currently buy Photo on my Mac because the Affinity store is closed until sometime tomorrow. It's either dance with the devil (Adobe) or upgrade my iPad. Whee!
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Welp, my iPad Pro is finally showing its age. I can't use the smart features in Affinity Photo without an Apple Silicon chip, and I can't currently buy Photo on my Mac because the Affinity store is closed until sometime tomorrow. It's either dance with the devil (Adobe) or upgrade my iPad. Whee!
I think I'm going to have to avoid using Canva's image library until they start labeling AI images. It's too much of a minefield over there.
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I think I'm going to have to avoid using Canva's image library until they start labeling AI images. It's too much of a minefield over there.
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Yes it was thirty
thousand pounds
of mashed bananas
thousand pounds
of mashed bananas
Getting the sick monkeys to scream along with The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald as we barrel down the highway at 77 mph
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Yes it was thirty
thousand pounds
of mashed bananas
thousand pounds
of mashed bananas
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Whenever anyone tells you that "some children don't deserve food because their parents made poor choices", you can stop being friends/ family with that person immediately, because they are trash and unworthy of your precious time on earth.
THE MORE YOU KNOW!
THE MORE YOU KNOW!
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Whenever anyone tells you that "some children don't deserve food because their parents made poor choices", you can stop being friends/ family with that person immediately, because they are trash and unworthy of your precious time on earth.
THE MORE YOU KNOW!
THE MORE YOU KNOW!
I've joined Writers Against Hunger to help feed people during this difficult time. From November 1st to the 24th, I will write 50k words across two projects, one of which will be posted weekly to my website. Click the link and help me raise $250 for Feeding America!
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I've joined Writers Against Hunger to help feed people during this difficult time. From November 1st to the 24th, I will write 50k words across two projects, one of which will be posted weekly to my website. Click the link and help me raise $250 for Feeding America!