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Jules Kelley
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Queer. ADHD. She/They. I write things. Most recent: STARS STILL FALL = 1990s sapphic Southern Gothic.

juleskelleybooks.com / juleskelleybooks.tumblr.com / juleskelleybks (instagram) / Art on http://tee.pub/lic/featheredfox
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what the hell even goes in a pinned post

*deep breath* ok here we go

Hi! I'm Jules, I've been around in indie queer publishing for a bit. Some people who've also been here a while may remember me as M. Jules Aedin, but these days I go by Jules Kelley. I'm on all the socials as juleskelleybooks. >
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ATTN FELLOW CANADIANS:

An actual MP has created a petition to stop financial discrimination against adult creators by payment processors. You have to confirm your email but thats because its something that can actually be shown to parliament.
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Quick heads up that the cover for Stars Still Fall has had a small update (literally just the title font), so if you have an ebook copy, you may notice that update in your reader, depending on where you got it from.
August 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Quick heads up that the cover for Stars Still Fall has had a small update (literally just the title font), so if you have an ebook copy, you may notice that update in your reader, depending on where you got it from.
August 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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- you have to initiate the payout yourself. it's under "Earnings"

- if this is your first payout, the amount will seem unaturally low. itch calculates a 30% tax withhold systematically, until they review your tax info, which they do in first payment

- they charge 3.00 for that first review
July 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Look, my two primary advice are:

1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch

2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:
July 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
had to:
July 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Honestly my guiding principle is to live my life in such a way that John Rogers would never coolly and calmly eviscerate me with a single sentence on social media.
$50 says at some point this guy has used the phrase “our Republican colleagues”
Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi slams Zohran Mamdani as "a bad example" who made "lofty, utopian promises: free public transit, free college tuition, more public housing"
July 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Books aren't meant to be universally adored.

If you don't like something you read, it's not personal. It's just not for you.

And, as authors, our job isn't to make ourselves palatable for everyone. It's to make our stories essential for the reader who needs it more than anyone else.
June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
July 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This starts today!
Hey y'all, all my self-published books will be 75% off on @Smashwords for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! July is also my birth-month and nothing makes me happier than seeing titles move, so pss this link to your friends too! www.smashwords.com/shelves/prom...
July 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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<3 big thank you to everyone who has been reblogging!!
It's the last day of #PrideMonth and I would once again like to talk about the itchio bundles we put together for #PrideBookFair.

I put a lot of time into organizing these with Cara Nox, gathering 100+ authors and creating both a big bundle and smaller one, ALL QUEER BOOKS.

Spare a RT? <3 🌈📚
June 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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My indie blog has finally launched its LGBTQIA+ Book Collection! See how you can take part.
For Pride month, we've created a new book collection on our site for queer and transgender books featuring main characters or stories that fit within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum!

Check it out here: www.readindiefantasy.com/the-lgbtqia-...

But! We need YOUR help to fill it!
June 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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You need books for kids about things like queerness without parental awareness because—and I cannot say this any plainer—some parents are truly shitty fucking human beings who would rather their kid be dead than queer.

I don’t fucking care what those parents "believe."
June 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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this is an old thread but some folks are still finding it and in light of the stuff with the Trevor Project and the supreme court ruling maybe it's worth reposting just in case anybody is looking for some concrete stuff that's definitely helped me hang in there during really hard moments
okay, so. i have bipolar disorder. we have a suicide rate of about 1/5. i've basically spent my entire teenage and adult life trying not to kill myself. so with that in mind, here are my tips on how to hang in there: 1) don't isolate. i know all the excuses. but don't do it
June 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Baltimore -- we are full up on felines but if anyone can help please do!
Cat owner kidnapped by ICE. Cats need a place to land. Can anyone step up? Cats are in the Baltimore area.
June 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hey y'all, all my self-published books will be 75% off on @Smashwords for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! July is also my birth-month and nothing makes me happier than seeing titles move, so pss this link to your friends too! www.smashwords.com/shelves/prom...
June 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.

These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
Why These Trans Teens and Their Families Risked Everything to Get Gender-Affirming Care
It’s as simple as love.
www.teenvogue.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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If the Senate wants to pass this bill, they should have to blow up the filibuster. There is zero reason to allow them to do it in any other way.

If you have democratic senators, call them and make this clear.

I'm gonna call Tommy fucking Tuberville about it so I don't want to hear ANY EXCUSES.
Just called Gillibrand and Schumer to demand they not only vote against the murderous Republican budget bill, but that they deny unanimous consent at every opportunity and do everything else they can to gum up the works. This is intolerable.

Find your senators here and make your own calls: reps.fyi
cis people: please call your senators today. Please please please. this is so critical. we’re begging you
May 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Ebook ARC, anyone?

Cosmic horror during early Harlem Renaissance. Themes are: trauma/healing, poetry, music, Great Migration, set against a rich historical background.

CW - war refs, racism, gore (very little), slight body horror.

Interested? Lmk by reply or by DM. #bvm, 📚😱, 💙📚, #BlackBookSky
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:
Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...
May 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Non-Amazon retailers: books2read.com/u/mZ6RLB

Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7T6WH98

Payhip [use code QUEERJOY for 100% off your cart]: payhip.com/b/nv5JX
May 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM