Susan-Alia
@susanalia.bsky.social
Author. Curmudgeon presenting but closet romantic. Wannabe Cat Whisperer. World of Warcraft veteran. D&D. Movie lover. Is it streaming yet? Covid aware. Queer. She/her. #author #blackauthor #urbanfantasy http://linktr.ee/susan_alia
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Susan-Alia
@susanalia.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Coming Darkness by Susan-Alia Terry
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Hi new followers! My name is Susan and I write books: books2read.com/u/m2YXgr
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and talk shit about movies, TV, & music, and occasionally my geriatric cat. Welcome!
books2read.com/u/mqeQy8
and talk shit about movies, TV, & music, and occasionally my geriatric cat. Welcome!
Ah yes, the “everything I write is shit” part of the ms. Wondering when that was going to show up. Cool. Cool.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ah yes, the “everything I write is shit” part of the ms. Wondering when that was going to show up. Cool. Cool.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
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Finally let myself watch The Apprentice last night. Sebastian Stan was outstanding. So glad he’s getting his flowers, totally deserves them.
Good movie. I can’t help but wonder if our lives would be different if DT had never met Roy Cohn. If Cohn hadn’t been so attracted to him - gassing him up
Good movie. I can’t help but wonder if our lives would be different if DT had never met Roy Cohn. If Cohn hadn’t been so attracted to him - gassing him up
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Finally let myself watch The Apprentice last night. Sebastian Stan was outstanding. So glad he’s getting his flowers, totally deserves them.
Good movie. I can’t help but wonder if our lives would be different if DT had never met Roy Cohn. If Cohn hadn’t been so attracted to him - gassing him up
Good movie. I can’t help but wonder if our lives would be different if DT had never met Roy Cohn. If Cohn hadn’t been so attracted to him - gassing him up
The character development in the first Thor movie was so good! It’s the best Thor movie by far, and I will never forgive the MCU for turning him into a joke.
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The character development in the first Thor movie was so good! It’s the best Thor movie by far, and I will never forgive the MCU for turning him into a joke.
Dammit. RIP
After Jackson 5, KISS was my love and obsession. 😢
After Jackson 5, KISS was my love and obsession. 😢
Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist, dies at 74 www.live5news.com/2025/10/16/a...
Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist, dies at 74
Ace Frehley, the lead guitarist for the rock band KISS, has died at the age of 74.
www.live5news.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Dammit. RIP
After Jackson 5, KISS was my love and obsession. 😢
After Jackson 5, KISS was my love and obsession. 😢
So interesting how this vilification of pronouns has slipped into fiction, namely 3rd person deep pov.
Like, it’s ok to use “he/she” people. Folks don’t usually think of themselves as their own name.
If you’re in someone’s head, it’s ok to use he/she when referring to them!
Like, it’s ok to use “he/she” people. Folks don’t usually think of themselves as their own name.
If you’re in someone’s head, it’s ok to use he/she when referring to them!
October 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So interesting how this vilification of pronouns has slipped into fiction, namely 3rd person deep pov.
Like, it’s ok to use “he/she” people. Folks don’t usually think of themselves as their own name.
If you’re in someone’s head, it’s ok to use he/she when referring to them!
Like, it’s ok to use “he/she” people. Folks don’t usually think of themselves as their own name.
If you’re in someone’s head, it’s ok to use he/she when referring to them!
Since it’s been a minute since I’ve promoted my books on here, I figure it’s time. I suuuck at self-promotion - this is me working on it!
I have two books in a series out: The first is Coming Darkness. The book centers around Lucifer and his lover/mate Kai. 1/
books2read.com/u/m2YXgr
#booksky
I have two books in a series out: The first is Coming Darkness. The book centers around Lucifer and his lover/mate Kai. 1/
books2read.com/u/m2YXgr
#booksky
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Coming Darkness by Susan-Alia Terry
books2read.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Since it’s been a minute since I’ve promoted my books on here, I figure it’s time. I suuuck at self-promotion - this is me working on it!
I have two books in a series out: The first is Coming Darkness. The book centers around Lucifer and his lover/mate Kai. 1/
books2read.com/u/m2YXgr
#booksky
I have two books in a series out: The first is Coming Darkness. The book centers around Lucifer and his lover/mate Kai. 1/
books2read.com/u/m2YXgr
#booksky
This. And it’s infuriating.
Another day of living in the find out phase and I didn’t fuck around. I hate it here…
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This. And it’s infuriating.
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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
www.mediaite.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
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No one, and I mean NO ONE, in Hollywood is talking about Tilly Norwood except over drinks for a chuckle. Actors are such an important part of the creative process - you want an actor who can surprise you every take, not one whose performance you dial up and down on a laptop. This is an ad campaign.
October 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
No one, and I mean NO ONE, in Hollywood is talking about Tilly Norwood except over drinks for a chuckle. Actors are such an important part of the creative process - you want an actor who can surprise you every take, not one whose performance you dial up and down on a laptop. This is an ad campaign.
Internet outage. They say we should be up & running by Wed at 5am. Too bad it’s 4pm Tuesday.
It’s times like these when I realize just how dependent on the Internet I am. My work, entertainment all wrapped up in a thing vulnerable to outages. 😑😫
It’s times like these when I realize just how dependent on the Internet I am. My work, entertainment all wrapped up in a thing vulnerable to outages. 😑😫
September 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Internet outage. They say we should be up & running by Wed at 5am. Too bad it’s 4pm Tuesday.
It’s times like these when I realize just how dependent on the Internet I am. My work, entertainment all wrapped up in a thing vulnerable to outages. 😑😫
It’s times like these when I realize just how dependent on the Internet I am. My work, entertainment all wrapped up in a thing vulnerable to outages. 😑😫
What even was Superman? He spends the entire movie being victimized. Everybody else actually did the work!
If this was the next Superman movie after Dawn of Justice, maybe, because it tracks.
But as a re-introduction (reboot? whatever) no, just no.
If this was the next Superman movie after Dawn of Justice, maybe, because it tracks.
But as a re-introduction (reboot? whatever) no, just no.
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
What even was Superman? He spends the entire movie being victimized. Everybody else actually did the work!
If this was the next Superman movie after Dawn of Justice, maybe, because it tracks.
But as a re-introduction (reboot? whatever) no, just no.
If this was the next Superman movie after Dawn of Justice, maybe, because it tracks.
But as a re-introduction (reboot? whatever) no, just no.
Thunderbolts* was the best superhero movie this summer. Seen it multiple times & I enjoy it more every time.
The message works on multiple levels. What speaks so much truth to me is the psychological.
Past few years I’ve been hearing about shadow work & how everyone needs to do it & I ignored it.
The message works on multiple levels. What speaks so much truth to me is the psychological.
Past few years I’ve been hearing about shadow work & how everyone needs to do it & I ignored it.
September 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thunderbolts* was the best superhero movie this summer. Seen it multiple times & I enjoy it more every time.
The message works on multiple levels. What speaks so much truth to me is the psychological.
Past few years I’ve been hearing about shadow work & how everyone needs to do it & I ignored it.
The message works on multiple levels. What speaks so much truth to me is the psychological.
Past few years I’ve been hearing about shadow work & how everyone needs to do it & I ignored it.
*spoiler*
Love how once Reed found out about the baby, he “cleaned out” crime in the city. Before he was all “meh, not really my problem is it?” But suddenly he gives a shit.
The only highly acclaimed superhero hero movie this summer I liked was Thunderbolts. I gotta stop listening to you people.
Love how once Reed found out about the baby, he “cleaned out” crime in the city. Before he was all “meh, not really my problem is it?” But suddenly he gives a shit.
The only highly acclaimed superhero hero movie this summer I liked was Thunderbolts. I gotta stop listening to you people.
So uh hot take but Fantastic Four First Steps is about a group of wealthy cishet white people who use their money and nepotism to get superpowers and then use those superpowers to basically take over the world, complete with media propaganda.
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
*spoiler*
Love how once Reed found out about the baby, he “cleaned out” crime in the city. Before he was all “meh, not really my problem is it?” But suddenly he gives a shit.
The only highly acclaimed superhero hero movie this summer I liked was Thunderbolts. I gotta stop listening to you people.
Love how once Reed found out about the baby, he “cleaned out” crime in the city. Before he was all “meh, not really my problem is it?” But suddenly he gives a shit.
The only highly acclaimed superhero hero movie this summer I liked was Thunderbolts. I gotta stop listening to you people.
Finally saw Superman, and you know what? I don’t know how I feel about it. I gotta watch it again.
Meantime, finally getting around to watching The Flash and holy hell this movie is a hot mess. Who is the audience? Who thought this version of The Flash needed his own movie?
Meantime, finally getting around to watching The Flash and holy hell this movie is a hot mess. Who is the audience? Who thought this version of The Flash needed his own movie?
September 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Finally saw Superman, and you know what? I don’t know how I feel about it. I gotta watch it again.
Meantime, finally getting around to watching The Flash and holy hell this movie is a hot mess. Who is the audience? Who thought this version of The Flash needed his own movie?
Meantime, finally getting around to watching The Flash and holy hell this movie is a hot mess. Who is the audience? Who thought this version of The Flash needed his own movie?
So I guess The Rapture™️ is Wednesday?
You know I got to thinking, how AWESOME would that be? Like all these insufferable mfs just GONE. The govt is suddenly empty. We could have new elections, maybe universal childcare, healthcare, a reversal of climate change!
Fingers crossed! 🤞🏾
You know I got to thinking, how AWESOME would that be? Like all these insufferable mfs just GONE. The govt is suddenly empty. We could have new elections, maybe universal childcare, healthcare, a reversal of climate change!
Fingers crossed! 🤞🏾
September 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So I guess The Rapture™️ is Wednesday?
You know I got to thinking, how AWESOME would that be? Like all these insufferable mfs just GONE. The govt is suddenly empty. We could have new elections, maybe universal childcare, healthcare, a reversal of climate change!
Fingers crossed! 🤞🏾
You know I got to thinking, how AWESOME would that be? Like all these insufferable mfs just GONE. The govt is suddenly empty. We could have new elections, maybe universal childcare, healthcare, a reversal of climate change!
Fingers crossed! 🤞🏾
Been reading a lot of Winter Soldier flavored fic lately. I love how fic just hits the spot when I can’t decide what I want to read. Anyway, a bunch of tips and thoughts are in my head re: fic writing. Thought I’d do a thread, but since my blog is gathering dust, maybe that’s a better option.
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Been reading a lot of Winter Soldier flavored fic lately. I love how fic just hits the spot when I can’t decide what I want to read. Anyway, a bunch of tips and thoughts are in my head re: fic writing. Thought I’d do a thread, but since my blog is gathering dust, maybe that’s a better option.
One of the first Twilight Zone eps I ever saw. Disarmed completely and hopelessly in love with Robert Redford. RIP
Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today
September 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One of the first Twilight Zone eps I ever saw. Disarmed completely and hopelessly in love with Robert Redford. RIP
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It feels like the door to an entire era of American cinema has been finally and irrevocably closed. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It feels like the door to an entire era of American cinema has been finally and irrevocably closed. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
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What a useful thread.
Gonna write some brief troll mitigation tips for you all because like any successful, happy woman on the internet, i’ve had ‘em
Tips break down into two main areas:
1. Defensive tactics: how not to make it easy for them
2. Offensive tactics: fuck ‘em up
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Tips break down into two main areas:
1. Defensive tactics: how not to make it easy for them
2. Offensive tactics: fuck ‘em up
🧵:
September 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
What a useful thread.
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FWIW i’ve switched to @bookshop.org for ebooks and Libro for audio books and with very few exceptions had the exact same experience as Amazon without the greasy aftertaste. Highly recommended.
September 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
FWIW i’ve switched to @bookshop.org for ebooks and Libro for audio books and with very few exceptions had the exact same experience as Amazon without the greasy aftertaste. Highly recommended.
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Never-ending IGNORANCE!
September 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Never-ending IGNORANCE!
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It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
September 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
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You don’t “learn” from a chatbot. You consume. There’s a difference.
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
August 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
You don’t “learn” from a chatbot. You consume. There’s a difference.
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
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If you think prohibiting people on SNAP from purchasing “junk food” is good, you’re clearly more interested in punishing poor & disabled people than you are in healthy living.
The rich can eat as much junk as they want, but the poor must cook for themselves or go hungry?
The rich can eat as much junk as they want, but the poor must cook for themselves or go hungry?
August 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If you think prohibiting people on SNAP from purchasing “junk food” is good, you’re clearly more interested in punishing poor & disabled people than you are in healthy living.
The rich can eat as much junk as they want, but the poor must cook for themselves or go hungry?
The rich can eat as much junk as they want, but the poor must cook for themselves or go hungry?