a. winters
@a-winters.bsky.social
author. college student. the works.
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Broad rule: under tradpub structuring, if money is flowing from you as the author, you are being scammed.
Other people will get paid *upstream* from you from the book's proceeds, but you shouldn't have to be writing people checks.
Other people will get paid *upstream* from you from the book's proceeds, but you shouldn't have to be writing people checks.
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Broad rule: under tradpub structuring, if money is flowing from you as the author, you are being scammed.
Other people will get paid *upstream* from you from the book's proceeds, but you shouldn't have to be writing people checks.
Other people will get paid *upstream* from you from the book's proceeds, but you shouldn't have to be writing people checks.
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'Gas Lamp, Goodwin's Court, Bedfordbury End' by Jack Russell
jackrussell.co.uk
jackrussell.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
'Gas Lamp, Goodwin's Court, Bedfordbury End' by Jack Russell
jackrussell.co.uk
jackrussell.co.uk
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Nothin else for it
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nothin else for it
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PSA: Backup your files.
Whenever the last time you backed up your files was, that's too long ago, back them up now.
Just do it, just back em up. Right now.
Whenever the last time you backed up your files was, that's too long ago, back them up now.
Just do it, just back em up. Right now.
October 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
PSA: Backup your files.
Whenever the last time you backed up your files was, that's too long ago, back them up now.
Just do it, just back em up. Right now.
Whenever the last time you backed up your files was, that's too long ago, back them up now.
Just do it, just back em up. Right now.
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PEN America has released their latest report on the state of school book bans in 2024-2025.
They've found nearly 23,000 book bans since 2021, and there were 6,870 in 2024-2025.
This report is crucial reading for understanding the state of book censorship right now.
bookriot.com/pen-america-...
They've found nearly 23,000 book bans since 2021, and there were 6,870 in 2024-2025.
This report is crucial reading for understanding the state of book censorship right now.
bookriot.com/pen-america-...
23,000 Book Bans Since 2021: PEN America Releases Its Latest Report on the State of Literary Censorship
PEN America's latest report shows nearly 23,000 book bans in US public schools since 2021 and nearly 7,000 in the 2024-2025 year.
bookriot.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
PEN America has released their latest report on the state of school book bans in 2024-2025.
They've found nearly 23,000 book bans since 2021, and there were 6,870 in 2024-2025.
This report is crucial reading for understanding the state of book censorship right now.
bookriot.com/pen-america-...
They've found nearly 23,000 book bans since 2021, and there were 6,870 in 2024-2025.
This report is crucial reading for understanding the state of book censorship right now.
bookriot.com/pen-america-...
truly all i want in life is to own a house and have a semi-successful job writing (though with a different day-job); got one novel finished (unedited though, aha!), no house, and half a day-job. not quite what i had in mind...
May 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
truly all i want in life is to own a house and have a semi-successful job writing (though with a different day-job); got one novel finished (unedited though, aha!), no house, and half a day-job. not quite what i had in mind...
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4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us.
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us.
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
These posters are made to be shared!
We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online.
get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com
to write or not to write: the inevitable crisis of craft (2025, winters et. al) <- in the mood to write without the motivation to write #writing
May 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
to write or not to write: the inevitable crisis of craft (2025, winters et. al) <- in the mood to write without the motivation to write #writing
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Mistakes were made. I stayed up all night. I'm doomed.
I drew until my eyes were blurry and I was half asleep. I wanted to write a poem with it but my cognitive capabilities have been gone for several hours now.
Meteor shower. 🖤✨
#digital #art #artsky #artyear #meteorshower
I drew until my eyes were blurry and I was half asleep. I wanted to write a poem with it but my cognitive capabilities have been gone for several hours now.
Meteor shower. 🖤✨
#digital #art #artsky #artyear #meteorshower
February 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Mistakes were made. I stayed up all night. I'm doomed.
I drew until my eyes were blurry and I was half asleep. I wanted to write a poem with it but my cognitive capabilities have been gone for several hours now.
Meteor shower. 🖤✨
#digital #art #artsky #artyear #meteorshower
I drew until my eyes were blurry and I was half asleep. I wanted to write a poem with it but my cognitive capabilities have been gone for several hours now.
Meteor shower. 🖤✨
#digital #art #artsky #artyear #meteorshower
i've discovered i have quite the fondness for dusk. why did no one tell me how beautiful she was. the muted blues and purples of everything. the soft shift to a gentle night. i love you dusk.
February 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
i've discovered i have quite the fondness for dusk. why did no one tell me how beautiful she was. the muted blues and purples of everything. the soft shift to a gentle night. i love you dusk.
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Reminder:
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
January 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Reminder:
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
i'm ngl. the sanitization of media, i think, has contributed to the level of pushed-out, quick-fiction popularized by (newly) social media. like the popularity of dystopian fiction cannibalizing the genre, and "dark romance" becoming absurdity-packaged erotica rather than a commentary on the -(1/2)
January 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
i'm ngl. the sanitization of media, i think, has contributed to the level of pushed-out, quick-fiction popularized by (newly) social media. like the popularity of dystopian fiction cannibalizing the genre, and "dark romance" becoming absurdity-packaged erotica rather than a commentary on the -(1/2)
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
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If you're wondering I'm at the I KNOW HOW IT ENDS HOW THE FUCK AM I NOT DONE part of novel writing
January 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If you're wondering I'm at the I KNOW HOW IT ENDS HOW THE FUCK AM I NOT DONE part of novel writing
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I will never cease to be amazed by books. Seriously. Just think about it; thousands of people read the same book, but in everyone’s brain’s the characters look different, the setting changes etc. We are all reading the same thing, but it's so unique to each of us.
That is a beautiful thing.
That is a beautiful thing.
January 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I will never cease to be amazed by books. Seriously. Just think about it; thousands of people read the same book, but in everyone’s brain’s the characters look different, the setting changes etc. We are all reading the same thing, but it's so unique to each of us.
That is a beautiful thing.
That is a beautiful thing.
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Hey readers if you get my books from the library….THANK YOU! Libraries are wonderful! Authors do get paid when our books are in libraries and it’s a way to get our books in the hands of readers who might not have picked it up otherwise. Thank you for using the library, keep it up! Libraries rock!!!
January 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hey readers if you get my books from the library….THANK YOU! Libraries are wonderful! Authors do get paid when our books are in libraries and it’s a way to get our books in the hands of readers who might not have picked it up otherwise. Thank you for using the library, keep it up! Libraries rock!!!
"The so-called anarchist defeats the state-sponsored villain; does anyone know what happens next?"
January 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"The so-called anarchist defeats the state-sponsored villain; does anyone know what happens next?"
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i hate these tech freaks so much. shut up about politics and go make me a little computer.
January 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
i hate these tech freaks so much. shut up about politics and go make me a little computer.
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see, the difference i think a majority of mainstream booktok discourse is that there is a difference between sex, spice, and closed-door. is so-called "spice" suitable for YA? well, in the way that it's used, no. but sex is. because YA is 13-18, and teenagers know what sex is. (1/2)
January 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
see, the difference i think a majority of mainstream booktok discourse is that there is a difference between sex, spice, and closed-door. is so-called "spice" suitable for YA? well, in the way that it's used, no. but sex is. because YA is 13-18, and teenagers know what sex is. (1/2)