Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa
@authoramalia.bsky.social
Author of Romantasy as Amalia Dillin, Historical Fiction and Mythic Retellings as Amalia Carosella, and flameworthy Contemporary Romance as Amalia Theresa!
Come for Thor, Stay for More!
https://blog.amaliadillin.com/
Come for Thor, Stay for More!
https://blog.amaliadillin.com/
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For Reference:
I was AmaliaTd, AmaliaCarosella, & AmaliaTheresa on the bird site.
I love Theseus & I'm not sorry.
I wrote SON OF ZEUS, in which Pirithous gets thrown out of Hades into modern upstate NY as an undocumented stateless person.
At one point I was the #1 search result for Orc Romance.
I was AmaliaTd, AmaliaCarosella, & AmaliaTheresa on the bird site.
I love Theseus & I'm not sorry.
I wrote SON OF ZEUS, in which Pirithous gets thrown out of Hades into modern upstate NY as an undocumented stateless person.
At one point I was the #1 search result for Orc Romance.
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🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
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Since everybody is posting gifting ideas, if you are a knitter or have one in your life, consider my ancient Greek colorwork hat patterns Penelope and Pindar, available for a couple bucks on Ravelry!
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November 20, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Since everybody is posting gifting ideas, if you are a knitter or have one in your life, consider my ancient Greek colorwork hat patterns Penelope and Pindar, available for a couple bucks on Ravelry!
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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YOUR FOES WOULD SEE YOU SLEEPLESS: RESIST AND REST.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
YOUR FOES WOULD SEE YOU SLEEPLESS: RESIST AND REST.
For the record I actively lose money as an author, annually. If not for El Husband and his stable employment, i would never have written any of my books. None. Zilch. Zero. I am an Author by his grace alone.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
For the record I actively lose money as an author, annually. If not for El Husband and his stable employment, i would never have written any of my books. None. Zilch. Zero. I am an Author by his grace alone.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
I bruised my thumb on thumbtacks today because I make bad choices.
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I bruised my thumb on thumbtacks today because I make bad choices.
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She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Also last night I had to frog AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT of sweater and I'm not over it. Thanks for nothing, past Amalia.
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Also last night I had to frog AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT of sweater and I'm not over it. Thanks for nothing, past Amalia.
Rewatching the STAR TREK: TNG episodes where Geordi creates a facsimile of the engineer who built the engines of the ship in the holodeck and falls in love, and then the real woman comes to inspect the ship and she is like WTF????
Just hits different in an age of chatgpt, ngl.
Just hits different in an age of chatgpt, ngl.
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Rewatching the STAR TREK: TNG episodes where Geordi creates a facsimile of the engineer who built the engines of the ship in the holodeck and falls in love, and then the real woman comes to inspect the ship and she is like WTF????
Just hits different in an age of chatgpt, ngl.
Just hits different in an age of chatgpt, ngl.
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
I am existing at a level of exhaustion so extreme I am not even 100% confident I woke up this morning.
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I am existing at a level of exhaustion so extreme I am not even 100% confident I woke up this morning.
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Does anyone else feel like stress, financial pressure, and political strife have shortened your life? Not in a "I'm going to die sooner" way, but in a "I can only plan to survive a week at a time and there is no future to look forward to" sort of way. It's like...the PERCEPTION of life is shorter.
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Does anyone else feel like stress, financial pressure, and political strife have shortened your life? Not in a "I'm going to die sooner" way, but in a "I can only plan to survive a week at a time and there is no future to look forward to" sort of way. It's like...the PERCEPTION of life is shorter.
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There is One Simple Trick and It Is UBI.
Weird how this works
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
There is One Simple Trick and It Is UBI.
absolutely love how turning off the "let ai read your emails" option on gmail just flat out punishes you and takes away features they had LONG before genai was a thing.
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
absolutely love how turning off the "let ai read your emails" option on gmail just flat out punishes you and takes away features they had LONG before genai was a thing.
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It's almost Thanksgiving! Got an ICE member coming for dinner at your house? No you don't! Can't stop them because you're not the one hosting? No problem. You can shun them, mock them, shame them, cough in their food. They get the weird chair. No weird chair? Make a weird chair.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's almost Thanksgiving! Got an ICE member coming for dinner at your house? No you don't! Can't stop them because you're not the one hosting? No problem. You can shun them, mock them, shame them, cough in their food. They get the weird chair. No weird chair? Make a weird chair.
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#store
SEVEN new skirt designs are in stock!
My skirts are stain-resistant, sewn to last, and have pockets big enough to fit a nintendo switch!
US/CANADA: store.mayakern.com/collection...
UK/INTERNATIONAL: mayakern.uk/collections/shop-new
SEVEN new skirt designs are in stock!
My skirts are stain-resistant, sewn to last, and have pockets big enough to fit a nintendo switch!
US/CANADA: store.mayakern.com/collection...
UK/INTERNATIONAL: mayakern.uk/collections/shop-new
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#store
SEVEN new skirt designs are in stock!
My skirts are stain-resistant, sewn to last, and have pockets big enough to fit a nintendo switch!
US/CANADA: store.mayakern.com/collection...
UK/INTERNATIONAL: mayakern.uk/collections/shop-new
SEVEN new skirt designs are in stock!
My skirts are stain-resistant, sewn to last, and have pockets big enough to fit a nintendo switch!
US/CANADA: store.mayakern.com/collection...
UK/INTERNATIONAL: mayakern.uk/collections/shop-new
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just told my sons that making a big mess and then leaving it for someone else to tidy up is "without honor"
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
just told my sons that making a big mess and then leaving it for someone else to tidy up is "without honor"
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
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This is the kind of response you live for. Made my day.
No matter how well you think you know the gods & heroes of Greek mythology, you won't be prepared for how thoroughly they will break your heart in @wiswell.bsky.social's Wearing the Lion. I finished it as the sun was coming up & am utterly smitten with his found family of beautiful monsters #booksky
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is the kind of response you live for. Made my day.
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btw, (new!) oranges, ginkgo (new bg color) and aurora are by @riibrego.bsky.social, waves (new bg color) is by @meyoco.bsky.social! coelacanths, eels, and gallery (all new!) are by me 😘
#store
#store
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
btw, (new!) oranges, ginkgo (new bg color) and aurora are by @riibrego.bsky.social, waves (new bg color) is by @meyoco.bsky.social! coelacanths, eels, and gallery (all new!) are by me 😘
#store
#store
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Okay so on the one hand, I think norse pagans claiming a religious exemption for a beard is iffy but ON THE OTHER HAND, fuuuuuuck anyone calling paganism a fake religion.
Like, look, I don't know what the gods call you to do. But that's the problem with faith traditions that are not codified.
Like, look, I don't know what the gods call you to do. But that's the problem with faith traditions that are not codified.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Okay so on the one hand, I think norse pagans claiming a religious exemption for a beard is iffy but ON THE OTHER HAND, fuuuuuuck anyone calling paganism a fake religion.
Like, look, I don't know what the gods call you to do. But that's the problem with faith traditions that are not codified.
Like, look, I don't know what the gods call you to do. But that's the problem with faith traditions that are not codified.
NORTHERN LIGHTS TONIGHT!!!! LOOK NORTH!!!
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
NORTHERN LIGHTS TONIGHT!!!! LOOK NORTH!!!