Tana is Drafting
@tananaphone.bsky.social
Call me Tana, rhymes with Hannah (She/They) | Insufferable Creative-type | Certified Heathen | Writer and Editor of professional nonsense
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Tana is Drafting
@tananaphone.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Dubious greetings as I inch my way back to socials.
My name is Tana, I write books in the fantasy vein, edit fiction, and compose for screen. Currently querying a queer epistolary with a disabled protag while drafting a new book about cults, gods and a runaway human sacrifice ✨
My name is Tana, I write books in the fantasy vein, edit fiction, and compose for screen. Currently querying a queer epistolary with a disabled protag while drafting a new book about cults, gods and a runaway human sacrifice ✨
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
Pointed stare at Larian
"The voices told me I needed more slop in my product to make it as bland and generic as possible. Don't worry, the slop was only used as the base for what everything else is built on, you'll most definitely not realize that slop is the core."
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Pointed stare at Larian
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publishers weekly pushing an AI workshop to help master Amazon's algorithms, among other horrors... is a thing. jesus. this mass delusion is going to destroy everything if there isn't enough pushback.
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
publishers weekly pushing an AI workshop to help master Amazon's algorithms, among other horrors... is a thing. jesus. this mass delusion is going to destroy everything if there isn't enough pushback.
Every so often I look back on old drawings of mine and I’m reminded how unwell I am
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Every so often I look back on old drawings of mine and I’m reminded how unwell I am
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so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
August 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
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Since I’m descending into the chaos of the holiday season, I’ve decided to start up a new series on the blog. Bite Sized Beta will tackle some common beta/developmental feedback I leave on books. Today’s bite: Avoiding “white room syndrome.”
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Since I’m descending into the chaos of the holiday season, I’ve decided to start up a new series on the blog. Bite Sized Beta will tackle some common beta/developmental feedback I leave on books. Today’s bite: Avoiding “white room syndrome.”
In Cowboy Coven wip, Knox isn’t exactly blessed with ample friends. But he does have his familiar: an undead idiot horse named Gutter.
What non-romantic relationships are most important to your MC? #WritingPrompt
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In Cowboy Coven wip, Knox isn’t exactly blessed with ample friends. But he does have his familiar: an undead idiot horse named Gutter.
God like a 2 probably. I have the face I guess that compels people to drop their most unhinged lore when we’ve just met. I don’t ask for this
October 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
God like a 2 probably. I have the face I guess that compels people to drop their most unhinged lore when we’ve just met. I don’t ask for this
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Agree. I also extend this sentiment towards traditional publishing. Taking risks is scary but surely there's excitement to be had not falling back into a comfort zone, but exploring new worlds instead.
I'm really glad they're making more KPop Demon Hunters stuff but I also really wish they'd take its success as a lesson that a movie/show doesn't need to be part of an existing IP to be successful, and that they should take more chances on - and put more marketing into - wholly new stories
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Agree. I also extend this sentiment towards traditional publishing. Taking risks is scary but surely there's excitement to be had not falling back into a comfort zone, but exploring new worlds instead.
Hi friends!! This is my new project. My hope is to provide a big ol’ hub for writers, particularly those just starting out! I will be cross posting here and there but please give the page a follow! 💜
Sharpened Words is a blog for aspiring authors looking to hone the craft of fiction writing, spearheaded by writer/editor @tananaphone.bsky.social. Writing books is hard at every stage. There are no certain rules, no dumb questions, so make a cuppa and pull up a chair. Let’s talk about writing.
October 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hi friends!! This is my new project. My hope is to provide a big ol’ hub for writers, particularly those just starting out! I will be cross posting here and there but please give the page a follow! 💜
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Annihilation (the Southern Reach series) by Jeff VanderMeer
August 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Annihilation (the Southern Reach series) by Jeff VanderMeer
Just got one of these. Don’t feed the bots
Mostly away rn, but heads-up because I got the notifications about it - there are multiple fake, impersonating author accounts with AI-generated content mass following writers, I saw a "George Saunders" and a "Lionel Shriver" and a bunch of you are following them back.
August 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Just got one of these. Don’t feed the bots
I’m so on board
I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m so on board
My toxic trait is already owning a well loved and beautiful copy of the trilogy (seriously go read it—it rewired my brain), while also desperately wanting this version for the cover art. Just LOOKIT them
Just a reminder: The tenth anniversary editions of the original Southern Reach trilogy are still out in the wild, selling well. NYT bestsellers and on a lot of best-of-decade or this century lists. With new intros by Karen Joy Fowler, NK Jemisin, and Helen MacDonald. Buy from you favorite indie.
July 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My toxic trait is already owning a well loved and beautiful copy of the trilogy (seriously go read it—it rewired my brain), while also desperately wanting this version for the cover art. Just LOOKIT them
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“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
LA Times - Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids.
Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles
Here are some of the July festivities that have been canceled in Los Angeles out of fear over immigration raids.
www.latimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
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Today in the garden.
June 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today in the garden.
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I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
But if a few people in masks start lighting stuff on fire? Then you have news. This creates an *enormous* attentional advantage towards the most violent and chaotic kind of protest.
June 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
Post a random photo otherwise everything goes wrong in June
I know this photoshop butchery had something to do with one of @aowna.bsky.social ‘s wips but i couldn’t muster any greater context than that
I know this photoshop butchery had something to do with one of @aowna.bsky.social ‘s wips but i couldn’t muster any greater context than that
June 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Post a random photo otherwise everything goes wrong in June
I know this photoshop butchery had something to do with one of @aowna.bsky.social ‘s wips but i couldn’t muster any greater context than that
I know this photoshop butchery had something to do with one of @aowna.bsky.social ‘s wips but i couldn’t muster any greater context than that
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one day maybe I, too, can be grotesque and legion in a beautiful sea.
June 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
one day maybe I, too, can be grotesque and legion in a beautiful sea.
The four types of book characters I write:
- Idiot (gender neutral)
- The grumpiest old man you’ve ever met, negative charisma
- Woman wronged committing crimes (good for her)
- Large ™️ and mythical
- Idiot (gender neutral)
- The grumpiest old man you’ve ever met, negative charisma
- Woman wronged committing crimes (good for her)
- Large ™️ and mythical
The four types of book characters I write:
-the haunted: sad, "wet dog" kind of man
-the schemer: gender, age, morals? nah, only the masterplan
-the blade: a fighter with a singular purpose/obsession
-the scholar: nerd! nerd! socially awkward anxious nerd! maybe a wizard. usually a wizard.
-the haunted: sad, "wet dog" kind of man
-the schemer: gender, age, morals? nah, only the masterplan
-the blade: a fighter with a singular purpose/obsession
-the scholar: nerd! nerd! socially awkward anxious nerd! maybe a wizard. usually a wizard.
the four types of book characters I write
- grumpy anxious old gay man
- aggressively positive adoptive grandma
- sweet lil ND guy who infodumps about his favorite topics
- angry young girl who consistently makes bad decisions
- grumpy anxious old gay man
- aggressively positive adoptive grandma
- sweet lil ND guy who infodumps about his favorite topics
- angry young girl who consistently makes bad decisions
May 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The four types of book characters I write:
- Idiot (gender neutral)
- The grumpiest old man you’ve ever met, negative charisma
- Woman wronged committing crimes (good for her)
- Large ™️ and mythical
- Idiot (gender neutral)
- The grumpiest old man you’ve ever met, negative charisma
- Woman wronged committing crimes (good for her)
- Large ™️ and mythical
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I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography.
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
EXCLUSIVE: New GOP Bill Seeks To Take Sledgehammer To Online Porn Industry
Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation Thursday that would severely crack down on internet pornography and upend the online porn industry.
dailycaller.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Death to AI
The widespread use of consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." is bad for our brains and bad for society. Stop using them and push back on all the clowns trying to force them into education.
May 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Death to AI
May 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM