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discovery drafting my novel is going great!!

this is distressing. as a disabled streamer, my small income from twitch is a big deal for me. hope there's enough outcry to get them to not do this. if not??? I'm honestly not sure what to do, and many people (especially marginalized streamers) will be in a similar situation. fuck this. fuck AI.

ICYMI: my short story, "If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I", is out now at @lightspeedmagazine.com!! it's got gender feels, giant robot birdwatching, and pondering who you are now after your toxic ex screwed over the whole planet. it's a quieter, more introspective piece and I'm proud of it 🥺💜

new Mini-Space is full of every convention and event attended in July (Readercon, Lavender Con, etc.), as well as virtual upcoming conventions I'll be participating in—like Flights of Foundry! also!! MY SHORT STORY CAME OUT TODAY. pls enjoy (public post!) ✨ www.patreon.com/spacevalkyri...

Mini-Space #40: all the things from july + short story day!! | spacevalkyries - V.M. AyalaTopics covered in this Mini-Space: July conventions and events, upcoming virtual conventions, short story release day!!, and some speculativwww.patreon.com

it's short story dayyy!! do you want a slightly pensive story about change, giant robot bird watching, and a toxic ex that left you behind in the ruins of civilization? read "If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I" over at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨ 🪶 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/if-a... 🪶

If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I - Lightspeed MagazineGreen Plumed Orbital Line A; viridis metamorphos A Common sighting; Flies along the forty-fifth latitude every 12 minutes Traveler’s addendum: Last functional line along a northern latitude; southern ...www.lightspeedmagazine.com

so I'm reading parable of the sower for a class for the first time ever and GOTTA SAY it's unnerving as fuck to live in 2026 and see the 2026 in that novel and some of it is just eerily accurate. (not all of it but MORE OF IT THAN I'D LIKE).

does anyone else post-convention replay back everything you said and anxiously go "oh. oh no, why do I say words??" which is to say: I'm home and lavender con was amazing!! the queering scifi and building fantastic worlds panels in particular inspired me to keep writing my queer af scifi stories 🌈

at this point I notoriously pick a food spot every convention to eat and just go there a million times. for Lavender Con it’s a bagel place named Call Your Mother 🥯 ✨

making my way to DC for lavender con day 2 🌈 yesterday was so fun!! I’m excited for more queer panels and insight and seeing lovely folks todayyyy ✨

heading to lavender con in DC today! if you're attending the con or are in the area say hiiii!! 🌈

I find tracking word count progress helps, so I've been giving myself monthly goals for discovery drafting in college: 3-5k words! achievable, helps keep motivation. except sometimes I forget to log progress then have one (1) point that's like "6k words written!?" on the graph. powerful ADHD dot 😂

*banging pots and pans once more* HI YES OTHERSIDE ISSUE 3 SUBMISSIONS CLOSE TONIGHT—dear queer writers and poets, you have six-ish hours to send us your short stories and poems!! don't worry if you can't submit this time, we open again in october for our final (and themed!!) issue of the year ✨

hi yes this is happening nowww! I'm excited!! come hang out while we talk about my three or four careers in a trenchcoat, including TTRPG APs, fiction writing, OTHERSIDE, and also probably giant robots because I'M ME ✨