lyssachiavari

lyssachiavari, 7 months ago to FiberArts

Seasonal #Embroidery project complete #FiberArts #Loomscrolling

lyssachiavari, 2 months ago to Tolkien

Made this for my #Tolkien friend's 33rd birthday, an important birthday indeed! #Embroidery #FiberArts #Loomscrolling

lyssachiavari, 7 months ago to random

Recently I listened to the #372Pages We’ll Never Get Back podcast episodes from 2018 about The #EyeOfArgon. For the uninitiated, EoA is a short fantasy novella in the vein of Conan the Barbarian that was published in the Ozark Science Fiction Association zine, #OSFAN, in 1970. The novella is hilariously bad, and thus developed cult status in the SFF community. This is all pretty well documented online. What I want to talk about is its less-documented author, #JimTheis🧵 1/

lyssachiavari, 4 months ago to random

I don't know if I'm the only one who feels this way, but I like the Lord of the Rings books because they're a bit gentler than the movies? Does this make sense? How do I explain this. Like, take the beginning. Bilbo doesn't just sneak off alone into the darkness, he's got dwarf friends with him and they travel together. It's just like... kind of nicer and less harsh of a world? Despite, you know, all the bad stuff going on 🤣

lyssachiavari, 4 months ago to random

Yesterday among all the snow and ice, a hummingbird came to the lights we've got along the back of the house and decided to hang out there to try to escape the cold. I turned those lights on for him (they're incandescent so hopefully gave him a little warmth) and spent the day bringing the feeder in periodically to keep it from freezing. And in between that, I went to work! 1/

lyssachiavari, 8 months ago to KindActions

Sharing a #MutualAid request for a friend who's not on Mastodon. Her kitty Harley has been racking up some expensive vet bills lately. He's been unable to pass bowels and his kidney levels have been elevated, at-home remedies haven't worked so he's had to go into inpatient care at the vet. If you've got a few bucks to chip in, she's asked people send money to her Ko-Fi. #Catstodon https://ko-fi.com/bevtwomey

A picture of a white cat with black fur on the top of his head making muffins on a striped blanket

lyssachiavari, 8 months ago to random

ONE WORLD, the last book of The Iamos Trilogy, is coming one month from today! Ahhhhh!!

First early review is in! Thanks so much to @Roannasylver for your feedback on the book!

If you are so inclined, you can learn more and preorder here: https://www.lyssachiavari.com/books/one-world/

lyssachiavari, 7 months ago to random

Thank you so much to @ClH2OArs for this early review of ONE WORLD! Just two more days left until it's published! 🎉

https://www.lyssachiavari.com/books/one-world/

#AceWeek #Asexuality #AceStuff #LGBTQBooks #LGBTQSFF #QueerSciFi

lyssachiavari, 1 year ago to queer

Queer series starters on sale for #Pride!

FOURTH WORLD (The Iamos Trilogy, Book 1): YA time travel scifi, Atlantis on Mars, features #OwnVoices asexual rep (main/POV character) and demisexual rep (main/POV character). Secondary characters throughout the series also include lesbian, aromantic, and non-binary rep. Last book in series releases this October, during Ace Week!

https://books2read.com/fourth-world

@lgbtqbookstodon @lgbtbookstodon @diversebooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPromo

lyssachiavari, 7 months ago to random

Randomly remembering this conversation years ago, when I asked my grandma to watch the 1963 Cleopatra with me:

Grandma: "Oh no, I don't like her."
Me: "You don't like Elizabeth Taylor?"
Grandma: "No, I don't like Cleopatra."
My sister, sailing into the room from out of nowhere: "YOU HAVE FALLEN FOR ROMAN PROPAGANDA"

lyssachiavari, 4 months ago to FiberArts

Latest finished #embroidery project, pattern from Clever Poppy and inspiration for the cute gingham fabric thanks to Carrie from the Clever Poppy Makers Academy group on Facebook

#Loomscrolling #FiberArts

lyssachiavari, 7 months ago to FiberArts

I made this to remind myself, now let's see if I actually listen to myself 😅 #Spoonie #ChronicIllness #Embroidery #FiberArts #Loomscrolling

lyssachiavari, 6 months ago to random

Someone in my writing group posted this and wow I can't believe that the thing everyone knew was going to happen months ago is happening

lyssachiavari, 5 months ago to random

Another day, another close encounter with Big 5 publishing that skeeves me out. I just... blah blah, they're running a business, whatever. Their ethics are not for me. The older I get the more I realize I really was born to be the old hippie woman in a broomstick skirt living 100 miles from civilization, raising chickens, and quarantining myself from any exposure to people with MBAs

lyssachiavari, 9 months ago to random

I'm super excited to announce that my #CozyFantasy series is now available on non-Amazon retailers, including in #KoboPlus! If you're looking for a lightweight, low-stakes contemporary fantasy read with mischievous fae, women with the Sight, light romance, and cozy small-town hijinks, I think you'll enjoy this series.

Book 1 (also in audiobook): https://books2read.com/u/bpzAaJ
Book 2: https://books2read.com/u/4AOM50

lyssachiavari, 9 months ago to random

Preorder goodies for ONE WORLD are live! If you preorder the ebook, you will get a signed art postcard sent to you in the mail! If you preorder the paperback or hardcover, you'll get the art card + a bookmark and sticker!

Here's the form you can fill out if you've preordered to claim your goodies: https://forms.gle/Lrw9PHdKmCwXagZz8

lyssachiavari, 10 months ago to queer

Well, it's the 25th and that means it's Christmas... in July? I Heart Sapphfic is hosting a Christmas in July special featuring maaaany free #wlw / #sapphic / #lesfic ebooks. If you are so inclined, you can check out all the books here!

https://iheartsapphfic.com/2023/07/24/christmas-in-july/

Everything listed on this page will be free through July 26 👍

@lgbtqbookstodon @lgbtbookstodon

lyssachiavari, 1 month ago to random

A friend of mine is looking for a short story she and her husband remember from grade school. She says it is not Asimov. Copious Googling hasn't helped. Her description of it is: "the story is really short, and it's about the unveiling of the latest advance in robot society (the planet being wholly populated by robots now), a self-healing, organically powered robot, and as you read you realize the robots have recreated humans"

lyssachiavari, 10 months ago to random

Finished! I made an art! 😃 This will be available as a postcard for anyone who preorders ONE WORLD. I also am doing bookmarks (in addition to the art card, not instead of) for people who preorder the print edition. That's not up yet, though, should be sometime in September. I will share details about how to claim the preorder goodies, so watch this space!

lyssachiavari, 10 months ago to random

For those of you on the Fediverse who are interested in a positive outlook on climate action (@susankayequinn comes to mind), I discovered a new Dreamwidth community today dedicated to that. Even if you're not on DW, you can follow posts via RSS https://green-joy.dreamwidth.org

lyssachiavari, 4 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 8: Which words do you overuse?

Just
Just
Justjustjustjustjustjust

lyssachiavari, 8 months ago to lgbtqbookstodon

Less than three weeks until you can binge read the whole series! Aces in space using time travel to save the worlds from evil authoritarian governments and corporations who want to use ancient Atlantean technology to brainwash humanity! What's not to love?

Learn more: https://www.lyssachiavari.com/books/the-iamos-trilogy/
Preorder goodies for the last book! (Including ebook, open international): https://forms.gle/r2yrynwgqTDaBsWr5

#Asexual #Demisexual #QueerSFF #SelfPromo @lgbtqbookstodon @diversebooks

jolantruchng, 1 month ago to random

oh yeah, don't be a jerk and say "oh, there are many new names to me."

blocked.

skrishna, 9 days ago to space

“We are NOT going to pursue a reboost right now.”

— Mark Clampin on the possible SpaceX/Hubble reboost mission

#space #science #hubble #spacex #nasa

lyssachiavari, 21 days ago to lgbtqbookstodon

You can now buy a bundle of all the books in The Iamos Trilogy direct from me, and for a few bucks cheaper than it would cost to buy them all individually! Of course, you may want to wait for Pride month to start... you might be able to get an even better deal, if you catch my drift... 😉 :heart_ace: :heart_sp_demi:

https://lyssachiavari.lemonsqueezy.com/

@lgbtqbookstodon #SelfPromo