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it's Disability Pride Month and ironically I'm virtually out of spoons just over a week before book launch, but anyway once again I did a thing (but with a focus just on the book that's coming out because I am. so very tired)

lest I once again get yelled at by an anon in my inbox, here's the shitpost pitch I like to use which my editor probably wishes I would stop using since we're a week out from release

a 43-year-old undiagnosed autistic guy has a gay/lowkey monsterfucker awakening after getting lost in an enchanted forest, while his 36-year-old disabled deeply closeted sapphic sister goes after him with the most annoying woman she’s ever met

desperate hollow, lauren shippen, art by noahdea.art on instagram // apple pie, lizzy mcalpine

chapter 2 !!!!!!! this quote captured me intensely and immediately. absolutely cannot wait to find out what any of these places are. instantly thought of apple pie by lizzy mcalpine because some of the lyrics fit them soooooooo perfectly. not pictured but almost added ‘home is wherever you are tonight’ 🫶🏻✨

Do you love:

Mystery fiction, especially paired with a comedic tone, like Knives Out, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, or Only Murders in the Building?

Sherlock & Co, and want another, different take on the Holmes canon to add to your rotation of shows?

Irreverent historical comedies with surprising heart and messages about the people who often get left in the margins of history like Operation Mincemeat and Our Flag Means Death?

Re: Dracula, and other audio dramas that present unique takes on classic literature?

British audio comedy like Wooden Overcoats, Victoriocity, Cabin Pressure, and Bleak Expectations?

The original ACD Sherlock Holmes stories but wish there was explicit, textual representation of gay, lesbian, and ace identities that are celebrated and centered within the actual text?

Adorable senior cat mascots?

May we present ourselves, Fawx & Stallion, a mystery-comedy podcast about the best detective team on Baker Street! (Not that one.) Our full first and second seasons are available now, and we are currently crowdfunding for Season 3! If a queer, Victorian mystery-comedy set in the world of Sherlock Holmes sounds like it might be up your alley, please consider giving us a listen, and if you're able, supporting our crowdfund so that our indie team can bring another mystery to life!

Google Doc: [Queer Creatives to Support this Pride Month and Beyond]

If you haven’t seen my original post about this, I’ve been taking contributions and compiling a list of queer creatives and artists you can support financially, as an alternative to buying corporate Pride merch. I originally intended for this to be a one-off post, but thanks to all the wonderful contributions, the list grew far beyond my expectations. So I decided to make it available indefinitely, in a format that can be continually updated and expanded.

It’s a little down to the wire for Pride Month, but that’s okay, because the emphasis really is on ‘and beyond’ for this one. Let’s keep supporting queer creatives year-round!

So what do we need from you?

Send in more suggestions! - There’s a formalised process for doing this, using the contact form on my website, but while this post is circulating, please feel free to add your suggestions in the reblogs, tags and replies. I’ll be keeping track of it and adding any contributions I see.

Add reviews! - Same as above, if there’s a creator you love on the list, vouch for them! Share a short note about why you love their work – especially if they haven’t already been vouched for, but we can include multiple if they have.

Share! - Spread the word, and help get this out as widely as possible. Share the post, send the document to your friends, tag creators you love or people who you think might benefit from it.

Support! - If you have the funds and you find an artist on the list that you’d love to support, do so! That’s what it's all about, after all.

Thank you again, detectives, for helping us reach 50% funded in our first week! In honor of our ⁠season 3 Kickstarter,⁠ earlier this week we uploaded a very special episode of our ⁠Patreon⁠-only unscripted series, CinEnigmas - on the main feed for free!

Once a month, Ian, Lauren, and some occasional special guests and friends of the show, are examining what makes a good MYSTERY MOVIE (or tv show)! From the highest highs to the lowest lows, we are examining mystery storytelling, mystery solving, and the elements of making a detective for cinema. In this episode, we're talking Sherlock Holmes (2009), the first of the Guy Ritchie Holmes series, in a conversation about our own expectations going into the film in 2009, show-vs-tell in mysteries, hitting the correct balance of action and mystery in a very action-heavy action/mystery, and just why Jude Law's Watson works so very much for us as a Watson.

This is so deeply surreal to share, but Desperate Hollow, the queer romance western that I've been working on for the last eight years, is finally going to be something you can actually read. I'm trying a totally new-to-me thing - releasing it chapter by chapter on the @atypicalartists Patreon. Sign up for free now to read the first five chapters (which will be available for everyone) as they come out!

But more importantly, LOOK AT THIS ART BY NOAH DAO!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!! THEY'RE SO GORGEOUS!!!

If you don't see this art and immediately want to know who these men are, you are a stronger person than I but also I should tell you a bit about the story.

Seven years after a near-fatal argument, two former friends and outlaws find themselves face to face once again, forced to work together to hide from the law and confront their complicated feelings in the process. 

It's friends-to-enemies-to-lovers. It's second chance except the first chance ended in bloodshed. It's guard dog character vs. guy who didn't ask to hold his leash character. It's one bed. It's presumed dead. It's would-kill-for-you/would-die-for-you except that actually really sort of happens.

It's probably my favorite thing that I've ever written. And I can't WAIT to share it with you on my own terms.

A couple years ago the “bury your gays” trope pissed me off so bad I wrote a “resurrect your gays” revenge novel… and it comes out in TWO MONTHS.

By popular demand, a new pinned post about us and the show for new followers/audio drama listeners/people who might be here because of our Sherlock Holmes postings! Find more info on the show and how to listen on our website, 224bbaker.com

🚨 ANY SHOW-RELATED SPOILERS ON THIS BLOG ARE TAGGED #224B SPOILERS 🚨

I will be posting disability writing advice with the tag #disability writing advice, over the coming days until the event.

[Image ID: A blue poster with blue and yellow flowers advertising PJO Disability Week. In the center, there is the title, which reads "PJO Disability Week". Beneath that is a caption that says "Disable your Blorbos!", and the dates July 12-18. Around the poster, there are several phrases, which say "All Riordanverse works are welcome, including OCs!", "Open to all media types (except AI)", "Posting open until July 25th!", "Prompts out now!!", "On Tumblr @ pjo-disability-week" and "Run by @ imminentchaos on Tumblr". /.End ID]

Our season 3 Kickstarter is live! Fawx & Stallion is a comedy-mystery podcast about the best detective team in London! Not that one. The other one. Across the street, and slightly to the left, at 224B Baker Street. We've successfully solved two mysteries, and we'll need your help to get a crack at a third! Scripts are written, pre-production has begun, and all we need is the funding to make this show's engine start in earnest!

Season one of the show was primarily self-financed, and season two's 10 episodes were crowdfunded and produced for $8000. For season 3, we are telling a story unlike any you've heard, with 12 full-cast episodes. Thank you to our Patreon members who have helped finance our pre-production and our wonderful team of five guest writers! For this season, we are asking for $10,000 to bring this sprawling, absurd, ambitious story to life.

We invite you to check out our crowdfunding page, which is live now, for more info on the season, our budget breakdown, and our fantastic set of rewards (early access! annotated Holmes stories! stickers! for the first time, the opportunity to name a character or provide walla for the show!)

In the interest of highlighting our rewards, take a look at our first set of 4 stickers, because we have an offer for you: help us get $3000 in pledges in the first 72 hours, and we'll add a FIFTH pride-themed sticker to all $30 and up tiers!

More info about the season under the cut!