iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Twitch has added itself to companies throwing your content to the LLMs and making you ask them not to. During an AMA with Mike Minton, he admitted “If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.” So yeah, they know, they just don't care.

X Post from Twitch Support, white text on black background: We've added a setting that lets you opt out of having your channel content used to train generative AI content models across Amazon. Click here to learn more: (link)

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

1) Any witch hunt is bad. Full stop. 2) You're not entitled to my private anything. 3) Would it even be good enough? My outlines are super basic. Are you going to be happy with that? Or are you gonna say I'm lying because it isn't "right"? I hate GenAI, I will never use it, but this is not the way.

Screen shot of a Threads post, black text on white background: No. Start the witch hunts. Authors who don't use AI will have notes, planning and other ways to prove it's their work. Artists who don't use AI will have sketches, styles and other ways to prove it's their work. Letting people get away with using GenAI and claiming their prompts as 'art' and their own work is how we end up with slop being praised and the original authors and artists left without proper credit.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Wow, you know who makes WAY less than $60K a year? Me. The author. Who doesn't pirate other people's books. Also, go to a library. Or sign up for an ARC. Wait for a Smashwords sale or Stuff Your Kindle event. You can get books for free legally, but you're entitled and lazy.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Come down to Dungeons & Javas tomorrow for Basilisks, Blasters & Books: a speculative indie book fair. I'll be the one with pink hair hyperventilating near the door.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I have learned today that apparently a lot of people are using ChatWTF to respond to dating app messages and all I can think is, "Is it going to go on the date for you, too?"

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I am organizing my first book fair! It's full of authors! At a geeky coffee shop/board game cafe! You should come! But maybe don't fly out, that might be weird. Like, if you're local.

A poster for Basilisks, Blasters, and Books. The background is a minty, light teal color, with oil painting texture and some fading at the edges.

Top of screen: Periapt Press presents

Center screen in elaborate white text : Basilisks, Blasters, & Books! A speculative indie bookfair

In gray text below: May 31, 2026
Noon - 4 PM
at Dungeons & Javas

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

So my TT experiment netted me this lukewarm take today. I still don't understand why so many of y'all continue to think creators don't deserve to get paid.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I cannot be held responsible for the unhinged decisions I make while world building. But also, English.

Social media post from Grant Howitt: you're damn right I'll combine Latin and Greek base words in my world-building, motherf*cker I'll combine them in the same WORD, I speak ENGLISH, this language is an active crime scene.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This, though I would also need to go back to actually looking for an agent.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE x THE BONE WITCH Carys, seer and witch, reads the cards for the Prince of Vasi and sees danger coming swiftly across the sea. SEER OF THE STRAIT features a 30 yr old FMC, intrigue, 3+ bisexual men, and a fantasy setting not based on England. #BluePit 📖 #IN #F #A #LGBT

Mood board for Seer of the Strait, a fantasy novel by Drea Talley. The board has 8 panels. Starting top right, going clockwise: 1, a lavish interior room in a palace with gilded ceilings, chandeliers, and richly upholstered chairs. 2, a woman's eyes, the iris so pale as to be almost white, and slightly glowing. 3, a wooden throne on a beach with cliffs in the near distance. 4, the cover of Seer of the Strait. 5, a wooden table with small metal dishes of different herbs in the foreground and a book with apothecary cannisters in the background. 6, macro shot of a honey bee on a purple dahlia. 7, a full moon over a rocky hill covered in long grasses and wildflowers. 8, blue oracle cards spread over a gray wooden table along with two candles, a bottle, and a peacock feather.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

A chance encounter at a Midsummer celebration leads Seer Carys to the Heir of the Strait. She reads the cards for him, and sees a threat coming from across the sea. Her sight could save the kingdom, but will the nobles and merchants of Vasi listen to a fatherless commoner? #BluePit 📖 #IN #F #A #LGBT

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025?

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The SEAF 2025 Call for Art is open, which means it's PSA time again! I got fancy and actually made images this year. I'm trying to help. I may not always succeed, but I'm trying.

(on a dark pink background with gold speckles) SEAF 2025 Call for Art PSA No. 1: When referring to books, Adult is just another category indicating the age of the audience it was written for, like Young Adult, New Adult, Middle Grade, and so on. It does not automatically mean it’s spicy.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Up to 10 ratings! Got my first 4⭐! I am very proud of my little romantasy, she's doing her best. a.co/d/5oCoJKZ

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Today was a long, good day. Got feedback on a plot point (it's believable! huzzah!), bought a very silly key fob at the con (it makes me happy), and wrapped up with a birthday party. Time for comfy pants and Veilguard.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

It's been a month, and I'm in a mood, but it's my favorite day, so we're pushing through. Happy Halloween.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

44 (almost 45). Entering my Barbie Era Reprise.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

I've been in a parody song mood. Current project, to the tune of "Leave Her, Johnny."

Parody shanty:
I know you know what we’re going to say
"Leave him, honey, leave him"
But the time has come, and today’s the day
And it's time for you to leave him

Leave him, honey, leave him
Oh, leave him, honey, leave him
He’s an “Alpha Male” who should probably go to jail
And it's time for you to leave him

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

I have updated the list! What's that big purple section? What could it mean? Ooo, so mysterious.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 31/12/2023

There is, in fact, a door in the opening paragraph! And so begins Seer of the Strait. #wipsnips #writingcommunity

Black text on white background: Chimes sounded in the small shop as the old, heavy wooden door opened. A telltale tittering accompanied the sound of multiple shoes shuffling past the door, which was met by a deep sigh from farther in the shop. Three young women—wealthy by the vibrant, bejeweled embroidery of their vests and the satin finish of their pantaloons—made their way into the very small shop toward the counter that filled the entire back wall.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Please post what you'll wear when you become dictator.

Still shot from 1985 movie Legend of actress Mia Sara in the Dark Lili dress.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

I feel like my son would just love this, and I feel silly for not having thought of it on my own when he was younger.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Almost time for Depeche Mode!

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Time for Them's Fightin' Herds! Come laugh at our attempts to play this game and give a little something to help the kids! www.extra-life.org/team/Charism...

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Day 2! We're currently playing En Garde!, which is delightfully swashbuckly, and has so far made three Princess Bride references. Come enjoy fine fencing, quips, and support the kids! www.extra-life.org/team/Charism...

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Day 1 of our Extra Life stream is well underway! Today is dedicated to TTRPGs, specifically trying out the Eldritch Overload 5e supplement. You can donate at different levels to impact the results of the game! www.extra-life.org/team/Charism...

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

On the subject of the decreased focus on the humanities - particularly related to the study of the English language - in schools. In this essay...

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Kicking off pre-Halloween weekend with a treat for the house. Yes, those are gummy vampire teeth we picked up at the store. And candy eyes. Hurts only had a couple festive donuts, we had to make the rest extra festive.

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

You'll get to read it when everybody else does!

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Drea @dreawrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

The VNV Nation concert was cancelled (technically postponed) so I’m drowning my sorrows in sugar and pastels.

A soft pink table in the Snowl Cafe. On the table is a croffle topped with creme pat and strawberries in a paper basket. Behind the croffle on the table is a pistachio milk tea with a bright pink straw sitting on top of it.

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