iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I am so unwell atm but if you love queer romance, please check out this bundle where you can get 16 for $20! I've read a bunch of these and the lineup is just superb, really really proud to be a part of this 🌈📚 itch.io/b/3013/get-r...

itch.io

Get ready for PRIDE with queer romance books by Skye Kilaen and 16 others

Get ready for PRIDE with queer romance books: 16 items for $20.00

2107

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Advice for sore neck post migraine? Stubborn muscle tension, frequent spasming, waking up hourly with excruciating pain that only responds to a cold compress

120

Reposted by Lillian Barry

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I can promote it! I really liked "The Santa Pageant" a whole lot. I'm excited for this one!

132

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

My book is out today but I can't promote it because I have a migraine. Here it is on itch though! lillianbarry.itch.io/the-island-f...

lillianbarry.itch.io

The Island Festival by LillianBarry

An anxious homebody falls for his non-binary music teacher.

062

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Apparently KDP has changed since I last used it so now my paperback won't be out on time?? So confused whatever

010

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My epub is done so if anyone wants an ARC just holler in the DMs

130

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Annalise @annalisejensen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

“Dark Fairies” LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER! A 200+ page fully coloured artbook and anthology of comics, short stories and illustrations about dark fairies and queer desire. Over 40 artists and 12 writers!

4500189

Reposted by Lillian Barry

summervillain / a. lee welles @summervillain.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

well, ok: ko-fi.com/punchanazi is about 1% my work (a flash fiction piece) and 99% other writers & artists. all proceeds to the Trevor Project ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️ we're 20% to our fundraising goal. (scroll down to the "shop" button to get the download, the "donate" button doesn't get you that.)

ko-fi.com

Support Nazi Puncher Books

021

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It is a little-known fact that every book contains a typo

061

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

KDP keep emailing me to upload my manuscript like calm your tits I have a typo to correct

010

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

What should I work on next? Spicy sapphic short story? Silly, tropey novella? I think I'm avoiding my main project because it's going to take SO LONG to write.

120

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I keep pretending I haven't read anything in 2025 but I've done at least 2 beta reads, 2 proofreads, and read my own book about 12 million times so who's laughing now

150

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Finished proofreading my book and it was awesome! Like it didn't feel like something I wrote, I really enjoyed it!!

130

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Unmarked police cars are very uncool tbh

030

Reposted by Lillian Barry

naila (labonno) 🇧🇩🍉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ @nailamoonsi.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

THE PROTECTOR AND THE ANNIHILATION KICKSTARTER PRELAUNCH HAS BEGUN...! Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/blu...

8218

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Person next to me on the bus cracked an egg on the window, peeled and ate it. (It was boiled, thankfully.) There's an Easter egg for you.

020

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

And here's the short blurb for my upcoming queer romance! Announcing on Instagram later and I wanted my friends here to know first 🥰

Short blurb for The Island Festival by Lillian Barry. With his ten-year high-school reunion coming up, Dair is determined to get a life. Maybe joining a brass band will help his ex-classmates forget the disastrous proposal he never quite lived down. But when Dair finds out the band's next gig is the reunion itself, it's only a matter of time before he embarrasses himself again, and this time not just in front of his classmates, but the hot music teacher he's falling in love with.

140

Reposted by Lillian Barry

The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

change.org

Sign the Petition

Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

5213183

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The book has appeared on Goodreads! (always happy when I don't have to follow that up) Coverless atm but that's cool

100

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

First look at the microtrope map for my next queer romance, out 9th May!

Trope map for The Island Festival, out 9th May. Tropes clockwise are: brass band; teacher/student but they're both adults; shy, anxious mmc; school reunion; music lessons; TTRPG group; cooking together as quality time; embarrassing past; celebrating liberation; reliable non-binary mc; mid 20s ennui; pan4pan; romance on a small island.

040

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I'm beginning to consider 25 "really young" which I think means I'm officially in my late 20s

030

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Chace Verity @chaceverity.com · 17/04/2025

amazon's really pushing for authors to do "virtual voice" audiobooks now, so be careful out there and don't do artists, including audiobook narrators, a disservice by using them

1316

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I want to say that I complained a lot about how hard I was finding my book cover but I NEVER considered using AI. I think going through the process and the struggle was valuable both for my respect for artists and the personal journey of creating something I'm not good at. It's ok to be humbled.

050

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I have a book coming out on 9th May! It's about an anxious homebody and his non-binary music teacher. I'll post the trope map soon!

Book cover of The Island Festival by Lillian Barry. It features simple graphic art of a euphonium - a brass instrument - on a pale pink background.

020

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I've started buying books on itch and I don't think I'll ever need to use Amazon again

010

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Al Hess @al-distortion.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

If you love indie books and aren't yet an itchio stan, go check it out! Might I suggest starting with this Autism Month bundle hosted by @vesperdoom.com? Get 10 books for $10, including my own award-winning Mazarin Blues. itch.io/b/2953/indie...

A collage of book covers: Mazarin Blues by Al Hess, Trick by Cara Nox, Umbra by Freddie A. Clark, Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis, The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen, Blood on the Snow by Finn McLellan, The Binding of Bloom Mountain by Vesper Doom, Maurice & Julia, 1968 by S.S. Genesee, Monster Mixer by Robin Jo Margaret, and Once Stolen by D.N. Bryn. In the center it says "Itchio Indie Autism Month Bundle."

25844

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We've begun a Kickstarter to help make this annual queer SFF anthology an annual project! Rewards include ebooks and paperbacks 🌈📚 www.kickstarter.com/projects/695...

Book cover for Of Stardust: Lore Reshaped. It depicts rainbow rays of light emanating from a pale circle in the centre. Motifs of green leaves and mushrooms abound.

083

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I need to stop calling this a short novel, it's over 300 pages now

020

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I feel like there's a strong possibility people are going to hate BOTH of the characters in my upcoming romance - but rest assured, I don't read my reviews

260

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Ham @zombieham.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Looking for more video game screenshots like this, for my collection. If you have any, please send them to me! ❤️‍🐖

A screenshot of dialogue from the game Shadows Over Loathing.
Protagonist: "Hey Letters, what's the deal with this?"
Letters: "It's a ham radio."
Protagonist: "What's it for?"
Letters: "Listening to stuff about ham."

A screenshot from the game Clock Tower. A girl is in a dark kitchen. Underneath is a dialogue box that says "You've obtained the Ham."

0122

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This country has a phenomenon called "going to Australia" (as in emigrating to) Where I grew up we had "going to England" Does every place have something similar, I wonder?

000

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I've accidentally put the phrase "the cat's mother" in chapter 1s of both my books and even though both times my American beta readers have been like "what?" I think I might keep it as an inside joke

130

Reposted by Lillian Barry

BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Boycott Xbox now. #BoycottXbox

38894645

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I promised my next newsletter on 31 December and it's now... April!!

000

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We've begun a Kickstarter to help make this annual queer SFF anthology an annual project! Rewards include ebooks and paperbacks 🌈📚 www.kickstarter.com/projects/695...

083

Lillian Barry @solillianbarry.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Watch out for fools today - they're everywhere!!!!!

120

Reposted by Lillian Barry

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 27/03/2025

British authors: the Society of Authors has organised a petition re Meta's wholesale theft of millions of books and works. Sign here.

chng.it

Sign the Petition

Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

3228159

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Roanne Lau @roannelau.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🎉 I AM OFFICIALLY A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!! 🎉 My book The Serpent Called Mercy has officially hit shelves in North America (UK/Commonwealth tomorrow)! This is a dream come true for me, and I’m so grateful. Here’s my very last unboxing video to celebrate:

2226641

Reposted by Lillian Barry

Gabriella Buba - Preorder Daughters of Flood and Fury @gabriellabuba.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Day 3 of the cover reveal of the SECOND Of Stardust Anthology: Lore Reshaped!! Coming this June to celebrate Pride with another awesome queer story collection! This year I've written about the banyan tree! What've you heard about strangler fig folklore?

131