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Nina Smith

@creativesiren.bsky.social

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Creative southern woman who’s often a bundle of nerves and anxiety but I’m working through it to build an independent company and live a happy life with my fiancé. Currently my main focuses are writing and photography; clouds and animals when I see them.

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Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 11d

I need to get him to Alabama soon. Please share this? It’ll help a lot if it gets around enough to get donations and ill appreciate it more than I can say. Thank you. givesendgo.com/NinaKSirenan...

Fundraiser for my fiancé

My fiancé is in a terrible living situation that makes his anxiety, depression and pain he has to deal with from overbearing family worse more often than not...

givesendgo.com

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Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 7h

I didn’t mean to make this into a multiple post tangent but seriously! The things that are gaining popularity are terrible and it’s time out for that because genuinely good people and content need to be at the forefront again.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

My past has a lot of things that I could easily use as fuel for playing the victim but I’d only hate myself more if I tried to do that so instead I do my best to use the things I’ve been through as a lesson learned. I want to use what I’ve been through to help others.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

Whether it’s my company or my life, I’ll always stand by doing my best to be a genuinely good person and it doesn’t always just have to do with being an optimistic person. Being petty to other women would get me nowhere.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

A little bit of kindness goes a very long way. As long as it’s nothing dangerous to themselves or others, there’s nothing wrong with a person just being true to who they are. This over-sensitivity to things is beyond ridiculous.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

I know I’ve said it before but now it’s more than necessary that I say it again. People like @itsjessandart.bsky.social, @askaubry.com, @bookspotlight.bsky.social and so on are the people who need clout because they’re genuinely good people. I can name many other people as well.

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Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

If a person has a different opinion than mine then they just have a different opinion. The only thing I can do is respect that and move on with my life if they don’t believe in something that I believe in. I’d only make myself look bad if I get angry at different opinions.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

I write a wide range of things since I’m a fantasy writer but there’s a very specific way I’ll have my work be because of the fact that ethics and consideration of others still exists.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

I really wish that my company could get traction sooner than later because of all the things I want to say regardless of how my true nature is. I’m extremely self conscious, beyond worse for wear and my anxiety is through the roof but I’ll never let those things be how I get clout.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8h

It’s insane how much basic things need to be reiterated but there’s been too many excuses for bad behavior among other things increasing too much. Things that used to have strong meanings and now a joke, there’s too much delight in tearing other people down for clout and so on.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

🧙 wild witches
🐦‍⬛ a crow (or two)
🔮 portal fantasy
🐈‍⬛ a cat who wanders in
👨‍❤️‍👨 true love
🗡️ revenge
👑 evil faeries

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/rlEOgP
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/enlil-aris-t...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for ‘Enlil and Aris: The Complete Collection by Rebecca Crunden’. Cover is purple, yellow and orange with white font. Image shows two silhouettes of men with a crow above them, the sun behind.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

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Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 2d

Last night, I had to drive myself to the hospital. I didn’t have to be admitted but I did have to get fluids, tests and medication for food poisoning. I’m almost back to feeling completely better and will be fully back to writing soon.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 5d

Not very many updates, still on a roll with writing but just at a slower pace because I’m recovering from a little food poisoning yesterday.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8d

The scenes from the spicy fantasy will be released in the coming days. One is a spicy duo who are close friends after he helps her out of a dangerous situation. The other pairing will eventually be married. In their scene, she’ll clock out of work early to get him out a rough living situation.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 8d

I’m not sure what’s going on but I’m unable to see comments on my posts. Hopefully I can try to figure out how to fix that. In writing news, my fiancé posted a new opinion piece very recently and I’m still on a roll with writing even though my anxiety has been a lot worse.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 11d

I need to get him to Alabama soon. Please share this? It’ll help a lot if it gets around enough to get donations and ill appreciate it more than I can say. Thank you. givesendgo.com/NinaKSirenan...

Fundraiser for my fiancé

My fiancé is in a terrible living situation that makes his anxiety, depression and pain he has to deal with from overbearing family worse more often than not...

givesendgo.com

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Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 11d

Been having more successful days with writing despite being a little under the weather and having worse anxiety. My fiancé is my biggest concern because of the type of house he’s currently living in.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 15d

So please share the Give Send Go. It’ll help a lot of things, the two most important being a trustworthy doctor looking at his knees. It’s even more definite that he has a torn ligament in his left leg and that can’t just be walked off. I really need to get him to a happy home.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 15d

I had to use a name that’s more painful to hear because of my past but I need to get my fiancé because I have to get him to a place where he can heal because I won’t be able to handle it if he has to go to the hospital again.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 15d

Then there’s the fact that the person who treats him worse is his mother. Today has been worse for his pain because this lovely person (I say that in the most sarcastic way) has said walking will improve his leg pain that she caused him years ago!

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 15d

www.givesendgo.com/NinaKSirenan... this link is probably not going to get the traction it needs but I have to try again for the sake of my fiancé’s health and anxiety. Yesterday was worse on his mental health because of panic attacks.

Fundraiser for my fiancé

My fiancé is in a terrible living situation that makes his anxiety, depression and pain he has to deal with from overbearing family worse more often than not...

www.givesendgo.com

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 18d

Things aren’t as much of a roller coaster but still more chaotic as I’m thinking of ways to get my fiancé out of South Carolina as soon as I possibly can. Writing is even more on my mind than ever.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 26d

One thing I do in writing is use things that have happened in my life as inspiration and it’s going to apply more to the series, including what my fiancé is unfortunately dealing with since he’s not able to move in with me.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 26d

The series will be for adults only and have intense themes but those either won’t be posted or they’ll be edited enough to be enjoyable without making any adult who reads it uncomfortable.

Nina Smith @creativesiren.bsky.social · 26d

As I was brainstorming ideas, I suddenly got two chapter titles. They’re going to be short for now but when I get enough written that’s suitable for being on Ko-Fi, I’ll most likely have extended versions.