Erin M. Evans
@erinmevans.bsky.social
Author of EMPIRE OF EXILES and RELICS OF RUIN (Orbit, out 4/24)| Brimstone Angels Saga | Dungeon Scrawlers DM and Concentration Check host | STXBP1 mom | co-host of Writing About Dragons and Shit | she/her
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Erin M. Evans
@erinmevans.bsky.social
· May 2
Okay I am going to try and remember to post some art tomorrow (because I have some stuff I keep meaning to share), but if you doubt me, Bluesky (wise), there is a whole thread of fan art on the Dungeon Scrawlers/Writing About Dragons & Shit discord: discord.gg/EqNHR9aX
Been reading this slowly on my lunch breaks and really enjoying it. It's a series I'd love to see fanart of because there's a bunch of original species that I have a hard time picturing in my limited imagination. #booksky
A MONTH LATER...It's my birthday and that feels like a reasonable time to follow up on this. Because I want to. So if it's self-indulgent, GOOD. 🧵
Here's the backstory: The Books of the Usurper is published in the UK/Aus as an ebook through my agency for byzantine publishing reasons.
Here's the backstory: The Books of the Usurper is published in the UK/Aus as an ebook through my agency for byzantine publishing reasons.
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If your daughter doesnt know how to wield a sword by age 7 you are a failure as a parent.
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If your daughter doesnt know how to wield a sword by age 7 you are a failure as a parent.
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Nothing’s “that deep” when you can’t read for context, and have no cultural grounding in literature.
The it’s-not-that-deepification of society is a byproduct of mass functional illiteracy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Nothing’s “that deep” when you can’t read for context, and have no cultural grounding in literature.
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even pantone's like "we see the future and it says income disparity"
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
even pantone's like "we see the future and it says income disparity"
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Today marks a year since my Burnished City trilogy concluded. Still so proud of my desperate disaster trio and their story of defying the rules--in magic, in politics, and in love!
Never too late to join the fun. Start with the "wickedly entertaining" NOTORIOUS SORCERER. viscerate.com?page_id=243
Never too late to join the fun. Start with the "wickedly entertaining" NOTORIOUS SORCERER. viscerate.com?page_id=243
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today marks a year since my Burnished City trilogy concluded. Still so proud of my desperate disaster trio and their story of defying the rules--in magic, in politics, and in love!
Never too late to join the fun. Start with the "wickedly entertaining" NOTORIOUS SORCERER. viscerate.com?page_id=243
Never too late to join the fun. Start with the "wickedly entertaining" NOTORIOUS SORCERER. viscerate.com?page_id=243
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there’s almost no genre of thread I love more than “I am reading Dracula for the first time and I did not expect any of what is happening here”
25% into the book and FINALLY we have a bat
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
there’s almost no genre of thread I love more than “I am reading Dracula for the first time and I did not expect any of what is happening here”
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"Kill your darlings" is possibly the most wildly interpreted writing advice. But it doesn't mean "get rid of the things you like", what would be the point of that?
I've always read it as: "Sometimes your favorite line might have to go *for the sake of the story as a whole*."
I've always read it as: "Sometimes your favorite line might have to go *for the sake of the story as a whole*."
Some darlings are great; if we killed them all, Shakespeare would be awfully bland.
But some darlings don't belong in the story you wrote. Better to determine what needs to go during the editing phase. Don't bother during the first draft phase. That's the official Darlings Recess. They get to play.
But some darlings don't belong in the story you wrote. Better to determine what needs to go during the editing phase. Don't bother during the first draft phase. That's the official Darlings Recess. They get to play.
You don't have to kill ALL your darlings, okay?
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"Kill your darlings" is possibly the most wildly interpreted writing advice. But it doesn't mean "get rid of the things you like", what would be the point of that?
I've always read it as: "Sometimes your favorite line might have to go *for the sake of the story as a whole*."
I've always read it as: "Sometimes your favorite line might have to go *for the sake of the story as a whole*."
Okay let's reset--pomodoro sprints time! #amwriting
Who's ready to focus up? (Us. It's us.) Let's start the week off with a bang, with Concentration Check! From 1:30 PM PT to 4 PM on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
Spongebob Loop GIF
Alt: Spongebob writing frantically with a pencil
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December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Okay let's reset--pomodoro sprints time! #amwriting
Morning work derailed by surprise bad news (minor bad news, didn't get a thing I wanted and thought was in the bag, for once). I'm hoping Concentration Check helps me get back on track.
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Morning work derailed by surprise bad news (minor bad news, didn't get a thing I wanted and thought was in the bag, for once). I'm hoping Concentration Check helps me get back on track.
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Opposite Cyber Monday sale for commissions today. All commissions are twice as much. (check with me tomorrow for regular prices) - but now would be a great time to get a holiday portrait done to send out to loved ones. #commissions
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Opposite Cyber Monday sale for commissions today. All commissions are twice as much. (check with me tomorrow for regular prices) - but now would be a great time to get a holiday portrait done to send out to loved ones. #commissions
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*not shopping at Target intensifies*
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
*not shopping at Target intensifies*
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Shareholders
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Shareholders
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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if you start reading ONE OF THE BOYS right about now at audiobook pace you will finish the book at the same day/time it ends (1AM EST thanksgiving night) for maximum verisimilitude
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
if you start reading ONE OF THE BOYS right about now at audiobook pace you will finish the book at the same day/time it ends (1AM EST thanksgiving night) for maximum verisimilitude
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Tonight our Abomination Vaults cast is taking a break for the holiday, so we'll be showing a rerun chosen by our Discord! It's FEARFUL SYMMETRY, Episode 5: The Mortality of Cats!
We'll be making pies and watching along at 6 pm PT on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
We'll be making pies and watching along at 6 pm PT on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Tonight our Abomination Vaults cast is taking a break for the holiday, so we'll be showing a rerun chosen by our Discord! It's FEARFUL SYMMETRY, Episode 5: The Mortality of Cats!
We'll be making pies and watching along at 6 pm PT on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
We'll be making pies and watching along at 6 pm PT on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
Fearful Symmetry is one of those projects I forget about sometimes and then I remember and am filled with pride and delight.
Tonight our Abomination Vaults cast is taking a break for the holiday, so we'll be showing a rerun chosen by our Discord! It's FEARFUL SYMMETRY, Episode 5: The Mortality of Cats!
We'll be making pies and watching along at 6 pm PT on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
We'll be making pies and watching along at 6 pm PT on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Fearful Symmetry is one of those projects I forget about sometimes and then I remember and am filled with pride and delight.
Everyone give thanks: It's a brand new #IdleChampions Havilar skin!
Ballgown Havilar launches as a Play Reward for the Tales of the Champions, Part 4 update coming out on Wednesday, November 26.
Ballgown Havilar launches as a Play Reward for the Tales of the Champions, Part 4 update coming out on Wednesday, November 26.
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Everyone give thanks: It's a brand new #IdleChampions Havilar skin!
Ballgown Havilar launches as a Play Reward for the Tales of the Champions, Part 4 update coming out on Wednesday, November 26.
Ballgown Havilar launches as a Play Reward for the Tales of the Champions, Part 4 update coming out on Wednesday, November 26.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
School dropoff traffic destroying my faith in humanity.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
School dropoff traffic destroying my faith in humanity.
Fifteen minutes...
Since this releases tomorrow (in the UK, US will be 12/30), I’m going to use the long break during Concentration Check to do a reading, why not?
Join us at 1:30 pm PT if you want to get done work done (and 3:30 if you just want to hear a creepy #Runescape story)
Twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
Join us at 1:30 pm PT if you want to get done work done (and 3:30 if you just want to hear a creepy #Runescape story)
Twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Fifteen minutes...
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Men are In Trouble, Maybe Getting a Plant Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Learning a Dead Language Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Finding Trouble on a Map Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Memeing a Bad Headline Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Learning a Dead Language Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Finding Trouble on a Map Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Memeing a Bad Headline Would Help
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Getting a Plant Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Learning a Dead Language Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Finding Trouble on a Map Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Memeing a Bad Headline Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Learning a Dead Language Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Finding Trouble on a Map Would Help
Men are In Trouble, Maybe Memeing a Bad Headline Would Help
Since this releases tomorrow (in the UK, US will be 12/30), I’m going to use the long break during Concentration Check to do a reading, why not?
Join us at 1:30 pm PT if you want to get done work done (and 3:30 if you just want to hear a creepy #Runescape story)
Twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
Join us at 1:30 pm PT if you want to get done work done (and 3:30 if you just want to hear a creepy #Runescape story)
Twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since this releases tomorrow (in the UK, US will be 12/30), I’m going to use the long break during Concentration Check to do a reading, why not?
Join us at 1:30 pm PT if you want to get done work done (and 3:30 if you just want to hear a creepy #Runescape story)
Twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
Join us at 1:30 pm PT if you want to get done work done (and 3:30 if you just want to hear a creepy #Runescape story)
Twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers
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Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
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i have never wanted to make a YouTube video before, but now i want to make one that's basically: Books Are Not Free Content For You, Stop Stealing From Authors, You Scabs.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
i have never wanted to make a YouTube video before, but now i want to make one that's basically: Books Are Not Free Content For You, Stop Stealing From Authors, You Scabs.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
we are not the enemy.
every dollar folks think they're taking from Amazon, they're taking from authors more.
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"Death of the artist" means when Amy Tan says "I did not intentionally put numerological symbolism in Joy Luck Club" you can go "ok but unconscious-you is very clever and it's in there anyhow."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Death of the artist" means when Amy Tan says "I did not intentionally put numerological symbolism in Joy Luck Club" you can go "ok but unconscious-you is very clever and it's in there anyhow."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.