Skyla Dawn Cameron
@skyladawn.ca
Mystery/UF/Horror writer of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak unless she expects to say something that will amaze the whole room. Also a cat lady. Very tired. skyladawncameron.com patreon.com/skyladawncameron Cranky Canadian
Seeing him doing well right now helps counter feeling like a monster with Libby more than just about anything else is, at least I've managed to do something right.
He's fortified by many tubes of pureed salmon, thank you again to everyone for supporting him. ❤️
He's fortified by many tubes of pureed salmon, thank you again to everyone for supporting him. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Seeing him doing well right now helps counter feeling like a monster with Libby more than just about anything else is, at least I've managed to do something right.
He's fortified by many tubes of pureed salmon, thank you again to everyone for supporting him. ❤️
He's fortified by many tubes of pureed salmon, thank you again to everyone for supporting him. ❤️
And that's without gabapentin, I'm watching for signs of discomfort now rather than just giving it constantly because even a low dose dopes him up so much. The pred should be helping with pain from inflammation and clearly he feels good right now (like CLEARLY).
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
And that's without gabapentin, I'm watching for signs of discomfort now rather than just giving it constantly because even a low dose dopes him up so much. The pred should be helping with pain from inflammation and clearly he feels good right now (like CLEARLY).
If two vets hadn't felt the tumour, you'd have no idea right now that he has one, omg.
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If two vets hadn't felt the tumour, you'd have no idea right now that he has one, omg.
He was wrestling with Shawn and then wandered around yowling and then I saw movement and thought "huh, who's chasing around a mouse?" AND IT WAS RODNEY. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
He was wrestling with Shawn and then wandered around yowling and then I saw movement and thought "huh, who's chasing around a mouse?" AND IT WAS RODNEY. ❤️
Putting Freedom back on now to go write some Patreon things that people will complain are Patreon things but I don't care. Please everyone be normal in my mentions, I'm losing a cat on Friday and it's just a really grim week.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Putting Freedom back on now to go write some Patreon things that people will complain are Patreon things but I don't care. Please everyone be normal in my mentions, I'm losing a cat on Friday and it's just a really grim week.
I could probably make a killing if I just repeated the funny narrator + spooky standalone thing but I can't write the same book twice, that's boring, so I'll just continue writing wildly different things that 80% of Dweller readers bounce off of since apparently my brain hates money.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I could probably make a killing if I just repeated the funny narrator + spooky standalone thing but I can't write the same book twice, that's boring, so I'll just continue writing wildly different things that 80% of Dweller readers bounce off of since apparently my brain hates money.
My top-selling book this year was not the new release from this year. Guesses?
It was Dweller.
Still. I think it was last year, too.
It came out in 2022 lol.
It was Dweller.
Still. I think it was last year, too.
It came out in 2022 lol.
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My top-selling book this year was not the new release from this year. Guesses?
It was Dweller.
Still. I think it was last year, too.
It came out in 2022 lol.
It was Dweller.
Still. I think it was last year, too.
It came out in 2022 lol.
Especially when they flaunt it in writers' mentions and use real issues and real people as shields. I am kind of left doubting all these folks claiming to love literature and art so much when they're out there antagonizing the people who make it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Especially when they flaunt it in writers' mentions and use real issues and real people as shields. I am kind of left doubting all these folks claiming to love literature and art so much when they're out there antagonizing the people who make it.
There are a lot of people who expect everyone else to pick up the slack, and I do have a huge problem when that's folks of means, with every opportunity, who simply feel it's their god-given right to take whatever they want whenever they want, and cosplay as virtuous when they're just assholes.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
There are a lot of people who expect everyone else to pick up the slack, and I do have a huge problem when that's folks of means, with every opportunity, who simply feel it's their god-given right to take whatever they want whenever they want, and cosplay as virtuous when they're just assholes.
You believe everyone should have access to free art?
Great!
You can start.
Write a book. Write ten. Devote the next five years to being able to write books people want to read, revise and polish what you write, and then upload them to piracy sites and tell everyone they're in the public domain.
Great!
You can start.
Write a book. Write ten. Devote the next five years to being able to write books people want to read, revise and polish what you write, and then upload them to piracy sites and tell everyone they're in the public domain.
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You believe everyone should have access to free art?
Great!
You can start.
Write a book. Write ten. Devote the next five years to being able to write books people want to read, revise and polish what you write, and then upload them to piracy sites and tell everyone they're in the public domain.
Great!
You can start.
Write a book. Write ten. Devote the next five years to being able to write books people want to read, revise and polish what you write, and then upload them to piracy sites and tell everyone they're in the public domain.
You claim to care about poor and disabled people on fixed incomes and that's why YOU need to pirate?
I beg of you, as a poor person who is alive because she can WFH while taking immunosuppressants: get my name out of your mouth. Poor and disabled people make a living creating art--support it.
I beg of you, as a poor person who is alive because she can WFH while taking immunosuppressants: get my name out of your mouth. Poor and disabled people make a living creating art--support it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
You claim to care about poor and disabled people on fixed incomes and that's why YOU need to pirate?
I beg of you, as a poor person who is alive because she can WFH while taking immunosuppressants: get my name out of your mouth. Poor and disabled people make a living creating art--support it.
I beg of you, as a poor person who is alive because she can WFH while taking immunosuppressants: get my name out of your mouth. Poor and disabled people make a living creating art--support it.
You're a westerner who believes piracy is necessary for people in the global south? Stop using them as a shield and buy books to offset the ones others pirate because of lack of access. If you want there to be more books for people to pirate, use your privilege to support the people writing them.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
You're a westerner who believes piracy is necessary for people in the global south? Stop using them as a shield and buy books to offset the ones others pirate because of lack of access. If you want there to be more books for people to pirate, use your privilege to support the people writing them.
So you want to support piracy because you believe everyone should have access?
Great! If you have a library, sign up and request books.
Censorship a concern? Find out how you can get involved and support your library in more ways. This helps your community and writers get paid.
Great! If you have a library, sign up and request books.
Censorship a concern? Find out how you can get involved and support your library in more ways. This helps your community and writers get paid.
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So you want to support piracy because you believe everyone should have access?
Great! If you have a library, sign up and request books.
Censorship a concern? Find out how you can get involved and support your library in more ways. This helps your community and writers get paid.
Great! If you have a library, sign up and request books.
Censorship a concern? Find out how you can get involved and support your library in more ways. This helps your community and writers get paid.
You come on her to chastise us and mock us and try to guilt us, and sure, we can't stop piracy! But there are consequences to every action. This is why series end early. This is why some people stop publishing altogether.
Someone always pays somewhere for what's "free". Always.
Someone always pays somewhere for what's "free". Always.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You come on her to chastise us and mock us and try to guilt us, and sure, we can't stop piracy! But there are consequences to every action. This is why series end early. This is why some people stop publishing altogether.
Someone always pays somewhere for what's "free". Always.
Someone always pays somewhere for what's "free". Always.
Whether it's "people are too poor to buy" or "people who want to read it can't buy/borrow in their region"--it doesn't matter. The end result is there is no paying audience, so that series is cancelled and I suppose I'll try to come up with something else that might appeal to people who will buy it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Whether it's "people are too poor to buy" or "people who want to read it can't buy/borrow in their region"--it doesn't matter. The end result is there is no paying audience, so that series is cancelled and I suppose I'll try to come up with something else that might appeal to people who will buy it.
Ever if I WANTED to, I can't. I have tried--I'm over forty, I'm chronically ill, and I'm fucking exhausted. My brain and body physically cannot do that.
So yes, I look at sales over time, comparing books. I look at downloads. What do you think happens when I see more downloads than purchases?
So yes, I look at sales over time, comparing books. I look at downloads. What do you think happens when I see more downloads than purchases?
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ever if I WANTED to, I can't. I have tried--I'm over forty, I'm chronically ill, and I'm fucking exhausted. My brain and body physically cannot do that.
So yes, I look at sales over time, comparing books. I look at downloads. What do you think happens when I see more downloads than purchases?
So yes, I look at sales over time, comparing books. I look at downloads. What do you think happens when I see more downloads than purchases?
Someone has to pay for me to write and publish books that no one is buying. It's not the rent fairy. It's not my spouse (I'm single). I cannot spend fifty hours a week freelancing to pay bills and then another fifty hours a week writing/revising books to publish for people to take without paying.
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Someone has to pay for me to write and publish books that no one is buying. It's not the rent fairy. It's not my spouse (I'm single). I cannot spend fifty hours a week freelancing to pay bills and then another fifty hours a week writing/revising books to publish for people to take without paying.
I keep hearing over and over here "people who pirate wouldn't buy it anyway" and I have some issues with that, but taking it at face value: okay! Sure! Let's take that as truth.
If more people are downloading illegally rather than buying, it tells me that the primary audience is not a paying one.
If more people are downloading illegally rather than buying, it tells me that the primary audience is not a paying one.
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I keep hearing over and over here "people who pirate wouldn't buy it anyway" and I have some issues with that, but taking it at face value: okay! Sure! Let's take that as truth.
If more people are downloading illegally rather than buying, it tells me that the primary audience is not a paying one.
If more people are downloading illegally rather than buying, it tells me that the primary audience is not a paying one.
That is how the world, unfortunately, works.
You're an independent author with no advertising budget, no marketing team, no support--and your new release has sold less than forty copies in six months but is racking up downloads.
What does that tell you about your audience?
You're an independent author with no advertising budget, no marketing team, no support--and your new release has sold less than forty copies in six months but is racking up downloads.
What does that tell you about your audience?
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
That is how the world, unfortunately, works.
You're an independent author with no advertising budget, no marketing team, no support--and your new release has sold less than forty copies in six months but is racking up downloads.
What does that tell you about your audience?
You're an independent author with no advertising budget, no marketing team, no support--and your new release has sold less than forty copies in six months but is racking up downloads.
What does that tell you about your audience?
You can offer a litany of reasons why piracy is necessary. Some might even be true. For me, artists' consent should come first--but putting that aside for a second.
If you're making a living in the arts, someone's still gotta buy your books or you can no longer afford to publish more books.
If you're making a living in the arts, someone's still gotta buy your books or you can no longer afford to publish more books.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
You can offer a litany of reasons why piracy is necessary. Some might even be true. For me, artists' consent should come first--but putting that aside for a second.
If you're making a living in the arts, someone's still gotta buy your books or you can no longer afford to publish more books.
If you're making a living in the arts, someone's still gotta buy your books or you can no longer afford to publish more books.