Doing #ChristmasCryptid edits from my beta readers. I know the ending is off and the book is due to my editor on Friday. So... let's dive in!

#AmEditing #AmWriting #Books

America: Cancer? Work until you die. We are lean-staffing so the boss can buy a second island. Also, your family is now financially ruined.

Australia: You get 5 years off work at 90% pay. You will pay $50 out of pocket for meds and we will give you a team of doctors, psychologists, and house cleaners.

My friend in Australia has cancer and the treatment plan includes paycheck protection, free medical care, in-home help... if we'd had that in the USA 30 years ago I wouldn't have grown up in poverty. My life would have been drastically different.

My mom was a single mom with cancer in the USA in the 90's. It was awful. We lived in abject poverty and sometimes didn't have running water or lights. Food was always scarce. I bought no new clothes for over eight years because we couldn't afford it.

You are already magical, my lovelies.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

<3

Kiddo asked me today what would happen if we woke up tomorrow and everyone had magic. And, sadly, the answer is that we'd probably not notice in a year or two.

We trapped winter in a box to make a fridge. We have fractured sunlight and tame lightning we control with a flick of our finger. We all carry a box of magic rocks that can communicate with people across the world.

We have magic. We use it every day. And we think it's ordinary.

I need to catch up on #TheDouble.

#Cdrama

It's Monday morning - I still have edits to do, a house to clean, and a suitcase to pack so let's get to it!

#LianaEdits #Writing #Editing

AI is going to break the internet, but not in a good way.

You see, the easiest way to avoid AI is to not use digital anything. Print books. Hand drawn art. Live musicians. Hand written letters.

AI can't replace those. AI can't fake that.