A.V. Avallone

New short musing about change, grief, and old #AnimalCrossing games ⚠️ cw: mention of suicide #amwriting #blog

This gave me a great laugh ngl

Fun but very hard exercise to pick 9 #videogames that shaped me and my tastes. Honorable mention for Animal Crossing: Wild World which literally changed my life trajectory, but that's less about the game itself. I can definitely see the influence they had in what I want to write 😬 my9games.net/en

Working on a submission for @uncertainstories.com which I think would actually have a decent shot at being picked - wish me luck to finish it before the deadline at the end of the month 💀 #amwriting #shortstory #writing

Starting an internet Trans noir called Jaw Filler the blurb of which promises something deeply unhinged and terminally online. The first paragraph DEFINITELY delivered.

One evening, two pizzas, and a lot of potential domain names later, I finally have my own author website! ✨ avwrites.fyi ✨ Thank you to the developer friend who babysat me through it and helped convert my code to Jekyll for easier posting. Also I'll never stop smirking at the domain name 🤭

In good #writing fashion, I spent the evening importing all my recent work and current drafts into #obsidian so I could have all of my projects in one place, instead of, you know, actually writing. Yay?

Playing #Demonschool and loving the clear #Persona influences. Maybe all these years of #gaming deep dive video essays did do something for my critical thinking skills after all?!

From Pity The Reader, #writing advice by #KurtVonnegut: the narrator/ character's reaction to something tells the reader that something is important. Ofc it's true, but it made me think how cool the flip side of it is – when the lack of reaction is used to establish a different type of normality

"Last year I wrote a zine titled 'I want to make a zine'. [...] This post is a spiritual successor to that." Trying to overcome artistic constipation, I wrote a short piece about not being able to write. You can read it here: avwrites.neocities.org/musings/i-want-to-write-again #writing #booksky

Rebranding this account to post about my writing instead of just duplicating my bookstagram. It'll keep the two a bit separate, and I won't have to verify I'm an adult AGAIN with Bluesky 🙄. Hello, #writing community! Hopefully you have space for one more person trying to get back into writing...

Inside of me there are two wolves. One is firmly against getting a Switch 2 due to Nintendo's anti consumer practises. The other one is me as a kid playing Viva Piñata on Xbox in the early 2000s. #Pokopia

If you're reading this and thinking, "I haven't read any," now's the perfect moment to start! If you're looking for an incomplete list of authors, I wrote an article in 2024 on the subject: thetransfemininereview.com/2024/10/09/b...

I hope I don’t need to say this but do not install a fucking protest app. Ever.

New website tracks which GPs are refusing HRT prescriptions https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/22/gp-trans-prescriptions/?utm_content=1769084401&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

I'm running this! So excited ✨

Recently discovered 2/3 of the books I was most excited to get from my wishlist are either out of print, US only, obscure novellas, were never physical books to begin with, or a mix of those things. Post-holiday shopping is gonna turn into a treasure hunt 💀

Me: reads 60 books in 2024 and 57 in 2025 Also me: obtains 60 books in 2024 and 50 in 2025 Also also me when my TBR doesn't shrink: #BookSky 💙📚

I really hope this sets a precedent that shows developers that AI use is not something the player base wants to see. Ever.

Congratulations on the win following the Clair Obscur debacle 🎉 this game lives rent free in my mind

Got the delightful @samfern.bsky.social to do a professional developmental review of my novella's first draft – a first ever for me – and oh my god now I just want to shut myself in and write but I need to wait until life is less... *gestures at everything* 10/10 would recommend

Lovely story. Free to read. How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This has been an absolute gut punch and something that CANNOT go ahead.

Oh this is a brilliant title.

The day I actually post a review again is also the day I get offered a complimentary copy of a book I was gonna try and source anyway. If this was the universe trying to give me a sign... Bit on the nose 🤏

I keep thinking about this recently ngl

@jacobgeller.com's How A Game Lives Deluxe Edition showed up on our doorstep today completely by surprise and it already has a full blown photoshoot planned. This is a wonderful piece of art, not only because of the writing, but because of its design, materials, colours – everything. Wonderful.

If you're trying to figure out where to donate this Pride season, whether its your own money or a corporate fund there's only one good answer at this point- DIRECTLY TO TRANS GFMS KO-FIS AND FUNDRAISERS. If you want to make actual change, since we know policymakers won't do shit, this is where.

@nicklutsko.bsky.social released Look At This Love today and I've already listened to it about a thousand times. Love at first listen. Thank you for this ❤️❤️❤️ youtu.be/39lG3hIlU-g?...

Between his and her Steering the Craft book, it's time for me to dive into Le Guin's work

Was reading about the #4chan hack on Reuters and brb gonna be laughing at this for the next 3-5 business days

Some clarity on this mess is greatly appreciated. Hug a trans loved one today.

I HAVE FINISHED MY RE-READ. MY THIRD EYE IS OPEN. I UNDERSTAND NOW. #BookSky 💙📚 #JeffVanderMeer #SouthernReach

February is the month I finally purge my #TBR and I've never done this before and I'm scared but IT'S TIME. This number hasn't budged in months, maybe a year - there's no way I still wanna read all of these 🤡 #BookSky 📚💙

Read Absolution when it came out, then restarted the whole series, and now about to come full circle by reading Absolution again. I'm so excited, having read the last three back to back, I feel like I'm going into this one with my third eye wide open 👁️ #SoutherReachSeries #JeffVanderMeer #BookSky 💙📚

Me after reaching the end of Acceptance by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social during my Southern Reach re-read #BookSky 📚💙

What's everyone cosying up with during Storm Eowyn? I have Acceptance by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social (first re-read of the whole series back to back!). Might also manage to finish The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye! #BookSky 📚💙

That's a wrap on 2024! 🎇 Last year I read 60 books (~18.5k pages), less than 2023's 86 books (~25.5k pages), but still very good! Both years had an average score of 3.7⭐, so still a solid score! My 2025 challenge will be to do more re-reads, and I'm already loving it! #BookSky 📚💙