I Know What I Said... But....

 There are updates you should know about if you still care to follow me. 

Social media and publishers and stuff like that.

I try so very hard not to be political in my public life. I know some people find that to be political in and of itself. By not being political is political. I loathe and detest politics and religion and everything designed to draw them v us lines. I have always hoped we can, as a people, rise above that. But, that is not going to be the case any time soon. In fact, it will get really bad, really quickly, and because I am non-binary and I have two trans children, I feel I have to draw lines now. 

After the election I chose to wait and watch, knowing that the incoming administration had planned. That was very clear. The watching was to see where other players would align. And I'm sorry to say that I can not continue to support platforms that have aligned to endanger me and mine.

So, it is with great sorrow that I inform you that I have pulled all but four books from Amazon. Right now those four books are still in KU until Sunday and I'm going to let them ride until then. I will pull them on Sunday night. I will not wait for them to fall out Monday morning. 

I know so many of you will not understand, and honestly, because Amazon is still where I make the most royalties, this was not done hastily and without thought. I've discussed this since November. I can not continue to add to the wealth of a person who sides with an ideology that will harm my family. You are indeed free to use any site you choose.

Right now, I am slowly updating all of my manuscript files and uploading through Draft 2 Digital to Smashwords, Tolino, Vivlio, Gardners, and Fable, to reach non US audiences who can't get Kobo yet. I have not chosen to list with the choice of libraries D2D offers yet, due to most of them having a tendency to block my more erotic books. But I will once I have all 33 books available again. At the moment only 10 of the 15 books I've uploaded to D2D are available, 5 have been in publishing mode for more than a week. So we wait.

You can find all but five books on Apple and Kobo, and in my Payhip store.

I am actively looking for an alternative to Payhip. 

I am also considering Substack. I, being an elder GenXer have no idea what Substack is, but I'm working on learning. I'm tired of learning new things. But alas, things change, and ya gotta roll with or turn into a Boomer.

About social media...

SIGHS!

Fucking social media. If I didn't need it I would leave all of it.

I left Twitter and will never return. I closed my Instagram mostly because I never used it, and I left Threads because I honestly didn't like the format. And that was before Meta chose to go darkside. I had planned to ride out the FB boycott this week but it we had a blizzard on the gulf coast and I chose to share that with the friends I still have there. But, as someone on Bluesky said just today, I will be staying on FB because I refuse to be driven from that site and someone needs to be there to fight the fight. Even if all I do is share snow day pictures that's what I'm going to do. As much light as I can into a world about to go really dark.

I am staying on TikTok even with the suspicion that it is now owned by Meta. And with hopes that I can get out of my own fucking way, I'll make content there. 

Book chatting and other less personal topics will be on Bluesky. I kinda like it there. I would encourage you to give it a try. Just like other platforms, it is what you make it to be. 

And about blogging.

I don't know. I'll keep to when I have something to report for now. If I feel the need to do that more often then I will.

For now, my birthday is Monday. I'm looking for boxed Butter Pecan cake, which seems to have disappeared from stores in my area, and after that, who knows. 

Maybe I'll share a personal secret I've been keeping for the past year.

Later.

And I hope it's warm where you are, because it sure as hell isn't here.

Peace,

Mercy

My back yard last night.