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I've Joined The Creator Accountability Network

I've joined the Creator Accountability Network (CAN) as a provisionally credentialed creator! The provisional period is three months long, and at the end of that time I'll be fully credentialed if nothing disqualifying comes to light.  I'll be excerpting details from their website as the best way to explain what this is and what it means for me as a content creator and for you as readers and audience members. The short version is that I've undergone ethics training as part of the credentialing process, and that if you feel my actions have harmed you (now or in the future), you can report harassment, abuse, or other harm to CAN. Quotes in the rest of this post are from CAN's website as of August 16th, 2025. Here's the long version: From CAN's mission and purpose statements:  "The Creator Accountability Network empowers Community Members to build trust with Content Creators through ethical training and credentialing, victim-centered reporting of unethical...

Clear Your Shit: Faeries! (Mini Boss Battle #1: First Book or Sequel)

Just as dawn was breaking, everyone in the forest was swarmed by faeries, each one yelling different things at us. The faeries told Heather that because she buys books instead of going to therapy, she had to read her most emotional book or else they would kidnap her and set her books on fire! I put my hands over my ears but could still hear the faeries telling me that because I buy full series without reading the first book, I had to read a first book or a sequel or else the faeries would spoil the endings of all the series I was currently reading. Tears streaming down my face, I grabbed by copy of The Toll by Neal Shusterman and tried to concentrate amid the screams of the faeries and the sobbing of my fellow peasants. Gradually the whole camp quieted down as everyone read while the faeries hovered and glared, sometimes whispering new torments when someone seemed distracted.

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