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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: Unhelpful Bartender (Fantasy)

After another day of traveling we arrive at a new town instead of more forest. Since we've been on the road for what feels like forever we stop by the local bar. It looks like some of our fellow questing peasants are here too. When we ask where the witch's tower is, the bartender starts telling us a fairytale. I scribble notes in the margins of Vampires Never Get Old (edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker). When she finally finishes the tale I thank her and then settle down at a table to finish reading the anthology.

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