2026-04-17T21:44:04Z https://yabu.me Adara Astin https://yabu.me/npub1n3ad29hs9kxdyv8nv5y2sw4yphfd6ldkcm3lu4ka8hdpe7ur8aks454uz7 https://media.supervolcano.angryshark.eu/accounts/avatars/114/936/247/766/901/312/original/a3885f4c09c74be5.jpg https://media.supervolcano.angryshark.eu/accounts/avatars/114/936/247/766/901/312/original/a3885f4c09c74be5.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz5eqnn8s4wgmxv2ggmg05ahlrnauxcgnrqr42wras27e52skxtegzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6f25vul Something that listeners may not know about the world of audiobooks:<br/><br/>Authors choose which platforms to sell their audiobooks on. Narrators don&#39;t!<br/><br/>Narrators are guns for hire. We show up and do the work, but authors control the business decision.<br/><br/>Listeners sometimes tell me that they wish the books I narrate were available on a particular platform, or that they *weren&#39;t* on particular big monopoly sites.Me too, friends! But as a narrator I don&#39;t call those shots.<br/><br/>#Audiobook #Audiobooks #Bookstodon 2026-04-02T17:21:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw9zmwtqufka5vkq7lha690y4jm6v7upy2wpazlj4gj8tkxjp48mqzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6lmxjmx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx36lpgwymfct97vnvcenvqmn9e40m3vesd27ypw2473y6h75sefcxctkj4'>nevent1q…tkj4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope you&#39;re finding ways to fill the time while you rest your eyes.<br/><br/>*If audiobooks are your cup of tea, I&#39;d gladly give you any of mine as a gift. DM me if you&#39;d like one and we&#39;ll figure it out. And if they aren&#39;t your thing, that&#39;s fine (they aren&#39;t for everyone) -- I&#39;m still sending you every good wish. 2026-03-01T11:52:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspannpjlp8jecddalk0x96h7w4paz8a3fnk4aqf7jurke5nh6v5mczyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6556yzp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwjedx0cq97dvg28m42mx2x7npdh4xaauey00fh4a0v5gl5y3mhcnrj036'>nevent1q…j036</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope you continue to enjoy your newly in-focus world. 2026-02-28T04:18:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy88c2v28938mxqtyzrjxfmww6f5w6xg94963urackuh0ahr7sawgzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6xu6kvh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxphufzv4qua58khm858akdg2uzgn3ftrg9tlx306g26rkutj2gfccnyxmz'>nevent1q…yxmz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is wonderfully exciting! 2026-02-27T02:49:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstasp29pyj3w8y7gdd3z48juv0et3wu6z56u59ucp20sfkezx89uqzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk692xhmm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0m9u5p2hv3xypsmj3xrm5krfcwark86fvsy000jwll8u5kfsaqhsedy4s8'>nevent1q…y4s8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for the update! I&#39;m thrilled for you to hear it&#39;s going so well. 2026-02-26T17:11:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyvp27v3vzlk2e3tfjzw6m4308v0tlewp8mklf2jvlc5ve5hvlqrszyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6fmshqf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88655fsnpg5ul4s3c37ujydff6esk6yzg7z5hnwa0n4zn9rteupql7uj5m'>nevent1q…uj5m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is why I go out of my way to make my friends feel valued, accepted and appreciated.<br/><br/>Because I have no idea how vulnerable or secure anyone is feeling in a given moment.<br/><br/>I adore my friends. And when they most need to know that, they are typically least able to ask. 2025-12-19T10:19:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvwnv9vwzw9yeutm9te4ecvpsgk7r0evtxyg74u902fke6kgp8nqczyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6qt7fts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9dqe2p9zq86ymy8cfljjn8dt9nndnsxl6jwmm3d69f7l3ztnq8c4m8a9w'>nevent1q…8a9w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More people are indicating that they listen to scifi audiobooks than I expected!<br/><br/>I&#39;ll point out that I have narrated one science fiction audiobook, which is hard to find in my catalogue: The Giantess Slave, by Amber Collins.<br/><br/>It&#39;s super short, low spice, campy, and fun! I had a blast performing the Mad Lady Scientist Voice, too. <br/><br/>(It&#39;s also a book that multiple listeners have told me that they like to play to help them fall asleep -- it&#39;s an odd kind of back-handed compliment, but if it&#39;s helping people fall asleep I&#39;m happy about that!)<br/><br/>You can learn more about the audiobook and listen to a sample where it&#39;s listed on Apple Books, Amazon and Audible:<br/><br/><a href="https://geni.us/TGSla">https://geni.us/TGSla</a><br/><br/>2/n<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jk7lx7p3glzzy7pwn9z860zpvcm2ung2kx04sksux4da6ah2hhpq3879rj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Audio Fiction</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jk7…79rj</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#audiobook #Audiobooks #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Giantess #GiantWoman #CrushFetish #Macrophilia #SizeFantasy #MadScientist 2025-12-14T22:24:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg9dqe2p9zq86ymy8cfljjn8dt9nndnsxl6jwmm3d69f7l3ztnq8czyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6747fnw A little poll about audiobooks for people who follow me!<br/><br/>I&#39;m curious how many of my followers listen to audiobooks. I&#39;m guessing that a lot of you do and that&#39;s why/how you found me, but also that not all of you do -- and some of you probably don&#39;t know I&#39;m an audiobook narrator.<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t have enough poll options to include non-fiction, but if you like non-fic audiobooks, I&#39;d love to know that, too. <br/><br/>If I&#39;d had more poll options, I would have also included the chance to indicate that you didn&#39;t know I narrate audiobooks -- I&#39;m also really curious about that.<br/><br/>Please feel free to say more in the comments! <br/><br/>And if you haven&#39;t checked out my narration work, you can find my books here:<br/><br/><a href="https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f">https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f</a><br/><br/>1/n<br/><br/>#Poll #Audiobook #Audiobooks #Romance #Erotica #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Audiofiction #Audiodrama 2025-12-14T09:23:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsftyqv9w7s9hspe0q4vpkf69a4yevc43cywt6hvrwze82sn9zensgzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6e4k8tx I used to ask, when a guy was getting out of line with me: &#34;How would you feel if someone treated your mom / sister / daughter this way?&#34; or &#34;How would you want your mom / sister / daughter to respond in this kind of situation?&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s a way to reframe me, even though I&#39;m a woman, as a human being who deserves respect and decency, not an object or an NPC.<br/><br/>But I think all these years I&#39;ve been doing it wrong. <br/><br/>Instead, I now ask: &#34;Would you treat your (male) boss or another high status man this way?&#34; or &#34;Would you behave this way in front of your boss or another man who wields power in your life?&#34;<br/><br/>Because it was never about me at all. It&#39;s about whether they&#39;ll face consequences for their actions. 2025-11-19T05:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswgjwjgsvjdhqxuu9lunuxzu32uvkr9yy3g99wu2r90fsn22kvaqqzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk69rr88v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tll3ky27zsajrpyaqg5ydzp7m6h7ssg28047tqh79sjehr4crwclqfeas'>nevent1q…feas</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We would also accept &#34;quicksand&#34;.<br/><br/>(Whatever happened to quicksand???) 2025-11-12T11:35:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9p378qkuqrkcjxj0dj0cq3p23ghvejapkuazr9v24jphzvqx0cegzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6hadg29 I used to do a post for National Redhead Day to promote my audibooks with redheads -- but I changed instances (when Smutlandia went offline), and I no longer remember which books they are. 😅 <br/><br/>If you&#39;ve listened to any of my books that include redheads, can you let me know which ones?<br/><br/>&#34;Lust&#34; by Kelsie Calloway has a redhead if I recall correctly -- because it&#39;s a big deal to the male love interest. <a href="https://geni.us/Lust7">https://geni.us/Lust7</a><br/><br/>I think there are one or two others as well. <br/><br/>I&#39;m really laughing at myself that I can&#39;t recall this at the moment. (Some of the books I narrated years ago.)<br/><br/>#NationalRedheadDay 2025-11-06T05:42:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspsnuhgkd0pj9n6356stzgmma5z465sl6c8s5hk8054ttkgscw4qgzyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk64smuac I was talking with a friend about dating apps, privacy, security and safety.<br/><br/>They are using Feeld, which lets you tag specific kinks -- and which changed their TOS about 2 years ago (IIRC) to specify that they sell user data. (In a massive betrayal of the trust and safety of their user base.)<br/><br/>My friend&#39;s response was that they aren&#39;t ashamed of who they are and if an app wants to sell their data, no big deal.<br/><br/>My position was that in a time of rising fascism, it&#39;s really worth thinking about how in the 1930&#39;s, IBM set up the systems to tag and sort people by &#34;undesirable&#34; qualities. In Germany. <br/><br/>I fear for people with all my heart. <br/><br/>For the reading comprehension impaired, let me be clear: I&#39;m not telling anyone not to live their life. I&#39;m saying be smart, raise your game on privacy and security, and keep yourself and your people as safe as you can in a brutal world.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gmnuxx4vhn5hs7zfcqst9ev2ra7s9hflz4yvnaasqpf8338mek8sgszh7q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Em :official_verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gmn…zh7q</span>)</a></span> wrote a great article on data privacy and dating apps (with a focus on queer apps but also relevant to any dating apps).<br/><br/>Read it, share it with your people, and act on it.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/">https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/</a><br/><br/>#Dating #QueerDating #DatingApps #SurveillanceCapitalism #DataBrokers #DatingApp #Privacy #PrivacyGuides 2025-09-02T02:09:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstnvumerhz3vqtj0tycun586t7yxclk49q7n758c8mngdv2e6hjjczyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6alnun5 It&#39;s almost the end of the month &amp; you know what that means!<br/><br/>It&#39;s a great time to boost your fave indie artists by buying from us, subscribing to our newsletters, reviewing our work, leaving a tip, etc.<br/><br/>Your support lets us keep making art for you. Thank you! 💕 <br/><br/>PS If you are an Audible member and you have credits leftover at the end of the month, why not treat yourself to a steamy audiobook? You can find my audiobooks here:<br/><br/><a href="https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f">https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f</a> <br/><br/>* Boosts appreciated *<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cv7zv98xhvtpxn6hyycmng5e3tsr0x0wfw272lvyvt8g0ql40hyq4yzn8l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>art group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cv7…zn8l</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1skdmtjuzy0n3y6mzff02d8fsnep5hd85xxrwaa5nux6jd9ttyfrsvxz9az" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>audiobooks group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1skd…z9az</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <br/>#Art #IndieArtists #Audiobook #Audiobooks<br/> <img src="https://media.supervolcano.angryshark.eu/media_attachments/files/115/082/343/615/454/826/original/588f112fa382685d.webp"> <br/> 2025-08-24T06:38:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ekz9x29l44c2gxuwh3a5lcnt8mn6cyh0ld3upy3cuz5p5s867zszyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6p6ja69 If you are looking for high spice audiobooks, a good place to start in my catalogue is &#34;Lockdown and Dirty&#34; by Guy White.<br/><br/>If your cute roommate wanted to solve your laundry problems by making the apartment a no-clothes zone, what would you do?<br/><br/>Lockdown and Dirty is a high heat/slow-burn friends-to-lovers story about roommates too shy to make the first move. It&#39;s an erotic romance on the theme of active, enthusiastic consent. It&#39;s extremely hot, it&#39;s one of my most popular audibooks, and Guy and I won an audiobook award for it.<br/><br/>If you like &#34;wholesome but also inexplicably hot&#34; stories, this one is for you. <br/><br/><a href="https://geni.us/LDAD2">https://geni.us/LDAD2</a><br/><br/>#Audiobook #Audiobooks #Bookstodon #Romance #Romancelandia #Erotica <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1skdmtjuzy0n3y6mzff02d8fsnep5hd85xxrwaa5nux6jd9ttyfrsvxz9az" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>audiobooks group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1skd…z9az</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1me9m8lh6kfs63q39vja8phwyw5hc7quwaxw7h2accepkc6g0w2wqf6z28v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Romancelandia group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1me9…z28v</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1444n9hg6pvv26x5wxgjune33e0rja5vkf02rcelp4zt5nl2qxpaqv97858" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>smutstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1444…7858</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://media.supervolcano.angryshark.eu/media_attachments/files/114/964/421/535/895/209/original/37988c3f49439d40.png"> <br/> 2025-08-03T10:47:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfw6szz70fm8rjhxy6jv4ugfq8e7u84scglagc8ca30haa2y5mcsczyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk6ywnqfg It&#39;s almost the end of the month &amp; you know what that means!<br/><br/>It&#39;s a great time to boost your fave indie artists by buying from us, subscribing to our newsletters, reviewing our work, leaving a tip, etc.<br/><br/>Your support lets us keep making art for you. Thank you! 💋<br/><br/>PS You can find my audiobooks (and all my links) here: <a href="https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f">https://adaraastin.ck.page/87de3a4c9f</a><br/><br/>If you are an Audible member and you have credits leftover at the end of the month, why not treat yourself to a steamy audiobook? 💋 <br/><br/>* Boosts appreciated *<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cv7zv98xhvtpxn6hyycmng5e3tsr0x0wfw272lvyvt8g0ql40hyq4yzn8l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>art group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cv7…zn8l</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1skdmtjuzy0n3y6mzff02d8fsnep5hd85xxrwaa5nux6jd9ttyfrsvxz9az" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>audiobooks group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1skd…z9az</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#Art #IndieArtists #Audiobook #Audiobooks #Bookstodon<br/> <img src="https://media.supervolcano.angryshark.eu/media_attachments/files/114/940/438/769/232/407/original/6d4cfa626a8ab140.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-30T05:12:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrtc9ht2j9kjkteevuxl8kqxjwvuxp2f56we3g3t3dcadfgxrxauczyzw844gk7qkce53s7djs32p65sxa9htakmrw8ljkm57a588msvlk62evvpm This reviewer on Audible knows the way to an audiobook narrator&#39;s heart! 🥰<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1skdmtjuzy0n3y6mzff02d8fsnep5hd85xxrwaa5nux6jd9ttyfrsvxz9az" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>audiobooks group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1skd…z9az</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>#Audiobook #Audiobooks #AudiobookNarrator #Review #Bookstodon<br/> <img src="https://media.supervolcano.angryshark.eu/media_attachments/files/114/940/358/340/912/817/original/49fa65b2cf6dea86.png"> <br/> 2025-07-30T04:45:07Z