EEEEE IT IS TIME

See me in Des Moines tomorrow!!!!

LAUGHS IN MILLENNIAL WAVES HANDS AT EVERYTHING “IT WAS A CLEAR BLUE SKY ON TUESDAY MORNING —“

Thinking a lot about that part of V for Vendetta where the talk show host does a Benny Hill skit making fun of the PM. No reason. Usually it’s the “I had roses” segment but today it’s Benny Hill.

"I wanted to write a character who, on my worst days, could inspire me to at least try." -Martin Cahill talking about Audition for the Fox and stories about what it means to keep moving when the world feels terrible.

St. Louis I am in you!

Tomorrow tomorrow! @veronicarothbooks.com will be in St. Louis tomorrow!

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

I'm just gonna go with the three I saw at the theater in the same day because they happened to be playing and I was a college student who kept sneaking into auditoriums with no idea what was coming. So you must suffer, too. Sweeney Todd There Will Be Blood Little Miss Sunshine

That sounds amazing! 🎉✨ Traveling SFF Book Festival is a dream come true for any fan! Can't wait to hear about your adventures! #SFFCommunity #BookLovers 📚💖

A routine reminder that "THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD" is out in the world. Amazing reviews from WaPo, Library Journal, Booklist, Locus, Shelf Awareness, and a big ol star from PW. I do not have it in me to do the fancy quote carousel rn, but people said it's good. Sapphic Orpheus ahoy!

I am so. So. SO. Excited to be a part of the Traveling SFF Book Festival. www.yumekitasei.com/travelingsff...

This is what living in Minneapolis for two years has done to me. In a line to get on the train in Chicago, I look to a dude who has the same CPAP carrying case as me and go, "Twinsies!" He did not reciprocate my enthusiasm.

Another dog question has arisen. Yes, as long as Nera exists, she can talk to dogs.

New Widely Read available for your Saturday reading pleasure. This essay talks about my struggles with writing/publishing poetry and @christenkauffman.bsky.social 's book which helped pull me (at least for now) out of my dread. Thanks for reading! widely-read.ghost.io/myself-my-po...

Without downloading new pictures, where are you mentally?

Getting my grad class ready. Woo hoo!

15 years ago today I met a beautiful woman downtown. I caught sight of her before she caught sight of me. She was searching a map for where to find me. I said her name. She turned around. And I saw the light in her eyes. When she hugged me, she was welcoming me home. Tonight we eat Taco Bell 🛎️😂

I craft a post on Canva about my book, painstakingly learning graphic design and marketing = 2 likes I write something like "Farts" and push enter = 20000000 likes

Authors I always recommend to my students: @isaac-fellman.bsky.social @yumewrites.bsky.social @wiswell.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social @rykaaoki.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @littlebadger.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @samtasticbooks.com

Got my vaccine. Hooray!!!

My autobiography title would be "Enter, Pursued by a Bear."

Who would your six people be? www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-...

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

Me getting home from Printer's Row: And that marks the season of travel for Lighthouse, what a great summer. Me checking my calendar: WELL NEVER MIND I'M NOT IN TOWN FOR A WHOLE WEEK UNTIL LIKE NOVEMBER OKAY. St. Louis Ames Omaha FoF (unnannounced) Decorah Traveling SFF Show WOW.

TODAY IS THE DAY! Lighthouse has returned home. In the background you can’t see it but it’s the lake.

SEE YA THERE

Needed to be more. You wouldn’t steal a car would you

Heading to Printer's Row in the mornin'. Come check me and Rita Woods out at 11 AM on the North Stage on Sunday! If you are the first to ask for the Gurty pin you get a free one. Also please bring me deep dish. XD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEE!

Have you ever wanted to yell at me for killing a character or ask me where Sparks came from or just chat about Disney theme parks for an hour? I've got a Chill N Chat at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social !!!!!!!

I just want to scream that there's a queer speculative magazine coming into the world in 2026 and I CANNOT WAIT. @othersidespec.bsky.social

Who would your six people be? www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-...

Someone said I looked 26 yesterday and I’m turning 38 this week and I’m gonna take this vain little win.

Hi did you know that there's a sapphic Orpheus book that came out this summer? It's like if you threw Hadestown and ace lesbians into a blender and gave it a PW star and anyway here's my book. moonpalacebooks.com/item/3Czr8Ta...

I have this dream of putting up all the praise quotes on a carousel on Instagram for LIGHTHOUSE, because there are so many and they're so fucking wonderful. But today I could only make myself post one. And that's what I could do. Ugh, brain, WORK.

The amount of times I've been on instagram and wanted to share a funny meme with my wife but because Worldcon just happened I almost have sent said funny memes to the "Lunch Crew"

This week is MY BIIIIIIRTHDAY and this weekend is PRINTERS ROOOOOW

I swear there are happy parts!

Good night from my perfect boy who has never done anything wrong.

Yup im gonna be at FoF!

Y'all I wrote on Book Three tonight. Please clap for me it was hard.

The hottest of hot takes: A blog post that compares a conservative backlash against abstract art in the 1920s to a more recent conservative backlash against literary speculative fiction. Come at me bro, if you take umbrage at technological determinism. Post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/hot-...

Oh ... what's this? Tour Part Deux? MIDWEST I AM COMING AT YOU. Some amazing events with Rita Woods, @jayeviner.bsky.social , @mattmason.bsky.social (Bookworm), and can't wait to be in convo with @veronicarothbooks.com on her tour!!!!!!!

Hi all. My birthday is next week. If you feel like dropping me a birthday present, here’s my ko-fi! Birthday birthday 🎂 ! ko-fi.com/jrdawsonwriter

i HAVE to look at nametags. I am CHRONICALLY BAD at names. I am not an auditory learner. To the point where I struggle with podcasts and audiobooks. When you say your name out loud all I hear is "Hi, I'm OHGODPLEASEPAYATTENTIONIAMGOINGTOIMMEDIATELYFORGETTHISNAMEWASITSUSANBLORGBLORGBLORGIMSOSCREWED"

Putting this here for no reason at all.

Hi all. My birthday is next week. If you feel like dropping me a birthday present, here’s my ko-fi! Birthday birthday 🎂 ! ko-fi.com/jrdawsonwriter

Looking back on writing LIGHTHOUSE, I remember it being easy peasy. But there's a tiktok of me sobbing and crashing out on my couch during zero draft, so ... clearly the tiktok's fabricated and my memory is impeccable.

Today on my "things to do" I have included: "Write that fucking wizard book."