My debut short story "Peach Season" has been published! You can read it now in The Carrier Bag. thecarrierbag.org/issues/a-loo...

We've got a full author line up this June! Check out these events and reserve your books today at bookmarkbeach.com

Spicy hot take: Even entry level jobs need to pay the COL, especially in high-profile and competitive fields. Not paying above the minimum COL means all your entry level employees are either going to go into debt or have family wealth, and neither is a good option.

As soon as I made this post I FOUND IT. Pandora's Formula by Hannah Yang. The way this story has STUCK WITH ME! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Looking for a short story that should be available online. About a young couple on their honeymoon when it is discovered a world ending gas could be created easily by anyone at a low budget. I literally cannot find it anywhere, I know I read it this year, please help.

You guys I am absolutely feral for this book. Truly rising the ranks of "books I am clawing the walls about", mostly because I currently do not have access to my own copy and I am being CRAZY about this fact.

"I asked Chat GPT" "I asked Grok" Well I asked my local independent bookseller and she said read more banned books.

I have to brag: yesterday I managed to successfully apply a screen protector to my phone without any bubbles.

Ok y’all the best group of people to see a hockey game is a bunch of romance readers

A moment of gratitude for my Aunts, who upon seeing me light up at the mention of crawfish, added them to our lunch order. They were phenomenal.

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

Always pleased to see The Warm Hands of Ghosts doing so well! It’s SUCH a marvelous book.

The new pens are SO pretty…I have told myself I am allowed to buy a fountain pen when my second story is ready to query.

THRILLED to announce my next graphic novel, FLIP, which hits bookstores Sept 23, 2025. 🔄✨ This is my most heartfelt, introspective, and autobiographical project to date. I can't wait for everyone to read it!!! Find out more here: flipgraphicnovel.com Pre-order here: bit.ly/4aoq3tv

Doing a hiking challenge with the girlies, and sometimes touching grass is just so good, even though it was freezing <3

It has been a YEAR for fanfiction (not in a good way). 🥲 Normally, we'd discuss all of this stuff on our "Year in Fandom" episode, but with the podcast on hiatus, I decided I'd write about these trends instead. What happens fanfiction scales—but participatory fan communities do not?

I have no regrets and no remorse.

Hello from Boo and Nutmeg! Is there anything better then a cat in your lap when you are reading? (Or possibly more distracting?)

journalists are (one of) the backbones of social media — having a space for breaking news and real-time communication is incredibly crucial for crises, information dissemination, and more and sure, political discourse can come along with "scrutiny and negativity," but what isn't political

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/24/on-reflection-its-very-uncool-readers-scrapbooks-of-pop-fandom This is so charming! I love seeing old scrap books, and it's why I am sad we no longer have physical ticket stubs...I love to save them in my planner.

I have a second day off which means a day to write...I need to write 1k new words, begin redrafting my novel's flashback chapter, and hopefully work out. I think I will begin by watching Kocowa.

This is already an extraordinary piece on the literature of Việt Nam in the New York Times, but this note especially blew me away—what a powerful argument against house style when it comes to foreign languages:

I started reading Zadie Smith's upcoming novel The Fraud yesterday, and so far it's really good! This has been my year of historical fiction, apparently! I also loved Killingly and Lady Tan's Circle of Women.

Making the first post on a new website is so stressful, I feel like I have to imbue it with extra meaning and intent.