"The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." Ursula K. Le Guin

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.

Everyone please please stop using ChatGPT you don’t need it believe me believe me

"In a saner time, that alone—even if no executive order or blatantly lawless action followed—would be a presidential scandal, revealing a commander in chief with nothing but contempt for the First Amendment, baseline constitutional values, and his own people." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

There will be many small moments in our lives moving forward that require a little bit of quiet bravery, of holding your breath while you do the necessary thing. And if your conscience is formed you will see those moments, and you will do those things. That level of bravery becomes your new baseline

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Something in the woods: horror A deer with a stick crown: folk horror A stick crown and fangs: creature horror It's disembowelling you: gore horror You grow fur and horns: body horror You're the deer now: possession horror You make these tiny mortals worship you, the horned god: cosmic horror

You will do readings where no one shows up. You will set up at events and sell no books. Rejection will show up in your inbox again and again. You will say “I wrote a book!” and folks will stay quiet or say “Cool!” and then not buy it. It’s all good. Part of the gig. KEEP AT IT.

Another trip to The McKittrick before the curtain...

My starter pack needs more space than the 150 allotted so I’ll make a part two of horror folk, creatives, and evil doers. Also, why does Bluesky allow me to change the title of the pack but the graphic still says “horror writers”. Anyways, go celebrate these artists go.bsky.app/QBuj23L

You're not an aspiring author. You're an author with aspirations. It's different 🖤

Good morning, Bluesky friends. There are some fantastic specific writers and publishers in the #writingcommunity on this app. I’ve curated a list of a few here: go.bsky.app/Pmq3Moa

Said with fond best wishes: I like the vibe here. Can we not bring the X derangement here in how we post? Perhaps just slower, less reactive, less about scoring points, or reflexive wisecracking? (humor is great, posting your, or my, first thought... often is not)

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

Hey everyone - I've made a Talking Scared starter pack. This features everyone who has been on the show (that I can find over here) and some people that I just think are great. go.bsky.app/6Wzc6Nq

Books are magic, always. But once or twice a year a book grabs me, shakes me, reminds me how special that magic is. Thanks for the reminder, @aijiang.bsky.social, thanks for the story!

Day 57: 83,268 words. And just like that, the 1st draft of novel #2 is in the bank. Onward!

Also:

A nice King find!

Nanowrimo Day 28: 50,236/50,000. And now onward to 90,000. Happy about this one. #NaNoWinner2023

As always, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com has excellent advice.

Nanowrimo Day 21: 38,014/50,000. Fuckin A.

Nanowrimo Day 14: 25,564/50,000. Slaying the dragon.

Nanowrimo Day 7: 12,949/50,000. Every day feels just a touch better than the day before. Getting there!

For those doing NaNoWriMo -- or, honestly, those just writing anything at all, ever -- some thoughts about how we can overly mythologize our own process and how sometimes you gotta blow it all up.

Nanowrimo Day 1: 1,971 words. Almost all of them barf. But only almost. There were at least a half dozen good words sprinkled in there.

Pleased to finally announce THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND, edited by myself and @cgolden.bsky.social- an original anthology based on the influential and seminal novel. Thanks to @stephenking.bsky.social for entrusting these two constant readers with this task.

BREAKING: GIANT WHALE INVADES TIMES SQUARE

Fascinating--and in some cases depressing--facts and figures from the Authors Guild's newly-released author income survey. There's news here for trad-pubbed, self-pubbed, and debut authors www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Friends, I got permanently suspended from Twitter for being mean to rich people and the place is dying anyway. I'm trying hard to rebuild something here, because this place is cool. Please help spread the word that I'm around. I write dark books and I think you'll like them. www.alanbaxter.com.au

3yo: Dad, I like spooky things. Me: You do, buddy? 3yo: Yeah. Only spooky things. Me: (and my heart grew 3 sizes that day)

Pure poetry, brutal and sensitive, gorgeous from page 1 to page end. It's lodged deep in my chest. Thank you, @danielkraus.bsky.social!

Life’s short. You deserve good things. Buy those books you want.