Finally reading @mikechenwriter.bsky.social's VAMPIRE WEEKEND and while I'm 2 years overdue, I'm also exactly on time because I just started learning guitar. Now I just need to find a Louise to teach me, lol.

Welcome to Void Week, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.

I have a happy sourdough starter I can pull out of the fridge anytime I want *and* I can successfully bake with it. Considering bread and I were mortal enemies for several decades (well, in the "why won't it bake for me" department), this is a considerable improvement.

I've discovered a small 85% cocoa dark chocolate bar that has 25% of my daily iron requirement. I've lovingly nicknamed it mama Kai's iron supplement.

Finished the dayjob nonsense yesterday which apparently means now the stress catches up with my body. Brb, gonna induce a coma

I dreamt that one of my books received a gorgeous special illustrated edition only to open it up and immediately have to wonder if all the illustrations were just genAI. Thanks for invading my dreams, jerks. :(

Welcome to Void Week, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.

Sigh. Yeah.

Nothing says Christmas like boss-adjacent dropping a big project on your doorstep (due 1/1) and then conveniently disappearing until the New Year to avoid any questions. 🙃

Pour one out for everybody who still has to work this week 😮‍💨

First day of winter sure catapults us straight into the Void Times.

It's been a really rough year, but in July I started lifting again twice a week and I'm really proud of how well I've stuck with it. What little victory did you have in 2025?

Happy Solstice ☀️ It only gets brighter from here.

blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/ been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor

So one of the reasons I've been sharing the progress and snippets for this WIP is to make it very very clear I'm not using genAI, because that accusation is going to come at all of us. To be clear, I don't use genAI for any part of my writing process.

Update: new laptop on the way. I splurged on one that is known for being highly repairable, so hopefully I won't have to do this song and dance again for a loooooooong time

Still need a gift for that friend/family member/mortal enemy? Why not get them a book?

PSA: The kids are now saying "tesla, no tes-backs" instead of "punch buggy, no punch backs," and I am not sure how to feel about this.

The publisher's marketing team should absolutely be utilizing those venues, because yeah, unfortunately, video is where a lot of readers are But authors should be allowed to do whatever they do best, which is--weirdly!!--most often words-based

My laptop seems to be behaving, maybe I don't need a replace-- *screen flickers, turns off completely* --ment :/

Coworker: As one the few remaining anti AI holdouts on our team, I feel like we're at that point in the zombie movie where everyone else has already been bitten. Me: Yeah, and they keep trying to convince us that eating brains is good, actually.

Dayjob is a lot right now, so have a cat

Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romances: January-June 2026 Pumped by K.M. Neuhold (January 2nd) I’m just a nerd, standing in front of a bench press, asking it not to humiliate me in front of my gym crush I’ve never walked into a gym on purpose in my life, and I’m not sure which part is more shocking, the…

Before I scoot, feel free to give me some book recs with your favorite bi characters. Romance or SFF. I, FOR SOME REASON, think I could use some new comfort reads for the next bit.

Little cat snores That's it, that's the skeet

Just give me a world where we can walk/roll to most things. That’s it.

Bring back webrings!

Winter is the perfect time to read Feed Them Silence and feel, like, so extremely bad bookshop.org/p/books/feed...

Loved this essay. Such a good reminder that words written by real humans may seem simple, but often have depth; whereas slop by genAI may seem deep, but is simple.

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Every time I've seen the iconic photo I've wondered how it was taken, so I really appreciate this. Time could Never.

I know of at least four friends now who got duped into buying scam products recently, so I thought I'd share some tips I've learned from InfoSec folks: - Don't trust links on social media; always go to the source to verify/buy - Is the price too good to be true? Then it is 1/n

Phew. Relating a little too hard to the all-consuming nature of trying to write (and revise [and revise]) a book that's in this essay.

So excited to reveal the cover for Tea & Treachery at the Infinite Pantry! It's a cozy fantasy full of delicious food, magic, found family, and sweet romance (with two queer middle-aged MCs!) Oh, and tea. Lots of tea. First in a brand new series! I can’t WAIT to share it with you #sff #booksky

This is so heartening

I need this in my veins

Oh you don't have to come for me like that 😭

An assassin might have to work with her mark (a fucking necromancer) to stop an even worse necromancer from destroying her people AND the healer is hot?? the Impossible Contract! It's got undead camels 🐪

I wish MMPB were still financially feasible for publishers b/c I want to absolutely trash my books, I want to shove them in my pockets, my purse, my backpack, sit on them, bring them out during the kids' classes, carry them everywhere, and still have them hold up like the little troopers they are.

We are THRILLED to announce @freyamarske.bsky.social's Bodies of Magic, a new medical dark academia featuring mages and murder coming September 16, 2026 from Tor Books!

Need comfy skirts that can reliably fit phone + keys + secret knife?? *gestures below*

Me while writing: this is the SHIT Me while querying: this is shit

Me when I'm writing: wow I love this, I wish I could do this all the time Me when I'm not writing: I am a hack, a fraud, an impostor, how did I ever have the hubris to believe I could be a writer

Sit down children, I'm going to tell you a story about the olden times. Once, there was a young lesbian newly out of the closet. It was 1989. She was a third year student at the University of Alberta. And she had no idea how to lesbian. *pun intended

Get your queer books!

For US readers: there's another Goodreads giveaway running for ARCs of TWAHK, until the 16th! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... Fewer entries than last time so far, so better odds.

This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.

It's hard for me to remember writing books is an actual skill that not everyone has, even if they can appreciate it, until I listen to music and remember that, while I can read music and understand tempo, wow I will never for the life of me be able to compose a song, an act which is basically magic.

My laptop is starting to fritz (screen flickers that I've narrowed down to a hardware issue, damnit) and I'm wondering if it's time to not only get a new laptop, but switch to Linux. Anyone who's made the switch lately have advice? I hear Steam works on Linux now?

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