Pierre Poilievre is also a climate change denier, and has voted against protecting the environment over FOUR HUNDRED (400) times in his career dedicated to destroying our environment. And despite railing against 'elites' Poilievre spent a LOT of time fundraising at their mansions and country clubs.

Today's word is PAIN. Today's #BookQW from the e-collection February Thaw. Because it is thawing. And snowing. Mixed messages, that's what's wrong with the world. Also, note TWO sets of em dashes in one paragraph and most emphatically not AI. Shop indie if you can. Me, I'm returning to my sick bed.

Did you know that you can sing walking pneumonia to the tune of Waltzing Matilda? Also, I need better drugs...

The first Tale of the Underdark! MOON'S KNIGHT is $2.99USD (and CAD) in ebook, until 2/18. books2read.com/moonsknight

AMERICA! "A Sorceress Comes to Call" by @tkingfisher.com, is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle this week!

Mystery writer Vicki Delany invited me to do a guest post at Mystery Lover's Kitchen & it's up today! Remember the AppleOatmeal Bread that Cassie made in Direct Descendant? Now, you too can make breakfast for your fated love. Eldritch horror optional. www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/2026/02/appl...

We've raised nearly $6800 for this utterly essential organization (see thread). Can you help us get to $7500 today? (Remember to click "adjust donation")

I had an important conversation with @charlieangus104.bsky.social earlier this week about what we are seeing unfold around us. Fascist violence threatens people and tears communities apart, including in the U.S. and here in Canada. Canada must not be complicit. We have to stand against it.

With the Grandmothers Against Genocide weekly vigil at Bay&Bloor Toronto, Wednesdays 8 AM.

Today's word is UNBELIEVABLE. Today's #Bookqw from INTO THE BROKEN LANDS, a created world fantasy with two timelines, six POV characters and 163,000 words -- where unbelievable appears only once. My characters believe what they see. Available in HC, pb, ebook, and audible. Shop indie if you can.

I arrived too late to an abduction yesterday. Ice vehicles boxed in a food delivery driver on the highway. They took him, and when I came on the scene (with a few other neighbors in cars), his keys were still in it. We found his phone, a debit card, his car title and registration.

This is what happens when you elect, 3x over, a fucking goon whose only previous work experience was being a nepo baby and drug dealer.

Tomorrow! Santa Fe! The Barnes & Noble! 3 pm! Gonna be there, gonna talk goblins, gonna sign some things! Be there or be somewhere else that is hopefully also enjoyable!

A way to convince your beloved to teach you how to use her mechanical splitter: try (unsuccessfully) to cut your thumb off with the axe. It's not a good way, but it's a way.

The WIP has been sent to my editor. Insert thankful profanity here.

A recent article suggests that Canadians who question the purchase of the F-35 are emotional and driven by deep-seated anti-Americanism. Such is the view of those promoting the "interoperability" of our planes with US forces. What if the threat is from the US? My latest: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Today's word is BACK. Today's #Bookqw from the story JACK available in the eCollection FEBRUARY THAW. Written for a fairytales anthology, inspiration was "Throw me my axe!" from the original. The intro warns: This story contains profanity, out-dated tech, & egregious abuse of the music industry.

She stuffed the timbit in her mouth and chewed as though she expected someone to challenge her for it. #amediting I love that line.

This deal is incredible & it's for the best cause! You can get ALL the fiction by me and @charliejane.bsky.social from @humblebundle.com for a low, low price -- and all sales benefit the Miss Major Alexander L. Lee Black Trans Justice Center. www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

Hello Canada! Please take some time to watch the latest video from Charlie Angus, in which he discusses the use of propaganda and disinformation to control the narratives coming from the White House.

Word just corrected the typo "strudents" to strudel. That would be a very different book... #amediting And now I want strudel.

Yay! Only six more weeks of winter! I've been caught out in a blizzard on the 24th of May weekend. I'm good with only six weeks.

It's all go at the moment. My standalone Arthurian novel, The Cleaving, is a frankly incredible price this week from Amazon. This explores the familiar story from the perspective of the women involved. You have until Friday to grab it! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B96NL726/

Not to, WITH a goat. And, dream goat was a consenting adult with an MBA, a condo in Toronto, and the Order of Canada. Also, we were taking a break from scripting THE WIT AND WISDOM OF THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF for Netflix. Context is everything.

My emotional reaction to the events of the past two weeks open.substack.com/pub/blackclo...

Treason doesn't get a free pass. Not on my watch. It's time to shine a light in the dark hole where the quislings hang out. We stand for Canada. True, north, strong, free of interference.

Hey folks! Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.

Canada is the democratic frontline. Dark actors are trying to undermine our sovereignty and break the country apart. All politicians must step up. Why is Pierre Poilievre refusing to do his part? His refusal to get national security clearance is irresponsible. substack.com/@charlieangu...

"the ON govt, under Doug Ford & Transportation Minister Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, is actively dismantling the very (Pedestrian & Biker Safety) infrastructure that so many of us fought to put in place." #FordKillsOntarians #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

The kindle ebook of THE QUARTERED SEA, book four of the Quarters quadrilogy, is on sale in Canada for $2.99 until February 6th. Not a good place to start, but Amazon often puts this series on sale so if you pick this one up now you'll likely have the rest by the end of the year.

Seriously! All of this can put wind under otherwise stagnant sails.

A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...

Oh hey, I'm going to be on this panel with some other cool writers talking about novel revision!

#AICouldNever The great Woody Guthrie singing "All You Fascists Are Bound to Lose" on the radio, as one does www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcK...

Today's word is YELLOW. Today's #BookQW from INTO THE BROKEN LANDS (DAW 2022) that includes not one, but two journeys through the irradiated wasteland mage wars have left behind. Also, kick ass women, witty repartee, & six POVs. Available in digital, audio, & actual paper. Shop indie if you can.

I love our @brittlestar.com

No one has destroyed more unique ecosystems, including wetlands, in my lifetime than Doug Ford. His destruction of environmental review and conservation authorities means that there is even more to come. #onpoli #FordFailedOntario www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/28/o...

Bullshit. Not a goddamn thing has changed. This is why nobody trusts The New York Times.

Sometimes you write a seventeen word explanation of what happened and sometimes you realize that self-destructed sums it up in two. #AmEditing (WIP not current US politics, although...)

This. I doubt my MPP will care, but it's sent.

Interview with me about Murderbot and the upcoming Platform Decay at www.space.com/entertainmen...

Canada Lives Because…

Any audio SFF listeners out there? Chirp's current on-sale SFF audio bundles are a little ridiculous rn. Too many fab authors to name them all, but Tamsyn Muir, NK Jemisin, Cherie Priest, Jeff Vandermeer, Charles de Lint, and T Kingfisher to name a few have books in. www.chirpbooks.com/s/sff-bundles

Each time all typos are successfully edited from a book, the entire universe is immediately replaced with a new universe containing a version of the book that has at least one typo.

Lots of premade covers--free of generative AI--in need of a good home, including Vampire Lesbians in Space. Note that you do not have to keep the titles, I customize those for your project, but I do truly believe that title would sell a lot of books. payhip.com/IndigoChickD...

Dear Danielle Smith: If you believe that a majority of Albertans approve of you sucking up to a regime that facilitates the murder of their own citizens and then lies about it, well, you don't know the Albertans I know.

Thread: John has been having a bunch of health issues and now has rib fractures that will require time and rest Please consider chipping in Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person

And so it begins. The payback for standing up to Trump is coming. Count on Trump and MAGA Maple attempting to tear our nation apart by reaching out to the false losers in the Alberta separatist party and Donbass Danielle Smith. Watch the traitors come out from under their rocks.

Since Americans insist on parallels to Nazi-controlled Europe over the American history that inspired the Nazis, now is a good time to remind everyone that Anne Frank didn’t die in the gas chamber or by firing squad. She was kidnapped by the gestapo and died of typhus in a prison camp.

TONIGHT!