That my enemies won't see my book in an airport bookstore and thus not burn with envy their entire flight.

RIP Pinterest www.tomsguide.com/ai/openai-ma...

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this episode of the Bad Lit Friends #podcast would not have happened without the timely reporting of @victoriastrauss.com, specifically: writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w... Thank you! #WritingCommunity

In classic Bad Lit Friends fashion, our holiday extravaganza episode is post-holidays. BECAUSE WE ARE EDGY! 🕶 In this ep: A publisher who made a conscious decision to turn authors into indentured servants while simultaneously professing their love for authors. #WritingCommunity #BookSky #podcast

Did you hear about that publisher with the batshit crazy indentured servitude contract? We have a very nuanced take on it. Actually no we don't. We yell and scream and gnash teeth. Because it's our super spectacular HOLIDAY SPECIAL! New BLF drops Friday! #WritingCommunity #podcast #Writesky #Booksky

I was in a Borders book store in Monterey, CA, about 15 years ago. I turned down a row of books, and came to a full stop. Clint Eastwood was browsing one of the shelves. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I moved along without going full-on fanboi. I'm sure he often thinks of that moment.

Cool, I'm a Rockette.

We're as shocked as you are! Our little podcast that could, averaged a rating higher than 75% of other shows, was more popular than 73% of other new shows, and was shared more than 89% of other shows! You all are amazing, THANK YOU! #podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity

I was going to post a reply thread to Erin Underwood's defense of AI in writing, but Chuck's response nails it. Go read it. #WritingCommunity #noAI

How I'm walking out of 2025

This shit really is made up. The piece was written by Annie Holmquist, author of articles like, "Books Your Kids Should Read to Combat Wokeism," and "Ten Books Turning Our Freshmen into Social Justice Warriors." But sure. Straight white men really have it bad in publishing. 🙄 #WritingCommunity

New Bad Lit Friends! This was a very fun walk through the tropey landscape, and we had THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS! #WritingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky #BookSky

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, did not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?

We're gonna talk about this on our final episode (of the year) of @badlitfriends.bsky.social, so look for that. This whole thing is just bonkers and so very evil. #authors read your contracts. Better yet, have someone like a lawyer or literary agent look it over. #WritingCommunity

I know this is 4 days old, but even if you didn't know about the evil contract Shadow Light Press binds their authors under, their website is almost certainly AI-generated copy, and one of their links leads to a Rickroll video. The red flags are actually Pennywise balloons. #WritingCommunity

I don't even write #romantasy (and I don't read much of it), but whenever I see a bad take on the genre, usually because the pearl-clutching reader objects to sex in their fantasy, I just think...

I enjoyed this season of Welcome to Derry so much. So seeing this was so very disappointing. This intro sequence could have easily been done by actual paid artists. #fuckai www.reddit.com/r/antiai/com...

"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs."

You're really going to enjoy our interview with author Jessica Lunt, especially if you're an indie author. Give us a follow, we've got a lot more great interviews in the pipeline! #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #WriteSky #Booksky #podcasts

New BAD LIT FRIENDS drops tomorrow morning, and you're not going to want to miss this one. Our interview with indie author Jessica Lunt and her unique perspective on on the Salem witch trials. #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #podcasts

Normal people: Merry Christmas! Writers: #WritingCommunity

Yeah, just no.

This was such a fun conversation! And the book. THE BOOK! IT'S SO GOOD! Episode drops Friday! #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

This is my friend and author, TJ Stecker. He's a crime fiction writer, and an absolute inspiration. He's got a writing Youtube channel you might want to subscribe to. youtu.be/-BNPEaoDP0c #WritingCommunity

My decision to move to the Kobo ecosystem continues to be the right move.

New Bad Lit Friends! We're talking alpha and #BetaReaders this time around, have a listen! #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #podcasts #WriteSky

One of the things I miss about Twitter was query letter rejection poetry (or blackout rejection poetry, can't remember what we called it). So much fun, and so many creative takes. Really took the sting out of rejections. Bring back query letter rejection poetry! #WritingCommunity #amquerying

Intrigued by this movie, but the premise: A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected revelation sends their wedding week off the rails. 1/2 #WritingCommunity www.imdb.com/title/tt3307...

Where do I start? The absolute lack of cohesiveness from segment to segment? The flat, lifeless, color palette? The uncanny valley that pervades the entire 45 seconds? The bleak, Hunger Games society vibes? A multi-billion-dollar corporation couldn't be arsed to give real artists jobs.

New BAD LIT FRIENDS has dropped! Did you think we were gone? Sorry, we're like that crazy ex who just keeps popping up in your DMs. Except we'd never pop into your DMs. Or date you. No offense, we're already in committed relationships. Where was I? #WritingCommunity #podcasts #Writesky

It's been a very long publishing journey, and now I'm so honored and humbled to accept the FIFA International Prize for Literary Excellence. #grateful that FIFA have finally acknowledged the role of midfield play in literature. #WritingCommunity

Me, a writer, writing a character who survives being stabbed, shot at, freezing temperatures, sepsis, and crippling trauma, yet somehow powers through it. Also me, taking the dog out while it's lightly snowing: #WritingCommunity

Recently re-watched Phantom of the Opera at The Royal Albert Hall, first time in ages. It only now struck me how Christine has ZERO agency. Which follows the book, no shade, but we've come a long way in story-telling. (the music though...wow. Think of Me still stuck in my head.) #WritingCommunity

Someday, you will be able to tell people you were alive when we had only one moon, and it will blow their minds. www.earth.com/news/nasa-co...

People on Threads calling 3rd person POV misogynistic. Why is Threads?

I don't think most authors are pretending they make a living from their books (I see the opposite), and I don't see why it's my business anyway.

Me, a writer, googling: what color is cartilage Also me #WritingCommunity

#amWriting hat on. Politics aside (hard, I know) Farange could have said, "I am a better person now than I was then," and it would have been a 100% better response. Your characters' responses to a question about their terrible past behavior would be revelatory to the reader. #WritingCommunity

My kryptonite: I will never stop spelling cemetery as 'cemetary.' #WritingCommunity

New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up!!!! And Spotify finally got its act together. Available now wherever you get your podcasts! #WritingCommunity #Podcasts #ReadingCommunity

The day that tech companies are required to make this kind of crap opt-in instead of opt-out will be a very happy day. Not that I'm holding my breath. (Thank you @writerlaurabee.bsky.social !) #WritingCommunity

Me, coming up with names when I'm not writing: Zephyrine Flintwell Me coming up with names when I'm writing: Bob...Smyth?

Next Bad Lit Friends drops tomorrow morning! Have questions or topics you want us to talk about? Drop us a DM or email [email protected]. #WritingCommunity

I'm very honored and excited to be one of the fifteen semi-finalists in The Writer's Sanctuary First Chapter Contest 2025! Congratulations and best of luck to all of the other semi-finalists! #WritingCommunity

This is sad for many reasons, but Caine's quote: “It’s not about replacing voices; it’s about amplifying them, opening doors for new storytellers everywhere,” said the 92-year-old British actor in a written statement. The irony is lost on him/his publicists, isn't it? tinyurl.com/34j6c7xf

Saw this Youtube comment on a #amwriting conference review, and it made me sad. If you're a writer who is annoyed by "wannabe" writers, we can't be friends. There's enough gatekeeping in this pursuit without writers also gatekeeping. #WritingCommunity 1/2 🧵

Ok so The Chair Company was entirely not what I thought it was going to be, but I should have expected as much from Tim Robinson. It's fantastically weird and I'm there for it.

There's no feeling quite like this feeling. Congrats, @thecrumpet.bsky.social !!!! #WritingCommunity

New BAD LIT FRIENDS is up! 🔥💥🎉 #WritingCommunity #Podcasts

Holdup #WritingCommunity