Trying to focus on the #WIP today, despite insomnia last night and a somewhat chaotic morning. Posting here for accountability. #writing

In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, I interview @angelaliu.bsky.social about "Magical Girl Eater," a fast-paced tale of corporate interests & nostalgic fandom. Read the story: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/magi... And the interview: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/inte...

The heat is on, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 70 Part 2 is SIZZLING ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/bJ7NqZf

Bee worships Cthulhu? (The flower is Nigella damascena, aka love-in-a-mist, aka devil in the bush.)

A burst of color for your Monday feed: busy bee.

Some ducklings for your feed, hiding in the reeds.

Look, all I wanted was cute shoes I can walk 8 miles in and then go directly to a night at the theatre, is that really too much to ask?

People often focus on hot flashes when they talk about perimenopause and menopause, but there are a wide range of other possible symptoms including insomnia and increased anxiety. You know what I truly did not need right now? More insomnia and anxiety.

A photo from today's walk: duckling, swimming. #photography #PNW #spring #BirdOfTheDay #Anatidae #duckling #duck #BirdSky #nature #wildlife #birds

Today's AI spam email came with the subject line: "You have four Hugo nominations and seven Nebula nominations." Which was actually a nice affirmation before I deleted it 😂

A photo from today's walk: Osprey, flying.

I've only managed about half of the things on today's to do list, but thing I DID get done involved making a video clip, so I am declaring victory. Since I was already on the wrong side of the camera, a selfie:

A photo from today's walk: Barn swallows at the edge of a dock. #photography #BirdPhotography #nature #wildlife #BirdSky #PNW #BarnSwallows #BirdsInFlight #NaturePhotography #birds

This breaks my heart. Fiyah published my first story and stands as a beacon, a Northstar in Black Speculative Librration, dreaming ourselves into Afrofuturism. A spiritual lineage with @shereereneethomas.bsky.social DARK MATTER. An inspiration to Voodoonauts. This is a loss.

Devastating. FIYAH was the first home for my short fiction. FIYAH has been more than just a magazine, it's a movement. Unapologetically creating space for Black spec fic, sharing their platform and creating the tools for accountability and transparency in the SFFH short fiction ecosystem.

Difficult post, but past time to rip the band aid off. FIYAH is going on hiatus indefinitely, with issue #40 currently set to be our last for the time being. The mag cannot continue running at a loss, and needs time to reassess operations from top to bottom if a viable path forward is to be created.

Too many eggs in one basket. It was a nice basket. So convenient to have all the eggs together: email, browser, calendar, search Then the staves turn into snakes. Quick, find new baskets before the eggs get eaten.

After having to completely re-write the first scene of the #WIP multiple times, I was pleased to see that the second scene needed only light revisions. Now a bit over 3k on this next iteration of the story, which is finally feeling more like a draft and less like a hot mess. #writing

My #WIP rudely did not write itself while I was off taking pictures of herons yesterday. So today's plan is coffee and words. #writing

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social is #ScrollBack: going through your most recent bird photos, pick 1-4 favorites. Trickier because I posted many of yesterday's favorites yesterday :) #Photography #heron #PNW #nature #wildlife #birds

⭐ Today, everyone gets a (sea) star. ⭐ From yesterday's walk, Carkeek Park, low tide.

It was a lovely day with a very low tide around noon, so this morning I went out with my camera to Carkeek Park.

Today's walk was a lovely 8 mile hike on the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. #PhonePhotography #PNW #moss #cascades

Photos from today's walk: peonies #LookUp

Spent a little time this morning drawing a bird: Starling.

A burst of color for your feed: Irises. #photography #FlowerReport #iris #FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #BloomScrolling #OnlyBeautifulThings #ArtYear #PNW #gardens #purple #spring #flowers

A reminder that I have a collection of short stories. It received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, won the Crawford Award, and is currently a Locus Award finalist for best collection. www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a... bookshop.org/p/books/call...

A photo from today's walk: hummingbird, with attitude. #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdSky #nature #wildlife #PNW #hummingbird #birds

I had six overripe bananas, so now I have banana bread.

On yesterday's walk, I saw a type of turtle I had never seen before! Turns out, my new turtle friend (a spiny softshell turtle) is not supposed to be here. Washington State has a handy web form for reporting potential sightings of invasive species: invasivespecies.wa.gov/report-a-sig...

A flower for your feed: yellow flag iris. #flowers #iris #yellow #PNW #bloomscrolling #nature #photography

Managed 45 minutes in the pool today, plus a morning walk. I'm at the point where probably I need to mix in more strength training and stretching, but for today I am declaring #exercise victory.

One of the highlights from today's walk in the wetlands: Osprey has a fish, juvenile bald eagle wants the fish. #photography #BirdSky #nature #wildlife #osprey #eagle #PNW #birds

Lovely rainbow sky on today’s walk. #LookUp (Also excellent wildlife today, but those are on my camera until I get home) #PhonePhotography #ColorADay #BlueTue

Didn't have my camera for today's walk, but these ducklings really wanted to be photographed so they came close enough to capture with my phone. #ducks #ducklings #PNW #nature #wildlife #BirdSky #PhonePhotography #birds

People often want to pinpoint the moment things went wrong, even for a gradual decline.

A flower for your Monday: spiderwort. #flowers #bloomscrolling #PNW #springtime #nature #garden #photography

Waffles and flowers for Mother's Day!

Photos from today's walk (thread). Nigella has my favorite pair of contrasting common names: "devil-in-a-bush" and "love-in-a-mist" #photography #gardens #FlowerReport #PNW #BloomScrolling #nature #spring #springtime #nigella #flowers

A flower for your feed: Iris, digital ink. Lots of lovely irises in bloom right now, and they are one of my favorites to draw.

Made it to the pool 3 times this week, declaring #exercise victory! Sadly, my story did not revise itself while I was out swimming...

Currently in a phase of revisions for the #WIP where I write and rewrite and rewrite the first 300-400 words, searching for the correct opening. #writing

Avens (geum) from yesterday's walk. #BloomScrolling

I did not want to go to the pool today but I went anyway, and managed to get in a 30 minute swim before they closed for the afternoon. #exercise

Some flowers for your feed, from my walk today: Irises #BloomScrolling #photography #FlowerReport #PNW #iris #spring #springtime #gardens #nature #purple #flowers

Friends! Thrilled to announce that my novelette "The Snatchers" is out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!!! It's a sci-fi horror satire and a reimagining of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers". What if everyone in the world turned into one person: the Leader? Would that be enough to fix everything?

Today in story research: Skeletal editing (of molecules), metabolic rate as a function of animal size, and the physical properties of bone. #writing

Always such a pleasure to be interviewed by Caroline!

Early morning brainstorming and I have a couple pages of notes for how to fix the currently-not-working draft of the #WIP. Cautiously optimistic that I can start #writing the next draft soon--I even have a vague idea now of what the protagonist *wants*.

New Interview: AnaMaria Curtis by Caroline M. Yoachim! buff.ly/gB74UTZ