We are gearing up to say goodbye to our first born. My sweet pup. All I know is that it will be too soon.

"Helm is my tenth work of fiction, and the front jacket of the novel will feature a Human-Written maker’s mark—one of the first in the book trade."

The last shot of tonight’s #moon I took, post processed in Lightroom to bring out the depth of the craters near the terminator. #MoonHour 🧪 🔭#astronomy @moonhour.bsky.social

My micro collection came in the mail! I love it. It’s two surreal short stories and an excerpt from a novel I am working on. It feels good to have something in my hands. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Oregon Food Bank. I am asking $10 for a book. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you can't make it to our awesome OPEN MIC fundraiser for the Oregon Food Bank on Monday (4 pm - 9pm at the Rose City Book Pub), you can still donate at the link in my bio!

Are lighthouses in paranormal gothic horror overdone? I am revising one set int he Pacific NW. ✨ #WritingCommunity #MomsWriterClub #writerslife

Dry eyes! I guess as I get older it gets worse. Ah, life!

What I mean to say #WritingCommunity #MomsWritersClub open.substack.com/pub/christir...

My coffee is sub par today.

November 20 is coming up! Come to my writing group's reading if you live in Portland, OR. #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.com/e/the-whom-w...

In other words, old man is terrified

I should probably remind people that I had a novel called GIRL IN THE CREEK come out about a month and a half ago. It got a star in the Library Journal! And look at this awesome blurb from @keithrosson.bsky.social:

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

If you've ever gone to a show at Lounge Ax in Chicago, consider helping to fund this documentary about it: kck.st/4nJF2na

“Protest makes known resistance that would otherwise remain merely private & implicit. Large, peaceful protests also signal to powerful elites in the military, business, courts, legislature, the ruling coalition, that the current state of affairs is going badly.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

More sage wisdom from the #RevPit editors #10Queries #amwriting #amquerying

I just posted a new blog: A reading and pre-orders #MomsWritersClub #WritingCommunity substack.com/@christirsuz...

Taking the day off to write, drink a cardamom latte, and enjoy my birthday! #writerslife

From Scratch: A micro collection of two short stories and a novel excerpt is available for pre-order! This micro collection lives between reality, surreality, & the uncanny. I created it because it's my birthday month! #WritingCommunity #MomsWritersClub docs.google.com/forms/d/1biZ...

My writing updates newsletter has some fun updates! You can pre-order my micro collection if you sign up in the next few days: mailchi.mp/5d9bbe613833... #Writingcommunity #microcollection #surrealfiction #uncanny #MomsWritersClub

approx 1/3 of the way through september and submissions being open this month for Short Story, Long I pay contributors, pay artists for original art to pair with stories, nominate for awards, and generally rave a bunch on social media about the stories I love (and I LOVE all the stories I accept)

Mark your calendars! November 20, 2025 at 6:30 at Tabor Space in Portland, Oregon. I will be part of a #reading my #writing group is hosting. Free! Let me know if you are coming by filling out the super short form here: linktr.ee/christi.r.su...

A reminder that this isn't bigger news because this American politician isn't white. Kidnapping and falsely imprisoning in America is a-okay because, to paraphrase Mr. Rock, it's alright if she ain't white.

Just have to say Bora Chung’s short story collection Cursed Bunny is creepy so far! I am only in the second story. So good! #amreading

#MomsWritersClub Q4: Do you have the same audience for each project or do you mix it up? #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite

RIP Malcom-Jamal Warner. To this day, this is one of the funniest scenes in TV

Got the edits for the short story for the anthology! Super minor and glad they were caught. #WritingCommunity #amwriting

If anyone has gotten a Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction contract from after its acquisition by Must Read, Writer Beware would like to see it (anything shared with us is confidential). Contact us at [email protected]

Just created a family tree for my WIP. This is the first time I’ve done that and wow! It really helped. I still have to make sure it’s 100% accurate. How have you used a family tree in your writing? Anything specific? #writingcommunity #momswritergroup

Fake agency alert: Dan Baror International Literary Agency, obviously trying to trick writers into believing they're being contacted by Baror International Inc. (a real agency). The About Us page has been "borrowed", in re-worded form, from the real Baror website danbaror-intliteraryagency.com

Garage sale was a success! Didn't make a ton, but I got rid of a pretty big rug that went to someone who will use it. That made me so happy! #garagesale

For those that pitched for #SmallPitch and were feeling anxious

Writing group was outside in my backyard last night! It was so fun! We did have to get our camping lights, knitting lamps, and head lamps out the last hour of it, but it was great! #writinggroup

There's 4 days to go! Fungi in SFF is our first Special Issue stretch goal! it's mould it's mushrooms it's yeast ✨ it's infinite SFF potential ✨ We're halfway to making it a reality. Just $1327 left! Let's GO! There are still books available and our Kickstarter-exclusive patch!

Oh my gosh! I love all of the @smallpitch.org pitches! It's also quite gratifying to see mine up there with my name attached to it. So cool! #WritingCommunity check it out: database.smallpitch.org

A good overview of writers' concerns about contracts from Must Read Magazines, which recently acquired a number of well-known genre magazines including Analog, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

It's worth a try! #smallpitch #MomsWritersClub

Hello, writer friends! Heads up that I'm reluctantly closing to queries as of Monday (July 14th). Hoping to re-open in the Fall. In the meantime I'll be reading and responding to the submissions I've already received. Seeing so much talent in my inbox and want to give this my best attention.

Here is a nightscape photo from Bryce Canyon taken during Astrocon 2025. The northern Milky Way and M31 are visible above Thor’s Hammer from the Navajo Loop trail. #Astrophotography

Wishing everyone a productive writing week! 😊 #MondayMotivation #WritingCommunity #Author #BookSky #MomsWritersClub

@thegallowcat.bsky.social I sent you a DM a couple weeks ago. I'm just wondering if you saw it. It may have gone into your "request to chat" area. Just wanted to double check with you that you got it.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

Someone in my writing group last night said that her read or hears that you have to write 5 novels before you can write a "good" novel. I'm sure there are outliers, but what do other think? #WritingCommunity #MomsWritersGroup

Hey folks! Just wanted to let you know that I’ll be temporarily closing to queries on Sunday, June 15th. I hope it won’t be for long, but my life is currently a bit hectic, and I’d like to read the amazing fulls in my inbox. I truly hope I’ll be open again in July! #amquerying #writers

Welcome to #momswritersclub! Chat goes 24 hours and more so join when you can. Introduce yourself and share where you're joining from and what you're working on.

I’ve answered all queries so I’m doing a soft re-open, narrowing down my #MSWL to focus on areas I didn’t receive many queries when I initially opened. I’d 🩷 to see your chapter books, MG: contemporary, MG: nonfiction, MG: novel in verse, YA: contemporary, & YA: novel in verse

I made some tweaks to my #MSWL! www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/je...

Revision planning! #writinglife

It's starting to feel like summer in the Pac NW! Which is good and bad. :) Starting on a revision plan for my gothic novel and so far I think I see a light at the end of the tunnel. I think? #writinglife #writingcommunity #MomsWritersClub

Since June is Pride month and I’ll be open to submissions the first 10 days, I want to be extra clear that I always love getting queries from LGBTQIA+ writers and illustrators. #MSWL