Happy Winter/Summer solstice today and festive greetings for the coming week. Looking forward here to the lighter, longer days 🎄

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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Happy birthday, my beautiful friend! @msemmalyon.bsky.social

Proof of life

A power fantasy I have kind of often is “I open a small retail or food business specifically so I can enforce basic social norms on narcissistic patrons”

Writers should never modify their own prose as a reaction to what stupid fucking generative AI is doing -- that shit stole from us, and it stole poorly, incompletely, and has none of our magic and zero of our humanity, our experience, our wonder and fear, and it never ever will. Fuck AI. You do you.

It sucks kinda but also is good when you're reading a book you don't want to end

I’m in Greece at the Black women & femmes writing retreat that I plan every year. And it’s such a wonderful thing to be able to have your work critiqued by people who understand you

I sometimes dream of June, when this novel draft will have been submitted, this work programme will have ended and my writers retreat would have ended as a resounding success

Watched Wicked again with my sister and sorry but there will never be another Cynthia

Reading and chatting to Precious are the key things that remove writers block

I have new light fittings and I think I’ll have a go at installing them myself

Sleep is too sweet. Too, too sweet.

Eat your protein

@msemmalyon.bsky.social and @jchaisson.bsky.social your Christmas card has arrived! Thank you so much, my friends!

Squid Game season two is better than season one imo.

Shrinking is very, very good

I love surprise money!

Looked at the news this morning. Everyone is increasingly mad and the urge to gather my ladies and hide in a compound is growing exponentially

There is a LEGO Hokusai The Great Wave and I’ve decided that I deserve to own it

No because romance flows from my pen effortlessly. I could write the perfect partner for just about anyone

So in the last few days Labour: - Banned healthcare for trans kids - Let the Royal Mail be sold to a billionaire - Dismissed concerns about City deregulation - Met Georgia Meloni to discuss people seeking asylum - Hosted an anti-abortion group - Cheered on troops who are active in genocide

I didn’t even move in my sleep last night. Just now waking

My niece and nephew refuse to let me eat anything. My niece snatched chicken out of my MOUTH. She’s 18 months 😭

Me reading a book that people hyped up but I gave it -5 stars

Suddenly gripped with the urge to dye my hair white

Anika Noni Rose is perfect, my God.

My nephew has requested a train set so he’s getting a train set

Very proud of me today

Loaded up Cowboy Carter and now it’s time to dive into the world I’m creating

I smell so delicious omg

The first book from my imprint, THE UNMAPPING, a story about a geographical natural disaster and how humans deal with chaos, is now available to request on NetGalley! You can also request a physical ARC. PLEASE DO 💜🩷💙 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... shorturl.at/Eq0OF

I need to do a 300 rewatch. Haven’t seen that film in years

The way I’m aching today. Hey God.

Expensive and annoying a lot of the time. But they look great etc

You know what? I need a year off

Jay Z / Roc Nation with a DARVO statement attacking the victim's attorney xcancel.com/RocNation/st...

I don’t take it for granted that my friends always know exactly what I need when I’m having a crap week. Sometimes they know it before I do. I love them deeply

Didn’t even know there was a CEX near me. Going to load up on DVDs when I get back

I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.

I really must learn the art of self marketing next year. But the mere thought fills me with dread

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

It’s 7° but feels like -1? Thank God I’m out of here soon

I love my niece and nephew too much. The way I’ve been battered by this weather to make sure I buy their gifts

Storm Darragh, we have HEARD.