My freshman made a bingo card for my classroom antics today and got Bingo within 10 minutes, so it's safe to say I have excellent branding. #teachers

I have a bad cough from bronchitis right now. It's a bummer, but I think @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social would appreciate that my freshmen have for confused bronchitis with tuberculosis, and now I get to constantly say "once again, I am NOT suffering from the world's deadliest curable infection."

Made it in just under the wire! 51k towards sexy wizard workplace comedy, and now we celebrate our achievement (and the opening of Christmas season) by watching Die Hard #novnov #writesky

Husband and I have broken 30k in our Novel November WIP! This is the most excited I've ever been about a project. Imagine WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER meets EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAEIRES. It's a little academic, a little sexy, a little ridiculous, and a whole lot of fun. #novnov #writesky

😮‍💨 two more query rejections today, so wish me luck while I try to deal with it be working on my Novel November project instead of doom scrolling 💪🏼 #novnov #writesky

Officially got the whole first row of badges for this smutty little magic school novel! (It's about a group of teachers who band together to try and save the hot new teacher from having his position eliminated at the end of the school year. Spice! Hijinks! Intersectionality!) #novnov #writesky

But CoNsErVaTiVes aRe gOoD fOr tHe eCoNoMy

I have some mixed feelings about ProWritingAid as a whole—I'm not using the extension because writing "helpers" feel gross to me (I don't even like when Google tries to finish my emails). Still, I am really enjoying logging Novel November progress and getting badges every day! #novnov #writesky

I'm cleaning out old photos to free up storage and I cannot for the life of me remember the context in which I drew this graphic for my students?? Also which kid said "there's incredible friction in the void"? I love it, but why did I write it down? What does it MEAN? #writesky

Am I slightly behind on my Novel November word count for today? Yes. Am I also cuddling the most majestic queen while I make my plodding progress? ALSO YES. #novnov #writesky

Novel November is off to a solid start! I'm just past 1200 words towards today's goal, and am breaking for a trip to the dog park.

Highly recommend grocery shopping with Mando.

@erniechiara.com Thank you so much for the query guide posted on your website! It's the most clean, complete, and confident querying info I've seen about querying. Question tho: is having the metadata at the bottom a hard and fast rule, or personal preference? I've always seen it at the top.

A while back I was hyper-fixating on the environmental impacts of dams and I ended up writing my favorite short story yet: www.wattpad.com/1581468829?u... #clifi

In an effort to combat the constant bummer that is querying, I've decided to post all my silly short stories online. Here's one I wrote in 2015...can you guess which big box store I worked at? www.wattpad.com/story/401447... #shortstory

Have you ever seen the sweetest baby kitten to ever exist?

In an effort to combat the constant bummer that is querying, I've decided to post all my silly short stories online. Here's one I wrote in 2015...can you guess which big box store I worked at? www.wattpad.com/story/401447... #shortstory

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. (Published 2021)

Members of Congress should be PROHIBITED from trading stock. Why? Because our representatives attend nonpublic hearings, learning privileged information about the direction of government long before we the public do. Here's an example:

"...reaching with one hand to embrace his young child who is in the back in his car seat. “Mommy’s coming,” he said. The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..." www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

Holly appears to be making progress re: not playing too hard with Remus #catsofbluesky #meow

Is anyone surprised that Ricketts has the WORST grade this guy has done so far? He wasn't even elected, he was appointed by the governor to fill Sasse's seat. Vote Dan Osborn, independent for Senate, 2026! @osbornforne.bsky.social

N.K. JEMISIN x AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER A grieving witch, a righteous killer, and a conflicted prince must embrace their monstrosities in the coming war between their world’s old gods, or else they’ll never reach their destined collective enlightenment. #bluepit📖 #A #NA #F #Q #LGBT #POC #ND

Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can. #BluePit 📖 #Q #NA #A #SF

LEGENDBORN x STRANGER THINGS x ATLANTIS A girl and her maddeningly charming childhood friend shelter a young star who falls to their sinking hometown while also trying to solve a string of disappearances surrounding a local lab. #bluepit #bluepit📖 #agentsguide #YA #F #R #SF #M #SP #Q #OV #POC #ND

#Writers: If you have X, help build agent momentum for #bluepit! Spread the word to #litagents for #bluepit📖 #writesky #writingcommunity x.com/masonofjade/...

He’s blacking out. She’s chasing whispers. Ritual crime scenes. A boy who vanished. A man coming undone. The deeper they dig, the more the truth claws to the surface— fractured, buried, and wearing his face. WHERE THE HOLLOW BREAKS #BluePit📖 #A #T #Q #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

DISSONANCE A psychological thriller for readers who like 🩸Protagonists who can't trust their own mind 🩸Family secrets that come back to haunt them 🩸Small town lies 🩸Psychological warfare Bonus excerpt attached! #BluePit 📖 #A #H #W #LGBT #DIS #WF #ND #OV

Renegades x Back to the Future Someone's altering the past. Jance, a 16YO goof who discovers he's part alien must clear Sammy, an alien with PTSD, to stop reality's ruin before she's jailed and he's erased from reality. Too bad the suspect died 25 years ago. #Bluepit #ya #q #SF

I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS VIBE AND PITCH!

You have been invited to partake in LAST CHANCE MATCH, where the soulmate-less can find the one who's to die for. Do you accept or decline? #writesky #writingcommunity

A witty schemer plots against her husband and ends up saving the kingdom in a fantasy romcom blend of A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS ❤️ Multicultural w/ POC leads ❤️ Unlikeable heroine ❤️ Enemies-to-lovers ❤️ Marriage of convenience ❤️ Political intrigue #questpit #W #A #F #R

THE DYNAMIS CODE is for ⬇️ People who grew up loving action movies AND speculative fiction Readers who want screwed up sibling dynamics Lovers of found families, heists, and enemies to friends tropes (Okay maybe they'll be more than friends 😈) #Q #A #NA #BluePit 📖 #SF #T

I AM OTTER x PREP AND LANDING When a heatwave hits on Christmas Eve, an otter races to save the snow on his roof to ensure a safe landing for Santa. If he fails, the otter will face a sacrifice to save Christmas. #BluePit📖 #PB #Q

“Just for the Summer” x Bridget Jones Erica moved to the coast in pursuit of cottagecore bliss, but instead she found 👵🏻 a nosy, dirty-mouthed 92 y/o bff 📓 out-of-pocket toxic coworkers 🌶️ a sexual awakening 🐍 7 snakes 😩 a snake man obsession SNAKE COUNTRY. 90k #A #R #Q #BluePit📖

Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can. #BluePit 📖 #Q #NA #A #SF

True Detective x Sharp Objects A detective with blackouts A killer sending messages The deeper he digs, the more the truth slips through his fingers WHERE THE HOLLOW BREAKS — a dark psychological thriller about buried trauma, fractured memory, and monsters we try to outrun #BluePit📖 #A #T #Q #ND

Multiple POVs, 5 countries, 4 time zones, and an incredibly tight timeline: THE DYNAMIS CODE takes place over 4 days and I created this chart while editing to make sure every single hour is accounted for #A #SF #AmQuerying #unhingedpit

Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can. #playlistpitch #A #SF

Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can. #playlistpitch #A #SF

Linnea's main skill is secrecy—she can flit between aliases with ease, changing her language and accent as easily as she changes passports. L wishes she had the skills to get answers—she's sick of being kept in the dark about her family history, but doesn't know how to drill down to the truth.

Linnea idolizes her uncle, Jack, who raised her. It's only now, in young adulthood, that the scales are starting to fall from her eyes where he's concerned. L's other main role model is Roxana, Jack's lifelong bestie and the closest thing to a mother figure she's ever had.

My character map is a little more text heavy than average, but each image selected from my mood board fits this MMC so perfectly 🥹 #BluePitHype #AmQuerying

I'm Francesca! I teach creative writing to high schoolers & write all sorts of speculative fiction. I'm querying a high concept grounded sci-fi—it's a little bit heist, a little bit academia, & a lot a bit found family. I love it so much & hope someday others will too. #AmQuerying #BluePitHype

Republicans will try to ignore the devastation their disastrous reconciliation bill will cause. We won’t. We’re going to make them explain what happens when 16 million lose their health care and nursing homes and hospitals are forced to shut down or limit services.

I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been. I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

I loved the grown up feel of the father-daughter relationship in The Magician's Daughter, I'm so excited to to read Parry's new work!

Ooh okay so I actually like this one--can the 8% go toward paid maternity leave or childcare subsidies?