We watch his spaceship Reach escape velocity Gone. Not our problem. #scifaikusaturday

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 7: Greywaren, by Maggie Stiefvater

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 6: The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 5: Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison

“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” — #ToniMorrison, Song of Solomon (born OTD in 1931)

How Old School Lego Developed My Creativity (and Turned Me Into a Panster)

Humanity careened across the galaxy like a bouncy superball, random, haphazard, and mostly harmless. #vss365

I fished the seas of subconscious and pulled up a long-suppressed memory. That should have been the hard part. But the perilous path through the mountainous peaks of procrastination has proven far more daunting. I must get through them, and turn this memory into a story. #vss365

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 4: Fallen Host, by Lyra Morehouse

We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.

How Old School Lego Developed My Creativity (and Turned Me Into a Panster)

I fished the seas of subconscious and pulled up a long-suppressed memory. That should have been the hard part. But the perilous path through the mountainous peaks of procrastination has proven far more daunting. I must get through them, and turn this memory into a story. #vss365

Wow! Just came up with a monster plot twist. I love pantsing. #amwriting #writingCommunity #writersLife #WIP #novel

Enchanted by the magic ‘Neath the moon’s faint pale glow, Fireflies and starlight Come and see the show— #vss365

Happiest of birthdays to @levarburton.bsky.social , who once admitted that not picking me to be on #readingrainbow was the “biggest mistake of his life.”

Enchanted by the magic ‘Neath the moon’s faint pale glow, Fireflies and starlight Come and see the show— #vss365

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 3: Call Us What We Carry, by @amandagorman.bsky.social

Vlad Dracula and Wilhemina Murray by artists Mike Mignola and John Nyberg

#vss365 A minor correction to the scheduling. Since @daniellestejust.bsky.social will be dropping the word at 6am PT (that's 2pm GMT), her first prompt will be tomorrow. Please feel free to use any of the words from the list until the word drops. I'll catch up tomorrow.

blank notebook secrets I've never told myself #DailyHaikuPrompt (note)

Happy #valentinesday. I can’t tell you how to write a #poem for your #valentine, but I can tell you how NOT to…. aarubin.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/h... #poetry #poetrycommunity

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 2: The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. Le Guin.

A #valentinesday treat: The first American #valentine on record via the @raynhamhall museum. Written by John Graves, a British officer to Sarah Townsend (of the Townsend spy ring family, who were American revolutionary patriots) in 1779. #history #poetry #americanrevolution

A #valentinesday treat: The first American #valentine on record via the @raynhamhall museum. Written by John Graves, a British officer to Sarah Townsend (of the Townsend spy ring family, who were American revolutionary patriots) in 1779. #history #poetry #americanrevolution

Happy #valentinesday. I can’t tell you how to write a #poem for your #valentine, but I can tell you how NOT to…. aarubin.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/h... #poetry #poetrycommunity

How come figure skating is the only event where the athletes get a kiss and cry person? They should all have kiss and cry people. In fact, the world would be better if we all had designated kiss and cry people in our corner. #vss365 #olympics

My February newsletter, sent with a love that is more than love. mailchi.mp/b284224fa775...

Editor: it seems like part of your book is missing. Me: no that’s just part of my new writing philosophy. E: Oh? M: Lacuna Matata. E: yeah, I’m going to need you to write that chapter. #vss365

Editor: it seems like part of your book is missing. Me: no that’s just part of my new writing philosophy. E: Oh? M: Lacuna Matata. E: yeah, I’m going to need you to write that chapter. #vss365

The world would be better if we all had designated kiss and cry people. #olympics

Me working on my drafts

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 1: Katabasis, by @rfkuang.bsky.social

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen Day 7: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Somewhere outside of space/time, the cosmic entity stirs their drink. The dark of the expanse, dappled with pinpricks of starlight, swirls inside their great mug. They take a sip, and a piece of our universe disappears. #vss365

#vss365 #touch #poetry Maybe it is time for a leap of faith? It's possible, but either way, here is a #poem

She haunts the one she loved but never told, visiting them in their sleep when there is no chance of their seeing her, even in her ephemeral state. She bends over and kisses their lips, but they do not stir. It is a touch never felt, like her love, unknown and unrequited. #vss365

She haunts the one she loved but never told, visiting them in their sleep when there is no chance of their seeing her, even in her ephemeral state. She bends over and kisses their lips, but they do not stir. It is a touch never felt, like her love, unknown and unrequited. #vss365

Writers, is your creativity ajar? Don’t fret, nine days remain for you to knock it wide open and get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on February 19th at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

As a professional writer, why does it take me an hour to write a single email

Your #vss365 #prompt for Feb 11 is #touch "There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. and the lily, how passionately it needs some wild darling!" Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi #11

12 just declared that Pippen is her favorite hobbit, and now every time I get mad at her I’m going to yell, “FOOL OF A TOOK!” #lordoftherings #lotr #dadlife

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

The empty corridors of my mind— —the ache of memories now forgotten. #vss365

The empty corridors of my mind— —the ache of memories now forgotten. #vss365

The winter wind still rattles, It chills me to the bones— The snow still sits in piles, Deep outside my home Many days must still yet pass Before the songbird sings— But, #pitchersandcatchers are reporting, The first sign of the spring! #vss365 #springstraining #baseballisback

The winter wind still rattles, It chills me to the bones— The snow still sits in piles, Deep outside my home Many days must still yet pass Before the songbird sings— But, #pitchersandcatchers are reporting, The first sign of the spring! #vss365 #springstraining #baseballisback

The amount of ads for AI companies in this #superbowl is sickening.

In honor of the #superbowl, here’s End Zone, by Don Delillo the only literary #football #book in my library. The sport pales in comparison to baseball (the most literary sport), basketball (great CNF), and even boxing. Perhaps that’s why football, while fun, is so far down my list of favorites.

A pale rider passes Through the midnight blue of night A streaking ray of silver A lantern blazing bright He rides on through the forest Calls enemies to him He does fear the darkness The shadows deep or thin #vss365

“I can’t stand tepid blood! It needs to either be hot like soup, or chilled to perfection and served up like a martini!” “Shut up, Vlad! Pretentious prick.” “You shut up, Barry! Tepid #blood swilling hooligan.” Vlad turned into a bat and fluttered into the shadows. #vss365