Feeling ready to pass out working on edits for my next pass! Talk about a mental workout by @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social ! #writingishard

Figured if anyone got a kick out of it, @gailsimone.bsky.social might. My husband went as Catman to #Connecticon and mixed a few versions. Unlike him, I'm not serious so I went as Booster Gold, Space Cabbie, and Sexx Luthor--yeah, like Robot Chicken DC Special 2. Shameless or delirious from work?

The moment I read the pitch for this, I KNEW I had to read it immediately! 24 hours later, I offered rep! I cannot wait for next summer! This book is BEYOND AMAZING!

Coming soon: new projects from @amiekaufman.bsky.social @miasiegert.bsky.social @cynthiacliff.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social + more buff.ly/ieHZH3Z

The news is out! Thanks to my rockstar agent @writeloudly.bsky.social! THE NAMES WE BURIED Summer 2026, Scholastic Edited by Mallory Kass & @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social A trans boy takes a DNA test and discovers he’s a perfect match for a family searching for their kidnapped daughter. #lgbtqYA

Announcement pending.

Hey folks, I'm mostly posting on Instagram because of the costumes. CATS at The Fulton and Casa Manana. Also TIIIIGHT writing deadlines!

Maybe if you got your head out of your ass and looked at the overwhelmingly high percentage of cismale authors who are published over any other demographic, you'd realized your work is getting passed because it sucks. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

I see Gail woke up and chose war.

I keep trying to get on board with Bsky, and I just can't figure this darn site out. :(

I haven't talked about Val Kilmer because it's very sad for me. "Batman Forever" changed my life. I had it on VHS. I watched it all the time. It... honestly explains a LOT about me in general. Some people were very cruel to him when he was grappling with health. So cruel. This is sad.

Good.

Author milestone: earned out my advance. :)

Hi new friends! You might have recently followed me because of my posts trying to educate about piracy and the royalties authors get from the library. Please introduce yourself! I'm a bigender, queer, ND writer and costume designer. I'm responsible for JERKBAIT and SOMEBODY TOLD ME. I love cats.

I don't like the cosplaying poor from people defending piracy. It's easy to tell when the information is wildly incorrect, usually when people talk about food stamps since it's been SNAP for a long time with EBT cards. You... don't bring physical stamps from other states...

Finally found it. The average book thief makes between 60k and 99K USD. The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare. torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...

I'm not very active on Bsky. I'm alarmed at how many people are supporting piracy right to authors' faces when we're sharing how it's affected us and we're providing ways to read our work for free while we get paid. The lack of empathy coupled with entitlement is astounding. Usually people assist.

Why on earth would you laugh about this?

New Writer Beware blog post: authors' complaints at Clear Fork Press include royalty payment & reporting problems, contractual breaches, distribution issues, and much more writerbeware.blog/2025/03/21/a...

Under the advice of some folk, I blocked that person who did the fanfic dig at me (which 1) I don't like because literally it's the biggest honor ever when an author receives fan-work, ever, and 2) I don't like because I take IP really seriously). I'm just... sad they chose war rather than library.

Lunch would be absolutely fucking amazing.

thread.

I will fight for libraries and librarians. I love LIBRARIANS!!! Also Book Bloggers? Your work is so underappreciated. Seriously, your kindness got me through some ROUGH times and I learned from YOU.

I usually don't fight with people online-- --unless it comes to piracy where it affects me, my colleagues, my industry, where all of us are struggling to make ends meet, get food, and I'm called a scarecrow? So like... The Wiz or Jonathan Crane? I'd prefer The Wiz's Scarecrow.

The person who punched Richard Spencer and instantly made him a meme never got caught. Just threw one punch and skipped off into immortality. I think about that a lot.

"I'm not out there pirating fanfic so im sure you're safe" Well, this is awkward. lol.

So you can afford to SAIL but you can't afford a FREE LIBRARY CARD? Where you get FREE MEDIA? Digital included. And we all get ROYALTIES? Especially from digital. Food banks are running out of food, and a lot of it is rotten/expired/making us sick. But you're sailing?

there is a contact form you can use: www.saverilawfirm.com/meta-languag...

Can someone help me navigate this/who I should contact/what to put in the subject heading? I'm really overwhelmed.

I've been struggling a little bit, pretty hard. Found out on Thursday that someone who hired us for a lot of work making masks during the pandemic took her life. I have therapy early tomorrow morning and I told my trauma counselor a bit of what happened so he'd know in advance.

Paypal screwed up so royally...

Does it take awhile for paypal activity to show up if I sent a large invoice that was paid the same day? I'm freaking out and the company only is using an AI bot to reply when I'm trying to ask.

Fighting through a headache because I've gotta get these warmers done.

Historical costumers-Napoleonic and Shakespearean styles-anyone offloading some of their stock? Looking for 12 doublets/tops, maybe accessories (technically 13 but that's more fancy), NO PANTS! No Red, No Black.

Injured my pinky somehow. No, I don't know how.

This is one of the reasons why I live in NJ although the cost of living is so high... Terrifying. Heartbreaking. Everything in one.

In other costume-related news... It sucks when you ALMOST finish knitting warmers, literally last homestretch, make them for someone who's up to 5'7... Then find out the actor is 6'1.

I'm a costume designer when I'm not writing books. One thing my company stresses is that we believe every actor deserves a beautiful costume and we fiercely fight *anyone* who tries to put plus-size performers in a potato sack. So I wanted to share a company that I had a GREAT transaction with.+

My hand's a disaster but I need to get back to sewing a moto jacket and create a cute punk bodice.

Incredible stuff in here: They ID'ed him, in part, by going to court hearings and watching him post

As soon as I saw the news headline, I knew it was Chris. Didn't need to read a single sentence. Folks, Chris is the most badass ally ever. He blurbed my book, he's cool AF, and he fights the good fight. Follow him!

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social Chris!!! Just saw you were over here! As soon as I saw the headline, I knew it was you! Thanks for always sticking to your ethics and fighting.

This. I don't care how long I've been "friends" with someone, if you do this, we are *not* friends.

Publisher storm warnings (a thread) 🧵 For possible Writer Beware blog posts, I'm gathering info on several publishers following complaints shared with me, news coverage, and online reports. If you have experience w/ any of these, pls contact me (in confidence) [email protected] Okay, here goes...1/5

If you are a Missouri resident, you can submit testimony against the pregnancy registry here: witness.house.mo.gov/Default.aspx...

But did he go, "HEYYYY~EYYYYY~EYYY-EH-EH, HEEEYYY~EYYYY~EYYYYYYYY, I SAID HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?" #he-man

🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans. Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law. @wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.

Yup. Generative AI is shady, thieving shit that's also environmentally-destructive. Kick it to the curb with vigor and disdain.

Friends know I've had trouble sleeping because of stress from deadlines and so many other things. I've been exhausted but not sleepy. Today, Valentine's Day/mini-versary, finally had time to rest. Cuddle. I'm genuinely sleepy. I probably will go to bed early (for me). Not this 5am-8am bs.

If you're going to try to get me to pay for an interview, at least spell my name correctly. And no, I will never pay to be interviewed, are you kidding? And I absolutely am NOT replying to your email to tell you no--you're going to block and spam.