This is a good article, worth reading. Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars. Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Started strong then got sick midweek. But I was able to tighten up my outline, so I think that will make the next phase go more smoothly. My daughter inspires me; this time she brought home drawings of mermaids and vampires and I was like...hm. What if those two creatures teamed up in some way?

Feelings don't care about your facts!

I already did it, I'm taking tomorrow off!! I need a mental health day. And I'm going to relax and write #weeknightwriters

Hi #weeknightwriters, I'm Aiko. For #firstdraftfall I'm working on The Atlantis Job, a fantasy heist involving vampires and mermaids and the end of the world as we know it. I've got the beats plotted, mostly outlines, and about 20k words so far. My goal is 50k by the end of the month.

We have fun! Tonight I wrote 780 words instead of the 0 that was looking likely because someone was doing a sprint.

Today we're hosting a recommendation of Hidden Indie SFF Gems, including underrated fantasy and sci-fi, written by @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...

Loved The Dragon Next Door and want to see more of Tollar, Beenala and Bale getting into trouble? You’re going to love this one! What happens when the world’s best aquamancer meets the world’s best pyromancers? Big magic and chaos! 🌈📚 books2read.com/u/mqxAa8

Limits are what give life meaning but they also aren't always what you think they are Also everything is more boring and mean without diversity

I went with the more, um, colorful option and OMG

Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾 Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social

fact: transphobia is for losers

We’re SO close to hitting our initial monthly funding goal! Thanks to everyone who’s been donating, we’ve been able to pay folks who generally can’t manage volunteer work to help us with building out our tool and get the word out! opencollective.com/conjured-ink please help us boost our campaign!

You know how tech oligarchs love naming their companies by misunderstanding LOTR? Well the vampire venture capital firm in my WIP is named for a villain from @ursulakleguin.com's Wizard of Earthsea series

You know what, this is the size bundle I can handle, this tagline made me laugh, and I'm a sucker for a redundant title

If you have a working oven: Cut 2-3 russet potatoes (washed well) into 12ths. Leave skins on if possible, there's nutrients there Toss with olive or canola oil & either seasoning or regular salt. Bake at like 400 for 35 minutes? Kid & adult friendly, filling cheap, gluten free.

New awareness campaign

My household mailed in our ballots in California!

I don’t believe we can outengineer paypro censorship But I DO believe in @conjured.ink. What they are building is akin to a decentralized itchio, retailers as individual self-hosted shops instead of all hosted via one big platform Support them, they need your aid youtu.be/X8LY8yclttE?...

Just reposting this as a reminder to myself that while writing a heist, stuff can be dumb

Ready to go to war for later library hours

Who's gonna do it?

Creating more embodied characters, especially side characters. A lot of times they feel like props.

Now this is the kind of AI we were promised! Less art, more chemistry, please.

Oh SHIT I forgot to check my kids' candy for AI features that had been automatically enabled before I let them eat it 😮‍💨

By popular demand: I've opened a Kickstarter for a HOP T-shirt! If I get 50 preorders I'll do a print run! www.kickstarter.com/projects/201...

I love revision. I have a hard time with the blank pages, so first drafts are just dumping words out; I'm almost not allowed to pay attention to craft. On revision, that's all I pay attention to and I love it.

my friends started a lit mag!!! submissions open on january 1st. pay is 0.03/word for unpublished fiction! accepting stories, reprints, cover artwork! www.thephantompulse.com

I have three images drawn by me to convince you to buy my Sigils books! They're 1910's inspired thriller science fantasy full of spirits, strange places, and wild beasts! www.rebeccareyeswriting.com/work/book-series ko-fi.com/rebeccaevita... <--Signed copies with a FREE bookmark!

In case you're wondering if that book review offer or marketing pitch or friendly message from a well-known author are genuine (the short version: probably not)...my collection of blog posts on the new Nigerian marketing scams will help you decide writerbeware.blog/tag/nigeria/

Hi! I'm Aiko. My work in progress is The Atlantis Job: A grieving vampire and a vengeful mermaid team up for a heist to upend both their worlds My goal is to finish a very sketchy draft this month for #firstdraftfall with @weeknightwriters.bsky.social #writevember

I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...

If you're angrier about people getting something they don't need than you are about people needing something they don't get, which is exponentially more common... you have a lot of issues to work through. Try therapy instead of policymaking.

Legendary comp

#weeknightwriters I have already started! The idea was to focus on outlining/world building in October but when scenes present themselves I'm not gonna resist Also I have little kids, so I'll be crashed after trick or treating by midnight. But hoping for a productive weekend

My most favorite trope is a trope that I usually hate that someone pulls off. My second favorite trope is just one bed.

Victoria Goddard, Vajra Chandrasekera, Simon Jimenez, Indra Das, and Madeline Miller, for what they make me feel. All of them deliver exceptional character work and prose in different ways. I admire many others, but these four immediately came to mind.

Solis. Inspired by "Triadic Ballet" by Oskar Schlemmer

Psssst Have you heard about this amazing new partnership offer from @wrtrstat.bsky.social ? It could be just the thing you need to take your #FirstDraftFall planning - and writing - to the next level! #WeeknightWriters

When one of my students, who I'd been working with at least a year, told one of my newer students, "Nah, Ms. A's not racist. She looks like she could be, but she's not." In my deeds and my heart, I try to live up to that compliment every day

This is how you blurb

Age gap romance, but she's older. (She's 700 and he's 300)

Creatures that can steal faces ravage a rural Texas town. Tabitha must run from one that sets its sights on her after she murders a man. Preorder ebook: books2read.com/u/4DGOAQ Preorder physical copy: ko-fi.com/s/49b76447e3

I just finished "A Philosophy of Thieves" by @franwilde.bsky.social and if a scifi heist sounds intriguing to you, you should check it out! #booksky 📚💙

I just got miiiine, I love a signed book and money going straight to an author 😍 #booksky 📚💙

The best part about impulse buying books in your 40s is you completely forget you did and it's like a surprise gift when it arrives. Although I did see @rebeccareyeswriting.com posting about this today and had a vague, "Wait a minute, didn't I....?" moment. And then it came with today's mail!

I felt a burning urge to do a #WIPsnip tonight. I think this one reflects the, uh, tonal change I'm working with in this WIP. Poly teases Fitz (aka Billy, both short for Fitzwilliam) about his evolving feelings about the homosexuals over the centuries. #fantasyheist

Excited for this!!!!!!

Reposting to continue my penance for taking a cheap shot at the juggalos that one time and getting rightly called out. Models of positive masculinity come in all different forms and, like miracles, are all around us.