I stayed up late last night to finish The Everlasting. Damn you, Alix E Harrow! You shattered my heart and stole my sleep with your beautiful prose! Anyway, amazing book, would recommend.

The strangest thing I have ever read (complimentary) was Trans-Continental Breakfast. This is food porn like you've never seen it -- by which I mean, it is porn. The food is personified and having sex. Some of the food is also trans (not a punchline). www.amazon.com/Transcontine...

A flute, no larger than my pinkie finger. An arrow head carved from amethyst. Finally, a shard of pottery inscribed with one quarter of the recipe for faery wine, which puts any mortal into a deep slumber.

The Arisia Outreach Survey concludes July 15th at 11:50pm EST. Get your responses in while there's time! Help us improve the convention!

If people would use alt text, this wouldn't be an issue. Alt text is parsed by the mute words filter so please use it.

A phrase that will forever conjure memories of Readercon (or at least this one)

We’re close to the end of our fundraiser and still haven’t met our goal — we need ~$4k in four days. Frankly: I’ve used… a lot of personal funds to keep us afloat over the years between Kickstarters. I now have a child who’ll need daycare. I won’t have enough left over to bridge khōréō’s gaps.

After literal years of build up at local cons, I am finally attending House of Toast!

Come expand your galaxy with the #BroadUniverse table at @readercon.org , featuring both new and cult classic works from authors such as myself, @elaineburns.bsky.social @lynworthen.bsky.social @sarahwriter.bsky.social AND MORE!

Dear @chucktingle.bsky.social Bury Your Gays is one of the strangest (complementary) genre bending commentaries pop culture, capitalism, the use of AI, and queer experiences I've ever read. It was charming, creepy, sad, and triumphant and I really enjoyed it. Thank you for such a unique read.

This is an important read. I salute Bona Books for their thoughtful analysis of the situation, and wish them all the best with getting Wrath Month into the world, sans AI

Theoretically, Theseus, had been studying the minutia of Athenian law for hours; in reality, the duke had reread the same paragraph five times now and was about to embark on a sixth.

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

I'm looking forward to #Readercon this weekend. I'll be at the Broad Universe table in the dealer's room on and off all weekend. And at 2:30 on Saturday, I'll be reading with 8 other authors in a Rapid Fire Reading!

New blog post, in which I talk about the best books I read last month: jzwestonauthor.com/2026/07/01/j...

Every book has its time.

"The machinery of culture, of technology, of society, moves in the hands that sweep, paint, farm, or hammer." 💡🎨🛠️ New nonfiction today by @reasie.bsky.social: "Why it Matters When I Write About Space Janitors" Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

My dear friend LJ Cohen has a Kickstarter going to create an audiobook of her latest novel, a moving story about the multiverse and community. Even if you're not into audio books, you could get custom knitwear or a mug made by the author! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ljc...

I wanted to pick up one more book for the Trans Rights Readathon while I was at the library today. I, uh, may have panicked (this is in addition to the two books I already have at home) #TRR26 #transrightsreadathon

Some quick book recommendations, in honor of the Trans Rights Readathon! jzwestonauthor.com/2026/03/16/s...

Yes! And it really isn't that hard to set up a very basic site. If you really don't want to do it yourself, someone you know and love would probably be happy to do it for you.

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

I vastly prefer daylight savings to standard time, but there may not be enough caffeine in the world to get me through this week

I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

Cat's classes have been a huge help to me -- check this out, if you want to really work on your short fiction!

I ran a class the other night at Ottawa Swordplay on how to be a good coach/training partner. Today I read a thread about criticism/feedback for artistic endeavours and it helped me frame something that's been bothering me about that. 1/

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

For anyone who missed this the first time

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Interview with me about Murderbot and the upcoming Platform Decay at www.space.com/entertainmen...

"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

This is a gorgeous essay. “So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”

"Awakened," by A.E. Osworth "A Psalm for the Wild-built," by Becky Chambers "Litany for a Broken World" by L.J. Cohen (Because why stop at one?)

Great thread:

Check out this gorgeous cover! Tune in Tomorrow was a romp of a good time, and I know the sequel will be just as good

some thoughts amidst burn out + grief, but keep at it. #iceoutnyc #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics

Also, if you were wondering why the season finale of Leverage:Redemption last year was a refutation of the Melian Dialogue, "the strong do what they will", condemned systemic cruelty and offered illegal resistance is legitimate, as opposed to a fun heist, it's because WE'D DONE THE FUCKING READING.

I had an amazing time at Arisia this weekend! Participated in some great panels and caught up with old friends and made some new ones. This was originally going to be my only con this year, but that may have to change -- I had far too much fun!

an underrated plus of living in Boston is that absolutely no one believes this

PSA

"Your life should not be a museum." "Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets."

Reasons to vote for Toby, #13: October could rival Batman for the way she acquires random teenagers and provides them with family, safety, and adults who listen.

if you’re criminalizing librarians, the answer to “are we the baddies” is an emphatic yes

Oh no! Somebody sent me a very nice email. But that means I have to reply to it, which requires acknowledging a compliment. Can't I hide under my desk instead?

I forget where I first heard this, but in writing there are no rules, only difficulty levels.

1994: internet is ephemeral 2004: internet is forever 2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots 2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work

I mostly write short fiction, but I'd love people to read my latest story in Strange Horizons. It's about worm-filled doppelgangers and why being cis-passing kinda sucks.

Just finished In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune -- a lovely, bittersweet reflection on what it means to be human, in which almost all of the characters are robots. It's not as light as House on the Cerulean Sea, but it has just as much heart!

I don't have any books yet, but check out this thread full of awesome trans and nonbinary authors!