I’ll be at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for two writing workshops, but I have a large gap between the two so I’ll be floating around. Feel free to say hi if you’re there and you see me!

Yesterday's Grand Slam Final was nothing short of phenomenal. Every poet left it all on that stage in a spectacular showcase of the power, poignacy, and range of spoken word poetry. Thank you so much to all of our slammers, and congratulations to our new 2025 Loud Poets Champion Aditya Narayan!

Hi, y'all! I am once again starting a GFM; this time to help me with my PhD continuation year costs. The YT video explanation: tinyurl.com/mwtn2ztj The GFM link: gofund.me/f53ad919 I'm posting this on all my social media platforms (even the ☠️ ones), so apologies if you've seen this already.

Oh, hey. TIDAL CREATURES is out in paperback today! If you want a book about weird alchemy, found family, moon deities around the world, academic politics, the destructive applications of peach trees, lesbians, and the Impossible City, this is the book for you.

It's heartbreaking to see someone lose their dream overnight. Adrianne needs our help to rebuild her food truck after it was stolen and damaged. Please consider donating and sharing! gofund.me/3856c0f9

Here’s what I’m gonna be reading during my breaks and with my morning coffee. It feels illegal for me to not be reading a dark academia book set at my uni. So off I go.

Finally made a #BookTok account. It’s authoraneirin on the Clock App if y’all want to find me 🥰

It’s National Puppy Day. Please show me your dogs 🐕

More good notes from my new vocal instructor where I legitimately almost teared up: “Your higher register is already at the professional caliber, but we need to work on your lower notes.” Okay I can do that! BUT EXCUSE ME PROFESSIONAL??? AHHH “You have incredible breath control.”

Played Book Fairy Today #IBelieveinBookFairies

Neighbour: *begins aggressively hitting drums* Me: *inhales deeply* youtu.be/jBJn4BHtqqY?...

It’s Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Awareness Day. AM(U)A.

Long term suicidal ideation sucks, man

///flatly/// Great.

So my vocal instructor let me know apparently I’m a dramatic soprano (news to me, everyone kept giving me mezzo things before the last 2 years) and I was curious how high I could comfortably get before warming up. So this is also fun to know. Time to go find some dramatic soprano songs to learn.

When you leave the office so late they’ve turned off all the lights in your department and now you’re wondering if you’re going to clip through the floor

“It’s so nice hearing you singing again, I’m glad you’re feeling better” 🥹 It’s good to know my neighbor is enjoying the practice I need after the poor thing had to hear my lungs giving out on me for *months* (so much coughing)

Spent the weekend watching movies, finally getting around to Handmaid’s Tale but that’s hitting a little too close to home. Gonna try and read more of my fun book today ✌🏻

🎶I’m not okay🎶

So it turns out my sickness was actually my lungs failing to function (fun fun)! I’ve got a new inhaler now and seem to be leveling out on the new meds so that’s nice. Right in time for Hanukkah and Christmas.

I’m ✨still sick✨ so I guess I’m gonna play the Sims since my ma tangentially bought me the Life and Death expansion pack 👀 I’m just glad I’ll be able to relax with the break soon

I refilled the hummingbird feeder last night and it took this video of me. It’s, uh, kind of creepy, 😅🕷️.

My rules for building a library when I have a chance to meet the author are simple: one blank (unsigned) version for reading, one signed for me specifically, and one signed without personalization. This isn’t always allowed of course, but I was lucky and this author was incredibly lovely!

Not to be dramatic but the new episode of Helluva Boss changed my brain chemistry

“Aneirin how do you deal with all your trauma” “I put it in these characters and move em around like pawns for catharsis and healing, sometimes with a side of wish fulfillment”

What's the difference between indie and traditional publishing? Matty Dalrymple of The Indy Author and Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) will weigh the pros and cons. She will also discuss skill sets and goals that are best suited to each. RSVP free: bit.ly/3OHRPXZ

Society of Young Publishers North are holding on online event on the topic of Children's Publishing: thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-n... #UKKidLitNews

Okay all the dishes are clean and in the drying rack or drying on the stove top Taking a break because idk how much standing up I have left in me Gonna watch the rest of this crime docuseries on the Night Stalker Then therapy Then might tackle some more homework

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Okay so the books I’ve managed to read outside of my PhD research this year that I remember well are “One of Us Knows” by Alyssa Cole (it’s SO GOOD) and “Camp Damascus” by Chuck Tingle. I’m trying to read at least a few more before the new year.

Hi y’all! I’m usually on here as TheAncientGeeko (elsewhere as the same or The Ancient Geeko-Roman), but this is going to be my writerly/personal Bluesky so head on over to my other profile if you’re more interested in my academic side of my musings 🥰