Generations of white supremacy, white privilege and racism. Americans would ignore a starving Black person to give bread to a rich white person. Look at the history of this country. Look at it. Why do you need to answer such an obvious question?

I will never not be disappointed to see New York Times reporting shared as if it has any credibility at this point. If they lie about trans folks, and have zero ethics abut how they cover trans rights, they can do the same about the rest of the stuff they cover. Stop sharing their reporting.

Periodic reminder that Gavin Newsom is a transphobic piece of shit and shouldn’t be anywhere near the White House.

As someone who did some content moderation and policy writing, it will never cease to amaze me that so many networks flagrantly refuse to learn from their moderation predecessors’ mistakes. Instead, they choose to repeat the same mistakes over and over again…

Trans people: What's something you've done to be kind to yourself today? If you don't have an answer, go fix that. You deserve love and kindness (yes you), especially from yourself.

I’m very seriously considering hitting pause on Bluesky. It’s two-fold, well, actually three but one I won’t get into unless it’s in DMs. 1. I’m trying to reduce my social footprint this year. 2. I’m so tired and mad watching the transphobia and racism and whatever Bluesky leadership does…

Here is a tiny sneak peek at the opening to an original song for my Nancy Drew horror mystery novella coming this year. The song is part of the story and will be made available with the release of the book. #NancyDrew #horror #indiemusic #writing #mystery #writingcommunity

Hey @toni.bsky.team — back to this conversation. You should probably talk to Aaron Rodericks and the whole content moderation team as well about their disproportionate handling of content moderation which plays right back to our conversation below.

QTP with the last four games you played. - Max Payne 3 - Red Dead Redemption 2 - Neon Inferno - Assassin’s Creed Syndicate #videogames 🎮

The X-Files pc game running on Windows Millennium Edition during my first year of marriage.

I got blocked by a transphobe today. No sleep was lost.

Alright Nancy Drew, #horror and #mystery fans… Meet Tony from my Nancy Drew story in the works. He’s a greaser and lousy boyfriend. What should happen to Tony? Be the judge, jury, and maybe executioner in the comments. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

A long time ago, in 2011, I wrote a guest blog post called "I've Got this Great Idea for a Book..." It still exists and you should totally read it. Look at the young mug. I was so young, so naive... but at least my Abe Lincoln beard was representing. "First things first, you will need to write."

Dear indie authors: What’s your preferred method for marketing that seems to have the most ROI? Mine is my newsletter. I also have an attached shop to it that sells directly. #IndieAuthors #WritingCommunity #marketing

In light of several author crash outs on Threads in the past week, I find myself thinking about ignorance. So I blogged about it. “It’s ok to be ignorant. We all start out ignorant. It isn’t bliss. But it is a blank canvas.” #WritingCommunity #personalgrowth #blogging

Sometimes I’m dead inside. Sometimes I’m dead outside, too.

Tell JD Vance I’ve never said thank you once. I want him to know it was me.

I think two ideas can help people lead a decent life. And that’s “be kind to each other” and “don’t be a dick.” They’re simple ideas. The first is to default to kindness with people. The second is to avoid being ugly to people. Many people fail both concepts on the daily which is sad.

WE DID IT. We hit our goals. That means we are officially open to artist submissions!!! We are only open to the public for a limited time. So, artist submit your best Black Speculative Fiction art..

Keep writing. The world needs your voice. ✍️

When it comes to writing, I’ve been in a state of working on stories since I was a teenager. It’s hard to even imagine not telling stories at this point. My mind leans into telling stories… (continued on blog). #Writing #WritingCommunity #storytelling

The plan is to record the vocals to this rock ‘n’ roll song we’re making for my Nancy Drew horror mystery story. Next Tuesday evening, I should be singing my butt off and harmonizing with myself. Wish me luck and confidence in my voice. Especially confidence. #WritingCommunity #IndieMusic

You get nothing, good day sir. I say good day!

My latest newsletter is all about persisting out of spite. Existence as rebellion. And a little bit about news concerning the Nancy Drew story I'm working on -- it's blossoming in many directions. #ChildAbuse #Rebellion #newsletter #NancyDrew #WritingCommunity #Horror #Mystery

📚 🎨 💸 I'm currently raising funds to help pay my artist Jamie Hahn to work on book covers for Blood Frequency (paperback version) and my Nancy Drew horror mystery story. I would love it if you pitched in and I'll give you a shoutout in the acknowledgements of the stories. Thanks! #WritingCommunity

I don’t have many videos yet. But 💯 this interview I did of #horror author Lana Casiello deserves more views. #Writing #Hawaii #WritingCommunity #Colonialism #booksky 💙📚

Me:

This morning I got through the first pass edit of E.A. Noble’s short story “Survival is Not Guaranteed” and it is so freaking good! What a fantastic story. Heartbreaking at times but 🔥! #Booksky 💙📚 #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #writing

@toni.bsky.team I wasn’t sure where to say this. But I do appreciate you in this thread of mine. You’re the first Bluesky employee that was professional enough that I even felt it was worth reaching out to. So I do appreciate that. That’s how toxic Paul, Why, and Jay can be…

Some morning thoughts on spending more time with our brains vs. asking AI for help. #writing #WritingCommunity

Hey @toni.bsky.team — your employees are constantly tanking Bluesky’s reputation. This AI haters list exists because it added the thousands and thousands of Bluesky users who blocked the new Bluesky AI to send a message we don’t want AI here…

I appreciate all the likes and shares of this call for submissions for Black women authors looking for some free copyediting services. I still have some openings and the deadline is May 1. Be sure to get in your submission before time is up. #WritingCommunity #Booksky 💙📚

What is even going on with Bluesky. Their official status page is suspended now on top of outages and glitches.

On Friday evening, I met up with a friend to collaborate on a song we’re putting together for my Nancy Drew horror mystery story. It’s part of the story, the lyrics I’ve written will appear in the story, and there will also be a recording of the song as well. #booksky 💙📚 #music #WritingCommunity

Take chances today. Be yourself but try something new or different. Stay positive. ✌️

📝 Dear Black women authors, I’m giving away free copyediting services for six folks. After watching all the racist hate Black women authors endured through Black History Month, I wanted to do something positive. Let’s lift Black women authors up! Not tear them down. #WritingCommunity Details:

I wrote about my feels concerning that time Meta stole a pirated copy of my debut novel to train its AI. Spoiler: It did not feel good. #WritingCommunity #AI #MetaAI #booksky

When I first conceived of my character Mercedes Masterson, it was for a short indie noir film and I decided I wanted her to be both the private eye and femme fatale tropes all rolled into one. It makes for a fun character to write. So much so that I’ve been writing her off and on for over 20 years.

Christian things I’ve never seen America do: - turn the other cheek. - feed the poor. - be anti-violence. - be anti-racist. - love her neighbor. - forgive. And before you suggest it, yes, I’ve read the bible. Used to teach it even. But the Pope probably knows it better than me.

I published “Sally Pinkerton was Here” last year. You can snatch it up as a free ebook. It’s a young adult short story about not quite feeling you belong or always feeling like an extra in someone else’s movie. ##ShortStory #YA #YoungAdult #Booksky 💙📚 #WritingCommunity

Seems relevant…

Hey.

This isn’t important right now, all things considered, but it annoys me so much that we are limited to 300 characters on Bluesky. Are other ATProto instances expanding character count? Or is it really so baked in that it can’t be undone without Bluesky’s blessing?

My#writing#music playlists are sometimes so dang good that I keep listening long after the story is published. My playlist for “The Bride of Usher” is one of my favorite writing playlists. It’s short and full of bangers. https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/the-bride-of-usher/pl.u-kv9lReDTJYDzrRN

By the way: Eric sent those cease & desists in response to being asked for comment on the CNN story. He had his lawyer TEXT cease & desists to the WOMEN SAYING HE RAPED THEM in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. They were not named! That’s the weirdest response to a request to comment that I’ve ever heard.

Have the men tried not being terrible? Seems like it’s worth a shot.

(6 likes/6 mutuals) 🎮 Games 📝 Writing 👻 Horror 📚 Reading 👥 People 🎧 Music @brosandprose.bsky.social @drspookyer.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @sesmith.lol @cmrosens.com @bookspotlight.bsky.social If I tagged you, please know I did it because you’re good peeps. No disrespect. 💜

I added @germnetwork.com to my profile. Please clap. And feel free to dm me there if you have it.

I am a haiku. Oh what to do, what to do? A lonely haiku. #haiku