You all should check these books out. Gritty, noir, necromantic fun.

Whatever your feelings toward Valentine's Day, @lishmcbride.bsky.social's Necessary Whimsy column has some excellent suggestions for feel-good reads (some full of romance, some focused more on fun and friendship and maybe a few murders)! ❤️

Notice a ton of commercials pushing AI during last night's Super Bowl? Here's why these companies are so eager to get you to adopt it in your life (hint: it's a bubble). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxBHxpMFXA

Right now we're at $5500! Can we raise some more money today for this utterly vital organization? 💝

Uhoh those the were load-bearing witches.

Watched the new Muppets special on the weekend, it was truly wonderful. Here's a drawing I did a few years ago of Kermit & Miss Piggy but Human.

Smalls, to his father: how much did your tattoos cost? Me: one of my tattoos cost a quiche. Smalls: what? Me: I traded a quiche for a tattoo. Smalls: which one? Me: my porkchop tattoo. Smalls: I want to see that! Me: …dude, I’ve had it since before you were born. You’ve seen it.

as you watch all of the rah-rah pageantry of the Super Bowl it’s astounding to remember that MAGA is so weird and offputting that they’ve apparently given football to the libs in the national divorce

I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center. www.humblebundle.com/books/charli... Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from narrating romance books in the past couple years, it’s that romance fans are loyal, particular, and far smarter than anyone thinks. This is going to feel like they’re being condescended to, because it is. I don’t think they’ll take it well! And they shouldn’t!

there's so much disrespect of romance writers and romance readers baked into the idea that AI-driven production of novels is 'better'. as if writing romance isn't skillful, hard and joyous work. as if romance readers aren't discerning, loyal and savvy.

Smalls pounced on my mother as soon as she got up. Smalls: so, the Super Bowl. Are we making snacks? What are we thinking? Because I could make those potatoes again. Me: dude, let her get coffee first. But chill, I got stuff for nachos and extra potatoes so you could make your recipe if you want.

A neighbor asked me if I knew where to get a free whistle. I asked for a bunch from @dansinker.com's whistle crew and put bowls of them out at my workshop and apt courtyard, and my neighbors are taking them and we're talking together about anti-ICE actions.

Last night a woman at a party repeatedly referred to me as DeLish. (This is a thing people do sometimes, or ask me if my name is short for delicious.) Readers, I did not hiss at her or say anything snarky. Bigs: That’s a lot of restraint for you. You only let Bruce Campbell get away with that.

Best out of context thing I’ve said today: “We just need sexier Muppets.”

one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

An article where three authors say some pretty smart stuff and I flail about as per usual. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Running out of fictional material for fictional villains

@oliviawaite.com has written an absolute banger of an essay about Heated Rivalry, romance, and the arc of Jacob Tierney’s work. It reminded me why we are friends—Olivia always makes me think more deeply about media I love.

I am in @therumpus.net today talking about how Heated Rivalry is connected to both chirping in Letterkenny and Shoresy, and also Pride and Prejudice and Austen film adaptations: therumpus.net/2026/02/02/m...

the whole country is on fucking fire and Mamdani is just over there going down the checklist of shitty things no one should have allowed rich people to get away with, and honestly it gives me hope for a better world.

MORE TO DO!✊️ Resist fascism! Families belong TOGETHER. 🎁Gift article Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All. Feb. 1, 2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

here's my entry!! #Comics4Liam

If you've ever heard me say "I'd never cheer a player injury" I need you to know that I was lying

Hi everyone, one of our whistle producers is down to a roll or two of filament. If you have the capacity, would you mind helping them out so they can keep printing whistles? Thank you all!

Oh YAY this is a lovely #1 new release tag to see! 😍 stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen #romancelandia

I refuse to believe that Moira Rose would merely EVAPORATE from the MORTAL PLANE like some kind of PEASANT.

Oh, man. This week/month/year has been a losing Catherine O’Hara on top of that really sucks.

If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside.

Win 2 signed, personalized copies of any of my book (+ swag)! There are some amazing prizes up for grabs, so check it out! Bidding ends Friday at 11:45 PM. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Everyone should be putting up NO ICE NO CPB NO FEDERAL AGENTS GET A JUDICIAL WARRANT OR STAY OUT signs everywhere.

Look it's the TV version of TRANSCENDS THE GENRE! Everybody drink!

Feeling frazzled and need a script to call your reps? This made it super, super easy. Do it. Call your reps. The DHS bill is now coupled with many other bills, and they are making it really difficult to defund ICE. Ask for a standalone DHS bill! Defund ICE and demand accountability!

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Lawyers for families say ICE agents are illegally detaining immigrants in Minnesota, including young children, and moving them out of state beyond the reach of legal counsel. (via @mprnews.org)

You can bid to get copies of any two of my books, signed/personalized with bookmarks and stickers tucked in to support Minnesota. I highly recommend people check out the other items, because there are some AMAZING items up for auction. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Mike has such a wealth of knowledge and is a delight to chat with! Y'all want to bid on this!! 👇

A Tennessee library has banned a book where cartoon chickens model historical undergarments and I’m sorry, I need this on my shelves immediately and probably you do too. A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs hannahholt.com/store/a-hist...

if I could get everyone to do one (1) book related thing right now, it would be to preorder Prince of Storms from Tropes & Trifles in Minneapolis. 1) I mean preorders make me look fancy 2) they are an amazing bookstore dedicated to hope & happy endings in a city going through it.

Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE. They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon. They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times. He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”. A 🧵 of ICE abuse

One of my biggest craft notes for most newbie writers is to use metaphors sparingly, and to consider each one an opportunity for world building or character, and to only use one if it serves dual purposes. This here is the perfect example of a well placed metaphor.

Abolish ICE.

Yeah, uh, buddy, nobody turned the Titanic around.

Feed by @mt-anderson.bsky.social (I think this might actually be happening?) Kat Incorrigible by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social Paranormalcy by @kierstenwhite.bsky.social Hold Me Closer Necromancer by @lishmcbride.bsky.social This is Not a Test - Courtney Summers Final Girl Support Group - GHendrix

jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.

Naming my new punk band “Eight Thousand Verbal Assaults”

When I was a kid they called you a Nazi just for correcting someone's grammar. The insistence on not calling violent white supremacists "Nazis" is deliberate and ridiculous. It's LARPing concern.

Springsteen at an unbilled performance at a Parkinson’s benefit Sat. in NJ— “…send a message to this President. And as the Mayor of that city has said, ‘ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.’ So this one is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.”

This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING wat CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

A lot of things are terrible right now, but I have a cup of coffee and I’m getting to read a little while my eleven year old cooks me breakfast and sings along to Prince’s When Doves Cry. The sun is out. The dogs are napping. I’m soaking up the good while it lasts, so I have energy for the Horrors.