I wouldn't have gotten up to get that package in if I'd known it was just laundry soap. 🙄

I'm curious, @profanity.accountant -- do I even swear here? (I definitely do in real life.)

I was trying to figure out why I felt so much better (mentally/emotionally) last night and I just remembered that I took an extra crumb of dried frog pills* yesterday morning. I should have done that days ago instead of resisting and feeling wretched. 😳 *brain meds, no actual frogs involved

Having remembered that I, too, am a Small Business, I am running a flash sale on editing services. Book and make your deposit this weekend and receive 10% off. More info on what I do here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing

Hello this means the ebook for AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, which won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, is FOUR DOLLARBS UGHFINE www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...

Oops! I still have one copy of The Martian (another favorite of mine). Surely someone wants it? (Remember, it's a Kindle copy, U.S. only.) #KindleBookGiveaway Here's the claim link: www.amazon.com/kindle/redee...

Okay, another U.S. Kindle giveaway for Thanksgiving: 4 copies of Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time. #KindleBookGiveaway www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee...

It's Thanksgiving Eve. Let's do a #KindleBookGiveaway! I have 5 (U.S., Kindle) copies of The Martian free for the taking: www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee... www.amazon.com/kindle/redee...

Crying-laughing at some of these stories.

Your inability (or unwillingness) to spend money on my books shouldn't become my problem. It shouldn't become any author's problem. For all intents and purposes, none of us are swimming in cash and we can't afford to lose sales to entitled pricks who believe they should get our labor for free. (6/)

Artists are getting fucked to pay for AI-powered drone strikes and surveillance. Spotify is the absolute devil.

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Great even the hurricanes are locking their doors when they drive by now

Holy cats! (Pretty sure each of these incidents was prefaced by the classic line "Hold my beer.")

If I were to start a political satire newsletter, with a new hyper-timely flash piece every 2-3 weeks, would you sign up?

If you get to a trillion dollars you should have to start the game over from the beginning at a higher difficulty like your parents not owning a bunch of emerald mines or whatever idk that’s just a random example

Ooo!

Love to see it.

A gentle reminder for your day, in case you need it. 😽🤍

True. (And now I need to check the news to see WTF happened this time.)

This was certainly A Week.

Let me be clear, in a wild goose chase scenario you would not be chasing the goose

It was a good day. (Tiring, but good. Yay for progress -- and for the progress being much easier and less scary than I'd expected.)

This is so true. But the downside was that you had to leave the house to buy things a lot more often, which meant plenty of people within slapping distance...

It is somehow both “this has been the longest year in recorded history” and also “how is it the middle of November already” right now

2025 coming in with the plot twist!

PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ???? Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D

Since nothing matters anymore and there are no rules, let’s knock out Thanksgiving this week, do Christmas next week, then have six beautiful weeks of that full goblin mode space between Xmas and new years where time doesn’t exist and sweatpants are required dress

Yep, made me cry. I wish we didn't have to do this but I love that people are coming together to care for each other.

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

Crowdsourcing question time: if you had the flu shot, was it harder on you than usual? Context: 3 people I know, including myself, all had a harder time from it than in previous years. Interestingly, all 3 of us are dealing with long covid from the first wave. SO. >>

WHAT THE HELL, @dropbox.com ????

My dog sure sighs a lot for somebody who can’t read the news

I am still looking to fill these spots. Thanks so much to everyone who has helped me get the word out.

So what they're saying is that it's a cure for a cold-like disease, *and* a cure for cancer. Any thoughts on this @seananmcguire.bsky.social?

Here is a Triscuit being baby in his blanket fort to sustain you for a bit (He’s probably thinking of badness but you know, aren’t we all XD)

I have openings in my editing calendar. I do developmental edits of novellas and novels, and work with multiple genres. More information here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.

My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Define your taste in books with 8 authors: Martha Wells Ursula Vernon Terry Pratchett Douglas Adams Becky Chambers Seanan McGuire Naomi Novik Deanna Raybourn (First alternate: John Scalzi.) (Not listed in any particular order, answers always subject to change.)

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.” 🎁link

Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.

Zero sales at this event. Anyone want a book to make the gas money worth it? books2read.com/u/3LX0Z1

Powerful words.

[Exit King.]

A good reminder (and one that I need to hear occasionally)...

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”? anyway that’s why these events are important

Love all the people adding their photos in the replies.