And this is the aftermath of my visit to the secondhand bookstore 😍😍😍

Crying in public on my day off, thanks Amanda Gayle www.harpercollins.com/products/onc...

Well look what finally arrived on my doorstep. Cannot wait to dive in, @alexismariewrites.bsky.social you can look forward to unhinged messages. Congratulations to you, but also to me and everyone else who gets to read your work ❤️

Coping with the horrors by now writing Captive Prince fic: archiveofourown.org/works/80944456

The movies don't really get into it, but it's worth remembering that Denethor went crazy because he spent too much time doomscrolling on the Palantír and it cooked his brain

Took advantage of that @bookshop.org sale last week and loookkkkk at what came today! Thinking of doing an immediate reread, completely obsessed with this series and need to dissect it and maybe publicly spiral about it #captiveprince #cspacat

1. Scam alert thread! 🧵 Watch out for out-of- the-blue emails from supposed marketing experts claiming they just happened on your book & are eager to promote it. This is something I'm seeing more and more of. Marketing scams aren't new, but this is a new twist.

The first-ever Black Book Bash, an all-Black literary festival, will take place October 3-5 in Jacksonville and feature such authors as Clarence A. Haynes, Wanda M. Morris, and justin a. reynolds.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Becoming attached to several characters in Sunrise on the Reaping is sure to end well for me (i am halfway thru) 🫠

Video is officially up on YT You Can’t Separate Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling youtu.be/JHvWWJ-640E

Sure picked the wrong century to work a job that requires an attention span.

I literally finished this book last night and cannot recommend it any higher (i had some WILD dreams as a result let me tell you). Congrats on a well deserved win 👏

fantasy series rec: The Saint of Steel series by @tkingfisher.com Look, at this point, if t kingfisher writes it, i am reading it. The worldbuilding is masterful, intricate yet accessible in a way that makes for a perfect reading experience.

It’s bleak out there, but it’s heartening to know millions of people from all walks of life took the time to ruin one specific persons birthday, America’s hater spirit remains strong

there are so many ways to help. you can march in the street, you can volunteer, you can use art to urge others to do the same. you can CREATE spaces like an assembly auditorium full of cheering kids. today i am suggesting a donation. here is post of suggestions im trottin bsky.app/profile/chuc...

oh, no, thank you, we do not need to be giving money to plays* that will directly fund transphobia with the profits. (*obvi fill in any other official product in that universe bc yikes)

The first person to tell me I 'must be using AI because there are em dashes in my books' is going to get a lecture on punctuation and house style, followed by a practical demonstration of the word 'eviscerate'.

Please appreciate my favorite accessory for my Cowboy Carter concert fit

Time to post it again.

I finally watched Conclave. I like that Ralph Fiennes has the same energy as Kermit the Frog trying to keep The Muppet Show from going off the rails.

News from the world of companies using AI to cheat, lie, and steal. Share this story. It is despicable, and what’s worse, in due time it’s going to be tragically typical and unremarkable. Unless we fight them. NOW. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Book rec: James by percival everett I was so excited to see this win the pulitzer for fiction this year. It's a stunning, harrowing, important read, and left me examining the power of language, words, and reading long after I'd finished it.

Good. Let's.

Not quite like my usual art but I drew this starling a little while ago! Mixture of copic, coloring pencils, acrylic paint, fineliners and... gel pen :) ✨️ #birdart #traditionalart

"Rainbow carrots!" I chant in awe under my breath at every stage of prep/cooking. Just look at them!

Oh to be as enthralled by anything as much as my toddler is by the ladybug crawling around our potted thyme 🐞

Colorful Blue💙 Still practicing using my own color instead of copying the original pic! #bird #birdwatching #wildlife #illustration #art #digitalart #animal #animalart #original #avian

Book rec: Don't Let the Forest In by cg drews. I'd give this a million stars if I could. I loved it so much after i returned my libby copy i bought a physical one. Queer, YA horror with prose so delicious i was both extremely moved and wildly envious. I'm so excited to read more from them!

thank you to everybody who’s out there still writing stories and making art, despite everything

#loreolympus in my style 🩷🩵

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

When I had small kids I recall someone telling me about a teddy where you record yourself reading a story and give it to your child and they press the button and it auto-reads the story. They said, "It would save you time!" I said, "To do what?"

artificial intelligence when i was a kid

“I asked ChatGPT-“ I asked Medusa and she told me to give you the address of her temple, she says she wants to take a good look at your face.

Outing myself as a recent tea appreciator (the one good thing to come out of the flu) and showing off the deliciousness i picked up at an art fest today 🫐

For @ellipsus.com, I wrote about people using genAI to produce fanfic. As with any kind of writing, genAI proponents often miss that the act of writing is the point—but with fic, written for free and with no barriers to publishing, using AI is *truly* missing the point: ellipsus.com/blog/generat...

“nobody will see if your first draft is bad” I WILL

It's #internationalCrowAndRavenAppreciationDay apparently so I HAVE to share my crow art again you see. 😁 #illustration #ArtistForHire

A beautiful day for some café writing ✍️ 😊

I guess my only real writing advice is that if you're bored while writing something, the reader will be bored while reading it If you hit a section in a piece that is a boring slog for you, it's probably time to cut it or radically rethink it so you're excited about it

Need to rave about #southofmidnight. For writers in need of inspiration, just a reminder that storytelling is everywhere. One of the best recent examples of this is South of Midnight. If you’re a gamer and you havent played it, run don’t walk. I’m not a gamer, but I’m married to one, and- 1/4

Every time I’ve been forced against my will to see that stupid fucking photo of JKR & her cigar I’ve said “she looks like a cartoon villain” & I finally figured out which one

“I don’t feel broken with you, I don’t feel like a failure with you. I actually like the person I am when I’m with you.” -Draco, Remain Nameless. Collab with @melbindsfics.bsky.social #fanart #fanfic #fanficfanart #dramione #dramionefanart #dramionefanfic #dracoxhermione

my brain when i have time to write: *crickets and white noise* my brain in the middle of reading a construction picture book to my child: WORLDBUILDING IDEAS PLOT SCENES CHARACTER ARC GO GO GO #drafting #writing #writerproblems

"Not enjoying this fic, convince me to keep reading it." "No. ☺️"

Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚 www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...

“Just” friends, as if friendship could ever be just anything. As if it doesn’t run soul deep, carved into bone like initials on a tree. As if it doesn’t have the power to save you or bring you down to your knees.