Speculative fiction fans, can you *please* stop using YA as a way to insult adult fiction? YA isn't devoid of subtext or descriptions. It isn't lesser. If you notice those trends in adult, it's not because YA trends have infected it. And if you notice that in YA, then you need to read better books.

RETAIL LINKS HAVE HIT FOR HTDC!!! That means you can officially preorder my new book. If you were a kid who loved all the alien abduction episodes of Unsolved Mysteries and now loves spicy horror as an adult, I cannot stress how much this is FOR YOU. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1464...

You can now add my new book to your GR tbr if you’re into that sorta thing ❤️‍🔥 www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

I want every person who has previously struggled with a restrictive eating disorder to stand up right now, go to the kitchen, and eat a piece of cheese. Or a cookie. Or something else that brings you joy. There are some tough images out there right now, if you’re in recovery like I am. I see you. 🫶🏻

“The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

The perfect storm is brewing here rn. I’m in the midst of the most hardcore edit I’ve ever done, 2 months after deciding to pull my kid out of daycare due to health issues/being hospitalized over Christmas. Sooo now 3x a week I am parenting all day and writing all night (jk I fall asleep by 7pm) 🫠

Yes, I remember when I had my first child and had to build 30 data centers to feed them.

Thinking a lot about Alysa Liu and her joy today. About why we pursue such difficult things because that passion reminds us why we’re alive. After a year that completely turned my life upside down, I’ve reconnected with the JOY of writing. I don’t have it in me to FIGHT for it anymore. It just is. 🖤

@chucktingle.bsky.social just reminded me i have a bluesky account and thankfully it came at the perfect time because i have a LOT TO SAY THESE DAYS *cracks knuckles*

If you can’t find anything to be thankful for this holiday season, be thankful ur moms not a vampire

This shirt is quite literally a synopsis of my next book and no I will not (cannot) elaborate at this time

This shirt is quite literally a synopsis of my next book and no I will not (cannot) elaborate at this time

Here's the most insidious thing about Tylenol-gate: It's the only pain reliever pregnant people are allowed to take. You take that away, they have no relief, they can't function, can't go to work... and then the men get to say "WELP there it is boys that's why they only make $.70 on the dollar!"

Reading through One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This a second time with a pencil in hand and I really gotta say it’s standing out to me even more this round that this book is saying some piercingly real shit about much more than Gaza and genocide

<dead orphan children climbing from well> <me, a person who loves both children and creepy shit> Who wants dino nuggets????

Coming to NY this fall for 1 reason and 1 reason ONLY. Cant wait to see @natcassidy.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @emilyhughes.bsky.social @talkscaredpod.bsky.social (ran outta characters lol) Tix here! powerhousearena.com/events/power...

Great night great show great friendships

Anna is a force in this scene and I am honored I got to be among the first guests on her pod 🖤

Weapons was everything I wanted it to be and more. I only wish I’d still been a child actor when they were casting this movie 😭

Happy Friday everything’s still garbage but here’s a perfect angel baby corndog

so ig really spooked me by sharing my location w/o my consent, SO I’m going to be posting there a little less often and trying to grow my community over here 💙 Also thinking I should commit to a free newsletter/email list as new projects approach. What service do y’all use for those if you have em?

Pretty sure the Venn diagram of people who use ChatGPT to write everything and the pando anti maskers is a circle.

Can confirm, this cuddle puddle is my world

If you’re wondering what kind of person I am irl I am the kind of person who wonders if they should roll for Cynthia Erivo in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl this wknd 💀

Things I want AI to do: Detect cancer earlier Create more seamless, intuitive prosthetic limbs Study the brain and help people regain skills they've lost due to TBI, stroke, dementia, etc etc Clean the goddamn oceans TRANSLATE ALL ANIMAL LANGUAGES SO I CAN TELL MY DOG HOW MUCH I LOVE HER

YEP it's this. Truly great artists are born with more innate talent and drive in their pinky finger than these "genius" tech moguls, and they're straight up jealous. They're practically sneering "WHAT LIKE IT'S HARD???" every time their LLM spits out another slop symphony.

"AI" is IT from A Wrinkle in Time. "Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think." Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.

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See you this weekend #sdcc!

See ya there buds ✨

was lucky enough to trot through this one early and its so dang good. HECK YEAH @lizkerin.bsky.social

Feel like it allllllways comes back to this (see also, golden age of TV in the early 2000s/2010s). Put the creatives in the drivers seat. Less filmmaking by corporate committee.

News! Publishing news! We are SO back (in 2027 but whatever it’s gonna be a BLAST!) 👽✨ @poisonedpen.bsky.social

I planted extremely *elaborate* evidence to make everyone believe our house was haunted. I was 8.

Honorary Oscar for Mira Nair

Hell yeah NYC, lead the charge. This is what we're looking for as progressives and moreover, what we truly NEED right now. Millennials grew up a LONG ASS TIME AGO and we're ready to put in the work. Trust where the wind is taking us.

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa. It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;) It's so New York.

Oh how I cherish the moment I finish a truly enchanting book and then just feel BEREFT that it’s over and stare at the wall. It feels like a tiny miracle.

Thinking a lot about the incredibly gay groomsman I met in an elevator this weekend who saw me looking at my phone and said, "Honey, I have one rule for the news. Less than ten New York Times notifications, one martini. Eleven to twenty, two. More than twenty, stop counting, keep drinking."

I rode bikes side-by-side with Philip Seymour Hoffman on the NYC west side bike path for like, a minute.

I have my issues with him + many of his policies, but I'm a proud Californian and I'm standing with our state and our governor. There are MILLIONS OF US who never asked for this. But those numbers are only going to make a difference if we work together to build a fortress of empathy + NOT BACK DOWN.

COSIGN ALL OF THE BELOW. LA kids should not have to endure this. They have been through enough.

I just gave to this campaign and YOU SHOULD TOO. All I want is to do an event here next time I'm in NY. Looks incredible.

cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either

The two most powerful men in the world are acting like my so-called besties three-way calling my crush in 8th grade, but SURE tell me again how women are too fickle and moody to be world leaders.

Today’s the last day for the sale price on this here ebook! Thanks for a great pub week, friends!!! www.amazon.com/Phantom-Fore...

Truly would be an honor let’s get it