Fantastic piece from @washingtonpost.com on the art of #editing and the necessity to embrace feedback as a writer. A great reminder that all the best #writing is an obsessive quest through the labyrinth of rewriting. #writingcommunity www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“I’ve run off to join the circus, Ma! It’s Dan Chaon’s. And I don’t ever want to leave." --Stephen Graham Jones, author of THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER

True Failure is out today! @coffeehousepress.bsky.social

Today's the day. 🩵RUTABAGA🩵 goes on sub today! #Editors-- take a 👀 at this #MG story of my heart, full of #DIS rep, magic, and spunk.

🦅🏆 #GoBirds

Super Bowl Sunday #GoBirds

I've thought a lot about the film 'The Death of Stalin' lately. In 2017 it felt like a hilarious yet chilling warning sign of history repeating, but now that history has done just so, it has morphed into a live webcam capturing Trump's cabinet of thin-skinned, spineless stooges with eerie precision.

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

As my kids step up to the doorstep of two, I've come to realize that Phantom Thread is really just a flick about toddlers working it out, played by Oscar-winning actors. The only thing missing is Ms. Rachel's "Big Feelings" song.

The 90s were wild, you could just make a movie with Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney and call it like “Crossing Avery” and everyone would go see it and ask if you’d seen Crossing Avery yet because TV was just invisible audiences laughing at children eating spaghetti and babysitters were $2 an hour

Worst places to write: The shower While driving Just before falling asleep Where I get all my ideas: The shower While driving Just before falling asleep

One of those listening to The Fugitive soundtrack all day kind of days.

I'm just going to (re)post this whenever I need to remind myself. Maybe it'll help you too? 1. Focus on things in your control & take ONE action there. 2. Limit your inputs. You can't help if you're paralyzed.

Super Bowl bound 🥣 #GoBirds

Ever since The Rover, Robert Pattinson has proven himself as an exceptional character actor working as a lead, with The Lost City of Z, Good Time, The Lighthouse and The Batman showing off his incredible range, but this might be his most impressive yet.

My parents deciding to watch The Substance after hearing it earned 5 Oscar nominations #TheSubstance #Oscars

The only orange leader I’ll agree with for the next 4 years. #Gritty

Levi’s Cloud Merman Guide to Becoming Human S̶t̶e̶p̶ ̶1̶:̶ ̶S̶t̶e̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶ ̶h̶e̶a̶r̶t̶,̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶h̶u̶m̶a̶n̶ Step 1.2: Grow a heart with Max’s help Step 2: Achieve happiness Steps unclear. Now I’m heartbroken and ripping out any heart I can find. #P2Ppit #Q #A #F #R

Haunted by grief and desperate for escape, a teenage girl living on Mars colludes with an unscrupulous politician to help her go to Earth, but she soon discovers that the consequences of her actions could shatter her world. The Martian x All the Bright Places #P2PPIT #YA #SF #Q #amquerying

#P2Ppit #A #R #UW We've been at each other's throats for the last year, but I (24F) signed a sex contract with my ex's lifelong BFF (25M). My ex will ruin our lives if he finds out, but I think I'm catching feelings despite the fact his BFF still hates me and is definitely hiding something. AITA?

Hiking deep into the river woods, a child must confront the challenges of foraging if she wants to locate the elusive morel mushroom before its fleeting life cycle ends. TREASURES OF THE WOODS revives the timeless themes of Owl Moon & Watercress in lyrical prose. #P2Ppit #PB #STEM #Q

TIME WAR x UMBRELLA ACADEMY When Wells defects, Edgar is tasked with eliminating her. But she could be anywhere, in any timeline, and the reasons for her defection are still a mystery. In a race against time itself, Edgar rushes to find his former partner—and lover. #P2Ppit #W #A #SF #U

A TROPICAL TRYST How Stella Got Her Groove Back X A Matter of Innocence A 40+ Jamaican-born divorcée, struggling to save her business, untangles a sweet-talking30+ tour guide's web of deceit. 📕 Revenge: A dish best served cold COMPS 🚣🏽‍♀️Meet me at the Lake ❤️The Love List #P2PPIT #WF #A #UW #PW

[BLACK SWAN X BUNNY X HILL HOUSE] If Eden wants the solo, she just has to survive the freak accidents that keep killing the other ballerinas, a ill-fated attraction to her idol, and her chronic illness. Oh, and the haunted house she brought to life. Oops. #P2Ppit #A #H #Q

When Cody's group checks into Hotel Adair, she hopes to strengthen the bond w/her bestie. But the hotel feeds on insecurity& amplifies fears. As the friendship cracks& bodies pile up, reality warps. Cody must confront the hotel’s hunger if she wants to save her bestie& check out.

 #W #A #H #P2Ppit

Worlds collide when a dark queen's journey to break her curse forces her to take a human prisoner back to her realm. His brother will do anything to find out what happened, including infiltrating an exclusive nightclub where men seem to disappear. #P2Ppit #a #f #q #amquerying 📖

A southern inheritance is always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #P2Ppit #Q #YA #H #T #LGBT

A gym rat is threatened with a lawsuit after he challenges his HS bully to a rematch, so he forms a revenge pact with a boxer at his gym who will blackmail his bully into fighting if Todd can seduce money from his mom—only Todd has second thoughts when he falls for her. #P2Ppit #U #Q

RIP David Lynch.

I recently read Colin Greenwood's book, How to Disappear, which the sent me diving back into Radiohead. The book humbles them, emphasizing their underlying desire to experiment above all else, whether in music or any life endeavor. This live recording captures that inspiring collective desire:

[you may be screwed, buddy]

All writers get rejections: They're part of the process of putting your work out there. Just got two this week, and both sting a little, but they're also badges, little reminders that you're doing the work, taking the risks. And they'll keep coming, until you barely notice them.

🔊 The #writingcommunity voted & we’re Announcing Path2pub’s 2025 Pitch Event: #P2Ppit 2025’s first pitch event!! #P2Ppit stands for Path to Publication Pitch. It’s a Twitter/Bluesky pitch event for writers to post pitches of their books either for industry participation or 🧵

‪AnnihilationxAtomic Blonde📖 Lafayette's sole survivor, a radio hacker is made captain of the starship Echo. The mission? Find the spy in the crew before another calamity happens. 🪼 Far-Future Tech 🪼 Espionage 🪼 Alt-Theory Particle Physics 🪼 Tastes like Licorice #W #A #SF #T #LGBT #Dis #BluePit

Writing is a tough gig. The least we can do is be good to each other.

Honestly I’m about as good with money as I am with saving half a sandwich for later

YELLOWJACKETS x HELL'S KITCHEN. 10 years ago, 20 aspiring chefs entered a competition with one goal in mind: win their own restaurant out in Ireland. -strangers stranded in an unknown area -chefs who know how to use knives -fights and death -and one dark secret tying them #BluePit #A #H #W

Oceans 8 x Oregon Files x Antiquity Affair Amanda is a human lie detector. More used to exploiting her talents at underground poker, she is drawn into a real life game of truth or lie where the players will do whatever is necessary to keep the truth hidden. #BluePit #A #Q #T #Heist

After a stroke, a jazz prodigy has a life-redeeming 1-night stand, but when she finds out the same man and his ragtag soccer team are her chance to save her yoga studio, she decides whether her newfound love is worth it or just for kicks. NOT ANOTHER LOVE SONG x HELLO STRANGER #bluepit #A #R #Q

Phoebe's life sucks. She knows it. But when she makes a creepy new friend at a diner, she had no idea how bad it could get. Now she's trapped in a nightmare, or maybe a suburban tract home, and has to figure out which one is real. Oh, and how to escape both. #BluePit #A #Q #SPEC

NEVERENDING STORY x ADAM STRANGE Superhero-loving neurodivergent kid Terry O'Neal dreams of being a real superhero, the Slingshot Kid, and one day when he finds a strange magic ring, he's able to go to another world of odd aliens where he has superpowers. #Bluepit #WIP #YA #SF

Ava-Amaka wakes in a hospital with no memory of her parents’ murder. Haunted by nightmares and resurfacing fragments, she uncovers a cult, her supernatural heritage, and forbidden love with her enemy’s son. Can she navigate love, vengeance, and fate? #Bluepit #BluePit #YA #MagicalRealism #R #M

📚College #R 💜Aro-ace rep 💢Twin rivalry Mia & Liya have never dated, so when Liya gets her 1st gf, Mia won’t be left out, enlisting perfectionist classmate Jolene in a fake dating scheme. If Mia can’t loosen her grip on her sister, she’ll lose Liya & Jolene. #BluePit #Q #NA #YA #LGBT #CR 📖

When a horny divorcee travels to a remote island to connect with her mogul grandfather, it's not a Kumbaya moment. Nope, it's murder and sex. THE LOST HEIR OF MONK ISLAND, contemp adult romantic murder mystery romp. KNIVES OUT WITH SEX! Badass character Nora Ephron vibes. #BluePit #WF #A #M #Q

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY x THE THING A cosmic horror set during civilization's final days... As an alien parasite ravages the United States, six people will slowly unravel an ancient cult's dark conspiracy thousands of years in the making. #BluePit #W #A #H #MeetMyMCs

BLADE RUNNER x THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Lonely hacker Renaya must help a kind android boy recover his memories so she can solve her father's murder—before those behind it get to her first. #BluePit #Q #YA #SF📖

Who's really the villan, when the world is full of monsters? #bluepithype #A #F #bluepit #Q 📖 #amquerying #urbanfantasy

THE WEDDING PEOPLE x SANDWICH THIS ENDS NOW: Serial husband-ditcher Lainey hasn’t met a safe and loving relationship she didn’t want to escape—until now. But there’ll be no homecoming until she takes down the charismatic man who wrote the toxic playbook she’s ready to toss out. 📖 #WF #Q #bluepit