I got my gay lil hands on @drovarela.bsky.social’s new novel Middle Spoon. Cancel all my meetings!

Very proud of the roasted fig sandwich I made for breakfast

Here in Colorado, legislators from both parties are trying to grant AI companies immunity from consumer protection lawsuits. Like immunity for gun manufacturers. Politicians will be bought off by all these tech bros as their products continue to kill us.

Conservative affirmative action is wild. They just let anyone do any job no matter their qualifications, so long as they’re loyal.

Saturday night plans

Went to a tea dance. No tea was served

I have finished revising this manuscript

I’m attempting to relax

Tbh I miss Twitter when Twitter was good and felt like summer camp

Damn 😶

I am not nearly as active as I’d like to be n this app. I’m reading @arammrjoian.bsky.social’s debut WATERLINE, and because he’s smart and I have good taste, that means you should, too!

“Whenever I walk to the queer bars in the West Village (places I, a happy-hour connoisseur, frequent often), I pass by the building where Muñoz’s office was located.” @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social‬ takes a stroll through Jose Esteban Muñoz’s New York City.

Wild Saturday night

he’s right and he’s right to say it

I closed nearly 30 tabs on my phone. I’m on a power trip today

me and my big nose just trying our best

I’m still awaiting furniture. My books are all over. I have three boxes where the tv (and console) would go

here to tell you this is the hottest I’ve ever been

Moving into the new place, and I will desperately be needing more shelves

Hello there! I’m moving and, due to space and expenses, need to find new homes for books. I have a PangoBooks storefront link, but if there’s anything you like, feel free to let me know directly, and we’ll work something out. Thank you! pangobooks.com/bookstore/ch...

Hi again! I’m moving into a new place, will be on my own, and I’d like to find new homes for some books. Aside from selling on Instagram, I also have a PangoBooks storefront. I hope you find something you like! pangobooks.com/bookstore/ch...

okay this is a CALL FOR ESSAY PITCHES! I'm looking for freelance writers for Reactor Mag, a long-running SFF website (formerly tor dot com not the publisher). Im the senior editor for book content, focusing on contemporary sci-fi, fantasy, gothic, horror, and genre-defying books. (details below)

Hello book people, I’m running a book sale on my Instagram, which you can find in the link below. All books will be posted on my stories. There are a lot but starting small for now. I hope you’ll consider sharing! www.instagram.com/chrisralonso...

I have jury duty tomorrow, and I’m taking this with me

Every attempt I’ve made to resell books has proven difficult, but since I’m moving I do need to try again

Here's a thing I've just learned, though I don't recall from whomst I learned it: If you're googling something and you add -AI at the end of your query, you'll be spared the AI results.

mutual aid los angeles network (MALAN) has a megalist of resources across the southland: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... and they’re collecting donations in chatsworth: www.instagram.com/p/DElevTEyzVD/

have been considering coloring my hair again

I used to work at a local independent bookstore, and sometimes my former coworkers will set aside an advanced copy they think I’ll like. Very excited to have Irene Solà’s latest novel translated by Mara Faye Lethem

Had a lil performance yesterday 💃🏽

I got the rest of the afternoon off

🧵Thread: How I Make Money and Survive as a Writer. I grew up with a household income of around 22k a year and recently transitioned out of the service industry to writing full-time. Hope some of this helps!

I understand writing takes time and things shouldn’t be rushed, but I really thought this manuscript would be in a stronger place by now 🫠

Revolting Indolence is officially out (@utexaspress.bsky.social)! Excited for this queer & trans Latinx anticapitalist manifesto, these indolent imaginings of another kind of world, to find readers. Get your copy today! ✨🪩✨

A book I ordered for research purposes finally came in, and I’m thrilled

Love yo be a Miami book fair rat

Walid’s family’s fundraiser is still shy the halfway mark as winter comes to Gaza. They have been displaced six times and the children need shoes and a new tent, along with food, of course. gofund.me/0e0dfb51

Started a starter pack!

Has anyone made a starter pack for Latine writers?

Managed to write like 200 words today

Download your free copy of the anthology "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire," which I had the honor of co-editing in 2022. Light in Gaza explores the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and the struggle for liberation. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...

Good morning, I have amassed a fun collection of advanced copies and can’t decide which to start first

I am looking for my Twitter oomfs 🥲

my new flamenco shoes came. Excited to break them in

I got to talk with the great Nate Brown about tech, utopias, grief, how much Ron Desantis sucks, & feeling like a weird-o.

Accidentally matched outfit and book. Got an advanced copy of Loca, by Alejandro Heredia, which I’m very excited about

I don’t know what this says about me that I’m preferring to work on secret manuscript no 2 rather than finish revisions of current manuscript, which I’m nearly done with 🫠

Have found that chipping away at a second novel while revising the first has actually been helpful for my process(?)