You guys, that sounds like a VERY good time! If you are in the vicinity, you should definitely check it out!

Sunday!

Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

It's almost like when you tax the rich in a place you get to make that place a better place and even the rich just looking out the windows of their limos at most of that place in passing prefer to think "oh, that looks nice" rather than "I must prepare my bunker for the impending apocalypse"

This year's college first-years were 9 when Trump took office. I know it's very hard for a lot of us to accept, but for an entire rising generation, TRUMPISM IS THE NORM.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

It's very simple -- you see a picket line, you don't cross that picket line. Worker solidarity, bitches.

Viciously accurate.

If you think I'm joking about how grim this part of the semester is, I will simply note that this is the part of the semester that the college-wide emails from the Dean of Student Affairs stop being "Dear Colleagues:" and start to begin "Dear Comrades:".

I'm officially at the Swamp of Sadness portion of the semester.

My student's email: You didn't remind us about this in class, and I don't read the schedule, so it's unfair that you expected me to do this reading! Me: (who literally held the book up at the start of class for 3 full weeks, repeating that they needed to read the first 36 pages by the 10th) Sigh.

At this point in the semester my particularly failing students are suddenly all trying to rules-lawyer my syllabus and policies to argue TO THE DEATH for five points that won't even come close to saving them from failure, and I'm just standing there like this --

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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue." Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...

My student: I really want to pass this class. I am working really hard. Me: Have you done the assigned reading for today? My student: No. Me: Do you own the book we are currently reading? My student: No. *SIGH* This is why I trust the actions of my students and not their words.

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

I can think of no better Christmas gift than Peter's new book, which contains 1000% more dinosaur-related deaths than his previous books.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

When Joanne's closed I was primarily worried about being able to get fabric, but it turns out that the really big problem has been getting things like thread and closures. I absolutely refuse to step into Hobby Lobby and Michael's is still primarily a craft store with terrible selection for notions.

Getting a review that clearly understands what you wrote is one of the greatest gifts for an author, and THIS review is in Kirkus! It went live on their site today, but I have to admit that I have been floating for days over this one :) Happy to share my joy.

HEY, THIS IS TODAY! Like, three hours from now. You should definitely come and stop by.

Watching the first episode of Season 4 of The Witcher and I truly have to admire how hard some editors worked in that 3-season recap to NEVER show Henry Cavill's face.

Also I am going to put in a plug for my sister @diygeochemist.bsky.social who is a professor analytical chemistry who does work with space scientists and has a side business (which is reasonably priced) working out exact fictional details for authors who like that sort of thing.

Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.

I've taught Isabel Allende's book IN THE MIDST OF WINTER for almost seven years, and it was only today that I realized that there's a line in her acknowledgments that reads fairly innocuously, until you realize that it is actually a SUPER SAUCY comment toward her now-husband, and ALLENDE YOU MINX.

If you've ever admired my jewelry at a convention or event or whatever, almost all of it comes from here.

Online store is up in case anyone wants to trade their digital lucre for copies of my books. 💕

Oh my god, I might never see any posts from @stephenblackmoore.com ever again! (and if we're now requiring a CONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSE, then 90% of my posts are right out)

The first book in the duology is The Witch Roads (starred review from Library Journal! a Library Reads pick for the month of June!) Both covers by Raja Nandepu. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

This book has graduate students being eaten by dinosaurs. You need this book. You want this book. You should buy this book.

On Wednesday the 12th, I'll be hanging out at the Last Bookstore's Studio City location in Los Angeles from 6:30 until, well, we run out of books for me to sign. So be sure to preorder a book through them to make sure they don't run out before you get there.

Cool interview with the songwriters/performer of Golden from KPop Demon Hunters explaining how the song evolved youtu.be/FxEX_GWwE7M?...

Paul Semel interviewed me about DEAD HAND RULE! A great chance to talk about genre influences and unexpected connections. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in...

After seventeen years of teaching, I think I can take a moment, calmly assess myself, and admit that I'm pedagogically probably a lot closer to Severus Snape than to the Robin Williams "Oh captain my captain" guy.

This has been such a grim week at work.

Would 100% watch this romantic comedy.

Once again, I am threatened with a good time.

Okay, we can all go home now, because this absolutely is the winner.

My article for Grimdark is open to the public now! I talk about luck and playing chicken with solar winds(I’m looking at you Appollo 16-17). www.grimdarkmagazine.com/space-were-p...

I will cut so much slack for students who just walk in and point-blank admit that they didn't do the reading, because I am so pissed at the ones who read a Chat GPT summary that hallucinates like fuck all over the place and then they will argue TO THE DEATH that that really happened in the story.

Hey! @maxgladstone.bsky.social's latest, DEAD HAND RULE, is out today! Max is an amazing writer, an honestly cool person and you should read his books. ALL OF THEM. AT ONCE. RIGHT NOW. GO ON. DO IT. DO IT DO IT DO IT DOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOIT us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I've seen a few posts about food banks/pantries and complaining about what they serve. "Expired" foods. Dented cans. Gum. Spoiled produce. Weird food. I've worked as a volunteer at a local food pantry that is affiliated with our regional food bank. Here are some thoughts (and facts). 1/10

It's Publication Day for SLAYERS OF OLD!!! From @dawbooks.bsky.social's official description: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time."

THE NAMELESS LAND (The Witch Roads duology, book two) drops in 3 weeks. If you are a podcaster/livestreamer etc and would like to interview me/have me as a guest, please DM me and I can put you in touch with my publicist at Tor Books to arrange things. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I am so fucking sick of having to teach my students how to save a file to their goddamn desktops. I am sick of showing teaching them that there is a difference between .docx and .pdf. I am sick of teaching them how to upload a file. I am sick of having to teach them how to insert page numbers.

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

At this point I'm kind of counting the months before I have to resort to fucking Blue Books. Which I would mind less if it didn't mean having to decipher student handwriting. Maybe I should pitch my department chair on getting typewriters for the classroom.

Listen. Strange women, lounging around beaches, partially transparent, possibly distributing swords, is no way to run a system of government.

Well, I know what I'm doing with my kids this weekend.