Saw an AI bro refer to "brain-only writers" lol

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

"Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it’s the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it." —John Waters, who celebrates his 80th birthday today!

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Solomon's Seal (Liv Talbot Book 1), by @skyladawn.ca, which I *have* and *have read* and *did enjoy*. Note that this is actually a @smashwords.bsky.social giveaway, which I have much less experience with.

Today on backyard druid, I caught a frog for my offspring to see that only had one foot. We agreed to name him Long John Frog. 🐸

A wild thread: 490 million years ago, the seafloor which would become the city of Baltimore was a serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal vent complex. Those vents laid the ultramafic structures that would, in 1812, be discovered as America's first chromite mine.

#Artemis II 🚀 Following their successful splashdown, the Artemis II crew gathered for a group portrait in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha, positioned in front of Integrity, the Orion spacecraft they personally named.

Recently, I have elected myself the neighborhood druid and have taken to pulling up invasives while I follow my offspring around the woods.

I was invited to lead an paper on teaching ocean science using Dungeons & Dragons for a Folklore journal, with my podcast crew, and it is by far the most fun I've had writing an academic paper, ever. I cannot wait for you to read it.

A decision was made that all podcast hosts should be co-authors on the paper, since the predominate intellectual contribution comes not from drafting, but the 8-year process of building an educational D&D program. Which means I get to publish my first paper with my daughter.

Jabberwocks and Snallygasters: Exploring the Role of Dungeons & Dragons in Environmental Education has been submitted! This was such a fun paper to write. @craken-maccraic.bsky.social @erinthez.bsky.social @panic.gay

The evidence is overwhelming - COVID vaccines #ProtectYouBoth!! True then, true now - equitable, community centered outreach makes a difference in helping pregnant & lactating folks get vaccinated.

99.99% of the jokes about deep-sea ecology haven't even been discovered yet...

Had a great time at Awesome Con with @dugongsd.bsky.social! Good hunting! #bloodborne

For teachers, environmental educators, and D&D dorks! In December, I published The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e adventure in environmental science and ecologic succession. www.dmsguild.com/product/5056...

My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think it’s beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there

Marking #InternationalWomenDay2026 by reposting my illustration of Ichthyosaurs anningae, named for the truly remarkable and groundbreaking Mary Anning. #sciart

Watched a dad eat ice cream while his pregnant wife juggled helping four kids, meanwhile my husband sits down next to our kid and says "don't worry, I've got napkins and we wipes in my bag." 1000/10 would marry again.

We bombed a girls elementary school.

the two phases of writing: (1) writing and (2) wandering aimlessly like an unmoored ghost and complaining about not writing

It’s D&D night, and the party has been invited to the Feywild to hunt the Jabberwock, courtesy of @drandrewthaler.bsky.social’s campaign module, The Last Hunt For The Jabberwock. There’s a limit to what I can say, because spoilers, but the party is deeply suspicious.

Nailed it.

Artists, quote with something silly!

It's hard to grasp how large this grouper is until you see it in comparison to the ship's toilet on the left. This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m) Let's talk about these gentle giants.

i think i forgot to post these? digital colors over some traditional pencil sketches from a couple months back

When a friend asks for a fuck ice pun, how could I say no?

Things are really bad still, so here's an emotion US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of @naominovik.bsky.social's fabulous book A Deadly Education (The Scholomance Book 1), which I bought on my birthday, because it went on good sale. Happy birthday to me! This is *very good*.

Cached US Kindle giveaway courtesy of @galatfemme.bsky.social: 6 copies of @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's The Novels of the Jaran: Jaran, An Earthly Crown, His Conquering Sword, and The Law of Becoming, which I *have* but, uh, haven't read yet. sigh. #KindleBookGiveaway

I remember someone apologizing for constantly checking my audiobooks out from the library instead of buying them on Audible, and they were surprised that three library checkouts of Eyrie probably earned me more royalties than Audible would've paid me for a purchase via credit. ($2.70 vs $1.80).

When your teeth are so big and cool your skull evolves notches for them to fit. Panthera atrox at @tarpits.org 🧪

It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑 Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for. We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.

Love this so much. 💜

Francis Ford Coppola is the most famous director to do Dracula and his version diverges widely from the book, so every day I awake mad that his is the one they called BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

Ever come up with an idea for a dnd character and then think to yourself... No I'm keeping him. Now I just need a story to put him in 😝 💙📚

Best treat of the night. #HappierHAMILLWEEN 🎃 😋

May all your undead be merry and your candy buckets full! Happy Halloween! 🎃

I sold a book!

Every single sale makes my day like nobody's business

When y'all buy from indie authors, it impacts us profoundly. Especially if it goes outside the circle of authors trading a few dollars back and forth amongst ourselves.

I’ve said this before, a lot, but when you’re an author and your book doesn’t sell your feelings can default to the premise, “Everyone in the world was offered my book and they all personally rejected it.” The truth is most people don’t know it exists. Awareness is the problem, not you or your book.

The 12 to 20 hour D&D adventure is designed to fit into a middle or high school environmental sciences program and comes complete with lesson plans and SOLs. It features delightful art from @erinthez.bsky.social.

Me , fossilized, mid-squid fact, talking about cephalopod evolution juuuuust as I got to the part about ammonites.

The fourth piece for my Zócalo Public Square's Sketchbook feature - I just love to draw a crooked croc 🐊

🌊 NEW Ocean Science Radio #podcast episode! We chat with Ben Minch about giant viruses - microscopic monsters that hijack photosynthesis & reshape ocean food webs. These viral giants were hiding in plain sight for 20+ years! Mind-blowing marine science! 🦠🔬 open.spotify.com/episode/1RmQ...

Dear girl wearing the @rustyquill.com sweatshirt. I'm sorry if I startled you when I shouted at you from my car, I was just very excited. 😅

Just finished up a wildly fun D&D session with @erinthez.bsky.social @akornblatt.bsky.social and @craken-maccraic.bsky.social. Ghosts, Pirates, Zombies, Creepy Vampire Kids, and Hamburgers. You should check out Interrupted Interment: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Do not drink and drive #thranduil #thehobbit #lordoftherings