Me: I'm going to have my characters take a quick side-quest into this underground ice maze. *20,000 words later* Guess I'm renaming this novel THE ICE MAZE. #writerproblems #writingcommunity #firstdraft #amwriting

Hit 41K words on my #WIP. Aiming for 50K by the end of the year. #Writingcommunity, what are you hoping to finish by New Year's Eve? #Amwriting #amwritingfantasy #amwritingYA

I had the chance to read an ARC of @clairejoyance.bsky.social's new novel, To Reap What is Sown (Threads of Destiny #4). If you're looking for an inclusive fantasy with a complex female lead (and plant magic!), check it out! You can find the whole series at www.barnesandnoble.com/s/claire%20e...

Never thought I'd be Googling "zebra mating habits" for a play, but here we are. #writerproblems #playwriting #writingcommunity

"[Pilgrimage] makes you leave the theater thinking about the women in your life — whom you’d trust with your darkest secrets, whom you could ask to join you on the journey of a lifetime or for care in your neediest hour." Thank you @lilyjaniak.bsky.social for your review in the Chronicle! #newplay

Art by Morning Star Designs #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Thrilled to announce that PILGRIMAGE, a play I cowrote with Humaira Ghilzai, will have its world premiere at Z Space in San Francisco!!! Previews begin Oct. 24. For info and tix: goldenthread.org/productions/... #newplay #bayareatheatre #theatre #afghanwomen #muslimwomen #pilgrimageplay

As a sci-fi writer and general space nut I find this really exciting. Sure, they won't be landing, just flying around it, but still -- THE MOON. 🌓 And the fact that this crew includes the first Black person and first woman to visit the Moon makes it even more exciting! #moon #artemismission

Too true

Enjoying my last weekend before things get busy (start of Fall semester). Coffee, sunshine, and working on my #WIP.

The Twin Stars ebook is on sale today! If you like #portalfantasy, #YAfantasy, #YAscifi and #mentalhealthrep, check it out: www.amazon.com/Twin-Stars-C... #OCD #mentalhealthmatters

Part of having #OCD is dealing with a lifelong weight of mostly irrational guilt. I think that's why so many of my characters deal with guilt of some kind or another. It's also probably why guilt is the major theme of my #WIP. We write for a lot of reasons. Wrestling with our demons is a major one.

Writing retreat! 💻

Hello. I am a pregnant woman in a film. My water breaks and the baby is coming NOW. It's born five minutes later.

I felt like something was missing from my #WIP. I think I may have figured out what it is. I've made a change that both raises the stakes and increases tension. Because things weren't hard enough for my protagonist, ya know? *Chases MC up a tree & pelts her with rocks.* #writingcommunity #amwriting

23,000 words into my WIP and hoping to hit 25,000 by the end of the week. Not always sure WHAT I'm writing, but words are coming out. So...win? How are you doing, #writingcommunity?

"Alligator Alcatraz" is wrong and media should not use it. It's propaganda. Alcatraz held people convicted of crimes, particularly violent crimes. The Florida camp holds people *not* convicted of any crime. If they had been, they'd be in prison elsewhere. The site is a textbook concentration camp.

I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡

Happy #Juneteenth! 🤎🙏🏾✊🏾

Proud of my Congressman Ro Khanna for introducing the Iran War Powers Resolution. The Founders intended for CONGRESS to have the power to declare war, not the President--and for good reason. Please call your reps and ask them to support this resolution. #nowar #nowariniran

Read this entire feed and then make your phone calls , then get to a protest tomorrow. If not now, WHEN?

I laughed way too hard at this

Auria yearns to go to Earth. When she allies with an unscrupulous politician who vows to help get her there, the consequences of her actions could shatter her world. Lotta teen angst but there IS a happy ending and JOY is what I want for these characters! #joypit #YA #COA #SF #DIS #mentalhealth

Every year, I do 30 days of gay ahead of/during Pride, which used to be 30 individual TikTok posts, but I’ve started amassing them all in one big graphic to save myself the time/energy. (Scroll for more recs🧵)

Amplifying

This is quite straightforwardly fascism.

As an instructor who has seen this sort of thing in student papers, I'm not at all surprised.

We stand together or we all fall. - NO AI audiobooks - NO AI covers - NO AI book trailers - NO AI character drawings - NO AI marketing copy - NO AI “research” - NO AI editors - NO AI translation - NO AI at all

“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

3 chapters and 9,000 words into my new novel! *happy dance* #wip #amwriting #amwritingfantasy

TOMORROW is MAY DAY (5/1/25): The latest in our ongoing PROTESTS! FIGHT to protect the country from the chaos of one dangerously unstable man. IT. IS. WORKING. Sane Americans easily outnumber the cult & live in Dementia Don's head rent-free. Bad press is his Kryptonite. BE THERE!! www.FiftyFifty.com

3,700 words on my new YA fantasy. It's officially a start! #amwritingfantasy #yafantasy #wip

Cory Booker has held the Senate floor for 17 hours and 21 minutes. The record of 24 hours and 18 minutes is held by segregationist Strom Thurmond, who spent that time protesting the Civil Rights Act of 1957. I am pretty sure Booker would not mind changing that history.

Trans people will not be erased ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently. I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

3-D map of the planet in my new fantasy novel! It’s tidally locked with its sun, hence half is desert and half frozen. I could not wrap my head around this on flat paper, so I got a styrofoam ball. Need to start placing the cities now. #amwritingfantasy #fantasymaps #artsandcrafts #wip

Every time I walk past a bank, I face an ethical question. Should I just rob it? It's a stumper.

It's hard to focus on creating when the world is on fire around you. How are we all holding up? #writingcommunity #authorsofbluesky #amwriting #atleastamtryingtowrite

Adding to the list this French scientist

Recent reads (loved these!) #BlackAuthors #Fantasybooks #Diversefantasy #YAfantasy

Protesting in SF today! #dumptrump #notmypresidentsday

Labels on maps can change, but truth doesn't. It's still the #GulfofMexico, the Earth is still round, and he's still an utter buffoon.

Just wanna say: Elon doesn't get to ruin Mars for me. Mars is and will always be awesome, and I will continue to tell stories involving BIPOC and trans and disabled and neurodiverse characters on Mars. 💫 #mars #amquerying #writingcommunity #amwriting #diversityisstrength

Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman "I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT

Googling how to conduct a seance. #writerlife #writercommunity #mysearchhistorywouldgetmecommitted

Got a Dem Senator? They can do more than just vote. -Oppose Nominees -Reject Unanimous Consent -Vote NO on Cloture -Request Quorum Calls This is a constitutional crisis. They should act like it. Send an email to your Dem senators here: act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...

Seventeen-year-old Auria Jones was the first human born on Mars, and she wants nothing more than to leave it. But when she allies with an unscrupulous politician who vows to help her get to Earth, the consequences of her actions could shatter her world. #YouDeservePit #YA #Scifi #mentalhealth #Q