Do you want to read The Dragon Has Some Complaints early? If only there was a way... WAIT. THERE IS.

Includes my poem “When the Cat’s Away,” published in @daikaijuzine.bsky.social!

#books #read #write #authorlife #blueskywriters #booksky

One week until IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS launches, and have I got a couple of giveaways for you! First of all: Tachyon is giving away a copy on Goodreads. US only - enter by May 12. Over 600 people have already entered, which, *wow.* www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... #IgnoreThisBook

This is both awesome and awful. Meanwhile, I'm over here eagerly awaiting some spam for Cato the Younger and/or Cato the Elder of ancient Rome.

Capricorn: Today you will lead an uprising of an oppressed people. The Fraggles will never suspect the Doozers until it is too late.

Everything is truly about Gonk.

generative AI has no place in our schools. It is documented as contributing to cognitive decline, this is just propping up a techbro pyramid scheme with taxpayer money.

Gossamer.

Discovering an AI-generated interview of myself on a website I didn't interview with is a new one. Cat tax because I'm not linking to it.

The squirrels and rabbits destroyed about half my tulips this year, defying the deterrent spray, so the few blooms I have are extra special.

hot take: women are less likely to use AI because we’re quick to clock flattery as a tool of manipulation

Pretty accurate--but it's missing a square for third-party financial manager with Nigerian name electricliterature.com/author-ai-sc...

Wake up, babe! New Baba Yaga just dropped!

FYI

Part Four of "A Time-traveller’s Guide to Speculative Poetry" is now live on our blog! It features @nytebird45.bsky.social, @fjbergmann.bsky.social, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, @marysoonlee.bsky.social and @bethcato.bsky.social sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/05/0...

To those who could really use a laugh right now, I present the dentist skit from the Carol Burnett Show. youtu.be/9IUSM4EKcRI?...

Just set this to record. I haven't seen it in ages!

Books on saaaaaaale! Buy A Thousand Recipes for Revenge and A Feast for Starving Stone for a mere $2.49 apiece! That means the whole series is under $5. US and Canada only. Please share! Promo links A Thousand Recipes: amzn.to/3H7sZ0Y A Feast for Starving Stone: amzn.to/3L2uzCU

ikea has this new storage chest for kid's rooms that looks like a mimic, and I applaud this kind of thinking. it's good to teach children about the dangers of mimics early, so they don't fall prey to one the first time they go adventuring

“The way things are going, I’m not sure if humanity will be around in 50 years, but if we are, there will still be poets, and we’ll be writing in blood on a charred concrete hellscape.” I'm included in a fascinating piece on the present & future of speculative poetry: sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/05/0...

It's #PoemInYourPocket day! This year I am carrying this poem from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social by @marissalingen.bsky.social -- it's SO good ♥️ 🐺 #PocketPoem

Guys! GUYS! It's back! It's coming back!!! The single greatest literacy promotion in human history* is coming back! All you 80s and 90s kids know what's up! *(this point may be a little hyperbolic, but just a little) people.com/pizza-huts-b...

Ideas are the easiest part of anything. If you need an LLM to give you ideas, you are indeed cooked!

Haha. I just reread Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and he describes this very kind of thing. The wives are all hooked on it, immersed in storylines that think for them.

Today on Bready or Not: Bourbon Walnuts! These candied nuts are fast to make and incredibly cost effective. www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

Lots of new people here. So introduction time? I’m Jen. I am up for a Nebula and a Hugo for my short story “Six People to Revise You” ( @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ). My two books (and other short stories) are about hope in a crumbling world.

More integral, even. Academic writing is a tool for thinking, and it's the brainstorming and outlining where ideas coalesce and solidify.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

For Canadians who ordered the print version of SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL from Amazon and are endlessly waiting, I don’t know what’s going on with that, but I’ve been advising people to cancel the order and get it from Indigo or your favourite indie shop. 🇨🇦 www.indigo.ca/en-ca/shoesh...

Oh yes! In my book A House Between Sea and Sky one of my main characters is an abandoned & very anxious magical hut. It is deeply lonely & makes some human friends. There's a sweet scene where a young girl visits the house & gives it a kiss. I'm tearing up thinking of it! #SpoonieAuthChat

I’ve been thinking about this for 2 weeks now: at the marine biology talk I went to about bioluminescence, a girl in her 20s stood up to ask, “why study this? Is there a product you can make out of it?” I was irate. You study it because it’s fascinating. You study it to understand our world!

Watch as I feign surprise.

The Mark of the Beef 👹

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Last hours for the free standard shipping!

Sorry if I've been swinging wildly between these two concepts lately. These times are really trying.

Can’t make it to a bookstore but still want to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day? You know we’ve got you covered with free shipping all weekend long 🥳📚

Happy Independent Booksellers Day! I visited my local indie, Fair Trade Books, which was wonderfully busy. I bought a book-sized tote, signed book, & got a new freebie Midwest bookstore map!

Guys... please, stay alive for the books you haven't read, the anime you haven't finished, and the stray cats you haven't petted yet. Stay alive for the smell of rain, your morning coffee, the songs that will become your new favorites, and the versions of yourself you haven't met yet

Can confirm! The more holds on a book, the more likely we are to order extra copies to meet demand! There’s a book that recently got up to 2000 holds in our network. Libraries scrambled to order more, and now? There are over 600 copies! In just 40 libraries! Place holds! Help your fav authors!

Every day, I see people shitting on AI, but I find it quite informative

Today on Bready or Not: Browned Butter Rye Chocolate Chip Bars! If you have rye flour around, this recipe is must-bake! www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

This is not wrong.

Good news!

Spring sunshine, bay window, happy cats. ❤️