Man, I love London. www.reddit.com/r/london/com...

MC, it's your cousin Marvin. Marvin Escher. You know that new style of graphic art you're looking for? Well, here it is! [HOLDS PHONE UP TO THIS POST]

I read the most fascinating article on the placebo effect, but it turned out to just be a blank piece of paper.

"You’re alive to me!" — zombie disowning their child

I just read MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH by @kellyamangan.bsky.social and it's a strong recommend. All the characters are nuanced and well observed, but I want to particularly single out the MC's relationship with her parents. It's very hard to get a realistic parent-child relationship in MG...

To my American friends, happy Independence Day! To my British friends, a very joyous Reason Donald Trump Can't Be Prime Minister Day!

*LIAM NEESON VOICE * “I can smell ham at the limit of human possibility— a level that makes me a nightmare for people like you. Release my daughter, or I will find a way to sniff 801. Perhaps 802.”

This is a must read. It's great analysis and it's a great piece about what this does mean, and what it doesn't. Importantly, Kelly calls out that schools and teachers should not obey in advance by pulling LGBTQ+ books off the shelves. Read and share, please!

Good grief. Now THAT's what I call a library.

“What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?” Ideas are the easy bit. Great ideas are - well - great, but some of the best books come from a perfectly ordinary idea executed with rigour and flare.

I got a little pushback on this, so let me unpack it a bit: 1) If you are relying on ChatGPT to do research for you, you either don't know how to do research yourself, or don't understand the limitations of AI, or both. (Authors have to do A LOT of research. IF you don't know how, that's not great.)

There are ten billion kinds of people in the world: those who appreciate hyperbole, and those who don't.

At least with LYRIC MCKERRIGAN, SECRET LIBRARIAN, the key was that I didn't think of it as a political book. I was just writing a superhero story. So it made sense for my protagonist to use two things that I think are powerful weapons for good: libraries and unions.

Kid has rediscovered Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian, a book in which an undercover librarian defeats a supervillain by convincing his henchmen to form a union.

This book is based on a time when I was a jerk to my big brother on the holiest day of the Jewish year. If I'm lucky, I will eventually get Jason Kirschner to illustrate ALL my embarrassing childhood memories.

At the @societyofauthors.bsky.social we are speaking out strongly against this 'opt out' scheme, which places the burden on creators to monitor & notify. It would be like having to put notes on your wallet that say 'Robber, don't steal this'.

I have lived in the London for more than two decades, and I have only just learned that in the UK, April Fool's day pranks are supposed to stop at noon. I honestly thought my wife and kids were pranking me when they told me this until I looked it up.

I am enough of a nerd that I have a favorite Venn diagram, and enough of a theme park nerd that it's this one.

Some people believe that SCUBA stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. I think that we'll never know for sure. I'm agcrostic.

a melted clock is right twice a dali.

Me and countless other authors today…😂

I wonder if the most helpful distinction would be "selective publishing" vs "non-selective publishing." Depending on the situation, either option can be the right choice for an author. But being very clear about the distinction can help authors avoid scams.

Actions you can take to support the fight against AI eating all of words. authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...

This is a friendly reminder that library cards are free, and your local public library will never make you pay extra so you don't have to watch ads.

Sony World Photography winners- better than doomscrolling www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-p...

The Onion summer writing fellowship is seeking applicants! It's six months, good salary and benefits. This year's applicants do NOT have to complete the Eating Challenge, as it turns out this does not adhere to Illinois labor law. We apologize to those who have died in the past.

Nice try, Thames Water. Abbey Road is one of THE BEATLES' major works.

MC, it's your cousin Marvin. Marvin Escher. You know that new style of graphic art you're looking for? Well, here it is! [HOLDS PHONE UP TO THIS POST]

To celebrate the Ides of March, I ordered three Caesar salads, but I only et tu.

*Paul McCartney hands you a Raymond Carver collection.* "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is all you need.

If you grew up loving the Choose Your Own Adventure books, click here.

Bad news!

Good news!

MC, it's your cousin Marvin. Marvin Escher. You know that new style of graphic art you're looking for? Well, here it is! [HOLDS PHONE UP TO THIS SKEET]

MC, it's your cousin Marvin. Marvin Escher. You know that new style of graphic art you're looking for? Well, here it is! [HOLDS PHONE UP TO AN MC ESCHER DRAWING]

Sometimes, when all seems dark, I remember that there is a Scottish penguin who has been given the rank of major general in the Norwegian army, and I know there is joy in the world. www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66...

I've never seen a "Do Not Enter" sign that made me more eager to enter.

Dolly Parton as Children’s books. A thread. #WorldBookDay

Playing “Indiana Jones and the Great Dissertation.” It’s the prequel game where he earns his PhD. The typewriter physics are 100% realistic. I’ve spent hours citing my sources

In the classroom, just before I arrived at the school for my event... Small boy: Can we pat the author? Teacher: Er. No. Small boy: Awwwwww 😭 (turns out he'd confused 'author' and 'otter')

Statement by authors and illustrators of books in Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor, Slide 2

“can’t wait to see this show i’m at right now later!” — audience member filming a show

Say what you will, I don’t believe that anyone counted the dalmatians

It's better to do something a teeeeeny bit better every day than to make a massive unsustainable change overnight.

WHAT ROSA BROUGHT and PRINCESS UNLIMITED are both eligible. If either book was meaningful to you and your kids, would you consider nominating it? (NOTE TO MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY: Not you! That would be cheating!)

Have a favorite read aloud? You can nominate up to five picture books, published in the last five years (2020-2024) in the United States, for the Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award!The deadline to submit a title for consideration is February 7, 2025. everychildareader.net/anna/

Back in 2021, I did a podcast with @shannongaitz.bsky.social on applying mathematical game theory to Survivor. If you're a Survivor contestant from any country and you listened to this podcast (whether before or after you played), would you mind DMing me? robhasawebsite.com/mathematical...

"Love must certainly come first for our kids. Not through hiding people and history and facts. But by inviting them into age-appropriate truth, with support. May we teach children love the same ways we learn it: by example. By stories."

The US Supreme Court will hear a case brought by parents who object to books with LGBTQ+ characters. This is a remarkably calm and thoughtful response by my friend Charlotte, who wrote one of the books in question.