advance payments for closed book deals should be put in escrow and the publisher charged interest for every month a contract is delayed

since my hair is falling out again, know that this is what peak Literary Agenting looks like

new toy for best boy

Time to breakout the Jaboukie classic

Good intentions.

lol. lmao even

Happy holidays!! Did you know you can read all of @istehlurvz.bsky.social and I’s comic ANIMALHEADS for FREE on tapas? Enjoy the season! tapas.io/series/ANIMA...

ah! seems #artvsartist is doing the rounds and for once i have actually played by the rules and filled it out with art all from this year. i think i get a bonus point for not having to use? anything? from the great big graphic novel i’m working on??? #art #comics #dnd

furoshiki | foo'räSHēkē | noun a traditional Japanese decorative wrapping cloth used to wrap presents or to transport items

Tom Waits in more movies Now.

“should've negotiated for a better contract" = i lack familiarity with WFH agreements with major corporations and also human empathy

✨PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ At long last, my Great Gatsby retelling - a psychological thriller/drama graphic novel filled with vintage glamour - is getting published! #GreatGatsbyIIE

Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.

Honoring Alice Wong's life and legacy with gratitude, in solidarity and sorrow, this morning. I was a fan; thinking of all who loved and knew her personally. Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.

Happy Nat Turner Day for all who celebrate 🙌🏾

i will repeat: this is psychological torture for SNAP recipients.

love bites #art #horror

YAAA that's my grad school professor!! No one's doing MG graphic novels like him 🙏

Black cartoonist 🤝🏾 Black agent 🤝🏾 Black editor 🤝🏾 Black imprint: the shiny pokémon of publishing

tiffany blue marriage (closeted white partner in fin-tech to subsidize luxurious lifestyle of food security)

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.

OUR #WheelsAndRoses trailer is HERE✨🌈🛼 LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS? LOVE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SKATING? LOVE QUEER GALS AND THEY THEMS?? Look no further!!! WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE OUR TEASER TRAILER WITH THE WORLD!!! youtu.be/sT23E5MyZKQ?... #IndieAnimation

please don’t track down and call/text agents’ personal cell numbers

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Sometimes to fight book bans you need to know what your officials are doing and sometimes they ah...don't want to tell you. Here's how to make a FOIA request in EVERY state docs.google.com/document/u/0...

And the Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre goes to @authorsabb.bsky.social #2025IgnyteAwards

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

yōkai are for the children 👹 …and are currently 50% off on Jeff B*zos’ baldheaded website

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

a Scholastic book about a Black Asian girl, centering her family, without a single Black Asian creator involved? we really are Sharing Every Story, Celebrating Every Voice 🙏

not bluestockings?????

One of the best picture books OF ALL TIME

san diego local #kidlit authors, reveal yourselves

Industry pros: unfortunately ReedPop has confirmed that not only are they not doing press tickets for #BookCon2026 but they also will not be doing any industry or pro tickets at this moment. In case y’all were hoping, like me, that they would do so like they do for NYCC.

TOKYO NIGHT PARADE is half off at That Online Retailer but this book is my whole heart 🧡

Thank you @cbcbooks.bsky.social for featuring Folk Remedy on your September hot off the press reading list! Folk Remedy releases this month, September 23. Pre-orders are open now! www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lis... #mustread #kidlit #CBCHotOffThePress #ReadingList #folklore #yokai #graphicnovel

recently also clocked midsize/indie pubs quietly backpedaling contract boilerplate to make timely registration of copyright the author's responsibility

Guess it’s time for your periodic reminder that mentally ill people are actually statistically less likely to commit violent crimes; more likely to be victims; and more at risk of hurting themselves than others. If you want to curb gun crimes curb guns. Threading some studies here!

“can your client illustrate and design this for $0? we have a lot of followers” i will bite you in half

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

nobody cares if the rich leave New York. The empanada guy is who really matters

New cover art time! Dungeons and Daddies S3, EP 30- 62,000 Feet Over the Sea www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/episodes/s3e30 (trying to draw eldritch forms in fish-eye sure is A Thing) follow the daddies on bsky @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social #art #dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddaddies