Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

good art has no bearing on your morality. don't twist yourself into knots defending the morality of an artist you like, or denigrating the art of someone evil. you can just accept that good art is not a determiner of morality-- not for its creator, not for its audience, not for its society.

Rookie numbers y’all.

Ghost cat oil painting on this #caturday

I love Jake <3

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

How is it only Tuesday. I feel like I've lived a full week in the last two days

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Been offline for awhile with moving stuff and came back to several new followers! Ask me anything about retro RPGs

Jamie Lee Curtis on The Late Show cancellation. “They’re trying to silence us. That won’t work…we’ll just get louder”

Illegal counter Jake is very handsome

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking the Dept. of Education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's fascism.

Jake nappin'

Fake agency alert: Dan Baror International Literary Agency, obviously trying to trick writers into believing they're being contacted by Baror International Inc. (a real agency). The About Us page has been "borrowed", in re-worded form, from the real Baror website danbaror-intliteraryagency.com

It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”

I'm going to tell you exactly how to write a book. Do you see that impenetrable brick wall ahead of you? You're going to ram your head into it until long book is long.

Since I offered some free query edits recently, I figured I should take a moment and talk about what I suggest and why! "I'm delighted to present you with my novel [TITLE], a [WORD COUNT] [GENRE] which will appeal to fans of [BOOK ONE] for [THESE REASONS] and [BOOK TWO] for [THESE REASONS]."

Today is really damn tiresome

If your reaction to hearing about a bunch of children dying in a flood in Texas is to make a snappy comment about how red states deserve it then you should fuck off and lock yourself in a closet until you can develop the actual fucking empathy and political understanding of an adult

the whole 'red states bad, blue states good' mentality really puts into focus the way some of you people are about entire countries, actually.

Couple of things I need y'all to understand about the South: A good portion of POC live in the South The entire region is gerrymandered to hell and back Public education is designed to keep as many people as ignorant as possible There are decent folk there fighting an uphill battle

Oh, look, it's me

Speaker Mike Johnson wants you to know, "I'm grateful to God for being able to get this Bill done. Our rights did not come from the government; they came from God himself." On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.

Yes. YES. YES!

Now it goes back to the House since there were changes, so attention has to return to House representatives. Keeping the Dems from crossing, getting Repubs to vote against this bill. They're on a thin margin already. This thing can be stopped with enough pressure.

For no reason at all, have some Black Sails

Happy first day of LGBTQ Wrath Month to all who celebrate

Things about mainstream publishing I wish more people knew: 1) The NY Times Bestseller List is a marketing list, not an accurate list of the best-selling books for that period. 🧵

I got a writing degree in 2010. Nothing happened after that. I quit. I came back to it in 2019, "for fun this time" as if all my hope was already lost. Kill your idols, their dreams were also delusions in a different outdated rigged game. Live más.

What, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck.

Good morning NYC!! It’s Election Day. It’s also hotter than a warlock’s nuts. So please go to vote with hydration, sunscreen a hat or a fan. Also, PLEASE do the right thing. Rank Mamdani #1 and DON’T RANK Cuomo! Send a message to big money interests that character matters, and their money

Since my work computer updated, every morning I see Copilot pinned to my taskbar. Every morning I unpin it. I can and will continue to do so out of spite

This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree

Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. “You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.” “John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”

Me, undergoing possible major life changes, shifts at work, and attempts to finish my WIP: I wonder why I'm so stressed

I sure do love KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), I mention for no particular reason

Team was throwing around ideas for a project name. I made a joke. .... We're now working on Skynet

Duolingo right now: youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...

Me, first opening a contract: Oh, this is easy to understand Me, a third of a way through: Years of board games have prepared me to decipher legal speak Me, ten pages left: WHY DOESN'T MY BRAIN WORK ANY MORE Me, at the end: and now my watch has ended (at least until I read the revision)

Check out our fantastic new piece from @stolisomancer.bsky.social (complete with great original art by Amadeo Garcia III) skyboxcritics.com/2025/05/13/p...

Pedants: actually, AI doesn't use that much water compared to farming Wise people: literally a single drop of water spent on the Plagiarism Machine That Lies is one drop too many

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

After Max goes back to HBO Max, it goes back to being HBO, then Home Box Office, then Sterling Cable Network, then Manhattan Cable, as the grass grows back into the ground and we all marvel at Video Jukebox, George Carlin Specials and G-String Divas

#amquerying no more #writers I'm so excited to announce that I'm now presented by Najla Mamou! I could not be happier to find a better champion for the book of my heart. Thank you to @emilynesbitt96.bsky.social for listening to me and holding my hand through the trenches!

Good, shame harder

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

CAKE VS. PIE x BRAVO, AVOCADO! Josefina Jiménez Hernandez & Pedro Blanco, known as PB & J, must settle a dispute b/w friends, Sugar & Spice, over which pizza is better--spicy or sweet--before Sugar & Spice are no longer nice. #questpit #PB #Q #Latinx