Want some fall-themed graphic novels? Start with Pumpkinheads. @rainbowrowell.bsky.social and @faitherinhicks.bsky.social created the pumpkin patch of your dreams and then they set their protagonists loose to play in it. Invitingly autumnal colors by @worstwizard.bsky.social make it a cozy delight.

You could win a copy of my next book, CHERRY BABY, and an *extremely* cute Coach bag by entering here ... www.instagram.com/p/DOykVITjoP...

My Pick of the Week is Runaways #4! Everything comes to a head in an issue that nails all the elements that makes Runaways work as well as it does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvnv... @rainbowrowell.bsky.social @casagrande-e.bsky.social

NEW RUNAWAYS IN STORES TODAY. Get ready for a big, kissy reunion and also for NEW POWERS TO REVEAL THEMSELVES.

It's like you're wading through all this internet slop and mishmash, and then you get to Reddit, and they are looking you in the eye and showing you photos of their rash, and they are NOT effing around. The advice is earnest and urgent.

If you turn to Reddit with a health concern, you are immediately in the trenches with the realest-heads you have ever encountered.

Oh, I didn't cut those scenes. I added more of them. And not just to be a jerk. I added more D&D so that those scenes felt more ingrained in the story. Less cuttable.

True story about Attachments: My editor asked me to cut the D&D scenes because they made the main character TOO nerdy. Can you imagine that now? D&D romance is practically its own genre. And every man between 30 and 55 has his own D&D podcast.

If you like the way I wrote She-Hulk, then I recommend Attachments, which is my lightest adult book. (It's about a nerdy guy and set in 1999, back before being a nerdy guy was cool.) Or Slow Dance, which is another book about 30-somethings and more likely to make you feel feelings.

If you liked Runaways -- character-first storytelling about magical teens, with lots of queer characters -- then try my fantasy books, starting with Carry On. The dialogue and rhythms are similar.

Someone just asked* which of my novels is the best first read for comics readers. I think -- Eleanor & Park. Comic books are a big part of the plot. And it's set in the '80s, so even though it's about 16YOs, it resonates with adults. Also, it's a quick read and possibly my best book.

I also really liked Peter and Max, Bill Willingham's Fables novel.

I remember loving Peter David's comics so much that I read a bunch of his novels. They were good!

Sometimes I wonder if anyone is reading my comics first and then my novels. Or if comics readers assume my books are really different from my comics ...

Bluesky, did I tell you that you could win a copy of the Slow Dance e-book on Goodreads? This is a good book, ISTG.

I seriously admire people who don't see the onslaught of technology as inevitable and untouchable. So brave to stand up like this:

One of my favorite series 💚

Trace Elements, a collection of essays about the Project of Science Fiction, by me and @adapalmer.bsky.social coming out March 24th 2026, available now for pre-order from all good bookstores www.amazon.com/Trace-Elemen...

Working for Marvel and DC is like playing with someone else's precious, expensive toys. But if you TREAT them like collector's items, you can't have any fun with them.

Working in newspapers and then advertising, and now books and comics, I've been really lucky to do tangible work. Like, you write the thing, you meet the deadline, and then it BECOMES something you can hold.

I am sincerely having such a good time working on this Spider-Man holiday issue. (Though perhaps it's bad luck to say so before it's been printed.)

What people think they 80s were like versus what the 80s was actually like.

perfection 👨‍🍳

wouldn't it be nice 🤞🤞🤞

The eldest is getting married next weekend to a woman from Omaha. That’s the perfect excuse for me to reread SLOW DANCE by @rainbowrowell.bsky.social which starts & ends with weddings in Omaha. It’s as great as I remember. Tell your friends to read it. I want to live inside this book. 🌶️📚💙

This Encyclopedia Brittanica game is super fun --

Why is George W. Bush on a list of Marvel characters with alcoholism?

Me: I wonder if Spider-Man has ever met Hulkling. Google AI:

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Can you tell that I spend too much time by myself? 🤷‍♀️ Workplace hazard.

Here's a Cary song. Teeth-clenched yearning Cary. Steadfast to the point of uselessness.

All the Slow Dance chapters where Cary is away at sea, and he and Shiloh are exchanging letters -- this song. "I cannot wait for, I will not wait forever. It's such a drag, nobody knows me better."

All of the college scenes in Slow Dance are this song. "Your hair was long when we first met."

And then, toward the end, when Shiloh is helping Cary clean out his mom's house ... I hear this song. open.spotify.com/track/3LXWz3...

In Slow Dance, when Shiloh finally realizes what her (ex)husband is up to, this is the soundtrack in my head -- open.spotify.com/track/3XLAWh...

I really like the new King of the Hill. It's one of my all-time favorite shows, and I'm relieved that it didn't come back terrible.

I have to remind myself that I read thousands of Marvel Comics in my 20s and 30s, and that that counts as research.

This is a funny project for me to take on because I like to go hard on research before I write a character. And there are approximately 4,000 characters in this single issue.

🎅🕷️🎄Merry Spider-Christmas from me 🎄🕷️🎅

I'm currently reading a book that makes my heart squeeze. I get so invested in the characters and story, and it feels real, and when something super emotional happens, *SQUEEZE.* ❤️ I love that feeling. It's why I love reading. (The book is Slow Dance by @rainbowrowell.bsky.social)

I need help with something that's been hard to google. What would you expect to pay in a hotel to wash a pair of pants/trousers? And one pair of underwear? Like, using the overnight service.

From a usability standpoint, all these extra AI prompts aren't just irritating -- they slow you down. They make the applications a little clunkier to use. You're just trying to search, but now the search window is prompting you with SEVERAL different terms and questions. It's noise.

Okay, this FINISHES THE JOB on AI prompts, and also gives you (back) a more readable comments panel -- which I was complaining about a few weeks ago. THANK YOU.

The AI prompts in Adobe Acrobat are so asinine. It keeps offering to summarize my novel for me while I edit.

I still get really upset reading Cherry Baby when the characters are upset. It makes editing feel fraught.

I'm working on the 'Cherry Baby' proof today and remembering all the things I thought too much about during the copy edit ... I get miserable over every comma and colon.

The next day, I said to my son, "I enjoyed it even though I don't go deep on Daredevil. I've only read ... Well, I guess I did read it every month for five years." COMICS.

I only meant to read a couple issues of that Daredevil run. (I needed to remind myself of Matt's voice.) But then I stayed up all night and read the whole run because it was SO GOOD.

While I was sick, I read this entire run of Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto, and it was the most fun I'd had reading a comic in really long time. Though I wouldn't call it a "fun" book -- just excellent. www.marvel.com/comics/serie...

I had Covid, and fortunately it didn't LAY WASTE, but it's been ten days since coffee tasted good. (I can't enjoy coffee when I'm sick, and I don't know why.) Anyway, I'm glad to be well enough to be enjoying coffee again.