Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for free speech in our nation. More than 400 artists across our nation signed on to say: We refuse to be silenced by those in power.

This is disgusting rhetoric, but it’s nothing new. I did my master’s thesis on the Bush presidencies’ wartime rhetoric in a continuation of a 1980 essay by Robert L. Ivie called “Images of Savagery in American Justifications for War.” The original paper can be found here: tinyurl.com/savageryrhet...

If you’re a fantasy writer who likes the Middle Ages vibe, you might want to read this. wordsmarts.com/twelfty/

By Larry David www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...

A friend asked me what movies scared me. But I don’t really get “scared.” Maybe anxiety/dread over a ticking clock or going back to a killer’s house for a stuffed bunny. 🙄 Grossed out over body horror like Amy Smart in Mirrors or the kittens Brand New Cherry Flavor. Do you get scared? Of what?

B&N members! @barnesandnoble is having a preorder sale! If you haven't ordered #TheManyMisfortunesofEugeniaWang yet, this is a good time to do so! @simonkids @thetobiasliteraryagency #2025debuts #debutnovel #mg #gn #kidlit #kidscomics

Get ready for 19 new, gerrymandered maps. At this point, we’re one huge coup against his political enemies from being Nazi Germany in 1934. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The National Endowment for the Arts has officially canceled the 2026 Creative Writing Fellowship. If you value books and authors, now is the time to buy a book, borrow it from a library, or drop an author you love a note.

Local friends... Book Launch info below!

I know some of y’all are just starting to get salty on Betty White’s Internet, so let me give you some introductory memes. 1. For a man whose opinion you didn’t fucking ask for.

I know some of y’all are just starting to get salty on Betty White’s Internet, so let me give you some introductory memes. 1. For a man whose opinion you didn’t fucking ask for.

My husband compared the talking points I rant about (especially GOP hypocrisy) to Jennifer’s of @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social and that might be the best compliment I’ve ever received.

Our R&B music videos had deserts so their romantasies could have waterless worlds. 😂

#askagent Tonight come and join @jacquilipton.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social and me as we answer all of your questions about publishing--or whatever else you want to throw our way. Hope to see you there! ❤️ 7:00 p.m. ET TONIGHT!

How it started vs how it’s going:

Forgot to post this earlier in the week!

I keep checking like my @kaylsmoon.bsky.social book is going to arrive faster. 😂

When book girlies post photos in groups with peens on the shelf…

Thanks to Mar-a-Lago face, we can tell who’s a villain before they say or tweet anything. They look on the outside what Jigsaw looks like on the inside. And also on the outside.

For such homophobes and racists, they sure spend a lot of time on their knees for Dementia Donald. But they would find my response “crass.”

2025 feels like being awake during surgery

Y’all can’t play. These BookTok girlies are feral. The admin had to turn the comments off.

Mormon Wives or Idle Hands 2: Veloci-Rapture Manicure?

It me

@taylorlgrothe.bsky.social!!!

This is not currently available on Amazon, but I want you to know that I want it and I would only use it for hot and sour soup made by my favorite local Chinese place.

My bisexual MC definitely name-drops Jonathan Bailey (and his hotness) in the book.

What to Do If You Encounter an ICE Agent. (print / share). ICE often operate without identification, contributing to fear, confusion, and potential abuse. Demanding accountability helps protect communities and exposes operations that may be unethical or unlawful. #3E #StopICE

Y’all aren’t beating the allegations about being unseasoned.

She’s not only an incredible agent and friend, but an incredible writer! Sign up!

Reminders: 1. Don’t Karensplain to Black women about Adriana Smith when they say folks used her as a political and religious pawn. 2. It’s free to shut the fuck up about when you think life begins. 3. Just don’t come into Black women’s comments.

How a corrupt pastor acts in a rose garden with the devil vs. how Dean Winchester acts. #supernatural #spnfamily #deanwinchester

A plague a’ both houses!

Today’s winners

Watched Sinners again tonight and I still can’t fully express how incredible it is.

The “role of artificial intelligence in literary creation” is an oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one. www.centrepompidou.fr/en/pompidou-...

✨🇪🇸 Foreign Rights News ✨🇪🇸 Excited to share that Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice is going to SPAIN! 🎉 Massive thanks to Steffi Rossitto and my agent Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social, as well as Estel Margenat at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency for making this happen.

Re-pitching my queer + trans Appalachian horror for pride ✨ "Southern inheritances are always dark—whether it's a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must choose which monsters to slay, and which to become."

I forgot I saved this meme 2 years ago. You’re welcome. Now you can send this to incels who think men imprint on women.

Bahahaha. Because you’re so rich now from these books that you have to sell them on Facebook Marketplace.

The Nashville bookstores aren’t playing around.

I’ve gotten like 3 AI job offer DMs this week. WTF? One (not this one) what the correct gaming scripts that they had AI make.

I have an anxiety disorder, so I never mean eager. wordsmarts.com/anxious-eage...

It’s giving more Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sirens.

We Listen and We Don’t Judge 🤝 Supernatural