Hi, friends! Delighted to share my new essay in @strangehorizons.bsky.social titled "Tempered and Spiced: A Recipe for Mythic Fiction." Thank you to @terriwindling.bsky.social for inspiring it and @jolantru.bsky.social for acquiring it! Hope you enjoy! 💖 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

lila in a belly rubs stupor with drool on her whisker 😂

debuting my new frames AND this ridiculously fabulous 1970s shirt. i just love the polyester of them all! bit tight in the shoulders and arms for A Lady who Lifts, but. #vintage

commemorated my 3 year stroke anniversary with a weekend jaunt to san francisco. ate like a pig and bought things i love like strawberry socks and original art! 🥰 #strokeawareness

Go @cindypon.bsky.social! ❤️

don’t call it a come back, i’ve been here for years! 😆☺️ can’t wait to work with the fabulous Jenny Bak to make this novel even better for my readers. 🩵

Friends! I have AMAZING news! Guess who's a contributor to Brian and Wendy Froud's newest anthology, BRIAN FROUD'S GREEN WOMEN, edited by the fabulous @terriwindling.bsky.social? Meeeee! 🧚🏼🧚🏼🧚🏼 I wrote three pieces based on his gorgeous paintings. The book will be available for preorder on 6 October!

The full performance of “Golden” from ‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’ at the Oscars. See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26

i wrote a short story for 1st time in a decade? i had a week long retreat and knew it was a bad and wrong beginning. but i kept writing and finished the story there. sometimes you have to trust writing the WRONG thing before writing the right thing. this coati cutie was my trip highlight! #amwriting

my little $4.99 plant from trader joe’s bloomed while i was away on mexico retreat!! 🤩

day 6 retreat: the pink clouds brought me out to our beach, and i had to share this incredible sunset. what a blessing. 829 words written, and just loving it! 💗 #amwriting

day 2 retreat: 576 words written. slow going as i’m setting up, and it’s not even the true beginning of the story yet. so much of writing is trusting yourself and your process. 💙 i’m as intuitive as a writer as i am in life. #amwriting

#tulum ruins 💙 #pokemongo

i love mexico city so much! #cdmx

a simple joy 🪴

a year ago today, i was stalking llamas and struggling through my YA fantasy climax (currently out on sub). i miss these llamas and think about them often. unrequited love is HARD. 😭

@sesmith.lol i can’t believe it’s been a year since my visit! i hope to adventure there again soon!!! 🥰

i’ve been lifting heavy at the gym for years, and it’s culminated in this—being able to heft @joe-hill.bsky.social’s latest novel to read. 😆

i had a skin tag thingy frozen off by doctor just now and my diagnosis has been similar in recent visits: the OLDS!! 😆

Some great finds! espeically #queer books by @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social , @cindypon.bsky.social , @sjwhitby.bsky.social , @fondalee.bsky.social , @mikechenwriter.bsky.social , @lydiakang.bsky.social theportalist.com/underrated-s...

Hope. Hang in there everyone!

Wow!!! Major news!!! The judge in the Anthropic AI case is "concerned class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes that will be forced 'down the throat of authors.'" This is what myself and many other authors were saying about the settlement. 1/ news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthr...

As the Trump administration aims to deport millions of people over the next four years, this week's episode of “Reveal” tells the human stories of families caught up in ICE raids. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

California Parents: If you’re having trouble finding the Covid vaccine for your child (as I was, at both their pediatrician’s office and chain pharmacies), check the California vaccine appointment website, My Turn. I was able to make an appointment last night for a vaccine today! myturn.ca.gov

are you ready for some big news? WE ARE OPEN for BIPOC subs for issue 100! and we are celebrating with a special theme: Transition, Migration, and Borders: Movement in, and of the Body 💖for those of us who find home in liminal spaces💖 find out more here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

SO thrilled to say that i’ve signed with THE @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social at his new agency Neighborhood Literary!! eric has been a good friend going on a decade—i had to dig deep for this pic from 2016. i can’t think of a better person to work with as i start a new chapter in my writing career. 🥰

Yet. Another. Fake. Literary. Agency: Writers Literary. Among other things, totally false claims about authors and books repped, and images of supposed staff are stock photos. They're sending out fake publishing offers to writers writersliterary.com

these two 🥹

A worker was killed. Dozens detained. Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing. Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL. seiuca.org/press-releas...

i had a poster similar to this one taped over my bed in the third grade. christopher reeves has always been the ONLY superman for me. BUT i am beyond excited for the new film. so many mutuals loved!!

rainy wednesday morning. finally a respite from the relentless heat in the uk!

it’s HOT in england today

However, the judge also ruled "Anthropic's copying and storage of more than 7 million pirated books in a 'central library' infringed the authors' copyrights and was not fair use." The judge ordered a trial to determine how much "Anthropic owes for the infringement." That's a big deal. 2/

tiger eye and rose quartz necklace hand made by my childhood friend, teresa (who i was in ESL classes with and have known since 1982). i haven’t named her yet. #labubu

after three decades of loving OMD, i finally got to see them live! the energy of the audience AND the band were electric. i went solo and had such a fun time. ☺️

sunday 🩵

BREAKING: Authorities are searching for a 57-year-old man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, AP sources say.

Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

Hey, fellow Asian So. Cal Fam: ICE is visiting local Asian grocery stores like HMart and 99 Ranch - just heard this from a local contact. Please be careful AND please take this as a sign - this impacts us too. Call. Protest. Donate.

More information on this despicable case here: thehill.com/homenews/sta...

favorite things

gen x three months too late on trends! 😆 the irony is when i was in china in april i walked past all the pop mart machines with zero people at them. 🤣 now here i am paying big prices state side buying labubu from china on tik tok. 👸🏻

tried sound bath meditation for the first time and really loved it

The first screening of Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ in Clarksdale, Mississippi. This is the first time a lot of people in Clarksdale have been abled to watch the film for the first time. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance. 📸: @/Carmen_A_Jude (on X)

i’m feeling some kind of way about this spam mail. 🤣 should i be offended or flattered? i don’t know shit from shat, but i do know a mature dom will always be top tier. 🤓

self-care tuesday. i’m SO lucky to have an arc of @bryngreenwood.bsky.social next novel—her first thriller! not only is bryn a long time friend, but she is also an auto-buy author for me! ⭐️ featuring fresh chocolate croissant and iced vanilla latte.

Just reposting this which I think is the most gorgeous thing I have seen in my career - a critically endangered orange-bellied parrot feeding on a carpet of daisies after an ecological burn. This was the first time they’d had the chance to feed naturally in 15y and was wonderful to witness 😭😭😭🧡🧡🧡🧡

@malindalo.bsky.social book ‘Last Night at the Telegraph Club’ has been targeted for bans across the country. “Many people get clues about who they are from reading books,” says Lo. “It’s important to remember that every teenage has their own experience behind them” #VelshiBannedBookClub

The Alarm. Postcard from my collection. Copyright 1902, unsent.

i wanted to get cactus blooms as a tattoo and this is why. so stunning! i guess i still could? their colors are incomparable.