You know you want some collectable books!! Get signed books from all your faves (including me!) at the Lit for Queer Liberation auction ... it supports the Queer Liberation Network, a nonprofit that hosts LGBTQ+ events, offers microgrants, and more ... www.32auctions.com/LitforQueerL...

Behold, the shiny cover for the shiny new UK edition of Raven & Reindeer!

Hey if anyone happens to end up with an extra/unused ticket to the @marthawells.com book tour at Powells in Beaverton (Thursday May 7) please contact me! A friend ended up missing the purchase window Thank you! #Murderbot loves you. Well. Not really.

Hailey is at 10 percent of her goal. Can we get her to 15 percent? If a bunch of folks kicked in $5 to $10, we'd be there.

Check out my recommended reading list of seven books that “walk the borderlands between human and non-human” on Debutiful: debutiful.net/2026/03/09/s...

The concrete cicatrix of the war haunts the landscape. Even those elements which become children's dens serve as trauma mirror. Pillboxes as ghost gateways to battles never fought, an invasion of shadows from elsewhere. – #DAKilroy

Edwards Aquifer nears emergency drought conditions. First-ever stage 4 declaration would mean new restrictions and guidelines.

GEORGIA: a quick thing you can do to oppose this horrible book banning bill!! h/t @laurelsnyder.bsky.social & @authorsabb.bsky.social www.allianceforgeorgialibraries.org/oppose_sb74

At the UT LBJ School tomorrow 3/10 5:30 pm, in person and livestream The Censored University: The Crisis of Free Thought and Education Policy in Texas with Nikole Hannah-Jones of the 1619 Project, and more. www.studentsengaged.org/impact/censo...

A #wip snippet for Monday, or whatever day this is. From Hierarch: "What is it you truly want from us? Speak it!" "Schools and hospitals," Bashasa said. "Archives. The ones you destroyed in my city. I would be happy to rebuild them with your bones."

Stream schedule for the week! No planned stream today but I may hop on with Marathon if errands, gym and other stuff goes faster than I expect. Otherwise, see you tomorrow afternoon after the SWTOR update drops!

LFG! Lit for Queer Liberation auction is live! I've never done an AMA before--please bid generously and I'll make sure to be as lively, entertaining and informative as possible. And if you are a teacher, I can do this AMA as a writing q&a for your class! www.32auctions.com/organization...

This is one of my favorites:

"We," here, is this country & specifically those who believe in its myth— its animating narrative. It's entirely possible that you are not fully of that we, or that any of us might be of that we to Varying extents. And so if we're not of that we, we tell our stories, so that that we can learn better

I can’t wait. The best part of this is getting to be in the same realspace room with both @older.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social for the first time ever!

“The only difference between Bloody Sunday and Turnaround Tuesday was the troopers knew we filed our lawsuit Monday. They didn’t touch the marchers.” — Fred Gray Law and organizing moved the Selma, Alabama, march forward. #TurnaroundTuesday #TheMarchContinues

I don’t think Trump and his people are capable of engineering “distractions,” I think the mind-numbing chaos we see every day is straightforwardly the result of giving the dumbest, cruelest, most corrupt, most selfish people of a generation near-unmitigated power

Great article about Murderbot the show: collider.com/murderbot-ap...

I have taught at university level long enough to have encountered a few students who embrace this idea that being a contrarian is somehow a mark of deep intellect. They will typically question very basic facts while relying on truisms & long-debunked ideas which they leave unquestioned.

"ICE is ripping apart families."

Now that SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL is out in the world, I thought I'd share some of the things readers have been saying. Get your copy: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh... @starsandsabers.bsky.social

We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses. (Published Nov. 2025)

I illustrated these in scratchboard, (with digital colour) and they were such a joy to read and illustrate.

Being a freelancer on a disability pension is rough, friends. Payment from a publishing client was supposed to go through last week but I’m still waiting. I need a buffer to pay for travel to see mom at the nursing home, and my tenants insurance will be due soon.

No Democrat should vote to fund Trump’s illegal war. Let your Members of Congress know you’re paying attention — demand that they oppose any supplemental funding package.

This week's Monday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out in ebook, paperback, and audiobook now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

Dang. This makes it crystal clear that, for DOGE, "DEI" just meant "acknowledging Black people exist"

Strongly suspect that as this war and its negative effects escalate, we're gonna see a massive increase in disinfo and unsourced "news" - starting right the hell now. PLEASE don't share "breaking" news from rando or disreputable accounts who provide no links.

The Queer Liberation Network fundraising auction is live! Books, query critiques, and more are up for grabs, including a signed copy of The King Must Die and getting a character named after you in my next project. I'll probably throw in some zines as well... www.32auctions.com/organization...

And it's the first day of the Queer Liberation Network Fundraising Auction today! Tons of signed books, calls with agents, manuscript critiques and more! Including the illustrated edition of Murderbot, hardcover Witch King & Queen Demon, mass market Raksura: www.32auctions.com/organization...

THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.

I had the weirdest interaction where somebody came up and was like AHHH I LOVE AI BUT THIS STICKER IS FANTASTIC 😍 and folks I think I said the most dismal and judgemental oh I've ever uttered in my life

good evening to everyone except the very small albeit rather vocal minority of bioarchaeologists and physical anthropologists terrified of transparency and public debate about the retention of ancestral remains in collections www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Ooh, there are SO MANY great items in this literary auction (several of which I'm bidding on myself!), including signed books by @marthawells.com, @brynneweaver.bsky.social , & @veronicarothbooks.com , Zoom calls with agents, and lots more: www.32auctions.com/organization... #romancelandia

There's an Amazon Kindle sale on Queen Demon (the sequel to Witch King, 2nd book in the Rising World series) today for 2.99, US and Canada www.amazon.com/Queen-Demon-... #booksky

For International Women's Day, I present Maya Lin. Born in Ohio to Chinese immigrant parents, she was 21 and a student at Yale when her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial topped over a thousand others. www.pbs.org/pov/films/ma...

Antonio and Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar went from performing with the Mariachi Oro vocalists before Congress to being imprisoned by ICE. I am doing everything in my power to make sure the boys and their family return home safely. #FreeOurChildren

Great day at @mysapl.bsky.social’s Pop Madness. Best one to-date. (L-R): @troyce.bsky.social, @marthawells.com, @scalzi.com, me, @robertjbennett.bsky.social. Future Pop Madness Guests — heads up, this event has the greatest green-room food ever. Remember that should you ever receive an invite. 💪🏽

And just a quick addition: I should have mentioned that this event will take place at the Seward Park location!

Okay what's not mentioned here is that we are at 815 so ONE THOUSAND IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY CROM WANTS YOU TO BACK THIS MAGAZINE

The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.

Barnes and Noble too!

To celebrate the occasion, I put in an order today for supplies so that I can make a new batch of my #Voyager pendants 🤩🛰️ 🔗 sciencesocks.co/prod...#Voyager 🔭🐡🧪🎨

We are currently living under the regime that Epstein built. Every bit needs to be dismantled. And every person prosecuted.

@peggyflanagan.bsky.social at the SD66 convention “I am running to avenge Minnesota”

And bookshop too! bookshop.org/p/books/quee...

And it's the first day of the Queer Liberation Network Fundraising Auction today! Tons of signed books, calls with agents, manuscript critiques and more! Including the illustrated edition of Murderbot, hardcover Witch King & Queen Demon, mass market Raksura: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Also available on Kobo at sale price today only. Can't wait to read it!

Status report, "Vague Contemplations" dep't: Making the rough puff pastry from over here (foodandcooking.middlekingdoms.com/steak-pie-in...). Considering waffle options (as there's really *very* little pearl sugar in the house). And muttering over heating oil prices. (Paid €300 for *125 liters.*) 😞