Going to Philcon? Celestial Echo Press is holding a launch party for the anthology I'm in! I live overseas so I won't be able to come, but you might meet other cool authors who'll sign your copy. 🙂 philcon.org

だいじょうぶ？ さむくない？

My interview with Celestial Echo Press & an excerpt from my story "A Witch's Lament" is up on their FB page. 😊 Read about my writing journey, inspiration behind the story, and a tip for writers.

My interview with Celestial Echo Press & an excerpt from my story "A Witch's Lament" is up on their FB page. 😊 Read about my writing journey, inspiration behind the story, and a tip for writers.

Celebrating my Pushcart nom with a pink donut and a vanilla latte at home.

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Just got word that my story "A Witch's Lament" has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. 😊

Just got word that my story "A Witch's Lament" has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. 😊

🐰うさぎさんのHalloween🎃 ついに明日は！！

A haunted house but it’s so nice inside, let’s just stay in here

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A witch. A prophecy. A longing for a child. My story "A Witch's Lament" is now out in BEHIND THE REVOLVING DOOR anthology. Ebook and paperback available on Barnes & Nobel and Amazon. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTCKB4T... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the...

“I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.” Jane Goodall

A bouquet of goldfinches. #photography #BirdSky #bloomscrolling #nature #wildlife #PNW #BirdPhotography #birding #garden #birds

A witch. A prophecy. A longing for a child. My story "A Witch's Lament" is now out in BEHIND THE REVOLVING DOOR anthology. Ebook and paperback available on Barnes & Nobel and Amazon. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTCKB4T... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the...

Happy October! 🖤 Internet tells me this might've been a wood pigeon tail feather.

A photo from yesterday's walk.

Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of Skin Thief: Stories! I'm very proud of this book. I put it together during the darkest period of my adult life. I felt very alone and friendless when I sent it out into the world and it brought me so much love in return. Thank you to everyone who's read it. 🖤

Have you tried being a little plant today? Turn to face the sun? Shake your leaves? Let your roots carry you? Drink your water? Crawl and grow even in impossible environments that defy physics and tangle yourself around people’s necks? No? What’s stopping you?

Live right now in BCS #441: "Holly on the Mantel, Blood on the Hearth" by @katefrancia.bsky.social "The wind wailed around the tiny pile of stones at the base of the blackthorn tree. She stood for a moment, eyes closed, willing herself to move." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/holl...

This only happens to you once

Just a week to go! Featuring our new and hopefully improved submission manager 🤞🏻

I've got a new story coming out on Oct 1. ☺️ "A Witch's Lament" will be published in this anthology by @celestialechopress.bsky.social. Preorders for the e-book are now open on @barnesandnoble.com! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the...

This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)

The leaves are going orange and the air is just chilly enough that being under a blanket is a treat. Autumn, my beloved, it is divine to see you again.

Happy Monday, friends. Some folks will tell you to do one thing every day that scares you. I'm here to recommend doing (at least) one thing every day that brings you joy. Especially in these times.

A walk by a pretty Finnish lake.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

My recent knitting projects. Just finished the lilac pair of woolly socks last night. It's going to be a gift. 💜

Finally copied *several years* of old writing notes off my phone. Some of those stories were published years ago. Some I'm still intending to finish. Most are just fragments. But at least now I can find them if I need them.

I see people talking about short story collections. There is lots to say on this topic but I will shut my mouth and just say, I have a short story collection! I also love short stories as a art form. bookshop.org/p/books/skin...

Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer

Dreaming of a kinder world.

If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking. Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️

Dreaming of peace and quiet.

Dreaming of houses, gardens, bunnies, and birds.

The ebook of the BCS issue with my story in it is out now! I’m so excited for people to read this one 😊

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” - Shakespeare

Stunning story with gorgeous prose by Julie Reeser @abetterjulie.bsky.social 🖤

#AugurMicros2025 @augursociety.bsky.social While this is far more of a wish, a dream, or a poem, I hope that Augur takes it in the spirit it's intended. <3

A goose at the park.

Autumn vibes. Got a heather for the balcony. (No matter that it's +22C today in Finland.)

P.A. Cornell did a service to our whole community in going public with her experience with the MRM contract. I love these magazines & their editorial teams & I hope that the new publishers get their act together before the damage is permanent. Contracts should protect the interests of both parties.

If you're a newer writer considering signing a predatory contract because you feel like it will help your career long term to publish in a "prestige" market and "It's only a short story," I beg you to reconsider.

It's me! My story is out! Writing this story almost broke me, and I'm so happy everyone will get a chance to read it!

I hope you all have a good September. 🍁 I'm looking forward to nice cool autumn walks, reading & writing, hot drinks, knitting, and keeping an eye on the colour of leaves.

Oh, I love this!

No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter. Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting. #art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration

Great fun. Enjoyed the various characters and the ending. #amreading