I turned weirdly and now my knee hurts. Yes, I am over 40.

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer! Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves. Go!!!

ATTN @reasie.bsky.social, @nylabright.bsky.social, and any other cat-loving Hamsters or other authors.

I know it's not in vogue right now because of, you know, the horrors, but I'm having a really nice day today.

Not going to lie, every time I see this it makes me A) proud of my first book and B) pumped to work on the current book.

Ooooh I got book mail!! It's gorgeous! @rhondaparrish.bsky.social

K4 was trying to tell me about our neighbor's dog. "It's a Trevor dog," she said. "You know, it's big and golden and stuff." Friends, she meant "retriever".

WIP accountability post: Ding-danged fantasy is stagnant. Book from a dream is sitting at 21k and growing. I lost some words that needed put somewhere else, but I've been steadily adding more. I spent some time actually making outlines and charts and stuff. Absurd.

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Got some yarn on sale to try and make a nice warm blanket. Only bought one skein because I'm dumb.

This gave me a little cry today.

Wasted* the morning finishing up @tkingfisher.com's Hemlock & Silver. Excellent as always. * Not really wasted because A) reading a well-crafted book is never a waste and B) now I can actually get a good night's sleep instead of staying up too late reading it.

Hi, new followers! I am very bad at advertising my book so I'm going to do it now! Fifteen years ago Charlie and his found family have to close a portal to stop the reality-devouring Nowhere Men from taking over the Earth. It didn't work. books2read.com/u/3LX0Z1

The thing about being an artist is that sometimes you’ll have a really silly/cursed image enter your head and spend hours of your life drawing it. Hours you’ll never get back.

It is the sort of day to put on suss UFO documentaries while I work, yes it sure is.

Ding dong... Spooky and creepy authors doing spooky and creepy things to fill your feed during this autumnal season! #Horror #Writesky #Writing

WIP accountability post: ding-danged fantasy is at roughly 55.5k book from a dream is at roughly 19.5k

Anyway, completely unrelated to internet quarrels and hometown local frustrations I'm sure, here's a link to my book, which definitely has a scene in it where gay people get gay married by a pastor. books2read.com/u/3LX0Z1 (There are also monsters and jokes about an inflatable T-rex and pancakes!)

I left my rural conservative area at 18 to go away to college and there are days that make me remember why that was a fabulous decision.

Turned off my phone and went to a crafty class with one of my oldest friends. (She's been putting up with me for 24 years!) We made chunky yarn pumpkins. Excellent way to spend an evening.

Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around! 1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video" 2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound

I was surprised by an unwanted vermin interloper in the bathroom so we'll be moving now thanks.

This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something

Mostly I have been able to deal with my knee-jerk avoidance of conflict but my summer storm ADHD teen has anger/frustration flare-ups and boy does it spike my anxiety.

Very strong doubts about my wordsmithing abilities lately, so I'm doing a deep clean about it.

It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.

Stymied with the two current WIPs. Trying very hard to fight the urge to start a new project just because I'm in the mire with the other two.

Things that are in my writing notebook after a weekend with friends: a map of a brewery, a logic puzzle, an example of a box and whisker plot, notes on what makes a good romance. And some writing.

Long drive for the long weekend? Check out this interview we did with Tory Gates for The Brown Posey Press Show: www.buzzsprout.com/2424694/epis...

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

K1 (13 yrs old) told me about holding the door for people today. I reaffirmed that I love his kind heart. His face brightened. Tell your boys soft things about them.

I married someone from OH and moved here and while I generally enjoy this place and its people I did absolutely die at "teach her euchre". Facts.

I'm on TikTok! Give me a follow! www.tiktok.com/@madmerrymeg...

Writing update for accountability: Ding-danged fantasy/romantasy(??) is at 53.6k, book from a dream is about 14.5k.

Hey @mariness.bsky.social, I finished "Toto"! Thanks for the recommendation!

Walk Wednesday 8/20/25 In which we are surrounded by beavers

I do not like to swear, but I will swear for this. Fuck Nazis.

K4, reading Green Eggs and Ham: "Just eat them, bro."

Go preorder this!! Lavender Jack is brilliant!

"An angry song here Maybe about a faithless lass Or a broken promise Or a secret untold That wrecked a kingdom Maybe for want of a nail type thing Or ruined a love Or is otherwise thematically Appropriate" Writing songs for the #wip like Tolkein over here, I tell you.

Walking Wednesday – Thursday edition – 8/13/25 In which we go to see the monkey

Olders are sleeping in, youngers are pretending potion sellers, I'm writing. It's a good morning.

Go buy my book so I can get the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack on vinyl: books2read.com/u/3LX0Z1 #golden #kpopdemonhunters #booksky

Someone tried to sell me a course on how to get more book reviews. Does this mean I've made it??

Holy cow we're only 13 minutes into "K-Pop Demon Hunters" and it is so fun.

Walk Wednesday 8/6/25 In which we see art, including a large boat

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

First they came for the plums And I said nothing because the gyre was widening Yes YES The tiger is out

I had an entire week without my children. It was not without its stress and a mid-week panic about whether I had to drive 14 hours to get them, but I was still able to write just about 10k words. Last week I was with my kids and my extended family. I wrote like...200 words.