Even if it was legal to drop into a sovereign country and carry their leader away, someone’s going to have to explain why that means we get to run things now.

The man is standing in the rubble of the White House bombing other countries, kidnapping their leaders, torturing innocent people. It’s a horror. It’s beyond contempt.

My guess is that somebody brought quicksand into the Bermuda Triangle and they canceled each other out. And that's why I don't hear much about those dangers anymore. Anyway, happy new year.

The energy I’m bringing into 2026

My resolution is to find more cool rocks.

Reading almost anything from traditional media is so strange these days. It's like they're reporting from an entirely different timeline than the rest of us with wildly different stakes.

as soon as I get my jaw unhinged you’re in big trouble, mister

You know what would make a good New Years present? My novel, The Unmothers. Celebrate the Year of The Horse That Gave Birth to a Human Baby!!

It's so windy here it very literally almost knocked me off my feet! Seriously I stumbled my way into the office.

Back to the day job tomorrow. I didn’t get nearly as much writing done over the break as I would have liked, but at least I finished crocheting my scarf! 🧶

My son has taken to occasionally calling me “my Queen” in public and people are like “awww” but they don’t know he means that we are ants and are planning to attack the termites infringing on our nest.

Found a bookstore that stocks your novels

Oscar isn’t sure about all this Christmas business

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT enter the speed force..

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.

If you ever wondered- yes, writer fever dreams are pretty wild. Anyway, took a quick nap and Cassandra told me to trust in the Cur, a creature with four human feet and no head that carries us on the paths of fate we’re already traveling.

Whew - wrapping a hand dyed skein into a ball is sometimes an adventure. 🥲

This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.

My kid is singing a little song about the only thing he wants for Christmas is a rabbit stuffy...not the squirrel stuffy he's wanted for months that is wrapped under the tree.

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

I've seen some people saying that the new SFWA rule on "AI" in the Nebulas will prevent people from being transparent about their LLM use. Newsflash: They wouldn't have been anyway. It would cost them readers. It would cost them votes. It would potentially cost them opportunities with publishers.

The human body is mostly goo.

Just a girl and her dog.

I ordered a one-hand candle holder and an led flickering candle on a whim and I'm so excited to haunt the shit out of my own house.

Makin my way downtown (to the Christmas party) Doo doo doo dee doo doo doo!!!

My kid was digging his heels in about learning to read. I told him "Look, I have to teach you about everything I know and then more, and I just can't. If you learn to read you can go get it yourself. Anything you want to know you can find a way at it." Luckily he really got that. I meant it!

When I say I'm a "Byronic Villain" I don't mean someone who embodies the qualities of a brooding, rebellions hero, but rather someone who wants to beat the shit out of Lord Byron.

A kitten popped up behind the man I was on a video call with and I made a very unprofessional exclamation. 😅

I promise you - the universe will remember you forever, though not in a language you speak.

9 degrees here, so cold that the bed hogging pughuahua has agreed to snuggle.

Going into 2026

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

i love "Terracotta mask in the shape of the head of a fox, dog, or bat ca. 600–480 BCE" so much he's so perfect

My beta reader thinks the current POV is fundamentally flawed and I need to start over and the worst news is he's totally right. 😭

I told my kid that I did a favor for Santa in Barcelona so he and I have an agreement. He goes right to me for his information. Kid bought it immediately. Zero questions.

NO ONE MOVE. I AM WRITING IN THE SAME ROOM AS MY SIX YEAR OLD AS HE HAPPILY COLORS AND WATCHES CARTOONS.

Rewatched Red One and I still love it. I'm such a sucker for a goofy urban fantasy world played straight.

My actual final wish is to be pickled in a bog but I’m willing to be more practical for the sake of my family and friends.

You wouldn’t download an oil tanker.

Wait did we seriously steal an oil tanker? I thought that was a joke!

If there's one lesson I want to seep into the world from the Epstein files and Reckoning and "Say, Drake" its that we have the potential to be the person who knew, who stood outside the door, who looked away, who said nothing until it was too late, and we all have the responsibility to be more.

I was not impressed when the straight-c-minus boys in middle school gym did pull-ups and I remain unimpressed.

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Are you all aware that the “You’re a Mean One Mr Grinch” guy has the absolutely incredible name of Thurl Ravenscroft?

Pantone has fallen to the landlords.

Unmothers spotted in Union Square!