I'm autistic! I love cheese! I have a book out about an autistic person who also loves cheese! CHEDDAR LUCK NEXT TIME is a cozy mystery with genuine autistic rep, cats, and a loooot of cheese. www.bethcato.com/cheese-myste...

The word is out! I'll be Guest of Honor at Arisia this January! This is baby's first Guesting. I don't think I've ever been a 'guest' at any event. But now I shall guest... WITH HONOR.

Disgruntled by the L.A. weather's predictable refusal to get with the autumn program in a timely fashion.

dudes rock

Brewed my first pot of Trader Joe's pumpkin spice coffee of the season, now that it is officially autumn.

A HOUSE BETWEEN SEA AND SKY has over 1000 reviews on Amazon! 🤯 And it's not officially out until October 1st! Remember: it's a free pick this month for Prime subscribers, or $1.99 for other customers. Next week, it's out in paperback & audio & sold everywhere. Preorder at your local indie!

My top 5 weekly #lastfm artists: David Bowie (15), Candypants (13), Talking Heads (13), The Left Banke (9), The Kinks (7).

hello all! i am doing a reading at Two Hour Transport with Cliff Winnig this Wednesday at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern! Do you want to hear me give my *own* voice to the hills and to the Death of Mountains? heck yeah! clicky link:

Discovered I have a bookmark for Chatterton's Bookshop, the bookstore that used to be at 1818 Vermont before Skylight Books.

Ate my first pumpkin waffle of the season.

The thing about streaming services is that their bread & butter are households that sub and forget - ppl who go months w/o actually using the product but enjoy having the option at their fingertips. They're the first to go in a boycott (it costs nothing to cancel) and they're the hardest to get back

Interesting that Jekyll never exhibits any sexual desire for women, but Hyde goes for it with Howard (which I really wasn't expecting). #horrorwatch

Susan is so freaking annoying. #horrorwatch

Leg 'o Mutton Yard?? #horrorwatch

The bright red dresses for Sister Hyde is an interesting choice. #horrorwatch

I do like the stalker girl's pink ensemble. #horrorwatch

At least when he's Sister Hyde, that plaid-clad stalker will quit pestering her. #horrorwatch

Where did they get the red dress? #horrorwatch

Stalking Dr. Jekyll. #horrorwatch

Burke and Hare! #horrorwatch

Time for the bubbling beakers of mad science. #horrorwatch

Cool as hell pets not allowed.

How happy I would have been, as a young aspiring writer, to know that I would one day know so many amazing writers and creative folks.

Bonus picture from my morning walk.

In one week!!!

My poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Completely flattened by yesterday's Covid jab.

New issue of NOT ONE OF US is out, w/work by me, @jeannellewrites.bsky.social, Sonya Taaffe, @zaryfekete.bsky.social, Gretchen Tessmer, @bethcato.bsky.social, @rhondaparrish.bsky.social, Aaron Long, Susan Shea, Patricia Russo, & @devanbarlow.bsky.social. Taster: asakiyume.dreamwidth.org/1068497.html

I was heartened by how many people were waiting to get vaccines when I was getting mine this afternoon.

I just saw an image of a latte in an online credit card ad, and now I want another cup of coffee, though I can't have one, damn it.

With only 11 days to go until wide publication, this week's Thursday snippet is from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence!Preorder it now for the special advance price of $2.99/£2.49: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave (It will go up to $3.99/£3.49 on publication day!) #romancelandia

I just got an email that I thought must be a joke, but it's not: "Experience Perplexity: AI for searching and browsing." Truth in advertising, I guess! Doesn't anyone at this company know the definition of "perplexity"? Did an AI choose the name?

On to more positive matters! I’m going to be moderating a session with Marie Brennan on Folk Music in fiction over at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social and I’d like to expand the scope of folk music. What Global (none-Anglophone) folk songs outside of the known have been adapted to fiction?

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

For those who didn't see it last night, my flash story "Respect the Hustle" is now free to read at Plott Hound Magazine, edited by and illustrated by @thaisibir.bsky.social . plotthoundmag.com/respect-the-...

Here's a powerful poem in Strange Horizons on the way things are from @gwynnega.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

I'm still vibrating about Marissa's book. Her short stories have been great for forever. She has been a pillar of disability respect in SFF circles for longer than I knew they existed. She's one of the smartest people I know, and she puts all her intelligence into CARE. Her book will rule.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Heard "Dishy" by Candypants on KXLU in the car this afternoon.

This poem by @gwynnega.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social literally made me gasp: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force  by Gwynne Garfinkle "our purple clouds of delight rise above your tear gas" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff

I am once again gently reminding everyone that Ezra Levin and Ezra Klein are different Ezras

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

BREAKING! Delaware officially enacted House Bill 119, the Freedom to Read Act, yesterday. www.everylibrary.org/win_delaware... via ‪@everylibrary.bsky.social‬

I just found out my debut novel from 2014, The Clockwork Dagger, is on sale for $1.99! Apparently the deal ends on the 20th.

All the President's Men, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were: the three Robert Redford films that mean the most to me.

So...guess what I've been doing? It's the story of an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, and some extremely opinionated weaponry. Pastries! Operettas! Complicated friendships! Coming soon to a page or e-reader near you!

My poem "the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force" is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

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