Writers, man. What an emotional train wreck! (It's me; I'm the wreck) I'm a prolific author with lots of novels/short stories over many years... I have a pattern. When I finish a story, the first 24 hours are an emotional rollercoaster. All the highs. All the lows. 1/n #writing

Woo! Weekend conference followed by a book talk this evening . . . So much writerliness over the last few days! And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks

Woo! Weekend conference followed by a book talk this evening . . . So much writerliness over the last few days! And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks

A Hunger with No Name has been out in the world for a year! I'm still in love with this story of hope in the high desert, dealing w so many things we’re grappling w now. Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway

The best and most accessible explanation I’ve seen about some of the far-right subcultures and how they operate and communicate is this TikTok by @cybelecanterel.bsky.social. It’s 8 minutes long—so I can’t post it—and it’s worth every minute. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6E36akE/

✨Blurb reveal from @sonorareyes.bsky.social for IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, out February 10! ✨

Pleased to share that my book review of @mchristinebd.bsky.social's brilliant debut novel, The Height of Land, just dropped in Rain Taxi. Check it out through the link below! Also be sure to pick up The Height of Land: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page... #bookreview raintaxi.com/rain-taxi-re...

Don't wait until you have a book coming out to write your acknowledgments page. It's not a bad little activity (especially in moments as fraught as this one) to remind yourself of the impact of other people (so many other people!) & institutions have had on your life.

Yume's book is perfect for people who like: - Sister stories - Climate fiction - Boats and sailing - Stubborn main characters - Lovely writing Bring a friend! See you there! @yumewrites.bsky.social @riverstonebooks.bsky.social #climatefiction #clifi www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...

This fall, I'm going to be talking about writing, learning new writing skills, teaching writing, communing with other writers, and so on. I would love if it you joined me at any of these events! Most are online. Some are free or sliding scale, some are paid. Please come! See bio link for more info.

I went to film an indoor event yesterday and wore a P100 mask + set up 8 AirFanta 3Pro filters to clean the air. Used the box fan to push outside air indoors. #CovidIsNotOver

Interested in a (free, online) #Solarpunk #Writing Class? I'm pulling details together but probably will be 2 levels, based on the feedback I'm getting about what people want. Subscribe to be notified when signups are available! #booksky #hopepunk #writers www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_wr...

Book giveaway!!! I just got my author copies of SALTCROP and I’m giving two away! Sign up for my newsletter before Friday 9/5/25, 11AM EST for a chance to win! More details 🧵

Four years ago I published my favorite essay. Here at the start of another school year, I’m sharing it again.

"because Covid-19 evolves quickly – twice as fast as the fastest flu – it is less constrained by season. “Whereas a small change in transmissibility conditions is enough to stop flu in summer, Sars-CoV-2 can basically evolve its way over this barrier,” he said."

You are cordially invited to the red carpet premier of TWO LIES AND A TRUTH, an upmarket psychological thriller with an unreliable narrator. Code #amagenting gets you free admission💄🩸👠💋 #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #T #A #NA

Forthcoming 10.21.2025 at Brick & Bloom, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic ✨ 🌹 Historical fantasy 🇫🇷 Belle Époque 🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance 🩸 Body-based magic system 🗡️ Family feuds 🗝️ Gothic vibes #PosterPit #P #A #F #HF Request an ARC here: forms.gle/N6awtckRwFGy...

18yo Selwyn collides w/ an eerily familiar girl made of paper who bleeds ink. Now a story’s cut loose; & they must outrun the plot before it devours all. 🏳️‍🌈bi4bi 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒found family 🩼disability rep 💗slow burn 🪾dark forests 🕷️nightmare monsters #PosterPitQ #F #YA #PosterPit

#QueerPit #A #H HALF SICK OF SHADOWS: Gothic horror, disability lens, 1890s setting w modern diversity. Inspired by Dracula w Lovecraftian tone. 2 friends working at a remote manor must uncover bloody secrets and resist seductive nightmares to oppose robber barons that physically drain the people.

After the horrible accident at Clairton Coke Works the other day, my feed was filled with news stories about the casualties. In the comments (because I sometimes torture myself by reading the comments), someone mentioned the air pollution caused by the facility. They were immediately attacked.

For all my new friends here on bsky, here is the trailer for the Inversion Documentary. Worth a watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ6O...

Explosion reported at Clairton Coke Works today. See the #BreatheCam footage below (footage courtesy of the CMU CREATE Lab and Breathe Project @breathe-project.bsky.social). #AirQuality #safety

Here they are! The winners of the 2025 Parsec Short Story Contest! Congratulations and thank you to all our wonderful writers, our esteemed judges, our fabulous readers, and all the contestants! @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social parsec-sff.org/2025-short-s...

This girl had a quiet voice. At various times, in various ways, people have tried to teach her how to be louder. Now, she's teaching herself. Read my new blog post: ziziastudio.com/blog/the-quiet-voice

See you at #CleInk25 in Cleveland! I’ll be teaching a writing workshop on Friday (9/12) at 3:30 PM. This is a wonderful, FREE conference. You should attend! More info: inkubator.litcleveland.org

Quite simply enraging. I can't believe this is happening. An entire civilian population starved to death in front of us.

What in the absolute hell is Worldcon thinking? A panel about lesbians being too common in fiction labeled "DEI"?

This is the crux of my religious trauma, right here. Astounding to hear it described so precisely by someone who wasn’t actually living inside my skin. @mwatsonfore.bsky.social is such a brilliant, clear-eyed, compassionate writer, and I am grateful for her words.

Are you going to Confluence (put on by @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social)? You should! I'll be on panels on Sat. and will be leading writing exercises Sat./Sun. And at the end of the busy weekend, you can come to my reading and let me soothe you with my stories—or I might rile you up. You never know.

🚨Yesterday @abolitionistlawcenter.org filed a lawsuit against the Allegheny County Jail for the physical, psychological, and sexual attack on Kush Wilkerson. PLEASE SHARE

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That’s one powerful bumper sticker! I am so, so happy about this publication! You can read the whole essay here: iowareview.org/from-the-iss...

There are people who have a genuine talent for giving encouragement. They are the people for whom the phrase “glowing compliment” was coined. We do not deserve these angels.

My writing speed is so variable that I have lost all concept of what fast or slow is. If it sounds like someone is bragging about their pace, I do my part and act impressed, but it’s all abstractions to me at this point. #Writing

#NoKings Rally Pittsburgh www.flickr.com/photos/96025...

I feel like I have been refinishing this table for half my life, but the final coat of varnish is now on, and once it dries I can reassemble it and move it to the back patio

Absolutely massive #NoKings rally in Pittsburgh right now!

When your research about what snacks you might feed a dragon leads you to freeze-dried baby chicks that real people feed to their real pets.

For so many reasons, yes. There is no silo where the unaffected people get to hide out.

What if the boy next door turned into something you might have to kill? Abigail F. Taylor’s Maryneal 1962 is a Southern Gothic coming-of-age horror where full moons, small-town fear, and first love collide. We sat down with the author at #NightTideMag! nighttidemag.com/2025/05/23/s...

Sometimes you just want to read a book with #queer characters who are living their lives free and queer without societal bullshit. Sometimes you have a slew of debut novels that give just that. Check out these new #queernormative reads for this #Pride!

I have two key recipes that were handed down, mother to daughter, from my great-greats in Sweden all the way to me. One is finger rolls (yeasty, buttery bread). The other is rhubarb stew (thick and sweet, with or without strawberries). Weirdly, the pickled herring didn’t make it through.

We really did live through a world-historical scientific and technical effort to contain a pandemic, decide that we don't ever want to do that again, and conclude that means tearing down everything and everyone involved in containing a pandemic

STORIES TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD lnk.to/BGF24website "These hopeful climate-fiction stories include clicky space centipedes, sentient trees, a flooded future Rio de Janeiro and characters trying to find their place in a climate-impacted world." #booksky #climatesky #greensky #books #SFF #solarpunk

One of the perks of an English PhD is that you can distract your opponents when playing Authors with tidbits of salacious gossip. “Did you know that Nathaniel Hawthorne tried to date his wife’s sister first, but she turned him down?”

Today’s rejection said my essay didn’t focus on the very thing it was about. Now I spiral out trying to understand. Am I a lousy communicator? Did they hate it at halfway and stop reading? Was it just a stock blow-off line? I will never know. So I ride the wave of self-criticism and move on.

This class caps at 12! See you there!

My friend’s family is still recovering from the storms that ravaged Pittsburgh. They lost both cars and their house was damaged. If you can share this, like this, and even possibly donate then we can help them meet their goal. I have faith in you Pittsburgh. www.gofundme.com/f/restore-ho...

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