6yo: could you talk if you were just a head?

Flights of less than 350 miles should be a train ride. 🙃

Ideas for making up words: Borrow from another language! Combine prefixes/suffixes! Make it a new part of speech (verb a noun!) Stack or smush words together! Make a lil wordplay! Acronym! Shorten an existing word! Use an old word newly! Just throw together something that feels good!

Got sick of losing on environmental issues at work so wrote a novel about an EPA special agent that travels to Italy to kick criminal polluter ass.

If you or someone close has been called a “picky eater,” COLOR TASTE TEXTURE may be right for you! I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide that’s all about finding what works for individual sensory needs. For all ages and cooking ability.

I recommend being a breathless booster hype man for people and friends and ideas you very much actually like.

REMEMBER THAT I AM EXCITED YOU WROTE A BOOK AND WILL SHARE YOUR BOOK POSTS

This is still #1 on Netgalley UK, and people seem to be liking it! If you'd like to pre-order, I'm doing a pre-order campaign with Meet Cute Bookshop in San Diego. You'll get a signed copy and some goodies. :) Still lining up a UK campaign - stay tuned! www.meetcutebookshop.com/item/-N6gmzy...

Thrifty friends, Four Weddings and a Funeral Director (by me, as Hazel Graves) is just 99c/99p in ebook! Think the goth house/Barbie house meme...but utterly bonkers. US: www.amazon.com/dp/0008770476/ UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DK8L8BHV/ #romancelandia #booksky

Finished For Human Use (bonkers, weird, brilliant), and now starting The September House (weird house book!!) #amreading

Happy #Caturday! Did you know that you can watch an animated version of Luis and Tabitha (words by me; art by Hollie Mengert) on Vooks? watch.vooks.com/videos/luis-... (Spanish: watch.vooks.com/videos/luis-...)

Events like the Black Zine Fair are INCREDIBLY important in 2026. With every passing day, right wing billionaires seize control of more of our communications infrastructure and publishing and media outlets. We HAVE to support alternate, genuinely independent means of communication.

25k! Things are getting weird #amwriting

www.latimes.com/california/s... This was a really well done history of the struggle for mass transit in Los Angeles I cannot be more excited that there’s a stop so close to my house

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Thrifty friends, Four Weddings and a Funeral Director (by me, as Hazel Graves) is just 99c/99p in ebook! Think the goth house/Barbie house meme...but utterly bonkers. US: www.amazon.com/dp/0008770476/ UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DK8L8BHV/ #romancelandia #booksky

my friend is telling me about her dating life and like...

Thinking about this part... "Before the second recess, all four of Louisiana’s Black congressmen, past and present, since the Reconstruction era spoke to the committee..."

Victoria friends, The only copies of STILL FRIENDS on the planet that are signed by me AND artist Mike Deas are in Munro's. Get 'em while you can. #yyj #kidlit

Happy #Caturday! Did you know that you can watch an animated version of Luis and Tabitha (words by me; art by Hollie Mengert) on Vooks? watch.vooks.com/videos/luis-... (Spanish: watch.vooks.com/videos/luis-...)

tv contract fully executed!! 🎉

This is still #1 on Netgalley UK, and people seem to be liking it! If you'd like to pre-order, I'm doing a pre-order campaign with Meet Cute Bookshop in San Diego. You'll get a signed copy and some goodies. :) Still lining up a UK campaign - stay tuned! www.meetcutebookshop.com/item/-N6gmzy...

LOS ANGELES: look up between 8:22 and 8:28 TONIGHT (sat may 9.) The ISS path from SW to NE will be pretty much directly overhead tonight, and should be easily spotted without a scope if the sky is clear 💖

I absolutely see a spike in sales when I promote my books here, but I see a much bigger spike when OTHER folk hype my books. And I have it on good authority that when I hype others’ books, they see spikes. It’s true word-of-mouth. No alg means you tend to trust the opinions of the folk you follow.

Koji Suzuki—the intensely talented and influential author of RING, SPIRAL, DARK WATER, and many other novels and short stories—has passed way at the age of 68. Too young. An enormous loss. The reverberations of his fiction will continue to be felt for years to come.

kid artwork remains the best

saw a baffling/awful use of AI in the wild yesterday, and I despair

(sorry, I am going to keep talking about The Unfinished Business, because that book was in the works for eight years, and unfortunately the marketing plan seems to be me posting on Bluesky)

The Unfinished Business is a cheerful, non-scary middle grade novel for fans of BBC Ghosts! bookshop.org/a/975/978164... www.amazon.com/dp/1646036751

why yes, I did put together a pitch bible and pilot for this one, because look at that art 'tis too cute

I've been at a beer festival selling books about beer. Back in the bookshop now and just sold a book about books. I think I've cracked this. Anyway, if your week is done, why not grab yourself a book from a nice indie bookshop somewhere? If your week isn't done, just do it anyway.

It's your LAST CHANCE to watch THE LIBRARIANS during the FREE window via PBS Independent Lens! Join the hundreds of thousands of people who have been inspired by the film to support their local libraries and communities. Watch ny May 9 via this link: tinyurl.com/TheLibrarian...

A tragic loss. A brilliant new Puerto Rican voice gone too soon. Read VELORIO, please. It's, alongside @gabino.bsky.social's HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN, one of the best novels about the impact of Hurricane Maria on the island.

literally my WIP 🥲 please someone acquire it so I can afford to build a time machine. I have a proposal, outline and 80 pages good to go!

Did you know that while the print edition of my debut novel is sold out as well as out of print you can still get the audiobook?! You can! The folks at @tantoraudio.bsky.social did the near impossible and produced an amazing adaptation of my weird (and often visual) book. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the day is one new patron. Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

Did you know that I have a little shop for my kidlit books? Happy to sign and personalise a book for you! stephaniecampisi.square.site

"The unexpected boom in home batteries and the equally surprising surge in rooftop solar installations means that Australia’s target of 82 per cent renewables by 2030 – long dismissed as a lost cause by some – is now very much within reach."

Just a half dozen callers changed the ENTIRE tone of this meeting. If you are ever wondering how little work it could take to impact your local government, that’s it

Last year, it only took five of us showing up and making public comment at a city council meeting to get the council to restore library funding that the mayor’s office had cut. Just a few people showing up can make a huge difference.

Reminder that the sale is still going on. Get 3 books and a comic for $10!

tv contract fully executed!! 🎉

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Our short film GO GENTLE officially has an IMDb page. It’s my first non-video game writing credit in a while. And my first acting credit! www.imdb.com/title/tt4235...

In my new interview with author Sunyi Dean about her dual timeline, historical fantasy / literary-leaning Gothic novel "The Girl With A Thousand Faces," she says that so far, no one has guessed the twist in advance. To find out what else she had to say... paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 🎮👻

It’s hard to sell elections as a solution to the problem of courts overturning voter will… in an election. “Vote harder (so they can maybe overturn those votes if they don’t like them)” is a sales pitch whose only response is either apathy or violence.

👑 20 YEARS OF LOS CAMPESINOS! Today is the 20th Anniversary of our first ever show We don’t want to dwell on the past, as we’re too excited about the future of LC!, but suffice to say the last two decades have been the privilege of a lifetime. Thank you. LC!4LYF