We got our ultrasound today. It's a girl.

Up against a scene where the easy way out is an exposition dump. But we are writers. Easy is for everyone else. 🫠 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FantasyWriter

Here are a few things I've made recently. It made my heart lighter to make them, and I hope it makes your eyes happy to view them.

Worked up the courage to dive into a novel I wrote more than 10 years ago, and I am half way through edits and OMG this is so dang good, y'all. Don't give up on those drawer books. They may just need time for you to grow and believe in yourself!

Them: Are you ready for school to start? Me: ⬇️

Guys. I'm making something.

I'm repurposing a canvas I painted for my classroom 7 yrs ago. Stay tuned to see the finished product.

Hey friends, don't forget to stretch, drink water (however you can get it down) sleep guilt-free when you need it, get sunlight, belly breath (just try it; you won't regret it), and do something good for your body every day. We need to stay strong in order to be the good.

I received an email from a former Creative Writing student saying she'd self published. I GUSHED with praise. Then they followed up to say they "wrote" it with AI & are selling it on Amazon. They were my student long before the potential of AI was realized. I was gentle, but I had to be honest.

Here's Edna and Carl's reaction when I told them that I finished writing my 21st book today. (I should probably leave the house more often.) #writing #writersofbluesky

Am I the only one #wickedpit has disappeared for? Was it canceled?

Guys. I'm 48 pages away from finishing this revision, and is it okay to say I love it so much?

Help!! Our new Sphinx kitten scurried under the wall and is hiding under the tub. We can't reach her. How do we get her out?

Just saw Superman in IMAX and loved it! The parallels. The message. The theme of empathy. Chef's 💋!

For the literary agents following us, we have a new feed for Querying writers for #BluePit tomorrow! Feeds don't require a BlueSky account to view, so if others at your agency are not on BlueSky they can check out the pitches too! bsky.app/profile/did:... #LitAgents #LiteraryAgent #AmAgenting

Yes, we also have a Starter Pack of them here: go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV So caught up in the pre-event we're running we missed UnhingedPit's announcement. But we try. 😅

What readers didn’t say about this #Q #A #R: – No plot or stakes (+ implausible) – Can’t connect with the MCs (+ zero chemistry) – 🌶️ is mild (+ cringe & boring) – No sense of time/place (+ Berlin is dull) – Terrible writing (esp. stiff dialogue & flat descriptions) #UnhingedPit

If my heroes and I were cats.😻 *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚

#unhingedpit #a #lgbt A good portion of the lesbian experience in one meme.

🧃Anti-Pitch🧃 Not for agents who want closure, kindness, or knowing who the villain is. If you want healing, hope, or heroines—turn back. This one’s for the voyeurs. The ones who celebrate friendship curdling. No one calls for help as the soft horror unfolds. It doesn’t end well. #unhingedpit #T #Q

When you bring a pizza box to a sword fight. *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚

3 preacher’s daughters.1 dies. While confronting the cause they must decide between betraying 1another in the name of faith, or a blasphemous path that brings them together APPLES NEVER FALL+HELLO BEAUTIFUL A story of toxic Christianity & 3 sisters' power to destroy or heal 1another #unhingedpit

A sleepover turns bloody when Nikki & sleepwalking friends wake to a body. 12yrs later, remains wash ashore the lake. They have 1 last sleepover. No 1 leaves until they find the killer. But the lake reveals truths closer to Nikki than anyone can imagine. WITCHELM + LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE #unhingedpit

Peri-menopausal, burnt-out teacher Birdie is 🔪 & 47yo Jen & Sam con their way out of their ties to her murder & into successful lives.But when the truth about Birdie risks their facade they must murder her all over again or lose the lives they fabricated NIGHT BITCH+GOOD NIGHT BEAUTIFUL #unhingedpit

Have any of you read After Taste yet? Omg!

New pitch event coming up on July 31st! Check out and follow @wickedpit.bsky.social for rules and updates!

I'm going to enjoy family today. Hope you are doing something that brings you peace and joy.

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

I've made 100+ new friends this week so here's a bit about me. I teach English, Humanities, & Creative Writing. I have my master's in psych & I've written over 20 books. I had an agent for nearly a decade & I'm freshly back in the query trenches. Oh! & I play DND & have my motorcycle license.

In honor of Juneteenth, it's our pleasure to announce pitch dates! #Pitblk will take place Sept 21st- Sept 24th on our pitchsite. Agents and Editors will review pitches Sept 29th-Oct 2nd. For more info about the event, visit www.pitchpitblk.com #writersky #booksy #writingcommunity #amquerying

Ever just sit there and wonder how you went from not celebrating Halloween to playing DND every weekend?

Today, I finished the 1st draft of a thriller I'm excited about. I miss having folks to celebrate with. I left Meta due to oppressive policies & Twitter (no explanation needed) & lost a rich interactive community of artists. I don't regret the decisions, but I long for the community I left behind.

we love you @booksmith.bsky.social 💌💌💌💌 & by the way they'll ship books anywhere, you can find them at www.booksmith.com

One thing about being a teacher in the summer is realizing how much daily maintenance actually makes a difference when you walk by a mirror and see a pale, greying, hunchback and realize it's not a goblin, it's just you after weeks without the routine of making yourself presentable each day.

I've talked about this before but I still can't find the balance between "not being on social media makes me less miserable" and "not being on social media also makes me feel desperately isolated from the few communities I'd tricked into liking me"

KC Current's tifo celebrating Black joy, today and everyday 🫶

New blog post is up! www.athomeauthor.com/post/why-it-... #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying #publishingtips

Please fill my comments with the thing or things you're doing to bring yourself joy right now. What is keeping your soul afloat? Photography, painting, your pets, your swimming pool, writing, reading? Bonus points for a photo example. Thanks in advance.

“well that was fun! so what time are we voting for the mypillow guy as fbi director?” - dem leadership last sunday

Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

dear publishing: the teens in my store are currently reading THE HUNGER GAMES and SIX OF CROWS and DIVERGENT and have asked me repeatedly this week for SHATTER ME. can we bring younger, genre-driven, pulpy dystopias and dystopian fantasy back? they really, really want it. thank youuuuuuu. xoxo me

You kids wanna see a dead body? When increasingly vicious and bizarre assaults begin to terrorize her marriage, Mavis realizes that Hell isn’t reserved for the afterlife. And sinner or not, no one's coming to save her. Churchianity horrors abound, 02/10/26! torpublishinggroup.com/the-body/?is...

The world is on fire and guess what I am turning to between updates and advocacy for a respit? Books. Writers don't stop writing.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Two wins for me today despite dying by head cold: 1. I uninstalled a certain video-based platform, for the time being, for the sake of productivity and have managed NOT to reinstall it for a whole 3 hours. (I'll keep you posted on this one 🤣) 2. I did some dang good writing today. Now clap.

You're most of the way through the work week. Carl wants you to know that you can do this. (Also, I love the way he holds his two little front paws, and it's all I can do not to smother him in kisses all day long.)

Here is a big beautiful tree to watch over you as you sleep. Goodnight Bluesky💙

Someone is sitting right next to me in the airport watching their show on their phone with the sound on. Do I aske them to use headphones or grin and bear it?