If you're a writer - have you done any virtual writing courses/accountability groups (paid or free) that you would recommend? I'm looking for something focused on getting words on the page more consistently.

I just experienced my first-ever San Francisco tornado warning (while in a hotel on the 11th floor 😬). I defend San Francisco from the judgments of my Iowa family all the time, but I gotta say....San Francisco weather radar suuuuuucks compared to the Midwest.

I've lost my desire to be a princess given how generally terrible it seems to be....but man, I would reconsider for that aquamarine kokoshnik tiara

Chris is a wonderful human - if you can provide any support to him and Esmé while they continue to go through this cancer battle, please do ❤️

tfw your morning cup of coffee reminds you of RWA conferences 🥹 Based on what I actually consumed at conferences, I should have collected martini glasses. But mugs are easier to get home.

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty My college semantics prof: the cup is not a mug, and it will take three whole lectures to understand all the subtle reasons why

The newest Haruki Murakami book (THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS) is on its way to me. I love that Murakami is revisiting a world he created 40yrs ago. In an interview, he said he didn't have the skill to fully tell it then (which is crazy - I loved the first book). bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Just bought fleece leggings and tarot cards, if you want to know how my #sundayscaries are going.

The energy of 2013 Twitter but everybody's back and knees hurt more.

The only Trump plan I've heard that may actually make eggs cheaper is banning vaccines. We won't need eggs for vaccine production, and the dead don't eat eggs, so it's a real win-win!

Put a tracker on me and this is my route from my desk to my pantry, and for the same reason

Logged on just to look for this

I tripped and fell down my own stairs today and that still felt better than seeing this headline.

Any fountain pens or inks you're loving? I've once again convinced myself that a new pen is the *only* thing I need to get my writing life on track.

My yard's vibrant green feels low grade apocalyptic right now. But since everything else feels high grade apocalyptic, I must admit that the extra sun has been kinda nice. It may be an ill omen, but I'll take it for now.

I am a single-issue voter and that issue is Mountain Dew

A note about my latest book (which is unfortunately as dead as Flaco the Owl is, but with deservedly less fanfare): sararamsey.substack.com/p/the-dream-...

To whoever decided that my previous Dem donations (to national, Iowa, and battleground candidates) mean I should get emails from hundreds of minor campaigns (like the comptroller of Maryland, who isn't even running this year!): I love you babe, but it's giving greed.

Featured Story: Timothy Murray, the 11-year-old Brownsville honor student who spent 3 days in solitary confinement after his arrest at the orders of the principal, has a hearing coming up Wednesday to determine if the court will proceed with charges against him.

Everyday lately, every single day, Republicans find a new to get me to feel like this concerned raccoon:

Al Qaeda Leader’s Saudi Hometown Guided By Faith and Family

Doritos Locos Tacos have lasted almost 3x longer than the Confederacy.

Memorializing the moment when I bought my first book solely off a Bluesky rec. Here's hoping #romancelandia rebuilds here!

Life in late stage capitalism - and especially a writing life - feels precarious. I lived through the feast of the self-publishing gold rush in the early 2010s, but things feel famine-y now. That's how gold rushes always pan out, though. Read more on my blog: open.substack.com/pub/sararams...

how, in 2023, can someone make a pair of sweats without pockets? haven't we suffered enough?

things I’m mad about today: idiot humans killed so many rattlesnakes that actually *rattle* to warn you before before they bite that we’ve accidentally selected for SILENT rattlesnakes that bite first and ask questions later in many places way to ruin one of nature’s most polite warning systems

One curmudgeonly opinion I've developed as I've gotten older is that no one—not one person—honestly believes school vouchers are good for society. People advocate for them because (1) they want to destroy public education; and/or (2) they want a subsidy to shuttle their kids away from minorities.

Another weekend read on grifters? But this one, I promise, goes in some really unexpected directions.

my plant biologist brain: "um, actually..."🧪🌾

The perfect #romancelandia ad: stern brunch daddy wants to make you pasta and take you to bed, and you just need a new pan to make it happen

42 and feeling mid, as the kids say. But I'm not ready to slide into cronehood yet...

My dad, casually: "I think I got roped into burying someone."

Daily routine: make coffee, write, take vitamins, join yet another social network.