With my work being art, productivity for me looks like I'm driven solely by whimsy. I mostly am. It's the only way I know how to be.

Here is what we are seeing: that every time we have a need, people are leaping to volunteer. To volunteer for admin work. To volunteer to help us get filament. To volunteer to help us pay postage so we can keep sending ABSOLUTELY FREE whistles to anyone who needs them to keep their community safe.

One huge reason I'm excited for Starfleet Academy is because it continues the 32nd century setting from the final few seasons of Star Trek: Discovery (which remains my favorite 21st century Trek, esp. seasons 3 and 4.) I love it when Star Trek keeps exploring further and further into the future.

Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."

a small real thing you can do right now. Bree’s squad just sent 200 of these to my stepmom for the anti-ICE ministry at our church. you can chip in for materials and supplies at the links below

We almost missed posting about this, but Melody, 2025 SSBA Influencer, finished up her semi-finalist features recently. You can find the last in the series with @jesscreaden.bsky.social and @dayofthemutants.bsky.social here: #SSBA #SSBA2025

I'm offering new support packages for writers who are overwhelmed, under deadline, or just need help with urgent edits, creative coaching, or a hybrid of both. To schedule, email [email protected] with a few lines about your project & where you’re stuck. We’ll figure it out together.

Lots of folks in publishing are returning to make the books tomorrow, so just a reminder to treat industry people like people in the New Year. Everyone is just trying their best. ❤️

is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

333 days free of cigarettes (yesterday)!!!

#WriteHive Mentorship Pairing #16 author JR Creaden (@jesscreaden.bsky.social) will mentor JM George for her middle grade horror THE MIDNIGHT ZOO.

#WriteHive Mentorship Pairing #15 author AJ Super (@ajsuper.com) will mentor RF Daniels (@rfdwrites.bsky.social) for their adult science fiction novel STARS IN BLOOM

Ideas are, no question, the cheap part. I have SPREADSHEETS of ideas, and if I keep up my current production rate, which is already unrealistically high, I will die before I finish using them all. EXECUTION is the important part.

The plan collapsed. We lost our home with no funds, no relocation, and no clear way forward. Please share, donate, and include us in your thoughts or prayers? gofund.me/0776eca72

I'm out of spoons, options, & the medicine barely holding my bubble of sanity& hope together runs out in a few days If you can help or are willing to share this w/someone who might be able to, please do This isn't me; I'm the person on the other side of this despair waiting for my body to catch up

Back after a brief hiatus due to unexpected illness! Check out my final post featuring the SSBA semi-finalists: JR Creaden's Moon Dust in my Hairnet and Em Reed's More Bugs. @jesscreaden.bsky.social @dayofthemutants.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2025/12/smal...

I'm 300 days free of cigarettes today!!!!!!

I'm out of spoons, options, & the medicine barely holding my bubble of sanity& hope together runs out in a few days If you can help or are willing to share this w/someone who might be able to, please do This isn't me; I'm the person on the other side of this despair waiting for my body to catch up

Is there a signup sheet to make sure Thom Yorke gets a hug whenever needed? Is that something folks are working on?

The small African press, writers, and translators we are funding have a very cool plan for these two books you're making happen. But we need to close up the funding on this second book. Can you help? Last stretch! #AfricanTranslationProject #AfricanLiterature #HumanTranslation

Fall is fully here Finally I don't dance but I do Circles around this fire The one that fed us Never so well As my soul

In case you don’t know this, people who can work actually work more and more efficiently when they aren’t terrified about finances and how to feed themselves and their families. Financial fear is DEBILITATING

Don’t get hung up on the first draft. It took me forever to finish my first draft of my first book because I kept trying for perfection the first time, and it’s flatly not possible. Let yourself do it badly. You can always make it better later. #HiveMentor

Day five of AMAs with @write_hive! If you have questions, ask in the comments! Someone else summarized my answer on the Discord: Burnout is not a badge of honor. But here’s my longer one…

#HiveMentor I wish I knew that just because I'm getting a lot of words on paper does not mean that I am in a good mental health space. I've been very vocal about creatives of all sorts -- but writers as it's relevant to this -- making sure you take breaks for your mental health and sanity. (1/3)

Follow the rabbit 😌

I highly doubt I'll get any projects that are too close to my own, but just in case, please don't send me: 1930s mg runaways, 2001 adult Appalachian witches, crossover contemporary secret society vs artistic revolutions, or adult space operas with non-corporeal alien ships, k? thx! 😌 #HiveMentor

For today's @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor question, I have a lot of reservations about my answer already, so please @ me to ask questions this week if you have them. "I think" should be the caveat here, bc I'm always open to being surprised by a manuscript OR a writer's process!!

My favorite book tends to be whatever I'm currently reading, and right now that's The Garden by Nick Newman. I'm really enjoying the sibling relationship at its center, their playfulness & warmth amidst such a grim world. #HiveMentor

Day 1 of #HiveMentor AMA - so let's get crackin!

It’s time for mentor AMAs for HiveMentor! Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you? Answer in graphic 🐝 #hivementor

#HiveMentor AMA Q1:

It’s AMA time with #HiveMentor! Here’s my answer to the first question!!! If you have any questions for me, feel free to ask in the comments!!!

✨I'm so pleased to be returning as a 2026 mentor with @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor! Scroll to check out my MSWL here, and important dates for the program. You can learn more at: writehive.org/writehive-me... And check out our fun AMAs in the week to come!

✨It's time for the @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor AMA! Here's my answere for Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?

#HiveMentor From there, it's my job to help give guidance as to how to make that shine through in a story. I work best via email or chat, as well as being able to work with someone asynchronously, but above all yes, I want to help the story you want to tell succeed.

#HiveMentor My mentee is not me. I know that's a weird sentiment, but it's also my guiding principle both as an editor and a mentor. I am here to help make a story the best it can be within the framework of the story you're trying to tell. I want to know what you're passionate about in the story...

Scroll for my answers to @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor AMA! Question 1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?

IT HAS NOT BEEN

The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies. Trump just won’t release it. 440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.

Alright. Fine. I did what I promised. I made graphics. But I did sign one of them in MS Paint. I have a brand.

I’m a mentor again for WriteHive! I had so much fun with last year’s mentee and I’m excited to find another amazing manuscript this year. Swipe for my #mswl and to view important dates. The link in my bio will take you to all mentors ✨🐝📚 #HiveMentor

✨Announcement✨ Absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year! I could not be more excited to read all of your pitches and be a part of this fantastic organization. Swipe to see my wishlist and important dates! @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor #WriteHive

✨Announcement✨: I am honored to have been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year! As a former mentee who benefited from similar contests before I was agented, I am beyond excited to influence another writer's journey in the same positive way. 💙 @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor #WriteHive

SO thrilled to be a WriteHive mentor for another year! Yes, you're counting right - I'm a part of 2 mentorship programs this year! Double the fun, y'all! My MSWL is, as ever, very loose. This is so that you don't self-reject, and so that you don't pigeon-hole yourself into not applying. Just do it!

I’m. @writehive.bsky.social mentor! My time as a mentee was vital in preparing me for the query trenches and beyond, and I’m so excited to have a chance to pay it forward. I can’t wait to see what y’all are working on! 💜 #HiveMentor

I’m baaaaaaack I’ll make a graphic later. It’s been a day

Oh hey look at that 👀👀👀