The same Copilot they've rammed down users throats for months?

Want to read a sneak peek of my queer travel book? I'm sending a preview to my newsletter this Thursday. Subscribe before then to get a free chapter straight to your inbox! queer-adventurers.kit.com/posts/

Are you a queer author with Big Thoughts and Feelings on the massive success of Heated Rivalry while queer book bans are on the rise? I'm working on a story about the cognitive dissonance of the current moment + I want to hear from you!

On the train to AWP!

"“We are about to do a bad thing as a company. This is so irresponsible." - Meta execs www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Planning my #AWP schedule tonight. If you're part of a queer panel, event, or off site reading, let me know about it. I want to go!

What could possibly go wrong? 🤔

New author milestone unlocked: My first AI spam 😂 The tells? Sycophantic subject line: ("Your Book Deserves to Shine with Manhattan Book Club" + email body regurgitating my book description "Your dynamic exploration of [scraped jacket copy here] resonated deeply with our community"

AUTHORS - Were you asked to remove non-binary pronouns from your book or bio? Or avoid themes of gender identity or social justice in your books? Authors Against Book Bans wants to hear about it: authorsagainstbookbans [at]gmail.com.

I'm putting together a list of bookstagrammers and book bloggers to send ARCs to, so if you want a queer travel nonfiction themed book in your inbox, reach out! 🌈

Cis journos who fancy themselves our allies - one of the best things you could do right now is push some human interest stories about trans people like this into the mainstream.

I just learned that I have five free ebooks of *Action without Hope* that I can give away— I am told they can each work on up to five different devices “once you download the free software.” Please hit me up via dm if you’d like one. Solidarity 🌿

Just saw a byline credited to "reporter assisted by AI" and threw up a bit in my mouth. That's one publication I won't be pitching!

first it was pink washing, now it's greenwashing.

BNPL for rent are you fucking kidding me have we learned nothing

Any queer writers heading to AWP in Baltimore this year? Always happy to connect, especially in *these times*

"the productivity explosion we’ve been promised" is just us, working harder, working nonstop. "Workers slipped small amounts of work into moments that had previously been breaks. Many prompted AI during lunch, in meetings, or while waiting for a file to load." hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

Substack is not your only option. www.wired.com/story/best-s...

Sitting down to go over the last of my book edits right now!

The Trump admin has shut down the CIA’s World Factbook, a country reference that for six decades has provided data on birth and death rates, major exports, and more. Long used by government officials and by researchers, educators, and journalists, the database was taken offline today.

For queer + trans folks traveling in the US, this is one of the tips I recommend to protect yourself + your data while in transit! Grab a checklist to stay safe + discreet here: queeradventurers.com/reduce-digit...

ask @josephcox.bsky.social and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social ANYTHING. get your questions in now and they'll start answering live today at noon est: www.reddit.com/r/technology...

This isn't “parental choice.” It’s shelves emptied, stories erased & students cut off from ideas that help them learn, question & grow. Every removed book is a reader who won't see themselves reflected & narrows the world a little more. FL students deserve libraries full of possibility, not fear.

Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together. Repost and spread the word, please!

and we're open! we're looking for standalone novellas, 17.5K - 40K words, on the theme of environmental justice. check out our full guidelines here: reckoning.press/submit/novel...

This is live, friends! You can also bid on a critique from me in here.

I'm in the "gathering blurbs" era of my soon-to-be released book (OUT) ON THE ROAD: THE RADICAL JOY OF QUEER TRAVEL Seeking recs of LGBTQ authors, inclusive travel experts, queer travel creators, or otherwise likeminded people. Drop the name of someone who you'd love to see endorse this book!

TOMORROW! Join me for a virtual seminar with @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7pm ET where I will make the whole query process clear and manageable. Lucky participants will receive a LIVE query critique. (It's not as scary as it sounds.) www.mcnallyjackson.com/demystifying...

Writing community, there are so many really amazing prizes in the Publishing for Minnesota auction! Check it out if you haven't yet www.32auctions.com/organization...?

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

💙Thank you to everyone out there in Minnesota, showing up for your neighbors💙

Copy pasting 'almost verbatim' directly from Claude into your manuscript is plagiarism. Jeez.

It's great that they landed there, but would've been better if they adopted artist-friendly policies in the first place.

Where are all the queer illustrators? 👋Looking to get some fun stickers made for my super queer book launch later this spring!

I'm dipping my toes into book events to launch (Out) On the Road, so if you want to see me pop up near you, or if you're a queer author and you want to collaborate on a book event, reach out!

My book is ranked 58th in LGBTQ travel guides and it's 4 months out from pub date 🥹

This year we’re doing an open call for ordinary day diaries from the LGBTQIA+ community, and specifically we’re asking people to record their day on the 12th February. Whatever you get up to, we’d love to have it in our collection!

On the face it's a win, BUT Avelo sold 6 to its planes to ICE, per @onemileatatime.com. So they're still profiting from deportation. 🚫

#Minnesota: I am a Guardian reporter, based here in the Minneapolis area. I want to hear about what you're seeing, hearing, feeling and want you think needs to be covered. You can find me on Signal: rachelleingang.241 or by email at [email protected]

T'S HERE➡️ (OUT) ON THE ROAD is the book I wish I had when I first started traveling as a visibly queer person. It explains SO MUCH of what travel's really like when you're LGBTQ – but from a perspective that centers joy, power, and freedom.

✨Cover Reveal Tomorrow✨ . (OUT) ON THE ROAD isn't a guidebook – because laws and places change too fast for print. It's a by-us, for-us LGBTQ guide to the queer travel experience with insights from me and expert travelers who don't let being LGBTQ+ hold them back from exploring the world.

Well, I guess I'm going to AWP this year. Train tickets purchased.

ICYMI, my queer chapbook's on sale and you can save $2 if you order it by the end of the year!

ICYMI, my queer chapbook's on sale and you can save $2 if you order it by the end of the year!

Something exciting just landed in my inbox 👀

I turned in my manuscript last night and my wife bought me flowers. 🎉🥹🎉

Can Harvard not find someone else to take over his course load, or do they not want to? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Unpopular opinion: If your podcast doesn't have a transcript (or isn't discoverable in Apple Podcasts, which will), you've lost me as a potential audience.

Still looking for a couple people to chat with if! If that's you, reach out. 🌈

fuck this noise.