one of the things strangers say to me most often is "I've got a book idea for you" or "is that your next book idea" etc. and the urge to scream "IDEAS ARE CHEAP!" is so strong and I never say it because I want to live in a society where people are generally courteous etc. etc.

in which i have sold some books & now must write them

can people just learn that correlation is not causation it would make quite a few things in the world less personally vexing to me and better in general

I just saw someone say— with the tone of “everyone knows this to be a fact”— that authors are paid to write blurbs. Do people really believe this? Is everyone else secretly getting $ and I’m just out here professing my love for books for free?

Why is “1984” so important to read today? “Because patterns repeat … It becomes relevant over and over again,” says @veronicarothbooks.com, author of the “Divergent” series #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub

Had the pleasure of joining @velshi.com for #velshibannedbookclub today to talk about 1984 by George Orwell, a book that informed my understanding of dystopian fiction & specifically my own book Poster Girl (to which it owes a great debt). shorturl.at/1AjJq

UK readers! TO CLUTCH A RAZOR, the sequel to When Among Crows by @veronicarothbooks.com, will now be out in the UK on 23/09 due to unexpected delays. Are you ready to jump back into this world of monsters and monster hunters? ⚔️ https://tinyurl.com/4ys77fzu

TO CLUTCH A RAZOR is out today! A funeral heist at the worst family gathering ever? Why not. Add in some monsters from Slavic folklore (and beyond)? Even better. 📚💙 Get it at your local indie or wherever you get books— here’s a link! bookshop.org/p/books/to-c...

Hot In The Airport, Cold On the Plane: A Memoir

TO CLUTCH A RAZOR by @veronicarothbooks.com #1 New York Times bestselling author pulls from Slavic folklore to explore family, duty, and what it means to be a monster in this sequel to the USA Today bestselling When Among Crows UK: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

omfg

can't confirm this yet, but apparently someone flew over the Bears game with an aerial banner that says "hey ICE, masks are for cucks" which is somehow a very Chicago move

I loved urban fantasy as a teenager, especially Charles deLint. I’m currently reading @veronicarothbooks.com ‘s When Among Crows, and it stacks up with the best of them.

I made this earlier (cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...) and it was good but I made a grocery ordering mistake and got a SIX POUND can of hominy so now there's a bunch of hominy in my freezer

I have now spoken to three people in my life about antidepressants because they're curious about how they feel and I'm the person they know who has been open about being on them, which is an interesting niche. I don't hate it?

I hope social media is flooded with video from people in attendance so we can see the actual reaction to him apnews.com/article/trum...

Writing this book like:

lol

every time a book tour approaches I think, this time. This time I will find the perfect travel pants. But I need to learn that there is no perfect travel pant, you will simply get uncomfortable when you travel that much no matter what you put on your body.

To Clutch A Razor got a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly! And I am pretty thrilled about it!

I finished my first pass pages for Seek the Traitor's Son and as usual at this stage, I am 1. convinced the book is brilliant 2. convinced the book is trash whether i'm right or i'm right, there's nothing to be done about any of it at this point!

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Just as an FYI for people with face recognition difficulties, the best way to find me at conventions is to look for a shockingly tall woman with airpods. I will be listening to either Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter or Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman, my convention overstimulation coping songs.

"That's not always helpful," says Captain Understatement, meekly.

Hey, if you’ve read THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS (or any book by any author!) and liked it, please leave a review! And share your love of books with friends, family, strangers, internet randolorians, foes, nemeses, woodland creatures, cryptids, prophets, influencers, exfluencers, and filthy hobbitses.

Another game of Is It Reflux or Am I Getting Sick

one of my favorite words is "tenuous" and I almost never use it because it's TOO POWERFUL i mean look at those vowels

so i have arrived at the unfortunate intersection of having to TALK about one book, WRITE another book, and REVIEW a third book (in 1st pass pages), and I think...I think this might be what breaks my brain

I see it's time to put my "STFU about Chicago" mug to good use @sarahenni.bsky.social

the start of a rough draft, mapped

Heyyyy When Among Crows is on the shortlist for the inaugural Aldiss Award for World Building! What an honor to be alongside @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social @gabriellabuba.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @rogbapayne.bsky.social and Aman J. Bedi! 📚💙🪐

Got asked how my writing has changed since Divergent and the serious answer is very long/involved but the fun answer is that I use more contractions now. I had no idea I wasn't using them that much and the first editor to point out this occasional stiltedness was @johnjosephadams.com

People will tell you to write the weird story of your heart but they don't tell you what to do when you're not that weird and the story of your heart is something a little basic but you do it just slightly wrong so that thousands of impressionable youths curse your name and threaten you with death

I could play a new game OR I could play the Mass Effect games for the fifth time

I'm 37 today, and the wisdom I have to offer you is this: - don't engage, just block - "let it air out" is not actually good advice for wound healing, thanks mom - the oxford comma is good - unpack right when you get home, you'll thank me later

I was adrift in a sea of family this weekend at a wedding so I'm late to this, but a belated congrats to all the Hugo noms and winners! I have new short fiction on my TBR and I do not hate that at all!

I've been walking around stunned all weekend, thank you everyone who voted for Stitched! If you missed this one, you can check out at Uncanny Magazine, ALSO a 2025 Hugo winner! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/stit...

Said map is for Seek the Traitor's Son, by the way.

NEW BOOK COMING here’s the PW announcement Seek the Traitor’s Son is a big romantic kinda-fantasy kinda-dystopian pile of fun, and I am pumped! Out in May. (It’s gonna be Mayyyy)

The pup is off to a friend's house for the weekend and I almost made myself cry leaving her because I told her she's my best pal and she's very special, and then I thought, SHE *IS* MY BEST PAL AND SHE *IS* VERY SPECIAL. 😭

I have a feeling this link might have gotten buried in the comments yesterday, but my latest novella, and next English translation, Dead Weight that'll be out in May seems to be up for preorder at B&N, for those interested!

Going on book tour next month! Come and see me, Midwesterners (and Angelenos)! 📚💙

I got a neighbor's package the other day and walked it down the street to deliver it to them, then discovered today that the delivery person actually switched our packages, so they got mine, too...but they never returned the favor. Enjoy my big box of popsicle sticks, buddy!

I just sent someone a link to thetruesize.com and now I am playing with it instead of writing

I've been wondering why all I can do right now is binge old seasons of Project Runway and listen to contemporary romance audiobooks, and you'd think I'd remember by now that it's because of the fucking news. All the news. All the time.

another reaction gif that I will one day find useful

Revisited one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time and found it disturbingly relevant to what’s happening in the US

This is Igor, but you may know him better as "a sentient middle finger wrapped in a cloud of fur." He went viral last month when his rescue posted a brutally honest adoption bio about him. And it worked! He found a perfect (and very brave) forever family. 14/10 congratulations little guy

Happy book birthday to Automatic Noodle, which is all about three things I love: biang biang noodles, San Francisco, and robots. Catch me on book tour, and pick up one of these amazing t-shirts or other swag at automaticnoodle.website (yes, this is the exact URL the robots use in the book).

A very useful thread for querying writers--