definitely fair

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

Today i spent a fair amount of time "backing up" the novel rough draft by taking photos of it and creating a laptop folder for them in addition to on a SD card. Prior to the trip to Salem, Oregon, for the Bookbin event tonight. Essential part of piece of mind for me lol.

Perfect collection. Loved it.

Loved this poetry collection by Sandra Simonds, Prelude to a Porcupine. Highly recommended. Sharp, funny, insightful. A live wire, an alive mind.

This is intensely wtf and yet on a smaller scale I think a lot of writers find factual mistakes in professional book reviews that make you think hmmm.

Now that the winter olympics are over and the Americans are indeed being jerks again, as we often/always are, it's a great day to revisit this evergreen banger from @katebeaton.bsky.social: www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id...

your emergency moment of calm: baby opossum eating a grape

Fair enough. I *thought* I had heard of blood, before The Pitt.

Hmmm. Okay, so that article that reads like AI wrote it... is not. LMFAO. Do better, humans. (still 100 % anti AI)

My piece on the weird wildness of the petrochemical Texas coast, for the inaugural issue of @boyceupholt.bsky.social’s amazing new print magazine Southlands, is now up for online reading on this side of the paywall (with a bunch of photos to boot): southlandsmag.com/southlands-e...

while i crack open a raw egg i think is hardboiled or some such travesty

a terroir tunnel

It's a great how not to book

The Strand has Annihilation listed under wilderness survival books, but I do caution you not to use it as a how-to guide. At least, if you do... don't tell me how it went. www.strandbooks.com/collections/...

Trans rights are human rights. ICE should be abolished. The president is a sex offender and formalizing turning the US into a fascist state. Ukraine and Palestine both deserve our support and political will. The climate crisis and biodiversity crises are real. Musk = asshole. Did I forget anything?

i shall disassemble my atoms so as to pass across far above the river in a shambolical fashion and enter into the other country that is the west, settle upon a legendary roof, slip through an air vent, and reassemble in the in-convo partner chair at powell's burnside in but twelve days

The new novel, tentatively scheduled for March 2027, is in three parts, which roughly correspond physically or thematically to oystercatchers, kingfishers, and cormorants. It incorporates many details from the PNW coast. There is an irruption of migratory birds in it. Also, an eye sheds cosmic rays.

What I am doing instead of watching the devil: Rereading Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave for the first time since I was 13. This novel made a huge impact on me as a teenager and was a big early influence. I am relieved almost to tears that, halfway through, it is as wonderful as I remember it.

Most of my Mary Stewart books 📚

Fun fact i learned while leaving my last agent a few years ago: if you don't trust them (and don't want them delaying so they earn interest on your money), you can direct your publisher to split royalty payments into your cut and theirs and have yours come to you directly

Around Portland in the mist.

i shall disassemble my atoms so as to pass across far above the river in a shambolical fashion and enter into the other country that is the west, settle upon a legendary roof, slip through an air vent, and reassemble in the in-convo partner chair at powell's burnside in but twelve days

Must be something in the air, as I JUST re-read the series this month! By all accounts a lovely person as well. And please enjoy this photo of Mary Stewart with her cat.

What I am doing instead of watching the devil: Rereading Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave for the first time since I was 13. This novel made a huge impact on me as a teenager and was a big early influence. I am relieved almost to tears that, halfway through, it is as wonderful as I remember it.

your emergency moment of calm: baby opossum eating a grape

your archival moment of calm

Around Portland in the rain and dark.

I watched a couple of nominated short films with @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and this one stood out for me. I went in knowing nothing, and decided to stay bc it is important to not turn away from things going on around us. I do not regret watching this short film.

This happens a lot. I find general ecological or animal-related terms are apparently not words.

my boss at the southern reach told me expeditions keep going missing in area x so i asked how many theyve sent in and my boss said they just find new people afterwards and i said it sounds like theyre just feeding people to area x and lowry started crying

This is a mental war that we have to win. It's not about being a luddite, it's about destroying or retaining the ability to think. It's about how insidious this becomes in a situation where generative AI is adopted and then subverted intentionally. www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-new-whar...

I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across. If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers. If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.

book mail book mail 📚 these editions of Southern Reach are gorgeous. so shiny.

This little altar piece is almost ready for your white browed tit warbler devotions. Painted on a vintage triptych and refreshed with 23k gold leaf. Can you just hear the song from the painting? #painting #art #birds

holy crap--what a cover!

From my perspective, having broken news about the hypocrisy of the Florida Wildlife Corridor project and how the state will manipulate to reward agriculture over wilderness, this article I did for TIME helps contextualize the latest attempts to divert Florida Forever funds. time.com/6288683/flor...

For All Mankind: "This moon juice means I can live to be 150 years old." "Me too." "Me too." "We'll all be in season 27!"

Just a reminder--this Friday, February 27th. In Salem, Oregon. Weirdlings, assemble.

This really is a fabulous entry in the SR book lighthouse photo contest. So clever. It won't work for the book, due to how it's layering in reality, but I admire it.

Current pub date for this is fall of 2027, given I have a novel out in March of 2027. More details on both, soon.

your moment of not calm

On this day in 2018, Central's disinformation film about Area X, Annihilation, was released in theaters in the US. The film included several subliminal cues / hypnotic suggestions intended to blunt investigations by non governmental agencies, while testing psych tech developed by the Southern Reach

My controversial opinion, and no disrespect, but a re-edit of 28 Years Later and The Bone Temple might reveal a more cohesive film, in a sense. 28 Years had jarring tonal shifts. Bone spent too much time in a barn trying to Clockwork Orange the devil while giving us a wonderful Sampson storyline.

Marshmallow is the kind of feel good summer camp comedy that should be shown at every summer camp out there. Life-affirming and dead to rights on the camp experience as I remember it. Sans water wings.

Thanks for your patience about the lighthouse photo contest for the Southern Reach book. My novel getting longer has meant I'm just now slowly wading through the photos. Very soon there will be some decisions. In the meantime, a short thread. 1/4

The Southern Reach series by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social These turned out fantastic. I love the attention to detail that was put into each one. So happy to finally have these in hand. Now to figure out how to display them. @illumicrate.bsky.social @evernightbooks.bsky.social

Thanks for your patience about the lighthouse photo contest for the Southern Reach book. My novel getting longer has meant I'm just now slowly wading through the photos. Very soon there will be some decisions. In the meantime, a short thread. 1/4

what even is the fucking point