me: I know a million people say this every Winter Olympics, but does luge even exist outside the Olympics? gf: It exists in its own sphere. It exists as much as indie lit does. OOF.

On Mike Birbiglia's podcast, he talked about realizing he was wrong for 99% of roles, not because of what he did but because he wasn't what the director was seeking. You have to keep doing your thing the best you can until the right person sees it. I think that's close to the whole game in the arts.

And also everyone should grab a copy of @aaronburch.bsky.social's book too!!

So honored that Danny read an advance copy of this novel and gave me SUCH a lovely blurb. Danny is a great writer and friend. ❤️

A GOOD TIME WILL BE HAD BY ALL! tinyurl.com/90svibes to register, 8pm CT tonight, see you there!

Appearing with @suburbanprairie.bsky.social Chelsea Sutton, Lauren Westerfield, and Maya Jewell Zweller

Tonight! We're getting together for some book talk, 90s trivia, and book giveaways. Would love to see you! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

got a new(𝘪𝘴𝘩? wrote it in the fall) essay up on @burialmagazine.bsky.social. a loooong single sentence about early mornings & daily coffee & Michigan & the US & teaching & writing & POV & work & watching others work & probably lots of other stuff too... burialmagazine.neocities.org/nolongerther...

I'm thrilled to announce that @jacqdoyle.bsky.social @lynnmundell.bsky.social and @dawnsteffler.bsky.social are reading with me later this month at @booksonb.bsky.social !

I have a tiny new micro today in @bulbregion.bsky.social. grateful to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social & any of you who read this story! 🥭 🥃 bulbregion.com/Mangoes-and-...

Thank you Sabrina!! ❤️

TW at AWP! Come through to booth 724 for hot indie books, hand-made chaps, trail packs, andoutdoorsy aesthetics. We're having 3 generations of TW authors signing books @anniejowrites.bsky.social @adamg.bsky.social @keslentz.bsky.social on Thursday & Friday. We're excited to see you in Baltimore!

Reporters covering the Olympics are super into asking all the US athletes how they feel after someone in MAGA media says something gross and awful about them. Personally, I'd love that as I'm trying achieve my lifelong dream of winning a gold medal.

Look at what the postie brought today! Can't wait to dive into this by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social

Three hours away from the Super Bowl thing we're going to, and I told myself not to start eating chips yet but it didn't work.

“‘Will you stay on the phone with me until I fall asleep?’ I ask. I go into my room, pull the covers up and stay there. ‘Tell me a story,’ I say. So he does.” Burn, a novel by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social, out this week from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social (congratulatons, Stephanie!)

This book is my weekend date! Got hooked instantly and loving it!

My debut novel Burn came out this week from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and I'm so happy to welcome her to the world. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/burn.html

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

It's honestly one thing to be like, hey my book is out but another when you know people are receiving it or starting to read it. Surreal!!

Thank you to @stephanieaustin.bsky.social for visiting Lunch Break Writers today to discuss Live Readings for Writers: Practical Tips for Performing Your Work in Front of an Audience! Join for access to this and other craft-oriented recordings - and upcoming events! www.brownbaglit.com/lunch-break

In support of my new book out this week from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social I was on Words On A Wire to talk about it. You can listen here. I think I sounded ok. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Today, people! Congratulations @stephanieaustin.bsky.social and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Congratulations, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social!💚📚🎉

I got mine snd I highly recommend you get yours! Happy pub date to @stephanieaustin.bsky.social ! Can't wait to read BURN

Yay!!! Massive congrats to @stephanieaustin.bsky.social 🎉 💙🎉

Happy book launch day to @stephanieaustin.bsky.social! We're excited to host her through Lunch Break writers on Thursday for a small-group workshop on how to best read your creative work for audiences. Join Lunch Break writers to attend! www.brownbaglit.com/lunch-break www.brownbaglit.com/events

Just ordered! Can’t wait to read BURN by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 Get your copy today!

BURN by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social is out today from CJ Press! Grab an ebook or paperback and take the ride--it's a novel you won't soon forget: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/burn.html

It's almost 8 p.m. here and just now realized it's February, which means the year of January is over.

New Issue! Words: @dallonwrites.bsky.social , @alexmiller77.bsky.social , @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social ,CHRISTOPHER NEGRI, KIMBERLY BRYANT, @liamcarnahan.bsky.social , EMMA HEATH & EVAN MURPHY, DAVID MCARTHUR, PATRICIA CASPERS, ANNE DUNCAN, SPENCER ECKART pitheadchapel.com/2026/02/01/v...

Called a restaurant today for a pick-up order and an AI thing or whatever answered. It was full of cheer and happiness and pep, and it asked what I wanted to order. I asked for an operator. The AI transferred me to a person, who sounded slightly bothered and annoyed, and that was so comforting.

The world is mourning the death of Catherine O’Hara. 🥹 www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

My co-conspirator for the Desert Grit Reading Series, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social, has her novel coming out in FIVE days! Can’t wait!

Only 5 days left until @stephanieaustin.bsky.social's BURN drops from Cowboy Jamboree! Y'all gonna dig this novel. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/burn.html

New big pasta plates in sour apple & pink shadow.💚💛🩵 #pottery

804 at AWP will be in Baltimore this year at Picket Brewing.

In 2015, a 2A supporter I know said they couldn’t figure out Trump’s stance on guns. I said, “I’ll tell you his stance. His supporters get to have them and his opponents don’t.”And here we are.

So excited to have a short story in one of my favorite places—thank you, @aaronburch.bsky.social and @jessdawn.bsky.social! (And, as a long-time fan of @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s work, I’m incredibly honored to have my story alongside her brilliant artwork! 🤩)

Goddamn. Poor Verna. Slain as a young bride and mother in a gruesome (trailer) home invasion. Who is her surviving daughter? How does she get along 30 years later? Who gave the journal of Verna's poems to Nanette Russell? Just...COUNT THE DUST: a.co/d/1FHXcGX

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, April 18, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social and I are bringing the next round of the Desert Grit Reading series to Rift Wine Bar & Taphouse in South Scottsdale! And let me tell you, you’re gonna wanna come and hear this lineup.

I dunno...sounds like BURN by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social is pretty fuckin good. Get yours February 3rd 🚬🔥

Bears fans, may the spirit of the 1985 Bears offensive line be with you.

Watching the Bears game and remembering a time in college when my grandma took me up to Chicago in December, and it was, like, 2 degrees with the windchill, and this woman on the street wore a long fur coat (we were in the anti-fur era) that I would have paid her $80,000 to wear for the afternoon.

I'm so happy for you Sudha! Holla for Phoenix writers!

Have turned off the AI "smart compose/smart reply" on gmail I didn't want in the first place.

My book comes out in two days! Why might you want to pick up a copy? Do you like speculative fiction? Short story collections that are very intentionally ordered? Stories about memories? Ghosts? Friendship? Monsters? Pie? Whales? Basketball? If so, this might be the book for you!

@stephanieaustin.bsky.social is a great writer and great person and a wonderful co-conspirator for the Desert Grit Reading Series! Put this on your calendar and check out her book!

My cover. 👇

Me: My New Year's resolution is to find better connection with people in real life. My daughter: You don't like to talk to people though.