I'll admit most of my fondness for fish is for eating them, but I can't do that if we let them go extinct. So yay for funky fish-friendly engineering feats! www.knkx.org/environment/...

I keep poking my head out from my cave and immediately regretting it.

This is clearly a trick question. I would NEVER in a million years agree to go on a tropical vacation. If forced to a tropical local against my will, I'll take whatever book I'm writing and be holed up in my hopefully air-conditionined room working on it and pretending I'm somewhere pleasant.

I am pleased to announce that I am now running Linux full-time. Apparently my processor only sucks if you pair it with Win11. Yay! Running Pop! OS. And if you're curious, Scrivener is working via Lutris after only minor struggles.

I watched Dust Bunny this evening. It's the strangest film I've seen in a long time and absolutely gorgeous. If you like unusual cinema and the idea of an artistic action film appeals to you, it might be worth your time. www.imdb.com/title/tt2317...

Alien: "Humans assign personality to EVERYTHING." Human: "Not everything!" Alien: "Explain the brand name of that cleaning device." Human: "The vacuum? It's Shark brand. That's a predator. I guess it eats all the little bits of trash on the floor?" Alien: "Put down the googly eyes." Human: 👀

Wrapped up Draft 3 of Winter's First Verse today. It's around 100k, so definitely NOT a novella. Lol. My wife is reading it to tell me if all the stuff I added since the first draft worked or not. Not sure what I should be doing while she does that, but I'll think of something.

I have had two phone conversations with strangers today to schedule appointments. They took less than ten minutes, but wrecked my entire day. It is cruel to force me to use phones

It's snowing! The interstate even managed to get shut down. My poor wife is having to shovel our driveway because the snow blower broke and my shoulder has me out of commission while our 3rd is stuck off mountain! But this little hedgie monk thinks everything is serene, and he's got a point.

I'm not saying anyone should steal from work. Just that April 15th has been declared Steal from Work Day... (Note: it is likely bad to get caught stealing from work.) crimethinc.com/steal-someth...

Draft-2-Digital is "experiencing a high volume of inquiries at this time." So please don't bother them to complain about them penalizing real writers for being unpopular while not actually solving the rotting AI slop problem they claim this addresses.

We should be trying to open doors for small creators, not shut them. What if we just fine the AI slop creators instead of charging all the small creators who struggle to promote and make $1 a month of they're lucky?

Kick an author while they're down, why don't you, D2D? Like it's not depressing enough to try your hardest all year and have everyone ignore your book, now there's a financial penalty for it?

Unsatisfied with merely suffering when involving my right shoulder in moving lightweight objects, I have decided to also injure my left wrist. Now both arms can get in on causing me agonizing jolts of pain! Yay!

Discovered today that my website has vanished. Completely. I wanted to redo it anyway... Guess this is a chance for that. But I'll need help from someone who is overly busy until at least next weekend.

If you're wondering how my life is going, I was partway through journaling about how I no longer possess the capacity to deal with disruptions to my expected schedule when a family member disrupted my expected schedule.

I spent the weekend obtaining an official certification that I've put extra work into being qualified to teach skiing to older adults. PSIA-Northwest is the only region to currently offer a Senior Specialist program, which I find sad. There's a lot of good information in it. #PSIA #SkiInstructor

I have introduced a canonically straight character in Winter's First Verse! OMG! Where did she come from? She's an out-of-town friend of a lead, so very much a bit character, but it's more rep than the straights have previously had in this series :) #Writing

Serious question for Trans Day of Visibility... Do I change my published name to better reflect my lack of gender? While it's a pain, it's less of one now than after multiple books are under it. Since Bluesky lacks polls, I'm going to post the options into the thread. Just like your answer?

There are no politics AT ALL in my book about someone deported to somewhere she's never been, a guy whose small business relies on public subsidiaries, and a social worker who winds up being a national voice for increased voting rights. You'll NEVER guess my political viewpoint from reading it.

Not doing great today. Cleaned a lot. Which needed to happen, I guess. But it's not something that makes me feel better about life, myself, or even the state of my house really. I wish my wife would come home to watch her dog so I could go to bed. Even though I recognize 7pm is early for that.

I may end the month slightly shy of my #writing goals due to my ongoing mental health struggles, but I have managed some interludes I think people will enjoy reading. And that's something to be happy about. #WritersCorner

Have an #excerpt The sweet dragonettes could turn into deadly monsters if their snacky-fish were late. Braak could envision it clearly: she snoozed off only to wake missing several fingers while her pets slept happily curled around distended bellies and in possession of a new taste for nixie flesh.

I keep meaning to write about what I'm going through but keep not doing it. Because I'm going through a confluence of bipolar depressive flare and full blown Autistic burnout. It's not a fun combo and I don't recommend it to others. In fact, I don't even recommend the flare and burnout separately.

My family's trash can fell into the garbage truck this morning. They say we'll get a new one in two days. The kitchen trash is full already and I'm not sure where to put the bag. This feels like a metaphor for my life lately.

To whoever wants to read more about dragons, lesbians, trauma, and Polish history, I've now thrown in the first three chapters of Dragon's Liberty with EVERY newsletter sign-up! You get that AND a dog picture! kbdiaz.com/newsletter/

A complete stranger has left their car in my driveway, after seeing me and the dog in a window. I didn't day anything because I assumed they didn't intend to STAY there. But there the unknown SUV sits. It's a gorgeous shade of green. Would be really sad if something happened to that lovely paint.

Sharing because the poster is a friend of a friend and the project looks interesting

Warning: Reality may be unraveling. My pharmacy just texted my prescription is ready BEFORE my wife got to the store rather than after she left. I assume they saw her drive by and rapidly filled it under the assumption she wouldn't be nearby again for days. Joke's on them - she's coming back TODAY!

Snow immersion is a real threat, even on easy terrain. So ski carefully on deep powder days, but also watch the people around you. This was on a slope I ski all the time. It's a blue, but on a section that would be green if it were isolated. unofficialnetworks.com/2026/03/14/s... #skiing #SkiWA

Had to take a break partway through cleaning the driveway for what I hope will not be the last time this week. It's REALLY nice to have enough snow to bothering clearing! #LetItSnow #WAWX #StillWinter

Today I taught the last lesson of six with a pair of adorable and sweet sisters I feel really lucky to have gotten a chance to work with. I'm going to miss them. Ski instruction can be exhausting and has its frustrations, but I love that I get to help people grow and have fun. #SkiInstructor

Nothing frustrates me in quite the save way as being required to click "I'm not a robot" to advance but having the rotting thing time out on a spinning-circle-of-angst rather than acknowledge I clicked it.

Olympia has become the first city in Washington to expressly protect polyamorous families. Seattle is looking to do likewise, but as a polyamorous person who lives outside of a city, I'd appreciate something like this on a state level. www.theolympian.com/news/local/a... #Polyamory #Washington

I'm still alive. I have new referrals from my PCM. I'm seeing my therapist every week. I'm trying not to hate myself on top of suffering through a depressive episode. I can't handle being online much right now. But I hope you're all doing as well as you can despite all the bad stuff out there.

“Hey boss, are you sure Flamigo is more popular than Charizard, and people aren’t just misspelling ‘Flamingo’ on Google?” “Don’t be ridiculous. Of course Flamigo is more popular than Charizard, Mewtwo, Eevee, and Snorlax. Send the email.”

Am trying to do more of that thing where I communicate my needs, because I'm honestly not doing well emotionally speaking these days. But it's REALLY hard.

Thank you! I've been struggling with motivation amongst other things this week and seeing this helped. So, yeah, PSA on how to care for authors: Say nice things about wanting more stories from us. 💖

I doubt my employer was expecting an 800 word response to the question about how they can improve, but they got at least one.

It snowed through my lesson today! If it keeps up, I might actually ski _recreationally_ some day soon. Fingers crossed and LET IT SNOW!

Today was my beloved J's last day as a full-time employee of our mountain. I feel I may be more emotionally thrown by this than he is.

One of my students asked me how old I am tonight and when I told her asked, "How can you be older than my mom?" My answer? "By being born before she was." #SkiInstructor #TooCoolForMyAge

Took my daughter's partner out for their first attempt at skiing today! Their surfer instincts served them well and despite the challenging conditions, they made terrific progress. And best of all, they had enough fun they want to do it again! #SkiInstructor

I need to re-waterproof my gloves. I left today's lesson with wrinkled fingers... But despite the rain, I had a lot of fun. My Monday students are really sweet and a blast to ski with. Today was all smiles with no tears. And they're losing the pizza in their turns. Huzzah! #SkiInstructor

A brief and humorous tale of a non-sports lesbian on her first ski trip. Can you spot the moment she makes her biggest mistake? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... #skiing

Happy! Happy! Happy! YAY SEAHAWKS!

Someone who churns out hundreds of AI "books" and makes money tricking people into buying them thinking they're getting a novel isn't a writer. They're a scammer. They're no more an author than a snake oil salesman is a doctor. It's just fundamentally a different thing.

#QueerPrompts My characters participate in a ton of hockey, a lot of skiing, and some curling. There are background depictions of and references to a variety of other sports, including some that are played in ::checks notes:: warm weather. I love sports, so a lot of my characters do too.

If you're trying to get people to boycott the Super Bowl, maybe don't lead with it's a waste of time. Makes you sound like a pretentious snob. Sports people like having something to root for in a world of darkness. Non sports people like getting together with people they love. That's not nothing

A study has indicated that wild animals like running wheels. Which is pretty neat. www.zmescience.com/ecology/anim...