Join me October 17 at Solid State Books in DC for a spooky evening with thriller author @verakurian.bsky.social Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛‍♀️

hello. the ebook of my first book is on sale.

In this economy??

Jesus Christ can’t you people just let millennials express some entirely deserved outrage and anger over getting hit with yet another major financial crisis without parachuting in to finger wag at us about it

but her emails

So… how was LibGen getting galleys? Netgalley? Are people getting books from Netgalley and then pirating them..?

His greed sickens me

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.

Imagine if your state had a balanced budget and a bunch of other congressmen were like lol no. This is why we want state rights. it’s totally about hating DC because of how it votes, how black it is, and how many feds work here

Let’s also remember that the Treasonous Ten also just fucked over the city of Washington DC’s budget

This season of #Loveisblind hasn’t been fantastic but it’s one of the few dating shows that actually talks about politics. It’s crazy to me that there are people who “just don’t think about politics bc it doesn’t affect them” and then they are caught off guard that for other this is related to

Meritocracy, ladies and gentlemen…

meanwhile, on Gemini:

Just a reminder, if you are eligible to nominate for the Anthony Awards, A STEP PAST DARKNESS is eligible and could theoretically be nominated for either Best Hardcover or Best Paranormal.

I don’t know. Here’s my cat on a pineapple

I’m just going to have an unpopular opinion and say that eyebrows are something that cannot “quirk”.

trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

enemies to lovers www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sooooo bird flu, covid, flu, etc is going to take care of itself I guess

This is part of the poison fed into people's brain by Reagan, federal employees are evil greedy people in shadowy buildings in DC, not "real Americans" and that has always been dumb. Now it's tragic.

plane crash at DCA above the potomac

Updated list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business. Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerry’s Ulta, Macy’s Old Navy Nordstrom’s TJ Maxx GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

Finally lying in a warm bed with the cats on top of me after a long day of unpacking and triaging broken house things and suddenly I had the thought: where is my dongle?

If people want to help and are able to donate to help those affected by these LA fires, here are places they can donate: friendsindeedpas.org/donate-to-fr... cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterreli... www.directrelief.org/emergency/ca... www.pledge.to/ccfwildfirer... www.globalgiving.org/projects/cal...

The destruction caused by the Los Angeles-area wildfires, possibly the worst ever in California, is almost certain to rank as one of the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history, with the total economic toll well into the tens of billions of dollars. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees: bit.ly/LAaid

As a former CA resident who lived a few minutes from where the mandatory evacuation order is, maybe stfu about those people being rich climate change deniers?? Do you know what their values are?? I lived there as a grad student when I made 1400 a month. Entire ucla community lives in that area. The

It’s the Toms River ref that makes this golden

That Squid Game vote was a little too much like the election

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

Merry Christmas! The AI revolution is going great.

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

It’s giving Lestat in queen of the damned

Daily kitten

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

The Authors Guild believes it is crucial that authors, not publishers or tech companies, have control over the licensing of AI rights. AI training is NOT publishing, and a publishing contract does not in any way grant that right. Read our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ai-lice...

if the Sound and the Fury is entering public domain, now is my chance to write 2 Sound 2 Fury: Yoknapatawpha Drift.

Can someone just hire me to finish Winds of Winter? I have been early on every single contractual writing deadline I’ve had. I have completion anxiety.

Sure yeah you all hate CEOs now, but you'll change your tune when you need someone who can disrupt workplace engagement paradigms and offer bold innovations in the metrics sector

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Well. It's Friday. Yesterday I edited for four hours after work and finally handed my third book over to my agent. If you've been wondering what I've been working on I guess I would say that the only thing consistent about me is that you can't predict the type of thing I'll write next.

We wanted to understand what’s going on in South Korea. So we talked to three Joe Rogan listeners at an Arby’s in Harrisburg