“To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment." - Jane Austen; Mansfield Park #Nature #Photography #WritingCommunity

As a kid, I watched Bob Ross obsessively and now that I’m (technically) and adult, every time I encounter one of his videos out in the wild, it feels like coming home. Happy little clouds and happy little trees are my favorite things. 💙

NEW EPISODE! It's time to start thinking about Summer Scares ☀️ I am joined by author Jennifer McMahon and Komrad Stump to talk about the HWA program, the summer scares picks this year and Jennifer's upcoming folk horror book, Stay Buried! @summerscares.bsky.social

LOOK AT ME MA I MADE IT I'M A HUMAN INTEREST STORY So grateful to my hometown ABC affiliate for this lovely and appreciated segment on I KNOW A PLACE! Huge thanks for letting me ramble about how much the desert, horror, and, of course, Stephen King mean to me. I KNOW A PLACE publishes May 5, 2026

Acceptance post! I was up late last night folding my kid’s laundry when I got the fantastic news that @identitytheory.bsky.social accepted a micro of mine. I’m a huge fan of the journal, been submitting there for like 4 years and this is my 1st yes. I’m so so happy. It’ll be out this summer! 🌼

Morning view. Not bad. No notes. #Photography #Sunrise #Spring

One of the best parts of this platform is finding other sci-fi authors gearing up for their debut. If you aren't following @tebean.bsky.social yet, you should be! His upcoming sci-fi thriller INFINITE NIGHT EYES drops this Autumn. Add it to your TBR! 📖🌌 #SciFiBooks #WritingCommunity

I hate that entire groups are being prevented from existing in mainstream art because of roughly 200 shrill lunatics who can't be normal about anything.

Cold Snap releases in just one week, so let’s celebrate with another blurb! This one is from the incredible Gwendolyn Kiste, who is one of my favorite authors (so this is pretty damn rad) 🖤🍹🦫🥶

I’m sorry. I don’t care how many times it’s explained to me, I can’t think of it as “daylight savings time” vs. not dst. To me, it’s only Spring Forward or Fall Back and both transitions suck and I wish we could just pick one and stick with it! The end.

THANK YOU AWP! We sold the ENTIRE print run of our first physical copy of TBQ! (A sampler issue we slapped together!) Your support and kind words mean everything to us! Take note Taco Bell Overlords, I am now making cash hand over fist. Give me 50 million dollars for Literature!

While my delightful offspring are happily engrossed in a new Lego build, I’m consolidating my AWP notes, making my writing plan for the four months, and drafting. But first . . . coffee.

A global celebration of the strength, resilience, and achievements of those who identify themselves as women. 🫶🏻 Today and everyday, we honor those who came before us, support those walking beside us, and uplift the generations yet to come. #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistory

Last night in Charm City.🖤 #AWP #Baltimore #Photography #WritingCommunity

Helloooooo, AWP!!

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

THE CHILDREN, Melissa Albert: This is an extraordinary book. It's a page-turner, full of mystery, but that's the least of it. The language is dusted with magic. I haven't read anything like it since Ray Bradbury. Will be published June 2nd. My advice: Be first in line.

I am now open for queries until end of day March 6th, or until I receive 1,000 queries. I'm accepting Adult Fantasy, Adult Science Fiction, Adult Horror, and Adult Mystery as well as Young Adult Horror. Please only submit using this form: querytracker.net/query/Michel...

Overheard from living room: Cartoon police officer: “No loitering!” 5yo to his big brother: “What’s ‘loitering’? I know what ‘LITTERING’ is but not loitering!” TV apparently does NOT rot your brains. In moderation, anyway. 😆 Glad we have a new vocabulary word in our mental dictionary. 💖

Just write it down. If it's meant to become book it will become book!

Another wacky clothes week at school!? Already??🤦🏻‍♀️😆🫠

I have a friend that needs money to buy a new pacemaker, so I'm selling some prints! These 3 are the only ones available (16" x 20"). I only have one of each, but each can be purchased and shipped for $50. DM to claim, first come, first serve!

Yet another scam, writing friends. Be careful out there. 🖤 And support real art and artists, not AI slop.

Taking a break from #5amwritersclub to celebrate my novel Ibis being shortlisted by @bocaslitfest.bsky.social for their annual prize in fiction. 🥳 I am grateful to them and their judges for the recognition. ❤️🤍🖤 #debutnovel #Caribbeanwriter #ReadCaribbean #bocaslitfest #Blackwriter #bocasprize

These two look so similar…but goddess help you if you make the mistake of trying to hand Frank a treat rather than throwing it at him. You may lose a finger to his exuberance. On the other paw, Cora can be trusted to delicately pluck any food item from any hand without so much as breathing on you.😆

So much household maintenance stuff to do today . . . and I don’t want to do ANY of it. 😆 Please excuse while I go scream into the mountain of clean laundry that I do not want to deal with.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

@printrunpodcast.bsky.social is doing a query review drive to raise money for food for families in need in Minnesota!

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

I wonder how many full-time writers out there identify as a 10+ years “overnight” success . . .

This is what they’re up to..We must stop them!

I heard from AWP that my Writer to Agent submission was accepted! I’m shocked & thrilled, but I haven’t heard from an agent yet to schedule my meeting & I’m getting nervous. Did…did… *whispers* did they change their mind? Please don’t let them have changed their mind! Anyone else in this same boat?

EXCUSE ME!!!!! TRAD WIFE is an instant USA Today Bestseller! i am now a USA Today Bestselling author. my birthday is friday and this is literally the best birthday present i could have ever asked for. thank you SO MUCH to everyone who supported and loved on this book. i am so, so grateful.

Monsters. Close these concentration camps now.

Oh sure. Give the DoJ and DNI several more weeks alone with the ballots. Excellent idea.

Big news! My #narrativenonfiction book, 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘, 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗗: 𝘼 𝙃𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙉-𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙎𝙏 𝙁𝙄𝙀𝙇𝘿 𝙂𝙐𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙀𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀, will be published by @beaconpress.bsky.social and distributed worldwide by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Coming to a bookstore near you in summer 2027 💥 #bookdeal #booksky #nonfiction

Have just heard Lincoln in the Bardo might become a movie and I SO hope this happens! This might be the weirdest book I’ve ever read, and I loved it!

On this 1st morning o’ mercury retrograde 2026, I’m following my gut & clearing of my desk instead of going to the gym. Don’t know why. I don’t often skip a Thursday workout, but I woke up thinking this Thursday’s workout would be better if it happens tomorrow instead. On Friday. I’m going with it.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

We literally don’t need a single one of the Epstein bros for the sake of America or civilization or whatever. Whatever they allegedly built or made or invented they probably stole from a woman anyway.

I love that it’s staying lighter longer again AND that most of the snow and ice has melted. As soon as my delightful offspring got home this evening, screaming like wee banshees, I kicked them outside in the style of a proper 1980s mother and said, “Don’t come back inside until dinner is ready!”😆💖

This item is a must must must.

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback #bookstagram #books #reading #readingcommunity www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

I can't tell you how damn excited I am for this one! Grief, climate change, courage, hope, and a pink fairy armadillo... what more do you need?

Snow day! The kids were out racing around the house, ding dong ditching us from the front porch at 7:30 AM and building a snow fort. 😆 They will sleep well tonight and that is glorious. If you’re experiencing the nor’easter too, I hope you’re safe and warm!

AWP is NEXT WEEK.

Writer friends! I will be at AWP in Baltimore with these amazing folks—@abelletm.bsky.social, Rosa Kwon Easton, @aaronaceves.bsky.social and Gloria Munoz)—talking about our debut book experiences. Looking forward to catching up old friends and making new ones. DM if you want to have coffee!

Why are people online “completely obsessed” with everything all the time now? Whatever happened to “it’s a’ight.”

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good. Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies. So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.