Another encounter with an off-leash dog in the park. A German Shepherd with no leash. No injuries this time but JFC am I sick of this shit. Leash your damn dogs in the public park.

MAGA keeps saying Trump is “saving taxpayers money” and “paying down the national debt.” If that were true, why did the U.S. national debt just surpass $38 trillion, a record high in American history?

The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

The last several months have been so stressful that I've started grinding my teeth. I have a molar that really wants to crack in half, so I'm being fitted for a night guard. Will probably have to wear it 24/7 at this rate.

These are tough times for everyone. If you’re a CDC worker looking for support—or someone who wants to help—visit www.cdcresourceportal.org/resources for more info.

Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K

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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

If you're looking for seasonal reading, may I recommend this historical romance anthology, forthcoming from Dragonblade? It's available for ARC readers on Netgalley. #romancebooks #historicalromance www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

The weirdest thing about Lovett's complaint is that many high school students are required to earn volunteer credits to graduate. A little experience in a soup kitchen is hardly some outrageous high bar to have to clear. Nor is "no Notsee tattoos" a low bar worth limboing under.

Nobody warned me that I would have to generate so many different versions of these Kickstarter books. 🫠 This is not a complaint. Mostly. I'm just going cross-eyed with trying to keep the variants straight.

The government said they aren’t releasing SNAP benefits in November — but ALDI is helping families out. Their Thanksgiving meal bundle feeds 10 people for just $40! 🦃 Available now through Christmas Eve, it includes 21 items (like a 14-lb turkey + sides). Share this with everyone!

I do not expect (or want) my ARC readers to send me typos. There are authors who use ARC readers as unpaid proofreaders. I think this is unethical - I pay my proofreader! That said, if they do send a list of typos, I'll check. But I never ask for it.

Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

The VA state legislature is up for election this November, and we're working with @statesprojectus.bsky.social to tell the GOP that we won't stand for tyranny.

FATED STATES PHONEBANKERS: you can join the Sister District phonebanks to help send a blue wave through Virginia for the statewide elections there on November 4. State legislatures are the first and foremost line of defense against authoritarianism. Sign up to phonebank (with training!).

Nothing feels better than coming home after a protest and donating to the Fated States Project. www.grapevine.org/giving-circl...

My favorite sign today was a Hope-syle Hop frog with the word "Amphiba." Very cute!

Back from an uneventful, well-attended No Kings protest, enjoying my rights while I still have them. Met some nice folks. Average age of attendees somewhere north of 50. I estimate the crowed was about 70% female. The dump trucks honking their support were a highlight of the afternoon.

Saturday is NO KINGS DAY. Stand up and be counted, Montgomery County! Make a sign, make noise, and Line the Street for Freedom - Conn. Ave. from E-W Hwy to Chevy Chase Circle, 10am-12 pm. Details here www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Well, this is pretty dang cool! blexmedia.com/the-dress-an...

105+ New Releases in SciFi/Romantasy/Paranormal Romance for OCT 15 #scifiromance #romancelandia #booksky veronicascottauthor.com/2025/10/15/n...

Pals. Your dog should not be off leash if they are going to sprint at a strange dog from 100 feet away. You don’t know whether my dog is aggressive. I don’t know whether your dog is aggressive. You don’t know whether my dog is immune compromised (she is). This is a recipe for disaster. Do better.

It's day 15 of the shutdown and our first missed paycheck. For feds 👇 🍽️Too good to go app (surplus food from local eateries/stores at a ⬇️ prices) 🗺️https://myfedbenefitshelp.com/shutdown-assistance-map/ 💵https://www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-for-federal-workers/ 🧑‍🏫https://wearewellfed.com/

Alllll of this is gonna be stolen from romance novels and AO3 and none of it is going to be what the type of people who think ChatGPT erotica is a good idea want. But also Romancelandia scammers will be scamming. (Yes, if you write a book with ChatGPT, you are scamming)

It's official: even by following the directions, I cannot keep an air plant alive. An air plant. I have a gardening black thumb.

Jane Austen would've been a vicious sh¡tposter on social media.

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I'm lucky enough to have a really great mom, and so I write a lot of excellent moms in my books. Sometimes not-so-great mothers, occasionally dead ones, but mostly moms who love their daughters and are doing their best to support them.

When the bad guy isn't dead yet in your WIP and your editor is over it. 🤣

Flu and Covid shots acquired. Arm sore but no other side effects.

Courtney Milan’s critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling Turner series is now available in one boxed set. This set contains three full-length books —Unveiled, Unclaimed, and Unraveled —a novella, Unlocked, and two short stories, Birthday Gift and Out of the Frying Pan. /jb

Watching him destroy the country to steal more money for him & his rich, evil friends makes me wonder wtf people thought “a businessman running the country” would look like. Have these people never once taken a breath in the US? Please never trust your brain again. It’s bad.

Think it's time for me to start getting into Bad Bunny.

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June)

Hating on popular things just because they're popular doesn't make you cool, this isn't high school, my 14-year-old does this and it's exhausting but at least she can be excused. She's figuring herself out. I have far less patience for it when I see grown adults doing this shit.

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs: 1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt? 2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies? 3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

Thank you so much @alexandravasti for the glowing blurb 🥹❤️ THE VAMPIRE'S GUIDE TO WOOING A DRESSMAKER is now available for pre-order on Azn for $0.99!

Whatever that praying means for you, get it done. That includes scientifically cheering for her wellbeing. Don’t fuss about it, just make good thoughts for a good woman.

Hi, yes, everything is terrible, but my book, I Think I'm in Love with an Alien, is cozy & cute. If you want more trad pub alien romances from me, pls read, rec & review. Otherwise I won't get to write more. That'd be sad. I wanna write about Poppy and Ravik. www.annaguirre.com/i-think-im-i...

Did I sign up to write a novella for an anthology just because it has a TS song title? Yes, yes I did. 2026/27 release.

Look what's now available on Netgalley! #historicalromance #fantasyromance #TheCambionClub www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

One of the questions I've been getting repeatedly is "should I submit a claim, if my publisher is also going to be submitting a claim?" I can't give legal advice, but in this thread, I will give my reasons for submitting a claim on works where I still have a publisher.

The writing scams are everywhere and they prey on writers hoping to put their words in front of readers, and for that reason alone every one of these scammers should be on the kissing end of a roundly swung shovel mysterywriters.org/scam-alert/

The NY T reposted this wonderful interview: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This morning I changed out of my nighttime pajamas into my daytime pajamas for comfy writing and editing. My devolution from librarian to feral hobbit is speeding up.

This is out TOMORROW!