Meanwhile, in #wisconsin

All I’m trying to do is turn my lights on.

Just grabbed a copy of @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social ‘s cool new book, Graphic Rage, from @splitlippress.com while wandering the Twin Cities Book Festival. Wonderful surprise to see them here. #writing #writingcommunity

Good morning! Daylight Saving Time. For the same reason we say Dog walking time. Story telling time. Beer drinking time. Bonus if you hyphenate because it’s a compound adjective.

My latest interview for Volume One Brooklyn is with the inimitable graphic artist and award-winning writer @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social - whose new book "Graphic Rage" is available now from @splitlippress.com Here's the interivew link, friendos: www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/27/g...

anyone read any good solar punk lately? #writingcommunity #literature #fiction #solarpunk #dystopia

Huh. The AI customer support agent that has been assigned to my ticket is out of the office until next Wednesday.

Yep. I’ll draft my own email replies, thanks. And please stop enabling Beta software by default

That Uecker Magic can kick in again any time now.

This has been in my head for like 2 years so I finally made it.

If information is free, why do the articles I need to read cost $34.99 to rent for two weeks?

a haunted house but each door and corridor requires MFA and FaceID

Expired, but not puffy. Likely fine.

Weekend read with @ambersparks.bsky.social , Happy People Don’t Live Here, Her debut novel. Open up and get lost.

Hey @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social You got this. You do. But quickly, here are four reasons to win tomorrow, 11 Oct 2025: - Beat the Cubs - Advance to NLCS - Notch season’s 100th win - Beat the Cubs Thanks.

More Leonora Carrington in the house. Down Below, with introduction by Marina Warner.

@danchaon.bsky.social this just in! Thanks for putting it out there. One of Us. Worth noting: I did not walk into traffic while reading it on the way outta the bookstore.

@pickyourpotions.bsky.social you see this?

Book mail! Vampires at Sea, by Lindsay Merbaum a.k.a., @pickyourpotions.bsky.social

Wisconsin boy looking for some writing about jazz bars in new orleans. the vibe, the experience. any recommendations? #writingcommunity #writing #nola #wisconsin

Check this out!

Do you believe in writer’s block?

Excellent. Congrats!

Book mail! The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington, by @dorothyproject.bsky.social #writingcommunity

I love that Meta just did their own version of the Cybertruck with the AI glasses.

I like how Lyft sends along about-to-expire offers like I could miss out on a great deal to get the hell outta Dodge.

@datlow.bsky.social arrived today

@electricliterature.com's post of Wastelands-based literature is worth a read.

Hi. It's Wednesday, which means it's an excellent day of the week to order my next story collection, THESE ARE MY PEOPLE from Cornerstone Press. "Crisp, unsentimental prose...stunningly honest and surprisingly tender." -- Kim Parsons Order direct event and save 20%! tinyurl.com/these-are-my...

Bookmarks!

Hi. Whatcha reading? A Visit from the Goon Squad here, by @egangoonsquad.bsky.social. Wow.

People are flooding YouTube with AI Generated slop history videos that drown out human creators. 🔗 www.404media.co/ai-generated...

Hell, yes! And happy birthday!

Coming September 2nd

No. I don’t care what it’s carrying. No.

Again? Okay. Let’s make a day of it, shall we? Why not.

More dismayed than surprised, I guess.

keep writing.

I swear about the only good thing to happen this year is the Milwaukee Brewers. @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social

We now find ourselves mere moments away from pumpkin-spiced-everything season.

Hell yes

Hello #writingcommunity #writers in active #writersgroups - How have you been handling AI-generated or -assisted submissions to your group? Thanks.

Omg my mom sent it to me two years ago and I'd completely forgotten about it 😂

I tilted my puppet's head back so it looks like he's laughing at my jokes. My wife and I are separated

My son wanted to visit his friend at Taco Bell. No way, I said. You are now an athlete in training, and you will NOT eat Taco Bell. So we got @culvers.com instead. Unrelated, but not. Now that the order numbers at Culver’s extend beyond 99, I’m hoping they run to infinity.

devastating

Spent about a week on the east coast this summer sending emails to the rest of the country, realizing, East Coast People basically wait around all day for the rest of the nation to go to bed. Opposite thing now in California. Rest of the country always already clocked out or in bed.

In case you missed it... I have another book out this December! You can order now and save 20%. Written, edited, and printed in USA. tinyurl.com/these-are-my...

Newest story collection, These Are My People, now available for early orders. Save 20%! “… a reader’s dream. And a true gourmet of a meal, too!” —Amber Sparks, author of Happy People Don’t Live Here tinyurl.com/these-are-my...