I genuinely love this series! Give me academics who explain the cool things they study and you will give me a smile. #folklore #writesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...

I already really hate GenAI and think about what the worst person from my high school is doing with it. This. They're doing THIS with it. Taking people's hard work stories and throwing it through the slop machine to poach readers. #writers #writingcommunity #writesky www.reddit.com/r/selfpublis...

My newest blog post is out! And I don't think there's much more than I need to say than this: I commission art. #writingcommunity #supportartists #antiAI kathrynthornwood.com/blog/i-commi...

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

'Struggling artists' isn't a trope, according to a new report. The survey asked more than 2,600 artists about everything from hours worked to housing. n.pr/3LLFZ0J

Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--

As overpowered and cool as being an archer would be in a fantasy world, arrows run out. We don't talk nearly enough about this. #fantasy #writers #writingcommunity #writesky

I think that whether it would be worth being immortal hinges on one thing: are you optimistic about what humanity is going to do in the future? Because there are more amazing books I want to read than I could read in hundreds of lifetimes. #writesky #writers #writingcommunity

This graphic honestly looks like a meme.

For all the neurospicy mechanical keyboard loving writers out there. I see you, I feel you, I AM you. #writingcommunity #writers #adhdwriters #writesky youtube.com/shorts/rJ0rN...

I am really proud of this one. Want to turn your fanfiction into an original? Here are the things to look out for as you file off the serial numbers! #writing #writingcommunity #writers #fanfic #fanficwriters #writesky kathrynthornwood.com/blog/filing-...

Thoughts now that I finished Jane Austen's Emma. Mrs. Elton is so much worse than the movie adaptations. Frank Churchill is such a pill. I am a Jane Fairfax stan. The age gap romance between Knightley and Emma was actually straight up cringe (I suspect even for the time). #booksky #janeausten

Cozy season is finally upon us, and it means that I get to pull out my favorite cozy season accessories: my slipper socks. They're koalas. #cozycore #comfy

Sure, puppies are cute and fun. But have you considered the elderly dog? The one with white around their face and muzzle that struggles to get up, who wags despite arthritis because they've lived a wonderful life with you? Because you're the thing in this world that makes them happiest? You should.

Brain, yes, I get it. The air pressure is changing here. You don't have to sound all the alarm bells.

One side decided that starving 40M people and children was acceptable to score political points. One side ORDERED STATES NOT TO FEED THOSE PEOPLE. And you're mad that the side to blink was the side that decided "wow. you're starving kids to win? That's too far man."

A suuuuuper totally factually accurate infographic I made for this blog. There is a LOT of high quality fanfiction, but because it's often unedited, the spread in quality for fanfic is way higher. #fanficsky #fansky #writesky #writingcommunity

Want to be a writer and don't know where to start? I have a new blog out detailing why writing fanfiction is an excellent place to start! #writers #writingcommunity #fanfiction #writing #writesky kathrynthornwood.com/blog/fan-fic...

When the urge to just go to GenAI and ask them for every synonym known for "god" hits me, I remind myself that GenAI is boiling the planet so grifters can make more sophisticated emails to scam my grandma out of her life savings. And the urge goes away. Thesauruses exist. #antiAI #antiLLM

Even if AI gets to the point it can mimic human writing that people "enjoy" it, so many of us would feel betrayed to find out we just spent our time and attention on reading something someone didn't put effort into writing #writesky #antiai #antillm #writingcommunity #writers

A new blog posting by me! In response to a prompt of: summer, trees, ocean, I wrote a microstory. (As a former resident of the SF bay area.) #writesky #originalstory #microfic #writingcommunity #writers kathrynthornwood.com/blog/summer-...

A chilling study that shows that AI regurgitation, when fine-tuned by a person, can emulate writer's styles in ways people like more than when a writer alone does it. The last line in the abstract though is 🔥 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5606570

Have you ever looked outside your window and noticed that the trees are completely still? Not a single shift in a branch or leaf. There's something eery about looking at them, willing them to move just a little. It's a stillness that unsettles.

There's no one who does it better than @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social on tech billionaires and AI. #antiAI #antiLLM #antitechbros youtu.be/zwO3CKa6RuY

Never forget that the oppression of intellectuals is the sign of a regime’s weakness, not its strength… www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Please Maryland, PLEASE #antiLLM #antiAI www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

Not sure if this is a good way to get this on your radar @readswithrachel.bsky.social, but going to give it a try! tl;dr - Rogue Librarian was able to spotlight that GoodReads is censoring negative reviews of Trump's book www.404media.co/rogue-goodre...

We all need special spaces to achieve our best zen. This is my setup ♥️ #writesky #writers #writingcommunity #writingspace

Ahhh! I made it! The Sons of Nighthaven is fully edited. Time to put it down for a wee bit and let it marinate before coming back for another go. <dances in happy writer>

recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"

Multi-POV stories seem to be the bane of trying to write a concise and coherent query. I have 4 equal POVs. That means 4 "protagonists." That means 4 different stakes. It works WELL for the story, but damn it's not 400-word bite size shrinkable. #writingcommunity #writesky

Forgot to post this when it came out. Why are books great? It's because all you need to make one is an imagination and something to write with. #writingcommunity #writesky #authorsky kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-pow...

"Until we go bankrupt or are fully devoured by one of the three beasts, things are going to be business as usual here. That means doing the job of two and a half employees without complaining."

I have a new blog post! I ask the question: why are we so invested in someone being tainted and requiring redemption for making a single mistake? Why do so many books treat that one choice like a permanent mar on the soul? #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity kathrynthornwood.com/blog/thinkin...

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Stories require no more than an imagination and something to write with to spring into life. And no amount of 'shareholder disincentivization' can stop us from creating them. #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky

Help me name a jealous & petty harpy demoness who is not happy her crush chose a human 1️⃣ Alisandre 2️⃣ Lissandre 3️⃣ Melisandre 📊 Show results

Cool thing I learned today: did you know that homing pigeons could find their way home even when 1100mi away? That they can travel up to 60mph over a 600mi distance? I did not and I just think that's super cool. #todayilearned #pigeons en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_...

Man, I've been so jaded by the INFINITE publishing scams out there, that the fact "agents have a vested interest in your query being the best query for your book" caught me off guard. Of COURSE they do. The clearest view of your book is the easiest for them to parse. #writesky #writingcommunity

For anyone who has the means, oh my GOD do in-person writing events make a difference. I learned a LOT, but moreso met so many amazing people with incredible projects and ideas. #BraintoBookshelf #MDwriters

I wanted to thank @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social today for giving me such amazing feedback on my pitch. Realized that my unicorn glitter brain forgot to say that at the end of the session. #BraintoBookshelf #writesky #MDwriters

Going to the Brains to Bookshelf 2025 convention tomorrow, and what does that mean? That I needed some awesome-looking bookmarks! #writersky #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity youtube.com/shorts/IPwaX...

My new blog is up! How when you are neurospicy, understanding the 'normal' is survival. If you can't pretend that your brain works like theirs, you are socially punished. "Trial by fire" empathy if you will. #adhd #writingadhd #writesky kathrynthornwood.com/blog/writing...

"Reformed rakes make the best husbands" by Judith McNaught was just the regency's version of "I can fix him!"

Almost out of the revision hell! Is it good for the book that I'm sharper at noticing and removing my fanficcy bad habits? YES! Also me @ that thirteenth scene of the MCs gratuitously loving on each other, knowing it reads as superfluous, knowing I should cut it. #writesky #writingcommunity

I've added a new blog post, called "An Ode to the Hare." The tortoise and the hare story hits different if you have ADHD, like me, so maybe it's time to reimagine the story. #writingcommunity #writesky #adhd #adhdsky #neurospicy kathrynthornwood.com/blog/an-ode-...

Maybe idolizing the economic model of perpetual exponential growth was a bad idea. That's how cancer operates. Even the universe has a speed limit.

JEEZY CREEZY, Larry Ellison is daydreaming of a 1984-like surveillance state future? And he's the one they're letting buy TikTok?!? Guess my thoughts of joining TikTok are out the window. Do any of you have decent alts to TikTok? (Nothing X, and NOTHING Meta.)

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe. But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo