This has got to be one of my favorite photos ever. A time capsule that transports you back 100 years to this husband who is so excited to show his wife his new gadget. Her affectionate look in sharing his delight? You can FEEL their love even now, 100yrs later.

There’s a reason that the AI grifter authors have to write under 10 different pen names. Bc writing dozens of books a month is impossible even for a madlibs author. Hiding your AI writing is like sneaking White Castle beef into a vegetarian’s food. Readers are rightly repulsed and you ARE a fraud.

I had one of my weekly Zoom calls with my scifi friends, and we were talking about how crazy it is that we launched astronauts to the 🌜and people don’t really know about it. THAT is the state of the world right now. But if you’re looking for something Good, Artemis II #themoon #theHorrors

Yeah, no. Writing with AI, which stole from people who actually did the hard work to write, in order to try to get ahead because "everybody is doin' it we promise!" is the pinnacle of laziness. If you use AI to write, just don't waste my time. #writesky #writing #writingcommunity

I just heard someone Freudian slip and call it “crapitalism.” CRAPITALISM. YES. Yes.

Millennials too. I still remember the news about Columbia.

Um, we’re 3 minutes away from maybe launching astronauts to the moon. That’s just… WHAT? Fuck yeah, science! www.youtube.com/live/Tf_U…

Imagine an ancient person coming across the fossil of a Tyrannosaurus. Maybe we shouldn't be so surprised at the universality of the dragon myth. 🐲

I often wonder if my ADHD makes my beta reading feedback as useful as feedback from someone who does not share my disability. I won’t remember details easily, so I get tripped up places others don’t. Like… is letting a chaos goblin into your story to comment on its organization useful? #writing

Uh, 'interesting' way of presenting this... the only 'authors' I'm aware of using AI are the lazy, unethical, incompetent grifters who don't give a shit about their readers or real writers. People should stop using it, not resent that they have to 'lie about it.' Jesus.

It was a fight this month, with lots of ‘pay the bills’ work dominating my time, but I still made it to 10k words this month! Yahoo! #writers #trackbear #writingcommunity

It’s been over ten years but I’m still salty that BBC’s Merlin character-assassinated Morgana. Morally gray to 1D Mean Girl 😒 I need my Sir Gawain and the Green Knight fairy queen looking with disgust at the court and doing what she could to remind them of their actual solemn duty.

These old comics hit differently, now that I know it's been autism all along

Things that I think about more than necessary. How we sometimes stumble upon catchphrases for ourselves. For instance, I say the phrase “flirting with the devil” enough to think I am in the top 1% of users of that phrase. That probably says a LOT more about me than I’d like to admit.

I adore that NPR is featuring an audiobook narrator. So Much. Because books are about connection, and a human voice on an audiobook extends that connection by one more degree. #books #💙📚 www.npr.org/2026/03/3…

Second Chance Sunday! in which I reblog an old blog post I’m proud of! This case, the first on my blog! It’s my origin story, figuring out the flame of stories never extinguishes inside of us. #writing #scs kathrynthornwood.com/blog/stor…

Plans for today: look over the plot for the climax of my almost-finished novel, discuss the deliciousness of chocolate raspberry tea, and… drive to the southern extent of MD to get my hands on three more county library cards 😎 Overall, a good Saturday. #writers #maryland #libraries

Imagine creating something so beloved as HP then deciding that obsessing about what is between other people's legs is a much better way to spend the latter half of your life. #antiJKR

We need to actively work to build worlds capable of replacing the anti-trans bigot’s juggernaut of okayish magical school series that hooked us at the right time in our childhoods. I know we can do it! Start writing those magic school series! (And recommend some of the ones you LOVE) #antiJKR

Sometimes we need to read (and write) a story about an overworked Lady of the Lake and a very sassy Excalibur, don’t we? 😘 #writing #writingcommunity #nimue #ladyofthelake #fantasywriters kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-…

I don’t think complete is something a manuscript ever truly is. There’s always a tweak or a better way to write that one sentence in Ch17. Figuring out where it’s “done enough” is like trying to catch smoke in your hands. #writing #writers

Yep, Meta is EVIL. www.yahoo.com/news/arti…

Something that should not be a hot take. I don’t want to read or engage with AI things because I just think human-made things are better, full stop. I like seeing the little flaws in the stitching because it reminds me it was made with human hands. #antiAI #creators #antiLLM

I wish I wasn’t so blown away when I read a book or watched a series and the female characters were deep and nuanced and interesting. Frieren, Apothecary Diaries, WELL DONE Maybe I just love when the leads get to be lovable gremlins. I need more of them.

You can't develop your own taste as a reader unless you read widely. Otherwise, you're just inheriting the tastes of others (teachers, booksellers, etc.). Reading stuff & deciding you don't like it is as important in cultivating personal taste as only reading books you love. #booksky #amreading

A passing thought: the reason that Tolkien’s Smaug is considered evil. Because hoarding riches is the ultimate selfish act, and the act of hoarding can get you sick with greed. A dragon is not an evil concept in itself, it’s evil when it becomes the embodiment of greed. …side-eyes billionaires

Writing an AI prompt does not make you an author. Bragging about it makes you shameless. Hiding it makes you a liar. I feel like my chest is going to burst if I don’t get the words out. Why in the ever living HELL would I outsource that?! #writers #writingcommunity #antiAI

I think this is why personal websites are coming back. Heck, mine has a RSS feed! We can make these things again, the best part about this time? We don't have to "invent the wheel" first #openweb #fediverse #writesky #antitrust ‪

Reading classic books reminds me that there has always been a #menwritingwomen issue. If I used classic literature to tell me what women were like? 😬 Sometimes I wonder if these authors have ever talked to a flesh and blood woman. They certainly have never befriended one. #booksky

Something I keep wishing for in the #querying space: querying advice for authors with ADHD. My working memory can only hold about one paragraph at a time, so I especially struggle with query length things. I wonder if there are resources for neurodivergent folks like me? #writers #writingcommunity

What’s so fascinating about this is that fanfiction seems to be the exact OPPOSITE, overwhelmingly preferring 3rd person. I wonder why the split. #romantasy #writers #romancebooks slate.com/culture/2…

Why is it so easy to write a character recalling their traumatic backstory or philosophy but when you have to write them walking from point A to point B it’s like pulling out your own teeth? #writerproblems #writers #writingcommunity

Applying the scientific method to astrology shows exactly what I would have expected it to show with my astronomy background. Star positions are a very cool fantasy world construct, but don't apply to our world. #fantasy #science #astrologydoesntwork www.clearerthinking.org/post/can-ast...

Can’t say whether this video will give you comfort or scare you more, but I can say that it comforted me. Love your neighbors and be weird. Those are the ways we fight the fascists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ7W...

Alpine Divorce meme made me think about my friend Nicholas, who stayed with me up a cinder cone hike, even though I was the slowest of our group. He made me feel safe. Thanks Nicholas. americanliterature.com/author/ro… #alpinedivorce

Hot take, but if you use AI to gen cover art for your blog post, I am going to assume you use AI to gen the words in that blog post as well. And yes, I will ask my artist friend if something feels sloppy. People! Pexels exists! And silly hand drawn stick figures are endearing! #antiAI #writers

What a horrific time to be writing and wanting to publish a book. The fact that "please don't guzzle down the words I ripped out of my own body so you can throw them back up in a statistical slurry" is a thing we have to actively do right now? #writers www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Does anyone else suffer from “broken mornings?” aka when you wake up after some dream feeling like the world and you are doomed and it’s only after you rub the sleep out of your eyes you figure out that your subconscious was just bullying you? Is that just a me thing?

It is going to change title, and it is going to be heavily edited along with Book 1 of the duology, but I’m making progress! We’re at almost 85,000 words with about 10 chapters to go! #writingcommunity #fantasywriters #wip #writingjourney

In case you’re looking for something wonderful and hilarious to watch today: National Theatre has made The Importance of Being Earnest available on Youtube and it’s utterly delightful. Oscar Wilde’s humor still shines so brightly a century later ♥️ #theatre #classiclit https://youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8

Some things I would love to learn how to do: 1 - read Tarot 2 - understand how people put together astrological predictions. Because both of those things feel like excellent plot devices for stories. #writers #writingcommunity #fantasywriters

Wishing you a gentle day, sending you a little courage and reminding you that you might have more fire than you think 🐉🐈‍⬛🤍

When I say I'm a proud unabashed nerd, I mean it. I don't have an astrophysics Ph.D. just for decoration. Sometimes I need to talk about what can only be described as a honest-to-god doomsday device that was REAL! Yes, I speak of... the demon core. #writers kathrynthornwood.com/blog/i-need-...

"I’ve been to the crossroads. I’ve been down to Georgia. I’ve signed agreements with legions of lawyers, living, as I do, in the details, and ended up with the souls of everyone except Daniel Webster, that prig-tastic blowhole. But Donald Trump? Not worth it." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why...

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Sometimes we write blogs that are more confessionals than anything else. So to all my friends who end up masking to survive, I see you, I am you. #writesky #adhdsky #writingcommunity #originalwork kathrynthornwood.com/blog/a-milli...

Metaphorically speaking, AI is smoothing the brain. It's taking the clever, the quirky, the HUMAN and running ever finer sandpaper over its surface to make it all the same. #antiAI #antiLLM #procreativity www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/s...

Saying that a strong female character is a Mary Sue should have been left in the before times, but since it is coming back, have a blog about why Mary Sue is 80% stupid and 20% a symptom of your characterization problem. #writingcommunity #writesky #marysue kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-bal...

I never thought I'd turn off the Olympics because the commentators made me feel gross, but here we are. There's something extra propaganda-y this time around, and it leaves me feeling the ick. I want to watch people do cool stuff on skis and boards and blades, not be 🇺🇸brainwashed🇺🇸, thanks.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad