Wrote lots of words on this novel today... and somehow ended the day with a smaller wordcount than I began with. Yes, I've hit that inevitable point where I have to back up and adjust course. And today was a delete and replace kind of day. Still, this is progress. #amwriting #nanowrimo #novelmber

✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨ Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...

GASP! The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!! THREE BUCKS!!!!!

For anyone trying to write 50,000 words in November, I made a google spreadsheet you can use to keep track. Feel free to make a copy: #Nanowrimo

Flu shot accomplished!

I was just at The Twisted Spine a few weeks ago for @maryrobinettekowal.com and @sentencebender.bsky.social’s book launch. They’re a wonderful brand new store that got hit hard by last week’s storm.

Went to the library to return two books; returned from the library with four new books to read. That's how it's supposed to work, right?

This is SUCH a good lineup. I'm very much looking forward to it!

Not sure which hashtag to use for my November novel these days, but this evening after Shabbat, I wrote... zero words of my new novel. I forgot how daunting writing those first few words can be. But at least I have a better outline now. #novelmber #nanowrimo #amwriting

Oh hey, did someone say SPOOKY? We've got spooky! Not gonna lie, the entire issue for October was pretty dang spooky. It features monsters and ghosts, revenge, eyeballs, curses, and so much more. Read all these fabulous stories right here: smallwondersmag.com/... 1/6

My first reprint is out in the world at @castofwonders.org! And because it's narrated, it's like a whole new version of the story. I really enjoyed listening to it, and I hope you will too.

Hey, NYC folks: I just learned the city has a new resource for tracking COVID, flu and RSV:

Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop! I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!) www.eventbrite.com/e...

Seconding this.

Needed two boxes of crayons for my students. Ordered a pack of 3 boxes of crayons online. And... it's good I ordered 3 because between the three boxes, I have almost two full sets of unbroken crayons. (Two of the packages got a bit beat up. One of those two also got a little melted.) Sigh.

If my records are correct, I currently own 163 signed books... or is it 164? The latest addition to the collection is two books in one: Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com and Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social, signed by both authors. So does that count as one signed book or two?

2013: an author I like was going to be in an anthology, so I submitted a story 2015: that same author was guest editing Queers Destroy Science Fiction, and I wanted to submit a story. By then, I was in a critique group, and that's when I got serious about submitting. Before that: Nanowrimo novels

New story day! I finally got to put my fountain pen habits to good use.

Want to get (racist, ableist, misogynist, transphobe, eugenicist) RFK Jr out of office? Here's two easy and quick things you can do: bsky.app/profile/effi...

A conversation I had with my dad over the weekend: (paraphrased) My father: May you get a novel published in my lifetime Me: From your mouth to God's ears - because it means you'll probably live a very long life!

Happy book birthday to @franwilde.baky.social and @seananmcguire.bsky.social! I’m excited to read both of these.

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In case anyone was wondering, my colonoscopy today got delayed by over 3 hours because I was too dehydrated to give a urine sample until I had 5 bags of IV saline in me, and they couldn’t just take my word for it.

So MRM wasted months of authors' time lying that they wanted to create fair contracts, then bailed on the authors? What a mess. Deeply disappointing to see historic magazines under the control of such people.

That frustratingly neurodivergent moment when I go to order more toner from my printer from the website I ordered from last time... and it turns out there are two different websites... but both are the exact same company so it literally makes no difference which I order from... so how do I decide?!

As is my custom, I am quote-posting my August reading stats so I can find it more easily a month from now when it's time to add September.

I finally have a bracelet made by Lauren! My @peculiarityshop.bsky.social package arrived while I was away at Worldcon. I got back this morning and was finally able to open the package and try it on.

So I’ve been thinking about that story that’s been circulating about the folks whose place was malfunctioning and all how they were all calm and quiet waiting to see if they would crash. And the significance of everyone being silent until it was all over. And I think there’s a detail it ignores:

@safety.bsky.app what’s going on?! This isn’t someone who should be blocked.

I think I'll be fine. But there's going to be a whole lot of drama first, and multiple adventures before I can actually get back home.

This is such a sweet story.

The biggest difference between 90 degree weather in Seattle and 90 degree weather in NYC is that NYC is much better at providing air conditioning. (I had to leave a restaurant this evening before ordering because I was sitting there sweating and I knew I'd be miserable.)

In the air en route to Worldcon and I’m really enjoying how full my feed is of other people also traveling to Worldcon today.

New short fiction market, opening to submissions in January. It looks like it’s going to be amazing.

Hi Everyone. I'm Becky's agent and can verify that this is NOT Becky. Please do not fall for scams like this.

I just finished reading The Incandescent by @emilytesh.net and first of all, wonderful book, but secondly, as a teacher, I feel so seen. That having been said, Dr. Walden reads as an experienced, senior teacher. So how is she younger than me?!?! I am still a little mad about this.

My writing often slows down over the summer (because I have so much time while on summer break! So why write now when I can write later? Wait, it's already later? Where did my day go?!) but not this July. I hit a bunch of writing milestones, and looking back at them is making me pretty happy.

Look at me, posting my July reading stats on the very first day of August! As usual, reposting so I can find this more easily later.

Woohoo! Got my story in to this month's Apex flash fiction contest. Of course, I was all ready to submit it when I realized it didn't have a title... Anyway, it has a title now, and it's been submitted. Which is good, because I did a ton of research for this one and I wouldn't want to waste that.

Since it's the last day of Disability Pride Month, here's a reminder that I am a weird little disabled writer and every Patreon supporter seriously helps. Cheers! www.patreon.com/c/Wiswell

I’ve been to at least 25 of these and there are probably a few others I visited on a cross-country bus trip as a teen but I’m not recalling the full itinerary.

It's 8:30 AM in NYC and it's already 90 degrees. So that's... fun.

Me: Let me be responsible and take care of things... like renewing my renters insurance! Allstate: We can't process credit cards at this time. Sigh.

What a great idea! One like = one book I love

Random TBR sort, round 2! See my previous thread for how Round 1 went. Round 2 comes exclusively from my TBR pile - all books I own. No library books this time. I started with 9 books that I thought caught my interest.

Further updates: I have reached the end of this experiment in choosing books. See the thread below for Books 1-8 of the 12 I chose and then piled up in random order using a variety of dice.

Sometimes, figuring out a revision plan for a short story involves making a task list on my computer; sometimes, it involves post-it flags covering most of a notebook page. And sometimes, it involves spending fifteen minutes searching for the post-it flags you know you have but can't find anywhere.

Wow. Things at @peculiarityshop.bsky.social are going QUICKLY! In the time it took to refresh my wishlist so that things would show up as in stock, one of the items I wanted was already out of stock! (And I was refreshing repeatedly) At least I managed to snag the other one that caught my eye.

New genre definitions, courtesy of @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social: Cozy: A mouse made of leaves Horror: A leaf made of mice