You just caused this bookseller to order for our store! reachandteach.com

For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that @bookshop.org is ready to compete in the space! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

BLACK GAME DEVELOPERS, WRITERS, ARTISTS AND CREATIVES AT LARGE I NEED YOU TO BE LOUD THIS MONTH*. I NEED YOU TO SHARE YOUR WORK LIKE YOU WILL DIE OTHERWISE, DO NOT BE PRECIOUS ABOUT ABOUT IT *This message also applies to every other month of the year, but the extra attention should be leveraged

Amount of time CBC News’s The National spent covering the US protests (and Lemon): 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Telling that CBC covers American opposition to Trump better than CBS. (This is a great report, btw. TV news is so much better in Canada) youtu.be/KBnCbCAscP8?...

We’re just not a free country. Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.

Let's not be afraid to call a lie a lie:

I approve of this disapproval

This is Alex Pretti.

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that JD Vance tried to "soften" things in Minneapolis. He blamed the left for ICE violence and called the 5-year-old's father an "illegal alien" even though he's lawfully applying for asylum. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2056...

LA folks around Burbank: ICE is out and about in NoHo today, particularly at Home Depot on Sherman Way and near Burbank Blvd and Vineland. Be careful.

In perhaps the most perfect pairing of show and guest in podcast history I popped up on the latest episode of Screaming Into the Hollywood Abyss to talk about stuff!

I'm on a podcast! Brilliant poet @anthonyetherin.bsky.social and I talk the TV biz and I rant a bit! Is it informed ranting? SOMETIMES!

🎙️ #screenwriters🎙️ We’re back on January 12 with a new season of #screenwritersrantroom youtube.com/playlist?lis... 💥SUBSCRIBE💥 if you wanna write TV/Film, level up your craft, and stay tapped in. T-SHIRTS/HOODIES ⁠⁠https://screenwriters-rant-room.printify.me/products⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #screenwritingtips

For San Diego folks who are looking for an e-bike, just want to give a shout out to Electric Bike Central on San Diego Ave. Small shop that only sells quality bikes and 100% takes care of their customers.

If you enjoy the show please drop a star rating on Apple Podcasts, I'm told that this is very helpful!

Very good post here.

Writers: Need a little nudge to start your 2026?

This is me being interviewed in detailed on the nuts and bolts of writing technique.

A reminder that the key to writing is getting the very best out of your brain, but in order to get the best out of it you have to take care of your mental health. Stress, concern, and depression will take a toll on your work. So always make sure to take care of YOU and you'll get your best work.

CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

After 20+ years working in Hollywood, I created Writing and Whatnot because I don't know the ending to my own story... yet. Writers' room insights, career transitions, writing for TV, film, animation, comics, and more. Check out writingandwhatnot.com & thanks for going on the journey with me.

Ya know what would be a great kick off to Jan- joining us for some joy @broadwaycon.bsky.social

Hey! If you’ve ever liked my voice, now, before the end of the year, would be a really good time to hire me for any SAG-approved projects! Asking as someone who loves VO, and also really loves having halfway decent health insurance

Meet two heroes of our times.

"I'm going to tax the everloving shit out of the rich people who made your life miserable and put every masked thug who broke the law or traitor who wrecked the government for their own profit in prison" I admit is too long for a sign, but at the very least this should be the spirit of the thing.

It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.

I updated my spaghetti magnitude video. 🍝 What magnitude is your appetite? 😆

I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad: whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...

While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life. Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.

Revealing piece from Bruce Bartlett explaining how even back in the 1980s, the Heritage Foundation understood how to play the news media in ways other think tanks didn't: brucebartlett.substack.com/p/my-days-at...

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Hi, it's me again. I'm reposting this today because a whole lot of people who saw this yesterday told me they appreciated it. Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3

Platkin: They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could eat. They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could afford their health care. But they sure as hell made sure they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars on our backs based on some bogus theory of how they were harmed.

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

Do not terrorize people!

ICE is active in the Salvadoran Corridor in LA terrorizing our community. You DO NOT have to speak to them. Stay safe and share this so people know their rights.

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani? great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

A purported ally threatening diplomats and their families with personal consequences if they maintain the positions they’ve been instructed to take is very deeply shocking, extremely hostile, and undermines the norms by which non-violent resolution of international disagreements are possible.

Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general. The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals. John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.

Four-day vote centers opened today, California. There are only about half as many as during a normal election cycle but you can vote at ANY of them. Let’s get #YesOn50 over the finish line overwhelmingly.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. My wife Jane, who directs UC Irvine’s Initiative to End Family Violence, has some thoughts on how we can support DV survivors. Please join us in working to end domestic violence.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Meantime, read and share this.

Congrats @brandonhoang.bsky.social on the launch of MINECRAFT: ONE LAST QUEST w/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social & short story in THE BEASTS BENEATH THE WINDS: Tales Of Southeast Asia's Mythical Beasts w/Abrams. #KidLit #LibrarySky #EduSky #LibrarySky #PublicationDay #BookBirthday

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps: (1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time. Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit

Screenwritersrantroom.com 🔥 Ep 533 AKELA COOPER (M3GAN, MALIGNANT) Screenwriters’ Rant Room youtu.be/fqcnU94CjMA?si… Co-host James Moorer BTS: @defiproductionllc

Here’s how my 1st ever GENERAL meeting went… Exec: I read Joint Custody; I’m a big fan! Me: Thank you. Exec: How long have you been in LA? Me: 3 years. Exec: You work on The Office - what’s that like? Me: Fun. Exec: My assistant will be in to validate your parking. 🧵1 #Scriptsky #Screenwriting