I work so hard to do a good job when I do critique trade. I really want to help people refine their work. I wish I could find someone who'd reciprocate, not just return my manuscript with "nice" or "i like this" scattered around bc they owe me the trade. #amwriting #writingcommunity

🔥🔥🔥 get your spoopy on

I'm so sad and outraged for our patients. "I'm just grateful to have this job," is the mantra as we all blot our tears and watch our resources get stripmined out from under us. #nursing #Healthcare

"I want to get this AI software to do summaries of our meetings so nobody has to take notes" Like bruh I type faster than you talk. Don't do it. 😭

The neglected bathroom flowers cometh! #bloomscrolling #plantsky I forget what they are tbh

So why aren't we storming the [metaphorical] bastille again?

Tico is feeling very social after shedding! #snakesky #cornsnake

Happy #Caturday! Tuono purring at me 🥰 (I mean, it was Saturday on the East Coast when I took this, sooo it counts, right? Right...)

Had to get new phone. S9 just not functional anymore. Very sad. Humongous, but I do like new camera. (I thought my S9 was too big). Came with gen AI ofc 🙄 Disabled immediately, but it is a pox on my keyboard, and I can't find a setting to make it go away.

Flu vax proof due by 12/01. Shamed for being noncompliant on 11/07. Yeah, that makes sense. (I'm flu & covid vaxed, I just haven't sent the documentation yet bc I had til 12/01 lol)

♥️ when media portrays neurodivergence in such a way that many ND ppl won't be able to watch bc of the audio assault /s Got to watch just enough of #BadInfluencer to get hooked before the audio had me crawling out my skin. Also super high pitches for fun migraine times. Sigh. #netflix why 😭

Just me on PST and still at work! #firstdraftfall ~ almost have a complete 1st draft for my YA supernatural horror mystery tralala ~ Been writing up a storm this week! Will be writing more when I get home :D #WeeknightWriters

Sorta waiting for the day when our AI overlords are like "You're listening to that same song for the 8th time in a row. Please report to the nearest crisis center" and disappear me.

This dog. The laundry is right there. It's not going to fold itself! #dogsky

"It is clear to anyone with a glimmer of intellectual honesty that we have to rebuild our brand and move to the center if we ever hope to win red and purple seats ever again,”Legacki said. Alienate more of your voters to win the nazi vote?Nah. Maybe get more ppl to vote by standing for good instead

I'm that person shouting at costumed adults to come up and get candy or pokemon cards. Teens? Bring your pillow cases, I am so ready. I learned some of my coworkers refuse to give candy to trick-or-treaters who look >13ish and I AM STILL JUDGING THEM omg

Work not getting done on time bc a company refuses to hire enough ppl for the volume of work is not the worker's responsibility. Don't work overtime if you don't want to. Take your PTO and unplug. Stop working for free. It might cost corporate a drop of money, but nobody is literally dying about it*

Since I can't drive more than 15mins anymore, I need to find ppl my side of the tunnel who I could be friends with who also share my politics. The closest friend I have of similar political bent is too far away, so we haven't been able to get close. My heart is often hurt over this.

@jessiegender.bsky.social’s deep dissection of everything that was wrong with the latest season of Strange New Worlds is scathing and gets to the root of the issue. A must watch/listen. ✊ youtu.be/EroImhdiND4?...

i'm so up in my feelings today in a bad way you guys omg

Vani loves an armrest ♡ #dogsky

i HATE llm crap so much i wish i wasn't having to deal with fixing the mess it produces so much but trying to get my higher ups to abandon the slop is a lost cause (most offensive is when they feed my deliverables through it and i have to explain why the AI rewrites they're suggesting don't work)

It is TIME 🎶potatoes and molasses🎵

Wish we could be honest in job interviews. I'm reliable & not ambitious. I do good work, give you your time, & am flexible on scheduling needs. I have x experience & these additional skillsets. There's no reason to pick any particular individual over the 50 others who tick those boxes. Good luck.

Bsky got me thinking about grandma and cons and gosh I miss her and mom sometimes. Tía inherited this from her. That con was overwhelming af but still fun lol

I hate it when there are two four o'clocks in the same day. #discworld feelings

Plus side of having grown kids is they can take their auntie to do things while I'm stuck here feeling like I'm riding a gyroscope. A little bummed I can't take her to Japan town. She loves her some Japan town. I did manage to take her to my local comic book store at least! #disability woes

COVER REVEAL DAY!! Huge thank you to @frostbitestudios.bsky.social for this insanely gorgeous cover, to @featherfully.bsky.social for making it happen, and @keiralekseii.bsky.social for making my dreams come true!

Currently querying! Where the Dead Grow ~ A stand-alone novel for readers seeking dark fantasy with complex questions about power, sacrifice, and freedom. cw: death, body horror, violence #LGBTQIA+ #BIPOC #amquerying #writingcommunity (stock photo and gradient layers. AI-free zone)

Fun fact about me! I have #prosopagnosia. This + difficulty picturing people in general means I have a tendency to under-describe my characters... but hot damn can I describe a bone construct! 🤣 #disability #writingcommunity

I have been having weird formatting issues with my manuscript, and I finally figured out that it is due to switching between the writing app on my tablet and the writing software on my computer. They have different base text formatting standards. #amediting #amquerying #writingcommunity

I am taking 7 days off work. Everyone tried to get me to do that 7 days of work over the last 48 hrs despite 2 months of warning. What the heckening. I am tired now.

Tfw you're so tired and on auto pilot after work that "I'll just make a couple of tortillas" turns into "oops somehow I've made nine tortillas"

I have compulsion issues with well-designed puzzle games. Talos Principle games devoured me years ago. Now it's Blue Prince. I really liked The Room games, but they were easier to put down. idk why some get me utterly preoccupied with them, and some don't. I blame the addict genes 😅

Cursed object 🙃

Where the Dead Grow 🌲👁️ Creepy forest 💀🚶 Walking dead 🙏❌ Absent gods A priest without power and a man without a past must uncover Veildane’s secret before the coming darkness consumes their souls... and everyone else's. 🌑⚡ #DVpit #DF #YA #Crossover #POC #LGBT #DIS

Using gen AI art = okay with gen AI = me doubting you actually create anything you're supposedly producing, be it art, writing, or even just your social media posts. AI is theft. AI is an environmental disaster. AI is a public health blight. Stop using it, especially if you're a creative. Like wtaf

I thought it was going to abandon this one, but instead it is *checks calendar* blooming in October. Silly cactus. #SanPedro #cactussky #bloomscrolling #plantsky

Autumn has cooled the air and we got a little rain, so the vine flowers are coming out to say hullo ♡ #bloomscrolling #clematis #spiderwort #plantsky

Hey #DVparty, don't forget to alt text your opening lines! Some of us cannot read your graphics for many and varied reasons. Screen readers will read alt text :D #accessibility

I just think it's so cute how Tuono tucks himself in 🥰 #catsky

My fren sent me flowers on my bday and gosh are lilies super fragrant. I have them in the bathroom bc of animals, and it is stronger than any diffuser lol #bloomscrolling #plantsky #lily

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#DVparty: Intro your MC! Serrin, novice priest to the god of death, has spent 10yrs learning how to tend to corpses & prepare them for burial, memorizing prayers and rites, and assisting his mentor, Mirek. But now he's eating hearts (well, 1 heart anyway) & listening trees... #DF #YA #Crossover

PSA reminder: Engage your core. Find neutral. Get your shoulders out of your ears. And don't forget to breathe. #stress #posture #writingcommunity

I feel seen 😅 🥰

So glad the DVpit site told me about Buffer to queue my posts. There's a lot of #writingcommunity stuff I can't do being a west coaster with a day job and commute. Got to do some preDV comments during breaks at least!

#preDV is tomorrow, MONDAY, September 29, 2025 from 8AM to 8PM Eastern Time! Marginalized Creators join us to practice your pitches for #DVpit, get feedback from agented authors, give each other feedback & encouragement! Make friends, polish your pitches & get excited for #DVpit! #writersky #booksky

whenever I read/hear about the base Curse of Strahd vs. the game our DM is running for us, I think "damn ya'll really didn't have *any* women around, did you?" modified module ftw 💗 #DnD