What’s your favorite dinosaur? I’m watching a thing…

In light of the conversation about how hard it is to promote your own book: Post a link to buy your book here and I’ll boost it cause you destroyed yourself to get it done, your publisher won’t help you sell it, and you deserve cheers and admiration for your accomplishment.

Buttercups and a butterfly for your Saturday #bloomscrolling

I need to keep saying this. If you want to see info about books and what people on BlueSky are reading, join us on the #BookSky feed. If you are an author or book lover, use the 📚💙 emojis to have your book posts drop into the #BookSky feed. We welcome you there.

Question for the void: what’s been bringing you joy lately? I’ll go first: we are so close to 8pm sunsets. So close.

April's short story is up! THE CARNELIAN KING is a light and sweet gay fantasy romance in which an amiable knight takes tea with a mysterious sorceror to discuss rumours of a dragon. 4300 words. You can read and support my monthly queer fantasy short stories starting at $2 a month 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜

I left grad school 10 years ago with horrible reading burnout. I could barely read 10 pages of my favorite book before needing a break. Last night, I read 75 pages in one sitting and today started a second book. It will come back after a lot of rest and a little work. 💙📚

A very special call: Over our 20 (!) years we’ve published stories from all the continents of the world, except Antarctica. We want to remedy that. We’re looking for stories between 2000–6000 words from writers who are in, have recently been to, or have plans to visit Antarctica in the near future.

Stoked to be able to share that we will be launching our first issue at a higher pay rate for original fiction than we initially anticipated and looking forward to getting the mag out there for everyone to read soon 🥰

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

If you created something today, you’re amazing. Well done.

I just backed Anathema: Spec from the Margins on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ana...

Not to brag, but I made about $100 last year as a writer. Yes, I spent it all on books. I regret nothing. 💙📚

Second rejection of the week. Only 13th rejection this year. This feels far too low. To Submission Grinder I go!

Small spelling errors in my writing let you know it was written by a human and not a machine. Please just enjoy it, thanks.

A whole Generation X cohort just breathed a sight of relief.

Did it go okay? Can I open my eyes now? #Artemis

Submissions are officially open for our May issue! We're seeking poems, stories, essays, artwork and photography. Deadline April 26. We look forward to spending time with all the many ways you see the world. heroinchic.weebly.com

My weird western, inspired by LOTR, is available now to read for free. Thanks to @pulpasylum.bsky.social for giving it a good home. 💙📚 www.pulpasylum.com/will-purdy-a...

Some folks suggested I put together a little crowdfund to help me upgrade my camera gear, among other things, so here it is. I plan on doing a Spring subscription drive starting next week, but for folks who don't have the scratch to subscribe to my newsletter, I've got this. No pressure obvs :P

Hey friends! Subs for our Black Kishōtenketsu themed issue are now OPEN. We cannot wait to feast upon your words 🍽️

It's bucketing rain. 🌧️ Must be a good day for writing. 💙📚📝

Why would you ever deprive yourself the joy of shaping a hot mess of words into a great story? It is the purest of highs.

NOW OPEN: our call for Paranormal Noir stories for the Oct ‘26 issue, guest edited by FFO editor and author Jacob Baugher 🎉 ffo.submittable.com/submit

My weird western, inspired by LOTR, is available now to read for free. Thanks to @pulpasylum.bsky.social for giving it a good home. 💙📚 www.pulpasylum.com/will-purdy-a...

They crushed a planet down into a Sprite can, rattling it around with a clink-clank rhythm while screaming "We're open for submissions!" into the cool night breeze. Clink Clank: www.adventitious.net/submission-g...

You deserve love. You deserve safety. And you sure as shit deserve a whole lot more than you are being given or even allowed. You are seen. You are loved. You belong. Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all of our brothers, sisters, and siblings out there. May every day get better from here. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Okay. Okay. I did one more pass and then a spelling and grammar pass and now it is off to submission land. I really loved working on this story and I hope y’all get to read it one day.

It's almost time for the annual "I swear god, don't do an April Fool's Day prank this year, we can't take it right now" posts.

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart

I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link! gofund.me/ac93c03d5

It’s the crouch down that gets me.

Do I keep revising this already great story until I ruin it or do I do one more pass for spelling and grammar and get it ready to submit?

[at space coven] Andy Weir: beep boop submitted for the approval of the space coven, i call this the story of the martian Weir: it is a story about the cold triumph of science, with no distracting theme or motif Weir: only science Weir: beep boop

I was feeling all 'ugh I've done *nothing* this year and it's *April* tmrw' so hello👋 this is your scheduled reminder to stop & notice what you've achieved. Because I can guarantee it's not nothing. In my case: 6 short stories, 1.5 books edited, blogs, funding applications & 6 blurb/beta reads 🖤

The almost final day to submit to the “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” open call landslide has begun. 170 submissions and counting.

How my Monday went: 1 rejection 1 wip ready to sub 1 story getting pub’ed on Wednesday How was your Monday?

Hey, look! It's John Lithgow!

When you reach that point in the writing process where everything is solid and you're just having fun with word choice. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Working on my sci-fi wip and did a pass to make sure the politics are politicking. Then I added some more politics for funsies. It's fun to be a writer. 😉

Starting the week with revisions of my cute little sci-fi flash. I hope you have something fun to work on too. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 💙📚📝

Keep an eye out for my first weird west tale later this week. 💙📚

Finished drafting a cute sci-fi story today that will be submitted next week. Very giggly happy about this one. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky 💙📚📝

Please remember that dandelions are not truly weeds. They are the bees first meal in the spring. Grow and protect the dandelions, save the bees and you save the world. ✌🏻🥰

Pillow fort time. #Caturday

I got my banshee scream on for this one - https://youtu.be/oOUB49bQFig Loved this tale. It's so god-damned eerie.  #horror

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Very good book on sale alert. 💙📚

It's going to be a wonderful weekend of gardening, writing, and very limited social media. I hope you get a chance to recharge as well. See you on the other side.