I've sometimes seen reviewers say my books read "like Wattpad." For the record, I have never spent a single day of my life on Wattpad, neither as a writer nor a reader. My overdramatic and potentially terrible style comes from too much Sweet Valley High and soap operas as a kid, thank you v much.💙📚

Right-wing bosses at Sinclair Broadcasting have barred KOMO TV from showing "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Washington because they want to act as MAGA censors for Trump. Sign our petition to tell them to stop trying to silence us, and air the show: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

I need you all to see the face my dog makes when deciding to be a possessive jerk about a ricotta container. #corgi

Just heard my 16-year-old yell gleefully at a friend online, "You used the wrong 'your,' dumbass." I promise he did not pick up this grammar prescriptivism from me, and that when I'm editing, I correct typos with zero judgment and the utmost tact. But, also, I'm glad he knows the difference. 😁

If you protested Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air by canceling Disney+ or some similarly simple action that had clear, direct, effective results, it feels good that you helped get him back, right? The neat part of you can choose another simple action, and keep that awesome feeling going.

TIL from my dad that my great-grandfather was a newspaper linotype operator his whole life, a job he held in West Virginia and then Indiana. Cool to learn of an ancestor in publishing! 📚💙

Fall Bitches Already Fondly Gazing at Summer’s Sweet Demise: tinyurl.com/yc574b4r

Watch for a wholesome Monday laugh. (Apparently at least 7 years old but I never saw it till now!) #SNL #dontstopbelievin youtu.be/MjSZs_uOWxg?...

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

I love the Winter Olympics let’s all get frostbite and fall down a mountain

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

When your own words betray you.

smh a bit this week at my (genuinely good-hearted) liberal friends making shocked pikachu face at Disney capitulating to authoritarianism. I and others have been trying to tell you for YEARS that Disney is not the bastion of progressive values you seem to think it is.

Keep speaking up about how these incidents are free speech violation, because a) they are, and b) free speech is a cause dear to nearly all Americans, and keep saying these crackdowns make the admin look weak, because a) it does, and b) being called weak tends to spell political doom.

The proper amount of sage for 2025...

I wrote this dedication months ago, mainly because the story involves comedic theatre as well as a whistleblower, but it has become timelier than ever. 📚💙

I have said some disrespectful things about some public figures lately, and since I am a freelancer and do not have a boss to discipline me, I am reprimanding myself and ordering myself to leave work for the rest of the day. I promise you I will definitely stay on top of this situation.

It has been too dry in Seattle and I want it to rain, so I am posting rain pics. I took these two on the very first day I was ever in NYC, which was in 2019. It poured warm rain all over my head as I wandered through Manhattan. A good evening. #newyorkcity

Okay, to put an even sharper point on this: they are not even 9 months in and they are openly censoring *Jimmy fucking Kimmel* because he poked fun at the president for lack of empathy. These are desperate moves. They are desperate because they are weak and people are naming it.

Kash Patel refused to answer if he has met with any of the women who were sexually assaulted or raped by Jeffrey Epstein. Why? Because he hasn’t. It’s all a big cover-up.

I can’t say it enough times - Everything hinges on trans rights. If you need self-interest: Cis ladies, do you like yoga pants and voting and guys in eyeliner? Cis dudes, do you like glam rock, metal, and Katharine Hepburn? Trans rights are our rights. Trans rights are your rights.

I believe this to my core. They're using trans people as a test case to dismantle individual rights in the US.

five years in & we’re all stuck going back to work • wear a mask, get your shots, & also • WASH YA HANDS $6.00 wash ya hands soap – The Vagabond Tabby

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A thing I just said (threatened?) in a discussion about why I write the kind of things I write: "The queer pairings will continue until morale improves." 🌈📚💙

Call to action for Alabama! Leave a public comment on a truly terrible proposal that would ban "positive descriptions" of trans people in libraries. www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...

Two people were lynched in Mississippi yesterday. DON'T LOOK AWAY, white people. We need to yell about this as much as they are yelling about their bigot's death.

In case you're curious about the trauma-making inner workings of Mormonism (for news-relevant reasons maybe?), I'm reading Martha Beck's 'Leaving the Saints,' and dude. The info she lays about a Utah Mormon upbringing is even creepier, more disturbing, and more outlandish than I had thought.

Free access to books at all hours, stewards removing xtian proselytizing books for the safety of all, often partnered w/public libraries, and gorgeous displays representing the diversity of their communities. These are just some of the reasons why Little Free Libraries are an essential resource:

Spellcasting On is out now! Cosy sapphic romance with yarn 🧶 and magic ✨. Available now on all the usual platforms: buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy

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😂 Keep up the good work, #tumblr!

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Saw these two absolute king-level bros on our drive home and I had to immortalize them:

One side posted that they don't like white supremacists or Christian nationalists. The other side is threatening to kill people because they said they don't like white supremacists and Christian nationalists. Stop pretending domestic terrorists and the people they terrorize are the same.

If, instead of working on my next novel, I seem to instead be writing a novel-length WangXian fic, is that unprofessional and unbecoming of a 50-year-old seasoned author? Or is it merely the natural, fluff-and-comfort-seeking response to the way things are, globally, lately? 🧐 📚💙

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I stole this because it made me laugh out loud (LOL) ! Hope you chuckle, too !

FFS, Amazon. It’s the middle of September.

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1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth. Many complied and shut down their programs. Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care. And now, they just beat Trump in court. Subscribe to support our journalism.

"Unfortunately, they left one letter out of the word 'Satan' and handed out thousands of leaflets informing the confused Japanese that someone named Stan was trying to drag them down to hell." - Martha Beck in 'Leaving the Saints,' re Mormon missionaries abroad

And yes, we saw the Fox segment suggesting involuntary lethal injections for the homeless. You can’t help but ask: what is wrong with these people? If that question crosses your mind, it means your moral compass is intact, it means you’re an American.

Rejoice! I have found a PNW weather blog that does not mix questionable politics (or seemingly any politics) into it! Thank goodness. #seattleweather #wx #pnw www.ovs.com/blogs/the-wx...

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents. It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually. This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

Important update: Per the USPTO and M-W’s Trademark Editor, “dumpster” is no longer a trademarked term. Thus, feel free to say things like "dumpster fire" without being badgered by the more pedantic among us to capitalize "dumpster" and/or add a ™ .

Historians! Proofreading question: if someone in a historical novel has written that a letter in the Roman Empire had "84 AD" on it as the date, that would be incorrect, yes? My understanding is that the BC/AD system wasn't implemented till a few centuries later, then applied retroactively.