I'm a big fan of Boring Books for Bedtime. www.boringbookspod.com/about

Now is a great time to join me on Patreon. Follow for free exclusive content, subscription starts at $3/month, and for $25/month you can get a monthly 30-minute one-on-one session with me! Patreon.com/gabrielle_h

"General, you're listening to a machine. Do the world a favor and don't act like one" should be the definitive movie quote for the era we're in.

@tesel8s.bsky.social, just in time for your bday?

Docusign, please never enshittify. Sincerely, my entire industry.

"Mr Ponzi, what would you like to be known for?" "If I tell you, will you tell three friends...?"

Realizing I posted my sore throat tea still-life 12 days ago, and I still barely have a voice. Once upon a time, we all used to get colds like this on the regular. I'm grateful for masking and germ awareness and the fact that it's been 2 years since last I was this sick.

You can learn more about my book full of automatons, stories written in the stars, and alien goats at the University of Tampa Press site and nab your copy thru a special sale: utampapress.org/product/a-hu...

The Blue Sky map makes me more sure than ever it is important cordial relationships are maintained between Comics and Liverpool FC, to avoid a land war. bluesky-map.theo.io

Note that Senator Scott didn't say "The only racist thing." Note also that Senator Scott said "the White House" and not "President Donald Trump." Note further, and most importantly, that Senator Scott remains a member of the party whose political, moral, and spiritual leader posted it.

Half of working in publishing is sitting on good news. The rest is emails and waiting and networking and reading everything you can.

Starting the day with a little poetry. Would You Like AI to Help? I Do Not Want AI to Help I Would Not Like it Anywhere I'd Rather Eat a Plate of Kelp Or Shave Off All My Pretty Hair 1/6

We are counting down to the release of Accelerated Growth Environment, my new novella with @shirakipress.com! It comes out March 3, 2026 So somehow just under a month to go! I'm honored by what Curtis C. Chen, bestselling author of True Blue Kangaroo, had to say about my book:

People want a magic button to fix everything when really there's just a whole lot of fucking patch cords and levers back here. So when you feel like saying, "It's not enough," remember it all adds up. And maybe think of one more small thing you could do.

We are thrilled to reveal the cover for Emily O'Malley Liu's upcoming novella Wine for Roses! This cover was fully designed by Lisa Marie Pompilio at vonbrooklydesign.com and we are absolutely in love with it. To learn more about Wine for Roses go to www.shirakipress.com/books/wine-f...

Ferbruary #oldknees

Reminder that TOMORROW, JANUARY 31ST is the last day to register for the ability to nominate for the Hugo Awards! (You can still register for Worldcon after that; you just won't be able to nominate.)

What might seem like a frivolous BUY MY BOOK post could be someone whose entire livelihood and family depends on the next royalty check or advance, all of which depend on the books they can move *right now*. So it's not actually frivolous. We interview for our job every year. It is never a given.

Last night. @dungeonscrawlers.bsky.social in the Abomination Vaults: Merisiel: I'm really not the best one to make an arcana check, but with Kyra believing in me ("help" action to give Merisiel advantage), I feel like I can do anything. My dice: Seems legit. Have a nat 20. Everyone: Dawwwww!

There is absolutely nothing that makes me happier than hearing that a reader asked their library to stock my books.

Half of working in publishing is sitting on exciting news. I can tell you I'm very excited to be representing @rosemaryjones.bsky.social. And there are a handful of other pretty cool things that I can't tell you yet!

Interesting writing advice from Kurt Vonnegut. Sounds almost simplistic, yet many forget it. #writing

If you want to nominate in the Hugos, your deadline is January 31st to become a member of LaCon V so that you can be eligible to nominate. www.lacon.org/register/ The actual nomination period is not yet, but you must be a member of the con by January 31st in order to be eligible when Hugo noms open

Hatch Cantina is EXCELLENT and this is a great deal for a great cause.

Sore throat #mood. @fridaytea.com Mrs Bennet, local eucalyptus honey, French press.

If I ever use AI on a client's behalf, you can rightfully assume I have slept too close to a pod, I am gone, and an alien is impersonating me. Using AI instead of human effort is a thing I state in contractually binding ways that I will never do. (This was a comment, but it needed its own post)

I am very much a "check on my people" person. I'm a "text me when you get there/home" person. I'm a "just checking in" person. Because care is important. And caring out loud, especially these days, matters.

Passing the hat yet again because trying to make a living in a police state when your job involves people being able to create art and having money to hire a professional to tidy it up is pretty close to impossible. ko-fi.com/A50425V

20+ years of experience, scifi/ fantasy/ horror/ thriller/ mystery. Would love to work on a cozy mystery series. Adults, YA and middle grade — the splashy titles in my background are YA/MG because I worked for Disney but I work on lots of books for adults.

also, a personal gripe with all the messaging going around: books have always been political and stories have always mattered there's nothing "now more than ever" about it. it will always be political and always matter. oppression never stopped. people just looked away bc it didn't affect them.

Full episodes of Behind the Bastards will be streaming on Netflix starting January 26! Hit “Remind Me” on Netflix so you don’t miss the premiere 📺👀 @iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

Spouse hands me a flyer. It's covered with small print and they're not wearing their glasses. "Can you read this and AI summarize it for me?" Me: On February 2, our trash company will start supplying us with blue recycling bins. Blue bins were invented in 1522 by Dr. Heinrich Blüebin. 1/2

If the next administration held a lottery whose prizes were simply the right to be silent witnesses at the arrests of every one of the pieces of shit who are ordering or committing this violence, these monstrous crimes, this unprecedented grift, we might be able to wipe out the national debt.

Problem: The story you are writing has plot holes. Solution: Unreliable narrator. Problem: The story you are writing has severe, glaring plot holes. Solution: Unreliable narrator with amnesia.

I’ve heard about this anecdotally but here’s official confirmation. If, like me, you’ve already submitted a claim, you’ll need to contact the Anthropic claims administrator about amending it to include this declaration

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In ONE month we will be celebrating the launch of Accelerated Growth Environment by @teffeau.bsky.social at @nookandcrannybooks.bsky.social in Seattle's University District. February 22, 2026 7-9 PM RSVP now to meet the author and publishers! www.eventbrite.com/e/1980223449...?

We're looking for submissions! If you've got a piece between 2.5 and 5k words that you'd like to show to a wider audience, send it our way, to [email protected]

The most horrifying abomination yet awaits on tonight's ABOMINATION VAULTS, going live at 6pm Pacific on twitch.tv/DungeonScraw... Will our heroes be able to face this monstrosity? Especially Ezren with the Cloak of Eyes? And does the cloak also do SMELL? #dnd5e #Pathfinder #abomination

For no particular reason, Jim Acosta and I are going to go live at 4 pm to do dramatic readings from Section Four of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Maybe we will try doing a hip-hop version of it. Jim will be letting everyone know how to join.

"Calling Upon the Dead" is a Ravenloft adventure I wrote for D&D Adventurer's League. Characters join a seance and play L7 pregens. It's the "Me"-est thing I've written for gaming. It's part of an excellent series, but can stand alone with little GM effort. site.dmsguild.com/product/3897...

what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip

introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen #musicsky -VNV Nation at Limelight -Indigo Girls at Central Park -Ratt at RFK Stadium -Alan Parsons Project at Sunrise Musical Theater -Alphaville at the Starlight Bowl

If you're querying fantasy, sci-fi, or horror and looking for comp titles, these databases are for you! www.aealexander.com/comp-finder-... #Writing #Querying

No new pictures, where are you at mentally?

I want cookies so badly, but I have an A1C test in the morning. Absolutely over here studying for my blood test.

I want to just be real for a minute about how amazing Murderbot has been for neurodiversity and disability rep.

We don’t want Greenland. We want healthcare.

I've been working my absolute butt off this month on stuff for @shirakipress.com. One of those efforts went public today: the cover reveal for ACCELERATED GROWTH ENVIRONMENT by @teffeau.bsky.social! Details here: www.shirakipress.com/books/accele... #booksky #scifi #solarpunk