Just remembered the time my sister asked me what the range was and I was like the range of what and she started singing Home on the Range.

Drafting a brand new project and just figured out how to put Only One Bed trope in it. We're so back.

Book Rec: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (Metis) A supernatural survival story set in a world where the Indigenous Peoples of North America are hunted for their bone marrow, which can restore the lost ability to dream.

Occaisional reminder that if you're looking to create a writing community event, feel free to reach out for advice. I've been on the mentorship side of 4 different contests, helped found RevPit and was on their board, ran MockPit and similar events, and have consulted on other events.

Hey #MockPit -- a couple things I'm seeing: 1. we don't need the title in the pitch 2. make sure you learn and include the standard genre and age category abbreviations. this doesn't super matter for mockpit but does for pitch events! Y'all are killing it with the aesthetics #RevPit #FiFRevPit

Teen heartthrob Nolan struggles with off-script conversations. Former tween star Phoebe can't escape the tabloids. When they're cast as LIs in a superhero comic adaptation, they'll fight the straight-washing of a canonically ace character. And their feelings for each other. #mockpit #fifrevpit #ya

I started #MockPit a literal decade ago on Twitter, when there was still a 140 character limit. Publishing has changed a lot since then, and I discontinued the event a few years ago as a lot of pitch contests started to fold. I couldn't be more excited that #RevPit is bringing it back.

My (17F) ex bff (17M) asked to borrow my magic cosmetics to erase an unwanted memory but I got distracted and used too much magic and now he can't remember a lot of things... including that he hates me. AITA? #FiFRevPit

Book rec! Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez (Maya Ch’orti’ and Zapotec) An insightful nonfiction read for those wanting to decolonize their thinking about environmentalism.

TOMORROW! Want to practice your pitch before the next big pitch event? Give & receive feedback in #MockPit tomorrow! Post your pitch and reply throughout the day between 8am EST-8pm EST PS: Don't forget to give more than you get! #FiFRevPit #writingcommunity #amquerying #writersofbluesky

Just finished Love is a War Song by Danica Nava (Chickasaw) and loved it as much as her debut. The heroines of both books are messy and flawed in really real and relatable ways. And the chemistry is off the charts. Both great options for Indigenous Peoples Month reads.

I know a lot of groups are trying to capture some of what NaNoWriMo offered, but I think #RevPit is really helping recapture the community aspect of the event. And also just doing so much to rebuild the online writing community post-Twitter.

"I swear I'm going to lose it if these girls don't stop gushing about Joey Andersen."

Book rec: Red Paint by Sasha taqwéseblu LaPointe (Coast Salish) "Sasha offers up an unblinking reckoning with personal traumas amplified by the collective historical traumas of colonialism and genocide that continue to haunt native peoples."

Rethinking getting a boyfriend because what if I'm too happy to properly appreciate the new Florence album

We have this family recipe for a "felonious cheese ball" and I've always known it was because we got the recipe from a felon. Found out tonight apparently she stole from *our family* Which kinda makes it funnier. Like yes she robbed us but we WILL be including her recipe in the cook book.

✨TTRPG/D&D Question of the Day✨ How would your TTRPG character and their party be portrayed by an inaccurate acting troupe, a la the Ember Island Players from Avatar the Last Airbender? Would they be turned into fools? Or maybe villains? Describe it! #dnd #ttrpgs

The horrors persist, but so does the crafting

"I'm a woman in STEM" I cry to myself as I renumber my chapters yet again because I keep miscounting them somehow.

Announcement! RevPit's Fall into Fiction is back and it will all take place here on Bluesky! We hope to provide support, accountability, and a welcoming, inclusive community for fiction writers who are drafting, editing, or querying a novel this fall (11/3-21) #RevPit #RevPitFiF

This especially important if you are me responding to feedback that the cute romance scenes aren't leaving enough room for the sideplots and you're determined to build out the sideplots without sacrificing the cute romance scenes.

It's #AceWeek so a little teaser for the book I hope to send on sub soon, in which two co-stars in a high budget comic book adaptation fight the straightwashing of a canonically ace character... and their feelings for each other. Art by @gidgetdraws.bsky.social

#AceWeek book rec: The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson This is a poignant coming of age story about a biracial Métis/white demisexual teen. Jen has such a talent for writing real teens with messy lives, and I also reccommend Those Pink Mountain Nights! 🌈 📚 ♠️

#AceWeek book rec: Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman The daughter of circus performers runs away to a rival circus where she will be able to train as an aerialist.

#AceWeek book rec: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger An aroace Lipan Apache teen with the ability to speak to ghosts investigates the death of her cousin when his ghost claims his death was a murder, not an accident. 📚🌈♠️

#AceWeek book rec: The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann Joy is in love with Malcolm. But Malcolm really likes Summer. Summer is in love with love. And Fox is Summer’s ex-boyfriend A fake dating scheme meets a messy love quadrangle set at a lakehouse weekend getaway.

Happy #AceWeek from this bi ace author who really hopes to put some more ace book characters on shelves someday. Hoping to celebrate the week by finishing a draft of my very asexual YA romance.

There's an episode in the first season where the cast talks about ace-ifying a game mechanic that I really loved!

Trying to explain the concept of the Portland frog with my Australian friend and realized I actually had to backtrack and explain the concept of Portland first.

No Kings, SLC

This the season and I want to know what your character would wear for Halloween. This can be PCs for my ttrpg friends and MCs for my author friends.

Recently read and loved: The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

Publishing is a broken system, and most individuals can't fix a whole-ass system, but a thread of ways you can support marginalized authors.

One reason I'm averse to people framing my long-haul publishing journey as inspirational is that I have only been able to stay in the game this long because I'm wildly privileged. It's increasingly difficult to create a sustainable career in pub and marginalized professionals take the biggest hit.

OCTOBER UPDATE: For my mental health, I cannot be online right now. I’m only logging in long enough to post this as I don’t want to let the kindness that has been extended to me go unacknowledged, especially after such a hard week. (No Alt-Text but transcript at link in next post in thread) 1/3

I've been in a loosing fight with the executive dysfunction on revisions so as a little game to try and trick my brain into getting some work done, I'll post a fun fact about the book for every chapter I finish revising.

ICE agents in Portland being afflicted by person in inflatable frog suit. If you can't summon a plague of biblical proportions, storebought is fine.

I'm pretty buried at work today but good luck to everyone pitching! Hopefully will get to see some pitches later because the ones I've seen so far are great.

I actually think I only know how to write one story, and it's about a girl who thinks she's too intense being loved just the way she is.

It's a rain and kitty cuddles and hot chocolate while reading a book sort of day.

The disbelief that "it could happen here" is just another form of American exceptionalism.

There's no wrong way to be aromantic, asexual, or aspec. Intimacy is such a diverse concept that allows for different meanings and associations based on ones own desires and boundaries. All the ways in which we navigate our identities are important, and I think that's beautiful

Starting a Souptober thread. What is Souptober you ask? Well it's where it's October and I make a lot of soup. (My sisters all do too and we swap recipes for our faves).

This book is discounted to less than $3 on US Kobo, presumably other places too! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Freydis has also been notoriously antagonistic towards the ace community, so might I specifically recommend Kiss Me, Maybe (starring an ace protagonist) by Gabriella Gamez. Plus, this cover is stunning.

Brainstorming a book that asks deep questions like "Can a baby bi survive intensive gay panic?" and "why are there so many hot people?"

It's not wrong to think about plot as how your characters get from point A to point B. But a more powerful way to think about plot is that plot = conflict. Plot is also the things keeping your characters from getting from point A to point B.

Can't wait for @wwcomicspodcast.bsky.social to release more episodes with Kalaiah who lives up to the Star title perfect. Seriously Dez is so good in the role and we are all blessed to bask in Kalaiah's glory.

Jokingly said "Yeehaw" in a work meeting and I'm worried I accidentally rebranded myself.