The "em dash evangelist" label on my website is more amusing these days, as The Internet is now convinced that people using em dashes in their writing are all using AI. SOME OF US JUST WRITE LIKE THE #ADHD IS WINNING -- BECAUSE IT IS -- Y'ALL. #NotAI #IJustHaveALotOfThoughtsInsideMyThoughts

Welp. @johnnyvengeance.bsky.social and I both completely forgot today was our 12th wedding anniversary until my mom wished us a happy one. So I think we're killing it in the marriage department. #ADHDMuch? #ImportantDatesAreHardToRemember

It's Wonderfully Wild's book birthday!

Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races. And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards. I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.

"These $25,000 grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research."

“Eugenics isn’t just about eradicating the lesser people like myself, like people with disabilities, it’s about attaching disability to marginalized communities in order to slate them for eradication.” Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social

Today's excerpt from my current WIP, a sentence we can all agree is a true example of literary excellence: "I stood standing." Catch my future bestseller soon.

Figuratively, the MC in my current WIP has to embrace his differences, and let go of his desire to fit in. Literally, he has to let go of his mom. #HorrorWritersChat

I'm Sabrina and I write kid lit -- I have a bunch of PB manuscripts but most recent WIPs are middle grade horror. I write horror now because I kept trying to write soft and magical picture books but CB/MG horror kept coming out instead. It wasn't really up to me. #HorrorWritersChat

A desperate plea for my local bookstores. Can anyone, for the love of any god, stock more adult horror than Stephen King? And, for the love of the same or another god, can the kid-lit section include more than award winners/nominees & required reading from 1995? MAYBE EVEN SOME HORROR?

For your bunny day

OR you could read these Black vampire novels: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson. Just a thought. #booksky #blackbooksky 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 📚🤎

if you're a writer feeling down, just remember, you can always make your characters' days even worse

You know it’s serious when the neuro-affirming orgs are publicly aligning with Autism Speaks .

I wanted to write something about RFK’s eugenics-minded absolute garbage speech on autism but all that came out was a tirade of profanities. Friendly reminder: you don’t have to produce something for the capitalist war machine to be a worthy member of society. You are enough. #ActuallyAutistic

The reason you don’t see anything ‘wrong’ with me is because there is nothing wrong 👌🏽♾️ #autismacceptance #autismawareness #actuallyautistic #blackandautistic #differentnotbroken

I woke up to 90 responses to my critique group match. If you are looking for a critique group, don't miss out. I only do this every few years.

Took the kids (Stitch and Charizard) to #kidsconne today and got to chat with @jldurona.com for a minute — what a treat! All the kid lit writers I know live in my computer, so it’s always a bit surreal to see anyone IRL!

Thought today was Friday. It's not. The #KidLitSundayScaries prompt for this weekend is: ***JOY*** ✅ hashtag ✅ alt text 🚫 AI See you on Sunday! #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet

Camp Cretaceous has me stressed out. Who, in their right mind, sends a teenager to sleep-away camp on a remote island with genetically-modified prehistoric dinosaurs? That’s objectively bad parenting.

If there's one thing I can do, it's survive. When my brother died. When my parents left. When the earthquake hit. Maybe I should be afraid that the sky went dark, & the animals are dying, & all the adults are gone. But I'm not. If anyone is going to make it out alive, it's me. #KidLitSundayScaries

When watching movies, 8 likes to declare what she thinks is coming next out loud. 5 likes to spoil whatever is coming if he’s seen it, or ask what happens next if he hasn’t. My sincerest apologies to my children’s future friends and partners.

"It's a cliche, but she lights up the whole room." He once said to me when I asked why they stayed friends. He was lost in a memory of her while he held my hand. All the blood drained from my face. And that was it. That was the day I knew I had to kill her. #KidLitSundayScaries #YA #VSS

“This is THE dumbest idea you’ve ever had.” I told my sister. “For old time’s sake? Before you leave for school?” Her eyes begged me to give in. And I did. We closed our eyes & said the chant three times. When I opened my eyes, she was gone. I never saw her again. #KidLitSundayScaries

This weekend's #KidLitSundayScaries prompt brought to you by the law the #DoEd oversees that's important to my family. *IDEA* ✅ hashtag ✅ alt text 🚫 AI See you on Sunday! #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard ! A bit late I’m a Mexican illustrator and I love to work in fun and sweet stories and characters. This time here’s a sneak peek at one page of DIEGO FUEGO, our upcoming book! ✨Rep’d by Stefanie Sanchez Von Borstel www.phonemova.com #kidlit #kidlitart

Hulu. Girl.

Can Netflix and Hulu stop trying to livestream yet? Remember when we had real channels that could just like... show things on them? Those were the days.

Since she took me in, I've always done what I'm supposed to. I've always followed the rules. Don't go into the forest. Don't stay out past dark. Tonight I broke them both & there's no going back. Literally. I walked back home. But home is gone. Everything is gone. Again. #KidLitSundayScaries

Making a thread of Women in Horror. If you are a woman in horror or a fan of a woman in horror please share!!! Of *course* this includes trans women and nonbinary ppl Any type of horror. If you write it, write about it, work on movies, make or stream horror games, just promote yourself lovelies!

TFW you think, halfway through a book, that the book isn't going to answer The Obvious Burning Question; it's going to leave you hanging at the end. And then. At the end. It does exactly that. #booksky

Hi All! I am a scholar of BIPOC science fiction and fantasy literature. My new book Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre is now available to preoder. I am so excited to see this book, the companion to my first book Diverse Futures, come to life: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...

The moon shines overhead as the snow falls softly gently The forest is lost in a blanket of white and nearly whisper quiet save for the creaking of trees the whimpering of a beast and the blood drip drip dripping to the ground #KidLitSundayScaries

Me: You can’t put your hands on people in anger at school right? 5: No. But I never get angry at school anyway. Me: Why do you think that is? 5: Everybody at school is nice to me all the time… (dramatic smiling pause) it’s kind of like I’m the main character! What a vibe. 🤣 #parenting

He deserves a statue. #puppysky

This month’s story-inspired treat for my horror & suspense book club. My first attempt at making decorated cookies. I learned that brown is hard to make with primary colors. And that it takes a lot of red to make red. #booksky #bakingsky #horrorsky

(1/2) 8: Mommy, is money terrible? Me: (takes a deep breath and proceeds with several minute diatribe about how money is neither good nor bad but it is essential to our daily life & makes some people do terrible things) 8:

Good night. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite. #KidLitSundayScaries #nightmarebugs

I want to go to sleep but there are too many #KendrickLamar posts to like! The rapping. The medley. The choreography. The camera work. The nationally televised diss track. The deluge of symbolism. The stamina. What a performance.

Santa brought 8 a @duffgoldman.bsky.social #Baketivity kit. The bake along tutorial made it so easy for her and now she wants all of the kits. I also want her to have all of the kits. So I can eat them… #parenting

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Erin, a kidlit illustrator from Northern Ireland. Currently available for work and seeking representation! More of my work at erinmcclean.com

Happy Thursday! You'll notice we simplified #KidLitSundayScaries based on feedback from the community. This weekend's prompt is... *RUN* & remember: ✅Use alt text 🚫No AI See you on Sunday! #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky

What an absolutely bananas timeline we’re living in…

That feeling when you very narrowly avoid dropping your library book in the bathtub. #booksky

I stare at the girl in the photo. Her hair is long. Her smile is wide. She bares no scars. I throw the photo in the fire & watch it burn. I watch HER burn. I’ll never be that girl again. They’re going to learn. They picked the wrong one. #KidLitSundayScaries

Getting ready for the weekend by noodling on something spooky… #KidLitSundayScaries 🔥

As a longtime fan of @bookshop-org.bsky.social I was really pleased to see this news: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b... 🖋️📚💙 📚🪐 📚💙 #books #bookstores #indie

hello buckaroos @sarahz.bsky.social is doing a CHARITY LIVESTREAM for TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER all day and i will be joining very soon at 4PM (pacific timeline) come join and help raise some money for great cause LOVE IS REAL. www.youtube.com/live/iQ1FbkI...

"Happy Birthday to Me!" I shout. Nobody looks. "Tough crowd." Nobody moves. "Haha very funny." I've seen this dumb trend online. I make faces & dance. Why do they look so sad? I try to push my sister off her chair but I fall through her instead. #KidLitSundayScaries

Read @angelaslatter.bsky.social’s ALL THE MURMURING BONES in three days because it was a delight that I couldn’t put down. And now I’m sad the adventure over. Finishing books you love is always so bittersweet. #booksky