It is time. (properly this time)

Allison is a phenomenal coach, teacher, and writer! Get on her roster. You will learn so much and get so much out of it!!

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

So exciting!!!

Applications for my upcoming 10-week workshop are due this coming Monday! I really want to read your application and read your work this Fall! Use the link below!

Sitting on my back porch, knitting and enjoying a beer while listening to @richardswanauthor.bsky.social’s new banger Grave Empire on audiobook. Absolute 🔥. If you don’t know about Richard and his books, run (dont walk!) to your favorite book-acquiring place. They aren’t to be missed.

I've been writing and reading all summer. I want to keep going! I'm teaching a 10-week advanced SpecFic workshop for GrubStreet starting Sept 23rd. Only 9 students, so we'll really dig into craft. Looking to do some deep work this Fall? Join me for this #writing class! grubstreet.org/workshop/adv...

Hoping to generate some new work (of any genre) this Fall? I'm teaching GrubStreet's classic 6 weeks, 6 stories class starting in October! We'll read, we'll write, we'll lightly workshop. Come write with me! #writingclass #grubstreet #writing grubstreet.org/workshop/6-w...

All I can say is thank you. What a summer. What. A. Summer.

This is such a great class! Take it take it take it!

Gimmie. Please? But like, don’t change anything. Keep it how it was. Just make it gloriously beautiful just like this. Frame by frame same. Don’t change a word, don’t change a plot point, hell—don’t even change the audio. Just make it fashion. I’ll be so happy.

One week from tonight!? 😱 Write with me this August!

👀 We know we said we'd be open in the Fall... But Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social subs are opening on AUGUST 1!!! Peep the subs guidelines ✨ now ✨ 🔗 Link for more info: augursociety.org/submissions/

And omg, one more time because this is SOOOOOOON: I am teaching a 4-week SpecFic class for @storystudiochicago.bsky.social starting August 4th! I have learned SO much this summer! I want to pass on some knowledge! Join me!! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

I’m also teaching a generative short story class (any genre) later this Fall— GrubStreet’s classic “6 Weeks, 6 Stories!” This is a DAYTIME online class. Perfect for the remote workers, the folk with flexible hours and, I hope, the mama writers out there: grubstreet.org/workshop/6-w...

Hellloooo! Applications just opened up for GrubStreet’s Advanced Speculative Fiction Workshop, taught by ME!? Whaaaat?? 10 weeks, deep work, solid results (I hope!). Apply today: grubstreet.org/workshop/adv...

SGDQ is over. (It was awesome!!) The July Basho has started just in time (Day 2 starts sooon!) This nerd is having a perfect mid-July!

We're less than a month away from my @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class! I am really looking forward to reading YOUR speculative fiction this August! Join me for a fun month of generating new work! Get your ticket here: www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

A very happy GDQ to you gamers who celebrate!! And for y'all who don't know, @gamesdonequick.com is doing their Summer Games Done Quick (#SGDQ2025) charity marathon ALL WEEK LONG and you should be there and you should donate. Catch a little hope this week. This is the place to do it.

Right, so... Are we doing Substack or not? Some of my favorite thinkers are there and then I am constantly seeing posts about how non-awesome people are also there (and Substack is ok with that) and... I don't know. They are all utopias and they are all dystopias, I guess? Is this one a hellscape?

I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I had not done GrubStreet’s short story incubator. I highly recommend it to any writer of any genre. Read more here: grubstreet.org/write/short-... Apply apply apply! I’m happy talk about my experience with anyone who is considering and has ?s.

Welcome, Y’all!! Congratulations!

Oh hi. It's dumb hot. Y'all hot? It's hot. You know when else it will be hot? August. Good news! I'm teaching a speculative short story class in August for @storystudiochicago.bsky.social! Write in the air conditioning over Zoom with ME! Register here: www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Tomorrow and thereafter: writing. A lot. Today, though? Harvest, sunshine, and joy.

From the No Kings protest in my hometown:

SCOOP: Details about Saturday’s “No Kings” protest are under watch by domestic intelligence centers, where analysts regularly distribute speculative threat assessments among federal, state, and local agencies, according to an internal alert obtained by WIRED. UNPAYWALLED:

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

Speaking of summer classes, have you seen the @carlbrandon.bsky.social summer class lineup? I want to take every one of them. Sign up for a bunch today: carlbrandon.org/classes/

Good morning! I am teaching a speculative fiction class with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social this summer and I'd love for you to join me! 4 weeks of great short stories to read and prompts to write to. What a great way to end your summer, right? Learn more: www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

I love that my Pavlovian response to this image is to yawn.

I’m trying to write a blog post about the parallels of amateur chicken ownership and first time “serious” novel writing… but all I can manage right now is this little post of a chicken thinking he’s gonna strut out of his coop. (He did not, but this photo is cool.)

"This is disturbing what they think they have the ability to do." Here is @jenpsaki.msnbc.com 's interview with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier tonight: youtu.be/-MdwHCOWwiE

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

#copyediting Pope Leo is the pope like President Obama was the president of the United States and King Charles is the king of England. If you absolutely can’t stop yourself from referring to him as “the Pope”… Do what you need to do.

new pope! *crowd goes wild* American pope! *crowd boos* woke for an American! *crowd goes wild* bad on protecting abusive priests! *crowd boos* hates JD Vance! *crowd goes wild*

Life goals. Seriously. I want to embody this in my whole soul, my whole spirit, my whole self for the rest of my days. And new goal: write a character who is literally and metaphorically alllll of this.

I gardened all afternoon (to beat the rain, which we totally need!) and then I had myself a little sit. And that was where I made my mistake. Because “have myself a little sit” while 40 very quickly turns into a “big sit.” Oops.

@valerievaldes.bsky.social is an exceptional teacher and VP is a wonderful experience. Apply, apply, apply! (I know the world is hard right now, but if you feel like you are safe to travel, apply!)

We are ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to welcome @byzantienne.bsky.social and @valerievaldes.bsky.social -- both Viable Paradise grads and both amazing -- to the workshop faculty for 2025! viableparadise.com/viable-parad... Applications are open through May 15.

I get to play Oblivion with my boys when they get home from school today! I get to play Oblivion with my boys when they get home from school today!! I get to play Oblivion with my boys when they get home from school today!!!! I can’t wait. I just can’t even wait! I’m SO grateful!

You know those raccoons who work at Nook’s Cranny in Animal Crossing…?

Happy Easter

I am so grateful to be included in this year’s class!

Big huge congratulations, @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social !!! 🔥🔥🔥

Stopped for the double-take, stayed for the alt text (absolutely worth it), lingered long enough to get the real history. I want the whole fit from head to toe, please.

Sackets Harbor, NY school principal Jaime Cook speaks to a reporter about protesting today for her three students who were abducted by ICE: www.wwnytv.com/2025/04/04/7...

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