So, yes, Small Wonders has just published a brand new poem by me, "Straw Gold." Free to read here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/straw-...

Hi everyone, one of our whistle producers is down to a roll or two of filament. If you have the capacity, would you mind helping them out so they can keep printing whistles? Thank you all!

It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.

Check out two powerful (but very different) queens of villainy side-by-side - and both available in North America as of today! us.macmillan.com/series/queen... (And only 2 more days until Enchanting the Fae Queen's UK book-birthday! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... ) #romancelandia

1/27/2026 - Minneapolis ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone They did not have a warrant

Just a general note that a concerted widespread nurses strike would buckle the united states economy in weeks.

Or you can grab any of the mutual aid or crowdfunding links from www.standwithminnesota.com - donate PPE or dashcams, fund schools, help abducted people get legal aid to come home. There's so much we can do, together.

Stand with Minnesota; donate directly to folks on the ground there if you can. For instance, you can donate directly to street medics: northstarhealthcollective.org

#FoodInsecurity Please help by adding any local food resources you know of as a reply to your state, listed alphabetically in this thread: Thank you all so much! 🙏🏻

Mortality rates: Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000 Penicillin 2/100K Viagra 4/100K Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K) More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.

This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.

Happy National Cheese Lover’s Day to all who celebrate. 👀

People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day. I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.

I’m not going to lie, leftists/liberals/labor organizers acting like they’re too cool for alt text is so common because they don’t think disabled people could possibly help. Do they all think this way? Of course not. Do enough that it’s a safe bet? Oh yeah.

incandescent rage. people not subject to criminalization in this country don’t understand that this. is. policing. and this type of sexual violence is completely inseparable from it.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net from his first regime: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the... And the current one: www.mcsweeneys.net/tags/lest-we...

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

My fave section of today's writing session:

If your fantasy world only works for bodies that never get tired, hurt, or overwhelmed, that’s not “epic.” It’s ableism with dragons.

Lots of powerful work here, but Come F**k Yourself in particular hit a chord with me, about dubious consent and selfhood.

The internet company is threatening to shut our internet off if we don’t at least pay what we owe from last month. I need $60!! Anything helps. #HelpSky 💕💸

A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

Writing my MCs' first kiss on Philly's Broad Street because of COURSE they kiss on Broad St

Ask not what your representative will do for you (nothing), ask how you can make your representative so miserable they quit their job

Also if you’re on NetGalley and missed this…

May this coming new year kick the jerks in the junk and raise those who are just truly trying their best to bring goodness to everyone.

Things turn into crabs because it is beneficial to them. People transition because it is beneficial to them and helps them survive. Horseshoe crabs don't pass as crabs very well, yet we still call them horseshoe crabs. If someone says they're something, then they are. That's it. 7/

No one flips over the crabs at the seafood market to check their abdomens for the traces of a tail true crabs don't have. If you do, you would be seen as an absolute weirdo and get kicked out This basically how terfs/transphobes behave. They want to inspect all the crabs in the tank for no reason 4/

Nothing more joyous than handing a section of your manuscript to someone to edit... only to hear them spending more time laughing than typing or writing.

Using genAI means *you don't matter in the creative process.* Even if you do create your own prompts. Because anyone can do that. Anyone can string ideas together. Therefore, no one will remember your name in the future. They'll only remember the service that puked out your result. 3/4

even blacking out 500 pages, releasing a cherry picked least guilty looking 1% of the 300 GB data, months of 1,000 FBI personnel combing through tens of thousands of pages of documents to flag any mention of President Trump, and he STILL looks so bad in what they released they're silently retracting

AI research is like asking the meanest of mean girls in high school what the school nerds do on the weekend.

I heard a rumor this writer person was literally yelling at their hands because it hurt to write.... 👀

"Check on your trans frie-" No. Give them money. Hire them. Buy them a video game.

linktr.ee/wylder Trying to raise 6k for a car to make survival possible. #TransCrowdFund Also need 4 root canals & am having abscess flare issues right now. Steam sale starts tomorrow too, if you wanna send a giftcard to help me fight SAD, DM? *ever hopeful*

Writing avoidance level 9: The clutter in the kitchen is bugging the hell out of me so let me just reorganize this drawer right here and then--

I think it's really telling that there's never been a hot person who's into AI

Writing avoidance level 8: ColdHandsOuch. ColdHandsOuch. Typing in gloves sucks. Too grumpy to use voice memo. ColdHandsOuch.

We’re not small business owners, ffs - we’re independent contractors, and we are routinely robbed by the world’s dumbest dingbats.

I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction! Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #romancelandia

I had a book come out this year that you can vote for! The Island of Dreams is a dark YA fantasy inspired by Peter Pan that focuses on disability and ageism and our assumptions about whose dreams are eligible for paradise and a chosen path to the good place.

There are many other great organizations we can donate to that DON'T discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community!

I managed over a thousand words this morning, despite the dog vehemently grumping behind me the whole time. I think no one else understands what a victory that is except for other writers 😅

Fuck's sake, I'm writing my newsletter & tearing up about it. All because I'm writing some extra notes about my section of the #PuppyExpress event from last month, that got a gorgeous anime fox from Oregon to Maine. :sob: (If you're curious, you can sign up here: buttondown.com/risawolf )

Did you know I have a newsletter? It's short and sweet and has pretty pictures. And it's the easiest way to keep up with what's going on in my writing life. www.jrdawsonwriter.com

Writing avoidance level 7: Try to get the dog to go for a walk before you write. Try again. Give up and sit down. Type three words. Hear a huffy noise and look. The dog is posted by the door, waiting for walkies. Walk the dog. Come back to discover all you can write about is the damn dog.

I didn’t realized this had gone live but it seems that you can now read my flash, “What Happened That Night,” at Short Edition. short-edition.com/en/story/sho...

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