I just discovered #bloomscroll is a thing, so someone tell me - How do I save them from their own hubris?! Our last frost is expected mid-May!

Nothing beats getting whiplash symptoms while you've got an FND flare. Not only does changing my body position make things worse, but now trying to turn just my head is excruciatingly painful. What caused these symptoms, you ask? Sleeping.

As I'm dealing with depression, I go to therapy regularly. During this week's session, I had the thought that I should write a story about being stalked by a creature that steals joy, but the depression makes it difficult to motivate myself to do it. Huh.

My mind is marbles on a trampoline. Scattered, some probably broken. It took a heck of a force to make them bounce like this. When they finally roll to a stop, I wonder where they'll be?

It's not a phase, mom!

Hearing my neighbors' electric cars start up is always so disorienting. I can be in a dead sleep and I will come fully awake at that sci-fi alien scanner sound. Without fail, it takes me a few seconds to realize that someone didn't leave the TV on. Is e-car noise pollution a thing?

Trying to convince my husband to start streaming with me. Once upon a time, I streamed video games, and just the way we heckle the crap out of each other is hilarious.

PT is absolutely kicking my ass. I don't know where my body parts are in space, I don't know where my center is, my head moves like a bobble toy. It's a damn good thing I'm stubborn or I'd be bed-bound wondering where the hell to take my life next.

The 200th edition of my fantasy collection Shadows & Sorcery has been out for nearly a week and I'd really like to see it get some views🙏 It's free to read, standalone fiction, no sub needed! shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #Fantasy #Writing #SelfPub #IndieAuthor #ShortStories

I can't believe this was 23 days ago already. The nerves are real.

Media outlets acting like the declining birth rate is a bad thing boggles my mind. Our estimated world population is 8.3B. The US foster care system alone has over 400,000 kids. There are over 140M orphans worldwide. We're not taking care of the kids we have and Gen Z not wanting to add is bad??

I need a bottomless cup of coffee or the ability to re-enter the Dreaming at will.

Who's watching you? And why? **ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER!!!** -Stories MUST have both sci-fi and horror elements -Max word count: 1,000 -Prize: $50 + a tinfoil hat -Note that we are an audio publication, not print

Can I use "international public embarrassment" as a reason to request a citizenship change?

If you think you will be exposed to OC spray, you can reduce your response with incremental exposure of capsaicin cream to your eyes and nose. For your mouth, just eat spicy food. Do I recommend this? Absolutely not. Do my patients do it to desired effect? Absolutely yes. #ForEducationalPurposes

Working from home is mildly anxiety inducing for someone who has had to validate all of their actions for years. I mean, how will my teammates know that I'm working if I'm not working on the same thing as them? They can't see my work so I may as well just not be working at all, right?

The political meme game is so strong. The things regular people post are more brilliant and nuanced than anything that was said in the last electoral debate. It's almost unbelievable. But I'm so glad for it. I hope they make it into history books.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Thinking about the story, "What Haunts the Newbuild?" by Meagan Kane. If you haven't read or listen to it yet, you can find it on @pseudopod.org at pseudopod.org/2026/02/06/p... This story just lingers in you. It's so good.

My old computer fried. Lost all of my writing. Got a new computer. Today, it just failed to execute any programs after startup. Been working on recovery for 4 hours. Files corrupted. I have some of them backed up on a cloud now, but I'm afraid I'm about to lose a lot more writing again.

Submitted the first part of my novel to #ProWritingAid for their $50,000 competition. Wish me luck! 😬

Restructuring my Appalachian Apocalypse series because I realized belatedly that I started with the WRONG HORSEMAN. Dang it. Do I just write the two stories simultaneously?

As a disabled woman, there are few sentences more infuriating than, "You are so brave." No, mfer. I'm terrified. My body is failing and sometimes my mind is trapped inside. I'm not BRAVE. I'm surviving. I'm coping. I don't have a choice. It's this or death.

A delightfully grim read. As if I needed more reason to suspect my newer home was haunted.

I wonder if Elizabeth Barrett Browning had hyper-adrenergic POTS or similar. Remarkable that her escape from a manipulative and controlling home to Italy with her lover where she pursued her joy of writing would cause her symptoms to dissipate. Almost like they were caused by her circumstances.

Signed my first cast today. A four-year-old walked up, handed me a bag of Sharpies, and propped her arm on her head so I could sign the spot on the underside of her wrist. 10/10 would do again but hope I don't have to.

I just started writing on #ReamStories. Come check out the first chapter of my dark epic fantasy novel, The Sixteenth Ward. No cost to read! reamstories.com/ehrenkeen

Back in the Writing Battles! www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Tempest Raven Battle - Get Ready to Battle on Feb 3, 2026! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More

Just finished my third chapter at almost 8500 words and suddenly my word processor decides that it doesn't know how to handle scene breaks and it won't let me write above the break. WHAT.

I wrote today.

I accept.

Updates coming to Ko-Fi. Will be posting stories in epub format and working on a piece that's been hanging over my head since starting The Ravening Dark. 1,669 words down on the first chapter. Are you excited? I'm excited.

Happy New Year, you beautiful weirdos. This year's resolutions include reconditioning therapy so I can walk independently and revitalizing my Ko-Fi with new and updated stories.

Merry whatever you choose to celebrate, from Casper and Nala Keen.

I've been sleeping off testing for the last few hours. When I wake up for a few minutes, I hear my mom and husband just chatting animatedly in the kitchen. That they get along makes me happy. Time for more naps.

Every now and again, my brain reminds me that one day I will be absolutely devastated when my mom or sister passes. I hope I have many more years before I have to experience that. But somehow my brain sees fit to warn me ahead of time. As if, by spreading grief over decades, it will be easier.

I need someone to watch all of the movies that #Troma has ever made with me. It might be forced trauma-bonding but I love them anyway.

TODAY I OUTLINED AN ENTIRE STORY. Created the profiles on all the major characters, built out the majority of the world, outlined 15 major plot-driving scenes, created a conflict map, and bunch of other stuff and OMG I'm EXHAUSTED.

Can someone explain to me the correlation between destroying and defacing historical artworks and advocating against climate change? I'm a scientist and a strong advocate for protecting our environment, and this shit just makes me think that our advocates are idiots.

Alright #Writersky, what are we doing instead of #NaNoWriMo?

Writing out my symptom list to take to the endocrinologist tomorrow and it's 5 pages long. How the hell am I supposed to focus this?

Finally finished my continuing education and license renewal, which means I get to dive head long into the unbearably massive TBR. Starting with "You Weren't Meant to be Human," by Andrew Joseph White. This book is sick and disturbing and visceral and I'm already halfway through it.

Keep an eye on your mailbox--ballots mail out soon! Our local elections have the power to shape our state. Make a plan to vote this Election Day!

I just want to go downstairs and write. But I've got doctors appointments and continuing education and seminars to get through before I can get back to the joy I feel creating characters only to put them through hell. So their reprieve continues...

I feel so exhausted all the time. Struggling to get through the days without just falling asleep where I sit.

I'm from Louisiana. I know how to make a King Cake. So, how do I convert this to a No Kings Cake?

I really worry about this country and the standard that we're setting for authoritarian regimes in the world.

Medical news to actually be excited about.

Trying to be positive, so with a lot of prospective office waiting time, I'm gonna hit my TBR. This might be scarier than the MRIs and biopsies. That's a LOT of books...

Finally got a diagnosis this morning for what's been happening with me. Not happy, but at least no one is telling me it's anxiety or stress anymore? #MedSky #BelieveWomen