Tomorrow! Now 7 spots left 🤓 #WritingCommunity #amwriting #mystery #yeg #yegwrites

A nice job has opened in my department at Cambridge: Assistant Prof. in US History since 1920. Please share widely! No references letters required up front. Applications close 27 Oct. 2025.🗃️ www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Black author stater pack on bluesky if you think Black authorities to weigh in are nowhere to be found! go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e

Tomorrow! Now 7 spots left 🤓 #WritingCommunity #amwriting #mystery #yeg #yegwrites

✨8 more spots still up for grabs✨ If you, like me, remain un-raptured (in a good way), come join!

Hello, I'm the writer of queer gothic fantasy that follows a blood mage spymaster as she recruits a noble bastard with a terrible gift to hunt down a magical serial killer for the vampiric Eternal King—all while planning to overthrow him. Isaac, featured on the cover of LORD, is a trans man.

lol. lmao, even. A long-ago Scottish Presbyterian prof proclaimed me a Reprobate and I honestly haven’t bothered since

*whispers* Papyrusssss

Sharing this delightful morsel with @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and all the innumerable lovers of cheese x kitsch #cheesy #cheese #SmallJoys

Happy 21st Night of September to all who celebrate! ✨

Brooks Falls livecam in Katmai National Park. This is what I need today: explore.org/livecams/bro...

Happy 21st Night of September to all who celebrate! ✨

We hear fireworks, look up, see bursts over a neighbour’s house. It is in the middle of a block. Our neighbourhood has a lot of tall, mature trees. *15 minutes later* Fire truck, sirens on, screams past, heading in the direction of said neighbour. Hope everyone’s ok. But also: 🙄

Currently messaging with friends in Sheffield about our respective darling children and gotta say, DMing doesn’t totally suck all the time

Honestly? Any parent using the “parental rights” argument to control anygoddamnthing wrt their child/ren is simply a shitty parent. I know bc that argument is based in the belief that children = property. No. Just no. Parents guide/support/nurture children. We _owe_ them, not own them.

Halloween Calypso? It exists! I'm telling you we are goths! When ppl ask me who were my first inspirations? Lord Kitchener an all time great! youtu.be/B_aSemA6Mks?...

Guess I’ll take this one. It’s the racism / C’est le racisme

Ahoy, mateys! I’s like the cut o’ yer jib, I’s do, aye!🏴‍☠️

Something beautiful for your TLs. A little yarn goes a long way. This was a skein from the monthly yarn club colors in DK inspired by a gorgeous woman of color. Her outfit was used as a muse for a wintery colorway. And look at this fab lace shawlette. 😍 🧶 #showmeyourknits #knitsky #yarnsky

Ok so I shared frankly about my doubts re: continuing Musings, and have received some kind and lovely responses 💗 The highlight today is a note from my kids’ grade 2 teacher (now retired) who says she LOVED teaching my darlings & reads Musings hoping for wee updates on them 🥹🥹🥹

Sunrise, Saturday, 20 September, from Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Sharing this chuckle I had, from reading Ron Charles's weekly Book World newsletter. #SmallJoys (Fair warning, the video linked is 2+ hours: www.youtube.com/live/P8fhpgn...)

Did I perchance sprinkle a few dark chocolate chips onto my peanut butter’d cinnamon raisin bagel..? That’s what they mean by heart healthy, right? When something makes us happy? #SmallJoys

Actually my superpower is the ability to be right AND kind, simultaneously

I dunno, man, here's the latest Musings, wherein I might be too honest for my own good 🤷🏻‍♀️

Just done and exactly what I needed ✨💗✨💗✨ #booksky #SmallJoys

Smash two movies together to make one movie: Star Trek X: NemeSister Act

I dunno, man, here's the latest Musings, wherein I might be too honest for my own good 🤷🏻‍♀️

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #mystery If you're interested in a craft panel on Writing Mysteries, there's a free online event next THU SEPT 25 / 7:00 - 8:30pm MDT, hosted by EPL 2025 Writer-in-Residence @rhondaparrish.bsky.social 🌟 ✨Only 11 seats left!✨ cc @crimewoc.bsky.social #yeg Details:

Relaunched Kissing Books this week with a small welcome back post, and we've already cracked 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much to everyone who has already shown support for this little side venture; it means a heck of a lot, especially right now.

No images, sorry, they were so good and we devoured every last bite*, but just want to share that I made chicken enchiladas and they were amaaaazing and I’m sharing because #SmallJoys are not nothin’ (*except for the one I’m having for lunch tomorrow 😏)

We're back!

REMINDER! THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES is the final book in the ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS trilogy -- following Henryk as he wanders dangerously north into bandit and wildfire (also bears, sorry) territory. Out Sep 30 from @ecwpress.bsky.social ! ecwpress.com/products/fir...

Daughter: I’m thinking of practising my Mandarin vocab words by playing Silksong Me: ? Her: Every time I die fighting Lace, I’ll pause to go over words before restarting Me: ?? Her: cuz I know my ass will be dying over and over and over Me: Brilliant

i am once again asking if you know that if you routinely sing to a cat while they're curled up on your chest they will learn that singing means cuddle time and come trotting over from wherever they are when you do. it's important that we get this message out to those who need it most

I’ve been meaning to watch this! I interviewed him in 2023 and prep involved 2 hours of one-on-one with him. It was fascinating and funny, I loved our convo. A few weeks after the interview (which went great!) I got a book from him in the post. He’d doodled a little dedication to me!

Despair riding me hard today. Repairing to the simple comforts of making a meal, taking my time, while blasting well-loved songs. #SmallJoys

I've been dedicating all of my online book shopping to Loyalty Books vis bookshop.org. It's very easy to do, and ensures that a portion of your purchase will go to the bookstore.

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Lastly, consider watching some of his films this week. My favorites include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Three Days of the Condor, The Sting, Jeremiah Johnson, and All Is Lost. Rest in peace to a man who has given us much.

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

So good, I read it twice, @alexsegura.bsky.social's SECRET IDENTITY is a noir thriller set in '70s NYC comic book scene. Followup ALTER EGO delves into modern adaptations. Both feature complex heroines tackling sexism, identity, art and legacy. Oh! Alex writes STAR WARS, too! #LatinxHeritageMonth

ICYMI

Battle doomscolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: Waking up to birdsong My cat curling up against my stomach after lights out Sitting on a bench by the lake watching the water The first bite of chocolate cake Catching an evening primrose blossom unfolding at sunset

Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...

“Can fighting racism help ________?” Yes. The answer is always yes.

Speaking of covers, TIL this is a cover of a 1951 original by Roy Hawkins that King heard as a young DJ. In honour of the 100th anniversary of B.B. King’s birthday, have a listen to the 1969 album version. There are a gazillion live versions but they rarely replicate the strings faithfully

The Sting remains an all-time favourite. Funny that Newman got the ‘stache in that one. I’ve wondered if Redford imprinted on me at a particular pivotal time bc I had a very specific thing for blond blue-eyed boys for a looooong time [delete/redo bc I forgot alt text the first time]

Imagine being so ludicrously hot, that moustache works on you. (God that's a good film. Redford, refusing to jump off a cliff: "I can't swim!" Newman: "Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you!")

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS today! 13 coming-of-rage stories including the return to print of "Benny Rose the Cannibal King" about the monstrousness of adolescence and those who will do whatever it takes to get away, or get even. Out now from Titan Books! 😈 tinyurl.com/prhdemons