meeting's tonight

There is no downside

My Novel Writing Month is going..... right on pace. that is a slowdown from earlier but that's why you build the cushion early. I'm at 20K words and want 40K; I think I can get there. If you want to talk about that or your own progress this month, we've got a free call tomorrow

On Friday, we said goodbye to the teeny tiny MVP of 11 years of big cat little cat photos. I hope there are lots of delicious bugs across the rainbow bridge.

Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.

Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.

don't do it

If you're unable to see the aurora from where you are, the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute has a couple of aurora cams. One at explore.org/livecams/aur..., too. It's still a bit light here for great viewing

Hey MN go outside right now

It’s a sprint night with @printrunpodcast.bsky.social tonight. Who’s joining us?

It seems like we could all use a video of Betty having a nice tortilla chip. Sound up!

My computer just switched to dark mode. It's 3:48 in the afternoon.

wow it sure is almost Word Time

Welcome To Another Week Of Books

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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

is that a lot

this was genuinely really fun. if you're a writer working on something I bet you'd love chatting with the community that's built up around this. What a good time

5 minutes! This is free and open to the public!

This is tonight! Come hang out and talk about your writing with us!

Print Run NaNo Chat #1 This Thursday, 7:30 PM Central We're just a few days in and I already feel my writing process changing in good and/or terrifying ways. Bring your own observations and let's work through how it's going so far! Zoom link in post below www.patreon.com/posts/printr...

a writing dispatch from last night

After demanding to know why Mr Darcy never saw her as a potential match, Miss Caroline Bingley receives an answer more truthful than she'd like. Wounded, she turns to his sister, Georgiana, to help her become a kinder, sweeter version of herself... and finds a real romance along the way ❤️

Oy. Thanks for your patience, all! I'm working on it!

Laura has her first Coaching Post up for National Novel Writing Month! let's hear it for "the sane one" on the podcast folks www.patreon.com/posts/from-c...

New awareness campaign

Welcome To A Perfectly Normal Month Of Books

How’d they get this picture of @erikhane.bsky.social?

1K for the morning while a child naps. "that's fewer words than yesterday" pretty early in the day for you to be mouthing off like that at me, I'd think. lotta day left

"ah man it's weird that November starts on a Saturday I guess I'll wait until--" sorry can't hear you over getting 2K words down today. the legs feed the wolf. also I went to an apple orchard today. the apple feeds the man (???)

Print Run NaNo approaches

We keep getting breathy emails from Patreon telling us to up our prices for writer-focused @printrunpodcast.bsky.social stuff, so it's a good time to mention that 1) we will not be doing that and 2) if you need our content, we want you to have it! Free access if you need it, no questions asked!

Welcome To Another Week Of Books Here's our new episode about what we're doing for #NaNoWriMo Head on a swivel. Eyes up. let's go soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...

Caroline Bingley sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!  Caroline Bingley reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.

It's 10 o'clock in the morning on October the 24th, if you want to know.

If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.

THE LOST RELIQUARY by the fabulous @lyndsayely.bsky.social is out today! Check it out if you wanna watch a lady go on a quest to try to kill god. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Writers! I am CLOSING TO QUERIES NOVEMBER 1! I hope to be closed only through the end of the year but it will depend on how many fabulous books I end up reading in my existing pile. If you were hoping to query, get it in now! Otherwise, I look forward to reading in 2026!

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If you liked Hunger Games Erik you're gunna love NaNo Erik

I just said this to a client but it's worth sharing widely: any failures you are worrying about re: low book sales might not be real! And even if they are real, those failures won't be your fault. It's your job to write a good book. It's everyone else's job to sell it. BookTok is a lie!

This from @kristenarnett.bsky.social's latest "Am I the Literary Asshole" is going to every single artist I know who has even ever been tempted by the machine: lithub.com/am-i-the-lit...

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New episode of Betty’s Fruit Diaries: Banana! Sound up for monches and also my daily cat scolding

Now Playing: D'Angelo's debut album 'Brown Sugar' (1995) | Rest in Power to one of the truest talents the music world has ever seen and heard. album.ink/dangeloBS

Aw man, the D’Angelo news is hitting hard.

I love this book! I bet you’ll love it too!

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I told you to text before coming over, bro