Starting early on my #NewYearsResolution: unsubscribe from everything.

Honored to have my #shortstory "The Sudden Malady" published in this issue! Beautiful typesetting, @exactingclam.bsky.social. The whole issue is amazing.

I intend to use em-dashes as I always have in my #writing. I won't change anything about my creative process or grammar just because #AI is copying that grammar. The purpose of #art has always been about the process, the challenge, the effort. AI has nothing to offer me and nothing to take from me.

If you're in #GrandRapidsMI, I'll be part of a #scifi and #fantasy night at Schuler Books, 11/6 @ 6pm. Come support #indieauthors and #indiebookstores! www.schulerbooks.com/event/sci-fi...

Fantastic #lyrics from Pain of Salvation's song "SPECIES."

My #FantasyTrilogy now has a series page on #Goodreads! Check it out here: www.goodreads.com/series/42182... #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

Check our my new story published in the first vol of ‪@ascendency.bsky.social‬! ascendencymagazine.wixsite.com/ascendency/r... #writingcommunity #writers #litjournals #indiewriters

Check out my newly published #gender deconstructing #shortstory. “That Tightly Knotted Thing”: ascendencymagazine.wixsite.com/ascendency/r.... “I’d look in the mirror and go pale with horror because I *knew*. But I didn’t know *what* I knew.” #LGBTQ+ #nonbinary #genderdiversity

Honored to have a new story published in the first vol of ‪@ascendency.bsky.social‬! ascendencymagazine.wixsite.com/ascendency/r... #writingcommunity #writers #litjournals #indiewriters

We are pleased to announce that the wait is over, and Ascendency's first edition is now out and ready for the world to enjoy! We want to thank everyone who submitted and worked with us on this project of labor and love that is now seeing print. ascendencymagazine.wixsite.com/ascendency/r...

Bit of #OldTestament #wisdom this morning. “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19:33-34

#Writing and reading good #literature in times of terror is not escapism. It does take us outside of ourselves, but it helps us process our world and our neighbors in ways that fight fascism and despair. #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

‪Fantastic acrylic on canvas #art from my friend @brainstaticartwork.bsky.social. Check out here: www.etsy.com/shop/brainst....

"Unlike physical materials or traditional digital material pricing models, #Hoopla charges #libraries as soon as an item is borrowed – even if a patron does not read, watch, or listen to the title." If you're a Hoopla user, help keep it available and use it respectfully!

I'm more and more convinced that "systematic theology" is approximately the furthest thing from intimacy with its subject. #Christianity #theology

Looking forward to this #APSTogether reading of The Lover by Marguerite Duras: apstogether.substack.com/p/the-lover-.... Reading can be communal! #booksky #booklovers

If you like #fantasy or even genre-adjacent #literaryfiction, "The Ashes of Amori" is a ride: Find it here: www.amazon.com/Ashes-Amori-... #booklovers #bookquotes #booksky

CALLING ALL BOOKSELLERS, LIBRARIANS, INFLUENCERS, ETC. We are launching a brand new newsletter to collect all the news you can use about Deep Vellum, Dalkey Archive, and Open Letter books in one easy place. Sign up for it in the post below:

Donate to @deepvellum.bsky.social (and buy their books). #literature like this is one of the best defenses against fascism. I wish I lived in Dallas just so I could be a part of this community. secure.givelively.org/donate/deep-... #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

I’ve always been a journaler, but #journaling has a new appeal for me lately in that it’s entirely private (unless physically stolen) and can't be scraped, crawled, or used to train #AI. #writingcommunity #writers

Could quote Rohr all day, but here's a good one: "True life always morphs into love, forgives everything for being that thing, and thus is much stronger than death." #spirituality #RichardRohr #ImmortalDiamond

My #scifi novella is on sale at Amazon this week! Check it out: www.amazon.com/Vessel-Andre... #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

From the first book in this explosive new military #fantasy trilogy (which may be more uplifting than it seems): www.amazon.com/Ashes-Amori-... #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

From "bless it and call it metaphor," published by #luminajournal. Check it out here: www.lumina-journal.com/volume-21-po... #poetry #writingcommunity #writers

My poem, "bless it and call it metaphor," was published by #luminajournal. Check it out here: www.lumina-journal.com/volume-21-po.... The whole volume is excellent! I've especially enjoyed the other poetry. #poetry #literaryjournal

Very honored to be a part of the upcoming Lumina Journal volume: www.instagram.com/p/DH34UPgPyj... #luminajournal #lumina #poetry #literaryjournal #sarahlawrencecollege

Book culture is just #queer, and that’s one of the best things about it. Books and queerness go together like…anything that goes well together. It's also partly why books, authors, #libraries, and book sellers are being censured. #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

#FantasyIndiesApril Check out the first book in my #fantasy trilogy. The price of the e-book is discounted to $0.99 for the rest of April! www.amazon.com/Ashes-Amori-... #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

#Fantasy readers! The 3rd book in my trilogy just released. Check it out here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZRDLBB3 #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

If you love your library, listen up…

There are as many “literary canons” as there are people who read. Whenever anyone starts talking about “the literary canon,” they’re talking about their own. #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

My kind of anthology: www.thriftbooks.com/w/poems-for-... #poetry #booksky #booklovers

Old story that I also did the audio for: www.decompmagazine.com/burningbooks... Mostly dialogue and a kind of postmodernist off-the-cuff self-awareness that was lots of fun to write, but it's a style I haven't revisited. #booksky #writingcommunity #writers

"Many religious people seem to think that God...loves the human past (usually their own group's recent past) instead of the present or the future of this creation." (Immortal Diamond) Rohr's got your number, Evangelicalism. #spirituality #christianity

Support @electricliterature.com and its new #anthology of essays: bookshop.org/p/books/both... #genderaffirming #transgender

My #sci-fi novella, "Vessel," is exactly 9% off (?) on Amazon these days. $7.25 gets you a labyrinth of ideas and strange, surreal musings. www.amazon.com/Vessel-Andre... #booksky #writingcommunity #writers #booklovers

Friend of mine asked me what my book, "The Ashes of Amori," was most similar to. Had to give that some thought, but it's Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon paired with Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke. So for the few who've adored both those novels, AoA is your book! www.amazon.com/Ashes-Amori-...

Devastatingly good music. Like nothing I've ever heard: open.spotify.com/track/6Qaycl... #MaudtheMoth

To all my #Ukrainian siblings: I am so sorry for this vile situation, for the terrible war that you've had to endure for so long, for the viciousness and hard-heartedness of the current US administration. I'm sorry for our silence, and I am sorry that saying sorry makes so little difference.

Starter pack of #Climate Educators, collected by the incredible @katharinehayhoe.com - for those of you who want to follow along: bsky.app/starter-pack... #ClimateActivism

For anyone interested, in the area, I'll be part of the #ThirdCoastAuthor&BookFestival on March 22nd in Grand Haven, Michigan! Come hang out with great authors and get signed books! #thirdcoastfest www.thirdcoastfest.org

Went into this #novel thinking it would scare me, but it's actually been #cathartic and refreshing. Reality is stranger than fiction, and Lewis didn't "predict trump," as one blurb blurts, but I've felt strengthened by the POV and his response to #fascism. www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

"The separation of faith and love is always the consequence of a deterioration of religion." Paul Tilich

If you have republican national representatives, call them and tell them that it's important to you that your tax dollars are spent according to existing laws where Congress appropriates funds (including foreign assistance funds), not the President. Cite the constitution.

“The praise of God stands on its strongest ground when it stands on nothing.” GK Chesterton

#SmallPress published #novella. Contemplative #scifi. (plz ignore the awful author photo, thanks) www.solumpress.com/publications... #booksky #booktok

Instead of the news, I recommend reading "Letter from Birmingham Jail" today. www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets... #MartinLutherKingDay2025

I'm thankful that today is, first and foremost, #MartinLutherKingDay. For his profound call to seek true justice and mercy.

Older issue, but since I've moved over here and want to reconnect, check out my 2024 piece in @exactingclam.bsky.social, along with many other outstanding authors: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-12... (I wish I had the energy to track down and follow you all again. maybe gradually)