Very pleased to announce that my #sff story "A Song of Smokeless Fire" has been accepted for reprint publication by Flame Tree Publishing in their #romantic #fantasy short story collection: A Breath of Time (Spring 2026). www.flametreepublishing.com/a-breath-of-...

There are two men playing magic in the sunny spot of my neighborhood coffee shop and one of them has a baby on his shoulder. I love this so much.

What wonderful news!! Thyme Travellers has won the Ignyte Award for Outstanding Anthology!

Husband (doing Pilates in our living room): This is hard. Me: (checks what he's doing) You mean swimming with weights? Husband: (grunting) Yeah. Me: That's called drowning.

17 years ago today I married this wonderful man. He has been so very good, patient and kind in our time together. I'm blessed to have him as friend, partner, love, co-parent and so much more. I love you, James! Happy Anniversary! Here's to many many more.

This kid logged onto his homework (from the homeschool resource center) and immediately started tackling it while he waited for his sister to finish her piano lesson. Super proud of the student he is growing into!

I continue to be grateful for the chance to share this story.

I'm excited for you, this book, and bringing your story to the world @chrismarnone.bsky.social!

Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. I just donated to unrwausa.org and wck.org to help these starving and displaced people. I can't imagine not being able to feed my kids.

Leading global experts just confirmed what we’ve long known: Gaza is in famine. At least half a million Palestinians are facing starvation, acute malnutrition and death. And it’s likely to spread. The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.

This bottle of sake totally matches my vibe. And then I realized I was wearing black and gold after I took the picture.

Summer is on its way out, and that is always hard for me, but I found this wind chime/garden art at the garlic festival in Centralia and is going to help brighten my patio as the days grow a little darker.

Thank you to @reecallahan.bsky.social for this awesome picture she captured of me during barcon at @seattlein2025.org Worldcon last night!

Dear @seattlein2025.org Worldcon, I had such a beautiful time connecting with old friends and making new ones and having science fiction and Fantasy and writing adventures. Here's to many more to come!

Hey Seattle! I'm at Worldcon and having so much fun!

When you get together with dear writer friends for a week, the rest of life shines brighter.

Woohoo!!! Thyme Travellers is a finalist for the Ingyte Award! Congratulations to @soniasulaiman.bsky.social and all my fellow authors!

Had a rough parenting and homeschooling day yesterday and shared it with a mama friend. She dropped this off on the bench outside my house! (Made me cry.) Thank God for friends who see our hard days and respond with love!

My new fantasy short story with singing magic is just about ready for its first submission!! I love the complexity of music and what it requires of us emotionally and relationally to be able to sing in harmony (literal and metaphorical) with another person. And yes, the story touches on that. ;)

Thyme Travellers is a #Locus award finalist for Best Anthology! Congratulations to all my fellow authors! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/05/2025... #palestine

Well, that was a lovely Norwescon. I met some wonderful new people and deepened several existing friendships.

I'll be at Norwescon in Seattle next week! I'd love to see you! Can't post my full sched due to space limitations, but here's a peek! APRIL 17 Reading: 4:30pm - 5:00pm APRIL 18 Tips for Tricky Conversations -11:00am - 12:00pm APRIL 19 Music, Characters, and Community - 11:00am - 12:00pm

While reading over panels to select ones I'd be interested in joining at an upcoming con, one panel looked particularly interesting. The wording was almost familiar. *Neck prickles.* I had to go back and check my notes. Yes, dear reader, I'd pitched that panel and forgot I'd done so.

I found my book cover!

That moment when the #coffeeshop feels really loud... And then you realize that your fantasy music playlist is blasting from your laptop speakers and you hadn't realized it... #amwriting #sff

Phoenix latte art! (The barista is my husband, James!)

Baking life hack: Last night I tried substituting the vegetable oil in my brownies with the exact same volume of applesauce. You guys, it totally worked! The brownies came out more like a chocolate cake than a thick and gooey brownie, but they were great with ice cream!

Music-themed fantasy short story drafted. I have a name for this one that I really like. Want to hear it? Ok! I'm calling it "Sing the Wall." #sff #amwriting #music

Doing research for a short story with a music-based culture and I'm thinking some of the characters will have music-based names, too. Names ideas that I like: Cadence, Pitch, and Trill. #music #amwriting #sff

You guys, I love the SuperStars Writing Seminar. But I really love dressing up for the banquet night!!

A small army of snowmen are marching across our street this morning.

Praying, planning and journaling for the year ahead this morning.

New story! "Suspension" is my first published flash piece and I'm honored to have it here in The Cosmic Background. It deals with repeat miscarriage, depression, and maternal love. I hope you enjoy it!

I was honored when Emad Aysha (fellow author in the Thyme Travellers anthology) asked to interview me in Liberum. I discuss house plants. :) theliberum.com/the-spud-of-... #Palestine #Gaza #anticolonial #resistance #protest #USA #fantasy #sciencefiction #thymetravellers #communication #magic #art

With #SFF #award nomination season in full swing, I'm sharing my 2024 stories. "Remembrance in Cerulean" appeared in Thyme Travellers, from @fernpub.bsky.social and "A Song of Smokeless Fire" in Troubadours and Space Princesses from Heimelein Publications. Links: www.patreon.com/posts/award-...

A little snapshot of my life: Cough drops for the nasty cold that makes me sound like I smoke three packs a day. The new contacts I am testing out because my aging eyes are starting to get cranky. The pin I found in my mother-in-law's jewelry that both my kids thought I should wear. ❤️

Thyme Travellers is on NPR's list of 2024 Books We Love! apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

This is the season where I sort a year's worth of photos for our annual photo calendar. It's SO much work, but I think preserving memories is worth it. ❤️ (This one is in a country house in England this summer with my extended family)

This is a beautiful word.

The barista told me she liked my energy. As someone who's struggled for many years with depression, I love hearing this. I want my energy to be love and gratitude and compassion.

@jamesartimusowen.bsky.social oh hello, my friend!

My friend Noelle is launching this very cool book tomorrow! Check it out! www.noellesalazar.com/the-lies-we-...

It's soooo gloomy and dark today. I turned on my UV light to keep those happiness rays in my system.

I'm back from World Fantasy in Niagara Falls and feeling just so grateful and full of new and great memories, new connections, new friends and deepened friendships. And new awesome karaoke memories, too. ;)

Barely escaped this guy on my run this morning. Halloween just keeps getting scarier every year!

I drew a plant! (I have been practicing sketching and painting on and off this year as part of an exercise in helping my heart to flourish through activities that do *not* have a productive end-goal in mind) #art #therapy

Got this little message from Bluesky. It's fun to see it growing so fast. :) "Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #489,559!"

Man oh man, drafting this current manuscript has been harder than normal (still haven't sorted out why), but two of my characters have this amazing on-stage chemistry (to borrow the theater's term for it) and any time the scene contains them both, it's smooth sailing. #amwriting #sff

Thyme Travellers is now available to the world! My deep thanks to Fernwood Publishing and Sonia Sulaiman for spearheading the project and championing these stories from Palestinian writers! (You will find inside "Remembrance in Cerulean" by yours truly!) #sff #Palestine amzn.to/3XvAs1J

You know what karaoke duet I'm dreaming to do right now? This one. For all the literary nerds, and anyone who's ever enjoyed the Jane and Rochester crazy roller coaster of a love story. youtu.be/hTGXczTPaMI?...