So, here is my basic Anthropic story. In February, I submitted 14 books (some others were too complicated to submit) to the settlement. I got to the last page and...nothing. But it seemed to be finished. I got no confirmation number. Then, a few weeks ago, I got an email saying I had no submission..

Okay, having just completed my call, I have to say this again: CALL AND CHECK. THEIR SYSTEM IS BROKEN IN A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS. The person was very nice and was not responsible for this, but to explain he said, "Coding is hard."

If you submitted an Anthropic claim, I recommend calling them and confirming it. Their system is riddled with errors and issues. Even if you got a confirmation number, maybe check: 1-877-206-2314

This book (Little Bosses Everywhere) about MLMs is fantastic and really does explain some of the MAGA phenomena.

Don't try to trick me, this is Edward Gorey's new chosen form.

A request! I am looking for people who LOVE GAMES and would be willing to test an in-development card game with 3-6 players. We'd send you (rough) versions of it in the next month or two and just ask for your feedback in an online form. INTERESTED? Please email me! [email protected]

Man with his dog flees from bombs in Tehran. (Photo by Pooria Hatami)

Be sure to share your Right to Read signs & pics (with alt-text if course!) from today's #NoKings with us!

Dreamt @maureenjohnsonbooks.com gave me a notebook and said “This is was the first draft of Truly Devious. Protect it. I don’t want to see it on eBay.” I thanked her and opened it to find it contained a single sentence. “A mystery where the protagonist’s butt is revealed to be the killer.”

I'm on the phone with Anthropic now, and whoooo, is the back end of this screwed up. EVERYBODY CHECK YOUR STUFF.

I am one of the people who helped edit the last three books in the series, and I agree with this. JKR has shown that she enjoys her cruelty, and no matter how much I loved the books back then, I can't watch this.

THIS BOOK IS GREAT.

I respect trans people, so it's such a little thing for me to not watch the Harry Potter trailer or show. The proceeds from that property go directly to funding anti-trans work. It's a straight line from HP to destroying lives. I can actually SAVE TIME by not supporting this. It requires NOTHING.

I think it's vitally important that everyone know that when baby bear cubs are orphaned and taken to our local wildlife center, they get fed and rehabbed by people masking their scent and wearing costumes like this so they don't get habituated to humans

If we are still celebrating puppies, here is baby Dexy on Gotcha Day. She was about ten weeks old:

So I'm from Virginia. I currently live in TN and I also lived here as a teen. It's a little complicated. Anyway, the Rutherford County PUBLIC library is where I spent a lot of time as a tween/teen. It shaped me. It saved me. This is a PUBLIC LIBRARY not even a school. And I'm proud of *Luanne.

To anyone submitting an Anthropic claim: I filled mine out weeks ago on their terrible site. It took an hour and a half. I submitted it, but just got a notice saying I haven't. EVERYBODY CHECK! Check that yours is really in!

I love that the CEO of Grammarly WENT ON NILAY'S PODCAST to talk a lot of nonsense about his expert-likeness-stealing-machine. My man. You are currently being sued over this. You should definitely keep talking about it. Particularly to media professionals who are former lawyers.

HOWLING

Never look an author in the mouth.

This is truly devious fan content. If you know, you know.

If you want to make a small fortune, print up cards and banners people can buy when It happens.

ME: It’s all coming together! NARRATOR: It was not, in fact, coming together.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

This is the way

Things are not always great but look at this absolute chonk of an East Village deli cat:

At the dog cafe (where I am editing and which is actually in the new book) dog safety and 1970s gay culture come together in a useful way:

Yes, because it's FAMOUSLY known that if you keep "let them work it out" space around misdeeds and don't make a fuss, the people committing the misdeeds will naturally rethink without provocation. THE LIGHT OF DAY IS THE BEST TOOL WE HAVE. USE IT. BRING THINGS TO THE LIGHT.

From me and @authorsabb.bsky.social, call your rep today and tell them to vote NO on HR 7661 It's a bigoted book banning bullshit bill and we don't need it.

Hard to overstate how bad this is. This would be *national legislation to aid book banning*. The time to call your reps and say you are against HR 7661 is NOW.

Well, this is awkward.

Even those of us who do not live in Romancelandia know YOU DO NOT MESS WITH NORA ROBERTS. DO NOT DO IT!

I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPLAINED THIS TO YOU DEBRA

The UK is paying kooky peppercorn rents and wearing floppy hats and everyone has FREE HEALTHCARE and we're over here paying a thousand or two a month for insurance that charges us $1500 for a COVID test anyway so who is laughing now and how much is $1500 in peppercorns?

Editing stages: - I'll fix it now - This time I will fix it - Still needs fixing - Someone fix this - Who wrote this? - Rewrite only good parts ignore problems - Find local cult to join - Computer go boom - Bargain with God (editor) - Mystic vision - A few hours of steady work - Send

"Yeah, boss, I said it real smart so no one would think about the underage assault stuff. I said you have to check age before doing it. Real classy and normal."

Dreamt I was sick and @maureenjohnsonbooks.com took me to the combination Taco Bell and Urgent Care. They healed my wounds and nourished my soul with cinnamon twists and Lexapro. We don’t talk enough about the YA community’s commitment to living the Live Más Mentality authentically.

Today I am quitting my job working for Mr Trump because I just found out he's stupid. It has been the privilege of my life to work for this dipshit, who I would die for

We’re gathering outside City Hall to send a clear message: New Yorkers deem libraries essential, and our city’s budget should reflect that! Join us and make your voice heard! 📅 Tuesday, March 18 ⏰ 9:00 AM 📍 Outside City Hall actionnetwork.org/events/budge...

Me explaining to everyone why we should abandon Bluesky and instead each make handcrafted webpages and form a web ring and never allow a corporation to use our culture and communication for something as unimportant and vain as profit ever again

This is what I am talking about.

My mom's cat looks just like Fran Lebowitz

Never a truer gif.

Also, I am in the last of the copy edits of THE VELVET KNIFE, the new Stevie Bell mystery coming OCTOBER 13 so I guess buy my book or something??????? Or not. Our relationship is not transactional.

I'm supposed to be going to PA to help my mom who had hand surgery on Thursday. I had to delay because I had pneumonia and needed to make sure I was not contagious. So today, the trip was set. Except she woke up this morning with COVID and has barred me from coming. This concludes my TED talk, etc.

Dreamt @maureenjohnsonbooks.com ran a service where you could sign up for a landline telephone and the only numbers it could call or be called from were other readers of YA. We arranged ourselves in photocopied directories of numbers listed by things like “sparkly vampire enjoyers,” or, “flan lover”

NORMALIZE ROOM-SIZED SOFAS WITH ONLY A LANDLINE FOR CONTACT FOR A DAY OR SOMETHING.

Guys! GUYS! NAZI HUNTING ROCKABILLY STREET GANGS OF 80s PARIS!