New blog post, an update about secondary victims and the joy (!) of the court system. www.allieyohn.com/post/update-...

www.allieyohn.com/post/recent-... New post, almost a mini book report :D

I'm having one of the most productive mornings I've had in a long time. I finished short story edits on a short story, and then submitted it to two markets. I also followed my publisher's advice and submitted a published work to Best of Horror 2025 (which is the longest of long shots).

I applaud the ID Channel for doing something concrete for Domestic Violence Awareness month and beyond. www.noexcuseforabuse.com

Current read 🐚🌊🏝️🎃👻💀

Best thing I’ve ever bought at Dollar Tree

My doctor switched my ADHD medicine today and I feel SO FOCUSED. I have to ask (non-ADHD friends)… is this how y’all live? You just think of something to do and you can just… do the thing? No bargaining with your brain or triple espresso needed? Because this is niiiiiiiice.

Blog post about where you can find me this fall. www.allieyohn.com/post/faking-...

This was a difficult post to write, and it would likely be a difficult post for some of you to read. Today I wrote about secondary victims to the victim of a violent crime... including the family members of the criminal, like myself. www.allieyohn.com/post/there-a...

I will pay a journalist $100 if they manage to get an answer from Trump on whether there's a danger in his levying further tariffs on Wakanda if they don't begin fairly trading vibranium with the US.

#USA: For domestic violence victims in the US, call the National DV Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224

Best birthday present ever!

Re Zelensky at the WH, yet again, feminists and trauma/abuse- informed thinkers are years ahead of political analysts. There is no acceptable affect, no way to charm an abuser, and no “deal” other than playing very very dead that would change how Trump and his flying monkey Vance behaved.

"The Lord of Layoffs understands that taxes are just a way for the Deep State to fund things like roads, schools, and weather-manipulation robots. Meanwhile, he spends money on things that matter, like tanking a social media platform and renaming his child a CAPTCHA test."

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

I just signed a contract for my first ever paid fiction publication! It's for the spring issue of Last Girls Club. I'm thrilled that something I wrote has found a home in a magazine with such a fantastic mission statement. www.lastgirlsclub.com

BREAKING: Last night, Trump issued an order to seize control of independent agencies — full stop. This unprecedented power grab specifically aims to debilitate critical regulatory bodies like the SEC and FTC, with major implications for every part of American life — including climate.

WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND: Demanding historically 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 agencies like the Securities & Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission and others to submit proposed regulations to the White House for review means the Trump administration effectively controls these critical regulatory bodies.

There’s also a reason why we say there were no “Good Germans.” If you stay silent against atrocities, you’re condoning them.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

One of my goals this year was to post on my blog at least once a week. I've been trying to write the post I'm working on for days and I'm getting nowhere. Every time I try to write, some new fresh hell hits the news and anything I would write in response feels pointless.

This is like if the mob got to fire every federal agent investigating organized crime bsky.app/profile/make...

Mood stabilizers and antipsychotics are a miracle of modern medicine and I’m tired of pretending there’s questions to be asked about them. It’s settled science. I hate this administration and their dedication to opening the wounds of human suffering as often as possible

Every time I look at the news it’s like that part in Twilight Zone’s “It’s A Good Life” where the guy is like “while he’s focused on me won’t somebody do something? Won’t somebody take something heavy to his head and-?”

In case there was any doubt, today's Senate vote on RFK Jr. shows that Republicans would rather give dread diseases to American children than risk losing their Senate seats.

This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.

They’re literally trying to bring back apartheid. As if goose-stepping all over the US weren’t bad enough, they want to bring the worst points of history back in other countries. The lows just get lower and lower.

Easily one of the funniest things I’ve read recently

I think the correct thing is for state governments to pass legislation to seize federal employment taxes to make up the promised shortfall and put them directly to their own coffers.

Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."

Agents, authors! @groveatlantic.bsky.social has just officially launched its Crime Imprint: @atlanticcrime.bsky.social! I am one of the editors & I am eagerly soliciting projects! Looking for clever, creative mysteries, thrillers, noirs, & nonfiction. Send materials to [email protected]

The Venn diagram of people who think Hozier’s Take Me To Church, Hallelujah, and Madonna’s chorus Like A Prayer are pro Christianity AND people who think Kendrick’s halftime show was patriotic? A circle.

I wrote a little love note for @time.com about voice messaging. Getting to hear a loved one's voice is always a treat but my takeaway is that it is a small act of love to reach out and want to talk to your pals, however you do it. Thanks to everyone who shared lovely insight about voice notes!

Submitted for your approval, a new word for our times: Discussting (v): talking about things that make you physically ill. “We were disscusting how diverse books are being targeted, so we’re doubling down on supporting Black, trans, non-white, non-cis, non-hetero, non-male stories.”

NEW: Elon Musk's buddies and DOGE underlings are working in the dark to make drastic changes to the US government. @propublica.org is shining light on them with our new tracker. Read. Share. Most importantly, send us your Musk tips: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

Donald trump refused to show his tax returns. Now Elon and his rando tech dweebs have our Social Security info, and folks are just going along with it? This is fucking insanity.

goldengirls.fandom.com/wiki/Brother... This is one of my favorite episodes of television ever. They took an extremely popular comedic sitcom and used it to spread a message about a crisis in our country, one that is still going on and will get much worse under the mango Mussolini and his henchmen.

Everyone’s talking about preorders right now. We’re not having a sale but we do want to remind readers: Preordering is an amazing way to take your support for a book to the next level. Publishers notice. Authors notice. Bookstores notice. Plus it’s a little gift to your future self. #booksky

Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up: Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief. If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.

Horror has,is and always will be-in the right hands-a powerful tool to be subversive,progressive or as blunt as a fucking sledgehammer. My favorite horror artists have a voice,reflects our times,takes sides. Now’s not the time to NOT take sides. I say it’s time to grab your fucking sledgehammers.

Classroom #4 is a lower elementary school classroom in New York City, where nearly every student is from a low income home. This project will get them Black history books and books by Dominican writers, representing their community. $277. www.donorschoose.org/project/voic...

Come #writein with your fellow Sibs at a MEMBERS-ONLY event! Today (Tuesday) at: 8am ET/5am PT 11am ET /8am ET 3pm ET/noon PT 6pmET/3pm PT & 9pm ET/6pm PT We look forward to writing with you! #wherewritersbelong

issuu.com/scottandlaws... Surprise! Turn to page 52 to read my article about the marriage between sales techniques and blog writing.

New blog post on writing, motivation, and my favorite quote from "Stick It." www.allieyohn.com/post/writing...

Anyone got any burning writer or publishing questions they want answering? I'll give it my best shot. Am in waiting mode for a 4pm appointment and cannot focus on a damn thing so you'll be doing me a favour

as 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives in horror, our voices are being actively stifled by our government and society. this is our opportunity to document the times accordingly with our art. salon sinister debuts this summer. send your unpublished short stories, poetry, art, or op-eds. salonsinister.com

New blog post, part two about educational disadvantages in the writing world. www.allieyohn.com/post/educati...