Does anyone else ever get overcome with feelings of “I’ve put in so much effort for so long and if something doesn’t come of it THIS TIME I am going to implode and maybe I need to just curl up on the floor for a few minutes” or is that just me?

Just did a secret writing-related thing and I need all the good vibes (and a drink) #writingcommunity

Describe your protagonist with a meme #writingcommunity

Spent ten minutes on the 🧵app and remembered why I don’t hang out there anymore. It’s like being in a playpen full of babies who just learned how to swear

Running away from the page every time I can’t immediately think of my next sentence. I try to justify it by saying I’m letting the words percolate but really I’m just giving up even for a few minutes

Author problems: Struggling to write an emotional scene because you identify too hard with it and *really* want to get the point across Literally just wrote myself a post-it memo that says “not everything needs to be spelled out!” #amwriting

Neurodivergent friendship is a funny thing. You can find your people and have amazing connections with them, but be too overwhelmed with life to stay in touch, but miss them dearly and feel lonely, but be too burnt out to even send a text. 😩

It’s snow season! The outdoors are GLOWING ❄️

Woke up to surprise snow this morning Uh, winter, can you please hold off until I can get my car ready for you? 😭 I have a 35-minute commute to work and SUMMER TIRES

Yeah I'm 37 years old and openly talk about my love of anime Others can't police what does or doesn't bring me joy 😝

I figured out why I die inside every time I hear even a clip of many English anime dubs… everything just sounds so forced to me. Like every line is the VA announcing “I’m acting!” Sometimes they’re not even working within their vocal range and it feels like someone else would be better for the part

This is not a popular regime

Bee is hella cool and her writing is delightful and absolutely devourable (is that not a word? Let’s make it one) And if that’s not enough, Mara Wilson!

Small choices can have a big impact. I wore my they/them pin to a work orientation and another new hire said it made him feel instantly safe and welcome, not just bc of me but bc of our higher-ups’ (nonexistent) reaction and warmth I gotchu friend, I’m willing to be the litmus test any time 🖤

I like pain and usually end up making at least one conlang for each manuscript, then translating idioms from the conlang into English 🙃 Except my amquerying manuscript, in which I said "fuck it, they're in a liminal dimension and language is liminal, therefore everyone just understands each other"

I love how the version of "abuses" we would do is all like "holy shit they'll give everyone rights."

なんか。だれかと日本語を練習したい。 レストランのおばさんは早口で話して, 相手になれないと思う 😅

A+ Halloween this year. One of the best I’ve ever had. Great food, great friends, and no pressure to be anything but myself 💜🖤

Rosalía on singing in 13 languages for Luz.

Terrifying my students 🖤

Me as I continue to turn my #amquerying manuscript into the horror novel it was always meant to be:

TBT because I’m recycling this costume this year (but better!) and just rediscovered this photo

I actually love hearing other languages. There are so many of them and they’re beautiful. Getting mad about it is a skill issue. And to be clear, that skill is empathy.

“$21/hour”

I love Vermont and how no institution follows it’s advertised policies. Like this venue whose website says they’ll open the theater 30 minutes before showtime but has been letting us in since probably 50 minutes before

Two hours 😄

Having money does not mean you’re a genius

We are not In the business of winning back losers. Fix your hearts or die.

Writing time with friend! Writing time with friend at the local coffee place! It’s been a while 😊

Humans obsess over defining things; it helps us know where we stand in society and feel in control of life. But sometimes it's good to let things be undefined or liminal. That's part of life, too. It isn't queerbaiting to let a gay character and an ace character love each other non-romantically.

Can I convince you to add The Revenant of Surolifia to Goodreads in 4 slides? 👀🧵👇 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... #2026debuts #comingsoon #fantasy #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading 🪐📚💙

Natsume Yuujinchou chapters 1-22: cute and bittersweet, low stakes, a cozy read Chapter 23 onward: Bitch you THOUGHT

I started out plotting this WIP as a stand-alone, then a duology, now as a multi-arc web series, and somehow each version is just as tooth-pulling but also helps me figure out the weak points in the previous ones? Sure would be nice if I could figure those out without so much headachy nonsense 🙃

Define your musical taste in 8 artists. Nightwish Within Temptation Ad Infinitum L’Arc~en~Ciel Greeeen Wagakki Band Laleh Ruelle (That’s leaving out a lot with the same genres/vibes and some that were formative but only bc of a few specific songs)

way too many people in the comments saying stuff like I'm worried about the healthcare but moreso about the fascism. sentencing disabled and low income people to death IS the fascism babe. the fact we haven't figured that out yet is how they keep getting away with it

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

And get ‘em, St Albans! 💜

Get ‘em, Boca! 💜

Missing No Kings AND Green Mountain Book Festival because I got my covid and flu shots > Actually having covid or the flu I will say this every year.

Thank you @northyme.com for the stunning cover art! 🥹❤️ An absolute dream come true, and it captures the character and vibe so much! The Revenant of Surolifia comes out July 7, 2026! Add it to Goodreads now @ revenant.one! #2026debuts #comingsoon #fantasy #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amreading 🪐📚💙

My first text tonight to the alto group chat: I transcribed our part for x, y, and z! Here's a link to the screen recording I made with it playing! My second text, some minutes later: Oh and maybe ignore all the manga and webcomics I have open in other tabs in those recordings

Three guesses why I did not want to get out of bed this morning 😅

Wearing a dress+tights combo for the first time in a while and—my thighs aren’t cold?! I’d forgotten that dresses could be good for something 😆 Bonus: without the tights it’d work for a Kiki’s Delivery Service cosplay 🤓

Driving this gender like I have six more in my garage to choose from and it’s the one I don’t show off enough

Ah, It’s that season again The season in which all my devices stop recognizing my fingerprints

Can I just have Vaundy write the music for any and all adaptations of my books

Are these the “warriors” Kegseth keeps telling us about?

Toast guards the forest to atone for not saving his family—& evade the transphobic world that rejected him. When his sentient home abducts kind, cursed Dzi, Toast must save him from a monstrous transformation. But the forest hungers, & Toast’s own humanity might be the price. #DVpit #A #H #F #LGBT

Toast lost everything when he chose to live as himself in the Liminal Forest, but maybe saving Dzi can fix that. They only have to survive the voices, & the monsters that look human from the front, & the red zones where the forest’s hunger triggers gruesome transformations… #DVpit #A #H #F #LGBT