Today is already a lot emotionally and it’s not even noon I think I’mma build a book fortress and hide in there for a bit

<screaming externally >

1. Maduro is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination. 2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan. 3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.

Maduro was a brutal repressive dictator who destroyed Venezuela. Trump did not have congressional or UN approval to engage in unilateral regime change. Trump's actions were illegal. All of those things can be true at the same time. Don't let them make this about Maduro.

Starting the year off strong on my reading game by not only finishing You Weren’t Meant to Be Human but also reading All Systems Red in its entirety

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

This aligns with what I've decided to make my theme for 2026, which is "owning" (If furigana existed for the English language, it would say "pwning" 🤓)

The nonbinary urge to change my name

I always forget that there’s no live stream for Kouhaku outside of Japan 😭😭😭

there's so much hate in this country. folks who benefit the most from that hate truly love it when marginalized people target, marginalize, and hate each other. 48 million and 32 million are much stronger as 80 million 💪🏽 support each other as much as you can. listen; learn. be kind to yourself.

Realizing as I troll through street view that my memory of Kyoto after living there 6 months in 2009 is clearer than my memory of Korea after one year in 2013 😶 Hello, by-product of depression and anxiety

How I’m “walking” out of 2025

When a friend invites you over for crafting and/or Yu Yu Hakusho and you end up just chatting for 7 straight hours instead ☺️

I got into and completed a course in construction, which I’d wanted to do for years Got a job I love, even though it’s on hold until next year Made some AMAZING friends (I consider this an accomplishment 😆) Revised LK from dark fantasy to horror and it’s SO GOOD now Stayed alive

Going through some of my old poems and lyrics and damn, I miss when my brain worked

I'm tired of being surprised by news, so I just went ahead and predicted the publishing news for the next year, month by month. 1/13

Had a dream just now that I was in Japan ringing the shrine bell for New Year’s, and much like my desire to put together a summer festival and start a local Japanese dance organization, I wish I could host a Japanese style new year party 😭

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. ...Sure, but I'll be the iceberg 💪

*works in construction, never injures themself beyond a mild blood blister* *day 2 at a certain world-famous shipping company, strains their arm so bad they can't work for a week* *one month later, strains the other arm in the exact same place/way* And I work with the SMALL packages 🫠

Writing books is work. Authors write books. Authors are people who live under capitalism. Capitalism requires people to make money to live. Authors need money to live and they do WORK. "Capitalism is evil so you should pirate books" isn't the "activism" you pretend it is.

LRP writing for kids doesn't mean what you write doesn't matter, or that you care less about it, or even that it necessitates less depth or nuance. it just means you're communicating with them where they're at. anybody who doesn't get that shouldn't BE writing for kids. bc you don't respect them

Tractor Parade with friends + Cookies and Carols party with Bernie Sanders. I love #Vermont

Me: *sneezes violently* The cat, asleep next to me: *makes sleepy creaky chirpy noises* Me: Thank you

When another human appears in his forest for the first time in ten years, trans man and self-styled knight Toast must brave shifting landscapes, violent beasts, and a mysterious force that hungers for his humanity if either of them are to survive. #amquerying #horror #darkfantasy

Exactly one year ago (to the hour iirc) I ended a 3-day journey by pulling into the driveway of one of my oldest friends and officially starting my life in Vermont. I had no job and no plan other than “don’t be in Florida” and “make it work somehow.”

I (belatedly) thought I’d inquire about this. Anybody want to assist me in Getting The Hell Out Of Dodge at #Christmas? https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/802500831283953664/ill-be-home-for-christmas-unless-theres-a

This year I got sick of all the irl violence and bigotry against marginalized genders and decided it doesn’t exist in my wip. These characters are going through enough just trying to survive as humans—which is a metaphor for all kinds of dehumanizing bigotry anyway.

Stumbling along #WritingCommunity #amdrafting

Media that changed my brain chemistry in 2025: Album/Song: Saikai (再会) by Vaundy Anime: The Summer Hikaru Died (separately from the manga!) Book: Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young Live Action Series: Kingdom (킹덤) Manga: The Summer Hikaru Died Movie: (still looking for it)

Any "publisher" doing this is scamming you.

sharing a thing my dad said for my fellow burnt out overachievers to chew on: your job doesn't pay you extra to think about them off the clock ✌️

Me to myself: You'll never be represented by [dream agent] if you don't query [dream agent] Myself, clapping back: (gestures at mentorship, genre change, incorporated feedback from other dream agents) Yeah but aren't you glad we kept them in reserve until now? #authorthings #writingcommunity

One of my high school Creative Writing teachers hated that I wrote fantasy. HATED it. She kept saying I needed to "expand my horizons" and only praised me when I turned in pieces that *she* considered as having literary merit That was exactly 1 piece in four years 🤷

The other day I realized that trying to write wasn't even a thing that had occurred to me in weeks. Today I realized it's work-related anxiety. And the auto-immune flare-up that was probably triggered by said work. So, time to examine my life choices again

I’d stop living off credit cards and start putting real money into the economy. I’d still work but would be way less stressed and probably start living as though my dreams (building a house, becoming a full-time author) are actually achievable

Happy Turkey Day to those celebrating! My pão de queijo and the accompanying requeijão cremoso were a big hit and I am very pleased. I also got my ass handed to me in what I can only remember as “the bean game.” It was great 😆 I’m so blessed with the connections I’ve made here 💜

PSA for the maybe 2 of my followers who might ever want to make pão de queijo: some recipes will say you don’t need to boil the milk You absolutely need to boil the milk. The difference is huge 🤯

Friendsgiving Offerings Part 1: Requeijão Cremoso is complete Part 2: Pão de Queijo shall ensue tomorrow

First HanaKimi and now The Master’s Sun? Netflix is directly targeting my nostalgia recently

I’m super happy for her but this article is kind of misleading First, I was paying $400 for my studio in Osaka back in 2014, and only bc I rented through a company that helped foreigners get rooms in age-restricted buildings (all my neighbors were 65+) She must have a subsidy or similar setup 1/3

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

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