Just in case you need something beautiful to look at for a moment. #flowers #beauty

Same.

Karl is coming and he's cooking with gas. #SanFrancisco #karlthefog #OuterSunset

I want to be the donkey and the man

Just a little weekend beauty as a reminder to look up when it gets to be too much. #nature #forestbathing #earth

😶‍🌫️ Sure, we’ve seen the sun over the last few days but it’s FOGUST, baby, and it’s a great time to Visit Sunset Dunes™️ with @karlthefog.bsky.social and grab free Sunset Dunes posters (get there early - while supplies last). Next Thursday, Aug 21 5-7pm at Noriega.

In which I talk inappropriately about Timmy Chalamet. #chalamet #storytelling

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

If you needed further proof that the US experiment is on its last legs, I give you … MILF Manor.

Same beach, different day. #summer #beach #delaware #heatdome

I ❤️ clever book nerds.

My #book in the college prep section. I guess a collection of stories about complicated family relationships could be considered good prep for leaving home. #bookstores #fiction

There’s a certain kind of man, my FIL for example, who will read you book, say nothing about it but eagerly point out the typo he found. He will then expect you to laugh and be grateful for his close reading. #authors #books #thetroublewithmen

Here’s how to cool: be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/w...

I’m on a mission to save you from this movie

Take some time for your writing this spring with a series of virtual Write-Ins hosted by The Writers Grotto. www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-... #writing #writingcommunity #writein

Join us for Words & Stories: Prose at Salesforce Park! ✍️📖✨ 📅 Friday, March 28 | 12-1 PM 📍 TJPA’s Salesforce Park, SF Featuring Janine Kovac, JD Beltran & Samantha Schoech—don’t miss it! 🌟 #WritersGrotto #WordsAndStories #BayAreaWriters #LitLife #SFEvents

Quite very stoked about the new Ocean Beach Park (real name TBD) in progress mere blocks from our house. It's been a blessing since covid and nows it's going to be a real thing.

The audiobook for My Mother's Boyfriends: Stories, narrated by your truly, is 50% off right now. url:https://www.audiobooks.com/promotions/promotedBook/842301/my-mothers-boyfriends-stories?refId=185797

My book (read by yours truly) is now 50% off. Let's hang out for 6 hours! url:https://www.audiobooks.com/promotions/promotedBook/842301/my-mothers-boyfriends-stories?refId=177133&utm_campaign=ar_asmp_promos&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=346309177&utm_content=346309177&utm_source=hs_automation

I’m really into Kendrick’ jeans. #superbowl

Excellent and uplifting story about parental love, true spirituality and how people can change their minds www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Every time you don't buy a book from Amazon, but use a good indie store who actually values the sale & treats you & your purchase with respect, the sun shines brighter, floofy puppies gambol in fresher grass, & Jeff Bezos's piles sting for just a biiiit longer. Sounds GREAT to me. Buy independent.

Yay! Ebooks from indies. (Including mine) I ❤️ @bookshop-org #books #smallbusiness www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...

San Francisco readers-I’d love to see you at Green Apple Books on the Park Jan 29. I’ll be talking with Samantha Schoech about her fabulous story collection MY MOTHER’S BOYFRIENDS.There will be cake! RSVP: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0... @greenapplebooks.bsky.social @samanthaschoech.bsky.social

Hey, #travelers let me know your best Thailand tips. Two weeks, with college kids, never been. What should we not miss? #Thailand #travel #traveltips

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20 #Books #BookSky #bookchallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20 #Books #BookSky #bookchallenge

Longshot, but does anyone know how to get a book to the big book clubs like #reesesbookclub #oprahsbookclub #readwithjenna and the like? #books #bookpublicity #smallpresses #publicists

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20 #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20 #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

The @sfchronicle.com reviewed my book! Every little piece of this journey is a thrill and I'm glad I'm my age and not in my 20s, when it would have stressed me out. datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/my-mot...

My Mother’s Boyfriends is out today and I’m quite pleased. #books #debut

I’m so honored to be on this list with members of Rowland Writing Retreat’s inaugural year fellows publishing books in 2024 & 2025! #books #writing

Thank you @sfchronicle.com for including My Mother’s Boyfriends in Books to Look Forward to in 2025! datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/bay-ar...

Now that the holiday shopping season is coming to an end, indie bookstores could really really use your help. Your local independent bookstore is a treasure and a crucial part of the neighborhood. And you KNOW you need some good reading during this cold winter season as you digest all that turkey.

This was one of the best things I did last year (and it was a bit of a banner year). I'll be there starting Jan 1. And, no, you most definitely do NOT have to be a "good" artist. #art #creativity #creativecommunity club.drawtogether.studio/p/30-days-of...

Happy Christmakkah to all who celebrate.

every time I read a story about OpenAI I wonder what is the point of like, morals and ethics anymore

I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh

The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.

My not-so-secret superpower is gift giving. Here’s a bunch of ideas for last minute prezzies. My latest for #wirecutter. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r... #gifts #holidays #procrastination #booksarebest

Here's a million-dollar home for sale in San Francisco. #realestate #sanfrancisco #housingcrisis

San Francisco peeps: do yourself a favor and go to the Pier 24 Photography gallery. It closes forever January 2025. It’s free but you need a reservation. #art #photography

I know it's a little early in our relationship for this, but you can preorder my book, MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIENDS from @greenapplebooks.bsky.social and support an indie bookstore and an indie author in one fell swoop. greenapplebooks.com/book/9798987...

JFC this is sad. It's all so damn sad.

My latest hard hitting investigation for the NYT. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/g...

Captain Fantastic