So excited to share the Tor paperback cover for book 2!

Playing Minecraft with my kids. We've got a mod on that, among other things, makes you drop a hat version of your head on death. Some kid quote highlights from our playthrough: "Give me that head!" "I'm opening a head shop!" "Should we bed the Ender Dragon?" None of them know what they're saying

If any of you will be at LitRPG Con, you can see where to find me at this link:

Pretty unreal to get an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of my own book from Tor! I can't wait for August 18! #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg

This is a steel bollard. It *may* stop an oncoming car. A bullet will not stop an oncoming car. Ever. Killing the driver doesn't make them hit the brake. Regardless of any other details, cops shooting supposedly "oncoming drivers" are doing something dangerous and wrong.

2026 Micro-reviews: Stumbling Up by Reck Well A very fun adventure story focused on a small party of friends and the challenges the world gives them… and they give each other. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

Using one marginalized group as a weapon against another is low in the extreme. The White House should have immediately denounced such prejudice. Every black woman and trans person in America must feel less safe today. Also, going after Michelle Obama? *Really?* That lady is pure class.

As disappointed as I was with a number of the results of the Alabama primaries, it's still very important that we all vote in the runoff today.

Super sad to hear this news. She was one of my favorites when I was younger. I loved Wizard's Hall, and I still have the Pit Dragon books on my shelf at home. Thank you, Jane Yolen, for all you gave to so many.

So nice to have a rainbow over the White House in honor of pride month! (I like my version and I'm sticking to it.)

Listening to a podcast with middlest child and paused to explain that the signals in our nerves are actually tiny bits of electricity, and yes, you can just put electricity straight into a muscle to signal it to move. Immediately, no hesitation: Middlest: "Whoa. So we really COULD make zombies?"

2026 Micro-reviews Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher @tkingfisher.com Paladin to a dead god and perfumer who can’t get licensed solve mystery and fall in love #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

TIL that fresh cilantro is almost indistinguishable visually from fresh Italian parsley, despite the wildly different tastes

The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free. www.youtube.com/@misterroger...

2026 Micro-reviews: Book of the Dead by RinoZ Son of heroes receives necromantic powers and his parents are ordered to kill him for it. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

If you live in Alabama, our primaries are today and you can vote in either the R or D primary without restricting your vote in the general election this fall. Make your voice heard & support Democracy! (Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania also have primaries today!)

When my son next asks "Mom, will you drive me?", I plan to say yes, wander around the house aimlessly, flop on the couch to stare at the wall, and start working on a craft as he get increasingly irritated at my failure to help as promised. No reason.

I've really been enjoying playing Slay the Spire 2 co-op, despite usually ignoring Early Access titles. If you've been thinking of checking it out, you totally should! Especially since it's run afoul of Gamergate now... not even for any game content, but for devs talking to the "wrong person."

2026 Micro-reviews Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige What if a modern girl was yanked out of poverty and sent to Oz, but Dorothy had turned it into a dystopian hellscape? #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

Hooray for #freecomicbookday ! Thrilled that I made it in time to get a copy of the Dungeon Crawler Carl handout because I am totally vibing with this "Lisa Frank, but rabid" aesthetic #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg

2026 Micro-reviews: The Daily Grind by Argus IT guy accidentally stumbles into a gamelike dungeon at his work that can give him real-life skills like Calligraphy and Helicopter Piloting. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

2026 Micro-reviews: Kitty Cat Kill Sat by Argus Lonely uplifted cat is the only one who can save the world from itself Standalone! #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #&microreviews

Yasss, played through the whole campaign of Labyrinth Chronicles with the kids and took down the final boss in one shot! Scored 88! Now to reset and turn on all the Challenge mode options and co-op it with my husband. #nostalgia #boardgames #family

Happy World Book Day! A.K.A. every day for me, but I'm glad everyone else has their priorities ever-so-slightly straighter. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀

2026 Micro-reviews: Beneath the Dragoneye Moons by Selkie Myth Girl brings basic germ theory to magical world, builds on knowledge to become mother of medicine over thousands of years. Also a surprisingly lethal individual. Series is now complete! #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

I was interviewed by the Me, My Skirt & I YouTube channel! I appear in the video twice. The first time is a brief intro to Apocalypse Parenting. The second appearance (linked below) is me sharing a story about how Wheel of Time was there in a critical moment of my authorial journey.

2026 Micro-reviews: The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes Look, this series is perfectly titled, as long as you understand that the adjectives are wishful thinking on the part of the protagonist. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #&microreviews

Super proud of my old fencing buddy (and current litRPG author buddy) Reck Well for winning the JordanCon spear tournament and getting 4th in the sword tournament. I was hosting a panel and couldn't participate myself, sadly!

Having a great time on panels at my first #JordanCon! Lots of fun reconnecting with other authors and meeting a few I hadn't met, not to mention talking with a lot of enthusiastic readers!

Saw this on Facebook and had to reshare because I cannot agree more. I love match-3 mechanics, but finding a match-3 that doesn't use toxic strategies to keep players is... Tough.

This year's r/Fantasy bingo is out, so reviews are back! 2026 Micro-reviews: The Enchanter (Journals of Evander Tailor) by Tobias Begley Tailor’s apprentice gets magic and goes to magic school, which is filled with nobles, danger, and intrigue. #booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg #&microreviews

Got my yearly guide to using as much Gamelit/Progression Fantasy/LitRPG as possible to complete this year's r/Fantasy reading bingo card! Might do some more guides for indie works in general or YA, but I know I'm weak on more recent YA books.

Watched the Matrix today to show it to the kids. Some elements are still uncomfortably relevant in 2026.

Enjoying a really fierce Easter argument about the proper (and cursed) ways to eat ice cream off a spoon.

Kind of excited to watch the Artemis II launch (hopefully tonight)! Launching the first lunar mission in 50 years on April Fools Day will probably seem fake to a lot of people, but despite not hearing about this before today, I am pretty sure it is legitimate. :D

Middlest is busy convincing my Youngest that April Fool's Day has always been April 2. I've been asked to weigh in on this and I'm pretending not to hear because Middlest's delivery was so perfect.

Cover reveal!!! So excited about the art for the paperback!

Very pleased to report that Project Hail Mary is one of those rare unicorns where you can like both the book and the movie! Saw it with several others and both those unfamiliar with the book and those who'd read it enjoyed themselves immensely.

Oh dang, Roguebook is 90% off on Steam. $2.49. It was a great game, and my only complaint would have been that it was shorter than I wanted it to be, so if you like Roguelike deckbuilders, that is an absolute steal.

I am excited to share that the entire Apocalypse Parenting series has been picked up by Tor Books for publication. You’ll be able to find the paperback for Book 1 in physical bookstores on August 18 of this year, simultaneous to the eBook release of Book 5! (Bought myself a sweet hat to celebrate!)

Mental status: Got myself some carrots and peanut butter and... went to put the knife back in the drawer after using it. Fortunately, the "knife" I grabbed was the peanut butter jar and did not fit.

Also, for anyone who's like "she stopped posting her mini book reviews!" I haven't forgotten about them. I've been tracking my reads and I'll resume posting in April after the new r/Fantasy bingo list goes out so I can say what squares they fit :)

Someone is messaging me somewhere. My computer keeps making a "someone is messaging you" sound. But I've checked every site and app I can think of, and there's nothing new! It's driving me bonkers. Anyway, if you're trying to talk to me tonight, um... I couldn't find you.

Look, Space & Rocket Center, I love you. But yesterday was March 1, not April 1, and you cannot possibly have been serious about these.

Oh my gosh, actual cassettes? What a publicity stunt. 10/10

Dolly Parton is so wise

I actually had the two chapters ready this Monday that I try to have for my Patreons every week! To celebrate, I made my first-ever YouTube video, a Let's Play video for the minesweeper rogulite Demoncrawl, which is half-off for the rest of today on Steam. It's kind of a terrible game, but I love it

Anyone intrigued by my post about Demoncrawl a few days ago... it is not only now available for sale again, it is also 50% off for the next few days. Minesweeper roguelike. It either has you at that or it doesn't. It will crash sometimes. Somehow this doesn't dim my affection.

One of the joys of kids is sharing things with them, like when I mentioned the PC Master Race and Dirty Console Peasants to my son and got to go down a great rabbit hole together. Apparently he'd heard "PC Master Race" before but knew nothing of the context. Kid's gotta know his roots.

Yeah, this is us.