The number one reason I reject an SFF manuscript has nothing to do with big things like worldbuilding or plot. It’s often that the first few pages don’t do the micro-level work of emotionally hooking the reader and then developing that hook

Just announced a new house ban list for commander night! But seriously, my local game store customer base is like 10% trans people, and we won’t go for this shit. If WotC tries to force a HP set on their distributors it will be a Bad Time

Good morning! I’m drawing a Neolithic pig cauldron

This is honestly what makes a difference between a reject and a request from me. Do the sample pages make me feel something?

Note: I am not open to YA queries at the moment; please do not send me YA.

This is as finished as it's going to get lol I need to pivot back into commissions. 💜 #dragon #fantasyart #bookart #authorartist

Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.

This book is the only thing I’ve ever read that made my skin crawl (in a good way!) and also contains one of the best allegories for transness I’ve ever read. It’s surreal, unsettling, and evocative

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As an agent, I absolutely do not use AI to do any of these things, and I recommend not working with any agent who would. You need a human to do this.

Merry Christmas, and may you know the pleasure of imprisoning your enemies in a magical snowglobe through the power of dance

Anyways, if you want to help trans people, please give to a GoFundMe instead of buying MAY THE BEST MAN WIN. I make about a dollar per copy and I don’t really need it right now anyway. Help trans folks in direct need.

I think it’s an (understandable!) error to frame the way bigots talk about trans people as “invalidating” or as thinking we’re “not real” They know we exist! The point is that they want to exterminate us, in whatever ways they can, because they’re seeking a world where that’s no longer the case

Just saw the Nutcracker for the first time in ages and my god I cannot believe that in the year 2025 a professional ballet company *with Asian ballerinas in the cast* decided to put two white dancers in yellowface!

@zrellor.bsky.social heyyyyy look who I just spied on a library endcap in the Canadian wilderness 💅💅💅

Every time a new James Cameron Avatar movie comes out I am reminded that one of my biggest #MSWL items is books by Indigenous authors about space exploration/exploitation

Okay, so the Mystery Box technique (coined by J. J. Abrams, I believe) is one where you catch the interest of an audience by introducing a mystery that promises a compelling twist to come. The mystery hints at a larger, more high-stakes story beyond the one presented to the audience at face value.

This is a very good episode about the depressing shortness of most authors’ careers. I might talk a bit more about how this feels if people are interested

I was at Cornell in 2014 and absolutely none of this fucking happened.

hey so for once there's an actual happy update to something our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card

Paperbacks of BEASTS! One day, I hope I’ll be able to speak more openly about my experiences publishing this book about queer teens in unaccepting communities, the ravages of capitalism, and the cycles of abuse and trauma. For now, I’ll say this is a good and important book that I’m very proud of.

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The local #NoKings protest has merged with the local Halloween festival, much to my delight

It really does bother me that my most well-known book is in this style. It’s not something I would have written (at least, not in the same way) if it had not been for this pressure.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

Trans literature has value because trans authors are human beings telling stories in their unique ways. It is profoundly frustrating to see trans authors are only valued when we write about transphobia or when we write hopeful trans stories intended to serve as an antidote to transphobia

We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away. We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

It feels so fucking insane to be scolded about how leftists need to tone down our rhetoric while the world's richest man endorses this shit

As trans people are under assault in this country — e.g., being falsely blamed for the Kirk murder — California is strengthening protections for them. Two bills I’m authoring (SB 59 & 497) to protect trans people’s health & court record privacy passed the Legislature & are heading to the Governor.

BREAKING: Federal judge in Los Angeles issues preliminary injunction against Department of Homeland Security to restrict use of force against press, legal observers and protesters. Judge in LA Press Club v. Noem calls out "surprising savagery" of DHS officers: "The First Amendment demands better."

Kirk didn't "engage" with others in "discourse" in any meaningful sense, and certainly not in a sense any of us should emulate. His every interaction was in bad faith. He viewed none of his interlocutors as moral equals in an exchange of ideas, but as mere means to advance is propagandistic ends.

Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink! Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back. https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb

And they wonder why fewer people are going to the movies:

All these people are rich beyond imagining. There's no reason to take this gig beyond making it clear they don't give a fuck about trans people.

What we're seeing is further evidence of the modern trend of paying lip service to diversity and inclusion because it looks good while personal actions reveal that it's actually all just about self-interest. variety.com/2025/digital...

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

History rhymes, and we can learn from the cadence.

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

Probably worth repeating on main: evangelical Christians have their own books, movies, community spaces, and organized events. They have a robust echo chamber and they build political power by getting folks to join it.

This absolute banger

One thing I find so frustrating is when a really interesting concept for a female character gets warped to hell and back in a vain attempt to make her romance with a very queer-coded guy mildly interesting

Can't pick just one

“Federal law enforcement asked the crews to line up to check their IDs, according to the firefighters. One of the firefighters said members of the crew were told not to take video of the incident.” DHS did this as flames actively raged. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...