Nothing but perfect avocados…I’m taking this as a good omen, the avocado sign

What’s better than books? Bacon flavored books! (Compliments of reading while eating lunch)

What is happening to me?? I’m writing in the present tense…first drafts are weird.

The poem I needed today
By the wonderfully talented Hyejung Kook

www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Photo of ginger cat lying cutely on top of a laptop and notebook, webinars playing on screen

Rewatching CeCe Lyra’s latest webinar ‘starting it right’ because it’s that good (and I may have lost reception driving through Oklahoma the first time I listened).
Plus, it’s #catapproved
#learningwithcece
#writingclass

It’s been more than 6 months and my brain still defaults to EST…fellow east coast transplants living in different time zones- how do I fix this?? (Short of moving back)
#amlate
#amwriting but missing all my workshops!

As an example of an amazing interview (especially for those fantasy writers out there), check out Bianca Marais interviewing @sarahhawley.bsky.social on the 12/5 show

Still a very good list for writing podcasts

Wish The shit no one tells you about writing was on here but worth checking out the podcast- The books and Hooks segment is like a free high yield craft master class, and Bianca Marais is SO good at interviewing other authors from the writing lens

Cat cuddling

This- a judgemental cat that sits on your head ready to pounce and claw (this is my drafting cat- editing cat is this but more angry less purring)

Cover of the book school for good and evil by Somali Chainani showing two girls with their backs to each other in the forefront, two castles in the background

Cat approved book club with my 12yo

#snowydayreading
#catsandbooks

Some days I find I need to go outside and touch grass…

But today I really just needed to touch some space rocks

#spaceiscool
#meteorites
#amwritingscifi
#scifi

A sad irony of how book bans disproportionately impact different areas off the country means that the children who are most likely to have their reading material censored are the ones most in need of literature as a window into a rich and complex world different from the one they live in

Write Hive mentorship is open!!! Be aware, there is a VERY SHORT submission window. Applications close THIS SUNDAY, November 24 at 11:59 PM EST.

Apply here!!!: writehive.org/writehive-me...

All books aren't made for all people. But they need to exist for people who choose to read them. Our choices are our choices.

Cover of the book This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin, shows two young women smiling at eachother with a love potion in the middle

Reposting as my first photo went on without alt text

Loved this gem by Tori Martin

go.bsky.app/MW6yavV

Exciting for the viewing of #TheCaretaker tonight in Portland, Maine. Don't have tickets? You can watch it here: www.madebackeast.com/caretaker

Proud of my kid! It wasn't always easy to live on Mt. Washington, but he did it!

Today is book fair day at the kids school…I am way too excited but also, how will I ever recover financially from this??

(It’s not hoarding if it’s books right?)

#Iwantallthebooks
#bookfair
#thisismycandystore
#amreading

Hi, all! Please help this wonderful bookstore raise money it desperately needs to keep running. If you donate $25 or more, send me a screenshot of your donate receipt and I'll take a peek at your query for you!

The Unite Against Book Bans logo above the text: Raise your voice. Join the movement. UniteAgainstBookBans.org.

If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.

Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/

My next book will be about how the future will look

(My predictive text is maybe too vague…very dissapointing…)

Flame of the blood orchid! (It’s a YA fantasy in case the title wasn’t a dead giveaway 😬)

I'm so freaking honored that 1k of you want to hear my chaotic thoughts about writing and publishing, so I'm doing a query critique giveaway as a way to say thanks! To enter like this post, share it, and comment the title of your book! 💜 I'll pick a winner randomly EOD November 21st.

Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.

So jealous!!

What even is the one on the left?? Looks like a tinsel wreath after an encounter with some cats??

I haven't written anything in a couple of months as I was stuck between projects. Sat down and boom... a new character was waiting for me. She's fully formed and has things to say. The writing subconscious is a curious thing. #amwriting #writing

a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background

Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi

Alright! Started working on a literary agent starter pack on here, for all my writer friends out there!

Follow along and see what folks are looking for. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo