Amazon controls over 60% of the market according to Bookstore.org. Shop your local indie tomorrow. We have awesome ones in #RVA
Posts by Katharine Herndon
I bought this so fast! Will stash for future Christmas gift. Thanks for the smile today!
Goals.
The small things make up the big picture. We're each allowed to protest in our own ways.
This is an excellent and critical article on this EO. Read and act.
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
Nooo, FUN hat!
Don't forget to nominate your faves for this!
2025 FEBRUARY ONLINE WRITING SHOW | Building Your Editing Toolkit - jamesriverwriters.org/event/2025-f...
I don't care if Dems are in the minority.
I still want them delaying shit with the energy of an ungovernable toddler scattering Legos to be stepped on, covering everything in peanut butter, screaming for no reason, putting gum in people's hair, and drawing on the walls.
Now ordering from the B&N preorder sale…
This is adorable and gave me a much needed giggle! Also what an absolutely awesome cover!
Call your reps, folks. The phone lines just disconnect at @markwarner.bsky.social and @kaine.senate.gov DC office. But you can talk to a person in the #RVA office if that's your local. (804) 775-2314 and (804) 771-2221 respectively.
My quest to cut 27,000 words from this current WIP is going well. I started at 121,804, and I now have 122,763. #amediting #sortof
Yes. Thank you.
just repeating "awareness without action is just anxiety" from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com to myself bc man the way anxiety spreads on this app as;kldfna;sdlkfjasdf;klnadsf
I can't seem to get through to Senator Warner's office. And when I try to leave a message, it just hangs up on me. Hope it's because thousands of you are calling and leaving messages for @markwarner.bsky.social about the imminent death of democracy and Elon's illegal shenanigans.
Are you a trans or nonbinary writer?
Clarion West just announced a new scholarship that covers all six weeks of tuition:
Fellow authors! Promo is gonna feel weird in this burning world, but we need your words and your worlds more than ever. Pls don't feel shy about sharing. I want to know what you're writing!
Reminder that if your real life is overwhelming and you cannot keep up with all the bullshit, Resistbot has a page with ongoing message campaigns. You use a code via chatbot, text, IG to send to your reps. That keeps the tallies going at rep offices when you need a break. resist.bot/petitions
What a gorgeous cover!
Authors should have 3 letters ready to go right now:
1. A letter of support to send to teachers and librarians who are fighting for our books
2. A letter to the school/library board condemning book bans/promoting freedom to read
3. A letter to the editor promoting the freedom to read
I buy audiobooks from the Libro.fm sale like I buy vegetables from the farm delivery service. I'm always enticed by intriguing & unfamiliar things that it turns out I'm not in the mood for the second they're in my possession.
Put a Santa hat on it and anything can be a Christmas decoration.
HOORAY!!!!