Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both
Kirkus Reviews calls @andy-c-orange.bsky.social's debut YA fantasy CURSED EVER AFTER "a charming, humor-filled fantasy that reads like a fairy tale." Now available for preorder and out on June 30!
#booksky
At least the garden keeps me sane
Sometimes I feel like the perpetual underdog.
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But here's hoping it's the last one!
Oh, I don't know... I feel like these can all be applied to a writing career, no?
Lol, I write better than I skeet, swear to god
Rewatched this the other day and it feels altogether too close to possible these days. Did the AI crew miss this movie?? The lessons were there.
Really looking forward to reading this one, sound super cool!
We have a cover! Samantha Bansil's BIRD KING RISING, sequel to BLACK SALT QUEEN, is out on October 13! Now available for preorder!
It's going to be a wonderful, eerie evening!
Hi agents, I’m on the hunt for high-concept layered YA & MG novels! #MSWL
For YA: romantic fantasy; dark academia; mystery/thrillers like We Were Liars or Firekeeper’s Daughter; thought-provoking horror or gothic; romantic coming of age like Aristotle & Dante & Last Night at the Telegraph Club 1/3
Maybe he should try giving it all away to improve the lives of those less fortunate - charity equals feelgood outcomes for all.
Lol, my kid would love this
Large tree at night, in the foreground floating orange lights on water
Orange and white lights float on dark water, among reflections of trees
Back from Japan and back on the work wagon - smashing out a few hours revisions on my YA horror, before heading to the day job to smash out some baguettes.
In a perfect world, one platform to unite them all!
Even the writers stuff had dropped off for me on X. Just dumbness and toxicity.
Oh, lol - you're so lucky! It's crackpot city for me!
But I feel lighter. More hopeful somehow for drawing a simple boundary.
Ready to start afresh.
I actually can't believe how noticable the change was. How quick. How much I was suddenly steered toward right-wing viewpoints or inane videos. Yuck.
I still miss the Twitter of old. The breaking news, balanced feed, the intriguing threads of conversation, knowledge and humour.
Long gone now.
I finally deleted X. What a relief and what a nasty weight off my shoulders!
Because I had an old phone and was crap at updating, I still had the old Twitter app and my feed was more balanced. As soon as I got a new phone a month ago, it updated to X and the feed changed. So TOXIC. Fueled by hate.
Dark book cover: a man's face hidden by claw marks and creeping roses. Titled 'Don't Let the Forest In' by CG Drews
New Year's day with a killer book, a swim in ocean and a kebab. Great start to 2026
Perfect!
A few of my fav main characters of all time:
Ripley - Alien
Vic - NOS4A2
Merricat - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shara Thivani - City of Stairs
Sarah Connor - Terminator
*may or may not give similar vibes to the MC's I write
A three-storey red brick building, covered in vines that seep out onto the footpath
A building consumed by the natural world; the slow seep of green across windows, flowing out into the street.
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Battling the tail-end of my manuscript like Sisyphus with that damn boulder.
I will persevere
Young magpie stands on deck in front of a blue water bowl.
Baby magpie has crash landed in the backyard and parents are closely guarding. Fear I may never leave my house again
Just keep waiting for that scene where the Statue of Liberty comes to life, and all of New York is singing 'Higher and higher'
Gimme some of that Ghostbusters goodvibe energy - it's the season!