Literary Journalism: Memoir 2026 This residency gives Memoir Writers time to work on their manuscripts, have individual consultations with faculty, and participate in workshops.

WRITERS! Apply today to @banffcentre.bsky.social's new MEMOIR WRITING residency with faculty KYO MACLEAR, DIONNE BRAND, and IVAN E COYOTE!: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

Congrats to this year's #AuroraAwards2026 finalists!!!

Particularly excited to see @thescreambean.bsky.social @teresempierre.bsky.social @julieczerneda.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social & Tanya Huff on the ballot!

www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

The financial reality of book publishing no one talks about Publishing experts say advances and royalties rarely add up to a sustainable full-time income.

For anyone interested in being a traditionally published author, this is a good, realistic read. I share this not to be depressing, but so that upcoming authors have an understanding of the landscape: www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

The poem flowers without meadow screenshot against a blue green and white Aurora Borealis in a starry sky. The text of the poem is as follows: in the galactic dark of blooming the halo of old constellations stains the hollow shells of blossoms spilling open into gold-dosed light seeds become stars like the wasp devoured in the beauty of the fig

So excited and grateful to share that my poem from Eye to the Telescope’s Plants issue is nominated for an Aurora Award! Wela’lioq to all for your kind consideration 💙🌸

Thyme Travellers 2 An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

Friends, could you help me share this Kickstarter? It’s doing well but I need to extend its reach: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Pan fry from frozen???

Today I learned that you have to boil frozen perrogies to cook them. This whole time I was baking them in the oven like hash browns. No, I did not read the instructions.

I can't believe how fast I type. 8-year-old me (who was just learning Microsoft Word to write stories) would be proud.

Oh, definitely!!

I helped someone with printing and they said, "Thank you." And my brain couldn't decide if it wanted to say, "You're welcome," or, "No worries," so I said, "Your worries."

I second Trinity College library! Check if the library is still under construction!

Universal basic income is not science fiction. It should exist for everyone. There's enough to make it happen.

Who's written about "intimidating" as a gendered/racialized professional "compliment"?

Congratulations to you, too!! 🤩

2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! These results are from the February 1 to April 1 voting by readers on an open public ballot. The Locus Awards winners will be announced…

"As The Earth Dreams" is a Top 10 Finalist for the Locus Awards!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who read and voted! I am SO GIDDY!!! 💜🩵🖤
locusmag.com/2026/04/2026...

Oh, no! I'm sorry that happened. It's tough being so public-facing.

People HATE when I tell them that working in a library is like working retail. They HATE it. They think it's rainbows and sunshine.

Today this man tried to argue with me and tell me what it's like doing my job and how I should feel about it. SIR?!?!

A pale Mi’kmaq woman with dark red and lighter red hair holds a copy of her book

Just a gal and her anticapitalist cannibalism novella 🥰🩷🥩📚

Thyme Travellers 2 An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

This sequel to the award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror is now 58% funded! #projectwelove 🥰

www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Thank you!! I only had 1000 words but I have way more thoughts about this lol!

Thanks to @locusmag.bsky.social for publishing my essay for Poetry Month!

mary ruefle was right when she said that people would rather read an essay about poetry than read a poem. it reminds me of when people in a museum read the explanatory caption before having their own experience of the art. you fear not "getting it" when you should fear not living

Modern Cosmic Horror - A Weekend Workshop with Premee Mohamed This webinar will be held in Zoom. After you register you'll get the link along with other important information.

Also NEWS! I am teaching an updated and improved, also I would say cyclopean and batrachian, perhaps cthonic, version of my MODERN COSMIC HORROR WRITING class for @carlbrandon.bsky.social ! May 16-17!

This is a deep dive with text analysis, examples, a reading/resource list, and exercises!

Wickhills In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

Anyway oh noes book promo, the horrors, WICKHILLS comes out this September! The city of Wickhills has its little... issues, quirks, eccentricities... but it's the only thing Agent Ferec loves. You threaten it, you threaten him. And guess what just happened?

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

In one case, a teen girl wanted a book that was "taboo" and "like Lolita." I asked, "Are you sure?" and she insisted, so I recommended something. Five minutes later, she returned with the book and said it was definitely not for her, so we picked out something else.

I've had instances where kids have come up to me to ask if the book they're holding is appropriate for them, or saying that their parents told them to ask me if it was.

If the book isn't appropriate, I take them to the kids/teen section and we pick out a new book together, and that's always fun.

I've spoken to children and youth librarians at my library system about this, because I've always found it fascinating.

It's more or less comes down to: If the kid is present with an adult, inform the adult that the material is explicit, otherwise leave it be and mind your business.

This is good nuance! I've never thought of it that way! I use "having written" to mean having finished a project. Projects have beginnings and ends for me, I just have multiple projects. For me, it's the same as "I hate cooking but I like having home-cooked meals."

I need eveything and everyone to stop for like two weeks. Just give me two weeks and I'll be fine 😫

A stack of 6 copies of Myth

A photo of Terese holding Myth near her face.

Happy one-year anniversary to Myth! 🌴🌙👽🧜🏾‍♀️🌊❤️

Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed my wistful, tropical, moon-filled book of poems! And thank you to @houseofanansi.bsky.social for taking care of my debut 🥹❤️

Through Myth, I've learned so much about myself and my writing, and I'm so grateful!