Omfg Tod

Happiest of birthdays to a woman who loves #WWE so much that she took us to Vegas, made personalized #Wrestlemania pamphlets, assigned us each a persona, and gave a presentation on how WWE combines athleticism, drag, and soap operas into an epic show of pure American entertainment.

Love you, Ta! 💃🏻

This Derringer Award-nominated, killer anthology is on sale for less than a buck for the digital version. Get on it.

a.co/d/07RY7Or0

Have you ever looked at the price of bringing your husband into the Centurion Lounge, decided it was too much, and then he sent you in to take a shot of whisky, bring it out in your mouth, and baby bird it to him?

No?

Me neither.

At least, not until 5 minutes ago.

#thiseconomy

If you like that, read Caroline Fraser’s MURDERLAND next!

@calfraser.bsky.social

You know it’s an #AI #hype #bubble when a woolen shoe company known for producing shoes with zero arch support that shuttered all its US retail stores within 5 years of its IPO (when it climbed to over $530 a share) declares it will pivot to AI in order to get its share price from $2.30 to $18+.

Omg I think our dogs are related

Take that, Krakauer!

(Seriously just kidding I love and own all your work)

A Bestsellers bookshelf at the Boulder Bookstore

On Fire and Under Water books at the Boulder Bookstore

I know it’s little, but HOLY SHIT OUR BOOK IS ON THE BESTSELLER SHELF OF THE BOULDER BOOKSTORE!

We’re number 8! We’re number 8! 😂🎉

@pujaguha.bsky.social @rjbrash.bsky.social @curtisippolito.bsky.social
@jimvermin.bsky.social
@boulderbookstore.bsky.social

YUSSSSSSSS!!!

Awful, hideous, no-good, very bad, stinkingly crappy, immoral, unethical, pedophilic woman who somehow passed the bar exam FIRED!!!!!

(And replaced with someone who will be even worse).

🤮

I will join you

Curtis Brown agent claims some editors 'uploading confidential manuscripts to ChatGPT to read quickly' Curtis Brown has voiced concern about editors using ChatGPT to assess confidential manuscripts, as more literary agencies introduce clauses around Artificial Intelligence (AI) into contracts.

Got some good submission news this morning, then read this.

What a disappointment that those of us who have committed their careers to the joy of #writing are farming it out. It’s not only disrespectful to the #authors on sub, but also to their own intellect.

www.thebookseller.com/news/some-ed...

I Escaped Bluebeard's Castle. Lindy West Didn't. a review of Adult Braces

What a great opinion piece by Leigh Stein about Lindy West’s new memoir, ADULT BRACES.

Weirdly, something similar happened to me - a boyfriend moved me to Oklahoma, emotionally abused me, and asked for an open relationship. Unlike Lindy, I grew.

open.substack.com/pub/leighste...

Had a wonderful event tonight at @boulderbookstore.bsky.social for ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, a climate change crime fiction anthology. @pujaguha.bsky.social and @rjbrash.bsky.social knocked it out of the park AND we got to have Mac and cheese bites at the Pub after. Baller.

Narrator: there really, really, really wasn’t.

I’ll be doing my very first author event at my hometown bookstore, #BoulderBookstore, tomorrow night at 6:30 MST. I’m excited to share the stage with Puja Guha and Raymond J. Brash, who also wrote stories for ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER.

Come join us! #books

boulderbookstore.net/event/2026-0...

"On Fire and Under Water" is a crime fic anthology exploring the intersection of climate change & crime, through the lens of 15 stories. Join us next week when Puja Guha, @ce-mckenna.bsky.social, & @rjbrash.bsky.social will join us to celebrate the book! Tix: OnFireandUnderWaterBBS.eventbrite.com

Haha just in time for the winds and the power outages!

Amazing. Mine cast two of us as Dorothy in the wizard of Oz because when I got the lead, another girl in my class had a meltdown.

We switched off lines. I’m pretty sure I was “Dora” and she was “Thea.” I got Toto and her dog was called “Dodo” 😂

Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion | TechCrunch A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.

I can’t stop thinking about the fact that #AI #LLMs are pushing people into violent behavior and suicide. The things #Gemini told this man to do are truly frightening and included setting him up for a terrorist attack and targeting the CEO of Google.

techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/f...

This is amazing, but also the aliens are initially giving very intense “Steve Martin in Roxanne mimicking aliens” vibes.

Happy Monday from someone who needs you to know (because too many people seem to think this is normal):

AI is not your friend.

AI is not your therapist.

AI is not your doctor.

AI is not your lover.

AI is collecting your data.
AI is pattern-matching your work.
AI is just a program.

Fashion Shop - Jupiter X Templates Mixed media on canvas 146  x 114 cm / 57,48 x 44,88 in 2023

In Barcelona in October, I bought a drawing titled, “Alone,” that makes me deeply uncomfortable in a delightful way.

The artist, Cirro Marra, is having a show at the same gallery beginning March 5, and if I could, I’d go back there and buy everything.

artquemy.com/producto/il-...

There’s some great reading across all the finalists. Thrilled that we are one of them.

Oh damn, that’s this weekend! Ugh I’m sorry to miss you!

Hope you got some water from the fountain, too! That Bay Area water is too soft…Colorado’s tastes just right.

🙋🏼‍♀️ It me.

I also hope they take their own advice and instead of playing golf with their friends, they just ask ChatGPT to tell them how the game would have turned out.