Original Content The Land of Anne Back to my vacation, which I am sure you are all anxiously waiting to hear about. So, we went to the Maritime Provin...

A Facebook friend is going to Prince Edward Island this summer. I was there a long time ago. Back then, the #anneofgreengables thing they had going on there was intense. blog.gailgauthier.com/2004/10/land...

I'm free that weekend, right now.

That sounds promising. I need more than 9 minutes notice, which is all I had do this one.

Seeking Time: A 24-Hour Readathon? In My Day, We Did 48. I learned of Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon , which is happening today, nine minutes before it started. For a hot second I considered being all i...

A 24-hour readathon is happening today. Back when there was a #childlit #blogging community, we used to do 48-hour #reading marathons. Yeah, those were the days. blog.gailgauthier.com/2026/04/seek...

I am hunting for books for an 8 year old with excellent reading skills but very anxious. No, I’m not handing him books with death and tragedy.

I Don't Think I've Written About Bratz v Anthropic. How Did I Miss That? Pirated! Bratz v Anthropic , or "the Anthropic case," as it's known at my house, was a big topic of discussion in my home for months last wi...

I realized I'd never written about Bratz v Anthropic at my blog. I originally misunderstood one part of the case, though I think I've got that down now. Also, our family has two claimants to the class-action settlement. blog.gailgauthier.com/2026/04/i-do...

Seeking Time: A Rebrand I have been writing about time management, specifically for writers, since January, 2012 as part of a feature I called  Time Management Tues...

I need to think about #writing and #time again. New work will be coming at my #blog. blog.gailgauthier.com/2026/04/seek...

Frederick Jackson Turner’s Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It Chicago. July 1893. It was already warm when Mae Turner left the University of Chicago campus and joined some friends to spend the day at the Columbian Exposition (known more popularly as the World…

Want to read an excerpt from the Prologue of THE WESTERNERS before committing to the whole book?

If so, get thee to @literaryhub.bsky.social!

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Wow. Well, a children's book should be liked by children, not by me.

I don’t think I got past the first Alex Rider.

These two had to drop everything Easter afternoon to #write #stories. I wish I had that work ethic/passion.

The first astronaut in history to speak French while en route to the moon — Canada’s very own Jeremy Hansen 🇨🇦

While I respect Anthony Horowitz's achievement, the only thing he's done that I liked was the TV series "Foyle's War." I loved that.

Time management is probably more for those of us who can't focus on getting things done. Enjoy the laundry!

I didn't have time to do any reading just now, but I just couldn't stop on this one.

Time Management Tuesday: Recalling "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" Brings Back the Good Old Days Recently--Sunday, in fact--author Ryan T. Pozzi suggested on BlueSky that people read Chapter 13 of  Oliver Burkeman 's Four Thousand Weeks...

Thank you to @ryantpozzi.bsky.social for suggesting what was for me a reread of a chapter in #Fourthousandweeks. It may have provided some needed motivation. blog.gailgauthier.com/2026/03/time...

I Was An ’80s Tradwife You newbies have it made

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Tradwife movement ‘attracts men who are hostile to women’ The strongest predictor of support for women staying at home and deferring to their husband is not, as researchers expected, chivalry but ‘hostile sexism’

Just how many #tradwives are there? I see an awful lot about Hannah Neeleman. Have the others had enough? And "hostile sexism." Yikes. Though I guess what other kind is there? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

Yes, I am a Jane Eyre fan.

Blueskis, THE WESTERNERS will be out in one week! (March 31)

Here's an introduction to the seven westerners whose stories I tell in the book, and whose lives put the lie to the frontier myth.

#skystorians #USWest @scribnerbooks.bsky.social

I don’t follow basketball, but I am a woman. Well done.

I have this book. Chapter 13 isn't that long, and I could reread it. But I'm reading two other books, a magazine article, and baking this afternoon. And trying to get somebody to fix something on my laptop. It's a pretty full day.

The Story Behind the Story: Paying Attention to Structure On Tuesday  Books Are Our Superpower published my essay A DEI Story Time Violation: What can we talk about and where can we talk about it? ...

#writingcommunity Describing how I rewrote a blog post for an #essay submission published last week. blog.gailgauthier.com/2026/03/the-...

Is this a writing prompt?

Does the cover letter scare you? Face your fears with our latest blog. From our EIC @maureenlangloss.bsky.social, we have tips and advice on demystifying the cover letter: buff.ly/SSYsGR8

A DEI Story Time Violation What can we talk about and where can we talk about it?

My essay about a #picturebook story hour accused of violating an executive order relating to DEI was published today at BAOS on the Medium platform. #history #women @boonewrites.bsky.social baos.pub/a-dei-story-...

The Reading History Project: "The Westerners: Myth-Making and Belonging on the American Frontier" by Megan Kate Nelson The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier by Megan Kate Nelson  will be published March 31. I read a digital ARC p...

A very readable book by @mkn.bsky.social publishing the end of March deals with people who were living in the American West in the 19th century, groups who weren't part of the frontier myth we grew up with. #americanhistory #nonfiction #booksky blog.gailgauthier.com/2026/03/the-...

Can anyone get a book deal? What it takes to be a novelist in 2026. Agents and editors say market fit, timing and competition, not just quality, are key factors determining which manuscripts get acquired today.

Reality. Maybe nothing has really changed, it's just the number of people trying to do this makes it seem as if it has. #writing #writingcommunity www.usatoday.com/story/life/2...

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen
30/30The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Love this.