Ghosh: "You know, secular. Very, very rational. And he’s in fact exactly that kind of person out of whose rationalism our disaster grows. I mean, he’s exactly that kind of person who, today, they’re incapable of changing their habits of thought, you know?" thebaffler.com/latest/divinin…

My script "Deepfake" made it to the semifinals at the Austin Film Festival Script Competition in the Drama Feature Screenplay and Enderby Entertainment Award categories. Feeling just a little less like I'm howling at the moon with this writing thing. austinfilmfestival.com/submit/screenp…

“The publication of these studies is unfortunate because following the new guidelines may potentially harm individuals’ health, public health, and planetary health. It may also […] erode public trust in scientific research.” buff.ly/2og935U red-processed-meat/

“We seek to shore up the act of writing with false defenses, like the dubious idea that one could ever be absolutely ‘correct’ when representing fictional human behavior. I understand the desire, but I don’t get how anyone can possibly hope to achieve it.” buff.ly/2pcSnwv

Is it still a “birth”day if you’re increasingly certain that you’re merely one of countless extras filling out the background scenery in the fitful dreams of a timeless idiot god as it floats beneath an ocean of infinite night? Anywho, thanks for the gift card grandma

RIP Nick Tosches. If you’ve never read his travel essay “Confessions of an Opium-Seeker” (or the book it was expanded into), indulge in one of the best pieces of non-fiction English language writing from the millennium in progress: buff.ly/2PazaGH

“We now know pretty well that predominantly plant-based diets are much healthier and more sustainable than meat-heavy diets. But sometimes there is still confusion among people about what foods to choose.” buff.ly/36aWaeI

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Getting this news today sorta feels like getting a tax refund on the day of your grandmother's funeral, but... my script "Deepfake" won the Tracking Board Launch Pad feature screenplay competition. Alone in my home office, I toot the smallest horn.

More nice news arriving at a tough time: I was selected for this year's Clarion West Writers Workshop six-week summer workshop. Looking forward to studying with and alongside some incredibly talented speculative fiction writers... assuming it still happens🤞

If you like good fiction, please go follow some of my amazing classmates: Allison Thai 🐺💉🩺 Tania Fordwalker @intelligentwat Louis Evans Serena W. Lin Amit Gupta Naomi Day Alex Payne Fawaz Al-Matrouk Lugubrious Pixie Nightmare sloane Sydney Rossman-Reich Varsha Dinesh 🍉 Yilin @ The Lantern and the Night Moths

Favorite writing music of late is Sarah Lipstate's Noveller project. Her entire catalog is great but this track off her latest LP is a whole universe in a song: noveller.bandcamp.com/track/remainder

The story by Kristina Ten | @kristinaten on Bluesky in Black Static #75 from TTA Press, "Except for the Down Below", is really superb. You could get the issue here, maybe: weightlessbooks.com/format/black-s… 🕳

Kick off spooky season with a thicc anthology of location-based scares. Have you ever wondered how an exorcism in Nigeria would go down? Are you the sort of person that seeks out Hell Trees and abandoned bunkers? More info: cemeterygatesmedia.com/2020/07/15/pla…

Graduated from the 2021 Clarion West Writers Workshop workshop today alongside some supremely imaginative, considerate, and talented writers of speculative fiction: clarionwest.org/2021/02/24/ann…