Me: Bastian, in all your five years, what’s the worst thing that ever happened to you?

Bastian: I don’t know, probably they tried to race me when I didn’t want to race.

vovatia.wordpress.com/2024/05/18/the… Reviews of Robert Jordan's 'The Eye of the World,' Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island,' George R.R. Martin's 'A Storm of Swords,' and Catherynne M. Valente's 'The Habitation of the Blessed'

I am in this!

Honestly, these are the first dwarves I’ve ever written. Which, for a fantasy writer in their 40s, is a bit weird…

On another note…

I didn’t know what the Gamma Knife was at first, but it sounded fucking UNBELIEVABLY badass & sinister & also 💯 the title of a a bestselling dystopian SF YA series whose protagonist is named Soliloquy.

THEN I LOOKED IT UP AND REALITY DIDN’T CHANGE MY MIND

Turns out the kicker who told graduating women to go back to the kitchen, Harrison Butker, was raised in affluence by his physicist mother, who specializes in gamma knife surgery, went to Smith, & hyphenates her name.

Actually not a lot to unpack there. Standard bullshit tbh

OMG OMG LOOK WHO JUST KNOCKED ON MY DOOR?

(This sweet baby is out September 24th!)

NBD, just filled a novelty claw machine that says BEAR MEAT on the front with original handwritten fortunes/mini-stories & was so pleased with it I wrote a the process/concept up & made it public (fortunes, too) on Patreon for all to raise an eyebrow at...patreon.com/posts/magical-…

How it started: “Mama, I don’t want to be afraid of dogs anymore. I really want to work on getting over my fear.” -One and a half years ago

How it’s going:

I am a very strong feminist.

It has never been about judging women for being stay at home moms, or enjoying things like cooking or being homemakers - strongly support it all.

But when women don’t have that OPTION to have careers, we’ve got a problem.

My five year old came home begging to watch Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Obviously I put on the ‘71 version because I’m not a MONSTER.

Just finished the scary boat ride that made me cry as a kid.

B: “WOW. That was really INCREDIBLE. That was my MOST favorite part so far!!'

NBD, just filled a novelty claw machine that says BEAR MEAT on the front with original handwritten fortunes/mini-stories & was so pleased with it I wrote a the process/concept up & made it public (fortunes, too) on Patreon for all to raise an eyebrow at...patreon.com/posts/magical-…

Atharia I love it. I wish they followed through with the Ryder saga. maybe book esp. if Mac Walters is brought to consult and has Catherynne M. Valente. (Neither can choose it’s just a dream of mine)

But focusing on sagas instead of “the trilogy” is inclusive to ALL material (comics too)

OMG OMG LOOK WHO JUST KNOCKED ON MY DOOR?

(This sweet baby is out September 24th!)

So we can’t have a national gun registry because privacy but we can have a national database of pregnancies/all our periods?

I love being considered less of a person than a GUN by my government!

If anyone needs a quick intro into how Eurovision traditionally operates this video is very handy
#Eurovision2024

I was being really Henry V purist bitchy about it when my friend put it on but The King is actually incredible. Just wow.

Me: “Alexa play Pet Sounds”

My cat Totoro: *absolutely instantly* MEOOOOOW!

I felt bad, but when your lifelong book hero goes pretty long sometimes, you hope the gods will forgive…

Oh did I mention I got to write a story for THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, the anthology of new stories in the world of The Stand?

Must have slipped my mind while I

Omg I can’t believe my Best of collection is a #Locus finalist!!