Cannot snap snap too strenuously, have to save some for the working week

what a quality nom for a sweet sweet boy

she said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before." since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring

I do wonder about the overlap between the kind of readers who decry “plot armor” and sadists. There are writers who I fell out of love with because I got tired of sucker punches disguised as realism. I can *absolutely* be trained not to emotionally invest in your characters.

Thank you!

such important sleep work

Thank you, friend.

ALWAYS AMAZING

FRIEND SAME

Sometimes I hate being right.

Friends, allow me to (re)introduce you to... ...my new website and newsletter! 🎉🎉🎉

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

Well done, John, but I'm sorry they're still making it necessary to do it.

So, an update on moving: I may get the chance to stay in Seattle in the next 3 months or so. I've talked to people and they think they can get me settled to move by the time I go back to FL in December. So, if you'd like to give me an early birthday gift and help me stay out there, here you go:

I'm really enjoying Frostbite right now. I also like Northern Spy and Zabergau Reinette. I had a Ribston Pippin today and it was great.

Today is the last farmer's market of the year, and I'm not going because we're leaving town on Friday. This is the right choice, but it doesn't stop me from having big autumnal feelings about it.

Also why are you being weirdly possessive about Keeley's pillows, Michelle?