Sarah Jane Cody

Punctuation, however, is a delight! A craft! A mystery (em dash em dash em dash.......)

The misconception that writers are good at spelling because we, uh, write...

Nope, I'm a storyteller. Spelling is boring as fuck.

A black and tan puppy in the author's lap.

Morning writing - bathrobed with warm lap Bun (Bunny)

Graphic of Bathrobe Gal holding a giant heart. Text: "Your feelings are valid. Your experiences are valid. Your needs are valid. Your struggles are valid."

Graphic of Bathrobe Gal turning toward the light and ignoring an angry person who stands yelling in the shadows. B Gal's arms are full of flowers. Text: "Only you know what it feels like to be experiencing the world as you, inside YOUR self. So don't let other people try to tell you who THEY think you are or should be."

Graphic of Bathrobe Gal sitting amid giant flowers and hugging a cute dog, wearing her noise-blocking headphones and looking safe. Text: "You deserve love and care and a world where you are safe. So let's create one together."

Things I wish someone had said to me at particular points in my life––so I'm saying them for anyone who needs them. 💖 #autistic #neurodivergent

The great thing about puppy not letting me sleep is that I actually get so much done at 6 am now because AFTER she thoroughly wakes me get up, wants to play, eat, poo, etc, she wants to take a 2-hour lape nap. 😂

Who else is writing at 6 a.m.?

Opinion | Kennedy’s Dangerous Autism Claims (Gift Article) Readers, including some with autism, rebut Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements. Also: President Trump vs. universities; Emanuel Ax’s plea.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...

I'm in the Times today!

All my life, people told me I was too sensitive and wrong in an attempt to change me. I tried so hard to follow their rules and fix myself to live up to their ideas of good and strong. It didn't work...

When I was finally able to embrace my sensitivities, differences, and needs instead, I ended up becoming a whole lot stronger. Some people still might not think so. But...

I think maybe they've just never seen strength like mine.

Much to say, but for now, here’s something I made a while ago that felt hopeful and still does––despite. Let’s never stop fighting for a better world. #autism

Autistic humans deserve to be valued, supported, and deemed worthy for being who we are, as we are, at all levels of need. Despite what RFK wants you to believe, human value is not based on “functionality;” children are not merely a “resource” to feed the economic machine. #autism #neurodivergence

Photo of a dog sleeping on the author's lap before an open laptop, with blurred text on the screen.

How I'm writing:

What are we writing this weekend?! Share for mutual motivation ✨

I'm working on my new novel! (While holding a puppy in my lap 🐶😍)

Grapic of Mona Awad's novel Bunny next to a picture of a black and tan dog.

Yes, I did name my dog Bunny partly just so I could say, "I love you, Bunny" (Mona Awad). She's a literary gal. Plus, naming animals what they're not is my favorite.

Top two tips on how to improve a piece, from draft to draft:

Laughting at how my husband and I are speaking in the royal We about our puppy, as in: We played, and then we pooped...

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Super cool!

Oooh, I love your idea of a world pre-Newtonian gravity, great intro!

Reminder that writing memoir is not cathartic. More like having an illness & the only recovery is pushing thru to other side. Or being haunted knowing you have a story you must tell. Or being the mush-goo of a whatever a caterpillar is in a chrysalis, hoping to Nature you get a butterfly.

My novel does all of the things on this list* so... • "Characters confronting buried truths" • "Stories that bend time, reality, and identity" • "Novels that reclaim, remix, or reimagine forgotten narratives" • Feminist horror • High-concept with heart *Except for the romance-specific bullet (but the romance between the main characters is pretty sweet AND "genre-blending"). 

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At the top of the page is a drawing of a pile of skulls. Underneath is today’s date: March 31, 2025. Then the title of the story and the name of the author: The Haunted House of Things Left Unsaid by Anna Vangala Jones. Below that is the text of the opening lines of the story: “Everyone’s heard the rumors that when you die, they take you into a house you’ve never seen before—real dilapidated and creepy for added effect maybe—and in each room, they make you watch people from throughout the course of your life reading or listening to all the things you’ve wanted to say to them when you were alive but never did. Letters, emails, notes in books, burned CDs, text messages, silent moments”

I have a new story in @havehashad.com today! my third one 💀 🏚️ ✨ grateful as always to editor @aaronburch.bsky.social for providing a wonderful home for my words + to all of you who read it ♡ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

Oh, this is perfect!

Screenshot of @Bathrobe_Gal's Instagram Page with 1,412 followers.

Can I tell you something pretty cool? My new webcomic is getting a lot of love & I kinda can't believe it - I've been so moved by the responses I've been getting & in just a few months of sharing. 💖❤️

Same.

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Wish I'd made it out this year - see you in Baltimore!

Feeling the #AWP fomo. I hope folks had a blast - hoping to catch you all in 2026 when it's closer to me!!

Love this, and I agree with Joy, I see this as very motivating & helps make the writing propulsive and urgent!

Wish I were going to be there to see you!

Ahaha, yes that happens. Thinking of te times I have stared at my phone and said "What the hell?" To be fair to us, it usually is the dictation software's fault. We're obviously brilliant.

My advice to those of you going to #AWP is to prioritize naps. Think of AWP as a series of naps in between which you see amazing people. I'm sad to miss you all this year, but I'll be napping elsewhere in your honor.