C. M. Harmon

Finished The Reformatory a few nights ago and I’m still thinking about it.
When I say that Ms. Due ate. Not a single crumb remained. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
I need people to talk about this book with pls go read it

So many notifications today, hello new friends!

I only pop in about once a month, but I usually bring book recommendations or PSAs about how great plants, libraries and pastries are.

Nice to meet you all ☺️

Good q, The minoxidil should go directly on your scalp! It needs to absorb into it to work. Also any skin the minoxidil touches can start growing hair so I’m careful to keep it off my face and wash my hands well after applying.

O and re full scalp I separate the top of my head into 4 like chunky cornrows and do a few drops between them then some at the back of my head around the height of my ears.

Nw! I used to get a prescription from my derm, but just switched over to Hims. The packaging is needlessly gendered but the dropper is good!

I only do it once a day at night and that has worked great. I also try to make sure any leave ins don’t touch my scalp just in case.

So type 4 coily gal here. I feel you on the LC hair loss. 5% minoxidil works for me. I use the solution with the dropper for more precision.

Also I use head and shoulders shampoo bc dandruff can induce hair loss. I’ve heard head massages to increase blood flow to follicules but haven’t tried.

I think I have finally fought back spider mites on a plant for the first time. I think I’ve gone through the whole Hero’s Journey in the process 🥲🥲

My new plant has spider mites?? In _this_ economy??

What a heartwarming way to round out the year! I can hardly believe“Soul Food” shares a list with all these stellar SFF and Horror stories.

I know I’m going to devour the rest of the works on this list too :’)

By “tomorrow” I mean October 25th. For those of you who are out there drinking water, applying sunscreen, or otherwise not chronically online 🥲

Hey, you!

Yes, you.

Deadline for registering to vote in NYC is tomorrow. If you’re eligible make your voice heard!

It’s that time again. Here are 2 pieces that have stuck with me over the past few months!

The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball. Grim and uncomfortable and a delight to read.

Whale Fall of Yours by M. M. Olivas. The kind of piece you have to stop and sit with after you’ve finished. Whew.

If you could summon the Crossroads Man, what might you make a deal for? What might you be willing to lose?

My short story “Soul Food” is out in FIYAH today along with so many other incredible pieces. You can check it out here :’)

I’ve been lucky enough to workshop this piece! It’s got such a gorgeous lush world and the tension between Vesper and Ireika?

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I'm so honored and excited to share I have a new story in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social coming out this October! Look at this incredible cover!
Cant wait for y'all to read it :')

“A hallmark of being a Black child in advanced literature classes is the ability to separate the art from the artist, even before you know you’re doing it.”

The Fifth Season :’)

That feeling when you lend someone a book and they come back and ask if you have the sequel???
Unparalleled.

A few more books joined my “writing goals” shelf in the first half of this year:

Kaikeyi by Vishnavi Patel.
I love a complex woman character. Unabashed anger? Battering down double standards?? Gimme.

How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu.
1 word. P r o s e.

📚 Since 2022, the @BrooklynPublicLibrary has offered free eCards to teens nationwide facing book bans in their local communities! ✊🏾✨

📖 Parable of the Sower by @OctaviaEButler
📖 The Hate U Give by @angiethomas
📖 Gender Queer by @MaiaKobabe
📖 All Boys Aren’t Blue by @GeorgeMJohnson

So I just started listening to Writer’s Routine. And I cannot believe that the Anthony Horowitz of my beloved Magpie Murders is the SAME Anthony Horowitz that wrote the Alex Rider series.

Talk about a callback!!

Yes! And it’s entirely available on YouTube for folks not in the UK. Improving sick days for folks around the world :’)

One aspect of being chronically ill is I know, indisputably, what the best sick at home show is.

Taskmaster.

It is funny. It requires 2 brain cells max. You can pass out and wake up and not feel you’ve missed a thing.

Decided to learn how to sew.
I’m definitely not picking up another hobby to purchase all the supplies for and abandon in 3 months.

But I am enjoying picking out several patterns and pinning fabric stores and ooooh notions!

Listen closely. Hannah is one of the most talented writers ever. And I mean ever. Go read all her stuff, she has linked to a lot of beautiful work on her profile. It’s the best thing you’ll do with your day!
(Also give her more awards they’re so well deserved!!)

I want super flowery speculative fiction. Give me the most vivid violet prose but with magic and time travel.

Apparently some of these books are hiding in the Fiction TM genre but how do I tell them apart? Just read every back copy from a-z?

Honestly every time I hear this rendition I think about The Read podcast. Whew quality content.

Me having an ardent debate at work at 4:59 pm.
Then 🕔 (🍕)

I know writing a novel is a rollercoaster of emotion but what if it was just nice and flat?
I have an idea —I wrote the idea— I didn’t cry about the complexity of the idea—I finished the idea
Just. So nice. So flat.

I just downloaded the Bookshop.org app!! Excited to try out e reader alternatives to the Big Online Store