Susan, A Cabbage Man, Graham

Advent Calendars Count down to the holidays or any other special occasion and receive 25 days of themed collectibles by opening a pocket each day. These 25-day advent calendars feature high-quality collectible items —...

i don't know why the existence of a full metal alchemist brotherhood advent calendar tickled me so much, but it did, here you go in case it tickles you too
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This is a great and interesting thread. Flagging this one for my network especially.

Does banned books week feel stale to anyone else? Can't tell if it's just that I live somewhere where censorship is an active, living threat, which a book display with 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 doesn't really speak to.

Monster High fans! I'll be at NYCC signing Monster High comics this Thursday morning (10:30am) at the IDW booth. See you there!

there's a conspiracy theory going around that actually Travis Kelce wrote the songs on the new Swift album that everyone seems to hate and torn between stop making excuses everyone does bad work at some point and these are the sort of conspiracies we need as a society

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

#BannedBooksWeek is the perfect time to add a challenged book (or two) to your shelf. We’re partnering with @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social to offer you 20% off select challenged titles from now until October 19: bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Editors & Agents The acquisitions editors/publishers and literary agents listed below detail what they’re seeking in their own words. Unless otherwise noted, all editors and agents will be participating in-pe…

Actually if you want to know my #mswl this thing on the Atlanta Writer's Conference is Accurate. A good distillation. + there are other good people on this list if you wanna just look at people and their vibes.
atlantawritersconference.com/the-editors-...

I do want to apologize in advance to anyone who wrote a prologue & has a date with me at this writer's conference this month for query/ms critiques. My note is just going to be "I do not care for prologues."

There will be other notes & compliments, but the prologue thing is just a prejudice I have

If you're ready to get serious about writing for children, here's a great opportunity!😍Application window for @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social 2026 mentor program is open til 11/3.
I'm excited to be on the mentor list again this year!
Here's the link: www.scbwi.org/regions/rmc/...

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

If you can afford a retirement account, do it. To hell with the grind. Get a boring or weird little hobby. Make time for your friends. Stop caring about cringe. Watch bad movies. Read silly books. Fuck vocational awe. Treat yourself. Tylenol and advil are your new besties. Wear good shoes.

hoping some of you lovely people can help with this but I’m looking for some refs of real buildings that fosters home for imaginary friends was based on and also for other buildings drawn or animated in this style bc I want to do a bit of a study of this type of style

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

Life is too short for uncomfortable shoes

A robin on a stump of branch.

Rake leaves, attract friend.

Ink drawing of a girl leaning against a tile wall with a cigarette

[!nktober day 5] alone at the bar

it was funny, not gross, don't worry ... it technically at no point touched ham

My partner just said “your phone goes in the ham” and then he put it there

ok this really is awful, and she's going to do catastrophically bad things (srsly tell people now to stop trusting CBS as a news source), but i did laugh very hard at someone comping her to Michael Scott

Watercolor painting in bright greens and oranges and purples: A purple tree curves around the picture with huge orange fruits growing from it. Dotted around the branches are small blue creatures. The fruit in the foreground appears to actually be a treehouse with balconies and windows. A lady stands at the main balcony with a cup of tea. I would like to live there.

Grisella's Treehouse 🌿
Watercolor + Gouache
For my book-in-progress, all about the Woolbeasts.

I keep pulling the 9 of coins lately. I'm certainly not feeling it at the moment, but that's a perspective thing. Deep breaths and deep gratitudes. Take a moment to look out at the garden.

i am very tired today, and i am also very anxious, and one of the most prominent dreams last night was i was late to clown class & they punished me by making me wash the floor on hands and knees with rags while everybody else got to clown, also my phone was broken

Royalty season is in full swing. Please note if you email or are waiting for me on emails, my response times will be slow. Thanks!

why is hp so desperate

this is rhetorical, pls don't answer

Is Your Book in the Anthropic Settlement Class? Find Out and File a Claim - The Authors Guild The court granted preliminary approval of the settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic on September 25, 2025, and you can now search the official Works List to confirm whether your books are part of the class...

Authors: You can now search the official Works List to confirm whether your books are part of the class and FILE your Claim Form to receive compensation.

Learn how: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

it's very silly how disappointed i was when i found out the castle in the traitors does not really belong to alan cumming

my cat left me to look out the window, i'm sad

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

Event submissions are also closing on Wednesday, now's the perfect time to send me your panel/workshop/hangout time pitch!

Or put yourself down as a potential panelist for someone else's event!

You don't have to be a co-op member to take part, just have one as part of the event!

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