“Starting today, adults are no longer permitted to be unique or to deviate from a narrow set of cultural norms while in the presence of a minor,” Gov. Greg Abbott said
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Not only are Starbucks workers at union stores are walking out and striking this week, baristas are organizing and winning their union elections!!
CONGRATULATIONS to the partners at our newest union stores:
✊HUNTSVILLE, AL - N Memorial & University Dr
✊COLUMBUS, OH - Upper Arlington, Tremont Road
Very weird to see writers cheering for A.I. audiobooks. This is the same horrible machine that they want to replace YOU. Audiobook narrators are your peers.
Eat the rich.
The lack of stress in their lives makes the meat more tender.
Enjoying my rent
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.
#books #reading #booksky #poetry
At #NCTE24 this week, this is the message I'll be sharing on repeat.
Reconnecting with the Twitter homies on Bluesky
No way, it's beautiful! Realizing each other's and your own faults, and accepting them as they are and as they come, all for the chance at experiencing love. Understanding no one is perfect, including ourselves, can lead to beautiful second chances 🥰
The people in the comments saying, "Wish Senate/Reps/whatever body of government was like this" are missing the point of this being Indigenous defiance against colonial government imposition. Colonizers will not protest their own colonizing.
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
Encourage your children to start a banned book club 📕 💙 ❤️
glad to be here!
The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys
bird sounds
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I need to finish my other games first.
I need to finish my other games first.
I need to finish my other games first.
Oh look new game 😍
Let’s kick off with a writing tip: if you’re writing a chapter and you get to the stage where you feel tired of writing it, that’s exactly the place where your reader will start checking how many pages are left. Chapters have a natural rhythm in terms of length. Listen to your subconscious.
If anyone wants alternatives to Goodreads, I highly recommend walking out into the fields where the beehives sit in the hot sun, and telling the bees about what your reading, which characters you love, what book still haunts you all these years later. 📚 🐝
A couple of you have asked what length an SF novel should be. Here are SFWA's guidelines for the Nebula Awards:
1. Novel: Over 40,000 words
2. Novella: 17,500 - 40,000 words
3. Novelette: 7,500 - 17,500 words
4. Short story: Under 7,500 words
Hope that helps.
"what purpose does it serve to the plot?"
I thought it was pretty cool to write
