Alyshondra

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“We use our words and ritual gestures to imbue our modest beverages with intention and power. The drink in your hand becomes a potion that contains the qualities that matter to you, the memories that define you, the ambitions that grip you by the breastbone and yank you through your life”

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SARAH did you inspire a Tingler??

Just bought this in audio and I can’t wait to dive in! An amazing price for an incredible book.

Honestly I fucking love that the conclusion starts with very simple, basic statements of fact. “Gender identity is real”. More of this

Truly amazing to see the Nebulas open with a tremendously comprehensive land acknowledgment, which I applaud, & hold in stark contrast to SFWA’s truly astonishing commitment to saying not one fucking thing about Palestine in 8 months, BUT ALSO GAILEY IS TOASTING & WEARING A KEFFIYEH WHAT A BABE

A photo of the empty stage for Hadestown at the Mirvish theatre, featuring a crowd of chairs in the foreground and a winding staircase leading up to a balcony with green French doors at the top.

Selfie of me, Jen Coster, and Alyshondra Meacham dressed to the fucking nines in the theatre lobby for a matinee because this show deserves it.

We’re gonna sing it again

This is about Sarah Gailey’s SURPRISE new serialized novella!

And also is a whole just….oof.

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell: 9780756418854 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A Most-Anticipated Book of 2024: LitHub, Polygon, Apple, Goodreads ⭐

I worked my whole life to get to this day. My monster has escaped into the world. SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN is out now!

Shesheshen is a shapeshifting monster with a big problem: she's fallen for a human. This human is so kind and thoughtful, but also? This human is hunting her.

SURPRISE SERIALIZED GAILEY?!? Today's an even better new-release day than I knew it would be!!!

Have You Eaten? Part 1: Daneka’s Birthday - Reactor Introducing a new serialized novella from Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Gailey...

HAVE YOU EATEN has been years in the making, and a huge team of people have worked incredibly hard to pull it off. I couldn't be more thrilled to finally get to share this with you all. I hope you love it as much as I do ❤️🍽️

Darlings, I wish you a sky brilliantly full of stars. (My favorite.)

Quiet that gives peace, not questions.

A kind word, a soft touch. A heart that is lit up by hope and curiosity—a reminder that there is room for expansion.

May you yield yourself to something beautiful. May you receive in turn.

Y’all ain’t reaaaadyyyyy

A new frame I’m working on: what I’ve been told is “””too much””” is, in fact, a glorious abundance.

Now I’m watching for where that shows up in my life.

I spent…a lot of years…making myself do more work after I was more efficient, and the end result was that I was negatively reinforcing my own efficiency: if the thing you get for efficiency is always more work, you’re punishing efficiency.

This is exactly my plan

Dear friends, if you would be so kind as to consider "Cold Relations" published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for short story award nominations this year, as well as @writingexcuses.bsky.social for the fancast category, I would be so very grateful.

STARTER VILLAIN has come up on my TBR and I am LAUGHING, it’s excellent Scalzi.

“When people name cats, they usually do it in one of three categories: food, physical characteristics, or mythology.”

@maryrobinette.bsky.social does Elsie fit under characteristics because of Queen of the Hurricanes?

Oooof, sending so much love

Plus, btw, although it's fun to do the horserace "what will the result be" thing and get all dressed up, it's also super stressful and maybe you could have the party without it? I know there are awards that do. The Otherwise, for instance, which I've been to and had fun.

Telling people in oppressive geographies to "just move" is not organizing and it is not activism, but it *is* the political philosophy of people who misunderstand the value of community, and who devalue the incredible, decades-long work of American resistance movements.

Watch it!

And then the shenanigans start all over again with who has what in stock and where can I find it.

It truly feels like all these regulations have been specifically targeted to hurt brains like mine while we try to get the help and support we need. It’s obscene.

13/13

This is just this month’s story. Last month it was something different.

Even if next month goes perfectly, I then have to hope that my dr has availability in the exact right time, because it is required for me to be seen every three months for ADHD meds.

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And truly? This is pretty much the best case scenario!

I HAVE insurance. I HAVE a life that has space for multiple hours every. single. month. tracking down the resources that my kids and I need to function (this is just the story of MY meds, I have to do similar things for each of my kids)

11/

So far *today* I have spent an hour+ on this. We were 10 min late to a dentist appt because all those people came on the line right when I needed to mush kids to the car.

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Called Store back, they ran it again, now it’s only (!) $290 after INS. Waiting for them to call and say it’s filled because I do not have meds for tomorrow. I also need to call my doctor to re-issue the prescription to Mail-Order for brand OR generic so that I can get my meds next month.

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I asked the Pharmacy team if there was a better way to do this next time and she said these are pretty much the steps. They did in fact had Vyvance in stock at Mail-Order, but because my prescription was written only for the generic, that’s all they could fill, even though INS will cover it.

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Called the Med/RX Advocate number on the membership card, and was on hold for 25 mins while this was escalated from agent to her supervisor, who contacted the clinical team, who contacted the Pharmacy team. They all came on the line with me and we were able to get the prescription canceled.

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