Me doing something with my hands that is surely relevant to authoring. Thanks to Glenville Branch Library for having me out for a discussion of The Jellyfish Problem!

Saw a post saying Trump is headed to upstate NY, opened the comments section because that is my chosen form of self-harm, & discovered a bunch of strangers biting each others' heads off over whether Syracuse should actually be considered upstate NY

Fiancée put "get married" on our household monthly to-do. There's no going back now

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

What is this and why is it following me around

This article is so annoying. When you're willing to collapse writers of Haitian, Columbian, Palestinian, Mexican, Turkish, Jamaican, & indigenous descent into the same category, I'm confident you can read any awards list as a disappointing cultural monolith. But why would you do such a stupid thing?

Opinion | The National Book Awards Are No Longer National

The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.

nytimes.com

“there will be a point where a bunch of artists express worry about what we’re doing here and we’ll likely ignore their concerns and release anyway.” Why, yes. You likely will

Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors

Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik...

publishersweekly.com

Next week! Find me and the jellyfish in Oneonta, NY at the top of a very tall hill I used to climb daily to reach my office.

NEW CAT JUST DROPPED!!!!!

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 3w ago

The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.

I love finding my friends' books in the wild. It is not quite as good as finding my friends in the wild, but still very, very nice.

“I loved every minute of THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM and highly recommend it for both its directed adult audience and any teen with a passion for the ocean.” @chasingray.bsky.social reviews new work from @theptessadactyl.bsky.social locusmag.com/review/...

I liked this more than I expected (my expectations were not low, they just weren't existent. It was an impulse Libby checkout). It is a good and entertaining book!

Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~@theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 4w ago

Good moment to say: People keep telling me my novel has Widow's Bay vibes! ☑️ Eerie New England island setting ☑️ The locals have Something To Hide ☑️ Scary and funny ☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯

Happy pub day to OBSERVER by Nicholas Russell! Fill yourself with the dread of the desert this spooky season

Observer

A disquieting, atmospheric debut horror novel about a young woman investigating her mother’s disappearance at an abandoned Nevada observatory, for fans of J...

harpercollins.com

Good moment to say: People keep telling me my novel has Widow's Bay vibes! ☑️ Eerie New England island setting ☑️ The locals have Something To Hide ☑️ Scary and funny ☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯

The Jellyfish Problem

A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original ...

bookshop.org

Wedding suit sneak peek. This is what writing a novel does to you

There's still time to sign up for my WHERE DO I BEGIN class (perfect for fiction and memoir alike!) and my infamous SHORT STORIES & FLASH FICTION workshops! Join us, won't you?

Every time another AI leader warns the industry needs to slow down

On this Caturday, I commemorate the glorious beast I grew up with. Her name was Millie and she took no one's shit

bird in the airport

Next week! Bringing the Jellyfish to Rough Draft Bar & Books, with: @juliebuntin.bsky.social, Isaac Butler, Mimi Montgomery, & @johnwest.bsky.social

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

Fiancée took me to her lifting gym. Skinnier arms than mine have never entered that building

Oh no

Sarah Andersen@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · last mo.

Thought I was in a bit of a reading funk and next I knew, I’d finished the last three-quarters of this in an evening. Magnificently done.

Tessa Yang ~THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM~@theptessadactyl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM is here! I spent four years writing my debut novel just for you! It's got a ghost, it's got a gay, it's got a jelly. Thanks to everyone who's swum alongside me on the journey 🪼 Hardback, ebook, & audiobook: tinyurl.com/3szxwsh4 Book club kit: tinyurl.com/zte2mtv2

I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die

Bookshop.org has both NEGATIVE GIRL and THE BIG REWIND, and you should read them, because I am very proud of them. #BacklistSaturday

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You don't talk about your older books enough. Good news! It’s Backlist Saturday. So let’s get your older books seen! Authors, share your backlist in the comments or via quote post. Add the hashtag #BacklistSaturday Images? Don’t forget to add alt text. #BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor

Think they'll stock The Jellyfish Problem in their gift shop??

Florida's Jellyfish Museum is dedicated solely to the mesmerizing floating predators

Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks.

apnews.com

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

HAPPY ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT EFFECTIVE DAY FOR ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!!!

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right