Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm rewatching Signs tonight for the first time since it's release. As someone who is now living in a small town again where there are many corn fields, the atmosphere they created is perfection. It really is that quiet, which really is terrifying. 010
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026To the cutie who was working check out at the bookstore yesterday: I am sorry I am terrible at flirting. QT: Alright you can make like a tree and get outta here. Me (deadpan, The Most Serious I Have Ever Been): Trees don't move unless you're an Ent. 🫣🙃🫠 010
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Woke up this morning to a happy little surprise. My most anxious and aloof and orange boy, Cheeto, had curled up in bed with me at some point. All hail spooky season. 020
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Five more days to go!! #SleepersInTheSnow #TisTheSeason 1829
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I read this to the tune of pen pineapple apple pen. It takes forever to get that song out of my head ☠️☠️☠️ 020
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes. 1550179
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The very definition of adding insult to injury: In order to enter my claims in the Anthropic settlement where they STOLE MY LIFE'S WORK AGAINST MY WILL TO TRAIN THE PLANET-EATING PLAGIARISM MACHINE, I am forced to use the sort of captcha that is... training AI.static.klipy.comFuck EmALT: Fuck Em 111416
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Got an unusual ask here, if folks would be kind enough to help spread the word. If you're a bookseller/bookstore who would be interested, pls comment with your bookstore's name & location. US only, as internatl mail is insane. (But maybe my UK publisher can be talked into something similar?) 42918
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026HELLO, GOOD MORNING, please buy and review my books because this dude needs kibble --> 1534330
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Unsolicited writing advice, no. 710: In this, as in everything worthwhile, remember: No one ever promised you it was going to be easy. 511316
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2600: Write what you feel. Research what you don't know. Read critically. Edit ruthlessly. Take advice without ego. 211211
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think the most insidious bit is how tiny the disclaimer is, and only shows up after you've gotten about 10 minutes in, and it doesn't SPECIFICALLY say AI, but they definitely did use AI to do it. They partnered with ElevenLabs. Just tell me up front so I know what shows to avoid. 000
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Saw @netflix.com has a new reality show based on Wonka... and then found out they recreated Gene Wilders voice using AI. I have never noped out of anything faster. AI is not art. There really should be a disclaimer on the poster screen. Disappointing. Worst Timeline. #NoAI 100
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm betting AI. Only 4 fingers on the left hand. Right knee has a ... corn husk...? Right elbow is funky, one suspendor, strange pixelation in the BG above his head. 000
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Unsolicited writing advice, no. 6104: You won’t always feel like doing it. That’s when it gets even more important to keep doing it anyway. 819825
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Evening giggles 🤣🤔 754084812
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Got my annual medical stuff taken care of recently. Had my very first boobie press. Not a fan. Terrible invention. 000
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 22/09/20262 days in a row of 900+ words in less than 2 hours. Feeling good about my writing, too. Working on my radical, unhinged, everything will work out for the best attitude. Because what if 😊✨️🫶🥳🎂😎🙌 010
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Unsolicited writing advice, no. 24: Don't worry whether it will be any good. Whatever it is, write it first. You can always fix it later. 915424
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tbh, good advice regardless of mergers and media consolidations. Support the weird, small art made by real people. 4375103
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Y'all I love Indian food. Paneer? Banger. Lentils? Banger. Naan? Banger. Spice level? Risky. You say you want mild you get something that would make a fae romantasy author blush. My colon may disagree but the rest of me put it in a trunk in the basement. 010
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/09/2026Just because this dude has the mental capacity of a handbag filled with dogshit doesn't mean other people can't figure this stuff out, the "AI" dudes aren't THAT smart, they're just horny accelerationist nerds who don't see what the problem killing off 90% of the population is, they can be stopped 47747111
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Futurism @futurism.com · 17/09/2026"The larger effect is creating a society where we monetize kindness, exploit the goodwill of strangers, and destroy the right to privacy in public."trib.alInfluencers Are Using Meta's AI-Glasses to Film Manipulative Feel-Good Slop of People in PublicA content creator is using facial recognition software paired with Meta's AI glasses to film "joybait" of people without their knowledge. 2168
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Idk if any of those places charge to run giveaways... I am not surprised shamazon is now charging authors to run giveaways. That tracks with their soulless corporate greed. 000
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My local bookstore whenever possible, or I'll order direct from an authors local bookstore if I can get a signed copy. Book riot because they focus on diverse voices and genres. 000
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Bookshop.org because I can pick which local bookstore to support or put it in a pot for all participating bookstores. Storygraph because its woman owned and independent, and it integrates with my kobo. Kobo because I still love the convenience of ebooks and tbh its way better than kindle. ...bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 010
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Speaking as a reader (which is why I didn't respond in thread): Goodreads is owned by Amazon, a company I won't support if I can help it. Also they haven't improved it in years, and as far as I know have no plans to. I'd rather support places thst support authors and readers. I use... 300
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I love Portland! Dining recommendation: Noble Rot. Sight seeing recommendation: the smallest park in the world. 010
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026People of Portland, we hope to see you tonight at @powells.bsky.social in Cedar Hills! I am just enjoying the heck out of your fine city, from a great Weezer concert to a great @rosecitycc.bsky.social to this morning's zoo adventure. Let's keep it going! 3283
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It doesn't look like much now but after a year of not having a cork board I finally got a new one and I'm already feeling more inspired! Bonus: put the map for my current WIP on it for easy reference and my to do items for the week. #amwriting 020
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Listen, the kid is right, but we also gotta talk about how this kid has the greatest name in the history of names. 1933443
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Hey holy crap. THE CALAMITIES gets a shout-out in Entertainment Weekly. Whoa what. That rules. 1735522
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I truly have memory-holed it, because I contain literally no memory of this. That said, this completely sidesteps the fact that blogs, podcasts, Wiki entries, and so forth, were all made by people for people. The "slop" moniker isn't just because AI barf is low-quality. It's low (really, no) effort. 1029422
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It has taken me YEARS of trial and error but I think I may have finally perfected my outline process so I can write my first draft in such a way that I don't want to melt my computer and give up on my dreams of being published when I re-read it. 000
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's hard to know what to even make of this -- it's deranged on the face of it, because here you have people warning they built an Apocalypse Machine and yet, they're doing nothing to stop or even limit the Apocalypse Machine except, uhh, post on social media. I figure this is one of three things: 622458
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026aside from everything else, it's very funny to pretend that hiring "GHOST writers" ever made you, yourself, an author. you are simply describing two types of guys who did not write a book 14569108
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I have made potatoes! Boil em mash em stick em in a stew! 010
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Day 1 of Dragon Con begins at 10am! Come see me for fun panels, carpet porg stickers, bookmarks, and mutual discussion of how hot it is outside why oh god why 0252
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ok you *sort of* drove by my town. We have great cheese curds the first weekend in June. Just in case you find yourself in the area at that time. 🤣 010
Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸 @alysummers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Hey I bet you drove by my town! Did you take the 52 south? Also that storm was BONKERS. 100
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026COVER REVEAL! Presenting Coffee & Conjuring, Book 2 in the Arcadia Falls series of small town witchy Romance! You can read all about it in the second slide. I can't wait for y'all to meet Mr. Fluff. And the hot MC, code name HORSE GUY. Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745677... 34210
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If you're a fan of the original Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent, this is her official origin story. You'll learn: * where her raven came from and what his name is * why she is green * how she got the castle * why the Three Good Fairies detest her And so much more! On sale now: bit.ly/malevolent-s... 25514
Reposted by Aly S 📚🐈⬛🐈😸Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In honor of Dolly, I'd like to give away some of my middle grade books to teachers who are having trouble getting books into their classrooms. I have Mine, Camp Scare, and Ride or Die on the Horror side and Minecraft Mob Squad on the Fantasy/Gaming side. I'll give away 4 mailers with 3 books each. 4343144