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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What if you spend 12 months refilling the creative well only to find that maybe you had NO CLUE what would happen next? Click here to be notified when it's live! (SOON!) rachaelherron.com/refill

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Coming soon: Refill: A Memoir

A memoirist tries 12 monthly experiments to refill the creative well (and finds something totally unexpected along the way)

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 05/10/2026

Oboy. So, remember how I published a book with @neonhemlock.bsky.social in April called The Mystery of the Bitten Peach? I went ahead and registered the copyright. As you might imagine, the main reason I bothered to do that was *because* of the AI companies stealing copyrighted material.

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wrote a book-full of words on dyspraxia in adults, full of ideas, tips and tricks, and rants about transport. Now I'm serialising it on Patreon. You can read and support here: patreon.com/untanglingli...

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Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan — words!

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Brenty Blas 🏳️‍⚧️ @vibrent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton supported a fight against a drag ban in Texas and the ban was ruled unconstitutional this morning.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sometimes I’ll open threads and immediately be hit with truths I never would expect to find there.

A Threads post by somebody called Georgie Porgie and it says no browse tomorrow for anybody tits at half mast for Dolly

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Nowadays I only use Instagram for searching various sewing patterns, but when I search now, I just get reels/vids - I only want photos, and you used to be able to do that. Is it gone?

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

On the essay in the age of AI: "Let it draw blood. You can use that blood to write your own vision into life. There will be no wrong way to do this. As long as it’s yours – your own precious, precarious scarlet thread that you follow to its end." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The Wild Essay, Or, the Essayist responds to the University Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment

This is a guide to the essay in the age of AI, when we need it more than ever. How should we encourage our students to read when co-pilot is on hand to read for them? Beset on all sides by summary ...

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

OMG The Everlasting 😍😍😍😍

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

(My primary backup methods: always working inside synced Dropbox file, and stored-off-site Time Machine. I've never had to restore from an old word doc, but I like knowing they're there.)

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My writing backup method is still my fave method of being able to prove you wrote your whole book yourself, no AI: A daily Word doc from my Scrivener, day's date in title, emailed to myself. Would anyone LIKE to see the first draft? No, not even me. 🤢 But I COULD show my work over time.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

also, I feel like an absolute ass, concerned that I've damaged her natural voice by making her self-conscious about it (she already was, from that comment in her other class). FARK.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Welp, it's happened. I asked a student if she used AI, and she didn't (she's also been asked this in person after handwriting a piece in class!) and now we have to talk about how to revise to not sound like an LLM that stole the styles of everyone to make its own stupid, inferior "style."

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Dan Levy: Every Inch Of That Sentence Made Me Sick

Alt: Dan Levy: Every Inch Of That Sentence Made Me Sick

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Truly irritating how much protein I consume to eat as a middle-aged woman. I miss the days of surviving on cigarettes and chocolate milk (a la Rufus Wainwright).

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yep, did a scroll and goodbye again. It's not you, it's the news. My only social media these days is Reddit because I only want to read about indie nail polish and occasionally, sourdough.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Apparently I only open this app to holler about books. I'm reading The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow and omg this is the queerest hetero shit I've ever read. I love her work but this is next level. Sir Una is the hottest butch I've ever read.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hey y'all, people are out there scamming in my name (have I hit the big time now?). I'm NOT cold-soliciting guests for a podcast interview (I'm assuming the scammer will eventually ask for money for being on the show?). Please report anything you get as phishing!

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Moira Rose: It's A Scam

Alt: Moira Rose gif, saying It's A Scam

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Opened social media (hi!) to say that I just finished the ARC of Homebound by @portiaelan.bsky.social , out in May, and I AM UNDONE. It's the best book I've read in years. Speculative fiction and incredibly ambitious, and it breaks your heart while mending it at the same time. It might be perfect.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

how cool!!! (this is how long it's been since I opened bsky :) )

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 02/12/2025

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Just can't keep up with my fans 💃🏻

Email snippets from haruki murakami and sally rooney in inbox

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I got myself a lil office downtown and I've been finishing my to-do lists (never heard of her) and today - I just finished... early? And am leaving? I don't understand.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

One of my students just got not one but TWO nominations for the Pushcart Prize in poetry, and I couldn't be more proud. That's two of her editors saying, hey, this was one of the best things I read all year. Dang. PS - are you on my writer's email list? I'm good at helping. rachaelherron.com/write

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Are you doing Nano2.0? Is writing getting a bit harder this week? I gotchu! nano2.org/posts/2025/w... @nano2point0.bsky.social

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When the Going Gets Tough: An Interview with Rachael Herron | NaNo 2.0

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This is also my favorite writing conference, hands down. Hoping we can come through for them and keep this con going. It's the best.

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Giovanni Tiso @gtiso.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

If you live in Wellington, enjoy your brand new trampoline.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

WAIT A MINUTE THIS IS VERY EXCITING !

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I can no longer say I haven't done aquarobics since the nineties. I wish I could. (That was very unpleasant!)

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I have a client whose work I LOVE to read. It's hard to read because it's so enjoyable I just want to crawl into the words and stay there rather than editing it.

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Working at a coworking spot and looking down the highrise tunnels, I just saw a peak Wellington moment during which a man's umbrella flew all the way inside out; he fought with it until it was ripped from his hands and blasted into traffic just as he was blown off the sidewalk. (He was fine.)

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I need you to know I'm not an apologist for the defunct Nanowrimo — I just have no other T-shirts.

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Zoë Irene 😷❤️🦈 @getcaughtliving.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Will this be the year of the hihi?? 😍👀 It's #BirdOfTheYear time!! #hihi

Male hihi in its majestic colouring of white, yellow, and black, perched on a mossy branch much wider than himself.

Image credit to J Graham, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jgraham/

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It's almost that glorious time of year again! (John Oliver, stay out of it.)

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I am packed for my bike trip tomorrow. Leaving the house in the morning and going to another island for the weekend. I am nervous! But everything fits. I might even take my slippers! A luxury!

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a girl in a pink dress is riding a red bike

Alt: a cartoon girl in a pink dress is riding a red bike

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the late great hannibal lizova @yanoforsure.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

did you know that september is library card signup month? @queerliblib.bsky.social is such a fantastic FREE resource www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members

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Members — Queer Liberation Library

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nora "nora.jewelry is now open" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 10/09/2025

highly recommend doing this right now

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I love it so much 🙏🏻☺️❤️

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I like how he capitalized it all - perhaps it's the name of his memoir!

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Honestly not even sure what I said, but whatever it was, I said it well!

email subject line: I Am a White Heterosexual Male and My Feeling Are Hurt -

ext -

R:

I can figure it out. I was giving your programme a shot including purchasing your book Fast-Draft, but even that was bigoted.
There is no room in any profession for bigotry of any kind. Preferences, yes. Target markets, yes. Special opportunities, yes. Cancellation of a whole segment of the population, no.

Bye

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The Queen's grey pinstripe suit 😍 and I NEED to know more about that blue knitted wrap/blanket

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I like to say, "no, thank you" when told to do something dumb — it leaves them strangely off-kilter as if I just refused their offer of milk in my tea

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annika boo-ranti klein @noirbettie.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

yesterday i went to a jeopardy taping and someone in production asked me to take off my n95 for when the camera sweeps the audience. i said “…no?” and then i didn’t do it. and nothing bad happened! so: try saying no more. it’s good practice for the fascism.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 09/09/2025

This is Nora and Sophie. Their family was a little nervous how Sophie would react to Nora. Had no idea their cockatoo has always wanted a puppy of her own. 12/10 for both (TT: iamtylerrayn)

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 09/09/2025

"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Fermented fiber, initially inspired by squid proteins, that rivals wool and is better for the environment? Color me intrigued. (Also, who knit the sample? I'd just walk around saying "it's fermented squid" which would be inaccurate but irresistible.) www.textileworld.com/textile-worl...

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Procell: Fermented Fiber | Textile World

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Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

First they came for Bill Clinton, and I said, yes, that man is a sex pest, get him

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Rachael Herron @rachaelherron.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

@courtneymilan.com dumb Q, and thanks for your hard work! I have about 15 books that qualify and sent in the form before Sept 1 but I am LAZY and only wrote the titles and left the ISBN part blank, telling them to look it up 😬 bc I thought it wouldn't be a thing. In your opinion, should I resubmit?

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 09/09/2025

This is lovely

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