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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 4h

Exciting day around here because this lil guy is finally liberated from his nemesis, the cone

A tuxedo cat sulks inside a space-themed medical cone

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Today’s watercolor practice features a cute little cat. He’s just a lil guy!

The face of a small black cat looks at the viewer through a tunnel of gradually darkening rings of blue. Gives the impression that the cat is at the opening of a long ice tunnel.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Friendly reminder that she (and other women celebs) said the same thing about crypto. That it was inevitable. That women were getting left behind. It’s because they invested in this personally and have a financial stake. This is capitalism, not feminism.

Quote tweet from Reese Witherspoon on 12/6/21.

The post she retweeted from user Bobby Hundreds says: Reminder that twice as many men invest in crypto than women, and women only make up 16% of the NFT market. Thanks @reesew and other women leaders in the space who are committed to changing that.

Reese quoted and said: Crypto is here to stay. I’m committed to supporting creators who have pioneered the NFT space, and encouraging more women to be part of the conversation.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I started practicing watercolor. I’m a beginner, doing it for fun and as a creative outlet when I don’t have spoons to write. I was inspired by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social’s amazing pigeon painting practice and a YouTube creator (Nano Art) who paints her feelings daily as a mindful practice.

Tiny watercolor painting of leaves in alternating shades of dark and light green. There are yellow swirlies meant to symbolize wind blowing the leaves.

Watercolor painting of three primary flowers in shades of pink, red, and orange. There are green leaves and smaller flowers framing the rest of the painting.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

And for Christmas, we’d swap the Jack Frost movies 😂

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I read the article to see if they acknowledge that social media growth and engagement is lower across all platforms (which is what mktg folks have been seeing for awhile). They say it briefly and ignore their own point in favor of dunking on bsky. New platforms take time to grow, esp right now.

Screenshot of article says:

So Bluesky has gone from adding around 5 million new users per month at peak, to adding 1.6 per month more recently.

[highlighted] Which, again, is still growth, and with so many apps struggling to gain users, any increase, especially of a million or more per month, is significant.

But it’s no longer looking like Bluesky will become a real challenger to X (currently on 600 million users) and Threads (350 million) as a key platform for in the moment engagement.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Come back later. She’s busy watching her shows (Meerkat Manor)

A tuxedo cat watches a computer monitor intently as an episode of Meerkat Manor plays

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I started a blog series called The Dark Side of GenAI, centered around issues with widespread adoption of GenAI tech and educating about what these tools can/can't do. If that sounds like your cup of tea, check it out: www.sadaniel.com/blog No paywall (rage sustains me). New posts weekly(ish)!

Photo of a computer with code on the screen

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I know this lil moth is an invasive species, but he is also very cute and fuzzy!

A spongy moth rests on a window. His fuzzy abdomen and antenna are visible.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Rereading @mdbell79.bsky.social as I begin work on draft 2 and struck by how beautifully this passage captures what we mean when we say to LLM tech bros that the writing itself IS the work. I love thinking about a novel as the culmination of all the evolving selves of the writer who created it.

Passage from Matt Bell's Refuse to Be Done:

The activities in this chapter will give you a way to stay in the work long enough to manifest yourself upon the page not once or twice but dozens or hundreds of times, until you end up no with a book written by the you who existed on any particular day but, rather, one collaborated upon by the many selves who existed over the likely hundreds of days you were writing. These daily manifestations—the many versions of the writer that have come together to collaborate upon the work—are what, I believe, makes our favorite books seem written by superhumans, full of that "incomprehensible abundance" Smiley described.

These "genius" books really are better than what any one of us could write on any individual day, but that's not how they were written. As we fill our hours and days with the work of rewriting, our fictions will not be written by any one self but by the spectrum of selves we're always becoming, even as the novel is becoming alongside us.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Found this meme while clearing out old files and wow is it more relevant than ever.

Still from an episode of The IT Crowd where Moss is holding a fire extinguisher that has caught fire. There is text over the extinguisher that says "the bad thing happening now" and Moss is saying "I'll just put this over here with the rest of the ongoing social and economic collapse."

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Trying to work out but someone’s hogging the equipment 🙄

A playful tuxedo cat is laying on a purple and orange yoga mat, kicking at a set of free weights.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Show me you in a hat. I nearly lost my hat half a dozen times standing on top of the windy bluffs at sleeping bear dunes!

I’m wearing a black ball cap standing in front of a scenic overlook with a green forest, distant sand dunes, and Lake Michigan in the background.

I’m standing at the top of a windy sand dune overlooking Lake Michigan. I’m holding my hat down as it boldly attempts to blow away.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

He’s such a cutie! I have two tuxedo cats, and they enjoy snuggling up during reading time as well.

A tuxedo cat sits on the back of a couch with his arms casually hanging in front of him. He has white paws, a v of white on his chest, and a white mustache.

A tuxedo cat lays sprawled across a blanket with her front arms spread out in front of her. She has one white paw and one mostly black paw with just a hint of white on the tip.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Without downloading any new pictures where are you mentally

Meme image depicts an adorable and angry cat glaring in front of a lush, green lawn and surrounded by text that reads, “touching grass isn’t enough. I need bad things to happen to evil men in power.” This meme is evergreen, frankly.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

It was warm enough for an outdoor walk this afternoon which was a real highlight of the day. Now I’m snuggled up inside this evening with the kitties, a cup of tea, and a @scalzi.com book I’ve been meaning to read for ages. Hope y’all are keeping it cozy today too!

A book called The Kaiju Preservation Society is on my lap. Nearby, a tuxedo cat lounges on a fluffy white blanket.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Snapped photos of a few wild berry bushes I saw on my walk today. In recent months, I’ve been focused on daily walks in nature to clear my head and fully appreciate the scenery each season brings.

Round, single red berries growing on a bush whose leaves are still mostly green. A few leaves are beginning to turn yellow-green for the season.

Clusters of oblong red berries grow on a low bush with mostly yellow leaves.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

My mind is mostly four-letter words right now, but I pulled a couple of cards last night and they feel especially relevant. 8 of cups is a card about hurt or betrayal. 7 of pentacles is about the importance of perseverance and slow, steady work. I’m trying to hold this wisdom along with the grief.

Left: tarot card depicting the eight of cups. A young woman is hiking away from a stack of eight cups and into the wilderness.

Right: tarot card depicting the seven of pentacles. A young woman with curly, red hair stands among potted plants while holding a watering can.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I saw this fellow on a walk a few weeks ago.

A green caterpillar with orange/red spots walks across a sidewalk among dead leaves.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Absolutely in awe to see the northern lights so clearly in SE Michigan

Northern lights in big streaks of red and green

Northern lights with white-green pillars overhead

Northern lights in shades of red, purple, and green.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

POV: you try to take a picture of your cat who can never sit still.

Two cat legs, black with white socks, are the only recognizable part of the cat. The face is a blur of black fur.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

I have once again resorted to slapping post-its up on the wall to try to fix my plot problems. Will it work? 🤷🏼‍♀️ But we’re 2 for 2 now (did this with my last project too), so I guess it’s an inevitable part of my novel writing process.

A row of colorful post-it notes with scrawled words are stuck up on a set of closet doors. At the base of the doors, a cat lounges, oblivious to the concept of artistic struggle.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Well, Mead the Cat commandeered my writing chair, so I’m taking a break from writing to read the new @tkingfisher.com. I’m a few chapters in, and it’s already so good!

I’m holding a copy of the book A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher. In the background, a tuxedo cat naps on an office chair, clearly enjoying his stolen plunder.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Day Four of Cat Loaf™️, the at-home writing retreat where I write and my cats loaf! Wrote: 2,022 words Manuscript progress: 37,170/90,000 words Also, I absolutely devoured Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth, so it's already time to go back to my TBR pile to find my next read. 😅

Screenshot from writing program showing my writing progress. In total, I've written 37,170 words towards my 90,000 word goal. Today, I wrote 2,022 words.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Today is Day Three of my purr-stigious Cat Loaf™️ writing retreat where I write and my cats loaf! Wrote: 1,804 words Manuscript progress: 35,149/90,000 words If all goes to plan, tomorrow I'll write a big narrative turn in the book. Until then, enjoy this photo of Mead's epic, sunlit whiskers.

Mead the cat is a tuxedo cat, blissfully licking his paw while the sun shimmers off his whiskers like a celestial corona around his face. He took a nap after this. And he's napping now. He didn't lift his paw to write a single word today.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

Today was Day Two of Cat Loaf™️, my purr-stigious, at-home writing retreat where I write and my cats loaf (yes, it's a pun on Bread Loaf lol) Wrote: 2251 words Manuscript progress: 33,345/90,000 words Celebrated with a hot girl walk at the park + a bookstore trip to snag Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth.

A colorful display of flowers growing in a community garden. It's a sunny day with blue skies and absurdly photogenic fluffy white clouds.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

I'm off work this week, so you know what that means: it's time for my semi-annual Cat Loaf™️ writing retreat—where I write and my cats loaf! Today, I drafted 2400 words. Novel progress: 31,000/90,000 words. Cats: napped in a sunbeam. In other words, it's been a successful first day of Cat Loaf™️.

Two tuxedo cats lounge on a colorful rug and in a sunbeam by the window. They are definitely not writing or even helping with writing.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2024

Good writing progress today. Almost 25k on my WIP so far. ☺️

Two colored bars show writing progress. The first is a blue bar showing progress toward the Manuscript Target as 24,609 of 90,000 words. The second is a green bar showing Session Target as 1,467 of 500 words, meaning I wrote 1,467 words today toward my goal.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

Ever feel like you’re being watched?

Minerva is a tuxedo cat. She is lurking at the top of a bookshelf, looking down upon her human with watchful eyes.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

The topic of gendering AI reminds me of this wise tweet I saw a couple of years ago.

Tweet from Monica Byrne, posted 6/13/22. I want to draw special attention to the treatment of AI—artificial intelligence—in these narratives. Think of Ex Machina or Blade Runner. I spoke at TED two years in a row, and one year, there were back-to-back talks about whether AI was going to evolve out of control and "kill us all." I realized that that scenario is just something I have never been afraid of. And at that same moment, I noticed that the people who are terrified of machine super-intelligence are almost exclusively white men. I don't think anxiety about AI is really about AI at all. I think it's certain white men's displaced anxiety upon realizing that women and people of color have, and have always had, sentience, and are beginning to act on it on scales that they're unprepared for. There's a reason AI is exclusively gendered as female, in fiction and in life. There's a reason they're almost exclusively in service positions, in fiction and in life.

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Hi! I'm new around here and thought I'd introduce myself. A few things about me: - I'm querying a fantasy book - I'm writing a new book set in Kentucky - I read all genres but my fave is SFF - My cats are more photogenic than I am 😂 If you're bookish/cattish too, drop a note so I can follow you!

Stephany has blue eyes and light reddish-brown hair. She's wearing a dark grey sweater.

Minerva the Cat is a black and white cat looming over a 3 by 3 display of popular fantasy novels

Mead the cat is a tuxedo cat wearing a teal collar with illustrated sushi rolls

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Stephany Daniel @sadanielwrites.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

I finally made the jump over from Twitter, and wow, my feed is already a beautiful reunion of all the really cool people I've missed seeing over there! It's especially heartening to see the book and writing community is still alive and well.

Still image from Futurama featuring the whole crew cheering with Bender at the center. Text reads, "We're back, baby!"

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