Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I remember when I learned that a book could be such a thing as “banned” and I was confused. We pretend that a large number of things cannot be banned that endanger others. But a book can be. Happy banned books week to all who celebrate! Lois Lowry, one who knows bans well, has a new one out! 052
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Short, creative writing exercises are for everyone! Set a timer for 5 minutes, trust the process and see what happens. Here is a writing exercise I made for myself this week. #writing #creativeprocess 030
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today’s writing exercise is from Alice LaPlante’s brilliant book. I got quite a bit of writing down, and made discoveries along the way—the most important part of writing. This exercise in “constraints” to produce creativity took me to a new place in my WIP. #writers #creatives 060
Reposted by Sarah CalvoElla Baron @ellabaron.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Monday's @theguardian.com cartoon #drought #climatechange #AI #datacentres 220191
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026All I can think of when I hear tech billionaires speak is how much I love this lake and they don’t care if their machines drain it. #coloradoriver 030
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I write stories where human drama overlaps with nature’s drama. I need stories where we aren’t separate, so I read and write to recover that connection. #booksky #climate #fiction 071
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When your novel is climate fiction, but there’s a scene in a bakery on the top floor of a casino, you have to take field trips. Necessary things to make sure you get the smells and romantic tension just right. #booksky 030
Reposted by Sarah CalvoGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster loomstheguardian.com‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn 13822
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 22/09/202664 years ago this week, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was released. I read the first page in high school & my view on what literature could do changed forever. This week I’m doing a deep dive to celebrate her. #environmentalwriting #climate #ecowriter 020
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’d like to create my community on Bluesky, not Meta. I started writing my climate-fiction novel, Rain Collector, in 2022 when the ideas about data centers were side notes in the public’s consciousness. It’s set NOW, not a dystopian future. Follow me as I go on submission! #booksky #authors 070
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Annie Dillard passed on this week. She could take the smallest thing, turn it toward the light with her words, and make it immense and beautiful. This is one of her books, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, and each chapter can stand alone, like a small dose of literary medicine. 020
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you’re still using Audible, now is definitely the time to stop. Use Libro.fm instead. You can support your local independent book store and the bonus is that they don’t, you know, destroy books to train AI.libra.fmBuy audiobooks & support local bookstoresLibro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores. 000
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I look forward to this community event every year. Las Vegas readers, check out the great headliners. 📚💙 lasvegasbookfestival.comlasvegasbookfestival.com Las Vegas Book Festival 041
Sarah Calvo @sarah-calvo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026One thing I love to know about someone is their favorite book. It’s hard to choose a favorite. Maybe it’s just one you….adore. If you had to pick one (or a few) what would they be? I want to know! 📚 💭This summer I gathered up this stack of some favorites that I seem to continually return to #booksky 1110
Reposted by Sarah CalvoBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time. 4268602674
Reposted by Sarah CalvoBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 15/01/2026I find Gmail’s new “write this for me” feature deeply sinister. They’re trying to convince you that you are dumb and helpless. Don’t let them steal your ability to formulate thoughts and communicate. You were capable of writing an email in 2022 and you’re capable now. 19694233