Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 26/08/2025UPDATE: the macedonian calendar also used an intercalary month (xanthikos and xanthikos embolimos) which was analogous to the month nisan so instead of adar 1&2 they had nisan 1&2 also their new year was in the fall instead of the spring, what a bunch of goofy goobers 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 26/08/2025writing #historicalfiction is the best in 73 CE (a leap year) would the macedonian calendar shift to stay aligned with the hebrew calendar or would it stay unchanged meaning the months are out of whack for the majority of my story WHAT DO YOU MEAN no one but me cares about this #writing #mgauthor 121
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Had a long conversation with my kid about how Avatar Korra did not commit avatar malpractice, but Avatar Aang definitely did, specifically against Firelord Ozai, who could absolutely take Aang to court over the damages he caused. 110
Reposted by Sofiya PasternackStephanie Austin @stephanieaustin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025A literary reading but in the voice you use to talk to your dog. 39311
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 24/03/2025it’s the Odyssey. i’ve read the thing. it was always kinda meh okay Odysseus whatever WHEN I TELL YOU I AM OBSESSED WITH EPIC: THE MUSICAL listen, this music is so beautiful & how dare this composer make me LIKE ODYSSEUS?? the whole thing is available for FREE?? absolutely astonishing 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Plus, synopses aren’t for readers. They’re for the people who need to know the spoilers, because they’re helping you refine the story! Editors, agents, critique partners, long-suffering writer friends who are tired of hearing you complain about POVs and timelines— Ahem. People like that! 141
Reposted by Sofiya PasternackKevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 23/03/2025Hey look at this picture I took of a squirrel. 931614
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 21/03/2025in light of that AI article, I updated my bio. because yeah, all my books are on there. cool beans. 000
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 21/03/2025It’s “license” for me. If I spell it correctly it was entirely by accident. 110
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I used to work in a neurotrauma ICU. Sometimes fentanyl was the only thing that would touch my patient’s pain when, you know, their spine was in pieces. It’s a dangerous drug in the wrong hands but it was a godsend when we needed it. 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 18/03/2025i’m sitting in my kid’s choir concert on the verge of tears because humanity is so dang cool and weird and we do monumentally complex things all in pursuit of cultivating something pretty and we do it from the earliest ages too and i think that’s neat 020
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 29/01/2025In my 2nd book, ANYA & THE NIGHTINGALE, Anya’s babulya tells her to pray with her feet. It means that, when bad things happen, you should pray for divine assistance, but you should do that praying while you’re walking to DO SOMETHING (in Anya’s case, face-kicking). Let’s please pray with our feet. 020
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 29/01/2025thinking of a friend and i trying to define “punk” the other day yep 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Now I’m wondering if I didn’t update my Office or something 😂 why only one box for me?? Oh well. Glad it helped! 100
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/01/2025I just reposted instructions on how to do this on a Mac! Essentially: open Word, expand “Microsoft Word” menu > Preferences > Personal Settings > Privacy > uncheck the (one single) box. Save. Restart. All done. 54513
Reposted by Sofiya PasternackDiana Rodriguez Wallach, YA Horror Author @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Writers- If you are using Microsoft Word 365 and now have “CoPilot” showing up in your toolbar—that is AI. My tech friend sent me the steps to turn off CoPilot on a Mac. Protect your books! 1126
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I would like my future audiobook narrator to know that I’m thinking about your comfort and sanity as I choose historically accurate Roman names for my characters. I named this kid Tettienus. I could have named him Pupienus. You’re welcome. 010
Reposted by Sofiya PasternackJon Drake @jondrake.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Dear Santa, You didn’t get me the thesaurus I asked for and now I’m mad. You made me really mad. I’m mad at you 10074961151
Reposted by Sofiya PasternackSpooky Snowflake (Vavia) @bardiclady.bsky.social · 19/12/2024If you're Jewish and you celebrate Halloween is that Hauntukkah, or only if the candy lasts for eight days? 062
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 11/12/2024tfw you got your word count under control and you only had to kill two darlings to do it #writerproblems #ripdarlingsmedia.tenor.comCrying Laughing GIFALT: Crying Laughing GIF 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I used to work at 3 different clinics. I resigned from one and had my last day yesterday. When people were saying goodbye, 3 of them separately asked me if I was going to be a lawyer instead. No I am not. But apparently I have mental health lawyer energy. 🤷🏼♀️ 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 26/11/2024tbf she’s not wrong. This is objectively very funny. 000
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Authors of #mgbooks and #yabooks here’s some insight into the humor of a 14yo: When people ask my kid what I do for a living, she tells them I’m a drug dealer. She neglects to specify that the drugs are prescribed for mental health reasons. She thinks this is the peak of comedy. #parenting 150
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024606 books now golly goobers they are all over the place 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I’m on my 8th playthrough of #BG3. I’m no longer playing for the story. I’m ✨collecting ✨. I have 594 individual books catalogued. The new collection is the wines of Faerûn. Next? Fancy hats. Paintings. Spontaneous dialogue between companions. Yes, there is a spreadsheet. 000
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I also hope to return to Anya one day!! I’m so happy you and your kids enjoy her world. 🤗 The SFF is uhh a little more intense than Anya’s stories lol, but I’m having fun with it! 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Jumping between: - an adult SFF word-count monstrosity (apologies in advance to my agent) - a MG magic Roman chickens extravaganza (which does NOT have any suicide in it iykyk) - an academic evidence-based paper about how #BG3 can be used to teach MH students how to diagnose PDs The usual. 110
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Haha I don’t! I make them up day-of depending on what’s in that museum. In the Louvre I recommend “Ugliest Feet,” “Baby or Tiny Buff Man?,” and “Most Exasperated Biblical Figure.” 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Someone buy my Cold War Wizards book pls, but only if you like bleakness and nuclear disasters and propaganda and … vinegret? 011
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I also give points for every time someone finds a Hapsburg. What do YOU do to make museums more fun for the whole family? 000
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Animals Painted By a Person Who Has Never Seen That Animal In Real Life 100
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/11/2024To make art museums more exciting for myself and my kids, we like to have art scavenger hunts. Here is a thread of some of the winners of these scavenger hunts. Let’s go: 210
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Hey new (and old) friends! I’ve been burned out on social media for a couple years but maybe I’m better now? I’m Sofi, I write Jewish SFF, I’m working on a book that will make you cry & also Google “did ancient Romans really speak to gods via magic chickens?” Yes. Yes they did. 🐓 🐓 🐓 040
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 28/11/2023Aeon and Scrivener can be synced up if you’ve got complex timelines! 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 30/10/2023this is now a baldur’s gate 3 meme account, sorry (i am not actually sorry) 000
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 28/09/2023as i learn more about pigeons, i kinda want to own some. or at least make friends with some wild ones. they’re… they’re kinda cool. 000
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 28/09/2023the interwebs claims men think of the roman empire every day. 🤷🏼♀️ i’m curious to know what everyone’s “roman empire” is. here’s mine: 🐓fortune-telling chickens 🌋medieval volcanic apocalypses 🕊️pigeon husbandry 💊the history of lithium as a psychiatric medication 🍲soup 130
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 15/09/2023we would clearly be the partiest of animals 010
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 14/09/2023Had a rousing discussion this morning with @joshuaslevy.bsky.social about **checks notes** whether the name Shmuel would have been anachronistic in first century Idumea, and the proper pronunciation of the name Eleazar (not THAT Eleazar, the other Eleazar). 020
Sofiya Pasternack @sofipasternack.bsky.social · 07/09/2023Grateful for my agent today. She’s never shied away from telling me her true opinion about any of my projects. So when her feedback to me about a project I’m unsure of is “I love it!!” it gives me so much hope for my weird little stories. 040