The air be thick in Northern Wis is thick today. AQI. Pretty sure we were oblivious to such a thing ten years ago.

Morning read. Sabrina y Corina, by Kali Fajardo-Anstine. Visceral and wonderful.

Arrived. Hemlock by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social

Essay collection Tomboyland by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social now on my desk.

Pretty stoked about this sticker I got for my little book, THESE ARE MY PEOPLE. Stories about small-town weirdos. Thanks, @artlitlab.bsky.social and Cornerstone Press.

Chilling stories by writers from a chilly place: #wisconsin. Available now in paperback from WWA Press wherever you buy books.

Movie in current release at Falls Theater located in River Falls, Wisconsin, a short drive from ground zero of the mpls ICE agent action. They’ve been active here, too.

In the end, we did the Minneapolis reading. Despite the intensity of the situation just days following the in-broad-daylight murder of Alex Pretti.

Some scams are more obvious than others.

-30 F at my house 25 miles from downtown mpls. They’ve invaded a winter people during winter. People who get excited when they can finally break out the ‘actual cold’ garb.

Having a hard time posting about books, coffee, and doggies when we got shit like this in our face.

Here I thought we'd hit rock-bottom when we sent our children off to school with Kevlar school bags and said, "Have a great day, honey. Don't get shot." So naive. Every rock-bottom's got a trap door down to yet another lower low.

First read of 2026 - The Voyage Out, Virginia Woolf.

Wow. Random notes like this mean so much: Dear Steve — [These Are My People] is the exact book I was hoping for. It filled my soul and broke my heart all at once.

Only thing cooler than my hair is my books. Had a great time at last night’s launch of These Are My People, hosted by Chapter2Books. Thanks to all who came from far and wide to attend and hear me ramble.

Good morning, Wednesday.

Rabbit-hole rabbit-hole rabbit-hole rabbit-hole rabbit-hole. I’ve heard this said 100 times this week. NEW RULE. You don’t get to use this metaphor unless a. You’re actually physically stuck in a rabbit-hole (then it’s not really not a metaphor, but still), or b. you know Alice.

What’s a great book on craft you’ve never read? One of mine is How Fiction Work, James Wood. #WritingCommunity #flashfiction #solarpunk #speculativefiction

Had a great time last week at the Cornerstone book launch party. Honored to be on stage with Calvin Mills (The Caged Man) and Barry Pearce (The Plan of Chicago), two great fiction writers.

Meanwhile, in #wisconsin

All I’m trying to do is turn my lights on.

Just grabbed a copy of @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social ‘s cool new book, Graphic Rage, from @splitlippress.com while wandering the Twin Cities Book Festival. Wonderful surprise to see them here. #writing #writingcommunity

Good morning! Daylight Saving Time. For the same reason we say Dog walking time. Story telling time. Beer drinking time. Bonus if you hyphenate because it’s a compound adjective.

Yep. I’ll draft my own email replies, thanks. And please stop enabling Beta software by default

That Uecker Magic can kick in again any time now.

Expired, but not puffy. Likely fine.

Weekend read with @ambersparks.bsky.social , Happy People Don’t Live Here, Her debut novel. Open up and get lost.

Hey @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social You got this. You do. But quickly, here are four reasons to win tomorrow, 11 Oct 2025: - Beat the Cubs - Advance to NLCS - Notch season’s 100th win - Beat the Cubs Thanks.

More Leonora Carrington in the house. Down Below, with introduction by Marina Warner.

@danchaon.bsky.social this just in! Thanks for putting it out there. One of Us. Worth noting: I did not walk into traffic while reading it on the way outta the bookstore.