Shannon Sanders
@shanders.bsky.social
THE GREAT WHEREVER (forthcoming from Holt, summer ‘26); COMPANY, 2024 winner of the L.A.Times Book Prizes Award for First Fiction: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/company. Mom, twin mom, lawyer, Silver Springer. She/her
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There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.
My favorite jeweler came out with a new line of charms. I showed it to Wes and suggested maybe the boys could help him choose one for me. They EACH picked one! It was so fun to see what they picked. They got to have the fun of choosing and I got something I wanted—it worked (sorry) like a charm.
December 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My favorite jeweler came out with a new line of charms. I showed it to Wes and suggested maybe the boys could help him choose one for me. They EACH picked one! It was so fun to see what they picked. They got to have the fun of choosing and I got something I wanted—it worked (sorry) like a charm.
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Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🗣️ OKAY DRESS
My kids aren’t getting every single thing they asked for all month long, but each one is getting at least one thing he REALLY, REALLY wanted, and that is something to feel wonderful about.
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
My kids aren’t getting every single thing they asked for all month long, but each one is getting at least one thing he REALLY, REALLY wanted, and that is something to feel wonderful about.
I’m not arguing that one should or shouldn’t, but can someone please help me understand why one WOULD care about the number of books another reader reported having read in 2025, especially with no mention whatsoever of what the books were? Why is this always a discourse
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’m not arguing that one should or shouldn’t, but can someone please help me understand why one WOULD care about the number of books another reader reported having read in 2025, especially with no mention whatsoever of what the books were? Why is this always a discourse
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Some 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.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some 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.
Being done having kids but still in the childbearing zone is so strange bc whenever one of our friends has another baby, part of my brain goes “Aw, so lucky, I should have had one or two of those. 🥺”
Reader, I have three.
Reader, I have three.
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Being done having kids but still in the childbearing zone is so strange bc whenever one of our friends has another baby, part of my brain goes “Aw, so lucky, I should have had one or two of those. 🥺”
Reader, I have three.
Reader, I have three.
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Zero tolerance is the ONLY and FITTING response to genAI being used in production of media.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Zero tolerance is the ONLY and FITTING response to genAI being used in production of media.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
Sure, you might think it's too harsh. Sure, they might've only used it for early stuff in development, etc
Listen, it's not even a SLIPPERY slope, there is NO friction at all unless we speak out against it.
Can someone who understands astronomy(?) help me out? The winter solstice is today around 3 pm. So was LAST NIGHT the longest night of the year, or will TONIGHT be? (It’s probably so obvious but help me out plz)
December 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Can someone who understands astronomy(?) help me out? The winter solstice is today around 3 pm. So was LAST NIGHT the longest night of the year, or will TONIGHT be? (It’s probably so obvious but help me out plz)
Regular shoutout to my Black-woman-owned DC aesthetician, who continues requiring masks of all staff and clientele (with zero issue, ever, from anyone, because we are absolutely fine with taking this action to help protect each other and her business). As always dm me if you want the name!
December 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Regular shoutout to my Black-woman-owned DC aesthetician, who continues requiring masks of all staff and clientele (with zero issue, ever, from anyone, because we are absolutely fine with taking this action to help protect each other and her business). As always dm me if you want the name!
This just in: Over on Threads, like 10% of respondents are very confused about why this was worthy of note, in this entirely colorblind country that has never promoted any particular sort of body as best suited for ballet
Took the kids to the Nutcracker and there was a Black principal ballerina for the Waltz of the Flowers. The whole audience supported her so hard 😭😭😭😭
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This just in: Over on Threads, like 10% of respondents are very confused about why this was worthy of note, in this entirely colorblind country that has never promoted any particular sort of body as best suited for ballet
Hey parents of school-aged children: There is a strong possibility you have a potluck obligation of some sort coming up tomorrow. This is your reminder before you get too sleepy and jolt awake remembering. You’re welcome!
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hey parents of school-aged children: There is a strong possibility you have a potluck obligation of some sort coming up tomorrow. This is your reminder before you get too sleepy and jolt awake remembering. You’re welcome!
Took the kids to the Nutcracker and there was a Black principal ballerina for the Waltz of the Flowers. The whole audience supported her so hard 😭😭😭😭
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Took the kids to the Nutcracker and there was a Black principal ballerina for the Waltz of the Flowers. The whole audience supported her so hard 😭😭😭😭
I started watching You Hurt My Feelings because I love JLD hard and was very interested in the premise, but I’m about halfway through and…does it get better? Anyone who’s seen it let me know if anything is coming that makes up for the beginning
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I started watching You Hurt My Feelings because I love JLD hard and was very interested in the premise, but I’m about halfway through and…does it get better? Anyone who’s seen it let me know if anything is coming that makes up for the beginning
So so so thrilled to be on this list (even though my book doesn’t come out until the second half of the year)!!
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So so so thrilled to be on this list (even though my book doesn’t come out until the second half of the year)!!
I love Trader Joe’s so much but they will give you your favorite thing you’ve ever eaten and then when you come back to buy it again 2 days later tell you “That was seasonal for the first Tuesday in December”
December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I love Trader Joe’s so much but they will give you your favorite thing you’ve ever eaten and then when you come back to buy it again 2 days later tell you “That was seasonal for the first Tuesday in December”
DC friends: I summoned this snow for us by procrastinating on two enormous and important items of business that absolutely need to be finished by COB tomorrow, telling myself that I would turn all my attention to them as soon as the children were at school
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
DC friends: I summoned this snow for us by procrastinating on two enormous and important items of business that absolutely need to be finished by COB tomorrow, telling myself that I would turn all my attention to them as soon as the children were at school
People who do the majority of the cooking in your homes: On what day of the week can you most not believe you have to cook AGAIN tonight, because for me this day is Saturday
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
People who do the majority of the cooking in your homes: On what day of the week can you most not believe you have to cook AGAIN tonight, because for me this day is Saturday
The best thing about my husband not being super online is that he has no awareness of annual Love Actually discourse. Unfortunately, he has still managed to draw his own conclusion from the trailer and description that he would rather eat poison than watch it with me 😔
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The best thing about my husband not being super online is that he has no awareness of annual Love Actually discourse. Unfortunately, he has still managed to draw his own conclusion from the trailer and description that he would rather eat poison than watch it with me 😔
Our nursery school has a Little Free Library next to it and I have witnessed several parent/child exchanges that go like this:
Kid: Mommy*, look, WE have this book!
Mom (winks at me): Yep, we sure do!
*Not being exclusionary; it’s always a mom
Kid: Mommy*, look, WE have this book!
Mom (winks at me): Yep, we sure do!
*Not being exclusionary; it’s always a mom
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our nursery school has a Little Free Library next to it and I have witnessed several parent/child exchanges that go like this:
Kid: Mommy*, look, WE have this book!
Mom (winks at me): Yep, we sure do!
*Not being exclusionary; it’s always a mom
Kid: Mommy*, look, WE have this book!
Mom (winks at me): Yep, we sure do!
*Not being exclusionary; it’s always a mom
I’m convinced the movie Hot Tub Time Machine was created entirely as a celebration of the Motley Crüe song “Home Sweet Home” and honestly that’s thrilling
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I’m convinced the movie Hot Tub Time Machine was created entirely as a celebration of the Motley Crüe song “Home Sweet Home” and honestly that’s thrilling
I’m him
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’m him
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
@publisherswkly.bsky.social named THE GREAT WHEREVER (out 7/7) one of the top 10 most anticipated literary fiction titles in their Spring/Summer preview 🥹
There are some real heavy hitters on this list, I’m so so honored
There are some real heavy hitters on this list, I’m so so honored
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Literary Fiction
In spring’s most anticipated novels, the bonds of families and friends are stretched to the breaking point and the past rears its ugly head.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
@publisherswkly.bsky.social named THE GREAT WHEREVER (out 7/7) one of the top 10 most anticipated literary fiction titles in their Spring/Summer preview 🥹
There are some real heavy hitters on this list, I’m so so honored
There are some real heavy hitters on this list, I’m so so honored
One downside of having Spouse A be mostly responsible for the household calendar/admin while Spouse B is more of a passenger is that sometimes Spouse A will have to make micro-decisions that Spouse B finds ridiculous because Spouse A didn’t find it worth providing the 10 minutes of necessary context
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
One downside of having Spouse A be mostly responsible for the household calendar/admin while Spouse B is more of a passenger is that sometimes Spouse A will have to make micro-decisions that Spouse B finds ridiculous because Spouse A didn’t find it worth providing the 10 minutes of necessary context