Bri Maresh
@brimaresh.bsky.social
Writer, reader, Alaskan, teacher.
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Just some very general advice, apropos of nothing:
If you're smart enough to hire a professional for advice, be smart enough to listen to what they tell you.
e.g., don't hire an attorney to advise you on your divorce (or anything, really) and then ignore what they tell you.
If you're smart enough to hire a professional for advice, be smart enough to listen to what they tell you.
e.g., don't hire an attorney to advise you on your divorce (or anything, really) and then ignore what they tell you.
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Just some very general advice, apropos of nothing:
If you're smart enough to hire a professional for advice, be smart enough to listen to what they tell you.
e.g., don't hire an attorney to advise you on your divorce (or anything, really) and then ignore what they tell you.
If you're smart enough to hire a professional for advice, be smart enough to listen to what they tell you.
e.g., don't hire an attorney to advise you on your divorce (or anything, really) and then ignore what they tell you.
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If anyone was wondering why flags are flying at half mast…
Today we honor Brenda Itta-Lee, the 1st AK Native woman to serve in the AK House of Representatives, whose leadership, courage, & commitment to her people continue to inspire across generations.
https://gov.alaska.gov/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-former-representative-brenda-itta-lee/
https://gov.alaska.gov/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-in-honor-of-former-representative-brenda-itta-lee/
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If anyone was wondering why flags are flying at half mast…
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I spent today down in Hamilton, Ohio as part of the official grand opening of a new @barnesandnoble.com there, and used this enormous pair of scissors to cut the red ribbon. I considered stealing the scissors. I ultimately did not. If the staff cannot find them later IT WAS NOT ME.
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I spent today down in Hamilton, Ohio as part of the official grand opening of a new @barnesandnoble.com there, and used this enormous pair of scissors to cut the red ribbon. I considered stealing the scissors. I ultimately did not. If the staff cannot find them later IT WAS NOT ME.
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In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.
I'm more shocked they're still opening new B&Ns.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.
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This is my favorite of the night… my road ❤️Never gets old.
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This is my favorite of the night… my road ❤️Never gets old.
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Some nights, you just gotta punt on the whole idea of sleep.
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Some nights, you just gotta punt on the whole idea of sleep.
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🚨Giveaway Alert!🚨Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer is a devourable book that you won’t be able to put down! Enter on Goodreads for a chance to win an advanced copy! Open US only. Ends 12/10.
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buff.ly/IExZP4P
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Catching snowflakes ❄️🫎
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Catching snowflakes ❄️🫎
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
Just write the thing. You can fix anything but a blank page. #amwriting #steponetellthedamnstoryalready
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just write the thing. You can fix anything but a blank page. #amwriting #steponetellthedamnstoryalready
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If you are dealing with a lapse in SNAP benefits in Alaska:
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you are dealing with a lapse in SNAP benefits in Alaska:
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
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Start the countdown! Only 5 days left until ClusterCon II!
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Start the countdown! Only 5 days left until ClusterCon II!
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
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Very real kids hear all of us when we show distain, contempt, or mockery for kids like them. Please, let's be mindful of how we speak. Let's choose respect and compassion. The more we feel respect & compassion for ourselves, it can flow out of us to them. 8/
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Very real kids hear all of us when we show distain, contempt, or mockery for kids like them. Please, let's be mindful of how we speak. Let's choose respect and compassion. The more we feel respect & compassion for ourselves, it can flow out of us to them. 8/
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A Monday haiku
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A Monday haiku
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
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Got amazing feedback from a @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social thing I did - really smart feedback, hyped to dig in to revisions and polish things up. It’s very motivating.
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Got amazing feedback from a @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social thing I did - really smart feedback, hyped to dig in to revisions and polish things up. It’s very motivating.
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Really grateful that they are reporting the impacts of the other small communities too.
On the ground reporting from devasted village of Nightmute, from the critical subsistence site of Umkumiut, and Toksook Bay. The brutal storm pushed salt water into many #subsistence fresh water areas. Many areas will have severe subsistence impacts #halong #alaska
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
Halong takes heavy toll on Nightmute and seasonal camp at the heart of Nelson Island life
During the storm, wind speeds on the island reached 100 miles per hour and caused massive flooding of low-lying areas, floating homes off their foundations in Nightmute and destroying the subsistence ...
www.kyuk.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Really grateful that they are reporting the impacts of the other small communities too.
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All #writers really need to read this post. The scams are morphing faster than we can keep up... and it's terrifying the lengths the scammers are not going to. Seriously, READ THIS POST! #writingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #AmEditing
New #WriterBeware blog post: An army of bots on Discord, flashier websites, impersonations: the Nigerian marketing scams are not just proliferating, but morphing. I've never seen anything like it. writerbeware.blog/2025/10/20/a...
Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams - Writer Beware
I’ve published a couple of posts now about the tidal wave of AI-driven marketing scams from Nigeria that has swept over the writing world in the past year or so. A hallmark of these scams has been how...
writerbeware.blog
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
All #writers really need to read this post. The scams are morphing faster than we can keep up... and it's terrifying the lengths the scammers are not going to. Seriously, READ THIS POST! #writingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #AmEditing
I thought today was Tuesday. Not sure how that happened.
October 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I thought today was Tuesday. Not sure how that happened.
Thrills and Chills beta group virtual write-in is tonight! Looking forward to getting some words in!
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thrills and Chills beta group virtual write-in is tonight! Looking forward to getting some words in!
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The Editorial Board of @adn.com
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Editorial: Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
From Homer to Washington, D.C., too many in power have forgotten that the First Amendment protects even speech that makes us uncomfortable.
www.adn.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Editorial Board of @adn.com
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
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"Every spectral footstep, every door opening without a sound, blurs the line between psychological unrest and paranormal activity." - One Tribune
Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
books2read.com/u/3JB1zK
Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
books2read.com/u/3JB1zK
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Straw Girl by Brigid Barry
books2read.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"Every spectral footstep, every door opening without a sound, blurs the line between psychological unrest and paranormal activity." - One Tribune
Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
books2read.com/u/3JB1zK
Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
books2read.com/u/3JB1zK
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If you have the ability to help, please do. Thank you.
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you have the ability to help, please do. Thank you.
How are the rest of you #amquerying writers coping with the nerves that set in? I'm running out of things to clean/organize, and I'm at the point in drafting my next book where I'm working on structural things which takes way more brains than nervous energy... #writersky #amwriting
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How are the rest of you #amquerying writers coping with the nerves that set in? I'm running out of things to clean/organize, and I'm at the point in drafting my next book where I'm working on structural things which takes way more brains than nervous energy... #writersky #amwriting
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As of October 16th, the QT request rate is down to 4.2%. Down four tenths of a percent since June.
And now the QueryTracker request rate is down to 4.4%. That's a drop of .2% in under 8 weeks. If this rate continues we'll be at 0% by 2029.
That's me being facetious, of course. Somewhat facetious. At least 4.4% facetious.
#writingcommunity #amquerying
That's me being facetious, of course. Somewhat facetious. At least 4.4% facetious.
#writingcommunity #amquerying
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As of October 16th, the QT request rate is down to 4.2%. Down four tenths of a percent since June.