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Thoughts @ the intersection of publishing & politics • 2025 Mystery Writers of America Barbara Neely Award Recipient • 2024 Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award Finalist • Rep: Rock Inked Literary • https://gracewynter.com/get-to-know-gg/
Rach, who's probably never read an unpirated book in her life, thinks authors should have backup plans. Most authors make their living from other professions and and work hard so that one day they might *actually* live off writing income. Rach's smug, book-pirating ass earned a block. 😏
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Rach, who's probably never read an unpirated book in her life, thinks authors should have backup plans. Most authors make their living from other professions and and work hard so that one day they might *actually* live off writing income. Rach's smug, book-pirating ass earned a block. 😏
Spent last week at the @writerunboxed.bsky.social conference. It was fantastic and a great reminder of the importance of in-person community. Met so many new writers. First trip to Santa Fe and it was beautiful. 10/10 will do again. Photos of the conference hotel, the Inn and Spa at Loretto.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Spent last week at the @writerunboxed.bsky.social conference. It was fantastic and a great reminder of the importance of in-person community. Met so many new writers. First trip to Santa Fe and it was beautiful. 10/10 will do again. Photos of the conference hotel, the Inn and Spa at Loretto.
Few heeded the warnings.
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Few heeded the warnings.
I did the same. Descending the night before No Kings to monitor folks, I'm sure.
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I did the same. Descending the night before No Kings to monitor folks, I'm sure.
Every now and then I flash this as a reminder to #BlackSky and everyone else who cares. Fox Corp is the parent corp of Tubi. They're making bank off Black folks while calling for our erasure and elimination. Do with that what you will.
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Every now and then I flash this as a reminder to #BlackSky and everyone else who cares. Fox Corp is the parent corp of Tubi. They're making bank off Black folks while calling for our erasure and elimination. Do with that what you will.
Text from my octogenarian dad this morning. 🤣 y'all, he ws doing no such thing.
October 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Text from my octogenarian dad this morning. 🤣 y'all, he ws doing no such thing.
NGL, I feel like dude on the bottom today. I'm exhausted, across all aspects of my life. If you're paying attention, if you have any empathy for anyone, it is exhausting living in this timeline, not to mention trying to thrive in it. Some days I don't know what more to do. 😭
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NGL, I feel like dude on the bottom today. I'm exhausted, across all aspects of my life. If you're paying attention, if you have any empathy for anyone, it is exhausting living in this timeline, not to mention trying to thrive in it. Some days I don't know what more to do. 😭
This makes no sense to me and I'm seeing it more and more: AI/chatbots ruining UI by disrupting primary reasons for visiting/using a site. This from today, and yesterday, while trying to update my site, I couldn't adjust something because the AI tool was covering the section I needed. 😩
September 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This makes no sense to me and I'm seeing it more and more: AI/chatbots ruining UI by disrupting primary reasons for visiting/using a site. This from today, and yesterday, while trying to update my site, I couldn't adjust something because the AI tool was covering the section I needed. 😩
The way dogs sleep as if they worked a double overnight shift will never not be funny to me. 😏
September 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The way dogs sleep as if they worked a double overnight shift will never not be funny to me. 😏
As someone who spent a significant portion of her formative years in white church spaces, I can say that Black people in predominantly white church spaces are some of the most brainwashed people out there. They are convinced that God is white & therefore their proximity to whiteness=salvation...
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
As someone who spent a significant portion of her formative years in white church spaces, I can say that Black people in predominantly white church spaces are some of the most brainwashed people out there. They are convinced that God is white & therefore their proximity to whiteness=salvation...
Because I'm clearing that man from my thoughts and energy moving forward, here's a picture of these two goofy dog cousins right after being caught doing something they probably shouldn't have been doing.
September 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Because I'm clearing that man from my thoughts and energy moving forward, here's a picture of these two goofy dog cousins right after being caught doing something they probably shouldn't have been doing.
My second book from Slocumb, and I'm enjoying it.
September 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
My second book from Slocumb, and I'm enjoying it.
y'all, this is the delivery confirmation photo the UPS driver sent to me to confirm delivery. First of all, what in the photoshop hell is this? Second of all, that isn't even my door. 😫
September 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
y'all, this is the delivery confirmation photo the UPS driver sent to me to confirm delivery. First of all, what in the photoshop hell is this? Second of all, that isn't even my door. 😫
How it started.
How it ended. I did it! Only took about an hour or so, excluding frequent dancing breaks. 😏
How it ended. I did it! Only took about an hour or so, excluding frequent dancing breaks. 😏
August 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
How it started.
How it ended. I did it! Only took about an hour or so, excluding frequent dancing breaks. 😏
How it ended. I did it! Only took about an hour or so, excluding frequent dancing breaks. 😏
Pray for me 😫
August 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pray for me 😫
I don't know if the typo in the subhead is intentional, unfortunate, or just ironic, and I'm not subscribing to Slate to find out. 😏
August 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I don't know if the typo in the subhead is intentional, unfortunate, or just ironic, and I'm not subscribing to Slate to find out. 😏
Indigenous folks, Americans whose ancestors were brutally enslaved here (despite trump lies), Japanese Americans who were interned in camps, Jim Crow victims, KKK victims, lynching victims, victims of gun violence, women who've lost access to legal abortions would ALL like a word.
August 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Indigenous folks, Americans whose ancestors were brutally enslaved here (despite trump lies), Japanese Americans who were interned in camps, Jim Crow victims, KKK victims, lynching victims, victims of gun violence, women who've lost access to legal abortions would ALL like a word.
Decided to make a hoagie today for no particular reason 😏
August 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Decided to make a hoagie today for no particular reason 😏
I hadn't checked for my book on the site Anthropic used to pirate books to train their AI model because I self-published, but lo and behold. Anyway, attorneys created a website where rights holders can confidentially opt in to receive notices about the suit. www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I hadn't checked for my book on the site Anthropic used to pirate books to train their AI model because I self-published, but lo and behold. Anyway, attorneys created a website where rights holders can confidentially opt in to receive notices about the suit. www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Online dating was a hilarious time in my life. I blogged about it back then, and this was a graphic I created of a real-life convo with a match. I used this exchange in a romance novel I was writing at the time. 😏
August 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Online dating was a hilarious time in my life. I blogged about it back then, and this was a graphic I created of a real-life convo with a match. I used this exchange in a romance novel I was writing at the time. 😏
Dinner: Chicken and broccoli with brown sauce. I'm light on the sauce cause I have to watch my sodium. A couple years ago, @itsamia.bsky.social told me to try branching the veggies to get that nice bright color and crunch, and that's the only way I prepare veg in my Asian recipes now.
#Cooking
#Cooking
August 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Dinner: Chicken and broccoli with brown sauce. I'm light on the sauce cause I have to watch my sodium. A couple years ago, @itsamia.bsky.social told me to try branching the veggies to get that nice bright color and crunch, and that's the only way I prepare veg in my Asian recipes now.
#Cooking
#Cooking
It's cooled down considerably here, and it's funny how something as simple as a cool breeze can remind you to slow down and breathe.
August 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's cooled down considerably here, and it's funny how something as simple as a cool breeze can remind you to slow down and breathe.
Confession: The sole reason for making the bread this morning was to use the turkey sausages I made in sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches. Goal unlocked. 😏
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Confession: The sole reason for making the bread this morning was to use the turkey sausages I made in sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches. Goal unlocked. 😏