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Casey Lawrence
@myexplodingpen.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, scholar. She/they. Lit PhD from Trinity College Dublin.
Happy #FungiFriday! Is this Strobilurus tenacellus, AKA pinecone cap?
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Come on, scammers. At least edit the ai summaries when you send your "I loved your book, please pay me to promote it to my book club" emails!
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy Halloween & #FungiFriday! Here's a creepy mushroom I photographed the other day. I've named it "Cyclops skull." #spooky!
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Happy #fungifriday! Amanita muscaria at sunset among the heather 🍄
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My husband has inadvertently trained the local birds that if they knock on the kitchen window, someone will come put seeds in the birdfeeder.

I work from home, and half my job now is attending to needy tits.

The woodpecker is pretty though.
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Happy #FungiFriday! Is this pose more "Come at me, bro!" or "Heyy guurl"?
October 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Here's a fly agaric toadstool with a wee friend on top (thanks for posing!) for #FungiFriday
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Ah yep, that's the one! The emoji-riddled flattery fest is exactly the same stuff I've been getting. Highly specific but clearly plugged Goodreads summaries into ChatGPT.
October 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Was so excited to get this shot!
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On the worst days, it murmurates,

small hurts becoming one writhing mass

blocking out the sun, looming and shitting

on the windshield of your new car.

Yes, grief is a strange bird indeed.

www.gothamliterature.nyc/content/grie...
September 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's a big day: Bi+ Visibility Day! Check out these three anthologies, which all release TODAY.

💗Bi All Accounts, ed. Bailey Merlin

💜Best Bi Erotica of the Year 2, ed. Christian Pan

💙Bi the Way, I Love You (proceeds support @biprideuk.bsky.social & Rainbow Railroad)

#bisexual #biweek #bisky #🌈💜
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Christ, lady.

These spam "marketing" emails have gone straight to negging.
September 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The belief that people whose brains process information differently “have no conscience” is dangerous; it implies that we are somehow Other, and that we lack morality or decision-making and problem-solving skills. Thinking this way sets a precedent of treating people differently based on neurotype.
September 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I've been seeing authors on #Booksky complaining about AI phishing emails offering vague promotional services, and I finally got one myself. Does that mean I've made it? Or that scammers think I'm desperate enough to sell copies of the book I wrote when I was 19 that I'll pay for promos? #📚💙
August 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oop, yep. Two of my books and one book review in a scholarly journal. Is there a class action we can join yet?
March 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Absolutely tickled that 4% of the paper I just finished is the words 'f*ck' and 'c*nt'. (Are we allowed to swear on Bluesky?)
February 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don't know if it will make it into the final version when this comes out, but I had a good laugh writing this line:
February 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I don't normally self-promo, but if you're looking to stock up on romance titles this weekend, make sure to check out @jmsbooksllc.bsky.social's Valentines Day sale: ebooks 40% off Friday thru Monday, mine included!

Shop the sale: www.jms-books.com
Browse my books: www.jms-books.com/casey-lawren...
February 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Google is so broken. AI has ruined the search engine and made it completely non-functional.
December 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Me: I’m not obsessed with mushrooms.

My camera roll:
December 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Pretty sure it’s just here? I’ve not subscribed to any lists so I could be wrong.
November 25, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Bluechecks: But there’s so many more people on Twitter to interact with!! Leaving for Bluesky is like leaving a hopping club for an empty bar. Don’t you miss all the interactions??

The interactions on Twitter we’re “missing out” on:
November 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I will never forgive Wordle for ruining a 66 day streak with this bullshit. CORER??
October 15, 2024 at 8:41 PM