Profile avatar
petercashwell.bsky.social
Writer, birder, teacher, generalist. Author of THE VERB 'TO BIRD', ALONG THOSE LINES, THE AMAZING Q, etc. Tar Heel Born and Honorary Substitute Legionnaire. he/him. guitar/keyboards/vocals.
11,032 posts 352 followers 145 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 22 Comments 28

He had to keep his remarks brief, because he's got a long drive home.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I'm looking at this subtitle and thinking "Hmm... a father's love... 15,000 books... how come Ta-Nehisi Coates had those but didn't feel the need to abandon hip-hop culture?"

submitted 2 hours ago • 0 comments

One thing I'm learning about the agent game is how carefully you have to check many agencies' web pages to glean critical information.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Just saw a FB post, doubtless generated by AI, that was celebrating Stephanie Beatriz's performance on Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Detective Rosa Parks.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Pool's closed today, so I'll have to make up today's missed laps on Saturday morning. Annoying. But my query streak continues unabated, and will do so until I get a Yes.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I'm seeing posts (but haven't found a confirmed source) saying the big public land sell-off in the Big Beautiful Bill has been struck down by the Senate Parliamentarian. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Whew. Sent today's query to an agent with 68 minutes left in the day. Didn't break my streak.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

JK Rowling is going to get women hurt or killed, all in the name of "protecting" women.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Finally got to spend my Father's Day gift card at Fountain Bookstore. Snagged the new @rosemarymosco.com book (THE BIRDING DICTIONARY), @scalzi.com 's STARTER VILLAIN, and a collection of horror stories by writers of color edited by Jordan Peele.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Hey, @jacobsphysics.bsky.social , you might want to start recruiting this guy.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Frankly, I think FOR ALL MANKIND is going too hard on the alternate history for season 5.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, @ikcope.bsky.social , @jacobsphysics.bsky.social : is there still a sign up at the corner of US 15 and Woodberry Forest Road saying the bridge is out? I ask because it's been 30 years now. At some point I think it can just say "Dead End," or at least "No Outlet."

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

submitted 4 days ago • 817 comments

Summed up quite efficiently.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I had a homework assignment this week that specifically told us to write an analysis, use ChatGPT to get feedback, and submit a second draft based on its response. I told my professor I would prefer not to use an LLM for peer review and she let me just submit my own draft, but jeez.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I'm frankly worried about all the people around here reporting insect bites to their freaking insurance. How big ARE these mosquitoes, anyway?

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Okay, that's ten straight days of swimming laps and nine straight days of sending agents queries for the novel. If I can just finish my homework, the month of June will pretty much lie conquered at my feet.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

INarguably Tim Allen's.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

This is deeply, deeply satisfying to watch. I wish I could believe it would get him out of office.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Another day, another reason to say "Fuck Mitch McConnell." #SCOTUS

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

The wild thing about the 2025 election: this time next year, Virginia will have its first female governor, and our lt. governor will be either an Indian-American Muslim woman or an openly gay man.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Doc probably didn't ever take advantage of it, but Monk (chemistry), Ham (law), Renny (engineering), Johnny (geology & archaeology) and Long Tom (electronics), a/k/a the Fabulous Five, would have made an absolutely *hellacious* pub trivia team. #docsavage #manofbronze

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments