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Writer of character-driven fantasy, sci-fi, magical realism, and literary fiction. 📚 I also run the page Black Girls Belong in Fantasy and Sci-Fi: bgbfs.bsky.social

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I taught two George Saunders pieces ("Puppy" and "Sea Oak"), and now half my students are writing kind of like him. It's cute and kind of funny.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

To pull myself out of this funk, I started writing down some ideas for magical girls. Then I started making them on a doll maker, and oh my god I love them so much. Left to right, their names are Indirah, Maylis, Jade, and Aleksandra. 🥹

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

I'm actually pretty deep in the pit of despair right now. If I'm not a writer, I don't know who I am anymore. I can't actually fathom it, except that it feels like pain.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

It's hard knowing I'm a damn good writer, but no one wants my stories. What really hurts is, they're stories I wished existed when I was younger. Writing is the only thing I've been doing all my life, besides breathing. For the first time, I'm thinking of quitting..

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Dr. Who was one of the best things about living on this Earth, until Steven Moffat left.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Translating my WIP into French -- one paragraph a week -- is a good language exercise and helps me rethink the material when I have writer's block. 🥰 #writingcommunity

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I added "Jesus Shaves" by David Sedaris to my syllabus this semester -- I'm so excited. 🥹 It's been a while since I've added a new short piece. And anyway, the students tend not to enjoy "Puppy" by George Saunders as much as the others. Honestly? Fair 😂

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

First office selfie of the semester! My creative writing class is finally getting into the swing of things. We had excellent discussions about "Wildwood" by Junot Diaz and "Model's Assistant" by Alissa Nutting

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

I love the writing community, but sometimes, there are stinkers. Please don't do this shiesty shit. From now on, I will block people who do this. #writingcommunity #writersky

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

Omg what was I LITERALLY just talking about 😭 And the saddest part is: the question they used A.I. to answer was, "How can writing and storytelling create profound impacts on people?"

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Students really do take it as a challenge when I say, "Do not use Al. You will receive a 0 and won't be able to make it up later." I tell them, "I don't plug it into software. I just look at it with my eyeballs - it's that obvious." And what do I get the next day? Answers, verbatim, from ChatGPT.