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I write things and like to walk in the woods. She/her #uglydogs The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, 4/7/26

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains is out 4/7/2026! It has things like:
~Hiking!
~contracts!
~that 1000 year old immortal you dated when you were a teen, which seems a little weird now that you're almost 30 and have had some therapy!
~discussion of the likelihood that faerie dinosaurs existed???

Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · Aug 27

Tricky has a face! Look at how beautiful!

The cover of The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, by Reena McCarty

The background is a night sky, dark blue on top, fading down to a bright blue behind a mountain range. There is a little peek of sun or moon behind the mountains, and a stone circle in the foreground at the bottom. The bulk of the cover is a slightly stained scroll that has the title, The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains, written in two different fonts.

The scroll is surrounded by and almost holding back a bunch of plants and flowers–pine branches and cones, balsamroots, lupines, and prairie rockets, along with things like chokecherries, huckleberries, and morels. There are also a few other things in the border–a bronze dagger, a salt shaker, a spoon, and a pen, along with a scattering of iron nails.

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 1d

Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. Imprint: Page Street. Marley Rose-Teter's THE BONE BRIDES, pitched as Howl's Moving Castle by way of Guillermo del Toro, in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faerie realm before they both end up trapped in skins not their own, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street, for publication in fall 2026, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).

The PM announcement is decorated with a border image showing a moody autumnal forest and some cute skeleton bunnies.

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Andrew @andrewcyberkop.bsky.social · 2d

If you buy an NFT of a stock in OpenAI you should have to wear a big bell like a goat for the rest of your life.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

The crash is going to be brutal when it comes.

Robinhood says "it might offer "tokenized" equity in OpenAI. By "tokenized," Business Insider reports, Robinhood means "blockchain-enabled representations of securities like stocks." In reality, they have no connection to OpenAI equity whatsoever."

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 19h

Book is getting more and more book shaped.

A white woman with blonde hair and black glasses (it's me, hi!), resting her chin on a stack of ARC copies of The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty (me again!). The books are blue, with flowers on the front.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 1d

MANY ARE UPSET THAT I THINK MY REELECTION IS LOCKED UP

lonevoice.bsky.social @lonevoice.bsky.social · 1d

Why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chucktingle.bsky.social et al won't is clear: they THINK their reelection is locked up. They know the Americans who care don't have another option. And the second level leadership in the party is doing what they did with Biden: pretending nothing is wrong!

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 1d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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kangarooneys.bsky.social @kangarooneys.bsky.social · 2d

Dear #uglydogs,

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is coming up and for the last few years I have set up an Ofrenda in my classroom to honor and remember the pets (and loved ones) of my students and my own family.

This year I want to extend the offer to you all

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 2d

I have a tab group called "How to write books???" that contains every structure guide I've ever come across and every time I start a new project I open it and stare at them and cry because how does this work??? What???

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 3d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 2d

Deeply jealous of Canadians having their Thanksgiving today. Do you know when American Thanksgiving is this year? November TWENTY SEVENTH. That is so late! Zero break before Christmas! Miserable.

Anyway, Canada, congratulations on your good sense.

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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 2d

N ARCANE INHERITANCE has received a review from Kirkus!!!!

They praised the tension and chemistry between Ellory and Hudson, as well as calling my writing "poetic".

You can read it here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

"Cole's writing is vivid and creative, sometimes even poetic. She excels at conjuring Warren's special cocktail of sinister spookiness and academic intensity." Kirkus Reviews

The cover of AN ARCANE INHERITANCE surrounded by tropes and arrows

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SECRET SOCIETIES
MEMORY MAGIC
FIRST-GEN IMMIGRANT PRESSURE
IVY LEAGUE GOTHIC
SPICE LEVEL: TWO CHILI PEPPERS
BEING BLACK IN EXCLUSIVE SPACES
COLLEGE IS A SPECIAL KIND OF HELL
"I HATE YOU SO MUCH I CAN'T F*CKING BREATHE"
"LOVING YOU IS AS EASY AS TAKING A BREATH"

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Something Witty @phiguru.myatproto.social · 2d

Speaking of which - whether it's for your Indigenous People's Day Donations OR because you're part of the #UglyDogs - Dr. Kat is from Kotzebue and I trust her recommendation for what will get resources there.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 4d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 7d

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 3d

"achillean" always amuses me as a descriptor because does it mean books about gay men being gay or does it mean more like oh you shot me in the leg you shot me in the fucking leg you fuck why would you do that, that's my goddamn ankle, my one weak spot, now I'm going to die you asshole

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social · 4d

This -- seeing the books that are being targeted most NOW really makes what is being done hit harder. It actually undercuts the real threat to show books that are famous and still selling fine.

Nathan @nathandunbar.bsky.social · 4d

A call to bookshops when setting up banned books displays. Feature alive authors who could be struggling due to this. Yes, Stephen King gets banned but he's doing ok financially. So many others are not.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 4d

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 7d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 4d

hey, white friends, in case you thought being white and normie lookin' was gonna keep you safe from our fascist secret police, it will not.

it matters that they are coming for ANYBODY

we must fight their stealing ANYONE

AND: all our liberations are, as always, intertwined.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Reena @reenamccarty.bsky.social · 5d

Zero respect for their neighbors