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Erin Bow

@erinbowbooks.bsky.social

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Author, author! I write novels and poetry, and teach scientists to tell stories. Latest books: a knife so sharp its edge cannot be seen (poetry) and Simon Sort of Says (middle grade novel). NEWBERY HONOR WINNER BABY!!!!!

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Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · Feb 8

My VERY BIG NEWS is official. I am writing a series with my Simon Sort of Says team at Disney books.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 1h

Congrats! And you look both scholarly and stunning!

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 1h

Please tell me all about your pens

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 4h

I very definitely ripped off this visual to do something journaling with it.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 4h

Part of why I started a sketchbook journal is to embody all the anti-AI-art values I am interested in: slowness &roughness & personality & individual soul. Part of that is giving lots of credit to other creators so I think you should all watch this video on dam silting: youtu.be/XiUOBdEUqjY?...

All Dams Are Temporary

YouTube video by Practical Engineering

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 4h

Today’s sketchbook diary is copied from an image of a dam silting in by YouTuber Practical Engineering. The text reads : “All Dams are Temporary” and “This one is about grief.”

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 2d

IN other news I can’t draw ravens.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 2d

A sketchbook diary that records actual writing news: I finished a first draft of a new novel!

Reposted by Erin Bow

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 7d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Writing research question for everyone: do you have a word for the object -- like a stuffed animal or a blanket -- that a young child latches onto and takes everywhere? What is that word, and where are you from?

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 6d

I am having a penwiper moment.
“(“It’s a penwiper. A PEN WIPER! You use it to wipe pens!”)

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Guys guys guys, today I learned:

A “baseline” is the BASE of a surveying triangle, the first step in measuring and mapping a place.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 6d

I try to avoid writing on the computer. I write long-hand or use a #neowriter device, which prevents me from editing as I go.

I do do a lot of editing and rearranging on my computer — I use scrivener — but I like to get my drafts out of the computer and onto paper at several stages.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Today’s assignment at @sketchbookskool.bsky.social is to document a process. This really wasn’t working until I added the yellow but now I kind of like it.

Anyway, this is how I write a first draft.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 6d

My most random/cool bookish claim to fame is that Gordon Lightfoot and I were once up for the same literary award* and I won.

*His nom was because someone made a picture book of one of his songs, making him the author of a children’s book.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 7d

This one is about my depression. I am holding my own.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 7d

The last contact was the Anderson asking the Fitz: “How are you making out, with your problems?”

The Edmund Fitzgerald answered: “We are holding our own.”

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 7d

It’s her final radio message.

The Fitz wasn’t out there alone. She was sailing in company with the Arthur Anderson. When the weather turned the Fitz began to struggle — developing a list, and eventually losing radar. Unable to navigate, she asked the Anderson to lead them into harbour.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday I listened to the cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Home Free and had a good cry. Here you go!

youtu.be/Um1PCCkyYHE?...

But the thing that moves mr most the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald isn’t in the song.

Home Free - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

YouTube video by Home Free

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Waiting Mode

this is a spread from my sketchbook diary. It shows my desktop and a few out the window. The computer is open to a zoom waiting screen.

The text reads: waiting mode. Today I have a meeting. I am ready an hour and 15 minutes early – 15 minutes is always, the hours is because my brain glitched on time zones. I could be working on anything, but my brain has entered waiting mode. It could only wait and make imaginary to do list. The real truth? I spent most of the last hour watching the spider.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 8d

EF: look, we have proofreading. It’s not hard. Let’s just do that.

Brain: … IF I COULD PUT TIME IN A BOTTLE …

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Executive Function: Okay, troops. We have a meeting in four hours. But it’s chill. We are all prepared.

ADHD Brain: got it. we should do nothing at all until then.

EF: no, we could work on

Brain: puts the hold music on speakerphone.

Reposted by Erin Bow

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 9d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 8d

They also ride in on ceremonial moose. Little known fact.

Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social · 9d

In the reading-right-now pile: AMONG GHOSTS by @rachelhartmanbooks.com, IS A RIVER ALIVE? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and THE TREES WITNESS EVERYTHING by @victoriachang.bsky.social