Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press
@greeniezona.bsky.social
Enthusiast of too many things, especially books, fungi, rainbows, MDZS, Ingress, people so hyper-focused on their interests they open a whole museum/shop/press about it.
Managing editor at Dancing Star Press. She/her
https://linktr.ee/greeniezona
Managing editor at Dancing Star Press. She/her
https://linktr.ee/greeniezona
I ACTUALLY talked to a REAL LIVE PERSON at my Representative's office about this today (I can't remember the last time I got a staffer and not a machine).
What To Know About Marjorie Taylor Greene's Felony National Trans Youth Care Ban, Which Will Receive A House Vote • Though the bill stands little chance of becoming law, it will be a major messaging vote for congresspeople on both sides of the aisle.
What To Know About Marjorie Taylor Greene's Felony National Trans Youth Care Ban, Which Will Receive A House Vote
Though the bill stands little chance of becoming law, it will be a major messaging vote for congresspeople on both sides of the aisle.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I ACTUALLY talked to a REAL LIVE PERSON at my Representative's office about this today (I can't remember the last time I got a staffer and not a machine).
Went to the dentist this morning and now I have a surprise tooth extraction later today!
So, you know, today is cancelled.
(It's not a surprise that this tooth had to go, just a surprise it is happening today. I was hoping to hold onto it for another year or so, but I guess not!)
So, you know, today is cancelled.
(It's not a surprise that this tooth had to go, just a surprise it is happening today. I was hoping to hold onto it for another year or so, but I guess not!)
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Went to the dentist this morning and now I have a surprise tooth extraction later today!
So, you know, today is cancelled.
(It's not a surprise that this tooth had to go, just a surprise it is happening today. I was hoping to hold onto it for another year or so, but I guess not!)
So, you know, today is cancelled.
(It's not a surprise that this tooth had to go, just a surprise it is happening today. I was hoping to hold onto it for another year or so, but I guess not!)
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On the other hand I think it would be very funny to retitle literary fiction light novel style. “Oh No! This Author Stand-In is Unhappily Married”
This attitude is how you end up with light novel titles.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
On the other hand I think it would be very funny to retitle literary fiction light novel style. “Oh No! This Author Stand-In is Unhappily Married”
My ARFID child has recently decided that muffins are a safe food. Please tell me about your very favorite muffins, the more unusual the better.
Bonus points if you include a recipe.
Bonus points if you include a recipe.
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My ARFID child has recently decided that muffins are a safe food. Please tell me about your very favorite muffins, the more unusual the better.
Bonus points if you include a recipe.
Bonus points if you include a recipe.
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If you enjoyed a book(s), here are 10 things you can do to exercise your enormous power as a reader and radically help the author. And every action here is free:
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you enjoyed a book(s), here are 10 things you can do to exercise your enormous power as a reader and radically help the author. And every action here is free:
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
It is once again time for our annual tradition of transporting four teenagers to a town an hour away so my youngest child can have their hyperfixation pizza for their birthday.
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It is once again time for our annual tradition of transporting four teenagers to a town an hour away so my youngest child can have their hyperfixation pizza for their birthday.
Overhearing weird snatches of conversation about races and teenagers at the bagel store that are making me side-eye the table next to me, until I realize the guy is trying to design a d&d campaign for teenagers.
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Overhearing weird snatches of conversation about races and teenagers at the bagel store that are making me side-eye the table next to me, until I realize the guy is trying to design a d&d campaign for teenagers.
I have been nursing two sickos the past two days which means all hours are neverwhen hours and have I ever gotten anything done in my entire life?
December 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I have been nursing two sickos the past two days which means all hours are neverwhen hours and have I ever gotten anything done in my entire life?
I am about to have eARCs for two books I will ACTUALLY be publishing in the new year!
The Night Sweeps the Mountains Away by Tanvir Ahmed:
historical fantasy in 19th century Afghanistan, monsters, the costs of survival, and what home means
The Night Sweeps the Mountains Away by Tanvir Ahmed:
historical fantasy in 19th century Afghanistan, monsters, the costs of survival, and what home means
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am about to have eARCs for two books I will ACTUALLY be publishing in the new year!
The Night Sweeps the Mountains Away by Tanvir Ahmed:
historical fantasy in 19th century Afghanistan, monsters, the costs of survival, and what home means
The Night Sweeps the Mountains Away by Tanvir Ahmed:
historical fantasy in 19th century Afghanistan, monsters, the costs of survival, and what home means
I may have developed feelings about these idiots (affectionate) from this short article and now maybe I need to read the gay hockey books.
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
readingtheend.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I may have developed feelings about these idiots (affectionate) from this short article and now maybe I need to read the gay hockey books.
Actual BlueSky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.
www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-49.php
Real question: were any of you hardcore enough to have a pre-existing favorite? Or did you all, like me, search the year and pick an image from the results.
www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-49.php
Real question: were any of you hardcore enough to have a pre-existing favorite? Or did you all, like me, search the year and pick an image from the results.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Actual BlueSky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.
www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-49.php
Real question: were any of you hardcore enough to have a pre-existing favorite? Or did you all, like me, search the year and pick an image from the results.
www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-49.php
Real question: were any of you hardcore enough to have a pre-existing favorite? Or did you all, like me, search the year and pick an image from the results.
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It's the holiday season and if you have a fantasy reader reader in your life you can't go wrong with the Royal Heretic series! The entire trilogy is available at mvmediaatl.com at a special, publisher only price!
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's the holiday season and if you have a fantasy reader reader in your life you can't go wrong with the Royal Heretic series! The entire trilogy is available at mvmediaatl.com at a special, publisher only price!
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Lovely to see THE DEAD WITHHELD by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app on Reactor's Best Books of 2025 🖤 and in such fine company too ✨
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
reactormag.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Lovely to see THE DEAD WITHHELD by @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app on Reactor's Best Books of 2025 🖤 and in such fine company too ✨
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
reactormag.com/reviewers-ch...
Barnes & Noble opened a new location basically across the street from a local bookstore here. I took a peek in this week and it was the most soulless bookstore I have ever been in that wasn't in an airport.
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Barnes & Noble opened a new location basically across the street from a local bookstore here. I took a peek in this week and it was the most soulless bookstore I have ever been in that wasn't in an airport.
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Reviews, recommendations, and requesting these books for purchase by your local library.
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reviews, recommendations, and requesting these books for purchase by your local library.
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Re: last reskeet: If reviews freak you out—and I get it, I ran a bookstore for decades and some of my clerks were *AMAZING* at hand-selling and froze the moment they were handed a shelf-talker cue card—here’s an easy trick for three short sentences that make a useful review:
Okay, because I need to try and re-spark some writing community joy after… *gestures at everything* how about a revisit on a way you can absolutely support authors you love for zero dollars: by dropping a low-stress, three-sentence review somewhere.
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Re: last reskeet: If reviews freak you out—and I get it, I ran a bookstore for decades and some of my clerks were *AMAZING* at hand-selling and froze the moment they were handed a shelf-talker cue card—here’s an easy trick for three short sentences that make a useful review:
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
It seems like most of the whaling in Moby Dick will take place in southern seas, but something just feels spiritually correct about reading this book while snow is falling outside.
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
It seems like most of the whaling in Moby Dick will take place in southern seas, but something just feels spiritually correct about reading this book while snow is falling outside.
It is the time of year to be absolutely overextended in all directions. I just saw a notification that the meeting I planned to go to tonight is now a potluck with a cash bar? I think I am going to spend that hour with Moby Dick instead.
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It is the time of year to be absolutely overextended in all directions. I just saw a notification that the meeting I planned to go to tonight is now a potluck with a cash bar? I think I am going to spend that hour with Moby Dick instead.
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Yell it.
One of my favorite books I read this month was Afro Puffs are the Antennae of the Universe by Zig Zag Claybourne. I was yelling about pulpy queer goodness earlier today? Have a full length book of it! A crew of Black and Latinx women steal a geegaw from the moon, do construction on Atlantis...
Afro Puffs Are the Antennae of the Universe — ZZ Claybourne
One day you’ll be interviewed, her subconscious riffed, about what it’s like being Desiree Quicho, and you’ll try to be this massively erudite Guatemalan Queen of philosophy and measured evaluation,...
zzclaybourne.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yell it.
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The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis: A Sapphic Paranormal Neo-Noir Review
Neon Hemlock has another hit on its hands with The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis. Published in 2025, the sapphic paranormal neo-noir novella follows Desdemona “Dizzy” Carter in her quest to find the murderer of her wife, Lonnie,…
Neon Hemlock has another hit on its hands with The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis. Published in 2025, the sapphic paranormal neo-noir novella follows Desdemona “Dizzy” Carter in her quest to find the murderer of her wife, Lonnie,…
The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis: A Sapphic Paranormal Neo-Noir Review
Neon Hemlock has another hit on its hands with The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis. Published in 2025, the sapphic paranormal neo-noir novella follows Desdemona “Dizzy” Carter in her quest to find the murderer of her wife, Lonnie, the Fallen Angels serial killer. Dizzy is a Private investigator and a deadwalker witch, one who can talk to the dead, and she gets a lead on Lonnie’s case for the first time in years. With the help of her dolls, I, II, and III, she travels all over the Vegas-inspired city of San Guin, determined to finally put her past behind her and bring peace to Lonnie’s ghost. The Dead Withheld is an uproarious story of grief and the community that loves us through it all.
theblerdlibrary.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis: A Sapphic Paranormal Neo-Noir Review
Neon Hemlock has another hit on its hands with The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis. Published in 2025, the sapphic paranormal neo-noir novella follows Desdemona “Dizzy” Carter in her quest to find the murderer of her wife, Lonnie,…
Neon Hemlock has another hit on its hands with The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis. Published in 2025, the sapphic paranormal neo-noir novella follows Desdemona “Dizzy” Carter in her quest to find the murderer of her wife, Lonnie,…
My book club's reading prompt for the month is obsession.
Question: is it time for me to finally read Moby Dick?
Secondary, but equally important question: Can I read Moby Dick in 12 days?
Question: is it time for me to finally read Moby Dick?
Secondary, but equally important question: Can I read Moby Dick in 12 days?
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My book club's reading prompt for the month is obsession.
Question: is it time for me to finally read Moby Dick?
Secondary, but equally important question: Can I read Moby Dick in 12 days?
Question: is it time for me to finally read Moby Dick?
Secondary, but equally important question: Can I read Moby Dick in 12 days?
Quote with your model of masculinity.
Listen, I was probably influenced by Claire's choice, but also I am a progressive who grew up in Kansas, so...
Listen, I was probably influenced by Claire's choice, but also I am a progressive who grew up in Kansas, so...
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Quote with your model of masculinity.
Listen, I was probably influenced by Claire's choice, but also I am a progressive who grew up in Kansas, so...
Listen, I was probably influenced by Claire's choice, but also I am a progressive who grew up in Kansas, so...
This is good, but it is also making me think about creative ways to reframe my "favorite books I read in 2025" list I may or may not find time to write.
Reposting my 2018 piece about year end lists for anyone who needs it (me!). www.damemagazine.com/2018/12/19/i...
It’s Time to Reconsider the Best-Of List - Dame Magazine
The piles of books and galleys that clutter my apartment are overwhelming. This is not a humble brag—more of a cry for help. I’m a culture writer and critic who is deeply entrenched in the book world....
www.damemagazine.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is good, but it is also making me think about creative ways to reframe my "favorite books I read in 2025" list I may or may not find time to write.
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I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.