Kameron Hurley
@kameronhurley.com
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I mean it could also be that
Misread as "found someone in the gutters" at first and was mighty confused.
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I mean it could also be that
Found someone to do the gutters on Friday in only three calls.
Basically winning adulting today.
Basically winning adulting today.
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Found someone to do the gutters on Friday in only three calls.
Basically winning adulting today.
Basically winning adulting today.
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So much good work in here:
New issue of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is here from @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social! Look at that cover weightlessbooks.com/lady-churchi...
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
So much good work in here:
Biggest writing challenge I've had to overcome last few years is regaining confidence in myself: confidence that I can fix shitty series of first attempts. I started last book over like 50 times. This one,I'm keeping scene bones I know are good and going over it again, and again, til it gets clearer
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Biggest writing challenge I've had to overcome last few years is regaining confidence in myself: confidence that I can fix shitty series of first attempts. I started last book over like 50 times. This one,I'm keeping scene bones I know are good and going over it again, and again, til it gets clearer
I mean technically I've done her a few times, most famously here:
www.amazon.com/Gods-War-Bel...
But what's one more???
www.amazon.com/Gods-War-Bel...
But what's one more???
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I mean technically I've done her a few times, most famously here:
www.amazon.com/Gods-War-Bel...
But what's one more???
www.amazon.com/Gods-War-Bel...
But what's one more???
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I think from here on out, whenever my internal editor or an actual person says "Murder your darlings," my response will be "Fuck it, I don't need growth."
After 15 years of publishing novels, I find myself continuing to return to same salty Conan female heroine types. This time around, instead of saying, "Can't you come up with something ELSE Kameron?" I went, "Fuck it. This is just what it is and what I want to write about. I don't need growth." 😆
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I think from here on out, whenever my internal editor or an actual person says "Murder your darlings," my response will be "Fuck it, I don't need growth."
Wowwowwowo
Someone called the police on my 9 year old when she was at the park in our neighborhood by herself. The officer told me she’s not allowed to go until she’s 11… I called the non-emergency number and that officer told me there is no such rule. 🙄
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Wowwowwowo
Pretty happy with morning pages this week. Slow going, as ever, but working on the #wip regularly is admittedly great for my mental health.
At the end of the day I'm not sitting around shrieking, "What am I even DOING with my life???" 😆
At the end of the day I'm not sitting around shrieking, "What am I even DOING with my life???" 😆
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Pretty happy with morning pages this week. Slow going, as ever, but working on the #wip regularly is admittedly great for my mental health.
At the end of the day I'm not sitting around shrieking, "What am I even DOING with my life???" 😆
At the end of the day I'm not sitting around shrieking, "What am I even DOING with my life???" 😆
I'm trying to identify the moment when people started calling the police when kids under 18 went out unescorted. We had a group of tweens here during pandemic who lasted a couple weeks roaming around actually playing like old school latch key kids before the first cop showed up.
I had been taking myself to school for 3 years at this point and would regular get a bus into town with friends! I also had my own house key.
Blows my mind.
Blows my mind.
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I'm trying to identify the moment when people started calling the police when kids under 18 went out unescorted. We had a group of tweens here during pandemic who lasted a couple weeks roaming around actually playing like old school latch key kids before the first cop showed up.
Look at these troublemakers!
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January 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Look at these troublemakers!
My parents put me on a plane to Seattle by myself at 10!
In those days you could escort your kid to the gate and have them picked up right at the gate on other side tho
In those days you could escort your kid to the gate and have them picked up right at the gate on other side tho
I rode a greyhound for a seven hour trip by myself at 10.
My mother did give the driver a sting lecture about keeping an eye on me.
So.
My mother did give the driver a sting lecture about keeping an eye on me.
So.
January 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM
My parents put me on a plane to Seattle by myself at 10!
In those days you could escort your kid to the gate and have them picked up right at the gate on other side tho
In those days you could escort your kid to the gate and have them picked up right at the gate on other side tho
A little light reading tonight 😆
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
A little light reading tonight 😆
Strangely enough novel advances seem to be unaffected by inflation! 🙃
I notice our novel advances haven't doubled lol
January 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Strangely enough novel advances seem to be unaffected by inflation! 🙃
You know I'm borderline GenX/millennial because I'm watching a show with an 9 or 10 year old kid whose mom is desperate for a babysitter so she can go to work and I'm like, "That kid is plenty old enough to be on her own. If you can make soup and call 911, you don't need a babysitter." 😆
a person in a trench coat is walking on a field
ALT: a person in a trench coat is walking on a field
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January 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
You know I'm borderline GenX/millennial because I'm watching a show with an 9 or 10 year old kid whose mom is desperate for a babysitter so she can go to work and I'm like, "That kid is plenty old enough to be on her own. If you can make soup and call 911, you don't need a babysitter." 😆
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i love this.
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
i love this.
Got a second estimate for house painting that also came in at $12,250 or so.
Found the bill for same house, same job, in 2010 and it was $6,250.
I realize we're old, but even so. Whew.
Found the bill for same house, same job, in 2010 and it was $6,250.
I realize we're old, but even so. Whew.
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Got a second estimate for house painting that also came in at $12,250 or so.
Found the bill for same house, same job, in 2010 and it was $6,250.
I realize we're old, but even so. Whew.
Found the bill for same house, same job, in 2010 and it was $6,250.
I realize we're old, but even so. Whew.
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IG feeding me hockey clips: you seem to have misunderstood something
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 AM
IG feeding me hockey clips: you seem to have misunderstood something
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sometimes I buy things because if I don’t, I’ll never see them again - and I’ll regret it all my life
(anyone who sends me helpful pink alligator rug links will be blocked, just enjoy my poor impulse control re: after-Christmas sales and let it go)
(anyone who sends me helpful pink alligator rug links will be blocked, just enjoy my poor impulse control re: after-Christmas sales and let it go)
January 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
sometimes I buy things because if I don’t, I’ll never see them again - and I’ll regret it all my life
(anyone who sends me helpful pink alligator rug links will be blocked, just enjoy my poor impulse control re: after-Christmas sales and let it go)
(anyone who sends me helpful pink alligator rug links will be blocked, just enjoy my poor impulse control re: after-Christmas sales and let it go)
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Whole thread is brilliant and vital and necessary, but this - this is EVERYTHING.
Because it's absolutely true: if there's no point in doing anything at all, why would you do it? It's humans who make meaning. The events are just events. We make them mean something. What that is is entirely up to us. Story is uniquely human. Story is our one superpower.
January 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Whole thread is brilliant and vital and necessary, but this - this is EVERYTHING.
OMG I just also made this one!!
January 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
OMG I just also made this one!!
Turns out when you have ability to curate your conversations on social media, social media is a lot more pleasant. For every rando mods allow to piss on sheets, there's thousands of perfectly lovely people who leave because they prefer clean sheets. It becomes an echo chamber of world's worst people
January 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Turns out when you have ability to curate your conversations on social media, social media is a lot more pleasant. For every rando mods allow to piss on sheets, there's thousands of perfectly lovely people who leave because they prefer clean sheets. It becomes an echo chamber of world's worst people
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This entire thread is fantastic, but this particular part is something that I’ve tried to start working on in my own work environment.
Have the agency to change the things in your life that suck. They may be small, but even one less thing is an improvement.
Have the agency to change the things in your life that suck. They may be small, but even one less thing is an improvement.
So story became "Every day, I'm going to look at one small thing about this job or processes here that drive me crazy, and address that. I'll stop telling a snarky depressing story of how fucked we are during team meetings. We all know we're fucked. Talking about how fucked we are changes nothing."
January 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This entire thread is fantastic, but this particular part is something that I’ve tried to start working on in my own work environment.
Have the agency to change the things in your life that suck. They may be small, but even one less thing is an improvement.
Have the agency to change the things in your life that suck. They may be small, but even one less thing is an improvement.