gochenourabout
@sjgochenour.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator/cheese enthusiast.
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· Oct 29
hey! Lovestruck Books currently has ONE copy of A Bloomy Head left on the shelves!
A BLOOMY HEAD is my first historical romance, set in 1820 Shropshire. Dr. Thomas Holyoke has been unceremoniously ejected by a horrible injury from the British military, and finds himself being taken home to the chaotic family of his surgical assistant, Henry Gravenor.
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It's Wednesday, the baby won't wear pants, and there are good audiobooks on sale!
All links to libro and chirp are affiliate links, which means I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. They may be on sale other places!
Click as you like!
All links to libro and chirp are affiliate links, which means I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. They may be on sale other places!
Click as you like!
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's Wednesday, the baby won't wear pants, and there are good audiobooks on sale!
All links to libro and chirp are affiliate links, which means I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. They may be on sale other places!
Click as you like!
All links to libro and chirp are affiliate links, which means I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. They may be on sale other places!
Click as you like!
pantser who uses lists of ideas. All of my writing is in a single folder on my computer. The floor is clean but things are organized in heaps. Every so often I have to take my books off the shelves and put them on different shelves to remember what I have.
A question for writers. I was thinking about the continuum between plotters and pantsers and wondered... Does writing style match your living style?
That is, are plotters more prone to organized clean workspaces while pantsers are more prone more chaotic and messy spaces?
#writinglife
That is, are plotters more prone to organized clean workspaces while pantsers are more prone more chaotic and messy spaces?
#writinglife
February 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
pantser who uses lists of ideas. All of my writing is in a single folder on my computer. The floor is clean but things are organized in heaps. Every so often I have to take my books off the shelves and put them on different shelves to remember what I have.
I both do not have any religious practices and increasingly think I need to acquaint myself with rituals of grief and remembrance to get through the next few years, and so here we are.
I get asked a lot what I'm giving up for Lent, and this year the answer is nothing. this is what I'm doing instead, and I'll tell you why, and you're invited to join in with me however it fits into your own spiritual or contemplative practices.
drive.google.com/file/d/15NhY...
drive.google.com/file/d/15NhY...
Lenten Rosary For Victims of ICE.pdf
drive.google.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I both do not have any religious practices and increasingly think I need to acquaint myself with rituals of grief and remembrance to get through the next few years, and so here we are.
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"Two-year-old Nazgul was quickly collared by race officials and returned unharmed to his home at a nearby bed-and-breakfast... Race organizers did not make Nazgul available for questions after his capture."
www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...
February 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"Two-year-old Nazgul was quickly collared by race officials and returned unharmed to his home at a nearby bed-and-breakfast... Race organizers did not make Nazgul available for questions after his capture."
www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...
just going to say that I have been messing about with a similar mental model for community work (ie gradually increasing one’s load) but I probably haven’t thought carefully enough about what are the spiritual/emotional inputs which give one resources to do that work
Okay, I admit not everything can be related to sports, but boy, writing can, hear me out
There's a thing called chronic training load, and slowly increasing it, and maintaining a relatively high CTL, is a key way that human beings adapt to get better
There's a thing called chronic training load, and slowly increasing it, and maintaining a relatively high CTL, is a key way that human beings adapt to get better
Also, please forgive me for ALWAYS ranting about this but:
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
You can't really write good stuff out of thin air. You DO need to READ.
Yes, I get and champion the Three Morning Pages, the Shitty First Draft, the 15-30 Minutes Writing Sprint, BUT you DO need to read.
Read to improve your writing.
February 18, 2026 at 3:03 PM
just going to say that I have been messing about with a similar mental model for community work (ie gradually increasing one’s load) but I probably haven’t thought carefully enough about what are the spiritual/emotional inputs which give one resources to do that work
One copy of A Bloomy Head currently available at Lovestruck in Harvard Square right now!
February 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
One copy of A Bloomy Head currently available at Lovestruck in Harvard Square right now!
re last repost: YEAH
February 18, 2026 at 3:17 AM
re last repost: YEAH
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lol, it’s a lot easier to form a tenants union when everyone in the building is in the same group chat
MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
February 18, 2026 at 3:03 AM
lol, it’s a lot easier to form a tenants union when everyone in the building is in the same group chat
BACK TO QUILTING
February 18, 2026 at 3:06 AM
BACK TO QUILTING
This was REALLY GOOD with a scoop of yogurt.
Today’s Pretty Successful Shelf-Stable Food Dinner:
heat up a glug of olive oil. add dried onions, garlic powder, thyme, rosemary, any other Italian seasoning on hand.
Add ~1/2 cups red lentils. Stir. Add 1 tbsp of powdered chicken stock and 2-3 cups of water; simmer 15 minutes.
heat up a glug of olive oil. add dried onions, garlic powder, thyme, rosemary, any other Italian seasoning on hand.
Add ~1/2 cups red lentils. Stir. Add 1 tbsp of powdered chicken stock and 2-3 cups of water; simmer 15 minutes.
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This was REALLY GOOD with a scoop of yogurt.
what an annoying day to discover I have zero idea of where I put my copy of Ibáñez’s translation of Ibn Luyun’s agricultural treatise
February 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
what an annoying day to discover I have zero idea of where I put my copy of Ibáñez’s translation of Ibn Luyun’s agricultural treatise
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It's easy to get clicks from telling everyone that stormtroopers are going to surround every polling station in America, but vital action now includes making sure:
1) Everyone is registered
2) they haven't been purged if they WERE registered
3) they know what ID they need
4) they can get that ID
1) Everyone is registered
2) they haven't been purged if they WERE registered
3) they know what ID they need
4) they can get that ID
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
It's easy to get clicks from telling everyone that stormtroopers are going to surround every polling station in America, but vital action now includes making sure:
1) Everyone is registered
2) they haven't been purged if they WERE registered
3) they know what ID they need
4) they can get that ID
1) Everyone is registered
2) they haven't been purged if they WERE registered
3) they know what ID they need
4) they can get that ID
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This is what the state of Voter ID laws currently is. It's incoherent, every state has different rules, untangling them or giving generalized national advice is pointless. Most folks don't know the rules INSIDE their own state, much less in everyone else's!
www.voteriders.org
www.voteriders.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This is what the state of Voter ID laws currently is. It's incoherent, every state has different rules, untangling them or giving generalized national advice is pointless. Most folks don't know the rules INSIDE their own state, much less in everyone else's!
www.voteriders.org
www.voteriders.org
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Please read this thread!!!
And if you are concerned about ICE being deployed for voter intimidation, find a local voting rights org who is already doing the work.
Start with Vote Riders. States having weird/changing Voter ID laws is less flashy for scaring folks but it works real well.
And if you are concerned about ICE being deployed for voter intimidation, find a local voting rights org who is already doing the work.
Start with Vote Riders. States having weird/changing Voter ID laws is less flashy for scaring folks but it works real well.
Each arrest takes like a half dozen agents. They just don’t have the manpower for this. I am not even sure where the marginal utility of this type of thing would be. Maybe if they concentrated their efforts in one congressional district or something.
One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...
February 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Please read this thread!!!
And if you are concerned about ICE being deployed for voter intimidation, find a local voting rights org who is already doing the work.
Start with Vote Riders. States having weird/changing Voter ID laws is less flashy for scaring folks but it works real well.
And if you are concerned about ICE being deployed for voter intimidation, find a local voting rights org who is already doing the work.
Start with Vote Riders. States having weird/changing Voter ID laws is less flashy for scaring folks but it works real well.
@jlkaufmann.bsky.social quilt quilt quilt
February 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
@jlkaufmann.bsky.social quilt quilt quilt
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Don’t forget - Reservations open TOMORROW at 9 AM for DCR campgrounds! Set your alarm and check the link for details on how to book your nature getaway! bit.ly/DCRcamping
February 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Don’t forget - Reservations open TOMORROW at 9 AM for DCR campgrounds! Set your alarm and check the link for details on how to book your nature getaway! bit.ly/DCRcamping
MOAR QUILTING because I’m still sad
February 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
MOAR QUILTING because I’m still sad
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I am biased because I made some minor contributions to this but I really love it and I think you should buy it. It has poison plots! It has art galleries! It has scary mobsters! It has it all!!!
And you get to learn all the old timey French swears I helped KJ pick!
And you get to learn all the old timey French swears I helped KJ pick!
Heads up, Waterstones is doing 25% off preorders of HOW TO FAKE IT IN SOCIETY. Enter the code FEB26 to get the deal. This lasts to the 20th so get in quick! #WPreorder
How to Fake It in Society by KJ Charles | Waterstones
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February 17, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I am biased because I made some minor contributions to this but I really love it and I think you should buy it. It has poison plots! It has art galleries! It has scary mobsters! It has it all!!!
And you get to learn all the old timey French swears I helped KJ pick!
And you get to learn all the old timey French swears I helped KJ pick!
. . . well I did a lot of work on my quilt today, so there’s that.
February 17, 2026 at 5:27 AM
. . . well I did a lot of work on my quilt today, so there’s that.
listening to the Maintenance Phase episode debunking the idea of ”rapid onset gender dysphoria” while I work on my quilt
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
listening to the Maintenance Phase episode debunking the idea of ”rapid onset gender dysphoria” while I work on my quilt
okay so my truth is that I watched a dozen videos explaining all the cultural references in Bad Bunny’s halftime show before watching the show in its entirety just now
February 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM
okay so my truth is that I watched a dozen videos explaining all the cultural references in Bad Bunny’s halftime show before watching the show in its entirety just now
RICH PEOPLE. HELLO. YOU WILL BE TAKING ORDERS FROM DOLLY FROM NOW ON.
The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
RICH PEOPLE. HELLO. YOU WILL BE TAKING ORDERS FROM DOLLY FROM NOW ON.
slightly encouraged to see I am not alone in this bout of depression
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
slightly encouraged to see I am not alone in this bout of depression
also: the King of Words on his throne
February 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
also: the King of Words on his throne