School of the Negro Spirit
@negrospirit.bsky.social
The (sometimes rogue) account for the first and only school for the study of the Negro Spirit. At the Noire Occult Laveau Academy, explore your various magical talents!
*Promotion Account for my upcoming YA urban fantasy novel, () = out of character*
*Promotion Account for my upcoming YA urban fantasy novel, () = out of character*
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Madame Bader said signing up for social media was a stupid idea, but I'll show her! Even if we don't get more students signed up, we can improve our image to the Negro Spirituals that think we're uppity!
(Account promoting a YA novel about children at an all-Black magical school)
Madame Bader said signing up for social media was a stupid idea, but I'll show her! Even if we don't get more students signed up, we can improve our image to the Negro Spirituals that think we're uppity!
(Account promoting a YA novel about children at an all-Black magical school)
(We got a living Martha in Absolute Batman, and Absolute Superman was old enough to remember Krypton. So long as we're not married to background lore...can we get an Absolute Cyborg that has a healthy relationship with his dad? Im sick of reading him whine about Silas...)
#blerdsky
#blerdsky
July 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
(We got a living Martha in Absolute Batman, and Absolute Superman was old enough to remember Krypton. So long as we're not married to background lore...can we get an Absolute Cyborg that has a healthy relationship with his dad? Im sick of reading him whine about Silas...)
#blerdsky
#blerdsky
( #bvm help a writer out? If I was trying to look up a list of older Black regional phrases where could I look? I'm trying to find a word or phrase that means "teacher" and I wanted to see if there are euphemisms from the Black folk culture of the US South I could consider...)
June 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
( #bvm help a writer out? If I was trying to look up a list of older Black regional phrases where could I look? I'm trying to find a word or phrase that means "teacher" and I wanted to see if there are euphemisms from the Black folk culture of the US South I could consider...)
(I just want to let all the #blerd creators and #blackwriter that do speculative stories know:
If you are using the controversy surrounding Ketema in Black Panther to promote your own story, then you are weak.
Fuck Christopher Priest. But have confidence in your own merit!)
If you are using the controversy surrounding Ketema in Black Panther to promote your own story, then you are weak.
Fuck Christopher Priest. But have confidence in your own merit!)
June 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
(I just want to let all the #blerd creators and #blackwriter that do speculative stories know:
If you are using the controversy surrounding Ketema in Black Panther to promote your own story, then you are weak.
Fuck Christopher Priest. But have confidence in your own merit!)
If you are using the controversy surrounding Ketema in Black Panther to promote your own story, then you are weak.
Fuck Christopher Priest. But have confidence in your own merit!)
(I really don't like how these new liberal Blerds keep perpetuating the idea that nerdy, outcast Black kids are more susceptible to right wing radicalization. As if it's not actual hip hop stars that go around trying to give the MAGA movement street cred. 🧵)
June 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
(I really don't like how these new liberal Blerds keep perpetuating the idea that nerdy, outcast Black kids are more susceptible to right wing radicalization. As if it's not actual hip hop stars that go around trying to give the MAGA movement street cred. 🧵)
(Writers and literary people! I'm not going to name names but can we create a new rule going forward that any magazine or anthology that has Voodoo in the title needs to be open to writers from Haiti, Benin, Louisiana, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria?
That just feels fair and non-appropriative.)
That just feels fair and non-appropriative.)
June 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
(Writers and literary people! I'm not going to name names but can we create a new rule going forward that any magazine or anthology that has Voodoo in the title needs to be open to writers from Haiti, Benin, Louisiana, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria?
That just feels fair and non-appropriative.)
That just feels fair and non-appropriative.)
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WILL WRITE FOR MONEY. I have lots of projects I want to do, but I'm also interested in paying gigs. I prefer gigs that are challenging, fun and sans second-guessing. I need to know deadlines and pay. If I don't think I can do a job, I'll let you know asap. Contact me at tonyisa at ohio dot net.
June 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
WILL WRITE FOR MONEY. I have lots of projects I want to do, but I'm also interested in paying gigs. I prefer gigs that are challenging, fun and sans second-guessing. I need to know deadlines and pay. If I don't think I can do a job, I'll let you know asap. Contact me at tonyisa at ohio dot net.
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Unpopular reality: Anyone can write and publish these days (not always well). The real trick is finding readers for and selling what you've written and/or published. Even harder is coming to grips with realistic expectations in a highly romanticised and increasingly disrupted industry.
May 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Unpopular reality: Anyone can write and publish these days (not always well). The real trick is finding readers for and selling what you've written and/or published. Even harder is coming to grips with realistic expectations in a highly romanticised and increasingly disrupted industry.
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my favourite genre of virtue scolding is when I get emails saying "I'd love to read your new book but I don't support Amazon, will there be any other way to get it?"
it's funny but when I would love to read a book, I generally look on my preferred non-Amazon platform *before* contacting the author.
it's funny but when I would love to read a book, I generally look on my preferred non-Amazon platform *before* contacting the author.
May 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
my favourite genre of virtue scolding is when I get emails saying "I'd love to read your new book but I don't support Amazon, will there be any other way to get it?"
it's funny but when I would love to read a book, I generally look on my preferred non-Amazon platform *before* contacting the author.
it's funny but when I would love to read a book, I generally look on my preferred non-Amazon platform *before* contacting the author.
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If you're over the age of ten and arguing how powerful or not powerful a character is you might be reading comics wrong.
May 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you're over the age of ten and arguing how powerful or not powerful a character is you might be reading comics wrong.
(Magic is already real. It's not a fantasy to escape to nor the ideal solution to all our problems. It cares little about morality, and no one is truly more special than the other because everyone is special in their own way. Magic simply is.)
Day 9 of #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions. You can answer in the comments or quote. I can't wait to see all of your answers. Make sure to # us so we & everyone else can see them and have fun with it. 🥰📇✍️
Food 4 thought: How can you better do this? (You don't have to post)
Food 4 thought: How can you better do this? (You don't have to post)
May 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
(Magic is already real. It's not a fantasy to escape to nor the ideal solution to all our problems. It cares little about morality, and no one is truly more special than the other because everyone is special in their own way. Magic simply is.)
(My one complaint about #Sinners is that niggas really bout to spend the next 30 years leaving their doors open without saying shit, and I'm too autistic for all that! I need clear and direct instructions! 😂)
April 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
(My one complaint about #Sinners is that niggas really bout to spend the next 30 years leaving their doors open without saying shit, and I'm too autistic for all that! I need clear and direct instructions! 😂)
In light of the hit movie Sinners, the Laveau Academy will host a free, two-week seminar on home defense against vampires and haints. Guest speakers from the Merlin and Morganne Academies will demonstrate methods effective against the Fey folk as well.
Don't worry y'all, the guests are Black, too!
Don't worry y'all, the guests are Black, too!
April 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In light of the hit movie Sinners, the Laveau Academy will host a free, two-week seminar on home defense against vampires and haints. Guest speakers from the Merlin and Morganne Academies will demonstrate methods effective against the Fey folk as well.
Don't worry y'all, the guests are Black, too!
Don't worry y'all, the guests are Black, too!
(Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.)
April 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
(Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.)
The Student Radical Artists will be hosting their DIY Oracle Deck workshop at 6pm in the library.
"Become unmarketable. Make your own Orisha, Adinkra, Vodou and Conjure decks, blessed with the Spirit!" - VP Amani Harris-Ture
"Don't none a y'all put no fairy dust on my books!" - Librarian Carter
"Become unmarketable. Make your own Orisha, Adinkra, Vodou and Conjure decks, blessed with the Spirit!" - VP Amani Harris-Ture
"Don't none a y'all put no fairy dust on my books!" - Librarian Carter
April 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Student Radical Artists will be hosting their DIY Oracle Deck workshop at 6pm in the library.
"Become unmarketable. Make your own Orisha, Adinkra, Vodou and Conjure decks, blessed with the Spirit!" - VP Amani Harris-Ture
"Don't none a y'all put no fairy dust on my books!" - Librarian Carter
"Become unmarketable. Make your own Orisha, Adinkra, Vodou and Conjure decks, blessed with the Spirit!" - VP Amani Harris-Ture
"Don't none a y'all put no fairy dust on my books!" - Librarian Carter
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When are the people who said nothing while student protestors were attacked for their free speech last year going to admit they made a catastrophic mistake? That would actually be useful. Weaken their rhetorical tools.
Admit you made a huge fucking mistake
Admit you made a huge fucking mistake
April 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When are the people who said nothing while student protestors were attacked for their free speech last year going to admit they made a catastrophic mistake? That would actually be useful. Weaken their rhetorical tools.
Admit you made a huge fucking mistake
Admit you made a huge fucking mistake
(Okay other #writers I been out of the submission game for a minute and need some clarification on something. Trying not to be That Guy here but seeing submission calls from small publishers that pay as little as $10, and still don't accept reprints. ELI5? I feel like for that little pay...)
April 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
(Okay other #writers I been out of the submission game for a minute and need some clarification on something. Trying not to be That Guy here but seeing submission calls from small publishers that pay as little as $10, and still don't accept reprints. ELI5? I feel like for that little pay...)
The Advisory Council has voted on the matter of AI art on public altars, and decided that any art of divine/spiritual figures must be made by humans.
Anyone caught in violation will be subject to one week of cleaning fairy dust from library books.
We told y'all to stop making them books float!
Anyone caught in violation will be subject to one week of cleaning fairy dust from library books.
We told y'all to stop making them books float!
March 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Advisory Council has voted on the matter of AI art on public altars, and decided that any art of divine/spiritual figures must be made by humans.
Anyone caught in violation will be subject to one week of cleaning fairy dust from library books.
We told y'all to stop making them books float!
Anyone caught in violation will be subject to one week of cleaning fairy dust from library books.
We told y'all to stop making them books float!
(reposting cuz I want the reccs too but also, this is why I was adamant to include Muslim characters in my series. The idea that Black identity is inherently Christian is something I'm specifically challenging in all my work.)
Was putting up a Ramadan display at my library and realized we don't have any YA fiction by and about Black American Muslims. A quickie google search didn't turn anything up either. Given that Black Americans make up nearly 20% of the US Muslim population, this seems like a big gap. Any recs?
March 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
(reposting cuz I want the reccs too but also, this is why I was adamant to include Muslim characters in my series. The idea that Black identity is inherently Christian is something I'm specifically challenging in all my work.)
(All my characters are nerds!
Marquise and Jerome bond over anime.
Marquise and Khadijah spend all their time together in the library, parallel reading.
Renèe plays her older brother's handed down Gameboy SP nigh obsessively, and she and Jerome have a years long gaming rivalry.)
Marquise and Jerome bond over anime.
Marquise and Khadijah spend all their time together in the library, parallel reading.
Renèe plays her older brother's handed down Gameboy SP nigh obsessively, and she and Jerome have a years long gaming rivalry.)
March 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
(All my characters are nerds!
Marquise and Jerome bond over anime.
Marquise and Khadijah spend all their time together in the library, parallel reading.
Renèe plays her older brother's handed down Gameboy SP nigh obsessively, and she and Jerome have a years long gaming rivalry.)
Marquise and Jerome bond over anime.
Marquise and Khadijah spend all their time together in the library, parallel reading.
Renèe plays her older brother's handed down Gameboy SP nigh obsessively, and she and Jerome have a years long gaming rivalry.)
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March 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
(Little bit of lore dumping:
Renée and Jaime's mom doesn't trust any pharmaceuticals. Especially her mood stabilizers. She eventually found a blend of meditation, herbs, and isolation that helps. But she made mistakes along the way. And that's part of why Renée and Jaime can never leave the school)
Renée and Jaime's mom doesn't trust any pharmaceuticals. Especially her mood stabilizers. She eventually found a blend of meditation, herbs, and isolation that helps. But she made mistakes along the way. And that's part of why Renée and Jaime can never leave the school)
Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer.
Hard mode: No villains
Hard mode: No villains
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
(Little bit of lore dumping:
Renée and Jaime's mom doesn't trust any pharmaceuticals. Especially her mood stabilizers. She eventually found a blend of meditation, herbs, and isolation that helps. But she made mistakes along the way. And that's part of why Renée and Jaime can never leave the school)
Renée and Jaime's mom doesn't trust any pharmaceuticals. Especially her mood stabilizers. She eventually found a blend of meditation, herbs, and isolation that helps. But she made mistakes along the way. And that's part of why Renée and Jaime can never leave the school)
(In hindsight, it's kinda weird how our teachers were just like "Hey, Hunger Games is popular and we're teaching it anyway, let's host our own Hunger Games with the students!")
(And yeah I'm sure that not every school did that. But I also don't think my teachers were THAT creative lol)
(And yeah I'm sure that not every school did that. But I also don't think my teachers were THAT creative lol)
March 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
(In hindsight, it's kinda weird how our teachers were just like "Hey, Hunger Games is popular and we're teaching it anyway, let's host our own Hunger Games with the students!")
(And yeah I'm sure that not every school did that. But I also don't think my teachers were THAT creative lol)
(And yeah I'm sure that not every school did that. But I also don't think my teachers were THAT creative lol)
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Coyote vs. Acme is never gonna be released or leaked, so I'm gonna spoil a thing I read from the plot summary because it doesn't matter anymore:
The reveal that Coyote only sued Acme in order to get the Road Runner on the witness stand so he could trap him is a brilliant twist.
The reveal that Coyote only sued Acme in order to get the Road Runner on the witness stand so he could trap him is a brilliant twist.
March 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Coyote vs. Acme is never gonna be released or leaked, so I'm gonna spoil a thing I read from the plot summary because it doesn't matter anymore:
The reveal that Coyote only sued Acme in order to get the Road Runner on the witness stand so he could trap him is a brilliant twist.
The reveal that Coyote only sued Acme in order to get the Road Runner on the witness stand so he could trap him is a brilliant twist.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.