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THE BONE BRIDES is out TODAY! Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm. I have waited since I was 7 years old to be able to say... GO FIND ME IN YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE! ❤️

SO, over the phone while at the mall with the wee one: "I think this would've been easier with two people. Because he can wander off now. He--- Yeah, he just walked out of the store. Oh, and I just shoplifted because I was holding stuff and followed him. I think I'm going to have to call you back."

Chinese mycologists described a new giant fungus named Dianjunus rex whose ancient family lineage dates back to just after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. Its upright fruiting bodies can grow up to 20 inches tall and weigh as much as 5 pounds! 🧪 www.frontiersin.org/journals/fun...

Obsessed. This feels in keeping with my personal adoration for taking photos of molding-jack-o'lanterns-with-banana-slugs.

The misty green fog truly does something to my soul.

Tiny moon study. Plein air.

Leaving World Fantasy Con for Emeryville to sign books at Barnes & Noble! Come say hello!

Can I admit that one of my favorite things at a con is when I'm on a panel and then, later in the day, a stranger who was in the audience sees me elsewhere and tells me I did a good job? It's like getting a Gold Star in Author! How it warms my former-gifted-kid heart!

The texture of the dude's face in all the Wicker images STRONGLY activates my nails-on-the-blackboard textural issues, and while I am SO glad we're getting weirdo movies, I really need this particular one (or just the images of it!) to disappear from my feed o_O;;;;;

Read this and went, "Wait--- But how is voicemail different from an answering machine? Why wouldn't I still need to repeat the number???" Took MORE than a minute for it to dawn on me o_O;;;;

Did I mention that I'm going to be at World Fantasy Con this weekend? I'm going to be at World Fantasy Con this weekend! I'll be attending the Mass Autographing Session Fri night + moderating the panel "Fae, Fairie, Faerie, or Fairy? Cultural Differences" Sat morning + generally running around!

Friction is so important to creative work that people *add* friction to allow themselves to do it. Just one example: meter, in poetry. You create a framework that restricts you, that limits you, in order to give your thoughts a scaffold within which to build.

Did I mention that I'm going to be at World Fantasy Con this weekend? I'm going to be at World Fantasy Con this weekend! I'll be attending the Mass Autographing Session Fri night + moderating the panel "Fae, Fairie, Faerie, or Fairy? Cultural Differences" Sat morning + generally running around!

Misread this as, THE VAMPIRE, RUDYARD KIPLING, and, y'know what? Yeah. I'd read that book.

Just sent out a new newsletter! October's been a buuuuusy month for this little ghostie! buttondown.com/marleyrosete...

Give me all the underwater creepies, yesssssss!!

As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

This morning I got to talk to the creative writing class at my old high school, and ohhhh man, THIS is why I write, and why I write specifically for teens! Also, one kid said that my response to one of their questions was "actually really based," and I will be living off that compliment for MONTHS.

Helpful friend, absolutely!

it took four hours and emails across three agencies to determine if a simple, polite email invitation was legitimate, in case you're wondering whether AI has improved efficiency in my field

The wee one has added a new word to his arsenal in the last few days: "bok! bok!", meaning "chicken." Probably the least useful of his words so far, but definitely the cutest.

Eternally trapped in the "maybe if I just eat something, I'll feel less exhausted" loop in which I end up still exhausted, not having gotten my work done, and with an overstuffed belly.

I'll be signing books in Emeryville this Sunday! Come by, say hi, get your book stamped with a skeleton bun!

I can't explain it, but this bird speaks to me.

Realizing that I'm 2 for 2 of making the wee one's Halloween costume entirely out of leftover fabric from old costumes of my own. Just another reason that sewing for a tiny human (rather than an adult) is delightful ^.^

Dear god, what even is time anymore? If you'd ask me to guess, I would've guessed this was, like, 2018 o_O;;;

Okay, but is there anything quite like the high of being able to cobble together enough perfect fabric scraps for a project that you don't need to buy any new fabric? Whooooo-eeee!

Public schools in Utah banned a best-selling Jodi Picoult novel and ordered all copies destroyed. So ... Picoult arrived at a Salt Lake City high school this weekend with 600 copies of the book. And she gave them all away, for free. "Applause and cheers erupted." www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

Positively chomping at the bit for my toddler to start talking so that I can hear all the stories running through his head!

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

Vote 💙

Very important tee-shirt acquired! Mirror selfie skills...not so much.

The idea of "leaving the porch light on" for others is so beautiful.

Very important tee-shirt acquired! Mirror selfie skills...not so much.

Japanese temple garden.

So I know this is generally a game for artists, but if I may... (Art by the fabulous Marcela Bolivar!) If you see this, post a skeleton 🦴

What an incredible weekend! Thank you so much to Linden Tree Books, Barnes & Noble Birdcage, and the Pleasant Pheasant; to my inimitable conversation partners, @samjamtimtam.bsky.social and Cheri Radke; and of course to everyone who came out to support THE BONE BRIDES! 💙💙🦴🐇

Throwback to the chicken-wire "ghosts" that I made to haunt our hillside year-'round at our old place. I really wish they had as good of a spot at our new one. I miss looking out the kitchen window at them.

Every now and again, I stop and remember that my first two celebrity crushes were Barbra Streisand (as Dolly Levi) and David Hyde Pierce (as Niles Crane), and, really, can you get any more bisexual than that?

Throwback to the chicken-wire "ghosts" that I made to haunt our hillside year-'round at our old place. I really wish they had as good of a spot at our new one. I miss looking out the kitchen window at them.

Saturday was World Mental Health Day, so I wrote a possibly-too-honest article for The Nerd Daily. This one means a lot to me. thenerddaily.com/marley-rose-...

This is a beautiful and relatable piece. I too have struggled with depression nearly my entire life, and I wish I had books like THE BONE BRIDES when I was in high school! 🫂 #BookSky