Sonia Michaels

Your daily affirmation: The world is a messy place, but it's not up to you to clean it all. Just try to tidy one tiny corner if you can.

This... makes me so sad. 😔 I loved my college experience. I loved LEARNING. I still do. Going through all my boxes of books and papers to downsize this past few weeks, I've realized that I learned something valuable even from the (very few) classes that I didn't enjoy. But here we are. 🥺

Just a little reminder that our physical edition of Tiny Bookshop is coming out on April 10! 📚✨ All pre-orders are LIVE, so you can grab yourself a Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 5 copy 🙌🏼 Who is ready for this!?

Don't let your past define you. Let your future deeds define you, and make sure they include moss draped antlers, a creepy unblinking gaze, and legends of how an ancient horror terrified townsfolk away from the ragged edge of the forest.

In times of strife, it's good to remember that you're not alone. There are many moss goblins, twig witches, and other shadowy creatures of the forest out here shambling along as best we can. Take comfort in that.

Happy Cthulhu-mas to all who celebrate.

✨ The Winter Sale is finally here! Enjoy a 20% discount on #TinyBookshop on Steam and the Nintendo eShop! Steam Winter Sale - December 18 to January 5 Nintendo of America - December 22 to January 4 Nintendo of Europe - December 18 to December 31 Happy holidays!

I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

WTAF 😭😭😭

Wonderful game! Everyone should buy it! 💕📚

This is gorgeous, and as an added bonus, is extremely @tkingfisher.com coded!

Learning in school is not enough. You must continue to teach yourself throughout your life. Study history, read myths, memorize poems, get acquainted with the greatest philosophers & writers. In an age when tech is cooking many brains, we need an army of autodidacts.

Remember, you are not alone. Your community is out there. Find them in quiet bookstores & noisy cafes. Find them shambling in mossy forests. Find them haunting crumbling castles on the coast, under the dim light of stars.

dismantling the centre till it cannot hold: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! when the blood-dimmed tide is loosed: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

This is so beautiful. <3

@tinybookshopgame.com is helping me hang onto what is left of my sanity and I am so grateful to the dev team for this lovely little surprise! 🩷

Should I be a kind person? Should I help my community? Should I learn dark magic from dusty books in secret libraries? Should I wear a tiara of ancient goblin bones and a raven on my shoulder to the market to buy cheese and wine? The answer is always yes.

Do not fear the night. You and your tattered slippers, weary bones, blurry vision, and deep desire for cheese snacks belong to the darkness.

Oh god, here we go.

Timeline cleanse

🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation. Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world. Gift link.

Over the past decade, one of the major focuses of this blog has been the depiction of labour unions and the struggle for workers’ rights in science fiction and fantasy. Let's share some articles about the subject, and talk about some works of SFF that tackle workers' rights well. 1/X

Did she lie ? #Pinks

The emerging Republican position is that women should not be free to vote, to report so-called “sexual assault,” or to say things like “dear isn’t that your fourth, you’re driving.”

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations" cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

Folklore needs to be told. It needs to be transmitted. It desires to jump from pub to pub, playground to post office queue. It has a. Intrinsic dislike of stasis, of being trapped in the ink cages of of books. Folklore wants to be in our conversations and in our shivers. - #CLNolan #FolkloreSunday

this is the very technology orgs like the UN is adopting to "solve" gender inequity

In libraries, we call this vocational awe. The idea that if you are invested in your calling, you should accept low wages/inhumane conditions is a nasty little trick of capitalism. I’m an author, I’m hungry, I care deeply about my work, AND I deserve to be paid for it.

We’re almost halfway through the year and by now you should have: 1. Gotten halfway through the year 2. That’s it 3. You did it 4. I’m proud of you

You are important. You are strong. You belong. Your antlers are fierce. Your fangs and claws are sharp and ready. Teach the world your name.

Escalator temporarily stairs… sorry for the convenience…

This article sparked some delightful conversation today and I think it poses an interesting question that is pretty similar to what I said in my earlier post (but more elegantly!): We still haven't decided if Romantasy = romantic fantasy, fantasy romance, or both. And that is chaos. LOL

There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.

this is what happens when you use masked gestapo goons. other evil people will start using the same tactics. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/u...