Caryn Gibson, Author

Bou #caturday

I do not use AI to write for me. I do use em dashes, though, so I guess I'm screwed.

If you want to see the banned 60 Minutes segment on CECOT: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-... Canadians aired it and someone filmed it. YouTube has been pulling it down so I found it on Mueller She Wrote. It's not graphic or even any new info, but Bari Weiss wasn't having it.

It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:

We need your help saving the life of a mother & grandmother who was snatched and grabbed in Lenoir, NC by CBP/ICE. She will likely be killed if she is deported back to Honduras. We are in a race against time. Please share. Link to donate: donorbox.org/save-sarais-...

defendandrecruit.org/hallvsnc

As a person living in a small town more than an hour away from a city, with lots of bigger towns all around them... Yes, ICE/CBP can and will come to your small town. They're in mine. Prepare now.

Lol

I miss my writing group, because while I believe all novelists engage in world building, going from an alternate present to a fantasy world is kind of breaking my brain. I understand all of the maps and glossaries and wikis now and would like to discuss with my friends. 😫

I had an issue recently with someone on here, and I've been reflecting on whether or not I did the right thing. If you're pretending to have a genuine conversation with someone, but really you're just waiting for a sales opportunity, people can tell. Even this autistic person can tell. 😐

The third draft of It's the End, Pennie Wilson has been sent to a few beta readers. I won't write another unless it's directed by a professional. The biggest change is a new flashback chapter where Pennie struggles to socialize appropriately with people who do not have her best interests at heart.

Recently spent a little time away. Rode a coaster bike to coffee shops to write. Read on the beach and listened to the surf. Explored an abandoned village. Watched my dad fish.

In an effort to push this account somewhat closer to being on-topic, occasionally, I want to celebrate that I gave myself permission to pay for the writer's conference package that comes with networking events and a pitch. If I can be a safety marshal at protests, I can do this. #pitch

Just a reminder that Puerto Ricans are Americans. Also... If you have a problem with hearing languages you don't speak, YOU are the problem. ¡Tu lucha es mi lucha! ✊🏻 #spanish #badbunny

I was writing a letter to the editor of my local paper regarding homelessness, and was debating if a .gov site would still be a reliable source for my research, but... No, it's a council that doesn't exist anymore and the website, while still indexed, is down. I used the Way Back Machine. RIP USICH.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

While you're busy trying to get people fired, perhaps you could consider focusing that energy on Brian Kilmeade of Fox News, who suggested homeless people should be subject to "involuntary lethal injection." He said: "Just kill them."

Will this actually change anything? I hope so. www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...

Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R

Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...

#Pinks #ProudBlue If you live in GA., you better make sure you’re still registered to vote. Hundreds of thousands have been taken off the voter rolls, especially young black people. GOTV. ✊💙 georgiarecorder.com/briefs/georg...

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This makes me laugh every time I read back through. #booksky

If there is anyone in your life on the fence, who thinks we are overreacting, send them this video and ask them to watch it from start to finish. youtu.be/xuSNmjqY2d0?...

I attended the Virginia Highlands Festival Writers and Readers conference today, and I have to ask myself... Why haven't I been attending these events before?! #writersconference #virginiahighlandsfestival

pen.org "We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible." #bannedbooks

Authors and Illustrators of Books in Mahmoud v. Taylor Case Respond to Supreme Court Ruling - PEN America share.google/WQDEN0jBiDsV...

Exactly.

#GoodTrouble Lives On share.google/BQueZtEkOA2o...

RIP Bingsu, my sweet and sassy kitty. Errrt! #caturday

Trump apparently doesn’t want commerce with other countries; just war.

The cutest ever, getting a recharge. #caturday

Happy Freedom Day, #MA7! No better place than community to mark Juneteenth and celebrate Black joy, Black history, and Black emancipation.

#nokings

*FREE EBOOKS* My capacity for community work and organizing is really low. That’s okay, but I am still educating myself and supporting folks in the ways that I can. Maybe you can do the same? Here’s three free books to start! 🌈📚 💙📚

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#caturday

Folks run ICE, FBI, and cops off the streets of Minneapolis

Sometimes I have to drive a half hour to edit somewhere else 😂 #booksky