Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar

Aug
20
Deborah Lee illustration mixing fantasy elements in cloudy waves of reds, pinks & blues, including a witch & unicorn.

Friday Open Thread (with Book Lists)

Dear Friends, On Wednesday, a project I'd been working on with amazing people went live, and I'
3 min read
Aug
13
A glimpse of a greenish man-made lake glimpsed through trees and surrounded by them beneath a hazy blue sky.

Friday Open Thread (with Readercon)

Dear Friends, A Virtual Readercon [https://www.readercon.org/] is happening this weekend, so I'm diverging from usual
2 min read
Aug
06
A squeezy bottle of Original Heinz Salad Cream: "deliciously zingy."

Friday Open Thread (with Small Mistakes)

Dear Friends, I had a different topic in mind for today's thread, drafted earlier in the week – but
2 min read
Jul
30
White italic text on a black background reads: "Thank you for Watching Blaseball: The Expansion Era"

Friday Open Thread (with Blaseball)

Dear Friends, I'm a bit useless today; I might be coming down with something OR I might just
3 min read
Jul
23
Close-up on an embroidery hoop, featuring long-stemmed leaves embroidered in dark green thread with yellow highlights to it.

Friday Open Thread (with Beginnings)

Dear Friends, I woke absurdly early this morning and started writing a novel. There is a file name now with
2 min read
Jul
19

Letter of News: NPR, Book of Dragons, Blaseball Zine

I wrote some blaseball erotica and you can read it.
4 min read
Jul
09
Friday Open Thread (with Names of Birds)

Friday Open Thread (with Names of Birds)

Dear Friends, What's the first bird you remember learning to name? I don't mean names of
2 min read
Jul
02
Friday Open Thread (with Comfort)

Friday Open Thread (with Comfort)

Dear Friends, It's Friday, it's a new month, and I want to ask you about comfort
2 min read
Jun
25
Friday Open Thread (with Homes)

Friday Open Thread (with Homes)

Dear Friends, I'm thinking about homes a lot lately – the inflammation of housing markets over the past 18
2 min read
Jun
18
Friday Open Thread (with Animals)

Friday Open Thread (with Animals)

Dear Friends, Today I'd like to ask you about animal encounters. Recently I've taken up running
3 min read
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