Kathryn Thornwood

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:09:52 -0400

In Fahrenheit 451, some members of the resistance, the “book people” memorized an entire book to save it from fire and oblivion. From that moment on, they were known by the name of the book. Which book would you become?

I am The Two Towers.

#books

Sun, 03 May 2026 17:06:05 -0400

Sausage fingers McGoo over here just hit “submit” thinking it would take me back to the submission form instead of submitting my story as final….

Welp, at least my Dragons & Wyverns short story is now in and I don’t have to worry about getting it in by the deadline? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sun, 03 May 2026 14:00:00 -0400

Second Chance Sunday! In which I reblog an old post I’m proud of! I wrote an original story of a window, and a lost and wistful 👨🏻‍❤️‍👨🏼 love. #blogging #scs #writing

kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-…

Sat, 02 May 2026 23:32:08 -0400

I have never had this much trouble with reCAPTCHAs in my life! It’s like all the idiot CEOs used AI not knowing how it worked and now it’s breaking the entire backbone of the internet.

Sat, 02 May 2026 18:15:14 -0400

This was posted as part of Open University’s ‘is social media for you?’ mini-“course”. This feels like a better personality test than the Myers-Briggs.

What type are you? (I’m… several.)

www.thinkdigital.travel/opinion/t…

#socialmedia

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:06:35 -0400

Dark academia hits too close to home.

Is there a cabal of powerful men protecting each other? Yes! (case in point Larry Summers while president of Harvard)

Do professors pursue their students? Yup. (too many examples to count)

I may write that genre someday… but not today. I know too much.

Fri, 01 May 2026 19:24:18 -0400

My 13-going-on-14yo dog just rolled off the bed in his sleep and I have never come closer to breaking the sound barrier before.

He’s fine. It’s a short distance and carpeted, but MAN. Do I need to get one of those toddler bed bumpers for our old man dog?

Fri, 01 May 2026 11:37:05 -0400

There is one type of proselytizing I can never resist doing.

LIBRARY proselytization! Libraries are amazing. Do you know all the things you get for free just for walking through the door and getting a library card?

Free books! Free music! Free shows! Free courses! And so much more!

#i♥️libraries

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:50:06 -0400

Only 132 words to go to reach my April 10k writing goal! I know that to some this is small potatoes, but to me, it feels so so good 😊

#writers #writingcommunity #writinggoals

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:09:21 -0400

Do you find yourself drowning in the sea of slop & want to read something by a real 👩🏻‍🦳? Are you nostalgic for the ’00s when we wrote blogs from our own websites? I have you covered♥️

Join my 📰 for 100% slop-free stories & essays delivered biweekly!

kathrynthornwood.com

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:09:09 -0400

I LOVE mornings when the light is just starting to filter through the trees and my office window is nothing but a blaze of green. I can just turn and stare at it and it’s like eating a Sitrus Berry (…iykyk)

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:39:50 -0400

I am going to go on record and say that I do judge a book by its cover.

If that cover is AI-generated, I am going to assume that the book is AI-written.

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:35:03 -0400

If you take my writing and upload it to AI? I don’t care if it’s because you want “more” or you did it because you designated yourself the writing police to “check that it’s human written,” you deserve to be thrown into a vat of molten LEGOs.

#writingcommunity

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0400

Second Chance Sunday! In which I reblog an old post I’m proud of! Just a little reframe for our brain, that exhausting ourselves does require us to rest and recover like we would for any other body part. #scs #writers #adhd

kathrynthornwood.com/blog/just…

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:27:20 -0400

Our 13yo dog likes to howl when my husband is out of the house. Today I finally managed to trick him into howling after hubs returned to the gym.

Less than 10lbs of dog, but truly a wolf at heart (and getting hard of hearing.)

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:46:54 -0400

Anyone else a genre jumper? I write in the fantasy / romantasy / paranormal romance / fantasy romance / urban fantasy borderlands where magic exists and people find friendships and love and adventure and sometimes those people are demons or fairies or dragons in disguise… #writers #fantasy

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:14:22 -0400

What if angels were not meant to be guardians? What if to interfere, even for good, was to become fallen? This is a my original story of just one such angel, and the day they fell.🪽

kathrynthornwood.com/blog/guar…

#writing #shortstories #writingcommunity #fantasy

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:24:02 -0400

Can I just say how much it pisses me off that AI has tried to steal the sparkle emoji from us?

YOU CAN PRY THE ✨ FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS ROBOT SLOP MACHINE!

Use 🤖as god intended. 💩 is also acceptable.

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:13:03 -0400

The question I have is not whether you use AI in your creative writing, it’s how hard you push back against it in the other parts of your life.

I refuse to use AI for anything that touches my creativity.

I also refuse to use it in my dayjob, even against peer pressure, and that’s harder. #antiai

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:25:06 -0400

Oh man, I just did so much work entirely in the passive voice that it’s going to seep into any creative writing I try to do today.

Alas, these are the troubles of wearing the hat of the scientist and the hat of the novelist. #writing #scientistswhowritefictionsometimes

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:57:24 -0400

Remember when being a teacher was a sustainable path into becoming part of the middle class? Because I remember. Now it feels like corporate greed has left teachers to struggle.

I think being a teacher should be paid better than being a tech bro. Lord knows they contribute more to society.

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:10:34 -0400

I’m not a writer as a cash grab, I grab cash (aka work a 9-5) so that I can write.

Why would I care about being “left behind” by AI?

Making real a full world with nothing but words is something I would never outsource. What would be the point?

#writers #writingcommunity

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0400

Second Chance Sunday! In which I reblog an old post I’m proud of! The first of my original stories: The Stag. In which we must ask, if something is begging you for help, do you help, even if it is dangerous? You know what MY answer would be. #scs #writers

kathrynthornwood.com/blog/the-…

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:04:55 -0400

I hate not being able to clone myself.

Not for fun things, but because work often demands me do more than one person can do in a short amount of time, and my inner chronic people pleaser is pissed off that the laws of physics mean that there is nothing I can do not to disappoint at least one person

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:15:29 -0400

Reese and Sandra are trying to tell me to get on the AI train or get left behind?

…casually slides MIT study across the table… 😑

www.media.mit.edu/projects/…

#antiAI #yourbrainonGPT #prohuman