Updates from Inkhaven 2 + a brief treatise on fish sex

I’m back this April as a writing advisor for the second Inkhaven cohort – a month-long blogging residency where residents must post every day or get kicked out. In my more open-ended capacity as a writing advisor, rather than a working coach, I’ve had plenty of free time, and I’ve either done a lot of my own writing OR played a lot of a trashy mobile game. You’ll never know! Either way, the residents have been doing a lot of writing. The blogs are, once again, really good. I’ll do a proper round-up post of some of my favorite pieces later on. If you’re reading this on the day of publishing and you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can come tomorrow (2026/4/25) to the public Inkhaven Fair in Berkeley! A blogging celebration with activities and celebration for writing in general and more specifically our brave residents, only one of whom will be publicly executed for failure to publish. Some things I’ve been up to while visiting: I taught a class for writers on ethically…