writer and musicker // SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS out now from @splitlippress.com // A HARVEST OF FURIES coming oct '25 from @lfpbooks.bsky.social // music everywhere // linktr.ee/haydencasey //https://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3mh53bvgvxk24as far as i’m concerned there is only one song in the whole world. and it is this15 Mar 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh53bvgvxk24https://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3mh27n5sqdc23one of the big things of my life is that I cannot figure out how to not do anything. like this week I came home for spring break and was like wooooo let's give this whole 'nothing' thing a go and all of a sudden I have a 9,000-word short story that I lost myself in for three straight days. whyyyyyyy14 Mar 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh27n5sqdc23https://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3mdlexvszos23MY BOOK IS A FINALIST!!!!!!!!!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlexvszos23https://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3mbs5jbeh722ti've been in novel-writing mode for so long that writing a short story feels like a vacation!!!!! school's out for winter!06 Jan 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbs5jbeh722thttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3mac75kqlv22yuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my book is on here???? i am unable to comprehend this occurrence18 Dec 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mac75kqlv22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3ma3gn5ex7k2jwriting a scene involving a flood and it's very difficult. there are only so many ways to say there's water everywhere16 Dec 2025 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma3gn5ex7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3m5hp6fvjts27spent 40 min this morning trying to get the ugly AI popup to disappear from Word made me think fondly of Scrivener... who would never do such a thing to me... I might have to make The Switch...12 Nov 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hp6fvjts27https://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3m36c4ojs4k2g@caitluce.bsky.social CAITLIN!!!!! I’m not sure if you remember me, but I used to be a frequent customer at U Book Store back in ‘14–‘17! hello a decade later!14 Oct 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36c4ojs4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3m36bxy26j22g“the reports of my neuroses are greatly exaggerated,” I think, and then I reencounter something like this and go, ohhhhh, maybe not [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Oct 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36bxy26j22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3m36bdh5bks2gMY FIRST NOVEL IS OUT TODAY!!!!! & they have it at barnes & noble?!? (& lots of lovely independent bookshops as well!!) I have been trying to do this for 10 years & dreaming about it for 10 more—surreal moment!14 Oct 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36bdh5bks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3m25przczds2oI am applying to so many jobs. I am a job-applying machine. I am a sleek efficient mechanized typist of statements and filler-inner of forms. no job is safe from me. I am a consummate professional. I am vigilant for new postings. the void into which I fire off applications is becoming weary of me.01 Oct 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25przczds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/haydenmcasey13.bsky.social/post/3ludhipt3os2vjust ordered an americano with 4 shots (which is not the point / probably another discussion) at an airport café, and the person behind the counter went, “4 shots of…?” ……???19 Jul 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:nwcqgal5pyle52n6bycy52wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ludhipt3os2v