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Yes. It seems like they didn’t get nearly as many people as they’d hope to accept the deferred resignation program and now they’re trying to mentally break them and get them to quit. They want agencies to fail.

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Thought of a story idea while driving today, obviously couldn't write it down, forgot it, but then remembered it 3 hours later, I truly am god's favorite 🥰

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That's me! I had a story in Issue 8 🥰

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On a planet oppressed by parasitic gods, a young prince possessed by a god-killing demon, & his unlikely allies—a disgraced exorcist and the boy’s estranged mother—must decide whether to save the world or conquer it. THE DEMON STAR by @jvawrites.bsky.social astrapublishinghouse.com/2025/02/20/a...

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I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired directly by the Founding Fathers The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

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It's now at the point where nothing makes me want to read a book less than if it's described as "cozy".

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I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

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Think of the uproar if Obama has called himself a king. Wailing and gnashing of teeth. Biblical-level freak out.

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Some of y'all are putting way too much personal information about yourselves online.

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They're gonna start selling life insurance in airports again like they did back in the '70s.

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I made a folder for WIPs I am actively working on and...there are 12 of them 😔

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Another plane crash just reported from Minnesota to Toronto. That's 8 plane crashes since Trump and Musk gutted aviation safety. 1/29 – Washington, D.C. 1/31 – Pennsylvania 2/5 – Washington 2/6 – Alaska 2/10 – Arizona 2/12 – California 2/16 – Georgia 2/17 - Minnesota to Toronto just now

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It's officially my birthday week! (Feb 19, baybee) The best present ever would be to buy my book, which just so happens to be discounted in eBook form for the next month. (Or, if you've already read it, consider voting in the Locus or Nebula Awards!) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/755221...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

I just added more things to this list today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 9 days ago • 79 comments

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 8 days ago • 2239 comments

Eight-foot-tall alien prince holding a sword to my MC's throat and threatening to kill him: 😠 🗡😠 🗡😠 🗡 My MC: 😍😍😍

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Bong Joon-ho wakes up ever goddamn day thinking of new, creative ways to hate capitalism. Bless him and his wonderful work.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I need a beta reader but just for sex scenes. I need someone who can take my mechanically-written IKEA sex and make it sound sexy and lovely.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Lots of AI bootlickers in the comments today if anyone wants to go make fun of them 🥰

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Well, it was nice having vaccines while it lasted.

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I finally put something in my profile on itch.io if anyone wants to give me a follow over there: alexisames.itch.io. Hoping to have some long-form content posted there sometime this year! #WritingCommunity #SFF

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Come chat dragons and queernormative worlds with me and L in Providence! March 5th with @heartleafbooks.bsky.social!

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She's right and we should call her colleagues and say so.

submitted 13 days ago • 66 comments

Tonight I found two not-erotica-but-contain-a-bit-of-smut sci-fi-adjacent novellettes on my drive. I think I'll make a tiny 2025 goal of making a couple of basic covers for them and putting them up on itch.io for a bit of money, because nothing matters and why not.

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History will remember how many people were called upon to stand up to fascism and instead said "yes Sir, we'll erase trans people immediately."

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. “Gulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"

submitted 13 days ago • 670 comments

Freeland: Our retaliation is going to be a lot more surgical than that. We are going to go after American stakeholders who matter to The White House. I have proposed a 100% tariff on all Teslas. I am calling on all the countries that are affected by this tariff to join us

submitted 13 days ago • 1028 comments

Not all SFF needs to be horny and you do not need to be a pervert to write good SFF, I cannot believe I'm seeing this nonsense in 2025.

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Evening repost :)

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I am smiling so big right now, the Sun Blessed Prince got a starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social !! publishersweekly.com/9781039012462 ☀️☀️☀️☀️

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I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe. She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today. RIP Elisa.

submitted 13 days ago • 407 comments

I don't understand the difference between Nebulas and Hugos and voting and at this point I'm too afraid to ask...but here are the stories I had published in 2024 and if you can vote for any of them, please do so, thank you 😘 #WritingCommunity #SFF

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Some years ago I wrote a story about two lovers competing to be part of the first crewed mission to Mars, and then didn't know what to do with it. I'm glad it's finally found a home with @pulplitmag.bsky.social 🥰 #WritingCommunity #SFF

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Devastated to realize that there's a perfect title I could use for something, but I can't because I used in for a fanfic once over a decade ago 😂

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It's always fascinating to me that so many writers actually hate the process of writing.

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

We're at the "polishing up a smutty oviposition story to sell on itch. io" stage of whatever the hell these past two weeks have been.

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I strongly encourage readers of indie queer and especially trans books to start using itchio as more of us authors move away from Amazon. Authors get a bigger cut, you can tip, and, most importantly, you will actually own your ebooks instead of just licensing them from Amazon.

submitted 17 days ago • 23 comments

:salute: at your service

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I have a huge backlog of novels and novellas that I've written over the years without trad pub in mind. For years I'd intended to self-pub them, but today I signed up for Wattpad and itchi.io. Thinking I might just toss them out there, because it's better than them moldering on my hard drive. 🤷‍♀️

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OH FUCK NO. I'm sending an email, but white women, this is y'all's moment to shine. I can't think of a better reason to need to a speak to a manager. Inside every white woman reading this is a Karen waiting to be called into action. Lock-in, dig deep, and be a Karen for democracy!

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The problem with trying to title the rock band heist book is that "rock band pulls off a heist in space" sounds like a campy book that needs a campy title, but it's actually full of pain and grief and betrayal and yearning, and idk how to title that.

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

If, like me, you have anxiety over calling your reps, @5calls.org makes it SO EASY. They provide scripts and your reps’ numbers; all you have to do is call.

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