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One of the downsides of being a writer these days is that we are trained to see the consequences of actions, to notice where the plot is heading.

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Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for revealing the stunning cover for my debut novella, AUDITION FOR THE FOX! Arrives 9/16 from @tachyonpub.bsky.social, illustrated/designed by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social Get a closer look & exclusive excerpt below, plz share! 🦊💜 reactormag.com/ccover-revea...

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This was a fun one to read/review. You can support this comic over at Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wil...

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In honor of the Andor trailer out today, I today repost my greatest online achievement: The Andor Characters as Dril Tweets series. I'm going to put them out as I get spare time over the next couple days, as I'm going to put alt text on them too. Starting with the man himself CASSIAN ANDOR

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Build up a supportive, close community of fellow writers! This is the best way to discover who to kill and eat so you can gain their precious, valuable writerly powers. You'll be leveling up in no time!

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This newsletter expands on some of the points I made in a previous thread. It focuses more on general organizing principles rather than the procedures for forming a union, because no union succeeds without building collective power first. (There are links to more info about that process though.)

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It’s my book release day for the US! You can now get it all over the world! I hope y’all enjoy this first entry into this series I put extra teeth and all of my dark and withered heart into it. www.jordanshiveley.com/hsiyaorder

submitted 26 days ago • 11 comments

My first review of the year! SKALD: Against the Black Priory by @highnorthstudios.bsky.social is so so so good and you should play it.

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Today is a great day to buy books by trans and nonbinary writers. If you are a trans or nonbinary horror creator who feels safe doing so, go ahead and share links to your work or the best way to support your work.

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Laurel was so inviting and kind to me when I first started at Lightspeed. I'll miss that kindness.

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FF12's art direction and setting still have an effect on almost everything I've written since it came out in 2006.

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The ebook of House of Bone and Rain is just $4.99 for a limited time! Every copy pushes me closer to a second contract with Mulholland, so please get you some. It’s dark and violent and weird and strangely beautiful and full of magic. Many thanks! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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omg this is so exciting.

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Authors! Submitting your story to an open call? As someone reading through 400+ submissions for an anthology, some tips: Opening paragraph/sentence: I can tell within the first few sentences if a story is a 'no.' 'Maybes' turn to 'no's' by the end of the first paragraph. Brutal, but it's true.

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Folks, FOLKS. This includes AI “art” making fun of Trump, or Elon, or whatever other political thing you agree with. It’s not “No fucking AI” unless it scores a point for my side. It’s “NO FUCKING AI.” Period.

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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Me:

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Anytime I do some subscription marketing, I feel like I should apologize. Thing is, if we don't market, we don't survive. I'd like to keep doing this job, even with all the "AI" nonsense we deal with. So... Give the gift of short fiction this holiday season. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

submitted 75 days ago • 5 comments

help i started playing balatro

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

collapses First draft of my epic fantasy mecha book is done. Now I can go back to bed.

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This is happening. Literary agents and unagented writers from all genres, details will be posted next week. Writers — Polish those manuscripts and be ready to pitch on January 27th.

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Tell your TBR piles to grit their teeth and get ready, because you’re about to pile on the pain! www.grimdarkmagazine.com/the-dark-fan...

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This was such a fun interview! Thanks @alexpuncekar.bsky.social for the thoughtful questions and @nightmare-magazine.com for publishing both this interview AND the short story that Dead Girls Don’t Dream was (very loosely) based on — you can read that here: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/supe...

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My interview with @ninocipri.bsky.social about their wonderful new novel DEAD GIRLS DON'T DREAM is up at @nightmare-magazine.com. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/i...

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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

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There's something I need people to understand. The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad. The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.

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I remember doing the spotlight interview for this and yep this story still kicks so much ass.

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The secret is that other writers aren't competition; they're peers, colleagues and friends. Someone who reads me is going to read other writers as well; the entire publishing economy is "yes, and." Therefore it does me no harm, and much good, to support other writers and to wish them well.

submitted 104 days ago • 87 comments

Just launched my latest project. You can probably guess the inspiration, but read all about it at igg.me/at/protest2025.

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We make this look good.

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Morning vibes. Older image with a character I'd love to revisit sometime. #kidlit

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Full of murder and questioning moralities, brotherly ties and familial obligations, tradition and loyalty || @alexpuncekar.bsky.social reviews HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN by @gabino.bsky.social || www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-house...

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My review of HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN by @gabino.bsky.social is up at @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social . This book kicks so much ass, and if you want it to kick YOUR ass (emotionally, of course), you should check it out. www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-house...

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Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!

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