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You should read this essay on whether you should read that book – but only because you want to. By @mollytempleton.com at @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/taking-the-s...

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This storm has been so chaotic it’s almost inspirational 🌨️ Montreal received a record breaking 74cm of snow It’s consuming cars People are snowboarding on the bike lanes You can SWIM in the snow And I’m writing a fairytale romance set in a tropical climate like 🙃

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I love talking with writers about writing because I’ll explain a super complicated religious system I’ve designed they’ll describe super complicated political dynamics we both have exposition issues and we’ll look at each other like “What if we made this…simpler?” Boom, solved. 📚💙🪐

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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY FELLOW CHAOTIC ROMANCE READERS I CANT WAIT TO SPEND ANOTHER YEAR FALLING IN LOVE WITH SEXY, FUN, FICTIONAL PEOPLE 💕🌹💘❤️ Who is your favourite fictional love interest? 👀 💙📚🪐🌶️

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WOW this is really amazing and I hope the recording is available so other people can see this discussion about race and book bans in Canada 📚💙 It’s SO GOOD SO GOOD 👏

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Baking cookies 🍪 and watching @pencanada.bsky.social sponsored talk on book censorship in Canada in an effort to learn more about the state of book bans in Canada ❤️

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"Do not lose hope", says @mariaressa.bsky.social to journalists who continue to report the truth even in the hard times of a corrupt government. "Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate. Reach across. Stand by your values." And most important: "Hold the line." www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtST...

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(SHAKING YOU ALL) PLEASE CREATE PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAKE ART AND PUT IT INTO THE WORLD IF NOTHING ELSE MAKE IT FOR YOURSELF YOU HHAVE TO KEEP CREATING

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Totally casual morning reading, night reading, I have the audiobook and listen as I work kind of reading 💙📚🪐

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We're ~$3k into our $12.5k funding goal, which makes us 24% funded. Thanks to the 75 backers who've made this happen. Tell your friends who love games, who love SFF, who want to support Black artists this Black Futures Month: @prosperwithdragons.bsky.social needs more backers!

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Writing has made me so optimistic as a person because anytime I suffer a small inconvenience I make myself feel better by quietly whispering “it’s all fodder for the plot” ✍️✍️✍️ 📚💙🪐

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It’s getting awfully close to my 💕🍰birthday 🎁🎉… …and I have an awfully long list of short story submissions and full requests out… …would be such a nice coincidence… …if I were to… …get a lil… …✨acceptance✨ in the next few days 🤞👀 (I probably jinxed it but also has this ever happened to you?)

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Also on this account, we believe that ALL gender identities are valid. So if you are looking for some books with nonbinary visibility and representation, this is a great place to start! Drop some your favorite books with nonbinary rep in the comments! #booksky

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Your Friday recs include six highly recommended fantasy of manners books ☕

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Do something nice for yourself every day, like taking a little nap, or searching forgotten tombs for the buried bones of ancient forest gods and crafting a cursed but very striking necklace.

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in November 2024, i gave a lecture at CanCon on writing fiction as narrative repair. i used myself and Dragonfly as a case study, and as mortifying as it was, many folks found it interesting. now i'm sharing it with everyone who didn't attend CanCon 👇

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branding my last birthday party of my 20s as a ⚰️funeral 🖤🥀 has been so interesting for 2 reasons: 🪦my mood board is in fact IMPECCABLE ☠️ I’ve scared many of my beloved invitees half to death (completely unintentionally) thank you to all my friends for embracing my gothic horror era 🫶

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NGL @ellieabouttown.bsky.social’s a fantastic writer 🫶 Can’t wait for everyone to read this cliffhanger one day 👀 📚💙🪐

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Quick q: I need one brief moment of peace and joy, so which Barbie movie should I watch to warm my heart and cleanse my soul in these trying times? ✨💕 📚💙

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Bookstores should sell more wine 🥂🍷📚💙 Had dinner at Flying Books in Neverland ✨🧚

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Writing is banging your head against a keyboard for two hours and typing a line in your notes app between meetings that lives rent free in your head forever 🫠 🪐📚💙

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My son borrowed my copy of SHIT CASANDRA SAW by @gwenekirby.bsky.social - he just came to me and said, "this is written so well, it makes me hurt." And I'm like, same. Here's the title story in @smokelong.bsky.social:

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New story from me @lightspeedmagazine.com, maybe the bleakest I've ever written. It's about: -AI’s effect on teaching literature -what literature can (& can't) actually teach us -trans fatherhood -the road to hell being paved with white saviorism www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/tell...

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From a fan this morning: "I enjoyed Volume 2 of Best Canadian SF/F even more than volume 1, and I enjoyed Volume 1 enough to Kickstart #2. I hope you keep doing these for a while, these are great books." As it happens, I'm reading now for Volume Three (best of 2024). Find details at the link below!

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I love that writing has revived my love of education 📚📝 When I find research papers 📑 online (recently: ethnoastronomy, pre-colonial herbs etc.) and they’re gated… …I kindly email the professor that wrote it and they’re often open to sharing their knowledge (and so kind) Absolute best 🫶 🪐📚💙

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Being in a Jan-Feb short story 📝 submission challenge has reframed and gamified my rejections 🎮 So far, I’ve submitted 10x this month (compared to 14x all 2024 🤯) For every rejection, I try to find 2 opportunities 👀 ✍️I’m writing more 💌I’m putting more out there 🫶I’m doing it in community

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