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you just don't see enough lovingly-detailed hand-drawn animation of slide rules

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ATTN UK READERS: Feb 22-24 Waterstones is having a 25% off pre-order sale on select titles, one of which is THE TOMB OF DRAGONS. Link below. Use code PREORDER25. geni.us/WPreorder

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I thought the whole point of writing was to write up your own ideas that you find fun or interesting. Why would you ever want to use AI to generate ideas?

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The resignation of a federal employee must be voluntary. I highly doubt failure to respond to this email---sent on a Saturday---would be understood by any court to be a voluntary resignation.

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www.theguardian.com/global/comme... Privileged, corporatist gits in charge of a "Labour" party that hates the working class. I thought Corbyn's malicious, sullen, parochial, and antisemitic populism was bad, but Starmer makes him look like a paragon. Aneurin Bevan is surely spinning in his grave.

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Write for yourself first. There's no money in writing anymore, so there's no point to pandering to what you imagine popular taste or an editor's taste may be, not for $0.10/word or a four-figure advance. That said, never pay a fee to submit anywhere.

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Just read a truly malicious and cynical take on RTO on linkedin. Now that fascism is in the air, those who suck up to power are swarming like flies on shit. The only thing that stops them putting a photograph of the fearless leader on their desk is not being sure which is the right one to adore.

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I'm about $650 from my next milestone. My surgery is in less than 3 weeks. If you could see your way clear to a donation, no matter how small, I'd greatly appreciate it. If not, kindly share and boost. Thank you!

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Malcolm X was assassinated 60 yrs ago today. See his timeless wisdom on the true meaning of “progress.” “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”

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Its a sickly season for commercial owl mascots.

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Quote with your most recent book cover or art piece. Use alt text! Upcoming, hence the digital watermark stuff.

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This is great news.

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

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Hey #SFWA members! This petition is just 30 signatures short. Please consider signing before the deadline, Feb. 20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Just to be clear, because I don’t think the Post story highlights it enough: This was Trump’s day-one pick to lead the Social Security Admin until his nominee got confirmed who RESIGNED a career job rather than do what Musk’s DOGE team wants. This is Treasury (DOGE) and DOJ (Adams) all over again.

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Shivaree and the immortal Ambrosia Parsley came to mind... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDDD...

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See a knight, post a knight ⚔️

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I wonder if people have heard of Max Frei? There's something purely fun about her fantasy series that I don't get from other writers. It's tragic that her books are so wildly popular in eastern Europe but can't find translation here. Four paltry out of print volumes and a few Witcher easter eggs.

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My excellent publisher Mirror World will be closing down shop at the end of the year. In the meantime why not buy some of their books? Including mine of course.... www.mirrorworldpublishing.com I'm happy to send the first book in my noir UF series free on request, The Demons of Wall Street.

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I'm going to be giving a reading from my upcoming novel "The Shadow Minister" at #Boskone this morning at 10:30 AM. I'd love to see you there! This book is a homage to Georges Simenon and Max Frei, a mashup of police procedural, fantasy romance, and cosmic horror set in an otherworld Paris.

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I'm going to be giving a reading from my upcoming novel "The Shadow Minister" at #Boskone this morning at 10:30 AM. I'd love to see you there! This book is a homage to Georges Simenon and Max Frei, a mashup of police procedural, fantasy romance, and cosmic horror set in an otherworld Paris.

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I'm going to be giving a reading from my upcoming novel "The Shadow Minister" at Boskone on Sunday morning at 10:30 AM. I'd love to see you there! This book is a homage to Georges Simenon and Max Frei.

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"Fascism is not a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born" -- Aneurin Bevan Where are the politicians like Bevan today? Why is the center so cowardly and complicit, and the left so weak and stupid?

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Even $3 for a submission fee is intolerable. If you have to support your publication from writers' fees you shouldn't be publishing. But this "contest" with its $27 fee and no actual prize is beyond the pale. No one should ever give Narrative another dollar as a reader or as a writer.

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This is an interesting poll. I would like to see this alongside questions like, “When did you first hear of this agency?” or “What does it do?” USAID is the new Soros simply bc a handful of bluecheck fools said some bs, did the podcast rounds, and Fox picked it up.

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