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The Hugo and Nebula award nominations are still open, and by a crazy coincidence, Thinking Ink published a whole anthology of great (and eligible!) short stories! Check them out here: www.thinkinginkpress.com/2025/02/tip/... #neurodiversiverse #HugoAwards #NebulaAwards

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This is the longest Loki (short for Loquacious(ness)) has stayed in the same room with Loli(pop(kins)), Lily(pad(skis)) and Luna(tic(les)). Yes, their common names are all 4-letter words starting with L (Loki Lily Loli Luna), so I call them the L^4. The search for detente continues. #loquaciousness

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So, here's a sentence I never expected to write: A car ran over the Internet. I wonder what happened. But the impact was ... kinetic. The neighbor's mailbox was reduced to brick shrapnel and the AT&T equipment box was hurled all the way into our yard, along with a piece of the assailant's car.

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Whoops, forgot to signal boost ... Erin Garcia on the Autism Support and Knowledge podcast interviews me and co-editor Liza Olmsted about our work on neurodivergent representation in the #neurodiversiverse anthology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhlk...

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I liked this essay on "how to be gentle with yourself as a writer" by my #neurodiversiverse co-editor Liza Olmsted on the Insecure Writer's Support Group: www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2024/11/i-wa... I could have used this essay during work on the book, but then, we'd need a time machine.

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The season has started again ... and even at Thanksgiving last Sunday (our family does our collective Thanksgiving the Sunday before, because the kids at the kids table when I was growing up now have kids and grandkids of their own), the Christmas decorations were already up! There is no escape.

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Today's the day! Get out and vote. Regardless of who you vote for, a vote for our democracy helps preserve it! But my conscience demands I say that regardless of which policies you are for, vote against the man who tried to undermine our democracy once before: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The train hasn't left the station yet. This is your reminder to vote tomorrow! BUT, my conscience demands that I say please don't vote for the authoritarian wannabe dictator. When Trump says he wants to be a dictator on day one, you should believe him ... acoup.blog/2024/10/25/n...

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Okay, so now books2read is working properly, NOW I'm going to post! The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters is now available wherever ebooks and paperbacks are sold. NOT just Amazon, folks! The editors challenged the authors to produce stories about neuroivergent people interacting with aliens.

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The Neurodiversiverse from @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social is out today! This one is extra special to me, one of my stories is in it! 💙📚

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Happy to announce that The Neurodiversiverse has launched! This hopeful, empowering science fiction anthology features many #ownvoices stories of neurodivergent folks encountering aliens, and my co-editor Liza Olmsted and I are proud to see it in the world! #neurodiversiverse neurodiversiverse.com

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At RSS 2024 next week, the Unsolved Problems in Social Robot Navigation Workshop will bring robot navigation researchers together to discuss making robots move better around people! The workshop is July 19, 2024 from 1:30 to 6: unsolvedsocialnav.pages.dev #socialnav #rss2024

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Using a specially designed camera from the future, we've prepared a picture of what it might look like if you attend the Embodied AI Workshop tomorrow! To learn the latest on open-world embodied AI, join us at CVPR 2024 tomorrow! #cvpr2024 #embodiedai embodied-ai.org

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Hey folks, the RSS Workshop on Unsolved Problems in Social Robot Navigation has extended its paper submission deadline to June 14th ... we are interested in both early stage and ongoing projects to improve social robot navigation. The CFP is here: unsolvedsocialnav.org/contribution #socialnav

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Silicon Valley Open Studios is here! Sandi will be showing off her art this Saturday and Sunday May 18th and 19th from 11-5! You can see some of her art at the SVOS site, and I also did a gallery on my blog: svos.org/product-cate... svos.org/product-cate... www.dresan.com/blog/2024/05...

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Silicon Valley Open Studios is this weekend, and my wife Sandi Billingsley will be displaying her art, furniture and mixed-media sculptures! Most of them, even the large furniture pieces, are made from recycled materials: svos.org/product-cate... svos.org/product-cate...

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I now love both those movies more, thinking of Fifth Element as a prequel to Valerian.

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Okay, you're going to keep hearing from me about the #neurodiversiverse for a while (it comes out in August) but the Kickstarter is rapidly coming to an end in an hour, so this is the last time you'll hear me say like, back and share for a while! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... #neurodiversity

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Wow! The #neurodiversiverse Kickstarter just reached its first stretch goal: bookmarks! Thanks everyone! We're in the last day now, so if you want to help us unlock neurodiversity themed postcards, please like back and share! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... #neurodiversity

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When one of your favorite restaurants adds a new favorite menu item - blackened shrimp and avocado po'boy from Tupelo Honey, with a side salad. Po'boys sure are a great food technology ... (though personally, I'd hold the mayo next time, it already has avocado, which doesn't need any competition).

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Nothing beats bookstores. Here are two books I likely already own (Creative Illustration and Figure Drawing) which reminded me to check out books I have for my "Drawing Every Day" project. And I ordered my friend Cat Rambo's space opera "You Sexy Thing" while I was here. #barnesandnoble #bookstores

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The #neurodiversiverse Kickstarter is coming to an end in less than forty-eight hours! And while we funded yesterday, we're steadily marching towards our stretch goals, so it's not too late to help us out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... #neurodiversity

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Wow! Since we posted our last update, the #neurodiversiverse Kickstarter funded! Thanks everyone for making it possible! We promised that if we got here, we would reveal more about our stretch goals, so ... here they are! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... neurodiversiverse.com

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Whoops! I apparently never signal boosted the #neurodiversiverse update about how we organized the table of contents ... maybe inside baseball for anthology editors, but I'm an anthology editor, so I find this stuff fascinating: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... neurodiversiverse.com

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Following yesterday's #neurodiversiverse update about how we organized the table of contents, today Liza and I posted this update on how we picked stories in the first place, focusing on hopeful, empowering #ownvoices choices: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... neurodiversiverse.com

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I have a guest post up at Cat Rambo's blog talking about the origins of The Neurodiversiverse anthology and why neurodiversity representation is important: www.kittywumpus.net/blog/2024/05... #neurodiversiverse #neurodiversity neurodiversiverse.com

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Four days to go on The Neurodiversiverse Kickstarter! Almost 90% there. Here's a glimpse of the interior - the start of "Heart-Side Sometimes-Table", a story about aliens, neurodiversity ... and conlangs! #neurodiversity neurodiversiverse.com

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So the Kickstarter for The Neurodiversiverse is in its final four days! And to share our excitement, we're proud to share more details - here's a summary of the first story, Cat Rambo's "Scary Monsters, Super Creeps": neurodiversiverse.com #neurodiversiverse #neurodiversity

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A reminder that the Embodied AI Workshop submission deadline is TOMORROW AOE. We're looking for two-page extended abstracts on embodied mobile manipulation as well as generative AI and/or language model planning for embodied AI. #embodiedai embodied-ai.org#call-for-pap...

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Aaaalmost 75% funded on the Neurodiversiverse Kickstarter! We got the molds for the neurodiversity pins that we are making late last week, and I hope we'll see prototypes this week: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... #neurodiversiverse

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Folks, I am doing a study on authors and their views on AI as part of my dayjob. If you are a fiction author then I would love to see you participate! Full recruitment letter & link are below, threaded.

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Hey folks, the deadline for 2-page extended abstracts for the Embodied AI Workshop 2024 is coming up this May 4th! We're particularly interested in papers on open-world and generative AI, embodied mobile manipulation, and language model planning: embodied-ai.org#call-for-pap...

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Clockwork Alchemy was a hit! We had a great tea with the authors, several great panels, and the world debut of the audio drama "Jeremiah Willstone and the Choir of Demons"! Also I got to see many great friends. A blast! #clockworkalchemy www.clockworkalchemy.com

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Dear @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, it meant a lot seeing you talk about being autistic yourself. I thought you and your followers might find it interesting to know @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social is currently making a sci fi anthology focused on neurodivergent perspectives: neurodiversiverse.com

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Big announcement! I have a story in THE NEURODIVERSIVERSE: ALIEN ENCOUNTERS. 🤩 You can preorder this anthology of neurodiverse science fiction short stories, poetry, and art via Kickstarter! Read everything about it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...

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The Neurodiversiverse anthology is live now on Kickstarter! It's got a huge list of fantastic creators, and you can get their work here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...

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Hail Fellow Adventurers! The pilot episode of The Adventures of Jeremiah Willstone audio drama will debut at Clockwork Alchemy today during the panel "Bringing Anthologies to Life" at 5:30 pm! #clockworkalchemy #jeremiahwillstone www.clockworkalchemy.com

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Clockwork Alchemy is this weekend! I've put together a schedule of my events at www.dresan.com/blog/2024/04... (along with information on our Kickstarter, which is going live in time for CA!) #neurodiversiverse #clockworkalchemy

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We've started a Medium publication on Embodied Artificial Intelligence to try to share more information about our workshop and the great research going on in our community: medium.com/embodied-art... #embodiedai

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The Embodied Artificial Intelligence Workshop's paper submission site is now open through May 4th: openreview.net/group?id=the... Please send us 2-page extended abstracts on embodied AI, especially in areas relevant to the themes of this year's workshop! embodied-ai.org #embodiedai

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Hey folks, I'm happy to announce I will be the Author Guest of Honor at Clockwork Alchemy 2024! I'll be talking about my steampunk stories, steampunk vehicles, the Neurodiversiverse, and premiering the Jeremiah Willstone audio drama "Choir of Demons"! clockworkalchemy.com/archives/3575

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I'm happy to announce the Fifth Annual Embodied AI Workshop, held this year at Seattle as part of CVPR 2024! Our theme this year is open-world embodied AI. We'll have six speakers and presentations from six challenges! #cvpr2024 #embodiedai embodied-ai.org

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Trying a new technique: writing backwards. I had 2/3 of Dakota Frost #7 written, plus a sketch of the climax, but was having trouble gluing them together. So I finished the climax. Then, I revised chapters in reverse order, rewriting them ruthlessly to fit their new successors. Working so far ...

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The Neurodiversiverse Anthology's call for submissions is open for just over one more month! We are looking for science fiction stories, flash fiction, poetry and art about neurodivergent people encountering aliens. Full call for submissions is at neurodiversiverse.com Send us your stories!

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