I think today is Day 55 of #600x150, but I’m not entirely sure ( @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social would know). I hit page 125 today on this shaggy dog of an apocalypse novel currently called ONE WEEKEND DURING THE END OF THE WORLD. Today I really did write more than the usual 600 words.

No one is apolitical. Not a single person. Some people are just comfortable enough to ignore it.

This is the process. Novel #1 is being shopped to agents and good houses Novel #2 is waiting a second draft edit. Novel #3 is being written on a typewriter as we speak

People are making Rapture jokes like there's no tomorrow

John Oliver was right, the bullies are weak, and “Fuck you, make me” will immediately make them walk it back youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g

I can. Have you met us? We’re the fucking worst.

No, I’ll say it: I am better than anyone who has used ChatGPT.

Let ABC know how you feel about their bowing to the thugs in power and cancelling Jimmy Kimmel's show: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

Day 46 of #600x150 Page 103 and doing this in 2 and 2.5 page days makes the first draft feel shaggy. That’s okay, though—it’s a fucking first draft and I’ll revise later. What matters is getting it all down; there’s gold in there or I otherwise would’ve gotten bored already

I don’t feel like this gets said often enough online.

Hullo!

Day 45 of #600x150 I hit page 100 today.

Art I was gifted or I purchased on my birthday.

SPOOKY HORROR WRITERS FOR HALLOWEEN STARTER PACK INCOMING 🪦💀 Post a pumpkin to be added!

Caught a late-night showing of THE LONG WALK with a friend and you absolutely cannot sleep on this one. Just a fantastic film that will leave you shaken. I need to see it again. Go. NOW.

What are some trad pub SFF/H books that have been out at least a year that you think didn't get enough attention? Adult or YA. Marginalized authors preferred, and small press titles encouraged. Not looking for big bestsellers or award-sweepers.

In preparation for my new novel A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE dropping this April, I'm starting this thread to catalog my work:

Today for Day 41 of #600x150, the new work (and my first on a typewriter) just about hit novel length because I can’t word count well. (I’m typing 2 pages at roughly 430 words a page. Whoops.) Working title: ONE WEEKEND DURING THE END OF THE WORLD.

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators

this is just for dem politicians, if you're not a dem politician you can keep scrolling: hey, so, you actually don't have to say anything at all

You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.

I may be American, but I’ll never be the Gestapo.

As stated earlier by others, it does not matter what you post or do not post here. The right wing has their narrative they’re going to push, because they understand they are at war with democracy and that propaganda *works.*

"Bluesky is boring." Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually. When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.

They're never going to find their Mamdani because the loudest of the self-proclaimed centrists first need to actually stand for something beyond their own neutrality and imagined intellectual purity.

Well, I’ve spent 24 hours in DC, a place I haven’t been for years, and it looks gentrified to the point that the people who are worried about crime here must be talking about the coffee prices.

Once again, I want to mention that many libraries will give you free access to Kanopy, a streaming service jam-packed with amazing films and TV shows.

Soundtrack Special Edition will include bonus song: “Am I A Good Boy?”

With alt text. This is absolutely judicial speak for “get your shit together, SCOTUS”.

I cannot wait to vote against this nutcase.

i hope this email never finds you. i hope you are free

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Happy 25th Anniversary Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social - Our first issue was published 1st September 2000. !!!

One of our own in the writers community, Chelsea Qinn Yarbo, has passed. Her estate needs help to settle her end of life care. Please help spread the word and donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/6n9tz-supp...

Happy Labor Day 🙂

People obsessed with this country's "heritage" are violently opposed to ever actually addressing its real heritage, so all they're left with are consumerism and symbols chosen for their plausible deniability. Imagine claiming the Cracker Barrel logo as your birthright.

Look at this show off over here.

Absolute legend.

I’d really love to see some more reviews for ORLA! If you run a website or podcast that does comic reviews, and you’d be interested in checking out ORLA! #1 or the upcoming ORLA! #2, let me know!

Trump pulling away in a golf cart blasting Kate Bush

Dear Democratic Leaders, If you won’t stand up for trans people and their rights, you’re tellling me you won’t stand up for *anyone* or *any rights* the second they come under attack. You’re telling me you don’t stand for anything at all. Also, they’re *people*. Grow a spine or get out the way.

We are told to “vote blue no matter who.” We have the right to expect “equal human rights no matter who” in return. Otherwise, Democrats are just stepping over bodies for power.

🎶 Arrest me, But make it sexy. Arrest me, But make it sexy. 🎶

The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.