Wait. What? The sitting Governor of Maine has withdrawn in favour of the Nazi tattoo guy? You guys, Democrats NEED that seat to have any chance of taking back the Senate. This is REALLY where we are?

Roo wonders if her sister is coming out of the closet. Which would be fine! Probably?

I saw a woman on this site talking admiringly about the "incredibly talented" Michael Jackson. She had a "release the Epstein files!" in her bio. Make it make sense?

Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character(s). Wrong answers only

Honestly, back when the United States of America was a serious country, a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner would have been a serious matter. But we are not, and it is not. We are, and it is, troubling. Distressing. A matter of life and death. But profoundly unserious.

Come for this clip of me talking about audio advertising, stay for the interesting chat with @davidmortimer.bsky.social about the future of creative careers in the AI age. What I'm saying is, the whole pod is worth a listen!

Today, I rounded up some of my recent writing wins and explained my "One Weird Trick" for managing short story submissions... faerypolitic.substack.com/p/my-writing...

I'm just saying: Shoot your shot - then shoot nine more.

@caitlinrozakis.bsky.social Conversation yesterday with my husband who is now reading Dreadful after me urging him to for months, knowing he'd love it. Him: I thought the premise might get old quickly, but it totally works! It's so funny! Me: It is! Him: Gav! Me: GAV! Thought you should know. x

Woke up to a short story acceptance from a good publication, and I am inordinately pleased about it. 😁

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Sisters, man...

"If you're going to pick a fight, at least win it. The other side will always fight back. All this was foreseeable and avoidable. We should not have started this fight." See also, Iran.

I remember reading lots of classic sci-fi as a girl and being so excited by their fresh vision of a future radically different than today. Then, inevitably, the protagonist would go home to his adoring full time homemaker wife. And I would be do shocked that these men… 1/

Did you know that Helen of Troy went back to Sparta and ruled there for decades after the Trojan war? As Menelaus' wife (awkward). You can read all about it in my story in the forthcoming anthology from Flame Tree Publishing blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Delighted to officially announce that my story A Spartan Peace has been selected for the Helen of Troy anthology from Flame Tree Press. My story is told from the perspective of an older Helen coming to terms with her traumatic life decades after the war. blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Delighted to officially announce that my story A Spartan Peace has been selected for the Helen of Troy anthology from Flame Tree Press. My story is told from the perspective of an older Helen coming to terms with her traumatic life decades after the war. blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

The stupidest explanation is always the most likely with this guy.

Got a kind personlised rejection for a short story of mine today (they said I made it past the first round and they enjoyed my wry humour and unique take on the subject). It's just... so nice to get actual confirmation that a real human read the story and felt something.

Statistically, a vanishingly small number of crimes are committed in Vatican City. On the other hand, the country does have the world's lowest birth rate, so as a leader I guess his performance is mixed...

I’ll have what Hungary’s having.

Uh oh. It seems my brain has conjured an excellent plot for a speculative murder mystery without troubling philosophical questions. I really should write the thing, now. But can I be arsed to do so? That is the question.

I’m so freaking happy to see Victor Orban go down in Hungary. He spent 16 years rigging power in his favour, persecuting his enemies and appealing to the worst among his people. Authoritarians can be defeated. Take note, America. But let’s not wait that long.

Teenage Roo does the moderation for her family's influencer business. It's.. not great.

“.. The Iran war increasingly looks not only like another shocking humiliation but perhaps the greatest strategic blunder in American military history.” @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2087...

My new hobby is asking AI bots about things I know more about than they do and then calling them out on every key error or omission. It is easy, and fun! Also, bleak and horrifying!

Sisterly conflict features heavily in my current WIP...

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

Read this and remember that they punished this man for doing good work that solves a real problem. Trump’s thugs are holding us back on purpose. Because they are assholes.

If you're in Ohio, or know people there, today is the deadline to register to vote. Please CHECK to make sure you're still registered and weren't purged from the rolls.

I didn't know anything about the Artemis II astronauts a week ago and now I would fight my way into Hell for any of them.

I feel like Ursula Le Guin's ghost would just wryly critique the data centers and they would crumble in shame. But fundamentally, yes.

So, OK, I have just read the book I Who Have Never Known Men, and I am having a lot of feelings about it. I think the book might be brilliant. I am very glad I read it. I wouldn't exactly say I ENJOYED it, although I turned the pages really quickly. I'm just... sitting here with my feelings, I guess

This.

Only 23 hours left to help Lesbians in Space come to audiobook, narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal! We're already past our first stretch goal, and now you can get TEA with your audiobook!. #campaign #fantasy #scifi www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Excellent explanation. Sad that it is needed.

I'm reading We Are All Ghosts in the Forest right now - it's fascinating. A post apocalyptic folk tale, with digital ghosts in a newly agrarian society.

I definitely read other genres - most recently classic literature (Austen, Plath), detective/mystery fiction and non fiction.

Sweet.

I don't believe this at all. Because... come on! There was caveman art! When people were barely subsisting above starvation and threatened by predators and living in caves, humans took the time to make art. Making art is something we do. Not because it is necessary. Because we are compelled.

I am really struggling to show up for people today while the president's secret police is brutalizing and kidnapping people in airports. Meanwhile, that same president can't even get a coherent sentence out about our war-but-not-war with the second country he's invaded this year. Fuck all of this.

Last week I sold two short stories in one week. That is... not typical. *Massive understatement*

I think staffing airport screening stations with incompetent, anti-social vigilantes who murder strangers isn’t ideal.

The story of how Barnes & Noble recovered from its death spiral by being good at what they do and serving the audience that loves what they sell genuinely just makes me so freaking happy. More of this, please. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I am now a Buffy influencer.

I am on day three of having the song “Jessie’s Girl” permanently stuck in my head from wake to sleep. Why “Jessie’s Girl”? What is happening? Send help…

Fair point.

People are going to hate me so much for this answer, because I know people love this ^%#* out of this song, but... Wuthering Heights by Kate bush. #sorrynotsorry

Everyone: Please back this crowdfunder so that @maryrobinettekowal.com will record the Lesbians in Space audiobook. If the campaign smashes its target, she'll record V2, including my own story, and I want that for me. And you! These are great stories, in any format. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...