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My book is out today in the UK! If you like Shakespeare, this book might be for you. If you hate Shakespeare, this book might be for you. But if you hate Agamemnon… this book is definitely for you! www.penguin.co.uk/books/470416...

I am watching the Artemis II countdown to launch. It is wild to me how matter-of-fact we are about launches these days. Anyway, the hatches are closed.

Oh man watching that launch bringing back so many feelings from watching dozens of shuttle launches.

If you think about it, it's truly foul how horrifyingly bad at consent techbros are (yes the slop but also always a "maybe later" instead of "no," etc)

I've been thinking about this all day apparently and actually the problem with genAI in publishing, and in general is not just broken trust, it's consent.

The chickens were reallly mad about something so I went out to see why. It was a not-so-small spicy noodle:

Trans authors are writing some of the best SFF out there! For trans day of visibility, I grabbed a semi-random assortment of books by trans and nonbinary authors off my shelves. All of these I've either read & loved, my kids have read & loved, or are high on my TBR pile!

I'm too tired for April Fools day, so I'm celebrating Poisson d'Avril tomorrow instead. Silly, fish-related shenanigans that aren't meant to demean? Sign me up. 🐠

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - February 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over a dozen stories by @nassos.bsky.social @jordankurella.com @jlgeorge.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @elijah.mea.rs @ewenmaer.bsky.social @rfdwrites.bsky.social @sarahpauling.bsky.social & MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/posts/154416...

This article really gets to the heart of the problem of AI in publishing: broken trust.

Seeing a lot of bike chatter lately (hmm, I wonder why) and am tempted to do an advice thread on Everything You Want to Know About eBikes (and Quite a Bit More Than That). Someone talk me down from this, I have so many projects due for dayjob T_T

It’s Trans Day of Visibility! Buying a book by a trans author is great, but don’t stop there! Make sure to call your representatives. Support your local trans communities. Donate to mutual aid organizations. If we’re going to make it through this we need you to do more than post on social media!

Today is the book birthday for my YA cozy fantasy, THE FARAWAY INN!!! It's about a 16-year-old girl who spends the summer at a quaint Vermont inn that's hiding a magical secret... Thanks so much to Delacorte for bringing this book to life! sarahbethdurst.com/FarawayInn.htm

Authors/publishers, send your 2026 fantasy debuts our way! The Crawford has an enviable record of recognising excellent work from publishers big and small.

Don't normally reboost my work, but getting some fun answers, so, take a look, tell me your thoughts.

Some kind of fucked up shit with the dead, apparently. Be it ghosts, zombies, ghouls, vampires, or straight up necromancy.

My most woke opinion is UBI for all and yes, some people won't work and that's actually a good thing: they shouldn't be working now

2nd D&D session today for 9yo and friends. They are absolute chaos gremlins. Very close to a TPK when their monk couldn't stop biting people. 9yo: I'm sorry. I know we're not playing it right- Me: Lemme stop you right there. You are playing it exactly as you should. 👍

Me: Ugh, I'm so sore. I should go for a run. Me in my 20s: Oh wow, that helped so much. Me in my 40s: ow ow ow ow fuck ow

I promise you there are no politics in my sapphic sci-fi mysteries about a nosy queer aunt solving crimes, on a ship with lots of gardens and no cops where everyone has housing and food and medical care and universal income and only the villains think people can be as easily categorized as luggage.

69 hours to go!!! Spread the word! Get your queer science-fantasy here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

9yo: Mama Kai, is the ocean soup? Me: ...😶

For everyone last week that told me they liked my skirts: They're on clearance!

Okay! Let's try this! If you have a sff book with queer rep that is coming out in 2026, would you mind filling out this form? Especially if your book is not otherwise marketed as queer, but you don't want that lost. :)

Is it weird that I have a preference for who uses which of my pronouns. Like: you don't know me? That's they/them, stranger. Best friends since high school? Whichever pronoun you prefer.

Readers! What is the last book you loved by a trans author? And what is something you loved about it?

Write when the baby writes 😭

I want to have a little anniversary thread about the economics of running a podcast while also being a writer (and in my cohost's case, an academic) Because I think some people might think I'm living off having written a bestselling book seven years ago and lemme tell you, that doesn't math

More Mike Chen books?? MORE MIKE CHEN BOOKS! I can't wait to see what he does with horror

Seattle area folks—join us tonight as we talk about thrillers, teen horror, and why we were most likely to be in high school. www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/lish-m...

Omg you guys This is such a ridiculously fun (and hot 🥵) m/m romance Just look at this cover!!

Today's the last day of the Barnes & Noble preorder sale, including my forthcoming novel The Riven Kingdom, coming 26th October from Angry Robot. @barnesandnoble.com Premium and Reward members can get 25% off preorders of this and many other great titles #BNPreorder And isn't this cover fabulous?!

Trans author here! I write SFF & horror. My queer horror comedy, The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle is an Indie Ink Finalist this year. If you like funny, scary stuff that gets a bit lyrical and playful and deals with parasocial relationships, queer longing, & cryptids, you can find it at the links below!

We did Hobbit already, currently almost done reading through Animorphs. I can't wait to introduce them to Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles. Meanwhile, I have learned so much about the Wings of Fire and Warriors series in the last few months.

Drop 3 recs for the #transrightsreadathon ! 1) The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social 2) Moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social 3) The Fealty of Monsters by @ladzwriting.bsky.social

It's B&N's pre-order sale time again, and as always pre-orders are a great way to support the books you wanna see in the world In this case, the long-awaited paperback release of The Woods All Black! Due out November 3rd, 2026 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-woods-...

It's B&N preorder sale o'clock! Do consider BODIES OF MAGIC: perfect if you enjoy queer mess, murder mysteries, trauma flashbacks to finals week, or The Pitt's brand of competent, caring assholes having a horrible time. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bodies-of-...

Not one, not two, but THREE books of mine can be preordered for 25% off for three days only during the @barnesandnoble.com #BNPreorder sale: 🗡️ THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO on 5/5 🦅 UNTETHERED SKY - paperback release on 7/28 🐲 MARK OF THE WARRIOR on 10/27 Go, run, click, PREORDER ALL MY STUFF 🔥

Fave Five: Queer Black YA Horror I Feed Her to the Beast by Jamison Shea  Dead Girls Walking and Funerals Are for the Living by Sami Ellis The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron DOE by Rebecca Barrow Bonus: These are all novels, but you…

Do you want a space opera by Mike Chen? Of course you do. And can confirm, it's excellent and has just the right amount of hope that we need in these times

From the archives: Fave Five: Sapphic Historical Romances lgbtqreads.com/2025/09/12/f...

Since Hugo noms close in a couple days, reupping my one and only eligibility post.

What is the point of even creating a website if google is just going to rewrite/regurgitate it? JFC

Fave Five: Queer Fiction with Muslim MCs For older recs, click here. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao (MG) Ramin Abbas Has Major Questions by Ahmad Saber (YA) Liquid by Mariam Rahmani These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere Missing Sam by Thrity Umrigar

If I made a little form for folks to self-submit their queer books that had a dropdown for rep would anyone use it 👀

While I was away, I started having all these ideas and epiphanies about the WIP I'm revising and I was like, huh, why now But now that I'm home and my brain is shutting down again I'm realizing,,, oh right, I had space to think. I don't normally get that.

Hey writer people. Who has books dropping next month? Novels, novellas, collections, anthologies you're in. Let me know. I have a $5 B&N credit I need to spend :P

Exclusive Cover Reveal: For the Love of the Quest by Alexandra Ammon Parthun Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of For the Love of the Quest by Alexandra Ammon Parthun, a debut Sapphic Historical Romance releasing August 11, 2026 from Alcove Press! Here's the story: The search for…