It is very Monday, have some strawflowers. #bloomscrolling

I acquired a tiny jar of Fig, Black Tea, Quince & Apple jam while traveling--it is well balanced and not overly sweet. Good with goat cheese, not surprisingly: the farm it came from was known for that. Simultaneously pleased with past me for buying it and lamenting not getting a bigger size.

A burst of color for your feed: pink against the darkness #bloomscrolling #photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #Stunday #nature #flowers

A photo from today's walk: Beaver!

Are you doing a neat Ursula-related project? Talking about her work on a podcast, or reviewing the prize shortlist, or anything else? We'd love to hear about it, if so! You can always tag us here, and every email that comes through the contact form is read by an actual person.

A burst of color for your feed: Sunflower, macro #bloomscrolling #photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #nature #sunflower #flowers #macro

Witch King is on sale right now in ebook for 2.99US across various ebook retailers (I don't know if this applies to other countries.) bookshop.org/p/books/witc...

All That We See Or Seem is scheduled to come out in the US on 10/14! Come celebrate with me and RF Kuang at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge and get a copy of the signed book. www.harvard.com/event/ken-liu

Today in #writing, I am circling back to a #WIP that I had to set aside for several days. To get back into the flow of the story, this morning was reading over what I'd already written and tinkering with word choices.

Bee (blep). #photography #nature #bee #macro

A photo from today's walk: strawflower #bloomscrolling

ICYMI: I had a new story out last week, with @kyliu99.bsky.social! As humanity moves to the stars, a young woman attempts to preserve the magical forest she fell in love with as a child...

On the trail, a log bridge to nowhere. Inviting, but also NO.

Lovely book mail the last few days, with contributor copies arriving for two different Nebula Awards Showcases and a translated story in BABELZINE.

UNIDENTIFIED FUNNY OBJECTS 10 - an anthology of humorous SF/F just launched on kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...

Got all ready to swim for today's workout only to discover that the pool is closed for maintenance. Sigh.

A photo from yesterday's walk, in which I wound down along the wooded trail until I found the beach.

Periodic reminder that if you want to contact your elected officials but don't know quite what to say, 5 Calls has scripts: 5calls.org

Updating the firmware on my camera is nerve-wracking b/c the instructions say in multiple places that if anything goes wrong, the camera will just fail to turn on and there is no way to fix that at home.

A burst of color for your feed: orange geum (aka avens) #bloomscrolling #photography #nature #StunDay #ColorADay #OrangeSun #flowers

A flower for your feed: pink anemone #bloomscrolling

A good story opening (IMO) has a lot of work to do. Not only do you have to reassure the reader that they are in good hands, the opening paragraphs are where you set the tone for the story and establish the rules of the world.

Thinking about beginnings today, and to procrastinate on the actual writing part of #writing, a thread of recent(ish) story starts...

Morning glory, turned away. #bloomscrolling

ICYMI: I had a new story out yesterday, with @kyliu99.bsky.social!

A photo from today's walk: chickadee #photography #nature #BirdSky #PNW #chickadee #birding #wildlife #birds

A burst of color for your feed: dahlia #bloomscrolling

New short story by two of my favorite SFF writers, Ken Liu & Caroline M. Yoachim!!!

I have a new story out today! (Co-written with @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social).

As humanity moves to the stars, a young woman attempts to preserve the magical forest she fell in love with as a child. "If a Digitized Tree Falls" by @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social and @kyliu99.bsky.social is out now at Reactor! reactormag.com/if-a-digitiz...

New story day! "If a Digitized Tree Falls" is my latest collaboration with @kyliu99.bsky.social, an exploration of technologies that bridge the divide between digital and physical, with a focus on environmental themes. Now up at @reactorsff.bsky.social! reactormag.com/if-a-digitiz...

A photo from today's walk: pink cosmos #bloomscrolling #photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #nature #flowers

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

A burst of color for your feed: coreopsis #bloomscrolling

Uncanny Magazine closes to short story submissions TODAY! When September 8 is finished everywhere on the planet, the submission portal will be closed!

A burst of color for your Monday feed: a flower from today's walk. #bloomscrolling

A photo from today's walk: water droplets, suspended #photography #macro #MacroMonday #nature

Listening to Sunday in the Park with George this morning. Sondheim wrote the best lyrics.

MONDAY is the last day!!! 😁🦄

A burst of color for your feed: rose #bloomscrolling #photography #garden #nature #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #rose #flowers

The air quality hasn't been great this week, so instead of photographing birds I drew one: Spotted Towhee.

I got mine this morning, grateful to live in WA! #ProtectTheHerd

I got mine this morning, grateful to live in WA! #ProtectTheHerd

Coming next week, a new collaboration @kyliu99.bsky.social and I wrote! It will be my first appearance in Reactor :)

An SF cityscape, as shot from Alcatraz. #photography #travel #SanFrancisco #ColorADay #BWFri #scape #cityscape #ClassicMono

Today in story research: ants. #writing

Also the hustle* never stops so: REVOLUTION IN THE HEART, an Ursula K. Le Guin tribute anthology, is coming out, I now notice, September 22, 2026, so preorder it now for a gift to future you! *15 emails a week saying "Can you ensure that you post this to your author social media, thanks"

Periodic reminder: - Save your work! - Back up your saved work!

Reflections, inverted. A photo from the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool. #photography #travel #Chicago #ArtYear #landscape #scape #PalacesAndGardens #water #reflections

I’ve made an update to this situation. open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...