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Science (and the natural world) are so cool!

This is a LLM I can get behind.

Congrats to all the winners and finalists! But special congrats to all the @apbooks.bsky.social authors who are winners and finalists! Some tough competition in some categories this year, but so excited for everyone.

An AI-generated video of Trump was circulating in which he promised med beds for all Americans. I wrote about this old conspiracy theory a few months back. It's wild. #Medsky www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Exciting news! Ashton's book tour for One Night at Kedasi kicks off this weekend at Village Books. 🎟 Tickets are still available for Village Books (all other events will be unticketed). 👉 Grab your spot here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ashton-mac... #PNWAuthors #VillageBooks #SciFiBooks

All genAI should be banned, and no magazine or book publisher of any kind should use it for anything whatsoever. Utter trash fucking up everything.

Several of my authors are getting spammed by these latest scams. Luckily they recognize them as the scams they are, but be aware and vigilant.

#coverreveal Another amazing cover for our next book by Ian Bristow. Unspeakable is the first in a new #vampire series releasing in 2026. In 1752 Jozef Klein is hired by surveyors heading to the Ohio country but what he encounters in the Ohio woods will change his life and become unspeakable.

Book 1 in our #vampire trilogy is UNREMARKABLE. Prohibition. Gangsters. Vampires. After the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Saul learns that vampires are not myths as Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and the Feds all want something from him. #booksky💙📚 #noir www.habigerkissee.com/books

Book 1 in our #fantasy #detective series is WRATH OF THE FURY BLADE. Inspector Reva Lunaria must stop a serial killer using a magic sword to cut victims in half but doing so will reveal a conspiracy at the heart of elven society. #booksky💙📚 www.habigerkissee.com/books

#coverreveal Here's the amazing cover for our new #fantasy #spy #parody coming in 2026, DR GNOLL! Flint Dagger, Agent Quartz of M.O.U.N.T.A.I.N., must stop Dr. Gnoll from stealing all magic on Ados. With the help of Maxine Charisma and his clockwork steed Marty, he just might do it.

I can't wait to be a part of the next Starforgers event. Looking forward to another great writing retreat with fabulous faculty and students.

It hasn’t been a great week for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Friends in Austin: "In Texas, many pharmacies are simply asking patients to self-attest whether they have an underlying condition before booking an appointment for a COVID vaccine." The number of underlying conditions is very wide and covers most people. www.kut.org/health/2025-...

I was next to (one of) the AI slop booths at DragonCon and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. So, as you may or may not know, there was a booth selling AI slop images printed on acrylic panels at DragonCon. They were in booth a-10. I was in a-11. Here’s what happened from my perspective.

I read War Heart by Ashley Capes. What did I think? "War Heart is a skillful combination of epic fantasy with very real danger and a coming-of-age story." @ashcapes.bsky.social #WarHeart #bookblogger #booksky

Today's #IndieAugust post is a list of cosy and cosy-dark books! fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... Previous posts: Grimdark fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... Urban fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... Epic fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

Scammers are really intent on scaring authors into not contacting someone like me. For example, this "confidentiality notice", appended to a fake offer of publication from Celadon Books, which threatens "blacklisting" of the author "across the entire publishing industry"

Remember to file a claim if you are in the list. I did.

Because some people haven't heard it yet: PAYPAL IS NOT A BANK, DO NOT LEAVE MORE THAN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS SITTING IN YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME. MOVE IT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. Paypal can and will close your account and steal all your money without warning. And have done MANY times.

It feels like the milestones are happening fast for Wasteland! Good job I’m thinking about season 2! If you haven’t listened yet, it’s on every podcast platform. Just search Wasteland a Dex Legacy Story 💥

Know a talented young artist? Please have them submit artwork for our 2024 anthology cover contest! This is their chance to have their work featured on an actual book cover. Find more info on our site and keep shining! ✨ litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag... #kidlit #art #parents #contest

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

Sharing my ko-fi because it’s always a great way to support your fave artists ko-fi.com/amalas And there are also some new posts on my patreon Patreon.com/Amalas

Books at #Bubonicon Constable Inspector Lunaria Adventures by @tangentgeoff.bsky.social and Coy Kissee C.I. Reva Lunaria and her partner Ansee Carya solve crimes in a world filled with magic and monsters. #fantasy #detective #mystery 💙📚 🗡📚 www.apbooks.net/product-page...

#coverreveal Here's the amazing cover for our new #fantasy #spy #parody coming in 2026, DR GNOLL! Flint Dagger, Agent Quartz of M.O.U.N.T.A.I.N., must stop Dr. Gnoll from stealing all magic on Ados. With the help of Maxine Charisma and his clockwork steed Marty, he just might do it.

Book 1 in our #fantasy #detective series is WRATH OF THE FURY BLADE. Inspector Reva Lunaria must stop a serial killer using a magic sword to cut victims in half but doing so will reveal a conspiracy at the heart of elven society. #booksky💙📚 www.habigerkissee.com/books

Book 1 in our #vampire trilogy is UNREMARKABLE. Prohibition. Gangsters. Vampires. After the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Saul learns that vampires are not myths as Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and the Feds all want something from him. #booksky💙📚 #noir www.habigerkissee.com/books

“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.” www.wired.com/story/usda-a...

20 Aug 25 -- After 16 authors & 2 judges withdrew & 800 writers and others signed a letter protesting inclusion of an avowed TERF short-listed for an LGBTQ+ award, organizers cancel this year's Polari Prize for writing. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Times are hard, making writing harder. Be in good company at the 2026 Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat for SFFH writers w/@charliejane.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @davering.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social @harrietshouse.bsky.social @neonhemlock.bsky.social. Info: starforgers.com/2026

Polari Press statement on the unaffiliated Polari Prize. As director of Polari Press, a queer-focused independent publishing house and design practice, I've been watching the developments of this year’s Polari Prize. 1 / 6

Fuck Bluesky's mods, buy Dani Finn's books: danifinn.itch.io

Releasing tomorrow! Book 3 in the Kelly Can Saga, A Cowboy's Dilemma by E. Joe Brown. #historical #western #romance #booksky💙📚 www.apbooks.net/product-page...

I have finished the manuscript for our next novel, Unspeakable. Ready for another round of edits with my co-author, but the rewrites are done. We hope to have this one ready to go in time for cons in late March. That will be 2 books being released next year. #writing #writingcommunity

The California Geological Survey recently released an updated version of the map “Earthquake Shaking Potential for California!” This map shows expected ground shaking intensity from future earthquakes across the state. What are the major takeaways? 1/ 🧪

Yes, please.

Writer friends: you can find out if your work is in the Anthropic clusterfuck by using the search tool provided in this article from the Atlantic:

Congratulations to Suzanne Stauffer (Fried Chicken Castañeda) and Jennifer Bohnhoff (In the Shadow of Sunrise), both are finalists in the 2025 CIPA EVVY Book Awards! #bookawards #booksky💙📚 Check out all the amazing books that are finalists this year. www.cipabooks.com/cipa-evvy-20...

2 of my books are in the list. I have signed to be a part of the suit.

I can’t overstate how dangerous this is. ‘White House reviewing Smithsonian exhibits to make sure they align with Trump’s vision’ Translation: Donald Trump and his administration are continuing their assault on Black history, and on any history that doesn’t center and glorify the white man…

I don’t understand the motivation here. Is he testing this out for future use? Is he trying to get folks used to the idea of martial law for when he uses it to postpone elections? Is he trying to incite violence like he did in LA but failed, or is this just police state stuff?

The Hopi Tribe in Arizona has to tell 650 households that the electricity they were getting through the $7 billion Solar for All program was canceled. "It feels like we stepped back 100 years," Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma said of the government's broken promise. tinyurl.com/ym959wcu

Cool shot I took this morning of the moon framed by the branches of a small cottonwood tree.

Rest in Piss. May every big game hunter of endangered animals be reminded of their place in the circle of life as viscerally as possible.

My cartoons for this week’s @theguardian.com books #holiday #vacation #reading

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Just got August's newsletter ready to go out on Monday. An interview with Josh Berliner about his book Cryptid Currency, ebook deals, publisher news, and another autograph book giveaway. Check out last month's newsletter and sign up to get the latest from us. mailchi.mp/artemesiapub...

Coming soon! One Night at Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay. Captain Zip Turbine never wanted to go to a suspiciously abandoned theme park asteroid, but freelancing is never easy—especially in this intergalactic economy. #preorder #scifi #sciencefiction #booksky💙📚 🚀📚 www.apbooks.net/product-page...