I migrated my newsletter, The Graveyard, over to @beehiiv.com and will be sending my next entry out tomorrow morning if that's your vibe: beccacoffindaffer.beehiiv.com/subscribe #booksky #authornewsletters

I have had a lot of questions about what to do if you are an author in an anthology/collected work etc. According to the default rule in the settlement document, the default is that publisher gets 50% and all authors share equally in the remaining 50%.

soooooo many people sat in on these meetings and signed off on this idea, like...

I guess I'm on Lemon8 now because curiosity will be my doom.

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

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My colleagues at Bloomberg report that the $20 billion debt in the EA deal is expected to be rated single-B — meaning it is considered a "junk" loan, or one that is high-risk and speculative, typically offering high interest rates. Which the new EA will have to pay www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ready to ROOK and roll! I’m live with Dragon Age! #DragonAge www.twitch.tv/alexjordanvo

Today is a good day to support my friends and former co-workers, whether they're at @yellowbrickgames.bsky.social, @summerfallstudios.com, @northmiststudios.bsky.social, or elsewhere. So many brilliant people making things that bring a little more love into the world.

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

It's another Steam sale, which means it's time for 65% off our debut game, Eternal Strands! That's SO MANY PERCENTS! store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...

While we all rage on EA- North Mist is a new indie games studio that nabbed Mary Kirby (Varric) and Sylvia Feketekuty (Emmrich, Josie) as writers! They have a world building podcast (also on yt! 🔗 below), with Mary writing the first season that just wrapped up, and Sylvia's first ep just dropped!

Buyers: So your games... guns and football, yes? EA: Mmhmm, mmhmm, mostly guns and football, yep. Buyers: No gay stuff? No politics we're not going to like? EA: Haha, definitely not! Hey, could you give me one sec? I just need to shut down a studio real quick. kotaku.com/report-saudi...

Officially will no longer be buying anything -- not games, not merch, nothing -- from EA.

What's funny is this is the EXACT shit EA did to everyone else they acquired.

This fucking sucks for all the writers and developers and designers at EA, and my heart goes out to every one of them. Fuck capitalism. Support these artists wherever they go next.

"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism." @readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom): reactormag.com/with-the-ser...

it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...

I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Fuck me this is bleak. But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.

People who criticize transgender people say there are only two genders. But the soul has so much more individuality🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 No matter how much my activities are restricted, super Chiitan will continue to speak out until we live in a world where everyone can freely express their love and love each other♡

Some Republican states, including Kansas, resist DOJ demand for private voter data | via @jonshorman.bsky.social #ksleg

if you’ve spent more than two minutes reading my posts you know how much contempt I hold Dem leadership in but this is good and they should reiterate it on TV demanding a resignation rather than just calling it “unacceptable” is correct and they are threatening subpoenas when they get that power

i miss my husband

Did I deliberately save the Legacy DLC until post-breakup and then replay this area multiple times until I got this 15-second exchange? Yes. I absolutely did. Because awkward, pining Fenris is the best Fenris. #DragonAge2 #DragonAge

Mamdani will go down in history, but not only for the reason that he's likely to win in November. It's his refusal to engage with the fascist mirrorworld's warped reality as his colleagues & other media do. His insistence on *staying here*, in the lived reality of his people, is the real triumph.

The finalized schedule for #FanXSaltLake is live! I'll be at a number of different panels and book signings all three days, and I'm looking forward to seeing folks. Come say hi and distract me so that I don't spend all my money at Artist Alley! #booksky #fantasybooks #criticalrole

A list that puts me in such company?? 🥹

Throwing religion/Catholicism into a Benoit Blanc murder mystery like this move was MADE for me

Event News! I'm going to be joining many other incredible authors at FanX Salt Lake Comic Con 2025! I'll be there all weekend, 9/25 - 9/27, talking about books, worldbuilding, Critical Role, and more! You can get discounted tickets using promo code: COFFINDAFFER fanxsaltlake.com #fanxsaltlake

I hate every single politician and anti-vaxxer who created this culture. They have all been vaccinated but they want to children to suffer and die because they have so much hubris they think they can outwit science with raw milk & turmeric. A pox on their houses. May they be fucking haunted forever.

It's Barnes & Noble preorder season once more! From now through the 5th, get 25% all book preorders with the code PREORDER25. Surprise yourself in April with an awesome book you maybe forgot you ordered! #bnpreorder #booksky www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bloody...

Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th. www.32auctions.com/unboundforga... The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.

military flyovers disrupt the Epstein victim press conference

I wil start bc I did do this Preeti.beehiiv.com

Hi did you move your newsletter away from substack? drop it in the replies so people can find you and subscribe! I am big on rewarding good choices

Google's search engine was the greatest information retrieval tool I'd ever experienced in my life. So many mysteries unraveled under the scrutiny of a few keystrokes. They lobotomized it *for this*.

Major update: As of this morning, CVS says it's decided it can offer the vax in 13 of the 16 states IF you get a prescription. Still a big new barrier for many people, but a change from its "no vaccines at all in these states" position yesterday. The three remaining absolute-nos are MA, NV and NM.

This is the 286th mass shooting recorded in the United States this year alone. It's the fucking guns. 🔥☎️🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/gun-sa...

This whole thread is wonderful and important, but especially this bit.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS, VAKARIAN #MassEffect #Shakarian

Do you, Shepard? Do you not think kissing turians will be necessary? I certainly hope you won't eat these words in the future... #MassEffect #Shakarian

Just dropping this right here... www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...

Well somebody has to spread this stuff over on Bluesky. I'm no fan of fan art, but when an actual professional artist for Sony Animation does fan art like this: count me in.

And if you are a Canadian author, here's your class action lawsuit: www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

'No Body No Crime' is a twisty, loved-up crime caper for the ages! When Mel is hired to track her ex, Chloe, she finds her living off-grid. Who is hunting her? And what does it have to do with the boy they killed?👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🔫 Out August 14th @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @sharpegirl.bsky.social buff.ly/OQh4jCp

This is not a joke. Consider this. Its 150 gigs for images and all. That's literally less than one AAA game.