So happy to share good news from my recent scans. My oncologist is satisfied and says the remaining nodule continues to shrink. I am so grateful. #cancersurvivor #fuckcancer #thankful

Keeping fingers crossed. Results will be in next week. Turns out I also needed a blood test. Having a chai latte now. 😊

Currently waiting for the regular chat with my oncologist. Here’s to good results and living beyond expectancy. #fuckcancer

Sharing Shishani's Forget to Remember which is this morning's listen. youtu.be/b7nFqWjE3LM?...

disgusting, especially given the continuing history of shamelessly taking from other countries

I wrote about how wealth isn’t just “more time to write,” but resource-having in a way most of us can’t even imagine lillyluwrites.substack.com/p/wealth-acc...

Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word! RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇

MARCH 10 2026 BE THERE OR BE SQUARE Covers are by @fringe-element.net who did an awesome job Editions will include introductions plus bonus short stories There will also be a preorder campaign--more details on that later.

Quick reminder that you want to be online at 5pm UK time/12pm EST for SOME EXCITEMENT.

Some people don't care about the well-being of others. Okay! Fine! Just imagine the sick art you'd get if every creator had food and housing security. The endless stream of groundbreaking stuff you'd enjoy if we weren't constantly struggling.

Me signing books in @foylesforbooks.bsky.social (charing cross) They might still be there!

We can donate to fund these translations:

Had a full and hectic week touring family around The Netherlands. Not a lot of writing got done--as tends to happen when things are really really busy.

Quick reminder: could use some people to boost the signal for a cover reveal tomorrow/this week. Answer this tweet if you do? The books are US market but happy to consider anyone who's willing.

Reminder: My short fiction up (free) at @reactorsff.bsky.social follows an older medic with scant resources who fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall. Near future, solidarity, old MC, family, hanging on to hope #booksky #sff reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...

"Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved. Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath, but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion."

Just read the frickin' Bible. Don't take my word for it.

It's important to note that Jesus said nothing about *why* the people are poor or any action required by the poor to earn the right to be helped. It is not the business of the Christian to diagnose the cause. It is the business of the Christian to help. That is, if you wanna be like Christ.

So, Jesus said there will always be poor people (Matthew 26:11). He also said (everywhere!) look after the poor. The fact that there will always be poor people means Christians will always have an obligation to look after them. Any other view is a form of Christianity that doesn't follow Christ.

this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh “Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”

Baby cow. 😆 Yeah. I do know the official word is calf.

Morning dose of cuteness. 😊 At a friend’s farm.

People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!” Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.

if you'd like to get our weekly newsletter with stories from around the world, (usually) curated by me, you can sign up here: globalvoices.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Today’s the last day to vote in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! I’m so happy to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS in the Fantasy category in stunning company. Go vote for your faves! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

another important story from @mongpalatino.bsky.social at @globalvoices.org

Slay is about the lives of transwomen in the Dutch Ballroom scene. #support #community #transvisibility.

I also want to highlight this under publicized series made by Director Rafik Opti. Slay is a series that didn’t get much coverage even though it is an impressive series. Do take time to watch. npo.nl/start/serie/...

From yesterday’s workshop on micro-memoir. Part of a programme developed by LGBTQ+ for LGBTQ+ asylumseekers in NL. At the end of this programme the participants will make 10 moving portraits. #movinglove #workshop #micromemoir with thanks to Karlijn Milder for this photo from my workshop.

On the road again. Excited to see the start of this workshop programme which culminates with participants creating their own moving portraits.

Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.

A good thread for conference and event organizers to read.

Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences? When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded. /

A friend is one of the editors of this project and they take previously published work too!

Since one should plug one's own books, here goes. Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes. www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography... Tried to write cozy, there were murders

every author in the class action, please file the claim.

Watching Glass Hearts. Loving the music, the band dynamics and how each musician gets to realise their own sound.

Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

if you are disgusted by government proposals for refugees - please, please write to both your local MP and to [email protected] Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote

In line with the previous posting, I want to recommend looking into Heide Goettner-Abendroth’s deep work around Matriarchal societies and how matriarchy is more focused on nurture, care and balance so everyone can thrive.

Loved this post from Tracey Cooper-Posey encouraging us to think on matriarchy, matrilineality and matrilocality. tracycooperposey.com/celtic-women...

Managed to do my Patreon posts for tomorrow!!! A reminder you can subscribe here: www.patreon.com/aliettedebod... It really helps.

I suppose updating the blog counts toward today's wordage too. 😅

A very short update I have been quite immersed in the novel draft since end of August and it's a bit of a surprise to look up and realise that we are already in November. That's almost three months of non-stop writing at varying speeds and wordages, but I am happy to say that I am heading over the…

Reading news about corruption in The Philippines. Kelan kaya magbabago? It’s the same story over and over again.

Theft of substance https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/20042

We live not merely in our bodies but in the web of our communings with each other. These plants recite stories in my head of how I got them, who from, who will want to share their fruits with me.

HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!

So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.