Undoubtedly, Robin Hobb’s Farsear series, which involves fate, destiny, prophecy or luck. * Rebecca Roanhorse’s Between the Earth and Sky series * Juno Dawson’s Her Majesty’s Royal Coven books * N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth series

Rarely. It's more of a 'fate of your own making': the characters set themselves on a path that by the end seems fated but they were making active choices all along. I do not enjoy reading or writing stories where the characters are passive/reactive for most of the story & things just happen TO them

I'm much more of a fan of free will than 'the chosen one' trope. Too often the 'great prophecy' is so vague as to be completely useless or it makes the story boring if it's so specific it's a giant spoiler. If destiny/fate enter into the story they need to be a VERY LIGHT touch.

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This is how we defeat trump and his cultists. Every act of defiance no matter how small counts RESIST

Just got paid for an editing job (which WOW how amazing is that I get paid to read?!?) and here comes Kansas trying to do some heinous shit to my trans siblings. Folks, today is a good day to take your coffee budget and put it toward a very worthy cause. tcpipeline.org

For all those who thought being a citizen would protect you from ICE - you’re not a citizen if you can’t prove it because the government has suddenly invalidated your ID 🪪 And no, Newsom and his brand of sucking up to fascists isn’t the way forward.

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Week 39 of Resist and Rise Tuesday We started a new practice of collecting goods for families in the St Paul school district who have been sheltering in place for two months. Be Good Grand Rapids, Mn #ICEOut @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Romance take - the borderline abusive shadow daddy book boyfriend needs to go away and never return. Romantasy, I'm looking at YOU. This is normalizing abusive behavior. It's not sexy. It's abuse. On the plus side, love seeing more happily childfree heroines!

I'm cheating a bit because I have three covers (three - ah-hahaha!) But they're all so pretty I can't pick my favorite two

Not thrilled about this news at all. #Spéirgorm #DataCenter

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You’ll note that the owl-attack service is only twice per week. This is because of a growing shortage of bus drivers.

Adding to my wishlist now. #Spéirgorm #ReadingRecommendation

The Trump regime is an illegitimate, evil, corrupt, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. I will speak out against the regime every single day until they are held accountable. bit.ly/StandNow

AI tech barons don’t have real human connections. To them LARPing with dead granny’s digital ghost is no different than LARPing that they had an actual relationship with living granny They already live in a simulation of their own making - now they want to drag our dead loved ones into it with them

The *real* global conspiracy, in a nutshell.

Alt text won't kill you. It gives context. In this time of rampant misinformation, lies, fake content and a growing population that lacks critical thinking and research initiative, posting images with no ALT and no context is lazy and unhelpful. Be part of the solution online. It is that serious.

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Sorry, Isaac.

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The Trump regime is an illegitimate, evil, corrupt, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. I will speak out against the regime every single day until they are held accountable. bit.ly/StandNow

"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification. But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?

tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day. my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.

It’s a 3 way tie between * ‘Band on the Run’ by Paul McCartney (played on repeat where I worked) * ‘Drops of Jupiter’ by Train (profoundly stupid song about a redneck manic pixie dream girl) * ‘The Dog Days’ by Florence + the Machine (incredibly annoying non-lexical vocables)

From Ireland - the great hunger (AKA potato famine for those accepting British propaganda. There was plenty of food in Ireland, but most people couldn’t access it) From Norway - not sure but probably poor economy and a big family

Guess taking dating advice from hateful misogynists isn’t working. Interesting how quick these “alpha males” are to demand communist redistribution of women.

Spread disturbing rumors that sound like inside dope.

Ye gods I wish I had some spare money lying around at the moment, but alas! Anyway #WritingCommunity here's an amazing opportunity to get one-on-one feedback from one of the living greats of #SFF.

Say, @governorwalz.mn.gov and @amyklobuchar.com anything either of you can do to protect Minnesotans from this kind of kidnapping? #DefundICE

Things you can do today: Call/email your electeds Strike: no work, no purchases, no school Protest Be a protester's safe check in call Offer a protester childcare Donate to a mutual aid fund, bail fund, or immigration find Talk to your centrist/right wing family about the situation

dangit Mamdani I can't even vote for you why do you keep making me want to vote for you even more

"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.“ — Ursula K. Le Guin

JKR, the ‘feminist’ so pro-woman that she praises the Taliban. Never mind that actual women and children in Afghanistan are dying from pregnancy complications and untreated miscarriages.

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Standing offer: I'll give feedback (after Feb 15 only) on up to 25 pages to anyone who donates any amount to an org/fundraiser/wishlist in the link. I'm a former journalist, current novelist, and writing teacher. Synopses, queries, chapters, op-eds, all good. Honour system: DM and tell me where/what

If you go to a protest, bring hearing protection and keep your eyes peeled for LRADs. They can be either hand carried or mounted on vans, and keep in mind the ones on vans can sometimes swivel and change where they're pointed. Stay safe out there y'all.

Merc is a phenomenal writer. This is the perfect time for a collection of their stories.

Gan Tíoránaigh, Gan Ríthe, Gan ICE

Good. We hate you. Everyone hates you. Even you hate yourselves.

Inspired by @minnmax.com, I just gave $26.05 (that includes fees) to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota If you want to donate, here you go www.ilcm.org/donate/

Just as his parents described him.

This was Alex Pretti at work at the VA honoring a veteran who had passed. This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.

It's STFU Friday. Refresh the script 👇