Doctors diagnosing women with anything besides anxiety, being overweight, and/or ‘that time of the month’ challenge (impossible)

Stares in Fremen but also the great wyrms of fantasy fame (aka dragons). I think worms allow us to address the fundamentally fascinating and simultaneously disgusting business of simply being alive. Also, they're great for parasitizing and where would SFF be without a good infestation or two?

Bold of you to assume there's a structure... I'd say a coral reef - I'm cheating but only a bit - coral starts as an animal, a polyp, that attaches to a rock or whatever and grows from there. So my structure is a bunch of randomly floating ideas that land and take root and then grow from there.

Genres: SF, Fantasy, Horror Subgenres: Apocalypse, Post-Apocalypse, Cli-Fi, Feminist re-tellings and/or gender-swaps, Dark Fairytales or stories about the fey, -punk Authors: T. Kingfisher, Pierce Brown, Alix E. Harrow, Rebecca Roanhorse, Martha Wells, Naomi Novik, Omar El Akkad, Robin Hobb

Yes - I like stories where smart people do smart things. Themes: family - blood or found? I write fast-paced stories. I like realistic human reactions in non-standard settings, hence sci-fi and fantasy genres because I find human humaning fascinating, especially under unusual circustances

What? Homework?? I didn't come here for this kind of abuse! I prefer other kinds, please and thank you. Fine. But only for you. I've been meaning to read 'Parable of the Sower' by Octavia Butler for forever so I guess now's the time.

#Protip for SFF authors looking to get involved in current genre conversations: check out SFFChat for info on the hottest discourse, including the latest on Worms and assorted invertebrates

Apocalyptic aerial footage from east Gaza City.

Telling the plagiarismbot which things to steal from actual writers doesn’t make you a writer. It makes you a crime boss. A lazy one.

I'm a cis woman. Never once in my life has a trans person harmed me or made me feel afraid. Cis men do that. Cis women have harassed me because I have short hair & am not performing femininity hard enough for their taste. Anti-trans laws WILL also harm cis woman, but that's not the main problem

Shame if this got more widely shared.

It should be pointed out to the saboteur where the circumstances are suitable, that he is acting in self-defense against the enemy, or retaliating against the enemy for other acts of destruction.

Google is invading your privacy www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-... And accelerating the destruction of civilization.

No one rushes faster to claim they did the work than cheaters who did zero work and are defensive about it. No one who knows how to write a book is insulted by those who don’t respect AI users. Only those who have no skill and know that they cheated get insulted. How telling.

'Dress for the job you want!' The job I want:

Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office. “It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday.

The Science Officer. Go punch a bully. www.knottedroadpress.com/collections/... www.amazon.com/dp/B074CBP74M

🎉 Today is my birthday! 🥳 If you'd like to help me celebrate, here's a list of charities working to make the world better that could use some more support. 🫶 www.astrokatie.com/birthday

✨SHE IS MY LIGHT✨ A sapphic erotica mothwoman short story now for FREE!! 🦋 nature conservationist 🦋 big fuzzy mothwoman 🦋 “mine” 🦋 various levels of smut a.co/d/0cW3XEaZ #booksky 💙📚 #lesfic #sapphic

Bealtaine is a festival which occurs on May 1st and also refers to the month of May. It typifies our recent Irish ancestors’ dual spiritual tradition: predominantly Christian but with pagan aspects remaining. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #MayDay #Bealtaine #ireland

Oh, I'm never good with animal familiars, but I love them in other people's stories. Hmmm...for my WIP, definitely a bird as it's set in a flying city and other than cats and rats, birds are basically their only animals. I'm gonna say a stygian owl - check out their red eyes! Very murdery.

Oh super fun question - I'm doing this in 2 parts. 1. In my viral pandemic series, my MCs would study (scientist), shoot (mercenary) and survive (axe-wielding co-ed) 2. In my steampunk WIP, my MCs would use their spirit-powered mechas and shadow magic to escape and evade hungry dinos.

In my current WIP, there's a nation that's grown out of a 'wild' place. While most people moved out of the area & stopped using the old ways, there remain devoted tradionalists (think Amish without the religious vibes) who the others treat poorly while claiming to be proud of their heritage.

In my viral apocalypse/post-apocalypse series, I have a lot of mutated animals (and people). Does that count? In my current steampunk WIP, I have some plants that are used for various medicinal and recreational purposes.

Hej/Hola/Hi/Dia Duit! I'm a SFF lover - read, write & edit. For my last meal, I want: *starter: seafood chowder from Ketchikan, Alaska *main: shrimp egg foo young from DC with basmati & wild rice & a cheese plate *dessert: mini tiramisu, crème brûlée & my mum's krumkake w/ cranberry compote & cream

Kristine Kathryn Rusch curated the 2026 Write Stuff bundle, which contains 15 exclusive books you can't find anywhere else—including her own book The Write Attitude. It’s a book about the attitudes writers need to survive and thrive. Check out the interview! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-kr...

I need to start working on incorporating the feedback from the standalone beta readers soon, so I think I need maybe 2 more people to get a good idea of what to work on here. If you have time in your schedule to chomp down a scifi novella quickly and give feedback, let me know!

White people: STOP DOING SHIT LIKE THIS!

my boss: we don’t have Big Tech’s budget, what can we do to spread the word? me: if we ask our 4 million users to each get 1 person to switch to Vivaldi, tomorrow we’ll have 8 million users follow for more marketing tips 😌

French has a lot to answer for. Let’s start with some of the worst offenders: *silhouette *bureaucracy *bureaux *brazier vs brassiere *hors d'oeuvres Also: *necessary *receive *jewelry *succeed vs secede *February *aluminum whenever Brits say “a-lew-min-ee-um” *grey vs gray *harassment *embarass

A cost-of-living crisis isn't the easiest time to sell art, but: www.ciaraioch.com is where you can support my work, with each archival-quality print on textured heavy paper being produced here in Ireland, shipping internationally in eco-friendly packaging, with free mini-treats in every order 🎁

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Yep. Recently an unexpected death in my family forced me to have to deal with relatives I normally have no contact with Apparently I'm a heartless B who never loved our relative cuz I didn't take every opportunity to publicly turn on the waterworks while also laying claim to all the keepsakes Cont

This is obviously a crime, one akin to putting out unlabeled sweet pickles when everyone expects, nay, yearns for dill pickles. Monsters.

Got into it with someone on FB - yes, I know, block & move on - I was weak. Anyway, they said, “I hope you live the life you deserve.” Am wondering: what part of escaping the Christofascist dystopian collapse of the US to the literally magical land of rainbows & wee lambs makes them think I’m not?

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Netflix owns every movie in the world that was ever made, except for the ones that I want to watch. I stole this.

So the regime can auto-register potential drafees but not voters? I call shenanigans! #USPol #USMil #SaveAct www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

This highlights how ICE, which does not have a contract with Flock, continues to get access to Flock’s AI-powered license plate scanning cameras through local and state police. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social: www.404media.co/floridas-wil...

Depluralize a movie: A Wedding and A Funeral

Cholesterol has the opportunity to do the funniest thing today. #ClotsAndPrayers #IsHeDeadYet

From our government: "Ireland condemns the law passed by the Israeli parliament to expand the scope of the death penalty and revive its implementation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory." www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Available now: M.K. Martin (@mkmartinwriter.com)’s NEW AVALON RANGERS, the conclusion of THE SURVIVORS’ CLUB CHRONICLES. New Avalon stands free, but the tentacled Infected creep ever closer. And sometimes, the monsters aren’t the worst things out there. bit.ly/SCC3NAR

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“Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she thinks attacking transgender people via the legal system is a worthwhile cause and a good use of her vast personal fortune…there’s no way to watch this show without supporting Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting…”

Take note #WritingCommunity

Never in Ireland’s history have powerful foreign landlords owning most of the property been a problem…right? Right? #Speirgorm #HousingCrisis