Most publishing workers don't want to use AI, and being able to point to public outcry and contract language helps us push back against it 👇

Iterating on the knights yaoi idea to give myself practice at crushing the part of me that says "No, that's dumb!"

The hardest thing I've had to learn about writing advice is that it's generally intended to be taken in context--and, where applicable, only to the extent applicable. What do you mean there are no hard and fast rules and people aren't expecting you to adhere to them perfectly literally

There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.

This thread sounds like something from The Craft series by @maxgladstone.bsky.social

SFWA has a survey out for feedback on AI use in the industry. You don't have to be a member or even a writer to participate. Please share. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...

Took me a while to get to it but, Isaac Fellman's Notes From A Regicide is going to be on my list of the best novels of 2025. Hugely emotionally resonant but also intellectually playful; what strikes me most is how it uses its SFnal elements for exactly the opposite effect most lit SF does.

This is a gorgeous collection and I'm so happy to see it recognized 💕

there will be a new story this friday AND submissions will be open. what a week

60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts. It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long. www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...

My Christmas has been paid for because somebody included The Wretched in their Christmas gift guide. Talk about the stuff you like.

For anyone in the US or Canada, Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for $2.99 on Amazon, Kobo, and B&N for just 7 days, starting today. Enjoy! www.amazon.com/Wooing-Witch... www.kobo.com/us/en/search... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wooing-the... www.indigo.ca/en-ca/wooing... #romancelandia

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/12/22/a... Wonderful writeup in the Ancillary Review's 2025 Notable Books -- you can always rely on them to have some of the most thoughtful criticism in the field.

Just had a client drop out of January, so I have space for a full developmental edit or assessment edit (less detailed, less expensive) if you have the need . . . .

If your month (year??) also seems determined to end on a rotten note, maybe a steep discount on queer indie books will help? Buying books can't make things WORSE, right 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜

Coming to terms with the fact that Madalin's story is probably not one I can sell; a little torn between dropping it to work on something more marketable and sticking it out to get used to writing things I can't sell

Both my physical and mental health are rough right now. Most days, the pain is overwhelming. If you'd like to do something for me? I have a request. Do something kind for someone else. Invite an extra person to holiday dinner. Donate to mutual aid. Help your sister pack. Anything for anybody.

Also I'm reminded: if you want a wild west wild hunt story (???) with a sacrificial chase held every seven years -- and this year featuring a set of identical twins (HMMMM) -- you can pick up THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE! pspublishing.co.uk/the-rider-th...

This is a great place to donate to:

Currently reading through Song of the Bull Rider and its so good. I am just eating it up, the world, the characters. Good stuff.

In honor of the winter solstice, this week's Sunday snippet comes from my frothy romantasy novella Snowspelled, which is set at a Winter Solstice house party in an alt-19th century England (ruled by the Boudiccate). It's available in ebook & paperback now: books2read.com/snowspelled #romancelandia

POV: it's the annual solstice ball and human Emperor Iwan Iwanowicz wants to declare war on the vampires But he doesn't know you are one yourself Find out how Sasza Czarnolaski deals with this conundrum in THE FEALTY OF MONSTERS, illus by @sorenhaxan.bsky.social 🔗 books2read.com/TheFealtyofM...

On this shortest day of the year, an incomplete list of things that have brought me light this year: * The people who tirelessly distribute whistles to help protect their neighbors * The infinite variety of beans * The people drawing furry porn with improbable anatomy, just because it pleases them

Lotsa folks have been making their eligibility posts recently. I, TOO, have Eligibility! Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.

Day 21 #ArtAdventCalendar • This #SciArt #anatomy & #symptomatology #embroidery depicts my uterus with its fibroids, ovarian cysts, and endometrial cancer prior to my hysterectomy in 2022. Bleeding Vessel (2022). You can read more about this piece here: liapas.com/2022/10/13/b...

Hooray! My sapphic romantasy short story "Five Reasons Why I am Absolutely Not in Love with my Nemesis" is available as an ebook now. Just subscribe to my Patreon at any level from $5/month upwards to snap up this & a whole bunch of other stories from me: patreon.com/stephanieburgis #romancelandia

As the holiday season approaches, here's a reminder that you can get my books nearly everywhere ebooks are sold. The best place to buy is direct from me. You can put in a request to your local library too! #booksky #queersky 💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 🩸

Happy to report that my brain is an engine that activates in the shower

In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series! 👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social 🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social 💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social ...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

I am once again going to rec this post about Black and Brown skin tones. This is my go to post when I am writing BIPOC characters. Also, if you have another list of non-food suggestions for skin color suggestions please slide it this way! www.tumblr.com/letswritesto...

I think there's lots of ways the Heated Rivalry girlies can show solidarity with queer men other than fantasizing that the show will end homophobia in professional sports. The most obvious one, to me, is supporting queer men who write m/m.

We do not have to offer and I believe indeed should not offer any benefit of the doubt: Anything sold as "AI" should be presumed ineffective, exploitative, environmentally ruinous, bigotry-amplifying and otherwise until proven otherwise. /fin

You are going to see a lot of people today saying that if you want to be a writer, you have to do the work of writing. And to that I want to add, if you are having trouble doing the work, what you need is /rest/ and /replenishment/ and /community/.

Just a little montage of mostly novellas with aromantic characters in them ✨ ALT has the full list of titles <3

There's an end of the year sale on itchio going on and there are lots of trans books at unbelievable prices. Check it out. 🏳️‍⚧️📚 itch.io/books/on-sal...

Madalin? ... principles.

Don't let Canada go down the same road as the US and UK on trans rights. Sign this, then make sure to verify your signature via the email link so it counts.

Also there are 11 more days to submit your queer speculative stories already published in 2025! The editors love reading far and wide, so please especially consider submitting work from journals and anthologies they might not be aware of. www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/ been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor

(Nudging this post cause honestly Name Her Holy is so close to a very cool milestone of copies sold 👁️✨👁️✨👁️) If you’re looking for an epic sapphic space fantasy about a dead cosmic god, a transfem Valkyrie and a chronically ill chosen one, it’s only $2.50 on itch ✨🌸 aubreyennis.itch.io/name-her-holy

We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th. Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars. <6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫. www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

A very short awards eligibility post: This year, I edited an anthology of Black Canadian SFF, "As The Earth Dreams." I'm honored to champion these writers! Also, all of the stories in the collection are so amazing and diverse! Please consider them for awards, too! houseofanansi.com/products/as-...

It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:

This was going to be the year I finally joined the SFWA--but apparently not!

It's correctly pointed out that none of this is to protect kids. It's: 1. A giveaway to Big Tech to deepen their data mining and make it impossible to opt out 2. A tool for religious bigots to hide any and all info about being gay, trans, feminist, atheist, or just being a civilized human being

ANYWAY happy Friday! Today is a good day to get THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and read it safely indoors! :D (Or wrap it up and give it to some unsuspecting person, I don't know your life.) A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎

Me: (working on novel) Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel. Me: (typing) Not now, brain. Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is? Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you

Well, the cost to fix my plumbing is going to be in the five figures, so....buy some books! I have paperbacks on Bookshop.org and on Amz - they probably won't get to you in time for the holidays, but you can gift ebooks instantly! If I sell about...8000 copies...I should be covered...

What are your favourite NOVELLAS from 2025? I'm primarily looking for: - weird/experimental/literary SFF - SFF w queer characters/elements/communities - historical sapphic romance - works that explore disabled experiences/communities Bonus if on Kobo, double for Kobo+, but open to other platforms.