I would have said nothing tanks your ability to write like the looming end of a six month contract and the depressing cycle of applications and rejections and then I added antidepressant withdrawals (brain zaps, parathesia and mood swings anyone?) to the mix 😂

FYI for writers using Gmail to go to settings and turn off smart features to prevent them using your emails and attachments for AI training

Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling. I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.

So say we all!

Not a single part of my journey today has gone right lol. By the time I eventually get home it will have taken me approximately 14 hours to get from mid Wales to Cornwall. Thank you traffic and the British railways

Any time Tories start blaming Labour for the wretched state of *insert topic of the day*, it's crucial we recall who got us here with 14 years of cuts and privatisation, wrecking public services and social support systems. (Many other valid reasons to criticise the current government are available)

Where do you guys go for sff reviews? Both shorts and novels #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #booksky #reading

Oooo, this one rings a bell for those of us still looking for ourselves. Be careful, it may leave you cackling at the end. Wonderful piece by @annaclark.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l... #speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic

My wonderful friend @annaclark.bsky.social smashed it out of the park again. Go have a fun quick read about a personality vacuum: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l... #shortfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #fantasy #sff #fantasyfiction

Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...

Screaming into an echo chamber I know but I beg people to remember the value of human thought, creativity, and connection, and deep and slow analysis. This has inherent value. Even if gen AI could effectively replace these (it can't right now) it SHOULDN'T. For me that that's almost more important

Just came across this and my God yes. I'm slowly getting back into exercise after ME and weights are my favourite. I'm not super strong yet but God I love it. I want to be STRONG and I am aiming to cultivate the attitude Delilah has here (although I'm not there yet, I will be)

Zuckerberg farted out some nonsense today, and since most media outlets refuse to report critically any time a tech CEO offers them some a pseudoserious press release, I've decided to do it for them. sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release

Looking for book recs contemporary fantasy (or similar types of sci-fi or even horror) that's preferably not uber sexist and not heavy on the 'I'm such a sarcastic badass voice'. Romance is fine but I'm not looking specifically for romance. Not YA #bookrecommendations #fantasy #contemporaryfantasy

One of my mum's swimming friends in her 70s absolutely rocks her bikini for her daily swims (year round, waves or no waves). I, a much younger human, consider her a badass icon and think she looks fabulous. Every time I see an older woman defy this bullshit it warms my heart and gives me hope

As someone actually trained in behavioural psychology—unlike most MPs—I can tell you: financial precarity doesn’t “incentivise” sick people to work. It breaks them. Stress worsens health. Fear doesn’t create productivity. It creates collapse. #TakingThePIP

Cowabunga Dude! 🤙 #tmnt

Just accidentally deleted my old post about this while trying to re-share (don't post tired folks) so here it is again in case anyone wants to take a look. I have a story in this lovely magazine about grief, faeries and friendship and it's in some fab company. #shortstory #fantasy #sff

I’m like 3 minor inconveniences away from throwing my phone in a lake and becoming a folklore creature

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

Both thrilled to realize I've written almost 90,000 words on my novel draft and horrified to realize how little of my plot I've got through in those words. Send help #writer #amwriting #writersky #fantasywriter

Caribbean Reef Octopus 🐙 made from clay and paint 🎨 #Art #ArtYear #ArtGallery #BSNM #Sculpture #Octopus 🦑🐡

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work theonion.com/relaxin...

"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.

My very kind friend bought me a scrivener subscription for my birthday to help me flail around less with my novel project and I'm finally getting it set up on my new laptop (my old one died after 7 years of service a few months ago rip). Wish me luck #writer #amwriting #writersky

Wally and Cat Bane look like a gay couple at a parent teacher conference receiving news about their kid

This is a lie. I was on PIP when I had ME and the process to get it was so brutal I almost gave up despite being very disabled so I know the rules. PIP is not tied to your employment status. It is a benefit to assist disabled people with the additional costs of living. I am furious. It ENABLES work

I have PIP and a full-time job. I would not have a full-time job without PIP

There’s nothing that makes me feel like a badder bitch than getting complimented on an item of clothing and being able to say “thanks! I made it!”

My hard copy of In Another Time arrived last week which means I now have on my shelf an actual book with my writing in it. Very cool @inanothertimemag.bsky.social. If you fancy a very loosely folklore inspired story about grief with a side of evil fae go take a look #writer #shortstory #fantasy

Anyone else finding the internet wildly overwhelming rn?

Amazon link: www.amazon.com/Another-Time... B&N link: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-another...

This is my amazing friend @annaclark.bsky.social's story. I remember doing a read through for her and falling in love with it when she wrote it and I am UNBELIEVABLY PUMPED to see it in such a good home. Go read folks #sff #sciencefiction #shortstory

We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.

Can confirm that telling myself to write bad words is helping me out of the rut. I'm right in the messy middle of my novel, lost all confidence in it and have been here for a while but writing bad words are still words I can edit later #writer #amwriting #writersky

Chatting with a friend who has done a lot of research into AI writing to be able to spot it when she slush reads (and out of interest) and realising I'm behind on what AI writing looks like but it IS possible to spot. Time for a crash course #writer #writersky

As soon as we allow people to debate the worth of other’s within society, we’ve lost. We must work together to ensure our most vulnerable are taken care of, because in doing so we build a safer and more inclusive society for everyone.

So stuck in being a perfectionist on my novel draft (which does not currently deserve perfectionism) so have challenged myself to write 1000 shitty words today. Let's see how that goes #amwriting #writersky #amwritingfantasy

Trying to get back into the habit of a bit of writing before work and Pumpkin decided he absolutely had to be involved. #writing #amwriting #writersky #catsky #cat

Haven't written for a month because I burnt myself out something ridiculous with travelling then got hammered by rejections. Any tips for writing again after totally losing the plot appreciated

Managed to mostly avoid the birthday blues thanks to my my mum's health scare being resolved and my girlfriend and I finding a surprise food festival. Nothing better than an excellent plant-based hot dog and basque cheesecake

Are you an emerging writer or artist? We have just the contest for you! Cash prizes and no submission fees. Don't self reject! Submit before June 2. Please spread the word! Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri... Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...

There's a story I'm trying to write that I just can't get into the right form and it's driving me up the wall. It's important to me. I want to tell it and I just can't get it right 😭 #writer #amwriting #sff #shortstorywriter

I used the spoils of my first sale to buy a piece by a local artist and friend of my mum's (Sarah Sullivan ceramics!) She calls these little cuties serenetitties. I love her dearly, she brings me great joy. If I was rich I would buy so much art. Pls excuse the shit picture

Goblins and Galaxies opens for submissions today! See the guidelines here: bit.ly/4i2c9QR

Between WSFS and MWA I think we can reliably say that if you're an organization dependent in one form or another on the goodwill of a professional class with deep and existential concerns about "AI," maybe just don't fucking use "AI" for anything you do, even if it would be "cool" or "time saving."

🧵In June my short story 'Alfred and the Court of the Giant Cormoran' will appear in In Another Time Magazine. This is my first story to appear in print anywhere (although it was the second I sold, the first I sold will be coming out sometime in 2026/27 tbc)

Maybe this is just a very hard job to do well, and maybe there's no shortcut. Googling for "scandals", while marginally better than ChatGPTing for possibly made-up scandals, is still not something that makes me feel confident about any event's processes, as a sometime attendee/panelist. That's all.