The Sakura Cherry Tree project in Beddington Park 🌸💖

In less than two weeks, Kaleidotrope will re-open to fiction and poetry submissions for one week. April 19-25. One of only three weeks the zine will be open this year!

A different perspective. Always helpful.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Holy COW.

#Bookpost! Aestred Thurga Pyre of Faith hardcover is now available to pre-order from the #warhammer site! ⚜️ www.warhammer.com/en-GB/black-...

"From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch." ― Edgar Mitchell

Just think How much cool shit We could achieve If we stopped Blowing up our neighbours Love this. What a moment.

Today I see Fight Like A Girl Vol 1 edited by Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall is back in print and getting launched at Eastercon today! Here is my review of it from 2017! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2017/10...

Where's breakfast, you useless monkey?!

Can we all agree to just block Stephen Marche and not give him the 'outrage' he's craving? He can wave his AI dick about on his own time.

I have not, do not, and will not use AI. Those who use AI are not writers (artists, etc) they're thieves, cheats, and plagiarists. They have no more written a book than someone who's got in an Uber has run a marathon.

Folks mentioned this week also include: Chris Wraight, @danacea.bsky.social @rocketpatrol.bsky.social @cjpt.bsky.social @denny-flowers.bsky.social @evandicken.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social @notsosilentrobb.bsky.social Richard Strachan, Andy Chambers #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Giant child is in Brighton, up to shenanigans. And I have an evening, all to myself, to catch up with my #Anime :)

Random phone call, from an unlisted number. Very well-spoken bloke, made all the right noises, telling me he was from the bank, and asking me about possibly 'fraudulent transitions' on my account. When I told him that I'd go into the branch, thank you, he put the phone down. Be wary out there!

Instant block. Read the fucking room.

If there's one thing that will be guaranteed to cause people who protect the wealth and power of the super rich - it's people having a great time. I present to you Trafalgar Square today which was beautiful and alive and buzzing with just that. 💚😍

I gather the SF&F subgenre formerly referred to as'blokes in cloaks' is now to be known as 'mantasy', and may be considered the counterpart to 'guy fi'. You may now go on with your day.

Have booked tickets to see #Beetlejuice on stage. Because treats are good for the soul, and because Isaac wanted to see David Fynn :)

Apparently, ECKO Rising is fully human (which is somewhat ironic, when you think about it). I wonder why that could be?! 😂

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

And another vote for not watching the new Potter, and not feeding more monies into anti-trans bigotry, hatred and political manipulation. Ayethangkew.

Handsome boi

They were trying and failing to get people to subscribe at $20/mo and each 60 second video was costing the company $15-18 in costs to make. That’s it, everybody, right there. That’s the Economics of AI. Visionary stuff.

This is the really big news here imo, its not just the sora app thats gone but chatgpt wont be doing videos either. This is a massive hit to openAI. Hopefully this hit causes internal bleeding that kills them as painfully as possible.

To catch the rolling doughnut, obvs.

Once there were four children whose names, somehow, were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy.

OPEN CALL! We want your comics and prose! We are launching a new zine later this year called ZENESIS, featuring comics, prose, articles and more covering Mecha, Sci-fi and Space-Fantasy genres. Deadline is the end of March.

Sold out!! Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of Aestred Thurga. Hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I did writing it! ⚜️

My son came up with the best term for the DLSS 5 and other weird GenAI non improvement (at least the first time I've heard it): "Sloptimization". It's perfect. No notes.

I've got a joke about Sisyphus, but it's an uphill struggle.

Bookpost! My copy of @jmswallow.bsky.social's 20th Anniversary Edition of Faith & Fire, for which I was delighted to write the foreword. If you're a #sistersofbattle #adeptasororitas player, reader or fan, this where it all began: #warhammer #warhammercommunity

Too much fun to pass up :_

The audiobook for Rose at War is read by the wonderful Emma Gregory (Minthara from #bg3) who brings Augusta, her squad and her stories to incredibly vibrant life. She's amazing, the books like I heard them in my head! 🌹 www.amazon.co.uk/Rose-War-War...

Eight years ago today, my Black Library debut went live. And I had no idea that MERCY, my original Sister Augusta short, would begin such an epic journey! #warhammer #warhammer40k www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40...

More of my son's amazing fan-trailers, this one #Helldivers, to the theme from #AttackonTitan. Do go and give him a follow, at Wearer of the Cheese! youtu.be/C0ekDsMlmjc?...

A very happy St. Gertrude's Day to you all 🐈‍⬛

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the sold-out 20th anniversary re-release of my #Warhammer40000 #SistersOfBattle novel FAITH & FIRE! Read more about this new hardcover edition (which features an intro by @danacea.bsky.social) at my blog: jswallow.com/faith-fire/ ⚜️

Happy Mothering Sunday!

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From the #LondonBookFair, the #Manga is Mainstream panel, with @karriefransman.bsky.social, @mikemotoghosh.bsky.social and Nigel Twumasi from @mayamada.com :)

In related news, as an author, I'm delighted to announce my role in the latest superhero flick. I shall be playing Wordsmith, able to take out villains with wit, barb, and the might of the relative clause.

Needs moar kitten

#LondonBookFair ahoy. Will be speaking in The Salon at half-two :)

On my way to the #LondonBookFair. Hope to see some of you there :)

Folks mentioned this week also include: @danacea.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @justinwoolley.bsky.social Steve Lyons, Nate Crowley, @gavthorpe.bsky.social Steve Parker, C. L. Werner, Dan Abnett, @sispurrier.bsky.social @rocketpatrol.bsky.social #Warhammer #BlackLibrary #BookSky

Was really chuffed to write the intro for this, a landmark novel and still one of my absolutely favourite #SistersofBattle stories! ⚜️

One for all my Sisters of - and in - Battle! ⚜️

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Cover art by @oisinmcgann.bsky.social, books published by @wtpress.bsky.social :)