And, here is my monthly check in with my favorite pieces from March!! P.A. Cornell Christopher Degni Ramez Yoakeim, & Daniel Ausema @cornellwriter.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social, @danielausema.bsky.social www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

Delighted to see my novelette “The Soundtrack of My Afterlife” from @adventitiouswords.bsky.social Issue 1 listed among Emmie’s favorite March reads. Thanks again for spotlighting so many great stories, @emmiechristie33.bsky.social! www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

I'm not all authors. Nor are the authors I interact with on Bsky, my writing circles, and 99% of the authors I slush read. That is a massive chunk of writers who aren't "all authors." Whoever insists all authors use AI should have toads and snakes fall out their mouth as they speak.

Cats are hybrid motors; petting and solar. Might have to look into that for my car since gas is $5/gallon

"Kodi had always known the distance between himself and the nearest pie." Throwback story of mine published in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! flashfictiononline.com/articles/the...

Foods difficult to measure by the foot but that I desire more than sandwiches: Soup Yogurt Eggs Rice

Anybody else have trouble recuperating from a long social weekend? I've tried to start writing all morning and can't seem to focus.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

🎵 everything's going so well 🎵

Every month could be March! horrificscribblings.com #womeninhorror #creaturefeatures #darkfantasy #darkscifi #apocalypticfiction

Last push for my own writing for Hugo's! I'd be honored if people considered "To Those Who Change" published by the @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social This one might be the best story I've ever written. dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/to-those-w...

There are so many amazing alternatives to giving JKR money (watching a thing on a streaming platform counts, more views = more money) You can make new memories and leave HP behind, even if it used to mean a lot to you. Living people are more important than your memories. It'll be ok. I promise.

Author Thread #13 is here, and I am featuring Daniel Ausema! @danielausema.bsky.social 1. WYSR “Among the Sighs of the Violincellos” A rich and biting tale of a garden full of strange effects. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

Sometimes I write while I walk on my walking pad. Somedays I even start the dishwasher and the laundry to run while I walk & write. That's when the capitalism demon whispers in my ear that it's not enough and I should be doing a secret fourth thing and I say GET BEHIND ME CAPITALISM

@emmiechristie33.bsky.social is back, with more insightful reviews on folks' writing! This week, she's taking a look at www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio... !!

Emmie's narrations are beautiful - absolutely loved how she made "City Grown From Seed" come to life! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Here's even more joy in connection to others: "On Tuesday We Take a Trip to Saturn" by Eleanor Ball, "Fox Fires" by Emmie Christie, "Gifted and Talented" by Marika Bailey smallwondersmag.com/... smallwondersmag.com/... smallwondersmag.com/... 6/8

the way my daughter says "does it use AI" is how I used to ask "is there quicksand" and I think that's great

Emmie's narration for this story was amazing (one of my all-time favorites for stories I've had narrated), and you should definitely check out her other work! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

I'd be honored if people considered my narrations for the Hugo. 'City Grown From Seed' by @dianadima.com 'Of Flowing Stone, of Liquid Gold, of Justice, Ash, and Battle' by @aardwyrm.bsky.social 'Time is an Ocean' by @angelaliu.bsky.social

BAHAHAHA!!! Love ittttt! Sentient houses is, no joke, one of the best catalogues on inkfoundry, and I love these tags: inkfoundry.net/what-haunts-...

Children at an Edinburgh hospital painted pebbles for the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo and will be able to watch them choose and present them to their mates via livestream. #SundayMorning

It's 95 here°. In March. I would like a factory reset please.

Morning Kittens #Caturday

My new book’s been out for almost 2 months, but if you don’t quite have the funds right now, remember that you can ask your library to carry it and read it for free! Find all the details your library may need at the same place you’d buy it, here: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

ok who else is writing through the horrors today

Had to google if swans have ears today. The life of a writer is romantic and mysterious.

New author thread, u up? ;) This week I'm featuring Christopher Degni. 1. WYSR "Life and Jacq and the Giant and Death" A gender bend of Jack and the Beanstalk! inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

To write the thoughts must get in line But they spiral #writerproblems

me to me, on the way to a party: please act normal please act normal please act normal me at the party: hello friends and acquaintances, who wants to learn some facts about SQUID

We only rate dogs. This is clearly a gigantic mouse that someone just found in their home. Please gently return them to the garden and only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: kitsune_inu)

Thank you so much @emmiechristie33.bsky.social for the wonderful, week-long journey. I'll never forget it. And I should have mentioned that 'Son of the Sea' is a prequel to 'In the Teeth of the Gale'! Now, I'll look forward to all the other stories you'll read and share with the rest of us 🧡

This was so difficult to write, and a few times I had to back off and redraft. Though couched in the terms of substance dependence, it's about isolation that has nothing to do with others. Something that @emmiechristie33.bsky.social completely gets (of course!) in this penetrating read.

My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think it’s beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there

I'm genuinely in awe of @emmiechristie33.bsky.social's eye for detail and keen sense for reading between the lines, picking up on things left intentionally under the surface, and often overlooked by most others. At this point, I'm not sure which is the better read, the story, or this review!

Check out this very astute read by @emmiechristie33.bsky.social of one my saucier pieces! Set in my native (and beloved!) Cairo, it's a world I both miss and think of often.

New week, new author thread! This week I'm featuring Ramez Yoakeim @yoakeim.bsky.social 1. WYSR "Rise Again" Afaf leaves the safety of the locked community to find the Caretakers and confront them about their dwindling quality of life. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

I told my husband I wasn't hungry. He walked in with a rotisserie chicken and fudge cookies, says "I'm home-" I screamed "SNACKS!" He said, "I knew it"

It was so much fun reading Emmie’s reviews of some of my stories this week. And now here’s the full author spotlight. Check it out! Thank Emmie!

One piece of advice I never take from an editor is when they tell me something's "too weird." It's only gonna get weirder 😉

@moryan.bsky.social rocks! Telling it like it is... www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

BOOK LAUNCH! Our second anthology, _Horrific Scribes Presents: Rulemakers and Rulebreakers (26 Works of Order and Chaos)_ is available today wherever fine e-books are sold! The best place to download? It's FEATURED ON GODLESS!!! godless.com/products/hor...

Anyway I'm not saying publishing is giving me brain damage or acting but I did just wake up weakly screaming because I dreamt there was a guy who was filling in Darkwing Duck colouring books (with Crayola markers) and selling them as "original stories" and he had made ten million dollars

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

I successfully called about something that took me all of three minutes I was putting off for three months. I know, I know. It's what heroes do.

frankly romantasy is currently footing the bill for the rest of us by keeping a crumbling publishing industry afloat a while longer and you don't have to read the stuff to appreciate that it's bringing in readers who will eventually want to read more things, perhaps even in different points of view

Fox shifter anxiously gardens magic

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

My favorite kind of review is the kind that starts with the words “Holy fuck.” 😄 Read the rest below.

New week, new author thread! This set of reviews will feature P.A. Cornell @cornellwriter.bsky.social 1. WYSR "Vinyl Wisdom" Joey must make a decision if they want to join the City, or stay with their grandfather. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...