I know titling is hard but I keep seeing people fall back on this and I *promise* you can come up with something more creative, more memorable, and more unique to your story if you put your mind to it

I do love Lilya and Maret! I'm working on a (not smutty) story of theirs, but at some point they're going to demand a novella (or longer) out of me. One cleric of the goddess of knowledge and her very put-upon mercenary bodyguard, surely *nothing* can go wrong?

There are many reasons I believe in the separation of Church and State and "you can't disagree with the head of state, that's against theology" is probably the most prominent "absolutely not" scenario.

All hail the almighty distaff and spindle.

Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both

I'm going to ask again. Because timezones, and maybe me asking noon my time was not so great timing 😞

god grant me the audacity of a Catholic convert sincerely telling the Pope he’s wrong about theology

NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...

Back to planetary romance for a project & building my canon; it includes: * Jaran by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social * Shards of Honor (Lois McMaster Bujold) * Foreigner series (CJ Cherryh) * Ammonite (Nicola Griffith) * Orthe books (Mary Gentle) * The Blue Sword (Robin McKinley) What's in yours?

Final hours on this! We've hit our goal, but yall can still get books!

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions in one week, for one week, April 19-25. kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

24 hours to go! We're funded now, so it's just a matter of getting those stretch goals and maybe giving us a little more wiggle room <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...

The armour study collection- I throughly enjoyed these! Drawn using my own reference photos I took at a cool armoury in London

We're at about $400 shy, and if you've been on the fence, now is the time! Sharing this post helps too; even if you've backed already (or can't), sharing the post helps it get to new eyes.

And… Anathema’s Kickstarter is live! Please read, donate & share to increase our reach! We’re excited to bring more speculative fiction, poetry and nonfiction by queer writers of color into the world! Our fundraiser is scheduled to run through the end of May: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ana...

There's a kid who studies piano at the same time my eldest has guzheng practice. We walked in and they're playing the Pirates of the Caribbean theme. I still want Eldest to learn Golden, but I can only find it not-quite for gayageum. Converting piano to guzheng is something I can't do or I'd try!

One of the comments to this is like “of all the things to be mad about, not being able to get a credit card is low down the list” and y’all being able to leave shitty men is so important and cannot be done without money.

If you’ve been moved & inspired by Artemis, NASA needs your help. Literally during A2, the president proposed cutting NASA science 47%, canceling 54 missions, including many already in-flight. To help stop these cuts, check out @planetarysociety.bsky.social www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...

One of my favorite things to do every year is follow the Nautilus E/V missions (mapping & ROV) and watching them map and explore. Space is awesome, but so are the oceans.

This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.

mon prochain sticker héhéhé

Me! I'm on it! So if you're not a backer at the panel level and you want to be to get this, and other awesome panels, you still have time to get in. There's a panel every month and they're all live, and chances for Q&A, and always a lot of fun.

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY! Our Kickstarter for DUCKS IN A ROW and DUXXX IN A ROW has gone live. Over 40 stories by our queer creators, collected in two lovely volumes for the first time. Check out the campaign, and boosts of this post are very appreciated! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚 📚💙

I would absolutely tell my librarians to pre-order but I don't have one so I'm going to have to hunt down a library next summer, because this is one of those academic texts I want to read but my budget will not allow.

We're excited to announce our new project: My Liege, an artbook about queer knights in love! In collaboration with our friends @damesprod.bsky.social 🌟 Our artists applications open Friday April 10th at noon (EST) and close Monday April 13th or if we hit 600 apps! Prepare your portfolio & ideas! 👀

what I wouldn't give for an actual library I could get a particular niche book out of. prioritizing trying to get a library card while I'm back this summer, but I'm going to need to get some mail sent to me first. I hate not being able to skim a book to find out if it's what I need.

There must be some sort of mistake...I thought the censorship was only going to go after nasty pornographers and people I don't like on the internet????

Oh. My. Gods. Dudes, we have romantasy already. It’s called romantasy. We also have fantasy, which is still HEAVILY predisposed to male writers and characters, so if you don’t see yourself represented there, it’s a skill issue.

Hey, remember when TJ Klune admitted the book was inspired by the Sixties Scoop but instead of the government being evil in his book they're actually Doing Good and it's perfectly OK to steal children from families as long as the people doing the stealing are good people?

its time to sleep 💤 #art #cats

Me! I'm on it! So if you're not a backer at the panel level and you want to be to get this, and other awesome panels, you still have time to get in. There's a panel every month and they're all live, and chances for Q&A, and always a lot of fun.

People need to remember, too, that these are the *successful* authors. The ones who are traditionally published trade authors. Those trying to break in, those published once and then couldn't get another contract, self-published authors and so on are not included. This is the top 1% of authors.

One week left, 40 stories. Buy both TPBs and that's US$1.12/story, and there are *so* many awesome stories in both volumes. Grab a bookmark too, and discover some new authors and wonderful worlds. <3 (seriously, _so many good stories_ in both volumes)

🚨: NASA just dropped a full disk image of Earth taken by Artemis II 🤯

Artemis and the Artemis II mission! I can’t stop thinking about the Artemis plushie watching over the launch of the Orion hahaha #art #sailormoon #artemisII

Presenting: The Queersar Not An Award for 2021! 10 (+1) examples of top-quality queer SFF. Brilliant fantasy cities, some great SFF romance, anti-Brexit Epic Fantasy, dark fantasy mystery, space opera, gonzo slipstream, a great spin-off with a particular spotlight on a throwback of the best sort.

Sterling K. Brown explains the streaming economics of why we don’t get more eps

We are 2/3 of the way there! let's gooooo! 40 stories over here for your summer reading fun! I've read some of (but not all) of them and everything I've read has been so much fun! #queerbooks #queerstories #shortfiction

"All authors are using AI now" Not true! A lot of us are saying "fuck it, I might as well throw five subgenres in a sack with a few exquisitely daydreamed dramatic moments and then meander spiral explode to a postpunk riverhead playlist"

I had to draw this cause it makes me very weepy 💖 #sailormoon #artemisii #fanart

TIL how bloodthirsty Dutch politics was in the 17th C. It started with a tumblr post, me asking a Dutch friend, and now I'm just becoming increasingly more horrified-impressed. Cannibalism, beheading on the seat of parliament, two Grand Pensionaries murdered on trumped up charges, and more.

thank you

Green and growing! Plant-based and earthy things: herbs, mushrooms, wildfowl, chicken, rice, foraged veg. Also pickled and salted things, to hold through rougher winters - pickled radishes, carrots, dried/salted fish. Currently debating adding my love of 香椿 in, very rich, a little allium-y.

Let's see if I can remember to do this one! (timezones, etc.) I'm Dei, working on a novella set in a valley where things are Going Wrong: creatures that shouldn't exist, plants doing things they shouldn't, and Lanyue's been saddled with a fox-spirit wife she definitely didn't want OR need.

I shook the kids up a bit early this morning to watch the launch, and honestly, this is one of the two parts that stick most in my memory. One of my kids looked at me and said "this is probably the most awesome thing I'll see" and...yeah. No notes. Hopefully the first of many successful launches.

Over halfway, but let's keep that momentum going! And not that it's necessarily much of a bonus, but: hopefully I'll be at LavenderCon this year so if you bring Duxxx in a Row by the @duckprintspress.com booth I could even sign it for you if you wanted!

Issue 2 submissions are OPEN NOW! We are looking for speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Submissions are limited to trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors from April 1-7. If that's you, send us your work 👀 General submissions will be open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from April 8-21!

This kind of thing is absolutely in my wheelhouse (and *definitely* something I'd read and write the hell out of)

Halfway there! But you know what would be awesome? If we were *even further* toward the goal. If you're not sure if you want a book, back at the basic level and go wild on stickers and pins and all our back catalog of merch! PRIDE DRAGONS! Rainbow lemon slices! Rainbow tentacle hearts! Dux stickers!