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Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop! I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!) www.eventbrite.com/e...

I keep thinking about the phrase Human Standard Time. I wrote it down on a post it and I have no idea where I read or heard it but what HST implies is appealing. The time it takes a human to live, work, love at a reasonable pace.

In a middle of the week miracle: I remember the idea I had in bed last night for this short story and I can actually write it down. Please be impressed with my brain’s power of recollection. 🤣

Hey Everyone, come and support our Kickstarter for the Speculative Detective Agency anthology. This is going to be a fantastic book and in donating to the kickstarter you also get the book at a discount. Woohoo! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

Started playing Monument Valley again because my brain needs something gentle.

My most recent article for SFWA's Planetside! Copyright is a complicated subject about which there are many myths and misconceptions...in this article, I try to untangle some of them.

🦟eBook Discount! ESPERANCE by Adam Oyebanji is only $2.99 on Kindle Monthly Deals. A whip-smart thriller that plumbs the depths of a seemingly impossible crime rooted in racism, intergenerational trauma, and an inhuman concept of justice. buff.ly/F4C3OIL

Want to read the deleted first chapter of Apprehension, my upcoming novella from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social ? Sign up for my newsletter, and I'll send it to you. You'll also receive info about book tour locations. maryrobinettekowal.com/newsletter/

Long before Afrofuturism became a recognized movement, Black women were reshaping literature and imagination. From @PhyllisWheatley, the first published African-American poet, to @PaulineHopkins. #sistahscifi #BlackWomenWriters

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Last day for this sale!

Final day! Preorder A MURDEROUS BUSINESS so you can tick something off your to do list 😜

Tomorrow, tomorrow, we love ya, tomorrow...🎵 Grab your lunch and spend an hour with 6 fantastic women & nonbinary authors! Giveaways! Chat with readers & writers! Make new friends! share.google/ioprLU8hUUY4...

Direct hit. And I felt this one in my soul.

Hey, House of Bone and Rain—a Stoker, Locus, and Goodreads finalist—is still just $3.99 everywhere for a limited time! If you like horror, crime, grief, magic, friendship, ocean monsters, and ghosts, this is for you. And THANK YOU! Every copy counts. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

MA residents, good news on vaccines--not just Covid vax, either, which MA residents can now obtain at pharmacies. Insurance carriers in MA are mandated to cover ALL vaccines recommended by the MA Dept of Public Health, rather than relying just on the CDC www.mass.gov/news/governo...

I should probably remind people that I had a novel called GIRL IN THE CREEK come out about a month and a half ago. It got a star in the Library Journal! And look at this awesome blurb from @keithrosson.bsky.social:

Sent out the monthly newsletter and now to watch the unsubscribe tally. 🤪

$399 to close the gap. ko-fi.com/africantrans...

Whhhaaat? We're doing it AGAIN? Grab your lunch and spend an hour with 6 fantastic women & nonbinary authors! Giveaways! Chat with readers & writers! Make new friends! eventbrite.com/o/strong-women…

I'm slowly making my way through a theater performance of King Lear on Kanopy. The closed captions are helping a lot.

"Wolf's Path stands on its own." "Joyce wonderfully creates stories that expand and question perspectives, with characters that can be as sharp as claws and soft as paw pads." www.atthisarts.com/product/wolf... (cover by Ajarn Amorn Setthitorn)

Hey comics fans! I'm doing an AMA today (starting now, ending when I run out of steam and have to start packing for Tulsa) over on League of Comic Geeks! If you have questions, I have answers: leagueofcomicgeeks.com/community/th...

The Authors Guild's resource on the Anthropic class action lawsuit. If you're an AG member, your contact info has already been provided to the court authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

🎉 We are thrilled to share that Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by @wtalabi.bsky.social is shortlisted for the 2025 Aldiss Award 🎉 buff.ly/X6MvXau

This novella was so good!

Buy this book immediately @victorlavalle.bsky.social is a legend

I’m fascinated by khipus. What a cool way to track information.

My brand new book is 50% off in the Barnes & Noble sale! See a man go on a quest for something better than revenge, and see a goddess outgrow her own legends. Plus: a found family of monsters. Wearing The Lion awaits!

The Five Petals of Thought is coming real! Fundraiser for supporting me as I write this artifact of an alt history philosophical movement: www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...

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Post a random pic or everything will go bad in August.

I’m part of this cohort of amazing writers doing an online reading on July 17th hosted by @swsworlds.bsky.social . Please tell your friends and join us!

I'll be going live next week to discuss how the Parasol Protectorate began. Join me on YouTube & Facebook for the Parasolverse Origin story, July 12th 3pm pacific/6pm eastern. www.youtube.com/user/gailcar... www.facebook.com/events/12255...

A write up today about my #LGBTQ #history THE INTERMEDIARIES. Are you in #Missoula? Know people who are? Tonight is a special event at FactandFiction, tomorrow at Shakespeare & Co. I give you: HOPE HAS A HISTORY thepulp.org/brandy-schil...

I’m part of this cohort of amazing writers doing an online reading on July 17th hosted by @swsworlds.bsky.social . Please tell your friends and join us!

Hey y'all. Reminder that you can now listen to this novella as narrated by the excellent Kate Baker for the Clarkesworld podcast. clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_05_25c/

Super excited my two books are part of this Fantasy & Sci-FI Book Fair :)

Happy Pride! 24/7/365

Something FUN is coming! Time to get ready for the next one. It will be here before you know it! Sign up at the link to register for this FREE, fun online smorgasbord of women & nonbinary SFF authors! www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE OBSTACLES comes out on June 10th! The 3rd book in the acclaimed MOSSA AND PLEITI INVESTIGATIONS, it's been praised by @crimereads.bsky.social, @locusmag.bsky.social, @readbookpage.bsky.social, @libraryjournal.bsky.social, and more. Pre-order print, ebook, or audio today!

Tomorrow, May 22 at 11 AM ET, I'm giving a virtual presentation to IEEE Women in Engineering on using narrative tools for effective science communication. Here's the registration link: wie.ieee.org/event/worksh...

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Received two rejections for a story this week. So I started writing a new one yesterday. Eyes on the prize. I will keep going.

ARC applications now open for Secrets of a Duke's Heart, a steamy Regency romance novella! Sign up here: forms.gle/ZVQuFp21TzTH... When a wary spinster meets a duke in disguise, their battle of wits turns into a war of hearts. Out May 20th, 2025.

We finished watching The Pitt. That was an incredible show. I hope there's a second season.

Sorcerer to the Crown & Black Water Sister are on sale for $1.99 in ebook! What if Georgette Heyer & PG Wodehouse had a magic baby but it was raised by Edward Said: bookshop.org/p/books/sorc... Stressed lesbian zoomer is haunted by dead grandma, it gets worse: bookshop.org/p/books/blac...