stabbiness, food, angst, and linguistics are Rae-book staples but something else I've noticed across books are characters who don't understand their own sf/f powers you *could* say "lol nice try Rae using 'it just works' so you don't have to do a hard magic system" You could, but you'd be wrong

Not to mention authors don't get just ONE purchase. Libraries tend to purchase multiple copies of popular books, they also buy the physical audiobook, and audiobook streaming and ebook rights. Obviously not of EVERY book purchased, but requested/super popular ones they could buy all of these.

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo

From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte

Okay. Real Estate Investing should not be a thing. the building I live in right now should have been a housing co-operative built with municipal, provincial, and federal funding and any "profit" made should have gone directly into a maintenance fund. If you own more than house? TAXES. LOTS OF EM.

I think a national conversation has to be had about how okay men are with preying on young girls, as an answer to empowered feminism. They want the weakest possible thing to them and everyone agrees it's badass and powerful. "I don't agree" isn't enough, I need men to be openly hostile to it

I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...

If a famous person contacts you, no they did not.

networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online

stabbiness, food, angst, and linguistics are Rae-book staples but something else I've noticed across books are characters who don't understand their own sf/f powers you *could* say "lol nice try Rae using 'it just works' so you don't have to do a hard magic system" You could, but you'd be wrong

*pssssst* Hey You know that one project? That one you've wanted to write FOREVER except it's scary as hell & maybe you don't feel good enough or brave enough or strong enough? Spend 15 min on it today Keep the dream alive Even a pot on the back burner needs to occasionally be stirred

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

Comics Camp Applications are open until November 24th

by age 26 you should have: • an unhealthy attachment to a fictional character • weird relationship with the media you loved as a teenager • a friend from a completely different part of the world that you never met IRL but you’d trust with your life

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

nothing is ever new

Sadly, my contract with Blizzard ended in September. That means I'm looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! www.hazelmonforton.com

The best part of having POTS and needing extra salt to stabilize your blood pressure is when someone starts selling counterfeit electrolytes that have no salt in them at all! If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.

If you don't know who Michael Burry is, he's the guy who spotted the instability in the housing market with subprime loans and predicted the 2008 financial crash. Christian Bale played him in The Big Short. Now he's betting against AI companies.

> www.preetichhibber.com/fiction2023

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

[Narrator: they lost 13 seats]

Damn straight. Be fucking loud and obnoxious. Shove this in the face of your idiot uncle and racist high school friends.

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

are . . . republicans okay? (CA GOP mailer sent to an elderly relative)

are . . . republicans okay? (CA GOP mailer sent to an elderly relative)

there is a writer I really like who I won’t name who went absolutely dark on social media a few years ago and I was SUPER worried something had happened. found out later from her newsletter that apparently a fan had found her address and sent a package of art and gifts TO. HER. HOME. terrifying shit

Really happy to see folks in the SF/F community here stepping up and donating to food banks and organizations that feed people. This is @adapalmer.bsky.social's doing, and it's making a difference. You can donate too, even if you're not on the Bluesky SF/F community. Need is everywhere.

Every day I have to learn about a guy with untold power and influence who I would not trust to fill up my car

I am so tired of people equating "edge" with "good" writing, and people implying I can't be a serious writer because of the things I love. Bradbury himself inoculated himself early against such foolishness. Love what you love. Write what you love. Tell everyone else to fuck the fuck off.

We don’t use AI for subtitles. Every line is carefully timed and translated by real people (who cry during finales and debate Best Girls, just like you).

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

The ICE agents deploying these are people without necessary training, those who couldn’t cut it in police training or didn’t want to join the military. They are in this to hurt people and play Call of Duty on our streets, deploying chemical weapons on our neighbors as if they’re pressing L1.

surprise! the real challenge was always getting us to recognize the humanity of other humans! we can anthropomorphize the fuck out of wall-e but genocide is "really complicated"

all those movies about society refusing to recognize the humanity of robots but it turns out if you glue googly eyes to a roomba about half the country is ready to propose

Merriam-Webster just added 5,000 words to their collegiate dictionary, including “petrichor,” “teraflop,” “dumbphone” and “ghost kitchen.”

the most precious resource on earth is the ability for human beings to give enough of a shit to give it everything we've got. and we keep just. throwing that away. over and over again. God damn, man

This is just the Schutzstaffel but they’re calling it “law enforcement”.

Okay so we've had trans rights but what about TRANS WRONGS??? Murder! Blood magic! Kissing! Monsters!

What the fuck did I just read? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

These companies selling A! Images masquerading as human-made art are so common now. Note the carefully worded statement (chatgpt generated of course) and generated photo designed to be misleading. It's awful that this sort of false marketing is legal.

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch. I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

Oh Portland, I love you never change #protest #portland www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

it's all fun and games having cats until they bring a live bird inside and start SPRINTING TOWARD YOUR BEDROOM (bird was rescued and released fyi but not before Kell Maresh Chang DROPPED IT RIGHT ON MY GAARA COSPLAY and to be fair it was his derpy little floof nephew who caught it first BUT STILL)

for the maybe five of you who care, the pup has been given a clean bill of health post-surgery and is free from the cone of shame (meaning that one of the cats has immediately claimed it as a new cat bed) 🙏

This is literally a trad publisher’s JOB, one of the reasons authors license their works to publishers in the first place. But tradpubs have been offloading marketing costs onto authors in order to pad profits & C-suite salaries.