Headed up to Write on the Sound in Edmonds this weekend! Can’t wait.

You know what Portland really has way too much of? Literary events. This city is overcrowded with amazing readings and workshops and socials and writers writing excellent stories. I run a weekly newsletter that features all these events and it has gotten really long. Send help. bit.ly/pdxwriteweek

Authors! Search for your works to see if you can submit a claim in the Anthropic Settlement. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

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Today looks like it’s going to be monster, so let’s sharpen our claws.

Bready.

Here are a bunch to get you started. If you are unfamiliar with @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social it's a digital magazine publishing short stories and poetry by Black SFFH authors for going on *counts on fingers* 10 years? Good lord. Co-founded it. Won a Hugo. Etc. go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

Rolling into the morning like something that rolls in cinnamon.

Advice to myself: Wake up. Pour a cup. Write something.

SFWA continues to advocate for author rights, from everyday contract defense to bigger legal steps at the Capitol. We're here for you! @kateristau.bsky.social @isisasare.bsky.social

OH HIII! 🥰 Don't forget to stop by the SFWA Table at Baltimore Book Festival today - then join @kateristau.bsky.social, @isisasare.bsky.social, & @dayalmohamed.bsky.social at 5 at the Peabody Heights Brewery to chat about the works you love, the work you're doing, and what SFWA's working on for you!

Great notes from @maryrobinettekowal.com who has made the Nebulas ✨⭐️✨ year over year. Love the suggestions here to remember next year too.

My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/ www.patreon.com/posts/138349...

The Anthropic Settlement details are out. Read on…

Just a reminder that writing is labor, and you should get paid for your work. Happy Labor Day!

See you on the East Coast soon!

Why is it so hard to get that little plus button to appear on WordPress? This is my only thought for today. All other thoughts have been deleted.

It’s Friday which means we don’t have to.

As we start the new school year, hats off to Oregon for supporting the Freedom to Read! www.orartswatch.org/bill-prohibi...

I’m pretty sure half of my #WorldCon was coffee and shine. Luckily I have friends like Grant that support my everything. #GRTheronIsAwesome

On my way to #WorldCon! If you see me, say hi! I will be at the @wilwrite.bsky.social booth today, so stop by and chat! Or register for a table talk with me at 1:30, or come by my Writing Tips panel at three. And if that is not enough, the Tigard Library board meeting is online at 6:30. Yay books!

“Be weird. Be unpredictable. Rebel against expectations. Don’t get boxed in. Don’t write what everybody is expecting you to write…” @charliejane.bsky.social buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Writing about book bans and advocacy and the powerful example of @charliejane.bsky.social for @sfwa.bsky.social www.sfwa.org/2025/08/05/p...

Great work from SFWA’s contracts committee, leading the way with productive contract language and insights.

Asare Appointed SFWA Executive Director locusmag.com/2025/07...

SFF writers take note! SFWA's Board of Directors has updates on the Must Read Publishing situation: what Must Read has now promised to change, and what steps SFWA is taking next, to ensure future contracts require less negotiation from writers in genre. READ MORE BELOW ⬇️ www.sfwa.org/2025/07/14/p...

We looked up and enjoyed the show.

What a wonderful weekend celebrating spec fic.

“After a year of change and transition, we are looking forward to shifting our gaze outward – to supporting our community and offering a way forward…” www.sfwa.org/2025/07/10/p...

Congrats to the World Fantasy Awards Finalists! locusmag.com/2025/07/2025... @locusmag.bsky.social

Thanks to Victoria for this great detail on Moral Rights clauses in contracts.

It's a wild world—which is why writers rely on community to figure out what's important and what's unusual in our industries. For this first piece in "Writer Beware® Presents: Creators and Their Contracts", we dive into moral rights. What do writers need to know? www.sfwa.org/2025/07/03/m...

SFWA Members and Nebula Attendees: Come write with me! 2-4PM Pacific Time today! events.sfwa.org/events/writi... @sfwa.bsky.social

Writing into the morning. Let’s do this.

I’m excited for Chicago!

I got to go down to Grants Pass this weekend for a writing workshop, which means I got to go to Creswell Bakery. Cardamom rolls full of love.

Sending you words if you need them and a cup of coffee too. Let’s go.

Y’all, @postupak.bsky.social is slowly training my hair to take flight.

Congratulations!!

Coffee for two ☕️☕️

Coffee for two ☕️☕️

@benjaminrosenbaum.com It was so fun celebrating/singing with you!

The @sfwa.bsky.social silent auction runs for only 3 more days. There's tons of great things up for auction including signed books by Octavia E. Butler, Charlaine Harris, @scalzi.com and @wtalabi.bsky.social along with career sessions, kaffeeklatsches, and more www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item...

“I would love to see the world remade in the image of this community, of SF: a culture of warmth and generosity, a world where we all belong.”

@chrismarnone.bsky.social It was great chatting with you at the Nebulas!

What's this? Special news from @sfwa.bsky.social?! 👀 We're thrilled to announce our newest full-time staff: Executive Director Isis Asare & Operations Director Russell Davis. Welcome to the team! We're so fortunate to have you on board. Here's to a grand journey ahead! #Nebulas2025

I love the interviews and industry news in Locus Magazine. Check out their campaign and obviously get a mug: igg.me/at/locusmag2... @locusmag.bsky.social

RSA Garcia reads TWO stories in one lovely video, available on our fundraising page! Go check out both "Bishop's Opening' and "Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200" on our IndieGoGo Updates. Linked below and in bio www.indiegogo.com/pr...

As a library board trustee, it is my responsibility to support the efforts of librarians in resisting censorship of library materials by groups or individuals. Happy to support the Freedom to Read!

Happy Monday! Let’s do this!* *Help. I don’t know what this is.