Displaced in Gaza upholds the long-standing Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2620-d...

The most enraging example of this was what the Dems did the day Roe was overturned. From my book THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP:

#WIPSnips Sept 24: "leave" From my godkilling short-story-turning-novel, "Blessed Be": Amity leaves home. #SFF #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“Agreeing not to look where the government doesn’t want you to look and, by extension, not to print what it doesn’t want you to print, is propaganda, not journalism,” said @seth-stern.bsky.social of @freedom.press

meanwhile costco was all “DEI is good and we’re keeping it, fuck you” and they’re now basically printing money

Attention #FlashFiction writers! We're open now to entries for our Winter Flash Fiction Competition! There's a cash prize for the story that makes the best use of subtext + your story published in our Winter issue. See link for rules and how to enter 👉🏻 penstricken.com/competitions #writersky

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

Stop complying in advance.

🧵 I’ve been hearing about a lot of indie authors feeling discouraged because of a lack of sales, no reviews, or a decline in readers. Some are even quitting. I feel it. I’m in the same boat. My posts about my books go to social media to die. 1/

With news of a reported settlement with Anthropic I went back to check the class action form and it now allows authors outside the US to input their address, so it may be worth adding your known pirated titles (from the LibGen pirate database) www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

#WIPSnips Sept 4: "coffee" For how much coffee I drink, it's rarely actually in my fiction? But there's a mention in the opening of this short story I've been kicking around revising :) Meet Alecto, enjoyer of orange juice coffee and retired Greek Fury. #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts

We’ve been fundraising since February, and we’re not stopping now. If we don’t reach £5,000, we’ll be forced to reduce the prize money. That’s not what we want. If you care about well-funded, fee-free poetry awards, now is the time to act. 🔗

It's live!!! I'm officially a published writer!! 🥳 Read my poem "frigid (bitch)" here, and check out all the other awesome pieces in this volume too! azejournal.com/article/2025...

The next issue of AZE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) is out now! The issue features articles, poems, visual artworks, and a musical composition that explore the subject of Resilience. azejournal.com/article/2025...

“I have never wanted this. Don't touch me. Turns out love isn't enough when a man wants more. He cries at me for his unlost virginity and me, I'm a frigid bitch.” - @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social azejournal.com/article/2025...

Let's pay human translators in Africa to translate books from non-colonial African languages into English! You can donate money or a small creation, buy from the ko-fi shop, and all the money gets to the African press who's going to publish the book. https://ko-fi.com/africantranslationproject

#WIPSnips Aug 27: "stand" Amity meets the Flowing Lord. From my godkilling short-story-turning-novel, "Blessed Be." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I wish more people understood Gen“AI” is not AI.

we need to bring bad art back in 2026 im so serious. ive been saying forever the algorithm has done serious damage by forcing everyone to present polished work. i need people doodling on lined paper with a fucking bic pen

If you're an author whose work was plagiarized by Anthropic for use in their LLM, you can submit your information here (deadline: August 15th) and be kept up-to-date on the case: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Someone on Twitter asked how to keep from falling into doomerism; I have the answer: Study history. Study revolutions. Organize your community. Engage in mutual aid. Understand that things will get worse before better. We must have REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISM and know that it’s better on the other side.

You don't need to read Lovecraft or Poe to enjoy horror. You don't need to read Asimov or Heinlein to enjoy sci-fi. You don't need to read Tolkien or Howard to enjoy fantasy. You don't need to read those people to write those genres either. Know your genre, sure. But there's no required reading.

PLEASE REPOST! Poets! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to read your poems!!! buff.ly/9AyStcb

In case you’re wondering what I mean with “contrast” here’s a tool I use in my day job to check the contrast between colors & if it will pass or fail a basic check. Alt text still helps everyone but having good contrast is a great step in web accessibility. webaim.org/resources/co...

Indie authors, feel free to keep adding to this direct sales thread throughout #IndieAugust.

Yep I'm always curled up safe and cozy inside my vacuum bag whenever I go to write. Lot of dust and cat hair in here though...

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue Stripe feeling the pressure ACLU put out a statement CBC covered all this What you are doing is WORKING You are getting RESULTS KEEP CALLING KEEP WRITING WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

Yay! We sold our first Around the World in stories bundle! If you're interested, we've got 7 speculative fiction tales from around the world for less than $15, including Romania and Australia. (itch.io/b/3187/aroun...) #writingcommunity #WriterSky #authorsky #writerlife #BookSky #ReaderSky

This writing - so fucking devastating.

Aiming to write a couple scenes of my latest project, draft at least 1 poem, and finish the first pass of the new short story I started last night! Let's do this!!

Wrong Answers Only: A Demonic Circus Cult Guide to Coping in All the Worst Ways

!!!! Ahhhh just got a very exciting acceptance email, on my first ever poem submission!! Holy shit, it's happening!!

AZE is accepting writing and artwork by asexual, aromantic, and agender authors exploring stories of resilience against oppression, silencing, discrimination, disbelief, and other social pressures. Deadline: July 15th, 2025 azejournal.com/article/2025...

Hi everyone! AZE journal has been run by me independently for 8 years. I am hoping to raise more support for the journal, since it is becoming difficult for me to continue the project in my current life situation. If you would like to help, consider supporting on Patreon: www.patreon.com/azejournal

Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.

Paging in particular; Chronically Ill/ Disabled Authors European/ UK Authors (Always Aussie authors 😉) I'd love to see more of you on the above Discord. (Every other writer in the below thread, which includes all writers 😉, is also welcome!) Let me know if you'd like a link!

Need a sign? This is it. Some encouragement? Listen, you got this. I’ve told you: Bigfoot and I believe in you. Need the opposite kind? Death is coming, so stop fucking around and do the thing. Need some motivation? You can get a snack after. Now go do the thing.

Height of a standard circus tent

What is better than dragons in fantasy? Queer dragons of course! In queer fantasy! Check out this itch-io bundle. A perfect gift for #pride month! 💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 📢📚 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 #BookSky #Books #queeradultsff #queerwriters itch.io/s/150709/que...

Me when I do my first editing pass of a project, going "ugh I know why I had to write this the way I did but also.......fuck"

Nothing is ever enough. Palestine gave up 78% of its land and it wasn’t enough. Hamas offered to release the hostages and it wasn’t enough. Iran stuck to the nuclear deal and it wasn’t enough. No amount of peace, negotiation, surrender, cooperation has ever satisfied the Western war machine.

If we’re really resetting to 2003, can we at least get the $500 rent back too?

A dastardly queer crew from your server arranged a glorious Pride Bundle that would love a boost! tinyurl.com/indie-pride-2025

📚💙 #writersky 🌈📚

Sometimes going back for revision after a long time is like, "Oh, maybe my writing is kind of pretty ok after all"....annnd sometimes it's crying in horror for 20 minutes straight, going, "Oh god, how did I think this was remotely passable, this is ACTUALLY the worst thing I've ever written." Oof.

i'd rather ask ursula from the little mermaid for a favour and life advice than ask chatgpt anything

In a month it's Nonbinary Awareness Week, & I'd like to spread awareness with an Itchio Nonbinary Book Bundle. So... If your MC is enby (or its enby non-fic) & you want in, please let me know! I'll DM you a google form with more info, which you'll need to fill in to apply to enter the bundle. 📦📚

We once accepted a piece someone wrote after canceling therapy. That’s the genre now.