I'm applying to sell candles at ECCC and 1. That's nine months from now, why do they think they're so special 2. Their questionnaire makes me feel like the dumbest business owner alive. What the fuck is an endemic brand. Just let me sell my art.

Last year I read I’M MOSTLY HERE TO ENJOY MYSELF by @glynnismacnicol.bsky.social and I loved it. It’s way outside my usual genre choices; does anyone have recommendations for what to read next? What I liked: the travel, the midlife musing, the lack of husband/children, the humor.

I love museum guides and today the unimaginable happened... I actually used one for research instead of leaving it on my bookshelf in perpetuity

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

The second thing I think of when I think of Tony Head, apart from his various delightful roles, is this story from Jay Hulme. He was a kind, generous guy and especially in the current mood, and during Pride month, this hurts. (And don't read after Sarah Woolley's tweet. Not worth it.)

Oh man, this one really hurts. Thank you for Giles, and then for decades of playing oily bastards who were nothing like Giles and clearly having a ball with that. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I’m Alec, author of queer historical fantasy with lots of romance. I’m in the middle of too many projects right now and overwhelmed. My goal this month is to spend one day a week devoted only to my main project, The Cold Forge.

I’m at my mcfricken limit fam

Honestly, shout out to past me for deciding I was going to sell a trans romantasy to a big5 publisher because it was “more marketable” than my other ideas. Trans books might not be selling right now but I did write a book I love.

Tonight's dinner is a kale caesar salad with home made croutons... and a side of frozen chicken fingers. TBH my biggest meal prep tip is "figure out which parts of the meal you give a shit about."

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Norrel

every one of these folks should be primaried unconscionable betrayal of their constituents

this was HR 2616 which also bans books by or about trans and nonbinary people from schools START CALLING YOUR SENATORS NOW CIS FRIENDS TRANS KIDS NEED YOU

Queen Medb of Connacht, famed for her role in the Táin Bó Cúailnge and flanked by bulls Finnbhennach and Donn Cúailnge - formidable warrior queen, shrewd leader, seductive beauty, and one of Ireland's most powerful, strong-willed, and legendary women 🐂 Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

‘We aren’t socialists, we’re just better at accounting’ is a killer line.

Is anything like #publishingpaidme still happening? I need NUMBERS

I need to devote some time to an important aspect of writing novels… doing algebra

you have to imagine i'm a sim and my "lack of praise" meter is constantly and steadily draining. it has to be refilled with compliments regularly or else it runs out and then i set fires in the kitchen and stop automatically cleaning up my filth

Adulthood is just cycling between "If I don't say yes to every opportunity, no new opportunities will ever be offered to me" and "Oh no, I have said yes to too many things" over and over until you die.

We accept the water we are boiled in

We've got books in this! You can see three of um in that graphic - Lightbringer by @boneturtle.bsky.social , Moongatherer by @willablythe.bsky.social , and To Drive the Hundred Miles by @alecjmarsh.bsky.social . Be on the look-out!

After tomorrow, I will never ask you to pre-order this book again. But for now, one more time, I find I must.

You’re not wrong. Teaching is a skill cultivated through practice. A person can be brilliant, technically skilled, and horrible at teaching. Being an expert in a field doesn’t mean that you’re capable of teaching it.

I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.

I loved washing dishes and would have kept doing it much longer if I didn't get one 10 minute break every 8 hours and if they provided me with a working fan during the summer.

About once a year I do an art. This painting is for The Cold Forge, a deeply Irish fairy romance between a trans man on the run from the fairy queen and the exiled demigod warrior he bullies into protecting him. Inspired by Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederich William Burton.

This kickstarter is a collection of short stories from DPP's first few years as a press! Pick it up to get a charcuterie board of stories and discover new authors. This is the best way to get a taste of everything DPP has to offer.

Oh yeah definitely the one thing sci fi and fantasy has been missing is the male gaze

maybe we shouldnt have fucking AI anymore jesus christ.

Sunday night, one hour before my bedtime, and I have decided to Fix My Entire Life

Chuck Schumer likes to imagine how his politics play with an imaginary middle-class middle-aged couple on Long Island, but I don't think he realizes that couple is currently constructing a guillotine in their suburban backyard and stockpiling Molotov cocktails.

okay so AI is absolutely cratering imminently and I need all of you to PROMISE me you won't take the high road, and will laugh and rub it in their faces as much as possible. I need you to laugh and go 'WE TOLD YOU SO, BITCH" at every opportunity, PLEASE be extremely mean and ruthless

A lot of people are mad about this and calling it 'self interested' and I dunno man if the point of activism isn't to get people to change their minds what are we doing here?

The climax of my romance novel includes a stabbing AND a beheading. Normal romance stuff.

NEW COVER NEW COVER NEW COVER! I've been dying to show off this incredible piece of art by Martina Fačkova, and here it is! On October 6, 2026, you're all going to meet Judith Ban, and I cannot wait.

Finishing things is such underrated writing advice. You need to learn your habits and what tools you use not just to have an idea or start a story, but to finish them. You need to get used to it, and then observe how you can do it better. That starts by finishing stories at all.

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

Hi, I was the oldest daughter. I am not allowed to be creative or flighty. I will not get support or grace. I need to have a backup plan for the contingency plan, because if anything goes wrong, it will be my fault.

IT’S HERE ‼️ And yes I cried when I hit send on the issue for subscribers. I hope you love this issue as much as we do.

I'm writing an edit letter for a friend and started out with "this is a great story and you really don't need to change much" and then proceeded to ramble for 1000 words. I stand by it being a good story! That gives me more to ramble about...

An autistic woman experiencing a rare burst of energy has decided to mark the occasion by doing all the things that exhausted her in the first place.

The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold. The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold. fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

Some Sundays it is important to waste an hour trying to be the hottest cunt at the farmers market

They can’t figure out how to spend the extra $500 billion they gave themselves for the military, but cut our healthcare and food assistance because they said they couldn’t afford it.

The whole linked article is informative and shows us how the 'European marriage pattern' of people marrying later in their 20s greatly benefited society and helped NW Europe achieve the advances it did over its neighbours (something you can also read about in ECONOMICA by Victoria Bateman)

They really DON'T think the arts involve skill OR dedication. I know that but it gobsmacks me whenever I see it demonstrated.

Lil before-bed request to check out my fashion + space opera anthology!! Would be really grateful for folks to back it. We are 8 days away from wrrapping up and have $4k to go.

You have probably already had Seattle's contribution to world cuisine, and never known its origins. Chicken Teriyaki Created in 1976 by Chef Toshihiro Kasahara in his Queen Anne restaurant.