Always fascinating to talk with @maryturzillo.bsky.social & @michaelswanwick.bsky.social at ICFA!

Had a blast today — or was it a blast-off? — watching @tomdoyle.bsky.social, @rcwordsmith.bsky.social, @alansmale.bsky.social, and @andyduncansf.bsky.social pontificate on the Alternate Apollos: The Fictional Space Race Goes On panel at Awesome Con.

I have a panel tonight at #AwesomeCon at 6:30--Alternate Apollo: The Fictional Space Race Goes On. Panelists are Alan Smale (@alansmale.bsky.social), Rosemary Claire Smith (@rcwordsmith.bsky.social), and Andy Duncan (@andyduncansf.bsky.social). Hope to see you there! awesome-con.com/programming/...

My latest book review column is in the March/April issue of Analog Magazine and free to read on line. Your TBR pile needs more stuff! analogsf.com/current-issu...

So sad that the Washington Post is sacking its book reviews. I loved reading @charliejane.bsky.social columns focused on new/ lesser known writers w/ unique perspectives. She’s been a role model as I found my own footing as a reviewer for Analog.

I see that the cows put on their holiday best in Zurich.

For everyone struggling, here's my summary of 2025 and a story I wrote especially for you. rcwordsmith.com/2025/12/09/2...

Oh hey, here is a piece I was commissioned to write for Amazing Stories about the ongoing contract concerns affecting writers for some of our premier magazines: amazingstories.com/2025/11/what...

My latest book review column in Analog is free to read: analogsf.com/current-issu...

@rcwordsmith.bsky.social - this will break your brain.

It wouldn’t be #capclave if I did not get a photo of myself with sartorially extraordinary @scottedelman.bsky.social

CAPCLAVE 2025 SCHEDULE rcwordsmith.com/2025/09/19/c...

Not too old to enjoy 2 birthday cakes with fabulous friends!

At the wet market the other day.

At a Buddhist temple in Cambodia

Baby crocodiles

Worldcon, here I come with with donut aficionado @scottedelman.bsky.social

BCS #437 ebook is out early at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of identity and stone by Rosemary Claire Smith @rcwordsmith.bsky.social and Malda Marlys @aardwyrm.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

Supporters of BCS Patreon got a free early ebook of BCS #437, w stories of identity and stone by @rcwordsmith.bsky.social and @aardwyrm.bsky.social. Want free early BCS ebooks and to help us pay authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium? Support BCS here: www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas...

Woo Hoo, I wrote some more book reviews for everyone looking for some fun summer reading. Check out the July-August issue of Analog where I talk about books by Ray Nayler, Mary G. Thompson, Gregory Frost, Sharon Shinn & Nalo Hopkinson. analogsf.com/current-issu...

More fun at the Nebulas: rcwordsmith.com/2025/06/09/f...

Hmmm, I seem to have gotten a bit excited after packing bags with new books for those coming to Kansas City for the @sfwa.bsky.social Nebula awards this weekend.

How is it that I keep attracting T. rexes wherever I go?

Feels like a giant step: updating my website w/ a free dino story, book reviews, Q&As. Have a look see: rcwordsmith.com

Lots of intriguing new fiction awaits whenever you need a break. Check out my latest recommendations in the March/April issue of Analog Science Fiction.

Timidity Rex wishes everyone happy holidays #dinophotography

Scorpions under UV light at night in the New Mexico desert remind me of the hazards of field archaeology in the SW.

Here’s a fabulous read for everyone who wishes we had kept on pursuing human exploration of the Moon in the 1980s.

Getting my Dino-geekitude on for @capclave.bsky.social this weekend

Our September PSFS meeting features award-winning author @rcwordsmith.bsky.social as our guest speaker! Friday 9/13 at 8 pm on Zoom—email [email protected] for the link!

So honored and excited to be nominated for the Sidewise Award and in great company. Thx also to Analog editor Trevor Quachri for his support.

This new dragon has opinions about being caged.

Little dragon came home with me from Balticon and is guarding the book/magazine hoard I brought back.

The first yellow roses of the season.

Flying Spaghetti Monster and colander pals are ready for the eclipse!

Made a new friend last year!

ZOMG! Look! My novelette, “Apollo in Retrograde,” is a finalist for the Anolog's Readers’ Award! It's in the November/December, 2023 issue For a little while, you can read it for free. It's alternate history about a woman astronaut in the Apollo space program. www.analogsf.com/about-analog...

There's so much good fiction in the brand new anthology, 99 Fleeting Fantasies, available starting today. Find out what happened after Hercules stole Cerberus in my story, "Who's a Good Hellhound?" Here's the link to purchase the paperback or ebook: www.amazon.com/99-Fleeting....

Curious about how to get started writing book reviews, and what you should (and shouldn't) do in them? Join Rosemary Claire Smith for an online session covering it all in The Art of the Book Review. www.kittywumpus.net/blog/class-t...

Curious about how to get starting doing book reviews, and what the whys and wherefores are, as well as the unspoken protocols? Join @rcwordsmith.bsky.social for "The Art of the Book Review" this Sunday. Scholarships available! www.kittywumpus.net/blog/class-t...

Hey, I'm teaching The Art of the Book Review for the Rambo Academy next month. Check it out! www.kittywumpus.net/blog/class-t...

The Reinvented Detective is now live! Happy book release day to me, @catrambo.bsky.social , and all our contributing authors! www.amazon.com/Reinvented-D...

Sunrise over the Pyrenees

Today I am thankful for the marvelous people who made it possible for me to wake up to a view of the snow on the Pyrenees.