So first of all, good afternoon to all of you who have canceled your Disney affiliated subscriptions, there are millions of you and your hair looks nice today I am wondering, can we keep this going? who is advertising on Sinclair and Nexstar? do they have subscriptions, loyalty points, newsletters?

Seeing this coloring book has made my day happier!

Excellent advice. It's easy to get overwhelmed when the world is on fire. Do what you can to help and try to make a difference day by day. Doing a bit each day can quickly grow into big change.

Exciting book news!! WE WHO HUNT ALEXANDERS will soon be available at Chicago public libraries! 🏛️📚 Want to see Apex at your local library? Send proof of your request to [email protected], and we'll send you a FREE ebook copy! 💸📖👽 More details here: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/reques...

To cleanse your mind of the horrors of our world, I strongly suggest watching the ghost crab checking out a phone set up next to its home.

Something my mother said to me when I lamented being atypical. "That brain you have produced twelve novels. And who knows how many more before you're through. It started a business where queer artists thrive. You love and are loved. You have a friend group of 25 years. BECAUSE of that mind."

People who are facing the current news really should reas both this and We Who Hunt Alexanders by Sanford. It really helped me put words to my thoughts on these things.

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SMDH. Next we'll have spammers using AI to fanboy over books written solely with AI.

Must-read thread for artists and authors.

I've thoughts on the things we're not supposed to talk about along with the stories we tell. How we must push back on the justifications people use to ignore or embrace the wrongs around them. I also wonder why we let Alexanders and incendiaries hurt so many people. www.patreon.com/posts/139194...

This! The SF/F genre and the gaming community were where all this BS originated. And now it is everywhere.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Ordered Moonflow by Bitter Karella @midnightpals.bsky.social. Really excited to read this horror story, which may be just the antidote I need for all the depressing world news of late. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...

Welp, the First Amendment was nice while it lasted

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

So, this just came up in conversation again, so it bears saying publicly: AI companies are touting their software's utility for proofreading. COPY EDITING IS MORE THAN JUST PROOFREADING! Copy editors also check for continuity errors, consistency, style guide conformity, and formatting errors.

SCAM ALERT: If by chance you get contacted by a group advertising themselves as the “Crazy Old Bats Book Club” who would like to charge you for reading your book in their book club, and who claim I am one of the Satisfied Authors, and furthermore give you an email address for me—it’s not me.

Round of applause to @srlpublishing.bsky.social for this: a web page listing each of their books stolen by Meta. More active shaming of techbro thieves from publishers, please! srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate...

Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.

Spellcasting On is out now! Cosy sapphic romance with yarn 🧶 and magic ✨. Available now on all the usual platforms: buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy

I've got a story, Unforgettable, in Volume 4 - LIMBO - of @clubchicxulub.bsky.social that I'm super excited to see published! clubchicxulub.com/club-chicxul...

Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions! Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!

Every pundit article: BLUESKY IS A HOTBED OF RADICALIZATION Majority of posts in my feed: Check out this cool bug/bird/random historical personage I found! Small but vivid minority of posts: Do you think Gritty and Alf are in a polycule or nah?

Ahhhh the North American ARCs for Enchanting the Fae Queen are here, & they are GORGEOUS. I love @wingbuffet.bsky.social's perfect cover art, @lesleyaworrell.bsky.social 's cover design, &all the perfect details of page layout inside (with huge thanks to my wonderful editor @erikatsang.bsky.social)!

Timely words for me today

A good thread, discussing general discourse on the topic (rather than a new instance come to light):

I agree with this point and also the next point which says that people learn to put on being nice...to win people over and so you have to be careful. What has always served me well, and I think it's something that people are taught to disable in Western society, specifically, is trusting my gut+

I should have put this higher up in the thread. My bad on that, wasn't intending to imply there's a new bad actor people don't know about

There are some discussions going on in the SF/F genre right now about bad actors pretending to be allies. Sadly, this pattern happens over and over in every human community. News about a person hurting others usually comes out, but until then how do you know? How do you protect yourself? 1/

I'd say our stories and art matter even more when the world turns bad.

The news today is horrific. It's easy to look at the world around us and despair. But we also need to remember that our stories and art matter even when the world turns bad. Here's my essay about why you should keep writing, keep fighting, and keep hope alive. www.patreon.com/posts/117228...

Such a powerful reminder! Even in the darkest times, creativity keeps hope alive.

Some heart warming news to share.

In which I recognize a version of myself in someone else's story.

i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.

The news today is horrific. It's easy to look at the world around us and despair. But we also need to remember that our stories and art matter even when the world turns bad. Here's my essay about why you should keep writing, keep fighting, and keep hope alive. www.patreon.com/posts/117228...

Bottomline: US based company steals works from every corner of the world for it’s wrongly called AI, and when it gets called to task for that, international authors are screwed because the US exceptionalism says that basically don’t care about the Berne convention. It’s the way or the highway.

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

"But despite all this, We Who Hunt Alexanders shows how community, family and friendships not only help people survive in dangerous times but also help us keep hope alive." 🌅🖤 If you're a #booksky cozy horror fan looking for your next read, you're in good hands with @jasonsanford.bsky.social 💙📚

What I've learnt from this whole fuckery: US companies may steal my work, but US courts won't protect me.

I think social media is run by a lot of people who simply can't imagine there are people who read for fun and/or who don't learn best visually. Hate to break it to you, but lots of humans love words. We've had them for a long time, and we don't need tech to use them. I think reading here to stay.

Lots happening with the Anthropic AI settlement including the judge temporarily rejecting the settlement terms. I've written an update about all the recent news along with must-read threads from @courtneymilan.com @corabuhlert.bsky.social & @susankayequinn.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/genre-...

What can we learn when the biggest indie bookstore in the world is at the center of an AI snafu? “Readers, workers, fellow indies, and union reps can apply constructive pressure to a large organization and so keep them accountable to community values.”

Another must-read thread by @courtneymilan.com on understanding the legal issues surrounding the Anthropic settlement.

Lots happening with the Anthropic AI settlement including the judge temporarily rejecting the settlement terms. I've written an update about all the recent news along with must-read threads from @courtneymilan.com @corabuhlert.bsky.social & @susankayequinn.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/genre-...

Wow!!! Major news!!! The judge in the Anthropic AI case is "concerned class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes that will be forced 'down the throat of authors.'" This is what myself and many other authors were saying about the settlement. 1/ news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthr...

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For those struggling to keep up with the Anthropic case, Jason has been doing loads of reporting on it. If possible, please consider supporting his patreon. We need more people reporting on publishing and authorship news like this.

"Alsup gave the parties a Sept. 15 deadline to submit a final list of works, which currently stands around 465,000." Ok WTH is this? They cannot POSSIBLY have an accurate list. There were 7M pirated works. I know my own works and even *I've* had a hard time figure out which meet the criteria.