𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀' 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲! The Travis Heermann Memorial Ronin Writer Scholarship to is honors his unwavering commitment to his dream, his broad array of works and talents, and his devotion to supporting beginning writers on their journey. Auction link in comments. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲!

I swear Scrivener's onboard spell checker actually gets worse. The words it flags are absolutely ridiculous.

May the dominoes start to fall. The Colorado Supreme Court found Citrus Scumbag guilty of insurrection. apnews.com/article/trum...

More AI fakery fuckery "Business Insider recently reported that images of “war-torn streets, explosions, soldiers, tanks, and buildings on fire, and children standing in rubble” from Adobe Stock -- all fake -- are being used across the internet." actionnetwork.org/letters/ai-i...

There are two lists to mute/block AI scrapers: bsky.app/profile/did:... bsky.app/profile/did:... I hope it helps

pleased to report Frankenstein's monster has turned on its creator

Have I mentioned how good Godzilla Minus One is?

Did you know I'm running a huge Black Friday sale in my online store? 40% off everything! Ends Tuesday! If you want Limited Edition Hardcovers for my Ronin series, this is a HUGE savings. Signed books make great gifts, even if they're for you. bear-paw-publishing.square.site?cc=BLACKFRID...

All set up for GalactiCon! If you’re there, come and say hi!

Thanks to @suchmayer.bsky.social for this bookmark from London's Burley Fisher Books, with a quote from Le Guin's brilliant "Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction."

"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." – Madeleine L'Engle My book, "Grandiloquent Words: A Pictoric Lexicon of Ostrobogulous Locutions" is in stores now! bit.ly/GWOTDbook I implore you to offer your review at goodreads.com.

There are a lot of #scifi #authors around here. This is a thought-provoking video on the state and future of AI. As a science fiction writer myself, I'm still processing mine. What are yours? youtu.be/lgwrRn1uHkg?...

#Espresso art

Because their sole game plan is to throw up sprays of bulls#!t and blame Democrats for the chaos. They have no other desire, strategy, or purpose.

Why is Scrivener's dictionary such crap? It must have a vocabulary of all of 1500 words, AND it doesn't seem to remember words that I tell it to learn. Is the user dictionary limited to each individual project? Come on. It's been around long enough to do better. #author #amwriting

I would rather teabag a running lawn mower than watch the GOP debate.

Please remember: the reason that Republicans focus on 15 weeks vs 12 weeks vs 6 weeks is because it's a lot easier than talking about raped children and cancer patients being denied care, and women going septic

This is really sad.

Please enjoy this, the most breathless and accurate description of a javelina ever penned (see alt for easier-to-read copy):

Night photos of LA taken from hills above.

Does getting this incredible seat bode well for this trip to LA for #AFM? I guess we’ll see. It’s gonna be a week. #filmmaking #filmmaker

Ai Tominaga is the first woman to take the role of Takeda Shingen at the Shingen-ko Festival in Kofu City. She made a striking impression this weekend.

Something cool I've been working on that I'm going to be pitching at AFM next week. Designer here is Michael Bayouth, who does fabulous work. #screenwriting #filmmaking

Just listened to the Scriptnotes podcast featuring an interview with @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com . Hearing about the steps of another writer’s journey, especially such a successful one, really inspires me.

After killing off the download business, Spotify will now kill off niche artists. Don’t use this shithead company to listen to music, use Apple Music, Deezer or Tidal www.stereogum.com/2240332/spot...

Voting is the last of a long chain of things we need to do. Getting the ground game ready for 2024 is a job that starts now: Get folks registered, educated, motivated. Make candidates take a stand so we know who to vote for in primaries. Support the good ones.

How do I tell my queer child not to be afraid of the world when the speaker of the house has written in favor of criminalizing their very existence? I think as upset as we are, the scale of this bluntly fascist victory has not yet fully registered. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/...

I know things like this are ever the sum of more than one person but we really need to give a massive monster high five to @maggietokudahall.bsky.social here

This was a fun thing that happened. It feels pretty awesome to be recognized for the year and a half I put into that project. Plus it was my first film, so I did a few things right. I had great people helping as well. @thomasafowler.bsky.social for instance, who's the only one on Bsky right now.

It’s a tried and true authoritarian hat trick. Create chaos and then present a wanna-be dictator as THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN FIX IT. And down goes democracy. It’s not complicated.

Lo and behold DEMON FOR HIRE was up for two awards. Best WTF Scene Best Director And then astonishment set in as they announced winner for Best Director.

So I went to the Milwaukee Twisted Dreams #Film #Festival this weekend. Had an awesome time.

It’s a chilly rainy day here in Milwaukee. Perfect for a #horror #film festival! DEMON FOR HIRE screens tonight at Milwaukee Twisted Dreams.

Word.

You know, I never really figured out how to use Twitter very well. I'm wondering in this moment if BlueSky is going to be the same story on a different platform. #author #books #filmmaker

If Jim Jordan somehow gets the votes to become Speaker, may the entire Republican Party burn in hell for eternity.

Got to view the eclipse today at about 90% totality in Durango,CO. Very cool. Here are some crescents cast through the camera obscura of the leaves. Intrepid explorer Maggie also was in attendance.

“He never liked October. Ever since he had his first lay in the autumn leaves before his grandmother’s house many years ago and heard the wind and saw the empty trees. It made him cry, without reason. And a little of that sadness returned each year to him. It always went away with spring… 1/2

How did Scholastic think this was going to go exactly www.themarysue.com/scholastic-u...

Some uplifting writing memes would be great today...Anyone got any good ones?

Ogre-faced Net Casting spiders are one of my favorite spiders. Spiders have many hunting techniques, but learning there are some that throw a net at their prey is mind blowing. I was overjoyed to see a few in person. Arachtober, Deinopid Day 🌿🧪 #invertebrate Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador

If you have some random love you're itching to share today, please take 17 seconds and click on over to the FANtastic Horror Film Festival link below and vote for DEMON FOR HIRE as Best #Horror Comedy and Savannah Mortenson (she's amazing) as Best Actress in a short. #gratitude #filmmaking

This is a really great way to put it. #authorlife

Love me some lycans.

Red and ANGRY. HAPPY WEREWOLF WEDNESDAY

If you want there to be F&SF fiction mags, we need to do something now, while Amazon is removing their support. Check out one mag's website today and support them, if you have the means. Or just RT this if you can't, because the situation is pretty dire.