Day 24 of Book Advent 📚 Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social Zelu's mother was a Yoruba princess, her father is Igbo with a PhD. She is paraplegic, flawed, sassy, hard-working, & an author, writing robots into a complex world of death, circuits, energy & what it means to be human.

It is more important to create than submit work to submit work than worry about being published to publish at all than be too precious about where or when to have work read than get awards to be nominated at all than win— And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.

Another bigot sounds the racist dogwhistle.

Sp much fun!

Also I'm reminded: if you want a wild west wild hunt story (???) with a sacrificial chase held every seven years -- and this year featuring a set of identical twins (HMMMM) -- you can pick up THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE! pspublishing.co.uk/the-rider-th...

🤡There's never been a time in US history where people expect you to apologize *for being white*. People expect you to apologize*for being pro-racism*. Worldwide, fewer than half of all white people are pro-racism.♥️ In the US it takes an active disinfo campaign to keep the pro-racism group > 50%.

i’m looking for agented authors of color interested in writing new adult contemporary romance for our new adult imprint, requited. any agents i can connect with on this? #mswl

This is beyond frightening.

From scratch chicken soup. Fingers crossed. 🤞

The Ichio Pre-order Sale for The Collected Hulderotica Year One is halfway to its initial goal! Maybe a dozen more pre-orders until I can set a new one! 24 romance/erotica+ stories from 2025, all 160k of them, plus extras, releasing 03/17/26. Yours on sale for ~4 USD: itch.io/s/176289/the...

God's and little fish, Effie is an absolute genius. Trust me on this.

It's my birthday today! If you'd like to do something for my birthday, I'd love you to support SFF short fic in some way—subscribe to a mag (probably cheaper than you think), leave a review, tell a friend about a story you loved, tell a writer you loved their story. <3

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Happy 29th birthday, James! 🥰🥺

Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta after reviewing the province's trans ban. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Don't self reject!

David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg

LOUDER!

Hey folks, The Deadlands is not just a magazine I love reading, it's one I love working for. One of the great ways to keep it going is to join the Patreon. Join (or up your pledge!) before the end of the year to avoid the $1 price increase that starts January 1. www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

My anti-GenAI prose poem, "The Ghosts of me are in your machine," is up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social Thanks to @cafenowhere.bsky.social for editing, and @bogiperson.bsky.social for being the first reader for this. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

This is what they've done.

What do Boy Scouts, motorcyclists, housewives, grandparents, transfolx, straights, gays, papercrafters, and kids have in common? #ToysforTots

BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed. The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week. This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…

I'm sharing difficult news: my wife has stage 4 metastatic cancer and is undergoing treatment. Please visit her GoFundMe page at gofundme.com/f/help-debbi... for support, or consider purchasing one of my novels at tinyurl.com/24nucxb9. Your kindness is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Also, if I have any trusted friends or friends of friends who knows one of the following languages and is willing to donate time to translate a flyer to help support teachers/trans kids/disabled folks in AB, reach out 🥹 Arabic Tagalog Vietnamese Tigrigna Yue (Cantonese) Amharic Punjabi Spanish Urdu

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

Open for six more days for queer speculative flash fiction. 🪶

Not good.

Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.

Truck Fump.

READ THIS

I have a pair of shorts and compression gloves from Bibipins. They're great!

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

hey GUESS WHAT my short story "Auguries," which first appeared in Gamut last year, has been reprinted at @podcastle.org and you can listen to it now! podcastle.org/2025/12/02/p...

Exquisite.

‘Abbott Elementary’ star Quinta Brunson launches fund to provide free field trips to thousands of Philly students

No matter how healthy or determined you are, no matter the good habits slowly developing so you can become your true self, it's never a good idea to grocery shop straight from the gym and RAVENOUS! 🦈🦈🦈

NO SNOW! EVEN AT 3AM!

ICYMI.

The three most important people in my world. Happy Jamesgiving, everyone!

If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.

Izolde is a wonderful member of our local trans community who's going through a really rough time right now. Please help if you can!!!

Picky Orca Calf Won’t Eat Rich Unless Cut Into Little Yacht Shapes: tinyurl.com/2uwf6ezp

Hey, if you're feeling thankful for all the bounty in your life right now, it's not a bad idea to toss some coin to trans people who are struggling. (I boosted two folks that I know personally just now, but there are so many, many others on here.)

I highly recommend this author and novel (one is the North American cover, the other is the UK cover). It’s fantastic, excellent read, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.

I moved at the gym today. How can I tell? Because I can't move now. Ow. . .

#va #indian #voa Take a look folks!