How to respond if someone makes a thread complaining about this site. 1. On any of the person's posts, activate the "post options" button (usually last, in the bottom right of a post, indicated by three dots) 2. Choose the "block account" option (usually second to last)

reminder you gotta tell people who the person in the photo is in the the alt text. vague jokes aimed at the subject of the photo arent helpful to people who can’t see who you’re talking about

Difficult post, but past time to rip the band aid off. FIYAH is going on hiatus indefinitely, with issue #40 currently set to be our last for the time being. The mag cannot continue running at a loss, and needs time to reassess operations from top to bottom if a viable path forward is to be created.

Well I’ll be damned. ALT text on an A.i. generated “resister” political cartoon. And the ALT is good, too. 😵‍💫 (Not an endorsement of slop.)

Schadenfreude is pronounced as: scoot ‘n fruity (From a fake YouTube pronunciation channel.)

If you use gen AI to help you write, you didn't write. Instead, you leaned heavily on stolen words--it's a plagiarism machine. Instead, you made yourself less smart--it legit diminishes your cognitive function. Instead, you destroyed the environement. If you don't know how to write, you learn.+

Can we build that new Internet from the nerdy tv show?

it's cool that the president is trying to steal two billion dollars from my taxes to give to his pedophile friends and i'm supposed to like keep doing my job or whatever

Tired of people with hate in their hearts.

Neat fact: Every beta read of my sequel reached the point where the main fascist says something that ends with, "and we get rich," and left effectively the same comment: "Sigh. I was really hoping these jerks had a more unique motivation."

My daughter's pithy summation: "Covid reminded people they lived in a society; and they hated it."

Beyond the Black Rainbow. Hands down for me.

Throw Grogu From the Train

"Something terrible's going to happen to the ship tonight." Okay I'm in... "But I'll save you. I promise." 😭

ALT: I am so sick of the […] past-tensing of our lives. Fuck your day of remembrance. I want my friends to SURVIVE. (Survive is much larger than the rest of the rest.)

Gun, With Occasional Music (Jonathan Lethem) The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin) Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)

INVERSIONS, by Iain M. Banks. In the middle of these zany Culture novels is this scifi/fantasy/noir thriller with an incredible ending. But also, FIFTH SEASON, by N.K. Jemisin. She explicitly tells you the twist halfway through, but then you read that last sentence and didn’t see it coming. 😍

Counterpoint: I fully endorse all of the bad actions my characters take. Especially the second to last chapter’s events.

Book III in Love in Netherford, THE GAME OF HEARTS, features an apothecary and a werewolf who have fought and flirted for an entire book, finally saying (and doing) what they mean. Tropes? We have a few. And then there's the bear-napping. This June! Link: geni.us/GameoH

Tell Rebecca about your currently open WIP! 👀

Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others. 🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...

One therapy ant, please. Yes, I will pay out of pocket for the ant.

I’m still here, waiting for Broken Earth and Daevabad in some visual form. (Among other things, of course.)

Challenge level: Impossible

Where Peace is Lost by @valerievaldes.bsky.social was a great, quick read that hit me with some unexpected parallels to today – plus a good, bolstering message. ❤️

Valletta Landshut (Bavaria) Portland, Maine, USA

It might be difficult to see in the image, but make sure to also check out The Book Eaters!

I can't find a good picture of him but Dunkelzahn. (He counts, right? A key element of #Shadowrun is the elves and trolls and whatnot, even if it's sci-fi.)

I think this is also a good reminder to authors (and myself): Be obnoxious in how frequently you post about your books. Your post catches me at a "I'll pick that up later" moment? I will forget. It catches me at a "I need retail therapy" moment? I am buying that book in one click. Keep sharing!

Go read minus real quick. It's real good

"Brain-only writer," is a redundancy. If you write you're using your brain. You're a writer. If you generated some text you didn't write anything. You aren't a writer or an author. You're a sparkling prompt engineer.

Get ready to poop yourselves over my amazing cover! It is so pretty! Your face will melt, but in the best possible way, like the first time you ate ramen or saw the aurora borealis, which I mention for no reason nothing to see here move along! 🪐📚🌈 #Booksky

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. (This tracks.)

🗡️ fantasy novella ⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals 🏹 gallant knights 👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom 🌲 enchanted plants and forests 🥀 romance and friendship 🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ #booksky ]

This language is *pervasive* right now. Lots of people doing bad jobs – like Aaron, but not just Aaron – all talking about dog-piling and harassment and free passes. I'd like to believe it's coincidence but they all have a distinct pattern of "moderation" targeting specific groups...

"To subvert Achilles is to subvert the entire canon of Great Men..." Friend, the entire canon of Great Men (lol) is: - Enkidu End of list.

It'd be a shame if a showgirl destroyed the imperial capital's gilded façade because her 'cat' went missing. 💪Masculine Heroine 🗡️Tested Loyalties & Reluctant Partnerships 🐾Amazing creatures 🌵Chubby dryad entomologists🐝 🦄The World’s Smallest Unicorn books2read.com/u/mvw8Pe ko-fi.com/rebeccaevita...

me, buying a book written by someone who I've never met but we sometimes like each other's posts on Bluesky: my friend wrote this

There are no rules anymore but Dems insist on continuing to play by them

@aaron.bsky.team you really ought to read my thread here. It is and will remain very pertinent. Waving away criticism as “dog-piling” or “harassment” should set off an alarm in your head. If it doesn’t? Let me do your job.

So much of how society got here & so much abuse directed at marginalized communities is because bigots and monsters figured out how to be hatemongers “politely” and slip past corporate moderators, and when those communities rightfully angrily push back against it they are banned for being “abusive”

thinking about this tumblr post (www.tumblr.com/bumblebeebat...)

Omg I am so behind on everything - James’ post has been up for over a month and I missed it! Anyway, check out #SPSFC & #SPSFC5 - take a look at all the books. You may find a new one to read. (I’m surprised mine is in this group. The other books look so good!)

three weeks to go! this virtual con is free BUT you do need to register tickets for my panel on avoiding cure narratives and other harmful tropes: events.humanitix.com/avoiding-cur...

Looks like the time is right to re-up this one again.

For central coast Connecticut folks: My town has a book festival and some authors are there to show off their work! The attached image reads: 4th Annual Book Festival & Signing Saturday, May 9th, 2026 10am - 3pm on Main St Shop local. Read local. Meet 50 authors along Branford's Main Street.

Arsenic and Old Lace and Grogu Searching for Sugar Man and Grogu Death to Smoochy and Grogu In Bruges and Grogu

With ALT text.

Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others. 🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...

Chat, does this mean I've made it? #WritingCommunity #AuthorScam BONUS: That one from, "Olivia," in the body of the message, says they are named Alexander Scott. They also shared a link to a Lovable-created site..