Also, cannot tell you how much more difficult it is to make books visible that do different things when your key book chain has one buyer and they self-confess to reading a certain subgenre that isn't "clever SF", for example.

I am absolutely on deadline but spreadsheets are easier so here we are

My only addendum is that I track YA SFF/H trad pub and the usual number is closer to 320-340-ish range. A bunch don't get into netgalley or edelweiss. (I haven't updated the list yet for Mar-June 26 releases, but I have previous years here too.) bookjockeyalex.com/new-releases/

I actually have something harrowing to do so I might be annoying about this in the meantime. Let me get my laptop and glasses and some coffee

I'm asking gently but has anyone actually looked at the globs and globs of books being published in a given genre in a given year to inform these declarations about what the current publishing landscape looks like

Is being a contrarian pro genAI "writer"/shitbird online worth announcing to publishers you "produce" work to which you do not and cannot own the copyright

There's a "flared base" joke here somewhere

If anyone would like to join me in walking to the nearest field and screaming at the top of my lungs I'm heading out in like 20

Done! Quick and surprisingly complex build

New toy!

what nutrient deficiency is responsible for my toast cravings

I just wanna point out that AI is not a disability aid. Speech to text and other adaptive features are disability aids. Asking ChatGPT to write a book for you it’s not a disability aid. It’s plagiarism and it’s a complete failing of critical thinking. Just wanted to echo @morgandaimler.bsky.social

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A CLOWNHOLE YOU LOOK LIKE RUNNING A LEAFBLOWER IN THE FUCKING RAIN, GUY WHO IS THE REASON I HAVE TO CLOSE MY WINDOWS ON A QUIET, PEACEFUL, RAINY MORNING IN WHICH I HAVE NO GODDAMN MEETINGS FOR ONCE

No crawlspace ever, much less the crawlspace the town comes together to bully me into

I am obviously going to see The Odyssey. But damned if the Americanness of the dialogue in that trailer isn't the goofiest thing

Watching Widow's Bay and going "mm-mm nope" every five minutes

👀👀👀

I would like to live in the timeline where HBO or whatever has already given us this series and it's won 15 Emmys

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

“THE DEAD WITHHELD on its surface level is about a lesbian P.I. witch searching for her dead wife’s soul… But it’s also about comeuppances, revenge, and how a powerful, queer woman’s love drives her...” Maya C. James reviews @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app

The water wars are going to make these Lumē ads even more insufferable and I'm pre-pissed about it

Here's the thing about awards as someone who admins a bunch of them, has occasionally been nominated for some, and has won like...two: People nominate and vote for stuff they haven't read/watched/consumed all the time. They vote for things/people they *care about*, which is different.

(what if i whispered sweetly —or menacingly depending on how much you dislike my shenanigans— into your ear that ...fiyahcon...is not dead)

Yoseka has sent me multiple notifications about washi tapes I've requested being available (yep, one of those people now) but I can't justify the shipping materials/costs for items so small so now I must find things to fill a box with...

*wheezing*

Oh no I've been inspired

I was listening to marsh sounds in my work headphones and it was all fun and games until a fly buzzed too close to the mic somewhere out in nature and I ducked thinking it's in my room

This is garbage of course but also telling that the imagination required to see AI as this inevitability is still unable to see a future where people don't have to work to live

My Lego purchase this month gave me a bunch of free Star Wars stuff I don't want lol

If my prevailing mood can be embodied by a song from any musical, I am somewhere between "You Can't Win" and "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"

Uhhhhh...

Leclerc had a rough day, boy lol

I'm not on Threads but every time IG shows me what I assume are supposed to be teasers, I can only also assume things are not okay over there

May inks and their associated pens!

Are none of the mags doing "America 250" special issues full of alt futures, colonizer hauntings, and assorted comeuppance

Matthew Rhys is a delight to watch in every role

Mochi also says hi but in a more judgy tone

Churro says hi

*selecting pens to ink for the month of May and sighing on noticing gaps* Welp only one way to fix this...

Good morning today I am very excited that my new MD notebook cover matches also-new Wearingeul Steadfast Tin Soldier

Trying to write in bed. Mochi thinks my pen is a toy. It's not going well.

*salivates*

Oh no a pen-swappian reached out to let me know they're posting my grail for tomorrow and I am so very weak

Who is going to the Chicago Pen Show and wants to shop for me 🥺

My back is doing 40-year-old things because I sat down and then stood up. Dislike.

Hey Chicago folks! wanna direct your attention to this cool and fun event for Brave Space Alliance on 5/21 where Angela freaking Davis is the keynote speaker!!! A fireside chat on her work as an advocate, educator and on the importance of building community and coalition to create lasting change!

What I reviewed on Reactor so far in 2026: 🧜‍♀️ Year of the Mer by L.D. Lewis 😈 You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado 📘 Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar 🌊 The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri 🇸🇬 City of Others by Jared Poon 1/3 reactormag.com/author/alex-...

ooh same

Going to take the word "cozy" and lock it in a vault so none of you get to ever discourse about it again