*rubs my nose* okay, let’s try to explain this one more time. Think of your book like a food item, and AI like nuts. « Nuts free » would be you being 100% sure no AI even looked in the direction of your manuscript 🧵

Excellent thread. Very important point.

The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse? You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.

Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.

You can see some of these stereotypes - the simple, morally pure countryside vs. the morally compromised, inauthentic city - play out in Greek and Roman literature. So this is a very old idea that recurs regularly.

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Welcome to 2026 Factioneers! 🥳 It's time again to help us pick our Top 50 SFF (science fiction & fantasy) reads of the year! What books stood out to you in 2025? Do you have a new all-time favorite? Let us know below! But first! The Rules: (🧵 1/5) #booksky #happynewyear #bestof2025 #reading

If you're in the US, today is your last chance to preorder the gorgeous trade paperback edition of Enchanting the Fae Queen for 25% off at @barnesandnoble.com (with the code PREORDER25): www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enchanting... #romancelandia

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.

We have not updated you all in little bit. Some personal stuff has come up that has resulted in there being no December or January issue. The end result is it has us reconsidering our structure to ensure this doesn't happen again. I are temporarily closing submissions

Read this today and thought I'd share. The page itself is old, but the information is evergreen, especially for those who write or just love creating worlds. And it's totally free. Don't even have to sign up. (Article/workshop is by Holly Lisle.) hollylisle.com/maps-worksho...

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social wraps up 2025 with a post of her favourite books of the year! Expect dragons, witches, robots, rogues ... everything ... from cosy and charming to grim and gory... fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation #2025WrapUp

I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now

I am both fascinated by this and inspired. It certainly explains the look of the sweater and now I must put it in a story. Somewhere. 🤔 m.youtube.com/shorts/uWr4Q...

THIS.

I don't think you could come up with a list more designed to inflame sentiments than "here is a list of things that publishers MUST use AI to do and remain competitive, but don't worry, this isn't pushing out creative labor"

BookSky Chat Rules 💬📚 - only posts show up (no quotes or replies) - no self promotion - no 20 book challenges or similar - anyone can post discussion topics - be civil and on topic or I will remove you 🙏🏻 - make friends and share your book observations tag @booksky.club with issues

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Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too. n.pr/49aDwVE

Day 26 of #FantasyIndiesDecember 2026 books I'm excited for? I don't know yet. 🤣 Happy Friday! 🎉 #WritingCommunity

One Week left in my End of Year Sale!!!

This finch represents life goals He bold He gold He stay out of the cold #birds

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it. I hope it went well. 🎄🍪🎁

Please read this lovely post from sf writer Connie Willis. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate. (And those of you who don’t, read this anyway. it’s delightful.) The title is “The Day That Holds Time Together,” in case the link doesn’t take you there directly. cwdaily.net

Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.

Happy Holidays everyone! 🎄

Merry Christmas! I know this can be a difficult time for many, so I hope everyone has the best day they can. ❤️🎄🎁 Here, have a virtual cookie! (We have a marathon baking session every year, and this year we made about 875 cookies. 😁)

I woke up to a Flash Flood warning on my phone, Merry Christmas! 😵 Here's one more old illustration I used as an annual holiday postcard several years ago

This Christmas, I have just one wish for you: Take a moment to really see the older people in your life. Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible. Share a smile with an elder you don’t know. Offer a warm holiday greeting. Small gestures carry enormous power. Love,
 Lynda 🎄✨

CASUAL REMINDER AS MORE JAPANESE FANARTISTS APPEAR HERE— Do not quote repost! Just repost art you like and then make a separate post squeeing about whatever art you like. Quotes are considered rude and can get you blocked or just put someone off a platform.

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

Japanese artists are fleeing Bluesky because Elon just made all of their work editable by GenAI bsky.app/profile/hele...

Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara documented the bond between her grandmother, Misao and her beloved cat Fukumaru in a series of many images #WomensArt

if the japanese artists come over here that’s a genuine tipping point

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

A reminder that all my stuff is free. It's on the blog: ddwardiswriting.blogspot.com. It's on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit.... And it's on my webpage: ddwardiswriting.com. No pay wall. No sign up required. Like my stuff? Read my stuff.

This week's Tuesday snippet comes from my enemies-to-lovers fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen, which will arrive in exactly 5 weeks! Woot! Preorder now: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen #romancelandia

Winter Solstice #ocsky

And this week only, if you're in North America, you can snap up the 1st rom-com in the Queens of Villainy trilogy for $2.99: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen

Definitely, yes!

Don’t forget to rate and review books after you read them. Real authors need your help to beat the AI bro wannabes!

Little cutiefly illustration #pokemon #artpost #myart

Parisot (the Director) tells a story about how Tim Allen just started crying after a scene one day "I don't like these feelings i'm having." Says Tim. "I'm going back to my trailor" and walks off. There's silence for a second. "Oh my god." Says Rickman. "I think Tim just experienced acting."

I have a number of ebooks in Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... I also recommend a look at the general sales page, too. You may find a new favorite! smashwords.com/sale #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

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Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "All the World Is Fog" by DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/Rux2yw5

I got a visit from a red-tailed hawk! Big boy! Haha. Reminded me of the intro from my show Hawkeye… anyone remember that one? I had quite the elaborate hairstyle…

Haunted by Tarot is now live! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY4DN422