Reposting for the afternoon crowd because I must. Remember: Pre-orders are a writer’s lifeblood!!

Less than one week left to back THE COOKOUT anthology of speculative fiction from the African Diaspora. Only 250 to go until we open public submissions (paying at least 10 cents per word), and just over 1k to go until we're funded. You can push us over the top! #authors #readers #speculativefiction

Eek! Huge thanks to @reactorsff.bsky.social revealing the new cover today! Can’t wait for you all to see what terrible things I have in store for you in October! 💜💜💜💜💜

Some day we'll all regret this & we'll hold hearings & rend garments & pledge "never again" & we'll be just as full of shit as we were last time.

Cis liberals: when you go along with the hemming and hawing about "it's just sports" and "well it's just waiting a little longer" this is what you're enabling. "It's just a couple more steps down the road, what's the harm?" is how you get to the end of the road!

So there's a black girl scout troop trying to raise money to to to Europe but they aren't close to their goal as of yet. Please share this and buy some cookies if you can digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/reagan...

There is no writer or thinker I wanted to be more than Toni Morrison. In honor of her special day, I’d like to share the dedication for my upcoming novel, The Unhaunting, which resides heavily and happily in the shadow of her Beloved:

if not choo choo why choo choo shaped bsky.app/profile/cost...

The #Sirens26 faculty are a-maaaaaa-zing! You won't want to miss their keynotes! @kellybarnhill.bsky.social @notquitehydepark.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social Jewelle Gomez @laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @dianapho.bsky.social @lilliamr.bsky.social

EVERYBODY NOMINATE ALEX, NOMINATE THEM SO HARD IT'S VISIBLE FROM SPACE I can't say enough about Alex's presence in the SFF community, their generous and thoughtful reviewing, and the work they do to uplift marginalized creators.

If you're still thinking about applying for the 2026 Six-Week Workshop, applications close on Friday, February 13 at 12:00 PM PT (Noon!). The 2026 workshop is virtual with instructors @taracampbell.bsky.social, @indrapramitdas.bsky.social, David Thomas Moore, and @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social!

Reminder that I will be at #Sirens26 talking about everything from black robots to unchecked capitalism and racism in the publishing landscape. IT WILL BE MORE FUN THAN I AM MAKING IT SOUND. @sirensconference.org

very excited to have my response included in the latest Boston Review forum against Democratic moderation! here it is, my best argument for why Dems shouldn't "moderate" on transgender rights & LGBTQ issues more generally (as they are inextricably linked): www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

I will add that we’ve also lost the art of nonconforming features, imperfect teeth, and forfeiting hairlines. Hollywood has always had the hot/polished Sidney Poitier, Lauren Bacall, Jolie/Pitt, etc types, but - as someone raised on TCM - the ratio of gloss to grit among the under 45s feels off.

So many leaks of cabal of "legacy" media editors, their billionaires, men angry about sex and Me Too, mediocre "meritocracy" tech bros, "intellectual" racists, far-right "senior staff writer at Vice’s women’s vertical sent Yiannopoulos an article by Lindy West asking “please mock this fat feminist”

OK folks, let's get this started. Think back to pandemic year 2020. Think of SFF books from that year which "include positive explorations of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered characters, themes, or issues." A broad citation! Here's my initial longlist from racking my brain. What've I missed?

Hey folks! Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.

The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.

Y’all want division to be THE problem because you don’t want to deal with the racists. Specifically the ones you know, love, and admire. Especially the one in your own heart. Unfortunately, that commitment to an only sometimes soothing delusion is powerful enough to break a nation.

Wish people would stop conflating refusal and nationalism.

I'm still collecting children's folklore for my next podcast theme, and I'm getting some amazing responses - monsters, urban legends, games, even a Tin God! Still time to add yours to this Google Form: forms.gle/D8mLW7q2um5Z...

A book that opens with my current mood. The best time to pre-order @fondalee.bsky.social’s The Last Contract of Isako was the moment the option became available in bookstores. The second best time is now. (Out from @orbitbooks.bsky.social in May)

I'm re-sharing the Gofundme for two family members I made last year. They had a series of tragedies beginning in early 2024. We successfully raised enough to help them relocate to a new state last year, and the elder sister has a new job in her field. gofund.me/a455ba8c0

Let’s remember (and remind our politicians) we are not trying to drive ICE out of our state. We are trying to drive them out of existence.

thinking about this one again: "So what would it look like to use the effectiveness of invitation as a moment of self-reflection instead of carte blanche empowerment? What happens when the call to imagine yourself as the dystopian hero main character is a trap?" reactormag.com/all-insurrec...

one thing i am going to do is every time i wanna post something that could get me in trouble i will post some mutual aid links instead so please know every time you see a link it is because i am keeping an inside thought inside www.standwithminnesota.com

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

I was in high school when ICE came into existence. I remember it happening. Anyone my age or older can remember a time before ICE, and it really wasn’t that different! It’s not a radical policy proposal because the department didn’t really change policy, just created a new culture of cruelty.

If you don’t want ICE on your block but think “Abolish ICE” is too extreme, you desire a terrorized “other”…just not where it inconveniences you. If you are, say, a mayor or politician with this view, then you want freedom from terror while also wanting the option to set terror upon others.

A few months ago I was on The Science in the Fiction Podcast discussing necropolitics, @nedbeauman.bsky.social's Venomous Lumpsucker & my dissertation. If you ignore the fast-talking/too many "likes" at the start (I shift out of So Cal convo mode as we go) it ended up being uncomfortably relevant:

Honestly cannot fix this for my family by myself, which is why I’m asking for help. It’s super important for them to fully pay the rent because the longer the delay, the higher the chance of eviction. Housing security is necessary for any kind of stability.

Agents are ready to take your pitches at the first ever Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair -- but sign up now, spots are limited!

…it should break your heart to kill.

I think very often of that Micaiah Johnson piece where she says, "The problem isn’t with craft, but with the human heart." (link will be in subsequent tweet)

Hello! The other day I mentioned my newsletter (l!nk in b!o). I also have a completely optional Patreon. I update it about once a week, and it's where I go more behind the scenes into my process, my progress, and my personal and creative life.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Totally forgot I have a story out with @morningtransport.bsky.social today. It’s a shadow duet with my friend and mentor, Pat Rosal, about the ways art can interrupt programming - whether it’s academic, religious, or literal. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024

Me, on NYE: “I hope to envision societal changes through the lens of community and love rather than hate and retribution” Me, three days later: “Fuck this place fuck him and fuck you and WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO SANCTION US”

Every hour I get randomly angry at another party responsible for this unjustifiable oil grab. For 9 o clock it is that dork ass from The Office and his stupid “Venezuela is only thirty minutes away” American jackoff show. And the Nobel Prize Committee. Can’t wait to see what 10 o clock brings.

just gonna break this out again, no reason

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

RIP Dick Cheney, you would have finally found something to like about the Trump presidency (illegally overthrowing a government for oil)

He legit just pardoned the president of Honduras for drug trafficking but now Maduro is going to stand trial for “narco terrorism.” This all makes a lot of sense and definitely isn’t about oil.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Dear bluskeeters! I'm doing research with a friend. If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection. Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share

Want to read my weird story about an AI reading poetry and having a crisis? Want to support a venue that isn’t a soulless husk? OF COURSE YOU DO! My story will be on this week’s @morningtransport.bsky.social. The link is free, but if you can subscribe, do. www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024

one last time, for the road