Happy New Year, Bluesky.

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Sharing this info here in case anyone is interested.

Our 2025! New products released: 27 11 Books 1 Calendar 6 Comics 9 Art magazines Conventions sold at: 7 @furcon.bsky.social, Dallas Art Book Fair, @furryfiesta.org, @furrysiesta.org, @anthrocon.org, @furrymigration.org, @furfest.org #furrywriting #furrystore #furryshop #furrycomics

Happy end of 2025. I'm defaulting on the mortgage because my ex is refusing to sign the divorce decree after pulling a going-to-the-store-for-milk and the alternative is homelessness. If you'd like to help me keep food on the table and propane in the tank, check out a sale! itch.io/s/174125/win...

A lot of people have told me they picked up my novel after seeing the amazing cover art. Did you know you can support the artist who made it too? Check out his work here!

Real disappointing looking for new e-books to read and seeing 99% of the covers are AI. If you won't pay for an artist to illustrate your cover, why should I pay for your book? The whole story could be AI generated slop as well. Artists, now more than EVER it's critical to sign your artwork!

Happy New Year's Eve, star explorers! 🚀 This is a friendly reminder that panel applications close for #TFF2026 on January 11th! 🔗:

This came up in a vendor chat also. In addition to the obvious effects on mail in voting, this will also affect order tracking from any creator or business. Something to be aware of.

In news that you might or might not have heard about, the 2026 edition of the Angoulême International Comics Festival (France’s largest, Europe’s second largest, world’s third largest) has been cancelled after pretty much every author, publisher, and public institutions pulled out of it. (…)

Book-sharing wins again! Share your books <3

went to the austin kinokuniya and the store manager sure is Going Through Some Shit. also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist

I just saw this deal on Mashable if you're looking to pick up the MS Office Suite for a one-time purchase price: shop.mashable.com/sales/micros...?

I don't know what to SAY, I have been following Shiloh's recommendations all year and he does not miss, so for Drone to take the favorite spot is insane to me. 🥹 The best reading I've done all year has been off Shiloh's recommendations and the company is unbelievable. 😳 Please check out the list!!

I got word that an original painting that @spottacus.org commissioned me to create is now on auction via Goodwill. Auction ends in just a little over 1 day and is currently at just $30 so if you want an original painting of mine for an absolute steal, here's the link shopgoodwill.com/item/251172556

For those attending FurDU 2026, we're starting to get together a pre-order/reserved list for books you want to purchase at the con. We're able to stock most titles by @furplanet.com, @sofawolf.com, @fenrispublishing.bsky.social, and individual authors like @glopossum.com or @rickgriffin.bsky.social

I read 41 furry books in 2025. Since the year has now ended, I'm going to give out some accolades for them! Please enjoy my little book awards list. #FurryWriting

I was always a girl, but for a time i was also a boy “What does that mean?” I am now also a dragon “But that’s—“ Too bad, I refuse to elaborate further

ONLY YULE

Hey #furry community arriving from The Other Place. To get up to speed on following furry literature, maybe start here: @furrywritersguild.bsky.social @fenrispublishing.bsky.social @furplanet.com @furryhistficsoc.bsky.social @tfpublishing.bsky.social

A See 'n Say, but all the wedges are your friends' sonas and it's all recordings of them saying little messages to you and you can play with it when you miss them

As a warning, I don't do any commission business through Discord. If you run into someone on there trying to get money from you, it's not me.

The Furry Writers’ Guild has been publicly against generative AI use for years. Just saying.

Know that AI could never make something as weird, horny, weirdly horny, or hornily weird as you are capable of making

draw your fursona wearing this

Someone is selling AI images derived off of my work, could anyone help report these? The more reports the better www.etsy.com/shop/DecaveI... =_=

"Like Cats and Dogs" 9"x12" Mixed media on paper Some subjects are like comfort food for artists. I just wanted something sweet.

Please check the link for the survey, which is about AI use in publishing. Make your voices heard on this.

The Analog Cat and Other Animals by @huskyteer.co.uk is now available in ePub format on Bad Dog Books. Features 16 short stories. Cover art and design by @czgoldedition.bsky.social baddogbooks.com/product/the-...

The (hopefully) final Projection Edge Volume 3 cover. I should have this ready next year in time for Anthrocon. Thanks again to @furplanet.com for their support. :)

Y’all. I haven’t been writing and putting out work in a while. But I was at one point at least somewhat known in parts of the furry writing scene. I want to support other authors. But “they can’t afford an artist” is not a defense of using AI to generate covers.

Authors, for the love of Draso, don't use AI in your covers. And especially don't block people who call you out for it and make all the excuses for why you do. There are a thousand alternatives, even free ones! Yes, this is a subtweet.

Crystallization, the second book in the To Crack A Geode series, is now available from FurPlanet! It will also be available at any con that @furplanet.com is vending at, so keep an eye on your local dealer's den. furplanet.com/shop/item.as...

Same. Frankly, I can’t imagine any situation where using an LLM to generate text would not make writing the book take ten times as long.

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Y'ALL HE DANCES, HE SINGS, HE'S SASSY, HIS MOUTH MOVES, /AND/ HE MAKES FOX NOISES ???? Sweden what are you COOKING.- (The Kylie Minogue is a bonus.)

It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:

Simon woke up briefly from his nap to tell you to buy Indulge from @furplanet.com! And when you do, check out my story “Scout’s Honor,” featured in it. 😊 #Book #Writer #Furry

The Furry Writers’ Guild’s Cóyotl Awards do not allow nomination of works made, in whole or in part, using genAI/LLMs.

I have no idea why the quoted post is suddenly filling my notifs again but: Hi! Uh... Consider checking out my website for other cool things like art, zines, and books. shapelessink.com

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

I feel like I’m beating a dead horse whenever I post statements like this, but I’m so serious!!! The furry fandom was built by a community of niche artists and those artists are still making cool shit without a sleazy undercurrent of AI and worker exploitation. Support indie artists! Support furry!

There's new talk about Zootopia wolves again and I just want you to know that I personally placed Gary (the real, original Gary) and Larry in the table in Zootopia+ and insisted they be sitting there together. No one seemed to understand why it was important but I made them see the light.

"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground

Creative solidarity means: If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover" If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references" If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc. Never help AI steal another medium No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.

Wolves: I AM THE WILD AVATAR OF THE HUNT, POWER AND GRACE MADE FLESH Also wolves:

@alastairwildfire.bsky.social and I are doing a post-MFF Holiday Sale, with discounted merch sizable enough to make even Luther blush ; ) New Artbooks, Prints, Stickers, even toys and blankets! Every order comes with a signed, doodled-on card from us <3 rukis.storenvy.com/collections/...