FYI everybody: I can't use chat/pms on Bluesky while in the UK.

Panda's Spoken Word Open Mic night is almost a week away! Friday 5th June at the The Talleyrand in Levenshulme. I'm going to be doing some posts leading up to the event, showing off some of the people due to perform that night... Please do put it in your diaries and come to this FREE EVENT!

Come see me and @paulmagrs.bsky.social June 5th!

Excited to be published in this upcoming anthology.

The door is open!!! @paul.carmichael.1213 @michaellivesley @stuartcrouchcreative

Is that Chekhov’s Gun in your pocket or will you just be pleased to see me later?

Apparently the key to success in writing is to quit. I was ready to throw in the towel and delete my website, but suddenly things are going so well!

Having a very good day

After each time I write a book, I forget how to write a book, buy ten new books on book writing, then forget what they all say.

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

“As far as I can tell, it’s the practice of ICE to throw everybody’s documents into a black box and then lose it.” Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status.

MOOOOOOOON!

"After concluding his Sharpie recollections, Trump took a moment to revel in his own storytelling ability..." Well done, Will Weissert of the AP, well done. apnews.com/article/trum...

Anybody have a copy of "Myth Makers Presents: Essentials" that I can buy?

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl and disabled people are still fighting for basic rights in a society that's actively working to undermine them, surrounded by systemic disablism. (This is a corrected thread TY to the person who flagged that I said 26th, not 36th!)

Thanking @paulcornell.bsky.social because Timewyrm: Revelation was just what I needed to get through today.

In case you needed to hear this, anger is not always caustic.

youtu.be/B1ayPe-k68s?... New video. There’s so much hate in this world right now.

Wonderful tiny (2.75") Seven and Ace (her hair is actually french braided!) from www.etsy.com/shop/Andiicr...

Cool fake tattoo I kept forgetting to wear to conventions

Noelle Kocot

Wishing this novel would get bigger on its own, like bread dough.

It is also wild to me that "but disabilities would all be cured!" is the arguement, rather than something people are ever afraid of & see as dystopian. Disability is *natural*. If you live long enough, you become disabled in one way or another 🤷‍♀️ The chances of you becoming disabled are NEVER 0!

I have said it before and I'll say it again: The inability to accept the presence of disabled people in sci-fi, fantasy, and futuristic works is a skill and empathy issue 😅 Any assumption of cure/eradication of disability is firmly rooted im ableism & eugenics ideology, conscious or not.

For those who keep saying drivers' licenses will be fine-- they are not. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Xkcd pointing out it does sound odd when you say it out loud.

Alert: Twin Cities reporter Georgia Fort was taken into custody.

Writing is happening. It generally involves tearing my own heart out and stomping on it, but that's life anyway. Might as well do it on paper.

Fifteen-ish novels in and every time I start a new project I completely forget how to write.

Really struggling to find words to say or write right now. Largely exhausted.

well, my dears, here we are: the OFFICIAL launch date for ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY! in addition to this pinned announcement, with link, i’ll be cycling through my silly promo graphics over the next few weeks/months to keep my toes in the stream. order here: www.lulu.com/shop/jay-bes...

If you’re chronically ill and flaring, consider the news as a possible source. Our nervous systems were not designed to see people being murdered in cold blood. They weren’t designed to cope with the constant stream of threats, bad news and suffering. It’s ok to take a break & protect your spoons

I can’t stop thinking about Renee Nicole Good. My heart physically hurts. How absolutely senseless. How tragic. Here is an excerpt from a poem of hers, and the link to the full poem. 🤍 poets.org/2020-on-lear...

Last night, my daughter asked me if I was afraid to die. I said I wasn’t, that I would take a bullet for her, for her sibling, for my husband, but there was only one of me and so many bullets. It shouldn't be this way.

@georgiacooked.bsky.social Kate Orman's working on this, and it's right up your alley. (I sent one in too, hope it's picked.)

TWO WEEKS IN! We have gotten some incredible submissions across fantasy (yaaaay!), but we're not seeing a lot of scifi. We have asked no hard scifi, but I would adore a space opera or two. If you had considered submitting, please do! :) Sapphics in space! Still open until 28/2/26 #nowsubmitting

When the Mind Returns - the puzzle of terminal lucidity: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... @kateorman.bsky.social

@georgiacooked.bsky.social Just read Ruby Red and loved it. Keep up the good work.

Got my pullover! If only I could get the umbrella in this country.

@kateorman.bsky.social Got myself these for Christmas

Tis the season when those of us who have struggled with scrupulousness in the past wonder if we're terrible people. Remember: anxiety lies.