Berlin’s S-Bahn trains have started showing how full each carriage is. Very cool, and I also can’t help wondering… How do they know? Sensors in the doors is the probably most likely answer, but I also can’t rule out some kind of bureaucratic train witchcraft.

Looking for something to read this #BisexualVisibilityDay? 💗💜💙 THE GIDDY DEATH OF THE GAYS & THE STRANGE DEMISE OF STRAIGHTS Finalist for the bi book awards, the story follows four young people as they explore polyamory, bisexuality, and nonbinary life in Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 bywaterbooks.com/product/gidd...

Looking for something to read this #BisexualVisibilityDay? 💗💜💙 THE GIDDY DEATH OF THE GAYS & THE STRANGE DEMISE OF STRAIGHTS Finalist for the bi book awards, the story follows four young people as they explore polyamory, bisexuality, and nonbinary life in Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 bywaterbooks.com/product/gidd...

Have you had a day off this week? Rest isn't something you deserve or earn, it's something you need, like food and air. Please don't withhold the things you need to live!

I'm delighted to announce that I'm 1st runner up for the 2025 Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize! 🏆🎉 It's a huge honour to be placed so highly among such fierce competition. Hurray!

It's important to remember how much love is out there. Love for those close to us. Love for those we've never even met. Even the fear we feel is rooted in love, when we fear for others as well as ourselves. Hate is noisy – deafening at times – but it's love that holds humanity together.

It's important to remember how much love is out there. Love for those close to us. Love for those we've never even met. Even the fear we feel is rooted in love, when we fear for others as well as ourselves. Hate is noisy – deafening at times – but it's love that holds humanity together.

My friend Orla is running a fantastic writing workshop here in #Berlin! "Through solo writing and collaborative discussion, we'll come together to create a literary map of the park, highlighting your own voice and experience in a workshop zine." Details here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1609767651...

Attacks on empathy aren't new: "bleeding heart" has been an insult for my entire lifetime. I remember being confused by it as a child. After all, what's wrong with caring about people? As an adult I know it's because empathy is opposite of sociopathy. They want to remake society in their own image.

Attacks on empathy aren't new: "bleeding heart" has been an insult for my entire lifetime. I remember being confused by it as a child. After all, what's wrong with caring about people? As an adult I know it's because empathy is opposite of sociopathy. They want to remake society in their own image.

Tried something completely new today. I never used red eyeshadow before (I was worried it would look too much like blood!) but in combination with a shimmering lilac I actually quite like it! ❤️🩷

Welcoming the autumn with a new shirt and some bronze and gold eyeshadow. It truly is my favourite of all the seasons! 🍁🍂

Welcoming the autumn with a new shirt and some bronze and gold eyeshadow. It truly is my favourite of all the seasons! 🍁🍂

Frontal Lobe: "No, you absolutely must not buy more–" Lizard Brain: "BOOKS!" Front Lobe: "You only just got new bookshelves and you've already filled them. Why can't you read the ones you alrea–" Lizard Brain: "BOOKS!" Frontal Lobe: "Please stop interru–" Lizard Brain: "BOOKS!"

Frontal Lobe: "No, you absolutely must not buy more–" Lizard Brain: "BOOKS!" Front Lobe: "You only just got new bookshelves and you've already filled them. Why can't you read the ones you alrea–" Lizard Brain: "BOOKS!" Frontal Lobe: "Please stop interru–" Lizard Brain: "BOOKS!"

My friend, writer, memoirist, curator Kenny Fries has endowed a literary award to support the next generation of disabled and/or deaf writers. If anyone wanted to support it, here's the link. The first award will be announced on his 65th birthday, September 22nd. www.kennyfries.com/award

I finally have a copy of Triad Blood by @nathanburgoine.bsky.social! Really looking forward to getting stuck in to this one! 📚

So excited that my work is on the 2025 Leapfrog Prize shortlist! Not least because Leapfrog Press was founded by my literary idol, Marge Piercy. I've loved her novel 'Woman on the Edge of Time' (1976) for decades now. I've given countless conferences papers on it. This means a whole lot to me. 💞

I’m super excited to share. I have finished my debut novel at the beginning of the year which is now shortlisted for the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize. It’s so rewarding to be recognized for a work I spent most of the past five years writing. Thanks to Leapfrog Press for the trust and appreciation.

So excited that my work is on the 2025 Leapfrog Prize shortlist! Not least because Leapfrog Press was founded by my literary idol, Marge Piercy. I've loved her novel 'Woman on the Edge of Time' (1976) for decades now. I've given countless conferences papers on it. This means a whole lot to me. 💞

Just found out I made the shortlist for the Leapfrog Prize! 💞 Anonymous judging is still ongoing, so I can't say which title is mine, but this is great news! Another cause for celebration! 🌈

Today’s @strangehorizons.bsky.social review is meaty. @redfernjon.bsky.social finds If The Stars Are Lit has “real flashes of brilliance” but also that “too little is explored in depth”. Note how Redfern checks their own instincts throughout this piece, and how the review emerges stronger for it.

Happy 25th Anniversary Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social - Our first issue was published 1st September 2000. !!!

"We aren’t doomed, and we cannot be saved." At a time of increasing extremes, utopia and dystopia are failing us – not only in fiction, but as a way of understanding the world itself. Check out my new article on OnlySky: AMBITOPIA: HOW TO FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE onlys.ky/ambitopia/

On my way to meet with my writing group! Happy Saturday to all you delightful writers, readers, and make-up enthusiasts! 💞

It is my monthly blog! It is short and digestible like a biscuit dipped in tea! www.lindseytheartist.co.uk/blog/august-...

🌈📚 📖 Proud Pink Sky by @redfernjon.bsky.social break down the binary between utopia and dystopia--presenting an ambitopian vision of the world's first gay state Bookshop Affiliate Link bookshop.org/a/100590/978... Library search.worldcat.org #booksky #queerbooks #lgbtqia

Ever wonder what 'Ambitopia' from the title of my radio show means? @redfernjon.bsky.social, who coined the term, offered a beautiful way of looking at the uncertainties of our world through the lens of Ambitopia, and offers an explanation of the word in doing so. Recommended! onlys.ky/ambitopia/

A little bit of comfort for these trying times onlys.ky/ambitopia/

"We aren’t doomed, and we cannot be saved." At a time of increasing extremes, utopia and dystopia are failing us – not only in fiction, but as a way of understanding the world itself. Check out my new article on OnlySky: AMBITOPIA: HOW TO FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE onlys.ky/ambitopia/

I have a new author photo! 💞 The official one is in black and white, while I'll be using the colour version on my website: www.redjon.com I'm very pleased with it!

I have a new author photo! 💞 The official one is in black and white, while I'll be using the colour version on my website: www.redjon.com I'm very pleased with it!

I updated my blog! If you click the heart at the bottom an evil wish will be granted. 💞 www.redjon.com/news/2025/8/... (Special mentions to @caribbeanguy.bsky.social and @cmichaelis.bsky.social!) #booksky #books #amwriting

I updated my blog! If you click the heart at the bottom an evil wish will be granted. 💞 www.redjon.com/news/2025/8/... (Special mentions to @caribbeanguy.bsky.social and @cmichaelis.bsky.social!) #booksky #books #amwriting

Been out taking some lovely pictures with my friend Alex today! 💞

New jumper! 👚 No prizes if you already guessed what colour it was going to be…

New jumper! 👚 No prizes if you already guessed what colour it was going to be…

This might be a bit much, but I have a whole reading system. First is the Morning Book. Always nonfiction, read with my first cup of tea. Then there’s the Evening Book. Usually fiction I read after work. Finally comes the Night Book: easy text of any genre, to read in bed. Anyone else do this? 📚

Happiness is spending a sunny afternoon reading classic sci-fi in a graveyard.

I am beyond delighted to announce that I'm now represented by Jonathan Villegas of Olswanger Literary! Most of my writing career has been solo so far, and I'm really thrilled to be rep'd by such a dedicated agent. Time to celebrate! 📚🎉

Welcome, welcome to my team!!! 🙏🏽🎉 I'm happy to have such a talented writer on board.

I am beyond delighted to announce that I'm now represented by Jonathan Villegas of Olswanger Literary! Most of my writing career has been solo so far, and I'm really thrilled to be rep'd by such a dedicated agent. Time to celebrate! 📚🎉

I don't understand why writers for television shows don't create, say, a shared Google doc listing important details for all the characters, locations, and plot points. It's wild how often shows can't keep basic facts consistent from episode to episode. And the solution is so simple...

I don't understand why writers for television shows don't create, say, a shared Google doc listing important details for all the characters, locations, and plot points. It's wild how often shows can't keep basic facts consistent from episode to episode. And the solution is so simple...

Another week, another heatwave. I just hope I don’t sweat off all my makeup today…

Saying that audiences would be happy buying AI-generated movies, books, and games is like saying they’d accept going to a restaurant and being served a TV dinner. Yes, it cuts costs. But if you think that business model would survive the long term then I’d suggest you don’t know people very well.

Saying that audiences would be happy buying AI-generated movies, books, and games is like saying they’d accept going to a restaurant and being served a TV dinner. Yes, it cuts costs. But if you think that business model would survive the long term then I’d suggest you don’t know people very well.

❤️ Let’s 🧡 Get 💛 Bigotry 💚 Totally 💙 Quashed 💜 + all stand together

❤️ Let’s 🧡 Get 💛 Bigotry 💚 Totally 💙 Quashed 💜 + all stand together

Just got back from visiting family in England. I may have gone a tad overboard buying books... 📚📚📚