I really like the way Writing Memoir in Flashes focuses on writing short, meaningful memoir and Lita Kurth’s friendly writing style. For those who don’t know, I’m with Thinking Ink Press—we’re the publisher. So, if you’re up for showing this book some love, like/share, or follow!

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

If you're looking for a flexible/forgiving novel writing challenge that starts today, runs until end of October, I've created my first Pacemaker group challenge (limit 100 users). Open to both free & premium Pacemaker.press users. Details below: www.pacemaker.press/users/inkygi...

A couple of weeks ago I went to a lovely tea tasting at Senpais Anime Cafe in Roseville. They offer three different kinds of tea along with treats! I don’t see them on BlueSky, but if you’re in the Roseville/Sac area, check them out senpaiscafe.com

These earrings are even cooler in real life! If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, check out Poetry Center of San José’s small press fair on Sep 28!

Excellent list…❤️

🎉 We’re happy to announce we’ll be publishing a new book Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth in Spring 2026! 🎉 This book is for anyone who wants to tell their true stories through writing short memoir or a collection. Follow us for news about the upcoming Kickstarter! 📚💖

Just had a great session #2 of the workshop on theme and motif. We're grappling with some hard stuff, but having fun with it. Here's a story I asked them to read for the next session, John Chu's lovely "The Water that Falls on You From Nowhere" - reactormag.com/the-water-th...

This is the last day for the Murderbot + Witch King and my other fantasy Humble Book Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/martha... We've raised $89,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen so far!

It's been ages since I've done a craft thread! I want to get back in the habit, so here goes...Let's talk about inciting incidents, and how to set them up!

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

this is so goddamn good

I think that if you are trying to understand the Anthropic book settlement, and you are not doing it in light of the (extremely) failed Google book settlement from 2011, you will never be able to understand what is happening.

Setting: How do you amp up your story's setting? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing lauriewallmark.blogspot.com/2025/09/sett...

Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st! We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th. Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!

Busy yesterday so I missed that Anthropic had settled. Figures. LLMs have violated thousands of copyrights; they *knew* it would kill them if it went to trial. Anyway, the Authors Guild has some useful info here: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

The indispensable @janefriedman.com looks at four key ways publishing has changed in the past 10 years janefriedman.com/how-publishi...

Publishers Weekly interviewed @shinylizard.bsky.social about Thinking Ink Press for an article on collective and co-op publishers! @indyartssf.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social Read it here: tinyurl.com/246wcxcv

Calling all Black visual artists! Submissions are OPEN for our 2026 covers! Artists should submit portfolios or work samples which illustrate an understanding of composition, and feature fantastical elements and/or can be categorized as fantasy, science-fiction, horror, & their related subgenres./+

Summer rain!

Seattle Worldcon Panels Available for Replay—More on the Way: About 120 of the 193 Seattle Worldcon panels and events that were recorded have already been posted; look for replays of the remaining events to be posted over the coming weeks as volunteer hours allo… seattlein2025.org?p=5915

Humble Bundle has a @marthawells.com bundle with all of her Murderbot stores as well as her great fantasy stories. And, since it is @tordotcom.bsky.social , they are in general epub format and not tied to specific system like some other bundles have been. www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/ Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥

Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.

Hello, friend! I rarely post reviews right after reading the book but this one is very special! Fresh from my writer’s desk, let’s talk about The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. 💙📚 #bookreview #themidnightlibrary Have you read this book? armedwithabook.com/the-midnight...

LtR, Clara Ward, Anthony Francis, Betsy Miller, & Liza Olmsted. We will be at Worldcon! Our award-winning book The Neurodiversiverse edited by Anthony & Liza will be selling at the Liminal Fiction table in the dealers' room. Stop by the table and you may see Liza or Betsy there #Worldcon2025 #SciFi

Anthony Francis from Thinking Ink Press is presenting at WorldCon 2025! 🎉 The Cognitive Science of Scenes and Sequels Sat, Aug 16 11–11:30 am seattlein2025.org/program-and-... Get the award-winning book The Neurodiversiverse at the Liminal Fiction table in the dealers’ room #Worldcon2025 #SciFi

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

#Booksky All books on sale at Smashwords and DriveThruFiction right now! Ends tomorrow!

"It drives me crazy to see authors work their butts off to make great books, then get skittish about pricing those books as if they were actually valuable." Indie author Johnny B. Truant, who's spent 15+ years writing and publishing books, says it's possible to succeed without KU and rapid releases.

490000 more reasons not to use GenAi for your art needs

TWICE AS DEAD is out! Dead trees, Kindle, audiobook. It's a noirish urban fantasy set in postwar Los Angeles, with a hard-drinking private eye, vampires, zombies, corrupt cops, the Central Avenue jazz scene, and a smartass talking cat. www.amazon.com/Twice-as-Dea...

HEY ALL FOLLOWING THESE PAGES This is the SAME dude, charging folks. THIS IS NOT MEEEEEE 😡😡😡 ✨ I WOULD NEVER CHARGE FOR INDIE PROMO ✨ Please block these. Please do not pay for this. Please do NOT think this dude is me. He’s got 20+ websites and a Writer’s Beware article on him. 📚💙

The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

YES! I wrote about this in The Blue, Beautiful World! ‘If we do not control the use of our own faces and bodies, can we call ourselves free?’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

About the Meta AI Ruling: Meta gains a technical win, but the law favors authors. We'll tell you what this means. The fight continues, and the legal foundation is stronger than ever. Writers didn't lose. We're just getting started. Click here to learn more: authorsguild.org/news/meta-ai...

Back for $1 without guilt and get a bunch of cool digital rewards!

Rally Day! Would you share some love for our art and story book? This ends soon, and we want the people who might really need this book (or the exclusive pwyc digital bundle) to've seen it. We'll be posting all day and we'd love for you to join us, how you can. 🩷 www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

#Booksky Looking for #Fridayreads #Weekendreads and/or #PrideMonthreads? Check out the Pride StoryBundle for 14 terrific queer books for $25 and help support Rainbow Railroad too!

Anyway Juneteenth is pretty much over and I had a lovely day off, but this is your infrequent reminder that @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social is Black-owned and woman-owned, there are literal structural and institutional forces pushing against that every day, and your support means the world to me. ♥

I did a post listing everything I've got coming out for the rest of the year, as far as I know. Short stories, Murderbot news, preorder links for Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, etc. marthawells.dreamwidth.org/666162.html #booksky

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

Another great Noma interview!

Small press campaigns help each other. While checking our campaign for the “Mmeory”anthology - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... - have a look here at the latest Atthis Arts project.

In case you missed it the other day... 😊 #writingcommunity #booksky #indiebooks

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

The news this morning is a terrible underscore to Governor Walz’s appeal

JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Karen B. McCoy - Debut Release Day! The Etiquette of Voles is out in the world! mailchi.mp/105302357065... Plus a Bookbub giveaway www.bookbub.com/books/the-et..., upcoming appearances, & archived interviews w/ @kaaauthor.bsky.social @choldenko.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social and others!