I'll finish drafting my literary novel with a spec. twist: a world where tech enables communication between us & animals. This could be 🔑 for the 1st case of ecocide being tried at the Int'l Crim. Crt. We follow the Prosecutor and Defense Counsel at the centre of this (who have history💔)

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

🚨🚨FYI: Deadline is the 14th of Jan!🚨🚨

Standing in line for this🙋🏾‍♀️

Unsolicited writing advice: no. 8075: There is no such thing as serious writing. There are only writers who take their work seriously, and those who don’t. Tragedy is no more “serious” than comedy. Children’s writing is no less “serious” than writing for adults. Good writing is wherever you find it.

So grateful to everyone at @reviseresub.bsky.social for the #revpit #10queries event. There were so many useful tips! And a special thank you to @mariatureaud.bsky.social for the feedback on my query and pages🥹 Gonna be ready to send out queries soon!

Congratulations @shingai-be-like.bsky.social!❤️‍🔥

Congratulations @suyidavies.com! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages. 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

Africanfurist SNOWPIERCER A story about green capitalism’s destructive force and the people who revolt against it when an urban planner is recruited by a rebel leader to siege her corrupt city’s neural network until clean energy, water, and housing are provided for all. #DVpit #A #SF #BVM #WOC

Africanfuturist SNOWPIERCER Kima Taifa (noun): net zero, world-class city. Greenwashing (noun): deceptive sustainability claims. Ruva (FMC): Proposes a social housing project. Rebel (verb): Can she? Now that she’s confronted by a city intent on the unjust status quo. #DVpit #A #SF #BVM

Africanfuturist SNOWPIERCER In an elite, net zero city, an urban planner proposes a project that will house thousands. After the govt rejects her plan, rebels extort her to help them take the city hostage using her security clearance until basic needs for all are met. #DVpit #A #SF #BVM #WOC

Me, catching up on Day 1 of #DVparty

I'm intrigued👀

This aesthetic captures the "tortured" vibe so well. Excited to learn more about your WIP🥹

Okay, I need this as well❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Gorgeous😍😍

I'm intrigued👀...

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I need this on my shelf❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

First run of the week💪🏾. To quote Murakami: “[As a novelist] You have to manage physical strength and spiritual strength so they’re in balance, so they effectively reinforce each other. The more protracted the fight, the more significance this theory takes on.”

Rest is important. Giving yourself time is important. When I started writing seriously, I would push myself to write 7 days a week (IK🤦🏾‍♀️) and my body would force me to stop.

READ: "We drink salt and water to stay standing, to keep ourselves from going dizzy and collapsing. This is what we've come to in Gaza, where most people will go without food for three days at a time." mondoweiss.net/2025/08/in-g...

Octavia Butler predicted our dystopian present. What can a futurist learn from her chilling accuracy?

CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS x LOST ARK DREAMING 🌇It’s 2074. In a world-class (derogatory) African city 👩🏾An urban planner is recruited by a rebellion ❤️‍🔥Her career and close relationships are on the line ⚖️How far will she go for justice to be realized? #A #SFF #BVM #WOC #amquerying

My story "This Side of the Living" is in this anthology🥹 So grateful to be featured alongside other spooky stories set all over the world🌍

"A wonderful anthology filled with the dark and strange recesses of our world and the stories that happen there." 🏕️ Thank you to @historyneverwas.bsky.social for your review of THE MAP OF LOST PLACES! 🖤👽 Read the full review here: historythatneverwas.com/2025/08/20/r... Order your copy below! ⬇️