My French edition looks very nice!

Question, writing community: Does anyone know when the later versions of PAGES on MAC stopped allowing a save to legacy (compatible) versions of Microsoft? Or was the contact who said you can't just not looking in the right spot for the feature? I have some very old files, active still.

I suggest some hibernation this weekend, away from air quality, weather, news, and so on. I'm off to Hookland for now. I can also recommend visiting with Alfreda. You are promised a hopeful ending, and the cat lives. (A few people and demons, not so much.) bsky.app/profile/catk...

What bothers heck out of me, re, MsWord shutoff debacle - is that the DID IT. Says they will do it again....warning flag there for whoever needs it.

Microsoft Office 2021 HEADS UP, writing community: Not only did MSWord disable ability to alter files because my Mac OS system is 'not supported' as of July 13th, a little digging into their emailed link about nonupgrading: THEY ARE GONNA STOP SUPPORTING MS OFFICE 2021 IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR!

Sum up: MSWord license is still valid, but deactived likely cause my OS is not supported by MSW starting July 13th. I can upgrade this machine, but: it is all hard connections, no cordless. My printer/keyboard and peripherals do not support wireless and a fkton of other stuff will 'break.'

To everybody miffed that Lucas goes to the dark side and uses AI - whelp. MOST movies steal from SF/F artists anyhow. Visit a studio, ALL our peoples' art books are all over their production depts, dog eared, marked, thumbed over until they are worn. The rip off continues in a different format.

WTF, microsoft: I work in an older version, bought software (not subscription) that saves to my computer. MSword just LOCKED THE FILE unless I 'activate' their 365 version. Writing community: does this mean the file 'saves to the cloud' and does it shift TOS to allow AI scraping of all work done?

Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training. It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs. 🧵 1/4

We're fundraising for @authorsabb.bsky.social around our virtual event on book banning on Thursday. Here's the info for the event! Fundraising info in thread!

The Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter is LIVE! Please help support us if you can.

Help request if you are a GoodReads librarian: Somebody altered the title to my novel, To Ride Hell's Chasm, and appended a plot description to the title line. I am concerned this tweak, which is recent, may redirect readers to a wrong outlet - might someone assist? Thanks!

Finishing touches ongoing with the third pass on a new short story, due in the next few weeks. If you read the recent short, Front Man Fallen out from Grimdark Magazine, you'll have a clue. It is a sequel.

This signed starter kit from Kate Elliott is going for a song:

If you never watched this, it is truly spectacular fun!

#Booksky Just a day and a half left to get your copy of the Pride StoryBundle! 16 great queer books from @neonhemlock.bsky.social, @wtpress.bsky.social, @tachyonpub.bsky.social and more (like us!) and you can include a donation to Rainbow Railroad at no extra cost! storybundle.com/pride

Absolution just made GoodReads' top 50 most popular SF novels of the past three years! Thanks very effin much to readers, booksellers, and libraries!

I won't live in a world lead by machines and robots, a sad path to the elimination of the liminal, the extinction of mystery. Nor will I amplify haters. Our world is endlessly rich, a treasure trove of amazing ideas for each individual to find personal fulfillment. Live and let live. Seek joy.

If you've read SORDANEON, here is a discussion by a panel of readers, including Janny Wurts, about the book, its characters, and themes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIQV...

TODAY at 2 PM ET, discussion for Stormed Fortress on Jake's channel, Nerd Level Rising, with the group read started by John Minton/Talking Story. This will be LIT!

New arrival today. Welcome home.

Tonight, I’ve got a LIVE INTERVIEW as part of the A Murder Most Fungal virtual book tour! I’ll be hanging out with the brilliant @plstuart-author.bsky.social, so come join us on his YouTube channel as we chat food and fungi 🍄🍣 Watch LIVE on June 13 at 8:30pm EST: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRMK...

Curious about a coming of age fantasy with 3 protagonists, all flawed? Check this out! Thank you P. L. and Jarrod!

So I got overwhelmed today and missed that Someone You Can Build A Nest In is a Kindle Daily Deal! 2.99 for all the queer monster romance your eyeballs can carry! The deal is still live! For ten hours, I think!

If you're looking to donate to an enviro org, may I suggest the Voyageurs Wolf Project, which wants to expand observational research to cougars. The amazing Upper Peninsula is coming under increasing pressure from anti wildlife factions and VWP may be on the front lines www.voyageurswolfproject.org

Congratulations!!!!!

Today GRIEF EATER is out!! It has been an incredible journey to get to this point. Thank you everyone who has been involved in its making, and thank you reviewers for supporting it! Big love!! @interstellarflight.bsky.social (Cover by Dante Luiz!)

Hooray! "We Will Rise Again," the anthology about protest and resistance that I co-edited with @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social, won the Locus Award last night!! Thank you to all the activists and authors who contributed to this incredible anthology, and to our editor Sareena Kamath!

Mark Lawrence has never been afraid to explore the darker corners of fantasy, and Daughter of Crows is no exception. Blending brutal institutions, fractured timelines, and mythological inspiration, this is a story that demands patience but rewards it with layered reveals and emotional depth.

If I can't see your books, here, I can't help you boost them. Be fearless. Let us know what you've got!

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🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - APRIL 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 20 works by @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @cindyphanauthor.com @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @mariness.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!! www.patreon.com/posts/159559...

At halfway point on the beta-read version of The Guardian, into the thick of the twist at center. Here the refinement slides over the line into polish, after feedback. Not read The Gallant? (prequel 100 years earlier) Catch up with Verrain's story. No spoilers for the main series: audio and ebook.

This series is on SALE??? Hop it and land it now! I loved these!!! Super fun, great humor, regional color, superb summer read.

We are thrilled to reveal an excerpt from The Heretics, sequel to @joeabercrombie.com's raucous grimdark fantasy The Devils! The Heretics arrives May 11, 2027 from @torbooks.bsky.social. But we hope this teaser can tide you over ⚔️

Congratulations!

On sale tomorrow! 🥳 A reminder that the sale will be open to all. No password or subscription needed in order to purchase a leftover set 💚

It’s out! My first graphic novel as publisher! Salvation’s Child is a mind-blowing SF saga by @aptshadow.bsky.social a prologue to his Final Architecture series. In association with @comixology.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Archit... 1/3

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We have model contract language ready to use, and we recommend writers include these clauses in their contracts.

Today's word is HELP. Today's #BookQW from the story SLOW POISON, e-collected in Nights of the Round Table. This is one of three short stories that did exactly what I intended it to when I started writing it and I love it more than pudding. Available on all ebook platforms. Shop indie if you can.

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'help' #BookQW #BookSky Ryshad's an experienced and capable warrior. He knows he can't solve every problem on his own. Recently he has learned that a wizard's help can be invaluable. It can also be highly problematic, as he and young aristocrat Temar discover.

Unbroken. We are now into the last week of the Kickstarter for this anthology complied by Peter Orullian and Shawn Speakman. My thanks to Peter Paul Rubens and Vincent Desiderio for helping me to understand and unlock chroma in the shadows. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...

Skiffy and Fanty Show weigh in with a lovely detailed review of MORTEDANT'S PERIL. "...this is the place to start with Barker’s work if you haven’t tried it as yet. More, please!"

I am not on TikTok. I will never be on TikTok. This bethcato2 account is impersonating me and direct messaging writers in an effort to sell marketing services. Any account pretending to be me on TikTok is fraudulent.

Over on inst@ the Locked Library are giving away two signed copies of their edition!

Just in case you missed it yesterday! Publication date: Jan 12, 2027.

We are here! Ready to sell books! AtomaCon!