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#Novmemeber 6: I don’t know who wrote this, but my WIP is in part inspired by whatever this song is. If you know, let me know! bsky.app/profile/cath...

It's not looking good for Tai. #FiFRevPit

Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4 The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.

And yet, when I defraud people, it barely makes the local paper. 😔

Things that will make me buy your book: 1. You're not a bigot 2. You don't act like an asshole online 3. We've had at least one positive interaction 4. You support and promote other indie authors 5. You support and promote trans and queer authors 6. You use ALT text 7. You don't use AI

Tch, I'm sticking to my calipers and magic crystals, thank you very much.

Evopsych is such bullshit. Machiavelli and Sun Tzu use euphemisms for “little bitch” like 80 times when talking about what to do when your men take it personally and don’t follow basic instructions.

STOP Back up your work. Go do it, right now. DO IT.

This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop. Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

I'm gonna need folks to understand that just because the worst people in America are obsessed with GLP-1s exclusively because of weight loss does not mean they are not LIFE SAVING for a lot of people. There's a reason they're studying their impact on Long Covid right now.

If you want to send your resume to the Mamdani team, their portal is now open. #civictech #PiTech #govtech www.transition2025.com/apply

The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.

somebody toss me a million dollars to make a horror game. I'm tired of all these horror games that don't scare the piss out of me.

Jersey is in some cases more liberal than NYC . He's going there solely because he believes having a Brown man in power makes him subordinate It is one of the most ridiculously beta things I have ever read

I write for folks who are fine reading about the world sucking, but need a break from the ways our world actually does suck. With my fantasy pickpockets WIP, I'd like to reach teens with a message that hard work pays off, that you don't need to be the chosen one. I want it to be true. #WritingPrompt

When you turn on the "bike" layer on Google Maps.

Mainly teens, though more specifically neurodivergent and queer teens, to show them that there will be a future and a family for them, even when they feel like there isn’t. As well as characters that they can see themselves in, and maybe through that, treat themselves better…

Sure enough, mine was auto-set to “hide” comments considered “rude”.

Surprisingly, only like 10% of the replies are "oh, he can articulate MY splines". Wholesome.

OCTOBER DAYE X WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE When a blood-drained body is found at the edge of Foggy Dell, a quirky town in Northern California, Maisie—local ghost speaker—and Stacy—biologist and supernatural skeptic—become unlikely partners, investigating the mysterious death. #QuestPit #Q #PR #MY

Oh I thought you people didn't like Hamilton

there’s a thing here about for the last decade or so, online people have been very negative about small talk - the weather, or local news, or whatever - and small talk is the grease that keeps physical interactions going, and i am tired of ceding that to shut-ins

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The Captive x Shattered Dreams x A Farewell to Arms Laurel never dreamed she would end up as a nurse in a magical war or that she would fall for an enemy soldier, but not all is fair in love and war. #W #A #R #QuestPit

Can not overstate how important this is

Green flags for Lord Blackthorne for #Novmemeber 💚 - Fun loving! - Great sense of humor! - Can take what he dishes out! - Doesn't take himself or anyone else too seriously! - Hates Puritans! - Has had smallpox! - Doesn't have syphilis!? (allegedly)

My latest blog post is about sff gender paradigms. Too often, I find myself getting annoyed at books for teasing some cool gender thing and then not digging into it at all. Seriously, they've got five pronouns and you're not gonna tell me what they mean in society?? how dare you actually?

I'm an untrained artist designing merch that draws on niche pop culture mashups for queer pride, nerd humor, and agitprop for a better world being possible. This thread includes a sampling of my work, which you can find on stickers and shirts, pins, prints, and patches at willburrows.art/shop

#Bookvember Day 3: Daniel Pinkwater's books taught me how to name animals, where to go in New Jersey, when to sneak out of the house, and what to order at late-night diners. Tremendous influence.

#NovemberWorldbuilders 4: Bir Accio’s position on the Aqualenta delta means it's surrounded by rich farmland, full of olive and pomegranate groves as well as vast fields of flax, barley, and wheat. (At least, that's what Bir Accians call them. Their crops might look a little odd to your eye.)

WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Tai can get through this. Things'll go back to normal. Steal the cargo, stop thinking about the human, wipe the security feed, stop thinking about the human, get out of the vault, stop thinking about the human. Easy. #QuestPit #Q #LGBT #R #A

Nia Moredi just wants to look out for her little brother. Miss Laval needs to attend a governess-teacher meeting. Baarsin Dorvierre’s being watched. Pickpocket Wren needs to recharge her misdirection charm. If only Nia could remember which of them she’s supposed to be today. #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT

SWORDCROSSED X THIS WILL BE FUN Standalone Spicy Cozy Fantasy Demisexual Rep Fat Main Character MM Second Chance Romance After the Lich Queen's Demise is the perfect book to heal your inner gifted child suffering from burn out. Please take a gander at my Agent's Guide! #QuestPit #Q #A #F

Vancouver is just a police department at this point.

On a planet damaged by rushed terraforming, a bodyguard-turned-reluctant rebel joins the last dregs of her parents’ failed uprising... THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall This is your reminder that writing doesn't happen in a vacuum. You have a whole #writingcommunity here supporting you! Give a shoutout to someone who's been helping you out this month!

#FiFRevPit Tai would bring a dish, as promised. And five others. And apologize for not having brought more. Later, they would feel guilty for having overshadowed the host's cooking.

Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.

There it is. One people, one sandwich! Until victory!

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #M

the prosecution’s case is toast

Out now! Link below… A 4th C. Silk Road missionary’s journey takes an unexpected and potentially deadly turn. Will new love and unlikely allies keep him out of his grave? -Friends➡️enemies -🐠 out of water -A remarkable 🐶 -Forbidden ❤️ -Ancient wisdom #A #HF #P #questpit amzn.to/4ks5U9x

What We Do in the Shadows X Fido = THE RUNNING DEAD When a small town's high school track team turns into zombies, apathetic vampire Fred reluctantly teams up with an inexperienced vampire slayer and a high school teacher to protect his food source - er, his fellow citizens. #QuestPit #W #A #F

WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Tai can get through this. Things'll go back to normal. Steal the cargo, stop thinking about the human, wipe the security feed, stop thinking about the human, get out of the vault, stop thinking about the human. Easy. #QuestPit #Q #LGBT #R #A

#WIPSnips November 5: "trail"

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An #agentsguide for #litagents & #editors! A snarky, heartfelt, found-family rom-com in sci-fi armor. 👽💃🏾 #amquerying #writersky