Billionaires shouldn’t exist youtube.com/shorts/Lz3xU...

For me, I just wanted to get my stories out. Trying to convince an agent, then a publisher, then an audience to take a chance on my niche works seemed insurmountable, so I went straight to the audience.

Hi! I have multiple disabilities, I've also got multiple professional certifications in how to make life more accessible, and while I have disabled characters in all my books, Haroun and the Study of Mischief is the one about disabled characters having fun: lynnstrong.com/books/haroun

You don’t call it a healthcare system when it creates billionaires and medical bankruptcies at the same time. You call it a racketeering operation. #mepolitics @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Well, I don’t know about SOON per se…now comes the final read-through…and then I reckon we (me & the 🐭 in my pocket) will start querying! 😳 I hope a “horror-comedy composite novel with a twist” will garner interest from the right people🤞! (And maybe Netflix, tee hee! Dream big, right? 😜)

Rainbow capitalism is the canary in the coal mine. Corporations are not your friends but visible and open support is a measure by which how far we've normalized the queer community which is ultimately the goal of the pride movement.

Good Saturday morning! I have an announcement to make & it still seems unreal…after ROUNDS of revisions, yesterday I typed two little words: 🥹 ”THE END” 🥹 Having ALL the feels bc this manuscript was SIX years in the making from ideas in my Notes app to a fully fledged 88K book! Holy cow. 😱🤩🥹📖

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If you’re curious about why books are priced as they are and which formats give authors the best returns, check out my latest blog post sherisingerling.com/why-do-books...

In this newsletter I outline important actions to take. 1. Submit a comment opposing the rule change. 2. Contact state legislators to ensure states are engaged with the impact at the state and local level. 3. Contact members of Congress. 4. Spread awareness. This rundown is a great source:

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

if anyone has any screaming left in them... "giving out research money based on who's in a red state and willing to say whatever the gov't wants to hear instead of what the science says" is so very apocalyptically bad my brain is failing to process anything other than radio static right now?

If you're up for stubbornly inclusive queer cozy fantasy in an AU magical medieval Egypt, with a purring dose of examining privilege along the way -- Sia from Every Book a Doorway does a much more detailed and generous job of describing this than I do? ^^;; everybookadoorway.com/the-perfect-...

TRULY CAN'T OVERSELL THIS BOOK, IT'S LITERALLY PERFECT.

How about addressing the issues of WHY people feel the need to flee their homes? Can we do that, instead of resorting to racism, xenophobia, and just general overall hate to humans who simply weren't as lucky as to where they were born.

Anddd the other half of the faces—all new ones this time—of Blessed is the Link, a dark science fantasy, book 2 in the Bit trilogy, and part of the Alfom shared universe. Coming June 30.

A day late on this. Twenty some years ago, I walked through the National Mall for the first time. In the distance, I saw the Vietnam Memorial. I always thought it'd be more impressive. Then I saw how small the letters were and I can't even think about it now without crying. Poem by George Bilgere.

A sampling of the faces—some new, some old—in Blessed is the Link, a dark science fantasy, book 2 in the Bit trilogy, and part of the Alfom shared universe. Coming June 30.

This thread about a used copy of Moby Dick just got even funnier! 🤣🤣🤣 (This quoted SkyWriting is where the comments took off so well, in my opinion!)

Just got Chai and Charmcraft, and do recommend!

Here's the categorized listing from this spring's Cozy the Day Away sale -- true confessions, I have 3 queer cozies in this list, but there's about 100 more too so this isn't entirely self-promo. Filter column C for LGBTQIA and you'll get a bunch of books! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

💙📚🌈📚🐱 Sneak preview of part of a future book cover thanks to the fantastic @galaxystt.bsky.social -- having realized approx last week that the 80,000 words I'd written for book 3 of the current trilogy don't work for the current trilogy, I'm prob making that Shai Vishal's book instead of Faraj's?

It is so much harder than I expected to find cozy fantasy writers other than Celia and me who both write positive rep for disabled folks being excellent while living their lives and also willing to mention each others' books in July Disability Pride newsletter. Anyone out here up for it? #writesky

Today is the last day to comment to the FCC that LGBTQIA2S+ names, stories, identities don't need a warning label. This new potential rulemaking is an attempt at criminalizing the mere fact of being trans or otherwise queer, in the name of discrimination, bigotry, and persecution. Tell them no, now.

Just from the visible text here, I can tell that this is a giant F-U to anyone who is here seeking asylum, due process, or with their birthright-citizen child. The cruelty is absolutely the point, and the soft language of suggestion and policy here just makes it more offensive. 🤬

A6, Part 1: I won the 2023 Indie Ink Award for Disability Representation by a Disabled Author for Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space! You can find it at books2read.com/iatcS1 #WeeknightWriters 1/2

F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT Ship's cook Tai is horrified to discover their new crewmate is a terrifying alien: an ordinary human woman. Now Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #R #LGBT

a) whole point of book is disabled folx being Excellent while also being disabled! given accommodations, they are fantastically themselves. b) would love to know of more ppl writing books where "the Cure" is NOT the point? Esp for Disability Pride Month in July! Anyone have some to share?

So many! (Both charas & WIPs). Haroun is a blind priest and Shai Madhur is his walking-stick-aided seeing-eye human. Sequel: They might like to Fight More Crimes? Except they still haven't met a crime more dire than Haroun's fashion sense. But ppl now think they find missing persons? Hijinks!

Dog assembly instructions written by Ikea, absence of allen wrench likely to blame 🤣

Something I’ll always stand on.

I'm writing an essay about the authority of narration and why it's important disabled people be enabled & empowered to write disabled experiences (as opposed to nondisabled people doing it). If you're a #disabled writer/reader and have any thoughts on this topic, please hit me up!! #writersky

The extent to which launching with "hey creatives, we stole all of your stuff but it's fair use for the good of humanity, now we're going to charge other people to replace you with it" poisoned the well is hard to overstate.

“When not writing, you’re likely to find the author meal-prepping like the Armageddon is nigh, skulking about, and joyfully squeeing about feline toe beans on the internet.” My author bio, maybe?

thank you so much! I've been happily collaborating with Augusta Scarlett on all three of them. She mercifully has not reached through the internet to throttle me yet over how hard I try to look for the perfect human-drawn cats, but really looking at cute cats for hours is what the Internet is for 🐱

Quote #2 from Blessed is the Link, a dark science fantasy, book 2 in the Bit trilogy, and part of the Alfom shared universe. Coming June 30.

I finally managed to get around to offering my novels on my website via direct purchase. This holds for ebook and print copies. Direct purchase cuts out the middleman (aka retailers) which means readers get a discount and I get more in royalties. It’s win-win! #booksky

🐱📚🌈📚💙📚🪐📚🌶 (eeeeeee!) Mary Robinette Kowal posted a My Favorite Bit about Chai and Charmcraft! maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f... (I'm still playing the repost game if anyone would like more food and history trivia in the thread below.)

Sometimes the yard and the sky dress matchy-matchy

“How dare you treat me like an animal!” Val snapped. “I may be a werewolf, but I’m no #feral beast! I am perfectly civilized!” Hank tossed up his hands. “You ate my grandma!” He gestured to the table. “And I used a fork.” Hank raised his shotgun. “That’s a dessert fork, you monster!” #vss365

Congratulations to @tiatashiro.bsky.social! "The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe" has won the Derringer Award for Best Novelette. shortmystery.blogspot.com/2026/05/smfs... Read the story here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_01_25/

Short story rec: “Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler” by @tiatashiro.bsky.social . Time travel stories don’t often work for me, but I loved the emotional character focus here, and how it tied into the paradox of the trope. Clever and engaging. clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26/

Wish I could find a mattress THIS comfortable.

*clutches your lapels* SAY YOU GET IT, FRIEND… *musical interlude* 🎶🎵🎤Say I’m not alone… *tap dances out of the room*

Oh, how I miss the days of yore… When one could recline with the Sunday newspaper and endless cups of coffee… 📰☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️ Now it’s ONE cup of coffee (or I’m vacuuming the lawn with heart palpitations) and I get my news from the internet. 🛜 #GenXProblems #Old

Railroad tracks for the #Morning theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow #sunrise #scape #stunday #clouds

And while being “monitored”, those passengers were allowed to go most everywhere, right? 🤦

Had some time today and sent CURVES AND COMPLICATIONS out the airlock! All current and new mailing list subscribers will receive this new novelette.

I'm confident I will, and will report back later. See, people, this is why you should go sign up for Ed's newsletter: Free perks.