I'm always sad to miss another year of SPX but I had a great time at local SFF convention Armadillo Con here in Austin! (the 4-H horse book was a freebie from a series of excellent horse primer panels with @saraamueller.bsky.social !)

Again, like… These fucking people need to be forced to watch an animal dying of rabies. They need to understand what an absolutely demonic virus this is, it is indescribably horrible, I’m a fucking horror writer and I have a hard time even thinking about it for too long

Sale ongoing through tomorrow! The Dictator is dead; long live the Republic. But whose Republic will it be? In an alternate version of ancient Rome, a trio of patrician sisters and an ambitious senator use wit, charm, and magic to realize their dreams for the city they love.

This was a delightful thing to see today! Check it out!

Avid readers have probably already seen their favorite authors--many of whom rely on these grants to buy time to finish their books--posting in shock about the form rejections they've received from the NEA. Well, here is the obituary. www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

OH GREAT NOW THE SWAMP IS WOKE www.iflscience.com/deep-in-virg...

"'properly fitted'?" A corset should fit like very close-fitted clothes. It shouldn't slip around. It shouldn't compress your ribs. If you can't go up one flight of stairs easily, it's too tight and/or the wrong shape for your ribs. People did/do tight lace. That's a fashion thing, like 4-5" heels.

SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MEMORIES, THEY'RE KILLING THE EARTH, ALSO WE'RE BUILDING NEW AI CENTERS feels absurdly farcical and dystopian while perfectly illustrating Stage 4 End-Stage Capitalism in all its dipshit horror.

Book Review: A Philosophy Of Thieves (ARC) by Fran Wilde A Philosophy Of Thieves (ARC) by Fran Wilde You know the one thing that sucks about reading an ARC? You have even longer to wait for the sequel! I'm itching for more of the Canarvier's and it's still more than a month until this book is…

15 years ago, I hadn’t yet sold my 1st story (1 sold that fall); hadn’t met those who’d become my writing community; my kid was in kindergarten, my hair wasn’t this long, nor this silver. 15 years of stories & learning & being part of an amazing conversation. Happy book birthday A CATALOG OF STORMS.

Oh hey, want to read "Descendant", a story I wrote for Frictions? frictionlit.org/descendant/ “Dragons don’t come back.” Lâm’s voice was harsher than she meant it to be. “Hmm.” Nguyệt Uyển sipped at her tea. “That’s not quite true and you know it. Get a boat and go out to sea, and they’ll come.”

I'll be at @seattlein2025.org this week! Want to see me? Here's my #seattleworldcon schedule (thread). THURSDAY 4:30-5:30pm (room 435-436) Smile For the Camera! Interested in the relationship between technology and art? Want to hear me talk about my photography? Come see this panel!

To those sewing natural fiber cloth with polyester thread - you're guaranteeing that what gives first is the fabric, because polyester is, indeed, stronger. You can repair a seam if the fabric holds. If the cloth tears, you'll have to patch to make the garment wearable. Choose wisely. #sewingauntie

A genuinely good part of the old Republican aesthetic is how it sought to play down wealth, an impulse born from Protestant values. You can see this in how Bush dressed and decorated his living spaces That aesthetic now replaced by gilt detailing designed to remind you that the occupant is wealthy.

Surely this will be the payment that finally gets the extortionist to stop demanding money

I loved this book!!!!

AND tonight is the very last chance to scoop up the audiobooks of Claws & Contrivances and Good Neighbors (along with several other awesome audiobooks) for just $4.99 apiece, no matter where in the world you are! Find them all: books.bookfunnel.com/buydirectaud... #romancelandia

Once upon a time, my sister and I tried to dye the family's Siamese cat blue with cold water and food coloring because we'd just seen the Wizard of Oz with the line "Can you even dye my eyes to match my dress?" and decided we could do that in reverse. The cat objected to the process.

Even the Victory Garden movement during WW2 was for supplemental calories, not the main source of food. We can minimize our own footprints a little, maybe, but we cannot rugged individualism ourselves out of major society-wide problems.

Hey, did you know Great British Bake Off has the early seasons up on Roku? In case you needed something nice to watch this evening.

As a disabled trans person, on lifelong medical treatments -- just say what you mean, you eugenicist cowards

And it’s great! You should read it!

yes it’s a big mystery why people who think empathy is evil don’t become therapists

Amazon worked for years to artificially depress the prices of self-published ebooks as a loss leader to sell Kindles. Now that the Kindle market is fairly saturated, they're using their near-monopoly market power to force ebook prices up and lower writer royalties.

I do not have a dog for a number of reasons, and this is the most charming thing I've seen in a long, long time.

This is a thread, but this is the core of it. Right here. This.

I tried really really hard to find another word for this kind of action. Gestapo is the only equivalent I could find.

maybe this person should just write their own fucking novel

like I know we all know it but Christ when you say it out loud

WE'RE TAKING THE LESBIANS TO SPACE, HAROLD books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ

Soooooo... this SUCKS. And shame on the people responsible. As in a good old fashioned SHUNNING on the people responsible.

I'm beyond honoured that THE YEARS SHALL RUN LIKE RABBITS has made its way onto the longlist for The Sunburst Awards, one of the first Canadian Spec awards I learned to care about when I first started writing.

@karenhallionkenney.bsky.social apparently your artwork got us on the local news. apple.news/AhLZOpfY7TEG...

ICYMI, I have a pair of reviews this week, because well, have you MET me? On @skiffyandfanty.com I review INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE by Ada Palmer skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re... On @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social I review THE FOLDING SKY by Elizabeth Bear www.nerds-feather.com/2025/05/book...

TL;DR Dire wolves = still extinct Thanks to the Field Museum in Chicago for showing us actual dire wolf skulls and blowing our minds.

Christ. I have a document - a pdf of a few small character cards - to proof read. Adobe thinks this is a long document and just wants me to "read a summary" generated by AI and it won't let me close the banner. I can't even *begin* to enumerate the problems I see here.

If your business cannot stay in business without stealing from others, then you're not a business: you're a criminal organization. No other "industry" has ever demanded rewriting the actual legally established definition of theft in order to keep doing what it does. www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

PLEASE transport your animals as if someone else on the road might cause a traffic accident. And for small animals in this scenario secured kennels are not cruel - they're crucial.

Friends, my publisher has noticed that many, many of you signed up to win a copy of A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES last month — so many that they wanted to give you all another chance to win with a second (!) #goodreadsgiveaway now through June 10! Go grab your chance! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Grief. Strange powers. A beautiful community hides terrible secrets... HARMONY is $1.99USD in ebook until May 13! books2read.com/saintcrowhar...

Today's the last day for the A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES #Goodreads #ARCgiveaway from my publisher! Don't miss your chance! With so much gratitude to Paolo Bacigalupi for saying such wonderful things about the Canarviers! www.goodreads.com/gi...

Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...

I think it's important to remember that The Met Gala is about funding art conservation. Fashion is art & history and what the Met does is make sure a lot of very delicate pieces that tell us how we lived & expressed ourselves through history. The Gala funds the Costume Institute specifically.

The Peculiarity Shop will be closed from 5/9-5/23. As such, EVERYTHING, all 162 items, are on sale for 20% off (including Pride merch, hint hint) and we'll ship before we leave next week. It's a good time to get shiny, maybe. Pride: www.peculiarityshop.com/pride

My new Genre Grapevine on the fallout from the Seattle Worldcon generative AI debacle is now up. This was a stupid move on Worldcon's part and I hope they can get their shit together. www.patreon.com/posts/128296...

I love this planner pad, and have one I use. It's so pretty.

OMG I'm up for a European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame Award. WOW www.esfs.info/esfs-nominat... Now wondering how I can get to Åland hahahha (I've heard it's amazing)

Now might be a really good day to donate to PBS. Or to sign up for a recuring pledge if you can swing it - it gets you access to their back catalogue, which is frankly amazing. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...

working on an English Paper Piecing project during recovery from surgery (I'll be fine). Slow stitching currently slooooooow stitching.