uh, AI *is* the enshittification trap?

Except when you’re making AI videos taking a dump on them instead of lowering the price of groceries and electricity! Go Find a couch!

Incredibly excited for these current and upcoming #StarWars titles from Lucasfilm Publishing and all of our partners. We have a story and a format for everyone, because Star Wars is for everyone. Thank you all for reading and supporting our books & comics and #MTFBWY!

Out today from Audible, my new STAR WARS audiobook, THE JAWS OF JAKKU, with a beautiful cover by @jakebartok.bsky.social & excellent narration by @iamhelensadler.bsky.social Rey! Finn! Leia! BB-8! Monsters! Rivalry! Adventure! Head to your Audible account to listen and let me know what you think!

@zlikeinzorro.bsky.social - Just finished Convergence (I'm super behind on Star Wars reading 😭😭). I absolutely loved this story, thank you! It's up there with my favourite High Republic novels! It's in the top 2, for sure! It's a toss up against Fallen Star! I can't decide right now!

— with a special message of its own to my Luminous pals as we reach the end of our adventure together…. @crashwong.bsky.social @charlessoule.bsky.social @georgemann.bsky.social @justinaireland.com @lydiakang.bsky.social @msiglain.bsky.social @tessagratton.bsky.social @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social

177 New Fiction and Nonfiction Reads for Black History Month www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28... via @tananarivedue.bsky.social

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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order. TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)

Major breaking trans news: The States of Washington, Minnesota, and Oregon have sued the Trump administration to block it from enforcing a national gender affirming care ban for those under 19 years of age. This is the second major lawsuit over Trump's trans ban EO. Docs to come.

People care. People are fighting. Please don't think that no one cares. Please fight back where you can. Maybe you can't march. Call your reps. Reach out to local orgs to volunteer, or donate what you have. Build ties in your community. There is something you are good at. Use it to fight for good.

This is how the Jedi Order was forgotten.

We're over 25% of the way funded! We've got fiction critiques! We've got swag! We've got a burning desire to publish all the best stories and poems we can! Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far, and if you haven't yet, please do! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...

Did you know that my debut novel, THE THORN OF DENTONHILL, which launched the whole Maradaine Saga, came out TEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH? It's true! And now there are fifteen Maradaine Saga novels and four novellas. You've waited long enough; go check them out!

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This week you can get WISH UPON A K-STAR for 25% off with code PREORDER25 from @barnesandnoble.com and then you can submit the receipt at bit.ly/kstarpreorder to receive exclusive photocards! Pre-order K-Star: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wish-upon-... Sale is Feb5-7, 2025 #bnpreorder #wishuponakstar

New Bad Batch novel coming this August, from the awesome Lamar Giles. Hunter, Wrecker, Omega, AND Tech return in a story set during season 2. As the Batch head off on a mission to help Pabu, masterminded by Phee Genoa. What could go wrong? Everything. www.starwars.com/news/the-bad...

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

I'm about to drop some random scripts and carousels tonight. It's not going to be as orderly as I normally am; there's just a LOT going on. But follow this thread. Script 1: RFK has made it through committee. CALL. YOUR. SENATORS. We have to do everything in our power to defeat him.

BREAKING: Major publishers, alongside the Authors Guide, bestselling authors, and others, have filed a lawsuit against Idaho's draconian book ban bill, claiming First and Fourteenth Amendment violations. bookriot.com/idaho-hb710-...

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

Me protesting 8 years ago with a sign that remains true:

February Newsletter is up! open.substack.com/pub/zoraida/...

Happy Black Futures Month yall! Celebrate by watching this goofy Origin Story video, then head over to our Prosper with Dragons Kickstarter that just launched today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/115... We've got 17 backers already! Who's next? So excited to finally share this with y'all! 🐉

Today the Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual comes out from @darkhorse.com, and, you know, I think people should check it out! Why? There's this one-shot written by @crashwong.bsky.social and drawn by @lianakangas.com that also happens to have been colored by me!! 😏 #Comics

If anyone is wondering what the inside of my head has sounded like for weeks it’s still DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

I love these covers 😍

The 💿🐎 about the S&S blurb essay is interesting. But remember 2 things can be true at the same time. Yes, too much emphasis is put on getting blurbs (to the point of too much stress on authors) AND anything that's free promo is often the main/only source of promo for marginalized authors.

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🎺 BOOK FAIR ANNOUNCEMENT 🎺 Author @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social—best known for Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence, Labyrinth Lost, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, and more—is coming to Awesome Con April 4-6, 2025! ✨ awesome-con.com/guest 🎟️ awesome-con.com/badges

Be sure to check out my review of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Annual from @charlessoule.bsky.social, @crashwong.bsky.social, @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social, @cavan.bsky.social, @justinaireland.com for @nerdinitiative.bsky.social! @odphpodcast.bsky.social nerdinitiative.com/2025/01/29/s...

Sometimes I just think about how Musk shared a graphic last year that featured a bunch of heroines of YA dystopia, essentially aligning himself with some kind of resistance effort. Yeah. A billionaire who somehow got to where he is because he's so "against the system." That's totally how that works.

ROMANCE FOR LOS ANGELES Fire relief auction! I'm offering up a signed bundle including HAVEN, SANCTUARY and HARBOR with a cute Harbor character postcard. 💕 www.32auctions.com/o...

Here's a School Library Journal rundown of Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and more awards, plus a quote by someone who's in a tizzy at the end of the article! www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/First-... #KidLit #Newbery #Caldecott @slj.com

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hey TRIALS OF THE JEDI cover reveal Tuesday yep here’s a little tease

IYCMI, my book is one of the 9 LGBTQIA+ picture books involved in a case in front of SCOTUS about parents' rights to opt their children out of books that go against their religious views. I am limiting my public statements for now but here's info on next steps. www.katherinelockebooks.com/scotus

Gaslighting. It was never a hoax. We experienced it across the country as teachers, students, parents, and kid lit authors. Book banning was (and still is) very real. Not surprised, though. Fascists don’t want to encourage reading. That would lead to thinking and empathy. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Book banning is real and is terrorizing teachers, librarians & students from marginalized identities now. It is worse than it has ever been. If you’re remembering your quaint “Celebrate Freedom. Read a Banned Book” T-shirt, adjust your perspective. You’ve brought an umbrella to a hurricane.

New #WriterBeware blog post: A look at a ghostwriting scam w/ extraordinary number of linked websites that's advertising on Bluesky among other places #writingcommunity Related accounts: @dorothybayes92.bsky.social @mia-10.bsky.social @juliebeth12.bsky.social writerbeware.blog/2025/01/24/u...

It's #ColoristAppreciation Day! Have you told your local colorist that they're great? Have you given them a little treat? Please feel free to share some comics coloring work that you love!

Utahns who oppose this continued state power grab, the censoring of award-winning literature, and the punishment of students for mere possession of book, can take action at: letutahread.org/usbeban @authorsabb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social

We reached out to @elanakarnold.bsky.social for her comment on the banning of her novel Damsel (a Printz Award Honor Book) . 14 other books including her novel "What Girls Are Made Of"(a Nat. Book Award Finalist) are already banned. See Elana's video response: www.instagram.com/p/DFNkG9kP2a...

A taut eerie horror set in Ireland to keep on your radar. www.publishersweekly.com/9781250910691

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

Very excited for this 😍😍

My finished Knights of the Old Republic illustration! This one was a lot of fun, loved tinkering with all the designs of the characters. #starwars

I woke up to a new 98° song and it wasn’t 1997. Nick Lachey looks like if David Boreanaz got stung in the face by a bee.

Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.