THREAD: Listen to @danaiwrites.bsky.social and to other Greek authors who continue to face unfair reactions from gatekeepers in publishing and film/tv. Instead of seeing the Anglo-washed 'Odyssey' film, buy books from Greek authors writing Greek myths! Elevate them! Here are some recs (1/15)

we should obviously strive for clarity in our work but a not insignificant percentage of your readers will always (erroneously) assume one of your characters is a horse, and no amount of explanation or exposition will prevent this

There may be a problem. I think Elsie can vote for the Hugos. It's like this, she's going to be on programing, so I registered her for Worldcon. As an attending child. She's 8. (They didn't require that, fyi.) Then I looked at the WSFS constitution. It doesn't say anything about being human.

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm an indie writer & artist who draws digitally and likes to experiment with many different styles and subjects, though mostly nature-related. I draw my own book covers and have also occasionally illustrated covers for friends! Also enjoy doing pet portraits! More info below!

My 8-year-old’s gotten into the habit of saying everything like an action movie trailer from the 2000’s Me: ”Did you fold your laundry?” Kiddo: “Folded laundry….(deep voice) coming soon”

When I woke up this morning, I didn't expect to learn what Luigi Mangione would look like as a chipmunk, but I guess life's funny that way

This sounds like such fun!

With the success of "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" [https://aanpress.com/aanorder.html#tcsg] AaN is looking to publish an additional volume of stories by authors we did not have the budget for in the first book. More info coming on "A Second Cup" and a KS campaign this autumn.

For the afternoon crowd! Come read the silliest Ace joke I've ever told. 💜💀🩶🖤 It has flying babies! #ace #lgbtqia ♠️ 🏰💙📚 #queersky

For folks who are NOT stuck in a time loop and would like, well, some time to prepare... 👀 ⏳ Launching September 10th! Submissions open October 15th-22nd! #OpportunityWindowAnthology www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Hey #PortfolioDay! Nice to be here again. My name is Aimee, and I'm a dark-beautiful #DarkArt freelance #illustrator. My current wishlist for projects is: 📚 Book covers and 🃏Trading/Playing card games, but I'm open to anything! 💼: AimeeCozza.com ✉️: [email protected]

my rights for PLURALITIES have officially been reverted from atthis arts. I'm so grateful to those who have initiated and continued the hard conversations which opened the door for this to happen. this has been an emotional rollercoaster, and I've been blown away by the support I've received. 💜

Important update about my Aspects of Aelda duology. As I say below, I can't begin to thank everyone for supporting me and other Atthis authors, both publicly and privately. It means a lot to me and I'll be paying it forward where I can 🦑💜

I'm writing a gay romance about two trebuchet operators. It's called Yeeted Rivalry

Exciting news from Lightspeed -- an old hand leaves, an older one returns. I am going to miss the team so much, but I'm so excited for what will come next! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/e...

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

CAT BREAK

had to update my phone's lock screen because Crouton's enormous eyeballs entertain me so much 😂

THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERS is currently available for pre-orders. You can also add it to your Goodreads TBR here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...

It's release day for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a wild dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. But what's waiting for him up there is far stranger than he imagines. I'm so proud of my dragon for finally escaping into the world!

Nonbinary books by a nonbinary author for Nonbinary Day! All my books are queer SFF (fantasy, romance, horror) but these 3 have nonbinary trans main characters. Book descriptions in alt! 💛🤍💜🖤 Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io Amazon/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden... Patreon: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell

Just a little over a month to go before The River Devours the Moon is out. Don't have a copy pre-ordered yet? Grab yours from the links below. 👇

My forthcoming SF novella ELLIPSES from Infinivox is now available to pre-order on Kobo! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Suspiciously large Crouton eyeballs 👀 (I’d say he’s planning something but he doesn’t have a brain for that 😅)

if you shared this photo at any point, please consider a donation to bernita and her family: www.gofundme.com/f/support-be...

What if you were about to get dental surgery and a cenobite floats in who turns out to be the dentist and is like "WELCOME TO THE REALM OF UNEARTHLY MOUTH PLEASURES"

Hey friends, boosting this again!! Let’s help Vale get funded so they can permanently get out of FL and stay somewhere safer <3

Signal boost. Let's help get Celeste the rest of the way.

Seven more days until the big move, so I'm doing one last bump for the "help Lee get out of Kentucky and settle in Chicago!" fundraiser 🫡 I'm so grateful for everyone's help boosting and donating, and can't express how much of a difference it all makes www.gofundme.com/f/help-lee-m...

WE DID IT, WE REACHED OUR GOAL, THANK YOU ALL

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Dreamt last night of a mashup of DOOM & Hellboy in some bizarre plot to flood a city with electrified water to stop demons but I was busy fighting ghosts in B&N that were trying to prevent me from getting @wiswell.bsky.social‘s new book THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS so I think my brain is healing 😂

Y'all, @khoreo.bsky.social is an incredible magazine, and it's basically 1k away from funding. Show up for immigrant voices in SFF. Get awesome stories. Everybody wins!

As I prepare for surgery in a couple of days I wanted to dash off a quick 'actionable analysis' post that's our tag line here at Shouldn't Need to be a (Public Health) Lawyer.... Here's how to protect yourself from Cyclosporiasis, the explosive diarrhea parasite taking the country by storm

Just 20 seconds of Triscuit grooming his footie to cleanse your timeline 🖤

I appreciated this Wired review of this chair that I will almost certainly be buying and also I love that whoever created this graphic knows exactly who this chair is for www.wired.com/review/amsea...

My sister gave me a cube shelf bookcase she no longer needed and Triscuit has fully approved it for Lounging so I guess it’ll just live in the middle of the floor forever now

​This is not one of the breeding pair. Showed up yesterday. I reckon he's about 300 years old. He's mostly standing by the railing and watching television, by which I mean me.

In today's Surreal Sunday featured Editor pick: In the desert beyond Sad Hill, Aggie Moss is determined to make herself useful, even if she has to lie, bluff and bleed for the chance. It's Moss and Sharps Are Partners, Conditionally by C.H. Pearce. Read it for free at gavagai.com

Forget where I first saw this, but: “if your memory is not a blessing, that’s really your own damn fault”

OMG and also I’m listening to an audiobook that was talking about the specialized services we mostly have to do ourselves no, like travel agents, and my mind was BLOWN

A coworker was telling me (just yesterday while we were discussing cars) about the ancient technology of the 1930s and it was fascinating!! (I would be lost in the woods forever but even so!) I only started driving when GPS was available and still got lost XD www.theautopian.com/some-drivers...

It’s a good day to sleep in, and Crouton is taking full advantage of that!

CONGRATULATIONS TO NADIA BULKIN FOR WINNING A SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR HER COLLECTION, ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY! WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PLEASED!!! HELL YES!!! AHHHHHH! @nadiabulkin.bsky.social

The face of a tiger who is very much content to keep me trapped on the chair even though my foot is asleep and I need a drink 😂

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I have two cats and a gremlin. My gremlin sat like this for like 40 minutes today. His name is Charlie. (Willow, a cat, can be seen on the couch behind him in the second pic.)

holy gosh!!!! The Death of Mountains won the @sjacksonawards.bsky.social for Best Novella!!!! thanks so much to the judges, to @lethepress.bsky.social for making this book a reality, and @ceciliatan.com for being there in person to read my speech!! all told, Death of Mountains did a very good job

Behold: the Loaf with No Thoughts! All hail Crouton of the Empty Head!