Fascinating review! I promptly bought the book for my e-reader...

I also enjoyed Lev Grossman's thoughts on it: levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-tiny-a...

Fantastic article by @levgrossman.com about Leonard Woolf sharing a cottage with B.J. Dutton in Ceylon back in the day, and how they embodied the two great genres of Modernism and Fantasy... Loved it! www.thebeliever.net/the-death-of...

I’m delighted to open submissions for my anthology, "Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales"! We're wanting Arthurian stories with LGBTQ+ protags and spec-fic elements. Check out the Submissions page on my website! Link in comments. #arthuriana #callforsubmissions #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks

won't get my NESSes until new year, but in the meantime there's my Kobo. Chimquar the Lionhawk, too-forgotten Sword & Sorcery hero from the 70s-90s, walks again in my article 'Raw: Janrae Frank and Chimquar the Lionhawk'. See my post for what else I have out and about.

The was the most talk about faith I have seen in a film for 20 years. I was amazed and pleased. And I hate religion

The Tombstone novel is beautifully illustrated by @artgroves.bsky.social, so it's worth it for that, tbh! 💙

All my ebooks are 50% off as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #queerbooks #lgbtqia

Q for #Arthurian folk: I remember reading in #Malory about a Queen riding by in the distance, with her armoured women knights, heading for Camelot to joust with the men in a tournament. But I can't find it anywhere, and begin to wonder if I wasn't dreaming... Can anyone help with a reference? ⚔️

Fucken brilliant, said the goat. And I agreed: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I worked fulltime in demanding jobs (HR then tech writing), but that enabled me to accumulate enough super so I could retire at 55. I live on my pension now.

One last visit to The Bookshop Darlinghurst to see my book buddy Noel. It's been an awesome few decades! I'll miss you all so much. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 Smiles and sadness...

the official cover art for colin morgan’s debut novel, the ballad of ronan mccoy 📚 available now to pre-order in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook which is narrated by colin himself! 🎧 publishing june 18th, 2026

Anyway I think part of why Master and Commander is so great (on top of the source material and the casting) is that even though Weir was shooting an action movie, he wasn’t afraid to leave a lot of languid “hey, doesn’t this just *look*cool?” moments in it

Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE

Yup that was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Distracted by the sheer oil-painting beauty of the first stages THE version

Check out Julie Bozza Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci Fi Julie Bozza is an Aussie-Anglo hybrid empowered by writing, fuelled by espresso, calmed by knitting, overexcited by photography, and madly in love with Amy ... www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut... #AuthorSpotlight @juliebozza.bsky.social

This is me!!! What do I get up to in my retirement years - when I'm not writing...?

A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif

With thanks to my lovely friends who supported me, I've finished my One Foot Forward challenge! I walked 85km (goal 75km) and raised $655.66 (goal $500) for crucial mental health research at Black Dog Institute! Thank you all so much!!! www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...

Excellent (and sadly true) article by the erudite Michael Winkler @micwink.bsky.social in WAtoday. The only solution I've found so far is for authors to celebrate themselves and each other. My friends, we all deserve it. 💙 www.watoday.com.au/culture/book...

Are you fluent in a language other than English? Do you have graphic design skills? Are you interested in the rescue and preservation of fanworks? Are you passionate about AO3 and want to help us better reply to users all around the world? The #OTW is recruiting! otw-news.org/ye2xs9w3.

"We are all lovely and weird and beautiful."

It's @juliebozza.bsky.social 's birthday, so celebrate with a look at -- Writ in Blood www.goodreads.com/book/show/59... 'It's another complex work of art by Julie Bozza, writ in dust, blood, grief and love. Inventive and rivetting.' For Tombstone fans.

My fundraising mini-walkathon is starting today! If you have any encouragement for me - and any available dosh (in short supply these days, I know) for the Black Dog Institute - I'd greatly appreciate it. 💙 www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...

Check out New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas on @BackerKit! Wowy! Getting so close to making the stretch goal of maps drawn for each novella!!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

I have it on good authority that this novella is well worth stretching a goal for! 🖤

Check out New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas on @BackerKit! I'm so proud that one of the novellas is by my sister and favourite author @brynhammond.bsky.social ! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

I'm walking again this October to help support mental health research here in Oz! If you can help support me with either money or morale-boosting, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you kindly! 💙 www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/...

Rumble Fish by Stewart Copeland (among many many others).

Proud to be the 103rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for New Edge Sword & Sorcery Novellas! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

I love "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" so much... Philosophy and humour... Alex and Keanu are terrific, and William Sadler as Death is absolutely divine!!!

A beautiful interview of my favourite author! 🖤

Sapphic Sword & Sorcery? Have a listen. My girl Goatskin has split from her companion in adventures, and goes through 'a binge of self-change' as you do. In the yak herders' tents she meets Aigana, lush and flirty and sister to a were-beast in a local cult ... #SapphicSeptember

298 sign-ups, me hearties! Let's smash 300! Join Goatskin, San, Varika, and Orhan Timur as they wave their swords or plunge their fists and lead the charge into Sword & Sorcery novellas!

What's the first film/movie you think of from the 80's. What else but Buckaroo Banzai...?

Graham Greene was one of those actors whose presence was absolutely, 100% guaranteed to make whatever movie or TV show he was in better. He added instant gravitas and authority, reliable stealthy humor and depth beyond whatever was on the page. Should've been Emmy nominated for "Reservation Dogs."

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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

November Rain, for sure. (I even wrote a little fic inspired by it, back in the day.)

A light purple on shirt and socks today, and a full heart 💜 #WearItPurple #WearItPurpleDay #SupportLGBTQYouth #InclusionMatters #BeYourself

This spring I'll start an anti AI campaign to help authors who cannot afford to pay an artist for their book artcover, so they won't have to use AI generators. I'll do one per month. If you want to join the list write to [email protected] with a brief book synopsis and ideas for the artwork.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

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On WHIM I have set my 'The Last Play: Fiction on Two Queer English Playwrights' to 0.00 FREE. While I have the whim. Shakespeare writes his last and queerest play. The figment of Emilia, his wlw Amazon, kicks his butt about it. payhip.com/b/tMFY8

Road to Nowhere... I love that song so much!

It's only when I'm doing Wordle that I realise how many 6-letter words I know. Wordle 1,478 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩