We’re almost 40% funded! 🌑 Huge thanks to everyone who’s backed Into the Dark—you’re making this anthology possible. 💀✨ Just $70 more for a bonus gift to all backers… and if we hit +$570 today, a bonus article unlocks too! 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

How to Build a Series: Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt is really, really funny to a lot of us, and if you’re not one of them, don’t watch it! There are lots and lots of anime out there and you’re sure to find something you like somewhere else. But in a certain…

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 39: Celebrating posts from: • Anime Evo • Boston Bastard Brigade • Confessions of an Overage Otaku, • OGIUE MANIAX • Ragashingo . com

Looking for something to fill the NaNoWriMo-shaped voice in your life? Check out #FirstDraftFall, our challenge to write a first draft in the fall, separated into three parts: October - Planning November - Drafting December (until the 12th) - Wrapping up See the full schedule at the link below!

With all the traveling I've been doing this month, I've been lax in my marketing responsibilities and, as a result, we're down 13 over this time last month. So here I am, taking a very jet-lagged moment to remind you that each subscription makes a difference: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

❄️In Into the Dark, @devanbarlow.bsky.social Devan Barlow’s A Frozen Woman of Balecrocus weaves a tale of legacy, defiance & chilling magic. Cold needles, colder bloodlines & power that refuses to die. Support this story & 33 others! Join the Kickstarter today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Character Analysis: Rentaro Aijo The 100 Girlfriends who Really, Really, Really Really Love You is such a really, really, really, really dumb premise – hint: the title says it all – that it’s easy to dismiss the entire show as really, really, really, really dumb. But it’s a lot cleverer than you’d…

I need to sell 10 more copies of Killer Debt to meet my September sales goal Help me get there? 🥺

Hey Spec Fic authors and readers: sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and horror. Join us at LimFic.com. We're building an alternative spec fic book community/directory that's also queer friendly (gay owned) and progressive. Help us grow! Authors: www.limfic.com/membership-a... Readers: www.limfic.com

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 38: Celebrating posts from: • Anime Evo • Animated Observations • Merlin's Musings • Shallow Dives in Anime • The Traditional Catholic Weeb

He finally got his revenge against the man who asked him if he was up past his jail time. Now it's up to us to ask why he's terrified to release #TheEPSTEIN_PedoFiles. #StandWithTheSurvivors

Discovering some anti-American, Canadian propaganda tonight. youtu.be/BjdnG4CrpJg?...

Character Reconstruction: Rei Ayanami Rei Ayanami is one of the most interesting characters in anime. I may have said that before. Have I said that before? Someone remind me. Yes. Yes, I have. But she’s REALLY interesting because of the way Anno uses her to explore the dichotomy between human and…

POWERLESS is at last a book! The story of a storekeeper trying to carve out a little freedom in the West Coast People's Democratic Republic, and of the WCPDR trying to carve out a little in a Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist world. www.amazon.com/Powerless-Ha...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 37: Celebrating posts from: • Confessions of an Overage Otaku • Hanime on Anime • Phoenix Talks Pop Culture • Scribbling about anime • The Wonder of Anime

UPDATE on Bronx Cheer T-shirts after yesterday's sales: Small - 2, Medium - 6, Large - 8, X-Large - 5, XX-Large - 20 When they're gone I won't be printing any more so get 'em while you can! Comes with a FREE download of my "Acoustic In Amsterdam" Live EP steveconte.bandcamp.com/merch/bronx-...

Hey Queer Romance authors and readers: join us at QueeRomanceInk.com. We're building a queer-owned, super queer friendly book community and directory that's hugely progressive. Queer Authors, readers, allies welcome! Authors: www.queeromanceink.com/membership-a... Readers: www.queeromanceink.com

How to Build a Series: Masamune-kun’s Revenge Revenge is an interesting thing to build a plot around. First of all, it’s a POWERFUL motivator, because it’s a drive energized by a powerful emotion: Hate. That means it doesn’t go away. The character motivated by revenge STAYS motivated, at least…

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 36: Celebrating posts from: • GetMoreXP • In Asian Spaces • MyAnimeGo • Otaku Central • Shallow Dives in Anime

TONIGHT: My only solo acoustic appearance in NYC this fall @ this important event. I go on at 7:15 to play a 20 minute set but there are many other amazing performers on the bill @ The Cutting Room! Proceeds benefit Her Justice, a nonprofit that provides free legal services to women fpconcerts.com

My birthday has come and passed, but I still haven't changed the price of Killer Debt on Amazon or Itch I'll put it back up to $3.99 when I wake up, so now is a good time to grab it, while it's still $1.99

The September issue of Clarkesworld features fiction by Claire Jia-Wen, Sheri Singerling, Louis Inglis Hall, Alexander Jablokov, David McGillveray, Koji A. Dae, and Robert Falco. Online now at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_228 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

The Power of Two: Kowloon Generic Romance Dang, it sure looks like I’ve been looking a pairs of characters a lot lately. That’s kind of how it goes sometimes: Talking about one thing makes me think of something else. Welcome to the Memory Theater! The cool thing about Kowloon Generic Romance is…

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 35: Celebrating posts from: • Anime Evo • Chua Tek Ming • The Fandom Post • Hanime on Anime • Otaku Sinh www.crowsworldofanime.com/posts/5-favo...

@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Some authors make up stories on the spot with a prompt. Other authors outline and think about their story for years. Both are valid paths. Don't compare yourself negatively to others. Just write your story. You can do it.

The Narratess Sale is over, but my birthday is this Friday & to celebrate, I'm keeping Killer Debt: An Anthology of Murder on sale for $1.99 all week! Grab it today for a short read filled with horror and hilarity! On Itch: diannagunn.itch.io/killer-debt Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bO9Ne9

Character Analysis: Monkey D. Luffy Yeah, everyone’s been waiting for this one, right? Way back a while ago I talked about a stock character called The Oaf. You know the Oaf: He (it’s usually a he, although Tomo Aizawa manages to sneak in there, too) is physically strong, has an appealing…

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 34: Celebrating posts from: • Anime Feminist • Beneath the Tangles • Confessions of an Overage Otaku • Japan Powered • Reasons to Anime

And just days ago, U.S. soldiers were kneeling to roll out the red carpet for Putin, while Russian soldiers watched

Oh, So Trope-ical: Strategic Nudity Anime and manga makers always have to walk a fine line between what they do to attract an audience and what audience they want to attract. It’s almost like an optimax model. What’s the balance between the amount of adult content we can put in to attract eyeballs…

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 33: Celebrating posts from: • Anime Evo • MIB's Instant Headache • Mistakes Cheerio for Chesto • OGZ • Shallow Dives in Anime

AND I WILL PLAY AN ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC SET!!

The Power of Two: Mardock Scramble I actually don’t know how familiar Mardock Scramble, the anime (a set of three OVAs) and the manga, is. I do recall mentioning it off-handedly in some other context and a friend from another life said, “Oh, how do you pronounce OEufcoque?” so she not only had…

Looking to start a new scifi or fantasy adventure? Check out this First In Series, featuring 31 series starters - including my own Moonshadow's Guardian - for just $31 itch.io/b/3216/start... #IndieBooks #BookSky

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 32: Celebrating posts from: • The Afictionado • Confessions of an Overage Otaku • D&A Anime Blog • Hanime on Anime • Karmaburn

Every writer needs to steal this line (it’s from The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa): “If you just imagine that and fill in the blanks, you’ll save me a lot of time on exposition.”

The Power of Two: Insomniacs After School Someone spent a lot of time figuring out how to make the insomniacs of Insomniacs After School work, and it shows. So you’ve got these two kids, Ganta Nakami and Isaki Magari, and on the surface they don’t seem to have a lot in common. Isaki – I wrote…

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 31: Celebrating posts from: • Anime Evo • ARUM JOURNAL • In Asian Spaces • Moonlit Media Room • Shallow Dives in Anime

Got your tickets for this yet? The Dictators w/ Steve Conte Band: Rocks Off Cruise around the NYC Harbor - Oct 30! www.ticketweb.com/event/the-di... #TheDictators #SteveConte #RocknRoll

How to Start a Story: Wash It All Away Taking these things apart to see what makes them tick is always a lot of fun. And sometimes the author just comes out and gives you a big ole hint, so that you just have to say, “Aha!” You know Sankarea, right? Manga about a kid who likes dead chicks who has…

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5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 30: Celebrating posts from: • AniTAY-Official • ARUM JOURNAL • In Asian Spaces • Merlin's Musings • The Traditional Catholic Weeb

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - Ronnie Wood's original home recording w/ David Bowie - taped in Ronnie's home studio in 1974. The notes say that Ronnie is on 12 string acoustic & lead guitar, Bowie on acoustic, Willie Weeks on bass Kenny Jones on drums. youtu.be/_fY0U4rlhFE?...

How to Build a Series: Please Put Them On, Takamine-san Fresh off creating a series with real heart that asked important questions about human identity, our writing friends Salvati and Simplicito are back to surviving on molto grande lattes with extra sugar and whipped cream. Why? Because no one…

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2025 Week 29: Celebrating posts from: • Anime Evo • Confessions of an Overage Otaku • The Glorio Blog • Shallow Dives in Anime • Shoot the Rookie

The MAGAts will go fucking apeshit if we start calling Trump the PEDO PREZ from now on. All the time. Let's hear it for PEDO PREZ!!!!! Make it spread!

My band for the “Gimme Gimme Rockaway” single - now both resting in the afterlife - drummer Clem Burke (Blondie) & bassist Andy Rourke (The Smiths). I only got to record the A side of the single with them because after they left, I remembered that I needed to record a B side so (cont.)

Dueling Plots: Insomniacs After School One of the things that makes Insomniacs After School such a pleasure to watch is the way the whole thing has been thought through. One of those is the character of Isaki. I’ve talked about her before: It’s like she was designed to be irresistibly cute. I…