Spouse's science video: "first they enrich the uranium..." Me: "they give it a pumpkin full of ground meat..." I definitely said it to get the side-eye reaction.

More knitting practice happened tonight while we listened to Behind the Bastards podcast. I'm not skilled enough at stocking stitch to aim at knitting any specific "thing" yet. That's just pressure. I just go for a while, and if I happen to make a rectangle of useful size, great.

They're baaaaaack. www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Let's reward use of this thing that stole from LITERALLY US, seems like a very backwards take. I don't understand how the same people can be suing it and embracing it at the same time.

2025 query wrapup: of 1076 queries this year, I requested 34 (3.15%) and signed 4. (0.37%) I do have a couple of r&rs and requested fulls outstanding. Jury duty threw off my December.

I dislike the way the yarn works up, but I'm proud of my knits and purls.

Do it the old-fashioned way, as the old masters did, and set up a studio and have your apprentices do it! I’m kidding. And to be clear, AI slop is dehumanizing, plagiarizing, brain rotting garbage.

Thanks to @sfwa.org for being so responsive to concerns around the Nebula Awards and LLM use. The Nebula should honor human creativity, as the revised rules now state. However, we also don't want to see writers tripped up on eligibility or hit by witch hunts over minor LLM usage like spell check. 1/

A while back I designed a badge for my indie-published works to clearly mark that I don't use AI. You're free to use either badge if you'd like for your stuff. 1/2

This.

And it won't matter if after the Nebula final ballot is released the stories partially created by LLMs are labeled as such. B/c they're still on the ballot! And again, each story partially created by LLMs allowed on the final ballot is one story created exclusively by humans that didn't make it. 3/

What are your favorite albums that feature *obscure* traditional Christmas carols? Bring on your "Boar's Head," your "Sussex Carol," your "Personent Hodie," your "Masters in the Hall," and more!

if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade

THEY'RE HERE! Recordable Book Buddies are 9" tall and can be attached to the back cover of any book. What do they do? You can record your voice reading or responding to a passage, then sticker the page with the matching number. Read aloud to someone you love! (Not just for kids!)

Making light in the darkness.

Wake Up Dead Man is so so good, and it has me wanting to read all the closed circle mysteries. Especially if you have a closed circle mystery set in a theater or on a train #mswl

Tfw you're invited to take a ten minute break but you didn't pay attention to what time your break started so you don't know when ten minutes is so you just stay put. 🤣😭

My interview with Blasters & Blades is up. We chatted about books and reading and KITEMASTER. (They were also kind enough to plug my sale on signed books. 10% off w/code OMG2025WTF at payhip.com/jchines) You can listen on YouTube or anywhere else pods are cast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_3W...

I put Humans need to take rest periods on the general action list.

Like Murderbot, I too have emotional-support media that I take a time-out with when things are too much. Unlike Murderbot itself, my emotional-support media includes chapters of Murderbot.

Gatekeeping guard: WHOM DO YOU SERVE? Our paladin/warlock: Um... It's complicated? #GameQuotes #D&D

Today @graidh.bsky.social's D&D character earned the title 🍷"Sommelier of the Hells" 🍷

What an interesting coincidence.

New Contributor Profile: Meet @gabrielle-h.bsky.social (Gabrielle Harbowy) www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/cont...

Donut is worth watching.

Okay, lets break down this image! Background; I have a masters in architecture, and I have worked for a firm that specialized in custom built, detached family homes, which is what this is obviously supposed to be. I also worked for a firm drafting custom high end kitchens. So lets analyze this...

Me? Playing Baldur's Gate 3? No, no... I'm "studying narrative structure." *by playing bg3. 😎

Me, a literary agent in Query Manager: Let's see what this next book is about. Queries: A deep and touching story. A masterpiece of epic proportion. Me: But like, the plot? Maybe? Please?* Queries (whispering): ~masterpiece~ ( *note: not an invitation to reply w/ what your book is about.)

"So, you're saying he was the Chen Kenichi of boron chemistry?" "Exactly." #NoContext #ScienceNerdsHere

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

Forgive me, @profanity.accountant, for I have not sworn nearly enough.

Idk but it works wonders when you’re awake.

TAROT FOR STORYTELLERS is a cyberlicious deal. On sale now for only $2.50 through Monday, December 1st! Designed for authors and GMs! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Since this is the season for it, I'm doing a 10% off sale on signed books (including KITEMASTER and SLAYERS OF OLD) and direct-sale ebooks on my Payhip store. Use coupon code: OMG2025WTF payhip.com/jchines

Restroom graffiti. Parowan Gap, UT.

Starting my elements around the USA tour with Sb!

New contributors at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social -- including Yours Truly! www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/new-...

I'm so excited to represent Lauren and her fantastic writing!

It's this beautiful book's birthday again. Reposting last year's post so you can join me in happy nostalgia. :) www.patreon.com/posts/its-ya...

Come and see us Delve -- tonight! Soon!

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all who wander are lost. Server refused the connection: Port 22 no route to host.

I didn't know about this. Seems like a great thing.

Would love to see death positive NF, big idea books with a ‘speculative’ bent to them, under explored histories, and all things astrology/tarot!! #mswl

Corporeal bodies why

Current mood. I'm happy for everyone who's seeing a light show tonight! (Will happily add credit for the meme if source is on bsky)

It's definitely what proves you're a "real" agent. Most Coveted Screenshot 100%.

Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts. 'Structural edit' = rewrite your book 'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong 'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong 'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors 'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?

I like to ask what they think they want & where that aligns or differs from their unconscious needs. I like "the unique & personal way in which your protagonist connects with their world." I'm adding that to my q about aspects of life in which they are safe vs the things that weigh upon them.

This thing I'm knitting is just for practice and has no predetermined length. It's going to be a pet blanket for donation, so my sole criteria at this point is "am I sick of it yet? [Y/N]"

Jury duty today. Jury duty tomorrow. Courthouse Plaza selfie.