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I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. THE WORKING: feminist #Witch #solarpunk novel. Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist brightflame.com
Reposting this because I finally got around to reading it (and strongly recommending it!) but also because I’ve read the first two books in the author’s trilogy and I’m now pining for the third. 💜
BrightFlame (she/they) * talks with trees@brightflame.bsky.social · 2d agoin other word: colonizers. See @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social 's excellent take on this: brightflame.com/the-land-ack...
The 2025 Emerge Anthology is out! It is full of amazing pieces from the 2025 fellows. Many thanks to noam keim (@noamkeim.bsky.social), chloe feffer, Holly Zhou, Ali El-Chaer (cover!) and Nisi Shawl (@nisishawl.bsky.social). SPECS 4EVER! lambdaliterary.org/product/2025...
I tend to blog when no one's online. 😕 Weekends. Late night on Turtle Island. So... Letting you all know: I'm still doing the happy dance! Hope you'll check out why. brightflame.com/the-stars-al... @press-android.bsky.social @justinenortonkertson.com #BookSky #WitchSky #SpecLit #book #reading #SFF
The Stars Aligned: New Publisher ⋆ BrightFlame
I'm thrilled to announce: Android Press is my new publisher! They are very aligned with my work in the world and with The Working.
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In hindsight, I could have done an unboxing vid for the new printing of The Working from @press-android.bsky.social . Duh. Didn't do one with the original publishing because the books went directly to Readercon & I didn't get there first! But that's cool. (@stevendbrewer.com) #BookSky #WritersLife
A lovely, breezy day: sitting near a river with iced mocha, beta reading an excellent YA fantasy. The book is a pleasure to read and I hope someday you all will get to see what I mean! #SFF #BookSky #WritersLife @bsfwriters.bsky.social
I think "AI" plumpers should be happy I'm focusing mostly on the nonsense it's doing to my field, rather than how it's very clearly designed as a tool for the capture of wealth and capital by a bunch of accelerationist weirdos enthusiastically huffing their own farts from the depth of their K-holes
The Register@theregister.com · 3d agoSci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft
Check out @renanbernardo.com 's blog, Into the Hyperspace. He interviews amazing, award-winning authors. I'm flattered to be among them this week! 👀 Magic in #solarpunk, books I recommend, fun illustrations, & impetus for my novel. renanbernardo.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-h... #BookSky #WitchSky #SFF
Into the Hyperspace: BrightFlame and The Working
I wrote the novel to answer the question "What can we do about those causing catastrophic harm to our planet and all who live here?"
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I get exponentially more spam, even on email addresses I reserve for a narrow range of things. Like med. Hackers--likely LLMs--are easily harvesting our emails from sites with (kind of) high security. Like our doctors' portals that have multi-factor logins. 💩💩💩🤬 #BanAI
The Working is the Aug book club pick at Read Mill Book in NJ! They pair discussion w activity each month. For my book, making seed paper! Cool! (and aligned w the eco flavor of The Working! Join us if you're near 8/25: www.readmillbooks.com/events-2-1/b... Great space & people #WitchSky #BookSky
Just viewed @authorsguild.org webinar on how AI finds books for readers. Update book description! Put specific bits up top with comps. Describe vibe, setting, & details that interest your readers. I'm not advocating AI! That's how readers find next reads now. #WriteSky #WriteTips #WritingCommunity
Major storms here (NY/NJ). Lightning & booming for hours. Nearby strikes. I donned rain gear & tall boots to pick up farm share, drove out... No farm today. Tree down on our road & I can't get out. Still. No wildfires. Few tornados. Unlike so much of globe. #ClimateCrisis #BanFossils #renewables
Oooo...if you are on Insta, see the wonderful book trailer @press-android.bsky.social made for The Working! 🤩🥰☀️ www.instagram.com/p/DbVsDbjlFb...
Android Press on Instagram: "When a fossil-fuel corporation threatens Sail’s forest, her coven prepares to fight back. Then an ancient circle of witches reveals that something far larger is consuming ...
17 likes, 2 comments - androidpress on July 28, 2026: "When a fossil-fuel corporation threatens Sail’s forest, her coven prepares to fight back. Then an ancient circle of witches reveals that somethin...
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Time to go public! brightflame.com/the-stars-al... In my latest blog, I talk about working with @justinenortonkertson.com, solarpunk circles, the genre dance, and more. #BookSky #WitchSky #SpecLit #solarpunk #WritingCommunity #book #author @press-android.bsky.social @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social
The Stars Aligned: New Publisher ⋆ BrightFlame
I'm thrilled to announce: Android Press is my new publisher! They are very aligned with my work in the world and with The Working.
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The Hyperspace of Words series of spotlights is BACK with @apthayer.bsky.social and his upcoming vampire novel, Tapeworm! renanbernardo.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-h...
Into the Hyperspace: A.P. Thayer and Tapeworm
"I wanted to really explore what a vampire could be and move away from the western, white example of what a vampire is."
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Yes! I'm so glad @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social wanted to guest blog on my site. AI as extractive and colonizing--a potent addition to #NoAI actions. (More guest posts on the way)
Kiss Kiss Die@stromberg.bsky.social · 2w agoA ruthless and insightful dissection of our rote defeatist catechisms by @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social brightflame.com/the-land-ack...
I'll soon have a big announcement! (Ok, couldn't wait, I disclosed it already on my site) Exciting! #HappyDance 💃☀️ #WritersLife #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WitchSky
Make some noise, you all! Make sure the so-called SAVE (save who?) Act in the US does not pass. Spotlight & thwart all the tricks to disenfranchise US voters.
Analisa Swan (she/her)@analisaswan.bsky.social · 2w agoThe SAVE Act hits Native voters hard. Many tribal members rely on tribal IDs or lack easy access to passports and birth certificates. Republicans know rural barriers are real and wrote the bill anyway. Silencing Native voices is the point. #PayToVoteSaveAct
I love @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social 's frame of LLM & AI as colonization. She shoots down various excuses for generative AI (inevitable, etc) and shows the harms of this extractive tech. Here's her guest column on my site: brightflame.com/the-land-ack... #WritingCommunity #technofascism #NoAI
The Land Acknowledgment Model of LLM Use: Guest Blog by Rachel A. Rosen ⋆ BrightFlame
A brilliant framing of LLMs and AI as colonizers: a guest blog by author and activist Rachel A. Rosen.
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I'm turning... oh no! into a.... sports fan??? Loved watching the Knicks and now last few World Cup games. (Congrats Spain) Am I in an alternate universe? A horror show??? 😂😱😁👾
Even the NYC Poetry Festival was canceled today on Governors Island. (smoke, air quality, storms) I'm so glad we moved my "Harvesting Our Screams" workshop to virtual. Starts in 30 min. Now I'm amidst thunderstorms but in my home. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Climate
Oh the irony! Postponing a #climate workshop due to wildfire smoke and bad air quality caused by fossils. Yes, this is my scream workshop 😱😱😱 Watch for new date, NYC friends.
Note to self: I need to keep better track of what I said on Con applications! Especially when the info doesn't stay visible in the platform or form.
NYC: Join us on Governors Island, Saturday 2p! Rain will wash away smoke, lightning will help us Harvest Our Screams to Energize Our Creative Work! Play with the medium that draws you—a scream need not be vocalized. #justice #activism #resilience #restorative #ClimateCrisis luma.com/kdyjqd7a
Harvesting a Scream to Energize Our Creative Work · Luma
How can we harvest our built-up rage, grief, and other emotions to power our stories, our poems, our art? ...to make our work vibrate with urgency? ...to offer…
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Yes! Join us from your timezone. Great panels through the day plus our readings. I love the theme "Power in SFFH." Glad I have a week to decide which segment of The Working to read from!
British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 3w agoBFS Online: Power in SFFH, taking place Saturday 25th July 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings. Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfspowr @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social @meljrey.bsky.social
I just scheduled one of my infrequent newsletters to send in about an hour. "Screams, Hope, and Yay" Quick! Get on board: brightflame.com/newsletter-s... Includes some exciting news! #solarpunk #BookSky #WitchSky #witch #WritingCommunity #writing #book #SpecLit #SFF #hope
Realized at #Readercon there's so many well known #SFF books & authors I'm not familiar with. So what had I been reading? Historical fiction, diverse futurisms, literary (not that this can't be SpecLit), contemporary, magical realism. Not much SciFi or epic fantasy. I have catching up to do!
Just co-facilitated a wonderful interactive session at @readercon.bsky.social with my @bsfwriters.bsky.social friends. "We Demand Comics" on US Policy topics. An exquisite corpse process creating rad comics. With Lisa Burdige from @backgroundnoise.bsky.social and @brklyndragon.bsky.social helming.
