Julia L
@calenmir.bsky.social
SFF/horror #TTRPG + #WritingCommunity (see #AgentGuide). Wants #FriendPromotionFriday to be a thing Writing site: https://jklafondwriter.wordpress.com/ GM profile: https://startplaying.games/gm/julia_lafond Calenmir's RPGs: https://www.calenmirsrpgs.com/
Looking for some new free fiction to read? Willing to work for it? 😁 talestoterrify.com/Volunteer/#r... Same page applies for narrators, too, if you have any voice acting chops.
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Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 28 today, no bonus posts 1. SN Désirée Cha: bsky.app/profile/snde...
SN Désirée Cha@sndesireecha.bsky.social · 4w agoit’s free to share & support a disabled PGM writer migrant unhoused queer woman. please help me stay indoors. sleeping in car is destroying what’s left of my disabled, chronically ill body. i can’t keep living out of car w/o severe impacts on my phys & mental hlth. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree G FM ⬇️
I'm already behind on #AugustAdipose but I'm going to try to do as many fat character designs as I can this month. Here's the first one
Every time you use genAI, you're supporting an ongoing genocide in Congo. Earlier this year, the US and UAE (which is, with our help, also committing genocide in Sudan) created a paramilitary force to ensure the flow of cobalt and rare earth minerals extracted by child slaves to create GPUs.
Congo Plans Paramilitary Unit for Mines with US, UAE Funding
The Democratic Republic of Congo will create a paramilitary unit to police its mines with funding from the US and the United Arab Emirates, the country’s General Inspectorate of Mines said.
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Friends, I've been in this business quite a while, and been on panels at many conventions. But I've never had a literal tornado warning in the middle of a panel cause a group from another panel--about writing sex--to have to shelter in our room. And OUR panel topic, you ask? Improvisation. :D
they are attempting to end women’s sports by making being sexually assaulted a requirement for entry
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
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On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Join us for a year of new short fiction from som...
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Ooh ooh Bleeding Cool is writing about our VERY SAFE and NICE book that is both safe and nice @jonnysims.bsky.social @rustyquill.com bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/...
From the Library of Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) Announced
A new horror novel called From the Library of Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives), based on the podcast, will arrive on October 27.
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Scapegoats are emotionally cheaper than systems. Blaming the left asks nothing of you. It feels good and righteous and right. Asking whether your institutions and your party failed you requires dismantling beliefs you have spent your lifetime building. That is emotionally expensive.
I have just been sent the transcript of a deposition my grandmother gave in 1977 while she was serving as an expert witness in a series of tribal rights cases and let me tell you, if nothing else this is proof that I come by it honest for every conceivable value of “it”
Paramount execs bribed the FCC into giving approval for their acquisitions and megamergers? (And nobody was surprised, not even a little bit) www.propublica.org/article/fcc-...
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
while there are problems with anything, the nuclear block is absolutely my second favorite thing that bluesky did. (my first favorite is detach quote, which is another thing that wrecks the way they like to use social media)
Micah@rincewind.run · 2d agothere are definitely downsides to the nuclear block but the reason I keep coming back to it as necessary and good is that it completely ruined the whole MAGA engagement model to the point that they prefer to mock us from the nazi bar rather than come here to troll us directly
It's a new month, so here's a reminder that I do have a Patreon, one so aged that it's still got a $1 tier! Seeing how the job well is still bone dry, I'm sharing this out a bit more than usual. So rattling the digital tin sadly. #PatreonAmbassador patreon.com/cypheroftyr
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Someone BAPPED Ginny overnight which was very mean, and now she has a scratched nose. My vote is Cadence because Cadence is still huffy about cats coming in and out. Silly girl.
I wrote 4k words today. Apparently I needed a project I'm not invested in yet. I still want to write to star wip. The motivation is still there. I just don't have the energy. It weighs too much to pick up right now. Survivor wip doesn't weigh anything yet. We'll see how long that lasts.
I plan to have a playtest copy for my upcoming solo game The Crown and The Crow in this! I've been picking away at it for a long while and I'm very excited. You play as a line of 13 rulers of a nation, forward and back through time, leaving legacies both amazing and terrible. Also there's a crow.
Whimsy Machine@whimsymachine.bsky.social · 4d agoLaunching a new game jam all about the amazing ttrpg community I'm proud to be a member of! The TTRPG Collective is an incredible place full of excellent and supportive folks, plus cool resources readily shared. I'd love to have you (YOU!) join up! #ttrpgs #indiedev itch.io/jam/ttrpg-co...
It's my birthday this week! To celebrate, the eBook of THE DEVOURING is on sale for $0.99 between August 3-9. If you've been thinking of buying it but haven't had a chance yet, now's the perfect time! 💙📚 Links to buy are on my website: amshilling.com/books/the-devouring/
Hey writers! The submission portal closed this month but we have some opportunities coming up this fall, including a call guest edited by previous FFO author Ashlee Lhamon. Happy Writing! ✍️ #writingcommunity #amediting www.patreon.com/flashfiction...
FFO Fall 2026 Submission Opportunities | Flash Fiction Online
Dear Friends & Followers, Our submission portal is closed during the month of August; however, we will have a couple opportunities opening t
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The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).
In which following the ending of that debacle we have a bit of a Nice episode….
Choices Episode 33 by Many Stories Many Games
In which following the ending of that debacle we have a bit of a Nice episode….Choices is a D&D 5e campaign using the Cities of Myth Fallen Camelot setting created by RealmWarp Media.The music and sou...
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Launching a new game jam all about the amazing ttrpg community I'm proud to be a member of! The TTRPG Collective is an incredible place full of excellent and supportive folks, plus cool resources readily shared. I'd love to have you (YOU!) join up! #ttrpgs #indiedev itch.io/jam/ttrpg-co...
TTRPG Collective 3rd Anniversary Jam
A game jam from 2026-08-01 to 2026-09-17 hosted by Whimsy Machine. The TTRPG Collective was founded in October 2023, and it is full of awesome people. For three years, we've been supporting each other...
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Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 37 today, no bonus posts 1. Rev Casey: bsky.app/profile/thou...
Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩🎤@thoughtpunks.com · 4d agoTrying to hit the store when you've gone negative is no fun 😰
They claim the stories are hosted with author consent, but that seems to be a flat out lie. They also tell authors to contact them for removal, but there is no contact on the site, no email or form.
Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · 6d agoHey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com
My contributions to this year’s Winners & Losers of SDCC ‘26. Weird girls forever. 🖤
Comicsbeat@comicsbeat.bsky.social · 6d agoSDCC '26: Winners and Losers of San Diego Comic-Con 2026: The Beat staff picks the hits and misses of yet another San Diego Comic-Con gone by, from DC Comics to Hall H.
