I’m giving away beadwork to random people who preorder Children Children of Owl! IF U PREORDER & WANT A CHANCE to get one of these pendants (I’m working on a fourth now), here’s the form! I want them to go to a good home now <333 docs.google.com/forms/d/19LblRy-CU_aNFBadGutlUSvbxH7F9EBhh0t0yL1iuVE

Well, that's a shame.

On July 8th, we published a piece on AI in Heated Rivalry fic fandom. On July 30th, the New York Times ran a piece on the same subject. We weren't surprised—because we knew a Times reporter had read our coverage. A tale of two fandom articles, part of a longstanding dynamic in the media industry:

Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry

How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.

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"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."

Linuxiac@linuxiac.bsky.social · 6d ago

LibreOffice 26.8 is now available with a new Paragraph Composer in Writer, native OpenType variable font support, Calc improvements, and better document compatibility. linuxiac.com/libreoffice-... #OpenSource #OfficeSuite

And the good news in all this ? 🍁 My fellow Canadian customers now have a 25% discount + free shipping until the end of the year. Support Canadian Artists and Small Businesses, emphasis on minority owned ones, share this and support each other. www.kness.net is where the cute stuff is.

top five Simpsons lines I quote the most: 1. D'oh! 2. But Main Street's still all cracked and broken 3. Me fail English? That's unpossible 4. Old man yells at cloud 5. The red thing's connected to my... wristwatch

Jordan Kurella@jordankurella.com · last wk.

top five Simpsons lines i quote the most: 1. I am so smart! S-M-R-T. I mean, S-M-AR-T! 2. Let them have their tartar sauce 3. I just think they're neat! 4. Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! 5. Everything's coming up Millhouse!

Super pleased to be sharing an Ottawa Intl Writers Festival stage on Oct. 2 with Amanda Connolly and with Eden Robinson, whose work I've loved since Son of a Trickster. Online or in person. Please come out!

We're open for applications! Become a SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellow in 2027! www.smokelong.com?page_id=4310...

I had no idea CBC had an app for learning French that uses real shows and stuff to help with learning it. One way to ensure Canada protects French is if we all make an effort to truly be bilingual — and we can make Quebec feel like we understand their struggle too. “Mauril” app from CBC:

ME when you use AI to write, the author is ME ME and all the OTHER WRITERS this AI has stolen from remit all payments to ME or one of them

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

Imagine being the author of the worst take on AI yet published by Nature.

I’m participating in an auction to support @celestepewter.bsky.social ! Bidding runs from 8/21 at 10 a.m. ET through 8/24 at 10 p.m. ET, and the auction features signed books, custom art, critiques, AMAs, and crafts. :-) I'm offering a 30-minute video chat: www.32auctions.com/organization...

30-Minute Author AMA

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my Draft2Digital sales of Amusement Park Arcana tally up to 50!! so far, which is more than my Kindle sales (40) and finally, paperbacks on IngramSpark, with 35 so that's 125 copies sold in its first month (pub date was July 15)....maybe you'd like your own copy? books2read.com/AmusementPar...

Jen Donohue@authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 2w ago

my latest is Amusement Park Arcana, which is Action Park meets Backrooms in 1994 books2read.com/AmusementPar...

Today my novel MERCUTIO is officially on bookstore shelves in Canada. I didn't celebrate much today but I did wear my Shakespeare socks to my day job. And I ate an ice cream. My pals @suyidavies.com and @cornellwriter.bsky.social also have books out today, so check them out!

Mercutio

Coming soon from HarperVoyager UK. May 7, 2026: UK hardcover edition and ebook. Worldwide audiobook. August 18, 2026: Canada paperback, hardcover and ebook. June 2027: US paperback edition (this will ...

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Unboxing copies of my new novel The Fist Of Memory. Its got aliens, assassins and ancestors + some chapters open with quotes from Hagakure: The Book Of The Samurai so I thought it would be cool to open the box with a samurai sword. Fancy, I know. Out in October but you can preorder it right now.

Hey do you want me to critique your short story? I'm auctioning off one crit for @celestepewter.bsky.social 's fundraiser at www.32auctions.com/organization...

5,000-Word Short Story Critique

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If you followed or signal-boosted the claims a few weeks back by the historian who said the graphic novelist had done an unauthorized adaptation of her work on Charity & Sylvia, a lesbian couple from 19th c Vermont, please read this essay from someone who fact-checked these claims in detail.

thene@thene.bsky.social · 3w ago

out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

Would you like to win a copy of THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER or perhaps sundry amazing written items, and ALSO support a great SFFH magazine

Fusion Fragment@fusionfragment.bsky.social · 3w ago

An FFer Giveaway is live on our Patreon! I'm doing 3 draws (including 1 for free-tier members) and you could win your choice of prizes. We've got books by FFers and anthologies and magazine issues containing FFers up for grabs! Plus check out a ton of great stories! www.patreon.com/fusionfragme...

Grab your World Fantasy Award Finalists cheap! undertowpublications.com

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've bundled our two World Fantasy Awards finalists together on sale. Get both books for just $35 delivered. The eBooks are also on sale, just $4 in our store. If you've not yet experienced these great books, now is your chance. @thomasha.bsky.social undertowpublications.com/shop/world-f...

This Sunday, I'll be the guest host for the SFWA writing date, from 5 pm to 7 pm ET. We will keep one eye on the Aurora Awards ceremony!

Weekly Writing Date - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Weekly Writing Dates Once a week, every Sunday from 2:00 P.M. to 4:30 PM Pacific Time, members of our community […]

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so you don't need to buy my stuff for bc friday (you can't anyway, it's all free) but for the past... wow, three years... i've been posting stuff as I try to get being a musician back into my life i'm an amateur but in lieu of buying maybe compliment a track you like? sagefox.bandcamp.com

Fox Harper

Former musician trying to recapture that in my middle age. Total amateur using DAWs to play around. This is for sharing what I make with friends and others. All album art is Creative Commons-use mate...

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I wish to shamelessly recommend THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS, published by @neonhemlock.bsky.social

Jennifer Adcock@jenkatwrites.bsky.social · last mo.

it is of vital importance to keep a whole bunch of 80-120 page novellas around for the moments when you simply need to read a whole book in one sitting but you don’t have a whole day to do so

Tiny day later reminder that this happened. I imagine people don't really feel the need to play BG3 with new mods anymore, but still, I worked pretty hard this summer to do this actually!

Fox Harper@foxharper.bsky.social · 4w ago

Welp, I feel like I've done all the testing I can, so... it's official. You can grab my Baldur's Gate 3 mod implementing the Eberron: Forge of the Artificer version of the Artificer class off mod.io or the in-game mod interface. mod.io/g/baldursgat...

🌑 🌒 NeWest New Moon Giveaway! 🌘 🌑 Subscribe to our newsletter for your chance to win a NeWest book every New Moon! Have you signed up to our newsletter yet? Don't miss out on free books! buff.ly/9kS5kz1 #NeWestPress #NeWestNewMoonGiveaway #ReadCanadian

we require everyone's gay dollars please process them here (if you have straight dollars we will take them as well but the exchange rate is weird so you should give us twice as many)

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last mo.

You can back the crowdfund here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Tim Hortons is running a Harry Potter campaign. Boycott Tim Hortons. Every penny that JK Rowling makes goes toward destroying the lives of trans folks. retail-insider.com/retail-insid...

*takes deep breath* *ululates* WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS hornedlarkpress.moksha.io/publication/...

Are you an emerging BIPOC author in Canada? You have until August 3 to apply for this. https://writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect #CanLit #WritingCommunity #BIPOC

I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids at my local children's hospital! Please donate today - I will match the first $250 in donations AND If I get at least $500USD in donations by Sept 15 I will delay playing @insomniac.games Wolverine till Game day on Nov 7 dd.extra-life.org/participants...

Extra Life | Make Big Change For All Kids

I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network hospital! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to Make Big Change For All Kids.

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