D. E. Wright
@dewrig.bsky.social
Part time writer, avid TTRPG player, somehow got myself into Warhammer thinking it would be a good idea.
Oh hey! It's my Vampire: The Masquerade short story, selected by the good people at White Wolf for their Community Writing Contest. Very honored to be a part of this!
World of Darkness@worldofdarkness.bsky.social · 4w agoWe have our third winner of the "Secrets never Die" Community Writing Contest. Congratulations, D.E. Wright, for your entry "Pass the Parcel"! ✍ You can read the entry in full on the World of Darkness website: https://pdxint.at/4gtBBRt
You are all so amazing! We’re almost funded inside 24 hours!! If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new Best of SFF anthology we are Kickstarting, take a look! Clones and fireflies and knights, oh my! Locusmag.com/anthology (link in bio) #backthebook #sff #booksky
The gods have spoken, the omens are clear. Doom has come to England.
‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies
Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers
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(*me trying to force someone to put on the One Ring*) Oh my God, it's just a TOOL. It only goes bad for people who don't know what they're doing! Oh, you think Sauron destroying the land is bad? Digging up hobbit holes is way worse for the environment. It's actually classist you won't put it on.
The 2008 Depression taught me that as soon as people start asking "Are we in a recession?" the answer is that we've actually been in a recession for some time, it's just that no one wants to acknowledge it. The mass layoffs the last 2 years have already resulted in more job losses than 2008.
24 hours to go! And we're $204 short of adding 25K MORE words of the best Canadian F&SF! If you were waiting to back the campaign, now is the time! Click the link in the original post...and then enjoy some Ramones ;)
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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book?? Pls SHARE WIDELY!
Pretty sure this is how modern day liches are created, their soul locked forever away in phylactries of cheap plastic and beady black eyes.
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 4mo agothe dollar cost of turning yourself into a funko pop isn't very high but it's hard to measure in currency the toll it takes on your immortal soul to have it removed from your fleshy body and preserved for eternity in a plastic doll
You don’t need AI, you need a critique group that meets every month or so, trades stories, and gives feedback. Or even a mentor. You know: a HUMAN you talk to, who knows the right advice to give because they are also a writer and have been where you are. *Stop talking to a bot*.
On this Trans Day of Visibility, I would just like to say that trans rights are human rights and that celebrating the trans community as a part of all communities enriches every one of us.
"I avoid politics." No bestie, you avoid uncomfortable conversations about politics. From the moment you were born til the day you die, you've been thoroughly and utterly enmeshed in the policies, systems, and governance of a society that shapes your experience. You just try not to think about it.
I think with the level of venom with which AI proponents have treated artists, writers, musicians, whole creative industries, they deserve at the very least to have that venom met in kind, and I hope it stings. I'm only sorry it hasn't happened sooner. Party's over, enjoy the hangover.
jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 4mo agookay so AI is absolutely cratering imminently and I need all of you to PROMISE me you won't take the high road, and will laugh and rub it in their faces as much as possible. I need you to laugh and go 'WE TOLD YOU SO, BITCH" at every opportunity, PLEASE be extremely mean and ruthless
If you're wondering why there's so many anti-trans articles written by cis people while so few positive ones written by actual trans people it's because they're intentionally being silenced
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 5mo agoI've submitted multiple. Never once been published. They often don't even publish my comments on anti trans nyt articles. It's that repressive.
Amidst all the crazy shit going on in the world for some reason this is the one that is annoying me today: It's not gonna be a Firefly reboot or restart. Almost all of those actors have current acting commitments that take up most of their working time.
two men are standing next to each other and one of them says would ya eat the moon if it were made of ribs .
Alt: two men are standing next to each other and one of them says would ya eat the moon if it were made of ribs .
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo agoThere’s a lot to hate about AI. But what if there was a mindful way to use it?
The success of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms just proves that, while I would love for GRRM to finish Winds of Winter, what I'm really looking forward to is more Dunk and Egg novellas.
Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
Look if Minnesota is the hub then it's a Purple Revolution.
Elizabeth Bear@matociquala.bsky.social · 6mo agoIf we're gonna have to have a color revolution, we should pick a good color.
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
I just think it's wild that the armed professionals who wander our streets are allowed to act in fear, but the untrained normal citizens are supposed to know exactly what to do under terrifying circumstances or die
If you have a special something that others cannot duplicate or doesn't feel focus-grouped to death, readers will eagerly await your next book You are writing to market: YOUR market. The good thing is that I write these things because I like them and my readers also like them, so it isn't a drain 8/
HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!
So here comes the encouragement: * you are not alone * this, too, shall pass * keep writing because someone needs your story * keep writing because you love the craft * you have survived 100% of the times that felt impossible * art is rebellion * art feeds your soul * winter is for lying fallow 8/
Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense. (Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.