GOON IS LIFE

I cried and cried and cried tonight. What a show. What a goddamn show.

The #BrisbaneIn2028 #Meanjin2028 team is at @laworldcon.bsky.social Today we feature programme participant SJ Groenewegen, Australian by birth, Scottish by residence. SJ’s 20-year career in criminal justice in Australia & the UK earned them a British Empire Medal for services to LGBTQIA people.

Have booked my first professional photoshoot because I need good author photos for my debut. Now I have just seven days to 1. get a functional outfit together and 2. get hot abs so I can recreate Sexy Ian Malcolm

The new issue has a particularly fine selection: Both authors are delighted to have you along on this weekend trip to the woods. Just remember to pack your ... VISITING SKINS (cont.)

Niall Harrison@niallharrison.bsky.social · 2w ago

Also, semi related, I am a big fan of the introductions in Asimov's that work really really hard to end with the title of the story. Just picking a back issue at random: "The author's latest tale, which is a mystery set in the distant past, looks into ... THE CASE OF THE BLOOD-STAINED TOWER"

So I am STRESSED right now, I'm juggling SO MUCH WORK, but I have something truly incredible coming up... When I finish this latest gig, I'll have enough in the piggy-bank to take an entire month off work. And I'm gonna aim to write an entire 100k novel in that block.

OH HEY WHAT'S UP TEAM It's time for another Melbourne writer's meet! SUN 30 AUGUST, 12-4PM Quiet write-in from 12-2, then chats and hangs 2-4 Whitehart Bar, 22 Whitehart Lane, Melbourne CBD See y'all there!

Aaaaaaah! It’s out! VISITING SKINS has broken containment!

Michael Frasca@frasca.bsky.social · last wk.

@asimovssfmag.bsky.social #FavoriteStories Sep/Oct 2026 #Asimovs #Fantasy #SF Visiting Skins by Christopher Ruz & Rich Larson @ruzkin.bsky.social If PKD wrote the screenplay to Picnic At Hanging Rock... It’ll all work out at the end.

Idk lol "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died. I knew what I was doing was illegal. Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received an immediate response within an hour." is pretty fuckin legendary

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Mangione was charged with two federal stalking counts and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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I hate that Reacher is written for people scrolling on two phones simultaneously and yet I can’t help but love it

For those getting their A-levels today, if it doesn’t work out, I failed two out of three. There are other chances. It’s not as bad as it might feel.

eeeeeeey author copies of HACK ATTACK: AN UNOFFICIAL COLORING ADVENTURE have arrived! Always a treat to discover what the artist (in this case, Judd Abinuman) did with my story. It's on sale Sept 1 and preorders are open now via www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Hack-A...

fukken BOUGHT, no questions, no hesitation, always bet on Ladz

Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 OUR CRIMSON CAGE Aug 11th@ladzwriting.bsky.social · 2w ago

BUY LINKS 📚 books2read.com/ourcrimsoncage 🔗 ladzwriting.itch.io/our-crimson-... 📓 payhip.com/b/cReyN If you'd like a copy signed by yours truly and a free print of the art by @exaltxix.bsky.social, there are still copies left in the first print run ladz-merch.square.site/product/-pre...

Today on my author insta I posted a 2-parter about BOOK COVERS I MADE WITHOUT USING AI and I hope you check it out: pt 1: www.instagram.com/p/Db1vvlHikXu/ pt 2: www.instagram.com/p/Db1v8q0CgGg/

Ok folks, Sheila and her family need our help. You might know her as the editor of Asimov’s, but she's also a good friend and one of the best people in the field. If you can, please... www.gofundme.com/f/help-irene...

Donate to Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care, organized by Irene Bruce

Hi - This is Irene and Juliet, the daughters of Sheila and David. As many of… Irene Bruce needs your support for Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care

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No artist ever just wanted the end result. Every artist of any kind wants to see the product of their labours, the expression of their dreams, their struggle realised. The process is the art, the end result is the prize. Anyone who thinks any gen-ai is art fails to understand this simple truth.

BTW Null Entity (Volatile Memory 2) just landed and you all should be adding it to your novella stacks right now

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff.bsky.social · 3w ago

Misread this as "80-120 novellas" and thought "wow, I still have a way to go..." Now I've reread it I think the point still stands. You can never have too many novellas! #SFF 🪐📚💙

Currently building out a more detailed look at how I designed all my selfpub covers for an Insta post so KEEP AN EYE OUT, CHUMS

Christopher Ruz, Aussie Author@ruzkin.bsky.social · 3w ago

Authors: show me the book covers you made yourself, without AI. I did RUST using photochops of stock art! FUTURE TIDES is photoshop's stamp filter on cityscapes! I commissioned the art for CENTURY OF SAND! I paid a model & photographer for a complete set of poses for my OLESIA ANDERSON series!

Authors: show me the book covers you made yourself, without AI. I did RUST using photochops of stock art! FUTURE TIDES is photoshop's stamp filter on cityscapes! I commissioned the art for CENTURY OF SAND! I paid a model & photographer for a complete set of poses for my OLESIA ANDERSON series!

Jeb 🏳️‍⚧️ Time Paradox: Exposition@jebdarsh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Authors: show me the book covers you made yourself, without AI. I drew this with my own fingies!!

Within the next 3-4 months I'm gonna need professional author photos done. I'll get the standard smiling/thoughtful headshots, etc. But I also want to get a bit silly with it. I'm 100% gonna do the Ian Malcolm. Maybe a Tyler Durden or a Marcellus Wallace. Gimme other suggestions, please!

I have no idea who this could possibly be referring to. @swankmotron.com probably meant some other, more handsome Chris Ruzkin.

Andy@darkwhite.bsky.social · 3w ago

I think I know one of those Chrises!? @ruzkin.bsky.social

90% of my author-related braindumping is on Instagram these days but I'll try to remember to share over here. www.instagram.com/christopherr...

My critically acclaimed yaoi #myyaoi HOTBLOOD! A CENTAUR IN THE OLD WEST is about the rape of America and a dude who has sex with a horse (centaur) Vol 1 is available wherever books are sold. Vol 2 will be published 9/8/26. Preorder here: linktr.ee/torilorlesky

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @ NDK@cometkins.bsky.social · 4w ago

It’s national Yaoi day, tell me about your Yaoi and where people can buy it! #WritingPrompt

Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.

I try to be kind about every book I read because authors beating on other authors is pretty yuck but I picked up a big heavy recent-release SFF tome at Dymocks the other day, read two pages and genuinely felt parts of my brain dying off in protest It has sold 1,000,000+ copies

HELLO do I know anyone going to SDCC? The publishers of FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER are doing an ARC giveaway! :D Go find booth 1514/1515... and say the secret password to the correct employee! 👁️📚

Two monster weeks back to back.

"I asked chatGPT" oh fr?

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now@understatesmen.bsky.social · last mo.

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Did you miss Melbourne writer hangs last month? Good news! It’s on again this month plus bonus mystery book swap