C. J. Lavigne
@cjlavigne.com
Canadian SFF writer. Author of IN VERITAS and THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER. Short stories in On Spec, Fusion Fragment, Augur, PodCastle, and other fine publications. Rep: Arley Sorg. I like coffee and cats. www.cjlavigne.com
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Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 4w agoDo you have ADHD? We do too… And it can make writing books a LOT harder. Which is why we’re bringing together @premeemohamed.com, @authoreanoble.bsky.social, @elizmanderson.com & Savannah Stephens for Staying Power: Finishing Books With ADHD Read this thread or click the link below for details! 1/3
WE HAVE DATES! We are delighted to confirm that TriCon Halifax will be returning in 2027! May 21-23 2027 at the NSCAD Port Campus. And TODAY ONLY we are taking EARLY-Early bird weekend pass registrations at the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair!
Anyway HAPPY FRIDAY I hope you are enjoying your day more than Special Agent Vycol "Everything Is Terrible" Ferec (not his real name) Today is a good day to buy WICKHILLS and get you some fantaspionage in a very safe (nice, safe) weird city! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Wickhills
In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...
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Do you feel overwhelmed as an adult? Then I've got just the trick: The Last Adult Superstore. It's got everything you need. They promise.
Julia Rios@omgjulia.bsky.social · 3d agoI’m feeling overwhelmed by chores today, so I decided to distract myself by making this delightful story by @wiswell.bsky.social public! Come visit The Last Adult Superstore! www.juliarios.com/the-last-adu...
We want to thank every single reader who’s picked up one of our titles: THANK YOU! For supporting a small Canadian Antifascist press that doesn’t use AI in any part of the publishing process, for supporting our authors and leaving reviews, and for spreading the word! Stories change the world.
Ancillary Review is looking for more editors! Message me if you're interested in copy-editing, dev editing, or graphics creation for a Hugo finalist magazine of spec fic criticism! It's volunteer-based and fits with your schedule <3
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I'm Kate Heartfield, a writer of historical fantasy novels and other things. My newsletter is a way to let you know what I'm up to, and to talk about books and ideas. It comes out every second Friday.
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YOU HAVE TO FUCKING VOTE! The UCP and all the separatists will use poor voter turnout to their advantage and call it a win for separation. If you do not want to separate from Canada, VOTE. #ableg #abpoli There are still 4 days to request a mail-in ballot. www.elections.ab.ca/request-a-sp...
Request a Special Ballot - Elections Alberta
Electors who are unable to vote in person may vote by mail by applying for a Special Ballot. You may choose to: Mail the ballot to your home address, Mail the ballot to an alternate address (e.g. for ...
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Forward Canada@forwardcanada.bsky.social · 6d agoIn this week’s opinion column, Senator Paula Simons writes about anti-separation Albertans who genuinely believe the best form of protest is to boycott the referendum. While she understands their motives, she warns that staying home will backfire. #ableg #canpoli forwardweekly.ca/simons-cant-...
The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community. If you are an indie author with a novella, our free competition is open now! #booksky💙📚🪐#writing docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And it's time! Submit your novellas! #booksky #writingcommunity docs.google.com/forms/d/1tmf...
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Archive Spotlight: In ‘Martian Wallpaper’, Wen Wen Yang weaves a haunting tale of postpartum depression and living wallpapers in Mars. Take a break from work (do avoid the rest bay) for this one!
Martian Wallpaper - Part One
By Wen Wen Yang
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The court filing dug up by @kint.bsky.social is the most They Admit It i have ever seen in my life www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Non-US writers, I checked with the Anthropic settlement folks and we do need to file W-8 BEN forms to avoid IRS tax withholding. Thanks to the nice helpline people for the response. Here is the form: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...
C. J. Lavigne@cjlavigne.com · 2w agoUpdate! I didn't hear back by email so I phoned them today to ask if tax withholding was going to be an issue with no SSN/TIN or W8-BEN. The nice person I talked to had to escalate and they will call me back. Will pursue.
Cat people, unite! 🐱 The Citadel Project, a dark fantasy stealth game, had to release early due to a massive €6,000 vet bill. A red-light runner fucker hit their cat, Snoopy, and fled. Miraculously, Snoopy survived thanks to his incredible strength and will to live.
Happy Publication Day to TWO books: Mad Hell-Rush of Days by Natalie Appleton and Driving into the Sun by Becca Babcock. Two immersive and intriguing character driven novels. Find them where books are sold! Or from our webstore. #NeWestPress #ReadRadically #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian #NewRelease
A pyramid scheme I can wholly endorse. This is fierce and funny, and deserves to be shared. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notothenine
5X for Canada: Stop Separation. Crush the 9 Questions. Defeat Danielle Smith.
YouTube video by 5X for Canada
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A Note from Your Editor Regarding the Entirely Routine Authentication of Your Humanity (laughing to hide tears)
A Note from Your Editor Regarding the Entirely Routine Authentication of Your Humanity
“To establish that AI did not write your book, we will upload it to an AI detector. The detector will retain your words, learn from your distinct syntax and ...
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Petition against the sale of Moneris is up to 5000 signatures now. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
A Canadian payment giant is being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk? | CBC News
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are selling payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to San Francisco-based investment firm Francisco Partners. Some analysts are raising concerns around wha...
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Friends! LO! The awesome @wilwheaton.net hath narrated my husband Carlos's story, I WILL HAVE THIS DIAMOND FOR A HEART, originally published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social! It's on his podcast STORYTIME WITH WIL WHEATON! Carlos is AGLOW. Need a listening party! STAT! www.radio.net/podcast/its-...
It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton | podcast online
You may recognize Wil Wheaton's name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985's timeless classic, Stand By Me. You may r...
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Please contribute to this challenge of Alberta’s refusal to provide gender affirming health care. It’s also about protecting indigenous sovereignty. Both are super important! The UCP is bound to fight this.
Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community.@givevoiceab.bsky.social · 2w ago
More background on the Saddle Lake Cree Nation plan to assert its treaty rights and allow any Albertan to access gender-affirming care on their lands and any physicians who wishes to provice the care.
welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap
Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: The new Apple Watches double as AI-powered listening bugs for generating convo "recaps" or transcripts of any previous 15 seconds. But fear not, Apple says, this data isn't sent to Apple/gets encrypted, speakers aren't ID'd, and there's a chime for the 15-second thing. @lhn.bsky.social reports:
Remembering I pre-ordered @premeemohamed.com's new book and now it is just THERE, WAITING, a DELICIOUS MORSEL on my ereader, hell yeah us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Wickhills
In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...
us.macmillan.com
Must-read speculative fiction from @premeemohamed.com in this week’s @forwardcanada.bsky.social Alberta newsletter. Illustrations by me. Devastatingly good. Go read it now. forwardweekly.ca/leave-or-rem...
Leave or Remain | By Premee Mohamed | Forward Weekly
Forward Weekly feature for September 6, 2026.
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@sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Technology's tool comparison matrix, which I've been working on for months, is finally up in beta! See how your favorite word processors, browsers, and search engines compare to alternatives on intrusive AI and user data collection: sfwa.org/emerging-tech/
Emerging Tech Committee - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Emerging Tech Resources On Saturday, September 24 at 1pm Pacific Time, we are honored to present “Humanizing Assignments” to SFWA […]
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New #WriterBeware blog post: The process of resolving disagreements between claimants in the Anthropic copyright settlement has begun, and there are...problems. A look at what's been reported to me, and advice on what to do. Whew. It's been a busy couple of days. writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...
Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors' Payouts - Writer Beware
This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like this one: Upon accessing the portal (which doesn’t seem to have a formal name, so I...
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My latest #fantasy flash “Venom is Poison is Strength is Venom” is now free to read at Flame Tree! 🐍 I’m very proud of this story. Head on over to their newsletter archive to check it out: www.flametreepress.com/newsletters/...
