Vanessa MacLaren-Wray
@cometarytales.com
Writer, engineer, editor, human Find everything on my website https://cometarytales.com
Such a fun panel to speak on! Thank you to @cometarytales.com for moderating! My final contribution to @octocon.bsky.social 2025
Paul Mara@paulmara.bsky.social · 10mo agoAlso enjoyed the @octocon.bsky.social Panel Control Your Fears: How Much Horror is Too Much? Incl feelings, Deep discomfort, Tension, Intent, Jumpscares, Visuals, Lasting effect, Powerlessness, Choosing/sharing. Metaphor. Escapism. Mediums and imaginations. Authoring tips #Octocon #SciFi #Ireland
Be 'there' (in my case, with comfy socks and in my desk chair, online). My schedule: 11th 8 am PDT: The Many Shades of Villainy #character #villains 11 am: Adapted or Stolen? #anime #appropriation 12th 8 am PDT: Control Your Fears #horror 9:30 am: Protect Your Author Rights #workshop #contracts
Octocon@octocon.bsky.social · last yr.We're back! #Octocon2025 will take place on Saturday, 11th October 2025, Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin & online, and Sunday, 12th October 2025, online. Check out https://octocon.com/ to keep up to date with guest announcements and more! Image as per post. #octocon #scifi #Fantasy #fandom #horror
Do you need a connection to goodness? Here you go. Free. Accessible anywhere with internet. Awesome people to meet. Technically, it's a writers' conference, but you can choose to listen to people read you stories while you chat with new friends. #writing #friendship #publishing #craft #reading
Dream Foundry@dreamfoundry.bsky.social · 11mo agoIt's finally September! Do you know what that means??? Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH. Register: flights-of-foundry.o... Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
Could someone with a bigger following than mine repost this? It seems to me that most people are less than aware of the depths and consequences of the ongoing cuts at NASA. If you are in the DC area, now is your chance to speak up for #science #space #budget
Feds Work For You@fedsworkforyou.bsky.social · 11mo agoRally to #SaveNASA next Monday! 🌏🌙🔭📡 While the full event will last 5 hours, the best time to come will likely be between 11 and 1. We'll keep you posted on timing. Follow @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social
Quiz. Did 3 things after the Nebulas: said fond goodnight to new and old friends online, walked out to the kitchen for a late dinner, turned on the news. Which thing should I not have done if I meant to sleep tonight?
Fellow #scifi #fantasy #horror #writer? Just so y'all know: 💻 the Nebula Conference is also online (AND year-long) 🎟️ it does NOT require SFWA membership ✒️ it IS your genre's writers conference--building craft and working connections You can register anytime. events.sfwa.org/our-2025-con...
The 2025 Nebula Awards Conference schedule - Nebula Awards Conference Online
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is looking forward to marking this year’s diamond-year 60th Annual Nebula Awards Conference with you in Kansas City, Missouri. From June 5 to...
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Readers and writers. Please support the Authors Guild and add your voice to stand up for responsible, knowledgeable copyright administration and protection.. authorsguild.org/petition-to-...
Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights - The Authors Guild
Last Saturday, the White House abruptly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, a renowned expert with deep knowledge of the importance of copyright for authors’ livelihoods. In her place, the ...
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While NASA has disavowed this inspiring project, you can still access the funny, colorful, and accurate First Woman graphic novels. Download them and share with aspiring future astronauts. This time of silencing will end one day. Links in comments, + more on the purge. Image via NASA Watch.
A long time ago, in a galaxy not far away, I used to post about books. Nowadays, I'm reading more ... widely, because it's getting hard to keep a firm grasp on the truth. amikokelly.substack.com/p/the-only-t...
The Only Thing Abandoned is the Truth
Preserving NASA’s Legacy Amidst a Vortex of Misinformation
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If you are or someone you know is a doge-fired federal employee who works (worked) in a science-related field, the people really in charge of allocating federal funds to science would like to hear about it. democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings #DOGS #firings #science
Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Science is at risk. Here is a startup guide on taking action against recent and imminent attacks on science. aas.org/advocacy/get... This is fom the American Astronomical Society, but they're not just talking about astronomy.
NASA management: "We're just following orders." Where have we heard that one before? www.flyingmag.com/nasa-fires-1...
NASA Fires 1,000 Probationary Employees
Mass firings of probationary workers could be the start of larger force reductions at the world’s largest space agency.
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Yay, our family got that "quit or we gonna fire ya" email from the Orange One yesterday. Confess I don't usually listen to Neil Young that much, but this one fits so well, right down to the title track of the email. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61o...
Neil Young - Fork In The Road
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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Larry Hogan freaking out because he saw Orion is exactly what I expected. A bunch of people who don't usually look up at the night sky discovering stars. Historically, a ton of UFO reports are just people seeing Venus.
BNO News@bnonews.com · 2y agoSome of the "drones" in former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's video were found to be stars in the constellation Orion - NYT
So this cool group of variously underrepresented authors who have let me play in their house are having a fabulous party online next Saturday (Dec 14th) and everybody in the known universe who can log on to zoom is invited.
If you've any interest in books or publishing, then you need to read this article, because this is the business model for 'AI' publishing laid out in full by people who are doing it, and it's a fucking nightmare. A short, angry thread. 1/ www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
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So, the first thing you get from ThatOtherSite, after you deactivate your account, is an urgent ad to join that site. I am clean out of bad words today.
So now the states of Missouri, Kansas, And Idaho are suing the FDA because they are being harmed by not being able to force teenage girls to have babies they don’t want. www.wonkette.com/p/missouri-k...
Missouri, Kansas, And Idaho Are Suing The FDA Because They Don't Have Enough Teen Moms
I'm sorry, what?
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