Victoria Brun
@victorialbrun.bsky.social
SF/F writer. Words in Nature Future, Clarkesworld, Uncharted Magazine, & other nice places. Editor at 100-Foot Crow. victoriabrun.com
LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻@lorifontanes.bsky.social · last wk.nothing more satisfying than holding a print copy of a #book that contains your story, except maybe holding a book that contains over 100 other fantastic stories, too! @victorialbrun.bsky.social @100footcrow.bsky.social #FlashFiction #SF #horror #fantasy #anthology
The world feels quieter than usual this #5amwritersclub. Nothing but the clack of my keyboard.
I just finished The Devils by @joeabercrombie.com and wow. I've never read a book that jumped between hilarious, harrowing, and heart-melting so seamlessly.
What's the difference between fantasy and sci-fi? Fantasy sells MUCH better.
This is the best skit on our AI future I've seen: www.youtube.com/shorts/ez7YV...
AI Data Mines in Wisconsin – Manitowoc Minute Special Report
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The advice "write the story you'd like to read" works a lot better for people who like to read popular things that sell.
I finally finished revamping my website and monthly newsletter! I'd love it if you'd sign up since I'm not on social media much anymore. I'll be talking about writing, sharing thoughts from reading slush and running a magazine, and more: victoriabrun.com/subscribe/ #5amwritersclub
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PRESS RELEASE Announcing the Afterlives 2024 Table of Contents!! curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social "This Afterlives collection has some very powerful, gifted voices that explore liminal spaces, the veil between this world and the possible next." thread/ psychopomp.com/announcing-t...
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You've been waiting for it, and now it is here, delivered hot and fresh to your browser, a table of contents for Afterlives 2024: The Year's Best Death
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I got my first ever ARC! "The Last Soul Among Wolves" is a solid follow-up to the amazing "The Last Hour Between Worlds."
Welcome to episode 701. A boy learns the importance of respecting old traditions, we sample an exclusive menu brimming with exotic flavours, and a woman chosen for ritual sacrifice holds her people’s future in her hands. talestoterrify.com/episodes/701-derek-alan-jones-nick-badot-victoria-brun
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
My story "God of Fire, Demon of Shadow" is now available at @talestoterrify.bsky.social! Ahhhhh! Get it in your ears here: talestoterrify.com/episodes/701...
701 | Derek Alan Jones, Nick Badot & Victoria Brun – Tales to Terrify
Welcome to episode 701. We have three tales for you this week. First, a boy learns the importance of respecting […]
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a group of people are chained to a wall and talking to each other
Alt: The ghosts of the Muppets Christmas Carol.
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Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social · last yr.A bookstore returned a copy of Why Didn't You Just Leave to us. They didn't specify a reason why, which suggests that the book was simply TOO HAUNTED. It also suffered a tiny bit of rain damage while waiting on my porch. So, let's do a giveaway! Repost with your favorite ghost to enter (US only).
No work today, so #5amwritersclub is commencing at 6am for me.
How to be a writer, n. 284758: In sunlight, write In winter, write In summer, write In springtime, write In good times, write In tough times, write When all you want to do is curl up in a blanket and cry, write Repeat until the world ends Tea
Just learned it's "on tenterhooks" NOT "on tender hooks." I guess I'd never seen it written before!
I'm scrolling on social media but I should be writing. #5amwritersclub
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? More than half of all published scientific studies cannot be replicated.
smallest church@smallestchurch.bsky.social · last yr.What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? bookstores cannot exist economically. publishers print the price on the book, which means you can't change it if your shop has, say, 200x the rent/COL of a shop elsewhere. that's why they all sell so much other merch. they have to
is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3y agoStudy finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations arstechnica.com?p=1997521
And there it is! Disney has bolstered copyright protection before. Can the mouse do it again?
Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · last yr.Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.
Anyone have tips for writing novellas? I can write novels and short stories, and I read a lot of novellas, yet I can't hit that word count. #WritingCommunity
The novel is now with my first readers. Now I just need to... finish the other novel that I abandoned at 46,000 words. #5amwritersclub
Two personal rejections today. What an oddly personal day.
I love the way the reptiles move, but especially large lizards. Look at 'em go!
Matt Bell@mdbell79.bsky.social · last yr.Spent the morning hiking in the desert, where I encountered my first Gila monster in the wild! What a beauty. Only took me 11 years and a couple thousand miles of trail to sight one!
