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marlee jane ward

@marleejaneward.bsky.social

Author & visual artist. Middle-aged goth aunt. My novella The Forgetting Navigations is available May, 2026 through Interstellar Flight Press. linktr.ee/marleejaneward

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her)@alishagrauso.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

Kiera Lesley@kieralesley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Melbourne/Naarm writing friends! This month’s writer hangs is on next Sunday 31 May - join us! Whitehart bar from 12-4ish Writing time from 12-2ish, socialising after. Drinks/pizza available for purchase, accessibility notes in the next post

An open MacBook with a “write it anyway” sticker near the track pad next to a sticker-covered notebook, a Lamy pen and a beer.
marlee jane ward@marleejaneward.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When I enquired of my insta followers why my engagement might be so low these days while trying to promote my new book, SO MANY people said they were only logging in intermittently, or completely avoiding socials (and indeed the internet as a whole) because it's all horror, slop, and ads.

Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When nobody visits the web anymore, what incentive is there for people to populate it with information? That means AI search will be retrieving information from deteriorating, out-of-date sources and feeding it endlessly back to us. And that means even fewer people will populate the web. (2/3)

marlee jane ward@marleejaneward.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just got mine too. PLR is probably the biggest payment I get for my writing these days. Please borrow from your local library, and if they don't have our books, request they get them!

Claire G. Coleman@clairegcoleman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I just received my PLR/ELR statement. PLR/ELR is a way that Australian writers can receive income from their books in libraries and schools. I remind writers to do your bloody paperwork so you can get paid and I remind readers if you borrow our books from libraries we still get paid.

Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 3mo ago

So, THE FORGETTING NAVIGATIONS by @marleejaneward.bsky.social comes out soon with @interstellarflight.bsky.social Marlee’s WELCOME TO ORPHANCORP celebrated care in a commodified dystopia. Tender but never twee. I’ll definitely be buying her new one. www.interstellarflightpress.com/theforgettin...

The Forgetting Navigations

Abandoned in a lifepod in the vastness of space, Evey is left for dead. When the bookish freight hauler Shirr rescues her, the two form a connection over tea and unspoken trauma. Just when things feel...

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