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Jen@jenbached.bsky.social · yesterday

If This Goes On (Don't Panic) - new interview with the incredible & incredibly hilarious, @lilithsaintcrow.com. @itgodp.bsky.social & @catrambo.bsky.social discuss D&D, Tolkien, nerd culture, Lili's 5th grade novella (hello!), writing in different genres, & more. itgodp.libsyn.com/lying-to-tel...

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

For many, the costs of participating in industry events are barriers. Dream Foundry's Con or Bust program helps to remove them. You can be part of why we get to reply with good news. We'd appreciate your donations to support this program: dreamfoundry.org/con...

Catch our last interview with @matthewkressel.net? Here @catrambo.bsky.social asks Matt about writing with authenticity. Listen to If This Goes On (Don’t Panic) itgodp.libsyn.com/site/the-rai... @itgodp.bsky.social

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Ooh ooh! Happy August -- turns out THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is discounted at ebook retailers this month! :D $1.99 CAD at Kobo! The Tyrant's children have gone missing... and Veris Thorn is the only one who's gone into the magical forest and returned. So who better for a coerced rescue mission?

The Butcher of the Forest ebook by Premee Mohamed - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Butcher of the Forest" by Premee Mohamed available from Rakuten Kobo. "A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times “The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one o...

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The August issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Ravn J. Silver, Eilis O’Neal, Jordan Alexander, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, E.N. Auslender, Y.M. Pang, and H.H. Pak. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_239 Subscribe today at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Holy shit! I interviewed one of the same people as John Stewart.

Cllr.Alan Curran@alancurran.bsky.social · 5d ago

Really enjoyable discussion between John Stewart and Cory Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net , author of Enshitification and the Reverse Centaurs Guide to Life after AI. youtu.be/-dAIJRjb-Bw?...

Ok, so I'm back to finishing the edits for our interview with @lilithsaintcrow.com. Hoping to have it out Monday. It's been a week of 10 hour days at the 9-5 and a conference last weekend. 2026 has been wild. Then I will start putting together our interview with @ivygrimes.bsky.social.

We're near the ten-year anniversary of this interview, which was viewed as wildly controversial at the time. It led to hit pieces on me from liberal outlets like The New Republic as well as death threats. Now it's seen as conventional wisdom -- but it always was!

Thank you @rsagarcia.bsky.social for the lovely words about my book. 😊 Pre-orders are open now: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA

Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”

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Hey, look where I was this last weekend. Another successful panel at another successful Confleunce! Moarly, I talked a lot of shit on Isaac Asimov's and Harlan Ellison's boring introductions in Dangerous Visions. Lol

Jen@jenbached.bsky.social · last wk.

@itgodp.bsky.social attended Confluence this weekend, Pittsburgh’s longest-running literary, art and music conference with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror. Alan served on a panel with @michaelswanwick.bsky.social and chatted with many community members. Thanks for supporting the arts!

I’m so far behind on posting! I can't thank @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social and the Gathering Volumes bookstore enough for hosting me. He is such a great conversation partner! I swear I'd keep writing books just as an excuse to talk to him.

HELLO I better see everybody AND THEIR RICH FRIENDS supporting Neon Hemlock because WHOMST ELSE IS OUT THERE publishing such fine novellas? novellae? NOVELLOSITIES. NOBODY, THAT'S WHOMST

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2w ago

Pre-order now in Vol. 7 of the Neon Hemlock Novella Series: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

THE FIFTH INFLECTION is now on NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

The Fifth Inflection

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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"The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older This multi-award-nominated sapphic, Holmes-esque mystery manages to create a gaseous world that feels lived in.... Investigator Mossa tracks clues all the way back to the university where her ex-girlfriend, Pleiti, researches how to return to Earth."

The Best Sci-Fi Books of the 21st Century are Very Queer

Far from an obscure subset of science fiction, as it may have been in the previous century, queer sci-fi is now leading the genre.

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WRITER FRIENDS: if you distribute books using INGRAM SPARK you *need* to fill out this opt-out form so they don't sell your books to AI corps to rip apart and feed to their machine for training AI.

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱@susankayequinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

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The ebook of second Coop Heist novel, THE WRONG DEAD GUY, is on sale for $1.99 in all your favorite formats. There's an undead mummy, a magic elephant, and the robotic Dr. Lupinsky who's, well, different.

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

If This Goes On (Don’t Panic) is always proud to support independent bookstores. While visiting Memphis this week I stumbled upon the most charming bookshop, Burke’s Book Store. If you’re ever in Midtown, buy a book and then head over to Young Ave Deli for divine onion rings! @itgodp.bsky.social

Our sale continues today. Load up those e-readers. Titles by @toddkeisling.com @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @jfdt.bsky.social @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @michaelwehunt.bsky.social and more!

Bad Hand Books@badhandbooks.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's an e-stravaganza! All of our eBooks are just $1.99 when you buy direct. Limited time. Shop now. badhandbooks.com/ebooks

With the success of "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" [https://aanpress.com/aanorder.html#tcsg] AaN is looking to publish an additional volume of stories by authors we did not have the budget for in the first book. More info coming on "A Second Cup" and a KS campaign this autumn.

Finally getting back to editing our interview with @lilithsaintcrow.com. What a great interview! Hoping to have it out to you all in a week or two.

YESSSSSSS listen to my awesomeness!!!

Jen@jenbached.bsky.social · 3w ago

Have you caught our new episode? @pauljessup.com provides a phantasmic intro that could land him a gig as the narrator if The Outer Limits ever reboots! He then discusses some of Stephen King’s most iconic works. Turn on @itgodp.bsky.social today as you run errands or take your cat for a walk.

💥💥Last 4 DAYS of the annual Strange Horizons fund-drive!! 💥💥 Help us increase our author pay beyond professional rates for 2027: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser

The annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations!

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Gautam Bhatia@gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 4w ago

Delighted to say that we have made our basic funding goal of $22K, which means that Strange Horizons will continue to exist as a weekly, free magazine of SFF for the 27th year running! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... However, with ten days left, it’s not over. Read on: 🧵

"That's what I do, that's not who I am." Something writers have to remember too. Sam Neill seemed like a very thoughtful, talented guy.

Daniel Benneworth-Gray@danielgray.com · 3w ago

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

Kick-ass women going cheap! Both Fight Like A Girl anthologies are 25% off in the Smashwords July sale: www.smashwords.com/b...