In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
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Taipei-born, LA and SF-based. 媽媽, SFF writer, production grunt, gamer, wino. Represented by Catherine Cho @ Paper Literary.
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
The only solution to this is we put Dolly Parton’s name on everything instead.
Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 2mo agoTrump & his cronies on the Kennedy Center board are defying a court judgment and trying to put his name back on the Center We filed to seek an emergency stay—& the judge just ordered a hearing My column @contrariannews.org explains how we are fighting back👇- TN
In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
My supernatural short story about the White Terror, "The Third Time Hiro Ran Away," made Honorable Mention in the Adult Category of the 2026 Betty L. Yu & Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prize! Grateful and proud to count my story and background among these talented writers. Thank you @taiwaneseam_org
Charles Yu, Grace Loh Prasad, Alvina Ling, Shawna Yang Ryan, Averylin Cummins select 2026 Creative Writing Prize Winners
We are thrilled to announce the 2026 cohort of honorable mentions, finalists, and grand prize winners of the Betty L. Yu & Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes, established in partnership with Tai…
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
I cannot recommend Mushi-Shi enough - especially if you like quietly written, simultaneously beautiful and devastating folk fantasy/horror
Kodansha USA@kodansha.us · 9mo ago📢Mushishi is now streaming on Anime Manga Official! Now is your chance to binge-watch all 26 episodes of Mushishi for FREE on the Anime Manga Official YouTube channel! English Sub: https://ow.ly/IVC250Y41Pc English Dub: https://ow.ly/s9eG50Y41v7 Read Chapter 1 for FREE: https://ow.ly/AHWg50Y41uQ
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
A year ago today DAVID LYNCH passed away. One of the most outstanding directors in history, a superlative artist. A unique, extraordinary and timeless cultural figure. Forever in our memory, forever in our hearts. Long live The Greatest.
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
I'm endeavoring to collect some data about publishing journeys. Won't you join me? Here's more: www.agentsandbooks.com/tell-me-your...
Tell Me Your Story and I'll Tell You Mine
Hi Friends, I haven't fully figured out Threads yet, but there is a robust community of writers there, and a lot of conversations about books, writing, publishing, and more. That means a lot of ~~~~d...
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"And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo agoMamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow
Like the kind of girl Trump drew on Epstein’s birthday card, or a different kind
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Vance: "If you're a man and you see the pleading eyes of a girl looking up for protection, then we have to protect our girls and our women in this country."
“It’s a bit of an obscenity that I’m asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren’t we listening to the Palestinians?”
Auschwitz-survivor Gabor Maté: Gaza genocide 'the worst thing I've seen in my whole life.'
“It's a bit of an obscenity that I'm asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren't we listening t...
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If you and/or your littles love a cozy fort like I do, you're in luck! FORTS, written by @katievenit.bsky.social and illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social, is now available online and at your favorite local bookstore 🎉🏡✨️
People in #Gaza, including UNRWA staff, are fainting due to starvation and severe hunger. People are dying from severe malnutrition. UNRWA alone has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries waiting to enter Gaza – banned by Israeli Authorities from entering since March. Lift the siege.
Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
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PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
WCK resumed cooking in Gaza after our first aid delivery in 12 weeks. With new ingredients on hand, we’re preparing warm, carb-rich meals like pasta and hearty potato stews. The WCK team cooked nearly 10,000 meals on day one of resumed operations. #ChefsForGaza (1/2)
if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
We are still supporting Palestinian families by distributing critically needed potable water where possible. #ChefsForGaza (4/5)
Increasingly Powerful Trans Person Capable Of Using Every Single Bathroom At Once
Increasingly Powerful Trans Person Capable Of Using Every Single Bathroom At Once
EVERYWHERE—As the influence of the nation’s transgender individuals continues to encroach on the freedoms of the U.S. populace, sources confirmed Tuesday that increasingly powerful trans person Tori R...
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Happy book birthday to my favorite curmudgeon @kenardpak.bsky.social! GOODBYE SPRING, HELLO SUMMER wraps up his seasonal picture book series and it's now available for purchase/order at your favorite bookseller. It's been a true labor of love, and it could not be lovelier - cheers, old man! 🌿🌸🏵🌷🌞
