Tornado warning and multiple alerts and emergency notifications during our #WritersSymposium #GenCon panel just now. I blame @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social. Mad props to @larkmorganlu.bsky.social for moderating the panel through that chaos.
Jim C. Hines
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Author of SLAYERS OF OLD, KITEMASTER, TERMINAL ALLIANCE, LIBRIOMANCER, GOBLIN QUEST, and other fun stuff. Knows where his towel is. He/him.
Quote of the day: "He would lose a battle wits with his own shadow." - from Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
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So the country has an outbreak of diarrhea lettuce and the air tastes like the ghosts of fire.
Han Solo as Stormtrooper: We're Fine
ALT: Han Solo as Stormtrooper: We're Fine
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This month's reviews are up on Patreon. We have @ajhackwith.bsky.social's forthcoming book GOBLIN MARKET as well as THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. Both were highly enjoyable. I'm particularly fond of Hackwith's story, which was surreal and contradictory and wonderfully heartfelt. www.patreon.com/jchines
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Was picking up dinner from QDOBA and I heard this cheerful chirping from above. I look up, and there’s a little bird just chattering away, happy and content as can be, just chilling in the sign’s A-hole.
Silence is the wrong response. That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI. Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)
Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books
Bona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ...
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Nine days to grab this bundle of humorous SF/F with work from me, @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social, @daveklecha.bsky.social, @jodylynnnye.bsky.social, @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, @ginikoch.bsky.social, and more! This particular bundle also supports the nonprofit publishing house @deepvellum.bsky.social.
StoryBundle@storybundle.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Seriously Funny Bundle - Curated by Alex Shvartsman: Comedy may be hard, but finding good funny books to read should be easy. storybundle.com/humor
Is there something they aren’t telling us about Mitch McConnell’s health situation?
The best way I can sum up my rather complex feelings on this is to say it’s not either/or. America is both. If we won’t admit the cancer is within our own body, how can we hope to treat it?
Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · last mo.Trump is not America. He's anti American. America is eating birria with some randos on folding chairs in the parking lot of the Food 4 Less watching the world cup on a flat screen wearing my knock off Mexico jersey.
Happy book birthday to Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition, the rerelease of my Nebula and Philip K. Dick finalist novel about the human-AI hybrids who are judges & executioners in the far future. Thanks to @apexmag.bsky.social for bringing out the new edition! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...
@dawbooks.bsky.social is doing a Pride Month giveaway of 13 of their books. Enter by 7/9 at mailchi.mp/ef4d405953cf... (Thank you, @eiramanig.bsky.social, for finding that link!)
DAW - PRIDE MONTH SWEEPSTAKES - JUNE 26
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DAW Books@dawbooks.bsky.social · last mo.🚨Sweepstakes alert 🚨 Although Pride Month is coming to an end, celebrate Pride all year long with these titles! One grand prize winner will receive 13 books with diverse stories and representation 🌈 No purchase necessary. US Only. Ends 7/9 buff.ly/v7qiyEh
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
Oh great. Now I have to stress about leveling up my Wikipedia page before I die. Thanks so much, @petersagal.bsky.social
Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · last mo.At a certain age, looking at your own Wikipedia page starts to feel a lot like reading your obituary.
Breaking my social media vacay to boost this StoryBundle that includes my book GOBLIN QUEST. (I’ve got stories in a couple of those anthologies, too) ::vanishes again in a puff of purple ninja smoke::
StoryBundle@storybundle.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Seriously Funny Bundle - Curated by Alex Shvartsman: Comedy may be hard, but finding good funny books to read should be easy. storybundle.com/humor
Taking a week off from social media. Partly to give myself a break. Partly to prove to Jen that I can do it 😝 Have a good week, all! See you again after Fathers Day.
Just finished @jimchines.com's Slayers of Old (who says sales don't work?) and it was FANTASTIC. I loved it! Loved the characters, loved the plot, even loved the villain. If you liked Buffy, you'll like this.
For the evening crowd, SLAYERS OF OLD is on sale at the usual ebook spots for $2.99 for another seven hours or so. Amazon sez it's the #6 title in the fantasy coming of age category. Which...maybe I don't know what "coming of age" means? astrapublishinghouse.com/product/slay...
Slayers of Old - Astra Publishing House
Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time “Buffy the Vam...
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Looks like there’s 14 hours to snag your copy of SLAYERS OF OLD for only $2.99!
DAW Books@dawbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago✨ eBook Discount! SLAYERS OF OLD by Jim C. Hines is only $2.99 on Kindle Daily Deals. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time. buff.ly/QsehmAr
FATHERS FOR PIXELS 2026: Welcome to The Pixel Project’s Fathers for Pixels 2026 blog interview series! Our second Fathers for Pixels interview of 2026 is with Jim C. Hines from the U.S.: tinyurl.com/JCHinesF4P2026
I withdrew a story from an anthology project today. (No contracts had been signed yet.) I'm not going to get into the details. But I think it was the right decision for me, based on the information I have. I've had to do this a couple of times over the years, and it sucks.
It's Pride again, and time for another queer-themed bundle! At a time when the community is once again under threat, we felt it was more important than ever to showcase the work and the writers that celebrate us. storybundle.com/pride
I don’t know if Hawkeye would be the all-around best roommate in the world, but at least he’d never miss the bowl…
Waiting to hear back from the editor, but my agent says he really enjoyed UNCHOSEN ONES. Which is a *huge* relief. I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I always get that ugly fear when I first turn in a manuscript. "Wait, what if this one completely sucks and I didn't even know???" 😬😫
How did I not know about this Lady Trent/Dragons book from @swantower.bsky.social? Happily for me, TURNING DARKNESS INTO LIGHT is on sale for $1.99 at Amazon and the rest of the usual suspects. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Turning Darkness into Light
Amazon.com: Turning Darkness into Light eBook : Brennan, Marie: Kindle Store
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You can now order autographed and personalized copies of my books through Schuler Books 😁 (aka @schulerbooks.bsky.social). schulerbooks.com/list/author-...
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