BCS #468 ebook out early at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories of historical voyage for gods by multiple-time BCS author James Morrow and new one @jordonjones98.bsky.social, cover art by Bruce Brenneise. www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #468

Issue #468 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by James Morrow and Jordon Jones and cover art by Bruce Brenneise.

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I should probably turn my Bluesky notifications on--what a fun thing to see when I accidentally open this app! Shouts out to Scott once again; it was absolute pleasure to work with him.

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BCS Patreon supporters just got a free ebook of BCS #468, with stories by James Morrow and @jordonjones98.bsky.social, ten days before it goes live on the website. Want free BCS ebooks and to help us pay our authors and First Readers? Please support us! Thank you. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas...

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W/O downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Anna 🌿👁️@annacwebs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

W/O downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Also finished Lonesome Dove and it may be an all-time favourite. However, recency bias does go brr, so I will need to watch this space

Halfway through Lonesome Dove now. This book does not let up man

25% of the way through Lonesome Dove and this book is so good man. Can see it cracking my favourites of all time at this rate

My one-short-story-a-year publishing streak is unbroken, bosh. What this tells me, though, is that I really need to pull my finger out and write more!

Excited to say that I have signed on the dotted line with @bcsmagazine.bsky.social and my story about space-faring monks and Anglo-Saxon kings will appear there later on in the year :) Thanks to Scott for his in depth editorial work which brought the story into being the best version it could be!

Been on hold so long I've forget why I'm calling them in the first place

Caught a screening of Project Hail Mary on Saturday and my fiance and I are still talking about it... Might go watch it again this weekend

Rereading Kindred for Bookclub and damn I forgot how much I love Octavia Butlers writing & how brutal this novel is

Trying to decide between Parable of The Sower and Kindred for bookclub. Both are banging books, but I'm just not sure which to put forward for our next read

Big nap enjoyer over here

Just realised I referred to Anglian Water as Anglican water; that's being put down to dehydration induced delirium. In other news, we have water now. Big win

Anglican Water turned off around water around 12 today, with little notice. Said it'd be back on a 1800. Workers left at 1700. The time we'd get water back updated to 2200. It is now 2125. No workers can be seen. So, unless they're holding back our water for a laugh, I doubt I'm getting it back.

Ever since I got an E-Reader for Christmas, I've been reading so much more than I usually would; it's wild.

Get more anxiety asking people to read my query letter and synopsis than I do shooting short stories off to magazines lol

Query Letter and synopsis wrote. Now, time to wait for beta feedback on the book...

Finally finished the novel I started back during my MA in 2022 or so. Like, it's almost ready for query, just waiting on Beta's to say it's ready😎 Now to write the synopsis and query letter...

Badenoch reading Vimes' Boots Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness and thinking how much more economic growth comes from making poorer people buy cheap boots over and over

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

My biggest accomplishment of the past few weeks is getting a "high-tier" rejection from Asimovs. Let's go. Progress is being made!

Trying to decide when a short story is ready for the submissions gauntlet is harrowing

Wrote a short story last month that has gone through atleast 4 drafts and I havent done anything with it yet. Not touched it since I wrapped up last draft so need to give it a read and see if i still like it lmao

Today has been productive. Finished the draft to a short story, got a rough plan for a second, and an idea for a third. They'll keep me productive for a little while.

Feel like I've been writing with blinders on for past few months. Forgot that I can literally write about whatever the hell I want, and remembering that is pretty liberating

This is what happens when you get marketing suggestions on Discord. (And because it's not in the actual image, you can find us at clarkesworldmagazine.com)

I've been working on my main WIP since mid 2022--I think. Between graduating my MA and starting work I've not been able to put as many hours into it as I want. However, one benefit of taking so long whilst continuing to read, write short stories etc is it does a good job of showing my growth