Les is writing
@lesleyariel.bsky.social
SF & F romance writer living by the sea in Massachusetts. she/her The Bone Mask - a high-heat romantasy is coming out September 28th https://linktr.ee/writinglahughes
Finding ARC readers hasn’t been easy but I’ve had a 100% success rate sliding into the comments of people saying they’re looking for romantasy ARCs. I think my readers are out there.
Emily Wilson gets one more piece on The Odyssey and then she needs to move on and let us know what she thinks about Mallrats
You can add my masked man romance on Goodreads. That would make my day www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
The Bone Mask
The Bone Mask is a high-heat snowed-in romantasy. The …
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Uh yeah I've changed my style because of AI, now every time you see a typo in my stuff, that was, uhm, a rebellion against the oligarchy
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
My book is coming out on September 28th! It’s a stand-alone romantasy. www.amazon.com/dp/B0HB78743...
OMGGGG -- I'm not applying for this (because my body is a sad sugarcube dissolving in a cup of tea, among other reasons) but if you can apply you should apply and if you get in you SHOULD GO www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027
This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.
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I watched The Sheep Detectives. Cried. Had some book ideas. Thought a lot about my knitwear plan for the fall. Five stars.
If you use Ingram Spark and dont want to feed the plagiarism machine, make sure you opt out now, friendos. www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-...
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱@susankayequinn.bsky.social · 3w agoThese shitty AI corps (and their shitty enabler startups, why TF does an AI corp need an NDA while stealing books??) are doing bulk orders through places like INGRAM SPARK (fuck) -- I opted out of their shitty collusion but who knows if they'll abide by it. www.404media.co/ai-companies...
If everything goes to plan, I should have my book The Bone Mask available for preorder by the end of the week. Figuring out self publishing has been hard, but like, not harder than navigating insurance or registering kids for camp. (Which are both very hard, and have prepared me well.)
Saw more ghost pipes on my hike this afternoon. They don’t seem of this world. #appalachia #wildflowers
Oh the guy on the billboards who sells bootleg scratchies to single dads?
Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 3w agowe deserve to see this
So far the hardest part of self publishing is setting my headers and footers in word?? I’ve been at this for 2 hours and I just can’t fix one problem without making three more problems
Amelia is right. I do not have words. I didn't do a fundraiser when I was going through pancreatic cancer treatment and I certainly didn't want to have to do this one. But I am very fortunate to have friends who bully with love. And never forget the fact I need this at all is a systemic failure!
Amelia Emberwing@thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 3w agoOur buddy @bjcolangelo.bsky.social needs a little help from her friends (and I'm a bully). BJ needs what is, essentially, a full mouth replacement thanks to cancer radiation. We can't eliminate the dental trauma, but we can help with the life-altering debt. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...
Starting a zine with some friends! Send us your pitches!
Dennis Hogan@dennismhogan.bsky.social · 4w agoOfficial editorial communication: The New England Review of Boats, a handmade regional zine about the vessels and people who go down to the sea for adventure, work, or pleasure--seeks submissions for its inaugural issue.
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
grim reaper finally locked the fuck in. he's standing in front of that claw machine with a roll of quarters and an agenda
Rally at Plymouth County Correctional Facility, Friday July 25, 2:00 to 3:30 PM, 26 Long Pond Rd. It is the only MA facility with an ICE agreement, and our clients inside describe long waits for care, untreated infections, and being told there is no funding to help.
Can I ask y’all some weird questions —actually… if you enjoy my questions weekly and the vast scenario I really think you would enjoy fiyahlitmag.com. A Black speculative fiction mag that publishes everything from fantasy, sci fi to horror. Consider donating as well.
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Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.
I’m talking with an artist about commissioning a character portrait and I’m so excited I’m just kind of vibrating
I had a good mammogram! Yay! I’ll be two years cancer free in August.
My main character's search history (if the Regency era had the internet or computers). Pluck is a YA Historical Fantasy Romance about a young lady in a magical Regency era trying her hardest to survive high society and also not turn into a bird. #unhingedpit #YA #Historical #Fantasy #Romance #Q
