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Mote Thone Lay

@motethonelay.bsky.social

💌Querying: City of the Sold 🧬a cyberpunk novel ☕️Fav drink: Coffee 🍲Fav food: Mohinga 🌏 SE Asian | Myanmar❗️No AI

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Mote Thone Lay@motethonelay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

V. E. Schwab’s Vicious x Chloe Gong’s Coldwire x Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies A cyberpunk novel with a romantic subplot 📣Voicey 🧬 Grounded sci-fi 😱 Cannibalism 🍲 Unintroduced cuisines 🎯 Professional futuristic darts player FMC 🎲 Two MMCs 🗺️ Set outside the US and the UK #SEAsianPit #NA #SF #Q

Mote Thone Lay@motethonelay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In honor of #SEAsianPit, here’s my pitch for CITY OF THE SOLD, a cyberpunk novel with a romantic subplot. 📣Voicey 🧬 Grounded sci-fi 😱 Cannibalism 🍲 Unintroduced cuisines 🎯 Professional futuristic darts player FMC 🎲 Two MMCs 🗺️ Set outside the US and the UK #NA #SF #Q

Over a large pinkish-purple illustrated camera lens against a deep purple background are aquamarine, pink-outlined phrases: “An agent’s guide to”, “City of the Sold” (in which “o” is a tiny dartboard), “by Mote Thone Lay”, and “Cyberpunk, grounded sci-fi, & romantic subplot”. An illustrated beautiful hand with pink nails touches “ld” of the word “Sold”.
Tiff Bartel@tiffbartel.com · 2mo ago

PSALM FOR THE WILD BUILT X SORRY TO BOTHER YOU When a down-on-his-luck archivist takes a job from a shady tech company to save his robot friend, he uncovers a darker plot involving stolen memories while falling for a handsome anarchist with a grudge against his employer. #SEAsianPit #Q #SF #SFF #R

Dark background with light text: Snaggleteeth: A Novel Adult Science Fiction / 96,000 words In an isolated tech company town, a lonely audiovisual archivist seeks the help of an illegal repair shopkeep to save his fox spirit-shaped robot friend and unravel a mystery involving stolen memories while confronting his own grief about the past.Dark background with light text and an image of a hồ ly tinh dreaming: It's got: - A BIPOC cast - A scrappy queer, neurodivergent, and disabled main character - A prickly robot familiar - Body positive romance between older queer characters - Queerplatonic friendship and community-building - Southeast Asian folklore - Anti-capitalism - Cassette futurism vibesDark background with light text: Comps: Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro) Luminous (Silvia Park) Hammajang Luck (Makana Yakamoto) Light From Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki) Vibes: Severance (Apple TV) Maniac (Netflix) Poker Face (Peacock) Robot Dreams (Sara Varon)Dark background with light text: Mood Board Images on mood board are various colourful/neon cassette futurism aesthetic stills from the shows Maniac, Severance, and Beef Season 1.
mymaiy.bsky.social@mymaiy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FABLED FISHBONES, a modern retelling of Thai folklore set in the 1990s. 🍲Reclaiming the magic in old tales and bittermelon curry 🤍Grieving a grandparent 🇹🇭Critiqueing Western saviorism 🌔Complex female friendships BLACKCAKE x REMARKABLYBRIGHTCREATURES x BIGFISH #SEAsianPit #A #MR #Fabulist

mymaiy.bsky.social@mymaiy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FABLED FISHBONES, a modern retelling of Thai folklore where a grieving woman’s intense friendship with a foreign researcher unravels after the discovery of a golden fish—are the old tales true and what will she sacrifice to protect it? BLACKCAKExREMARKABLYBRIGHTCREATURESxBIGFISH #SEAsianPit #A #MR

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Ossei Odontidae@filitadraws.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When the human of a vampire-hating werewolf family turns into a vampire, he must hide his new fangs from his nosy sister all while suppressing his hunger for blood and deflecting the suspicion of his sister’s (very hot) 🐺 bodyguard. That and to avoid a 🧛 vs 🐺 war #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q 🌈 filo mc

moodboard composed of 10 images (left to right) silhouette of a hand with claws, outside restaurant during the evening, vampire red eyes, wolf necklace, random alleyway in Puglia, silhouette of two men staring at each other longingly, golden eyes, a bucket of garlic and herbs, Fangs Out in Italy with a red background. Silhouette of bats going across the moodboard
Mote Thone Lay@motethonelay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In honor of #SEAsianPit, here’s my pitch for CITY OF THE SOLD, a cyberpunk novel with a romantic subplot. 📣Voicey 🧬 Grounded sci-fi 😱 Cannibalism 🍲 Unintroduced cuisines 🎯 Professional futuristic darts player FMC 🎲 Two MMCs 🗺️ Set outside the US and the UK #NA #SF #Q

Over a large pinkish-purple illustrated camera lens against a deep purple background are aquamarine, pink-outlined phrases: “An agent’s guide to”, “City of the Sold” (in which “o” is a tiny dartboard), “by Mote Thone Lay”, and “Cyberpunk, grounded sci-fi, & romantic subplot”. An illustrated beautiful hand with pink nails touches “ld” of the word “Sold”. Background: Deep purple Large texts (aquamarine, pink-outlines): The Pitch, 119k-word Paragraph (pale purple): Nineteen-year-old November is the celebrated killer, known as the Cyborg Butcher, of a commercial death game show, number one in the ranking, in Year 2402. When Kalayar, a professional darts player from an oppressed social class, is bullied at her school by her rival, the corrupt deputy mayor’s son, the killer sweeps in as a white knight in shining armor, carrying her to the hospital, hiding his identity. After being kidnapped by her relentless bully the same day, she meets Karl, her kind, impoverished ex-boyfriend, who is revealed to be the heir to the corporation that arranges the show and owns a private city and a military, and is November’s one and only friend. Numbered phrases against a white box at the bottom: 1. Cyberpunk, grounded sci-fi 2. Professional darts 3. Cannibalism 4. Found family 5. Voicey 6. Triple POVs (Three fleshed-out, interconnected plots) 7. Forbidden romance 8. Developed romantic subplot 9. Southeast Asian representations 10. Myanmar & Asian cuisines 11. LGBTQ+ representationBackground: Deep purple Large texts (aquamarine, pink outlines): The comps Slightly big texts (pale purple which applies to other texts): Also for fans of Jennifer J. Chow Image 1: Book cover of Chloe Gong’s Coldwire (Primary colors: Neon pink against neon aquamarine darker hues) Bottom texts: Theme Image 2: Book Cover of V. E. Schwab’s Vicious (Black shadows against red and white) Bottom texts: Character complexity, inner demons (Primary colors: Red, dark green, & pale green) Image 3: Book cover of Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies Bottom texts: Forbidden loveBackground: Deep purple Large texts (aquamarine, pink outlines): The snippet Paragraph (pale purple): She was near the door she had entered, since she didn’t want to walk further inside, but this man just had to make her life more miserable than it already was. As she had said, she was not that brave, but not everything was about bravery. Some things were about losing brain cells and a tooth. “Look, I know you’re high. I am very sorry about that. So, go stand somewhere else? Kind of like…I mean…I mean… fuck off?” It might be her imagination, but he stepped closer by about two centimeters. Okay, he was a sicko, and she was bawling before she realized what she was doing. Life was hard. So damn hard! Mom dead. Poverty stunk. Got bullied. Won darts matches—that was not exactly…anyway, got bullied! Took ground-bus. She still encountered a madman.
Mote Thone Lay@motethonelay.bsky.social · 10mo ago

AI isn't a bubble. AI is a self-torture mechanism for companies that have already invested hundreds of billions of dollars. The giveaway is the data centers. Everything has room for improvement. AI might too. The problem is when you are stretching yourself already too thin, any more work feels (1/3)

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

NPR@npr.org · 11mo ago

A U.S. district court is scheduled to consider whether to approve the settlement next week, in a case that marked the first substantive decision on how fair use applies to generative AI systems.

Anthropic settles with authors in first-of-its-kind AI copyright infringement lawsuit

A U.S. district court is scheduled to consider whether to approve the settlement next week, in a case that marked the first substantive decision on how fair use applies to generative AI systems.

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Mote Thone Lay@motethonelay.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Okay random image I took in Bagan to support Bluesky 🥴 Where are authors??? Anyway, this is a traditional wooden puppet. A princess. Or a prince? Don't blame me, they all look similar. I'm local, I don't know, nobody knows, trust me. (Except for Bagan locals) #authorsky

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Mote Thone Lay@motethonelay.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Dear Bluesky, can you increase word count limit? Cause I'm a little annoyed though I want to support you. I'm pretty sure other users, writers at least, would welcome it for sure. I really hate to compare but Threads word count is at least twice yours. And I don't even like Zuckerberg. #feedback

Meredith Mooring@meredithmooring.bsky.social · last yr.

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com

A screenshot from a legal complaint with contact information for the plaintiffs' attorneys that states, "Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064) Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108) Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371) Kathleen J. McMahon (State Bar No. 340007) JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1000 San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: (415) 500-6800 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com czirpoli@saverilawfirm.com cyoung@saverilawfirm.com kmcmahon@saverilawfirm.com Matthew Butterick (State Bar No. 250953) 1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Telephone: (323) 968-2632 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: mb@buttericklaw.com Counsel for Individual and Representative Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class"A screenshot from a legal complaint that states, "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION Richard Kadrey, an individual; Sarah Silverman, an individual; Christopher Golden, an individual; Individual and Representative Plaintiffs, v. Meta Platforms, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Case No. Complaint Class Action Demand for Jury Trial Defendant."