Yvonne Eliot
@y-eliot.bsky.social
she/her Currently adrift, curious where I may be carried https://yvonne-eliot.carrd.co/
Oh hey, the first half of chapter 2 is up, and it's FREE. Sparks are already flying between my two main characters, and not in a good way. Also, there's a kind of evil horse that makes an appearance... www.patreon.com/MichaelJaspe...
Chapter Two, Part One: Heart's Revenge (a serial novel) | Michael Jasper
The novel serialization experiment continues! I decided to make this half free -- the first half of each chapter is open to everyone, while
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The fun continues on Ocracoke Island with the first half of chapter two of Heart’s Revenge: www.patreon.com/MichaelJaspe...
Chapter Two, Part One: Heart's Revenge (a serial novel) | Michael Jasper
The novel serialization experiment continues! I decided to make this half free -- the first half of each chapter is open to everyone, while
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Yay for shout-out for the Art Show! It was a lot of work to pull together, but we had some amazing volunteers, and the artists were 😍 Re steampunk at @laworldcon.bsky.social, I really enjoyed learning how to do Victorian-ish dances to Abney Park. 😊
The Steampunk Explorer@steampunk-explorer.com · yesterdayScenes from the LACon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, held Aug. 27-31 in Anaheim, CA. It featured the Hugo Awards ceremony along with panels, book signings, parties, a masquerade, and more. #steampunk #LAconV steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
not "AI will kill us all" nor "AI will develop a conscience" but a secret third things "AI will keep us as pets who are entertaining but also like to eat plastic"
There's a song I'd love to play & sing. I got the sheet music & started working on it, then discovered that one of my kids had a traumatic memory associated with the song & an ex with consent issues. I threw away the sheet music. There are plenty of other songs. This is a post about Harry Potter.
There's a song I'd love to play & sing. I got the sheet music & started working on it, then discovered that one of my kids had a traumatic memory associated with the song & an ex with consent issues. I threw away the sheet music. There are plenty of other songs. This is a post about Harry Potter.
I just want to be a teenager investigating crimes by checking microfiche in the basement of the library with my two best friends.
TFW you start troubleshooting what you think is a minor glitch accessing your website only to discover that you may have accidentally deleted the entire database attached to it in one of your "omg my backend is a mess" cleaning sprees.... 🙃
I'm just here to say today that querying is hard. There's no way around it if you're unagented. It's hard on the soul and on one's patience. Just keep at it. If you decide to go with self-publishing, godspeed. That, too, is difficult. Persistence and discipline are the marrow of luck.
Who's the most chaotic choice to give the One Ring to? Duh.
Bugs Bunny Blinking Eyes
Alt: Bugs Bunny blinking eyes and looking cute with folded hands under chin.
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Sue London@cmdrsue.bsky.social · 6d agoWho's the most chaotic choice to give the One Ring to? Can't top the quoted post, but another option. What if a man is Large, Moral, and Has Unlimited Power?
You know you don't read enough paper books when you try to scroll the page.
It bugs me that we're normalising the idea that there's something wrong with long documents, or that they're not "worth" our time. There is huge value in careful thought, in detail and nuance, in exploration, and in the experiential journey that goes alongside that.
If you are an artist or creator looking for a better way to connect with your community, check out the new platform(s) that artist/photographer Richard Man is creating: zsaso.com/@richard/01a...
Welcome to Zsaso!
Social media has an elephant in the room, and AI has made it bigger. For a social media company to go public and deliver the returns its shareholders expect, it has to sell something. What it sells is...
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I feel like I’m losing my mind. The president of the United States is promising $5000 payouts if his party wins the midterms, and the discussion in the media is “but what about the deficit” rather than “vote buying is illegal”?
I know things are tight right now for just about everyone, which is why I wanted to let you know if you're looking for a little light escapism, An Embarrassment of Itches (Ginny Reese Mysteries Book 1) is 99 cents on most digital platforms AND the rest of the series is on Hoopla. (1st book in limbo)
Every day in every way, we're being told we're doomed. Unsustainable climate change. Unsafe, unstable food chain. Dwindling resources. Fine. Go out like a comet then. Make your art, be your most authentic, wacky self. Find your community and support it. Continue to make things. Take joy in it.
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky@queenofpeat.bsky.social · last wk.Forget planting trees for a second. Let's talk about BOGS. Did you know that peatlands cover a tiny 3% of Earth’s land, but store MORE CARBON than all the world's forests combined?They are an ultimate MVP of our climate system and it’s time we start hyping them. Join me! 🧵 1/
ME: Okay, so a coral snake looks like that and a kingsnake looks like—FUCK, it’s AI, I need a different image… KEVIN: *facepalm* SNAKE: Ooh, is this Fiestaware? Hijinks ensue as we attempt to get the cardboard under our new friend.
I cut watermelon for The Juiceman demos. Oh, & the first day of my job doing admin for a VisEFX company, they set fire to a body in the parking lot. 🤪🔥
SarahJSloat@sjane.bsky.social · 2w agoHappy labor day (USA). What's one of the oddest paid job you've had? Mine was probably as a reader for a medical professor at Rutgers, whose eyes were failing. I read him many academic texts, as well as Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh."
My life is an unending quest to get all of the links to my books in one place. books2read.com/rl/bysuelondon
by Sue London: Everything by Sue London - in one place!
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Just a note that Governor Newsom has still not signed SB 868 allowing Californians to have balcony solar panels without paying interconnection fees, and it is worth your time to send a note to the Governor's office urging him to sign. Balcony solar panels are a safe way to increase clean energy use.
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.
PUBLISHING WEIRDOS LOOK OUT THE AUTHORS ARE ACTIVATING CRONE MODE
I would like to report on the literary agents who are claiming a percentage of their clients' Anthropic settlement. But I need some authors willing to share info about who these agents are (privately - no need to go on the record). Reach out: hello@janefriedman.com
