Writers: any org that advertises itself as "vital" to your career while boosting everything that prevents you from actually having a career is not an organization you should join. Don't pay to be in a glorified clique.
Yolanda Sfetsos
@yolandasfetsos.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Horror freak. Bibliophile. She/her. Books: FALLEN DESTINY, MELANCHOLY DELUSIONS, ONLY DARKNESS, NUMB... TV/Film Rep: Alec Frankel at IAG. Website: https://www.yolandasfetsos.com/ ABSOLUTELY NO GEN AI!!
Met up with my husband for dinner & we had such a great time. 😍
Tonight I finished reading @pippinacious.bsky.social's excellent upcoming short story collection & I LOVED it! Here's my review: www.yolandasfetsos.com/2026/08/deat...
DEATH IN ITS MANY FORMS by S.H. Cooper
Welcome to my website! You can read my blog, find out what I'm writing and reading, plus check out all my book links and more. Thanks for stopping by.
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Who cares about this? Isn't the whole concept of social media THE group chat?! Anyway, an edit button would be a much better feature to add.
Bluesky@bsky.app · yesterdayUpdate: group chats can now host up to 100 members.
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If gen-AI was banned or disappeared it would be ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! Also, I've never used any of those AI tools mentioned below so I would get by just fucking fine by using my own brain. Thank you very much.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 20h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
I always think it is funny when people act like they can't differentiate between different uses of a tech. "Oh, a calendar app is okay but passing off LLM work as my own without attribution isn't?!?" Yeah. Those are very different things in fact.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 18h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
OMFG. Whoever wrote this has no fucking idea about... anything, really. The comparisons, the judgement, the idiocy. There's only one gatekeeper in these snippets. Also, why did HWA publish this bullshit?!
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 18h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
Tonight I updated several files on my laptop, spent time with my Animal Crossing + Tomodachi guys, read four short stories & spent heaps of time going through/sorting my craft stuff. Clearing out the clutter/excess is mentally & physically exhausting, but I'm really happy with the progress.
These AI assholes really are the fucking worst & dumbest society has to offer. Earning a paycheck IS the mission.
DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2d agoThe alternate reality these people live in...
Enjoying a nice afternoon walk while hoping this headache goes away because I have things to do when I get home.
#Booksky, are you in the mood for some creepy folk horror? 😈 ONLY DARKNESS is my self-pubbed book about a cursed family, set in a small town, with a good dose of urban myth & a mysterious entity. Told in two parts: Suffer. Surrender. Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
Tonight I trimmed my hair & spent the rest of the night dusting + sorting for hours. I also started reading S.H. Cooper's upcoming short story collection. The first three stories are excellent!
A starred review! My Gatsby ghosts got a starred review in Library Journal! 💫💫💫 "Brilliant, bloody, and achingly tender." In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts will be out on 9.15.26 from Creature Publishing!
Well, it's time for my afternoon walk but I'm cutting it shorter than usual since we already went for a walk this morning to donate 2+ bags full of stuff.
I totally agree. I've said it before & I'll say it again: if you use AI to steal from actual creators, you're a total fucking loser.
Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 3d agoHe’s 100% correct. ‘I’m happy if I look silly in seventy years because I said you’re a brain dead fucking loser for making “art” with AI’
#Booksky, if you're curious about my stories, my debut collection is a great place to sample my writing. Also, The Man in the Red Suit, has been selected to be part of The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2026. 🕵️♀️🎉 You can read the first two stories here: read.amazon.com.au/sample/B0DRG... 👻😈💀
Another amazing weekend is winding down. We spent a lot of time in IKEA, got some washing done + the grocery shopping out of the way & spent HOURS decluttering & sorting everything. Very tiring but rewarding work.
Until August 7th, each cover in the first 5 rows of my premade gallery is a flat 50 bucks. Take a gander, maybe something fits a story you have or maybe one can inspire you to write something!
We went back to IKEA tonight & picked up a few more storage items. The spring cleaning in winter is going great. It's a lot of work & time-consuming, but SO worth it.
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Kathy Palm@kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 5d agoARC READERS WANTED! MG horror! Do you want to be part of the Nowhere family? Do you want to help others know they are not alone, know that being lost is part of life, know that they have power? OUT OF THE NOTHING needs your reviews! Nowhere needs your help! Go to Book Sirens for an ARC...or DM me!
This applies to pretty much everything nowadays. As soon as shareholders enter the scene, they only care about profit. Greedy assholes.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d agoNeoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”
I've been promoting my forthcoming collection a lot lately, but I haven't forgotten about this book, and I still have lots of reader quotes to share. Find out what all the fuss is about: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh... @starsandsabers.bsky.social
P.A. Cornell (She/Her)@cornellwriter.bsky.social · 5d agoI've been promoting my forthcoming collection a lot lately, but I haven't forgotten about this book, and I still have lots of reader quotes to share. Find out what all the fuss is about: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh... @starsandsabers.bsky.social
Same. I love chatting about my writing here on Bluesky & enjoy posting about it on my blog, but it pisses me off that because of despicable assholes using AI to lie/cheat, some are now expecting this type of evidence to be the default.
Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY@wtalabi.com · 4d agoI'm one of those authors who enjoys talking about my stories, why I made certain choices, what ideas I was going for, etc. (its why all my short story collections include authors notes) But I'd hate if that became the default expectation for most writers because of concerns around AI nonsense.
Happy 5 years to QUEEN OF TEETH! Unleashed by Rooster Republic Press in August 2021, I wrote this madness doubting it would even find a publisher. Never did I imagine it winning a Bram Stoker Award the next year, or for its vag monster to be so beloved. Thank you, Magenta lovers 🦷🖤
I finally muted any mention of that Voldemort asshole. I'm sick & fucking tired of hearing about her evil ways & even sicker of seeing that smug smile of hers.
WE'RE OPEN! Send us your queer(er) Crow Girls, your sapphic Savages, your mlm Myron Bolitars! Send us big twists and bigger dykes! Drag queen cartels? Nonbinary bank robbers? We want 'em *please please please read the guidelines*
Nefarious Bat Press@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · last mo.📣 We're opening to QUEER CRIME NOVEL SUBMISSIONS in August! 📣 Details in screenshots - and the🧵 below:
