Recent posts by Speculative Fiction Writers and Editors on Bluesky

on the AI 2027 manifesto and predictions of AI that can improve its own code, he says: "It’s the technological equivalent of looking at the Wright Brother’s Flyer in 1903 and thinking, “well, if they could figure this out so quickly, we should have space travel cracked by the end of the decade.”"

a useful source of information on AI that is *neither* boosterism nor doomerism is... Cal Newport's podcast. he's a Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown and his podcast is mostly productivity stuff but these days he often does a 'tech corner' at the end which explains recent AI developments

<Sigh> Her wound on her left front leg is getting bigger. Infection. Time to take her to the vet and potentially ruin the trust I've built over 2 years.

A little first class lounge action and we are out. Au revoir, Paris! Now only 2 flights and and two hour drive home to see Jason, Josie, and Juno Mars.

For those not in FL, you might wonder why other districts are moving forward with removal when the order was only given to Hillsborough. This clip from Orange’s General Counsel sums it up. Our Governor has removed duly elected officials and penalized districts (fines) for far less.

This is a fantastic article, and the last line is a kicker, as I skulk at home literally hiding from the summer sun. reactormag.com/lets-talk-ab...

I know I’m Bluesky friends with several authors. Have any of you had your books translated to Swahili? I want to bring some picture books, middle grade books, and YA books to Kenya to leave for the girls at the Jane Adeny Memorial School.

Jon McNaught has created over 40 covers for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉. In this new film he takes us through the process of making a cover and explains why the everyday scenes he captures can take on unexpected significance when they finally appear beneath the masthead. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6t...

We will be heard today. We are not paid agitators. We are patriots who believe no man is above the law.

Thank you to some of my amazing friends for coming to support me and @jordanharper.bsky.social at Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena last night for our event celebrating KING OF ASHES Btw...LA is not on fire, California is not a wasteland FUCK ICE NO KINGS IN AMERICA!!!

Love it when a press release for a book acts like no other books have ever been written on that topic.

When you're a peacock but you still need to stock up on booze for the weekend

Had a very productive writing date with a friend and I think I may need more of these

I love the idea of the book ‘riding the border’ … makes me think I need to mount my horse, adjust my Stetson, and practice my flinty-eyed squint as we head towards the setting sun. ‘Who was that bearded author, mommy?’

BOOK!! It is finally out!

And now for something completely different! I am very much not a romantasy girl, but this is a book club pick and I promised (through slightly gritted teeth 😂) to give it a go! #booksky

What's everyone reading this weekend?

When you open your inbox and find the loveliest email from an ongoing client... 💖💖💖💖 kpeditorialservices.my.canva.site #WritingCommunity #SkyWriters #BookSky #Romancelandia #Authors #Editor

Good morning, Bluesky. A better selection of Father’s Day cards for exes, please. Preferably with fart jokes.

‘“Good Vibrations”, released a few months after 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, may still be the best pop song ever made, a song so intricate and multi-faceted it’s almost impossible to keep up with it while listening.’ Chris Larkin on Brian Wilson, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

Rate your personality using Scoville Heat Units. Also, make this the new standard for dating apps.

Signing at Outland Books in Oslo for the next hour and change! Come on out!

I've had 8 consecutive days of story meetings and my brain feels like the folds have been smoothed out. This is what recovery looks like. Made with my kid's watercolour brush pens.

Took a while for people to wake up today... possibly because they were all at the best sleepover in the world... which was also the first book of the day!

Let's put tonight's main show up for grabs on Bluesky a) Get Away (2024) b) Alien: Romulus (2024) c) Becky (2020) d) They Cloned Tyrone (2023) e) wild card thanks #FilmSky #FilmNight #MovieTime

In the latest episode of the LRB Podcast, Joanna Biggs joins Thomas Jones to discuss why Marguerite Yourcenar’s 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 might be ‘the best French novel of the 20th century’. Listen here: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

I'm stealing this idea

Who here can do birds? *raises hand* Who here can do birds that aren’t just fish with wings? *lowers hand* At the Met Museum.

Saw that Percy Jackson has been in the US charts for FIFTEEN YEARS. That's astounding. #KidlitUK

some good figures here, we've also seen a big rise in graphic novel sales after branching out from Marvel/DC getting more horror and politics in and trying to make a feature out of these

Some of you are remarkably judgy about an innocent man being set upon by rabid babies.

www.amazon.co.uk/One-Man-Down...

Watching a bunch of anglophone tourists (not sure where from) failing to deal with the idea that a half drawn store and someone getting all the chairs out means the shop isn't quite open yet (yes it opens at 10, yes it's 10:30)

And this morning the Shed is the eye of the storm; calm and wide and open…

every time I see someone saying they used an LLM to answer a question I think of the Consequences game and how that would probably make more sense

"[T]he line most specific to architecture is drawn with a emphasis at the beginning and at the end." - Matthew Frederick I've always thought this principle also applies to storytelling. In it's simplest form a narrative emphasises the beginning and the end.

"[T]he line most specific to architecture is drawn with a emphasis at the beginning and at the end." - Matthew Frederick I've always thought this principle also applies to storytelling. In it's simplest form a narrative emphasises the beginning and the end.

This would be a public service!

I love writing for children but one thing I find very hard is working out how old the parents and grandparents of an 11 year old are likely to be, and all the calculations involved and assumptions of average ages of fertility. They never told me there'd be maths and statistics in fiction. #KidLituk

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The start of indie bookshop week has got to be Sir Terry, right?

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This looks delightful!

#caturday #GNUPeterMorwood

Today is the start of #IndieBookshopWeek and to celebrate you can get yourself a £5 National Book Token! All you have to do is spend £25 on bookson the website or in the shop and we’ll send one with your order. (Excludes subscriptions)

OK I am now watching S1E1 of "the last ship" which is kind of bad but also I am enjoying it because it's global pandemic and navy so yay. but I wish my navy son was here to tell me how accurate the Navy business is lol

Good morning. It is Independent Bookshop Week. If you are able please do support your local bookshop. They pay their taxes and support the community! @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @sevenoaksbookshop.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social @grovebookshop.bsky.social

We have locked in another special event for Locus Awards Weekend, June 18-21, in Oakland! Come attend Drawn to the Dark: Writing the Strange and Beautiful w/ #CynthiaPelayo #LauraBlackwell #MaggieTokudaHall #CarolineMYoachim 🏆Buy tickets in bio or here: locusmag.com/2025-lo... 📚💙

rainy today, may just down tools and watch films all day

Name 3 films you have seen 10 times 1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 2. My Neighbour Totoro 3. Dogma

(SMH) Tsk tsk. www.ndtv.com/world-news/n...

Share a movie or TV character wearing a turtleneck. There's only one answer. David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin in THE MAN FROM UNCLE.

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 The June Bug (in French: Le Hanneton) was a lesbian bar active during the Victorian era in Paris. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 It was popular with the art community and frequented by women of all ages. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Men were discouraged from entering. #Victorian #lesbian #PRIDE #lgbtqia

The difficult thing with the current state of discussions around trans rights is you can say 'I think trans people are worthy of dignity and respect' and someone will reply 'So you're saying it's ok for John Cena to punch my grandma?!'

Well well. 5:05AM coach to London on a Saturday? Nope she is NOT the one.

Tonight's bracelets: "In Drowsytown," "Think About the Implications" and "The Future is Now."

I could make a zine with post-it notes...

oh hey it's Friday which means a new episode of Murderbot, thank goodness!

anyway good night

Partner: *looks at a few thousand page comic omnibuses on my shelf* Partner: Ha-ha, you can't have actually read all of these, right, ha-ha, what a time-sink, right? Me: ... Partner: Right??

Half past twelve And I'm watching the late show...

I sold some old books on eBay. David Mamet bought one. He did not rate the transaction.

Time to introduce my teens to #Farscape!

Made a new friend last night. Strange animal. Hybrid? Norwegian rat X domestic cat? 🧐 If any of you recognize this peculiar species, please share a few facts about it. Thanks! ***WRONG ANSWERS ONLY***

I’m gonna call it a clunky, clogged, gritty, sloppy game. Entertaining, contested as hell. Not, you know, elegant.

there is also so much beauty in the world

Made a new friend last night. Strange animal. Hybrid? Norwegian rat X domestic cat? 🧐 If any of you recognize this quixotic species, please share a few facts about it. Thanks! ***WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.***

SGA having to work VERY hard against a strong Indiana D. But just now did show why he’s MVP. Those two shots for a 1 point lead were VERY impressive. (He’s also impressively Canadian, as it happens.)

Are you ready for an ear worm from the 1800s? Erlkönig, Op. 1, D 328 by Franz Schubert has been stuck in my head for years. Every time I think I've escaped it, some movie or show uses it and I'm thrown right back down the rabbit hole. 😰 #1800s #classical #Schubert youtu.be/JS91p-vmSf0?...

people.com/book-influen...

OK, OKC, there’s a bit of a push. Show you’re good?

how did I not think of this also possibly my subconscious was just like "more purple stabby things" LOL

Every pharma ad: “If you have X and want to treat it with a daily pill, ask your doctor if Fuckovia is for you.” 🎶 Fuckoooviiiaaa🎵 “Fuckovia’s side effects include insomnia, anxiety, depression, memory loss, blood clots, cancer, compulsive behavior, infections, and death.” 🎶 Fuckoooviiiaaa🎵

Said it last game, reinforced tonight, OKC playing as if they expected to win by acclamation because of their great season. Indiana fierce, focused, impressive.

And now you know why I WRITE about art. (Flip side of my sign for tomorrow.)

I regret nothing. #loveislandusa

I didn’t watch the episode yet, but I definitely voted. #loveislandUSA

Harsh rumors of war Hate that stretches like a net Lives hang in balance. #haiku

Canada: *confused but trying really hard to fit in* ... One king??

Had enough hotel food. Got some enchiladas.

I'm sneaking stuff up onto etsy tonight & over the weekend, as I start to abuse the new lightbox! :D thebrokencircle.etsy.com

Still on the fence about this but as the parade is going to be nothing but dolphins and Greensboro's protest has been cancelled (???????why???????) I'm taking it as a bit of a sign.

I have a joke about Sisyphus but honestly I've been telling it over and over again

Calling all indiefim champions! Who will break the ice on the campaign tonight? We can do this!

Kelpie is uncannily smart for a cat. I'm considering setting her up with a Twitch stream. Maybe Elden Ring is the challenge she truly craves.

Back in stock again!

Cooper update

I guess at least a medical professional has offered to visit my sickbed and run some tests but I'm not sure how the lick lick will help

Just dropped by Oblong Books and signed all their stock of Wearing The Lion. I left some ~bonus goodies~ inside the pre-order copies. I hope we see photos of them when they arrive to readers!

I'm looking at absurdist wallpaper again. I think maybe I'll wallpaper the inside of the cat house apartments. I'm making little cubbies for them. They can each have their own theme. I'm not insane!!!!!

How many cats does it take to become your local Cat Lady? It's gotta be more than four, ya?

How many cats dies it take to become your local Cat Lady? Gotta be more than 3, ya?

‘Shadows’ appears as a kidnapping/snuff video set to an anthemic 80s-era new wave gothic soundtrack. These aren’t true vampires (?) so the video seems driven as a purely cold/craven lust for murder power. A savage depiction of bloodlust horror, wet raw, well-done, and tastefully end-credit-sated.

One of my friends who lives near LA participated in some of these and said it's DEEPLY SATISFYING and she highly recommends it.

Democrats need to lean into some version of Project 2029 right now and slam down criteria of what they're going to do and how they're going to do it. We already have a general idea of a concept of a vague future. I want specifics to fight for.

There's only one reply on this, and I think it's worth reading through. I really appreciated the perspective offered in it.

I am starting to wonder if maybe the multiple medical professionals who told me the impacts of having pneumonia would take at least 3-6 months to resolve were perhaps... and I'm not saying they were... correct-ish

So it begins. I have turned our mudroom into a cat patio. Our mudroom connects our garage and house and there's locks leading to both sides... so in nice weather I can leave this open for her to explore and get used to a house/walls.

Another Florida school district has published decisions to remove books after state officials declared them “pornographic” last week. We’re up to three now: Hillsborough, Orange, and Santa Rosa. app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQ...