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The first big industry event I went to, someone squatted down, looked at my name tag, and straight up walked away because I wasn't important enough. I hid in the corner and muttered to some guy there about how much I hated it and he hated it and we had an amazing time. That guy was Terry Pratchett.

There are homophobic street preachers outside the Westin. Apparently I've achieved full Auntie, because one approached me with his bullshit literature. I turned my head slowly and looked at him with resting bitch face, no words. He recoiled, backpedaled, and said "you just had to say no thank you!"

Wow this is amazing. They're putting $5 million into canceling medical debt for families. And for every million the movie makes at the box office, another million in medical debt will get paid off!

DOES ANYONE FEEL LIKE A GOOD CRY WE GOT OUR HANDS ON FRANCESCA SANTA MARIA TONFAMECASCA KITTEN

DRAGONCON DAY 3: KEVIN: Was that…a sexy Alien Queen? ME: Seemed to be. KEVIN: I feel weird about that. ME: Oh? KEVIN: Like it was a fetish I didn’t know I had and really don’t have time for.

Okay, so I've seen this happen several times now. Person A says "hey, Covid is surging, maybe wear a mask again, okay?" They try to word it to cajole, not shame. People react poorly to being shamed.

"Video was taken 2 months ago." GLEEFUL MEMES ARE BACK ON, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

Those who haven’t been through the cycle of abuse rarely realize a massive part of why people stay is the horribly human conviction that if we could just find the right words, they’d understand what they’re doing is wrong & that it’s killing us. There are no right words, because they already know.

At cons I stare at name tags because I have the worst name- and facial-recognition you've ever encountered. If you catch me looking at your name tag for the fifth time, it's because I'm desperately trying to commit your last name to memory.

When I say something stupid here I often think about just deleting the post out of embarrassment but then I always decide not to, because you know what? Even people who own exceptionally beautiful dogs can be stupid on social media. Let’s normalise it.

what a wonderful time proving love in salt lake city with @utubookstore.bsky.social and UTAH MUSEUM OF FINE ART. great show buckaroos now takin a few days off before heading to san francisco for another sold out trot. LOVE IS REAL

time travel to 2005 and tell yourself that in 20 years, the president is Donald Trump, he's threatening to invade Chicago, no one is 100% sure if he's actually even still alive, and the Governor of Illinois is on the internet asking if we're in a Weekend at Bernies situation.

Okay still no news on kitties, time for ANXIETY STOMACH (I am supposed to go eat lunch with the others shortly but we'll see) and also WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN on BRAIN BLEED DAD SURGERY as well as FIBROID FRANZES week Like GEEZ which gods did I piss off

I admit, I was concerned when this exhibit was proposed. I thought it would look arrogant and braggadocios. Instead, it made a lot of people right, and reminded me that I'm not always right. Also, if you follow my past dresses, they Invoke the Names.

Controversial opinion, but I think Science Fiction and Fantasy may actually both be a subset of something else, which I like to call "Fiction."

Anyway at least the City of Edmonton Shelterbuddy links are validated and live now! edmontonacccpets.shelterbuddy.com/animal/anima... edmontonacccpets.shelterbuddy.com/animal/anima...

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THE JOY OF 1) OWNING A KOALA AND 2) FORCING @kbspangler.com TO DRIVE IT TO THE POST OFFICE? theagahfstore.bigcartel.com/product/spee...

I just gave KJC Jr (Anglo Saxon fiend) my Marc Morris books on Kobo and then said I'd get him my copy of Pagans. Jr: Wait. You mean you've got it in real life? Petition to have all print referred to as "in real life" from hereon in.

I feel a great lightness in my heart knowing that we have a new fun hobby, and the memes are just gonna be better each time.

Last #PacificOcean at sunset. Off to the airport in the morning.

NO NO NO NO WE ARE IN BOOK PREORDER MODE! PREORDER SIDEQUESTED!!! THE GOAL IS TO GET A PROFESSIONAL MANUFACTURER TO MAKE AND SHIP PEONY THE VULTURE PLUSHES TO THE ENTIRE WORLD BUT WE CAN'T GET THERE WITHOUT SHOWING HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE SIDEQUESTED!!! sidequested.com/preorder-boo...

As it's currently #invertefest I've unearthed some old art and I give you... the palaeozoic invertebrates of the revolution! Part of a sequence of historical/palaeofauna images I did a while back.

I was telling my editor about the worst lit party I ever went to (to be fair, I am not much for that kind of thing). It was for this ex-banker guy who was being CELEBRATED TO THE SKY for writing a book that no one seemed to have read. The party stands out in my mind for many reasons...

Look, there are plenty of roles for "owner of AI company" in romance novels! The villain, the murder victim...um, the other villain...

Sometimes the autocrat himself ends up hanging from a building, upside down or not.

It's my birthday next week! So Barnes & Noble put the special purple edition of Someone You Can Build A Nest In up for 25% off: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/someone-yo...

Quite possibly my actual favorite Le Guin fiction. She jimmies the door of truth open with a knife.

And here's a Boris blep to start your #Caturday morning.

I wonder how long Stephen Miller would last if JD Vance became President. I wonder what Miller has planned for Vance if that should happen. All kinds of interesting thoughts to have in this best of all possible worlds. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

“This has been a Posting Drill. Had this been the actual Thing, margaritas and condoms would’ve been dispensed. Please stand by for the actual Thing.”

Living my little Greek island author boy fantasy 📖 💻

When I was in third grade there was a rash of extreme playground fights resulting in some ER trips for stitches and x-rays & the words “I hate you” were tossed around so our catechism teacher taught us that we shouldn’t hate anyone, ever, and even the most despicable people deserve God’s love.

And this morning the Shed is a burial mound, out on the crest of a heather moor, under which an undiscovered hoard of scarlet gold lies burning…

Alternative Eurovision song contest called Dolorvision for sad songs & musical downers only, competing to become the theme song for murder shows with desaturated colors where the detectives are too sad for a bed.

Cup of tea; half an hour to kill. You know what that means, Bluesky: #Storytime.

Rewatching a favorite movie. Just in the mood for some reason.

Rewatching a favorite movie. Just in the mood for some reason.

Rewatching a favorite movie. Just in the mood for some reason.

Rewatching a favorite movie. Just in the mood for some reason.

huh. so... we're negging authors now in our marketing pitches? LOLOLOL (aside from the fact that this reads like chatGPT threw up in a composition window, apparently she found Tor's ebook boxset that has 3 reviews. our books have thousands.)

I liked ER until I got to medical school and realised that the emergency department is mostly calm AF. People efficiently deal with your spurting blood vessel without dramatic, percussion music. Not a single person sitting astride a trolley delivering CPR as the ambulance crew wheel into the OR.

Left the house came back Couldn't find the cat for 30 mins Panick! doors shut windows closed. Its like a bad locked room mystery.. Sit down defeated 5 mins later cat comes out from INSIDE THE DRYER No I dont know how he opened it and I wouldn't believe if I hadn't heard him meowing in there 🙄

We had to give Hotspur two pills. Catching Hotspur is like the car-chase scene in THE FRENCH CONNECTION if cars could hide under and behind furniture. A good time was had by none. He is pilled, and has disappeared...somewhere. Right now, idk&idc where. 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

Lot of people responding to this saying that they look at name tags for various reasons, and you are misunderstanding. Name tags exist to be looked at. But scanning name tags and visibly registering disappointment when it's not a famous person is different and very obvious

Let’s say I’m talking about Democrats. I might as well be. But for anyone who needs to hear it? I’m pretty good at words. There are no right words. It’s okay to realize that.

There's a short novel from the 1950s from H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire, variously called A PLANET FOR TEXANS and SIX-GUN PLANET, that operates on this principle. They disagree with you, but it's amusing in spots anyway. Not subtle, but amusing.

so he is suggesting that the rest of you should have to follow Alabama voter rules. spoiler alert: they suck

Maybe...it shouldn't have happened at all? Radical idea, I know. Much too radical for Christofascist Trumpnazis, obviously.

IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN LOLOLOL

"The world is burning. Fascism is rising. Countries are falling. And we’re on the brink of incredible technological change, which will either be the end of everything or a new beginning. So, who needs artists?" I've written about what it takes to make art & live bravely. tinyurl.com/bdfjszbu

we must have worn ourselves out last night because it's very chill over here compared to threads, where they are comparing the "picture" to videos from June and have basically decided It Happened. 🤣

There have been more of these gigantic dragonflies since the gigantic haboob earlier this week, 😁. Context: I’m in Phoenix, AZ. 🏜️🌵.

@kbspangler.com May I interest you in Zeus in these trying times?

It’s all Fantasy. Yes.

I'm looking at the password hint I set up on an old computer and thinking: at some point I evidently considered this obvious. Indeed, I worried that someone else might get it. I did not consider the possibility that I would not.

I tried to stay in bed this morning but the book brain is too intense, so I'm up, showered, about to eat amy avocado toast and do some quick meal planning, and them I'm writing SOME OF THE MOST BONKERS ACTION SCENES OF MY LIFE

Loudmouth here quoted on the whole copyright shambles, plus some very interesting stuff on a Worldcon panel that I suspect might have given me an aneurysm.

delighted by these author baseball cards from @mcsweeneys.net, an ongoing series featuring writers including yours truly 💀

Three things that I like that have been said to be 'dying': 1. Rap music/hip-hop. 2. The comics 'industry'. 3. Science fiction. Not in this lifetime. Everything will evolve, but they're going nowhere. It's like the dude* who (apocryphally) said we now know everything there is to discover.

Here's Ford the mad meezer mix last night, asleep on the comforter that goes on the sofa when it turns into a sofa bed. Yes, those are kitty treats on the coffee table. Of course they are. #Caturday

I AM OXNXE AGAIN CAUGHT AT THE SCENE OF A FOCACCIA

hey, cool. and, I'm doing an event with her Tuesday night, for Tattered Cover. at a church in Denver, I think? details, man. I only worry about them when I'm halfway to wherever I'm sort of supposed to be. at which point I sometimes have to turn around, re-direct. and hustle.

Been talking to the Maine family about Graham for the past week and there is definitely A LOT OF INTEREST. 👀💃

why is this book 98,000 words and not done, the bree story

"Colonel" can go to heck. HECK, I say.

Status report, "Well, This Was Unexpected" Dep't: So while writing today, a character says, "You people have [very brief time period] to explain what's going on here, and if you haven't done it by then, I'm throwing you all out and going for lunch. *And it's the roast chicken today."* (1/2)

Folks, what's keeping you from starting a fine family tradition tonight?

Here's your discourse for the day. WRITE WHAT YOU WANT. We have a limited time here, and we deserve to tell our stories. Carry on.

Showing up soon, I hear:

The damage he does won't be, though.

I WAS 10000000% CONVINCED THIS WAS PARODY UNTIL I SCROLLED INTO THE COMMENTS ARE YOU KIDDING ME "It was a subcontractor that was installing heavy landscaping on a steel cart that was broken and tilting badly, with it rubbing hard against the soft, beautiful stone." LO & BEHOLD? (link in next post)

20, 20, 24 hours ago We all thought he had bit it

It's a day to sell books! But hey, what day isn't?

My therapist: Sacha, the 1970s Italian fitness family stencil in the Greek gym can't hurt you. the 1970s Italian fitness family stencil in the Greek gym:

Seated for Caught Stealing

I really don’t get it. Is it because he has nice hair? Because he sure as fuck doesn’t have nice policies

Dreams do come true.

I loved this "Rome but with magic" fantasy novel, and now it is on SALE.

Saw a bumper sticker that said, “I’d rather be crying to Enya.” That’s an entire mood.

A Darwin Award of sorts. He dumbunfucked his way out of a chance to pass on his genes...which plainly don't deserve passing on.

Look what @claymcleod.bsky.social has discovered in the Covent Garden, England Forbidden Planet

Good morning, we are open! - Michael

One aspect of this Anthropic settlement that I'm not seeing a lot of commentary on: If you get the cash, what are you agreeing to? Settlements are an agreement. Does it come with a spanking new NDA where you can't criticize either Anthropic specifically or techbros generally for stealing your work?

It’s not even been a year since I was telling an English speaking friend about the Icelandic tradition of eating Rock Ptarmigan on Christmas Eve, and friends, I pronounced the t! She corrected me and I realised I had only ever read the word.

“I can’t do this alone” Is the password for so much pain. You can. But most likely won’t have to.

Last night’s NIN show was amazing. Even though I didn’t make it into the band because I’m too goofy, it was a genuine pleasure meeting Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Jonathan Pavesi, John Crawford in the flesh. Unbelievably gracious and kind hosts. My ears are still ringing and face is still smiling.

yes very good thread. I have tried to backflip away from having to have this discussion, but I was talking to people about it on our discord the other day because it is on my mind!

A little poem: Had a friend who had a little turtle in a big tank full of green water The little turtle would swing and bang its hard little shell into the indifferent walls of its nasty green tank Sometimes when I write I think of that turtle I am that little turtle

The Dragon's Keep dice tower is perfect for rolling dice in melodramatic style! Drop a d20 in the top and it will tumble out in the tray, protected by a dragon. thebrokencircle.etsy...

Wow: just got passed by a cherry 427 Cobra (I’m on my bike). Side pipes so throaty and that cam loping so heavy that the guy driving had to have headphones on. I like to think he was listening to Steppenwolf. Very loud.

I'm totally not anxious about The Folded Sky being up for a #DragonAward today! Totally! Slept like a baby! A colicky baby. Anyway, voting is over so it's all in Schrödinger's hands now!

Last call for long weekend murder mystery reading material! Closed Sunday and Monday for the holiday, open til 7 today…

You want ghost cats, this is how you get ghost cats

Has Trump been seen yet? I mean, dude has been going full throttle for months and needs to take a breath. Most don’t want to hear from the president as often as we’ve had to with this guy. So no one asked him to behave like that.

I had to get up briefly and then I waited a couple minutes for these tiny dinosaurs from @cinderwing3d.bsky.social to finish printing because who doesn't want a TINY LITTLE FINGERTIP FRIEND 😍

ALSO PREORDER THE SIDEQUESTED BOOK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF KOALAS

Oh my gods it’s a real book 🫢 Thank you so much to Pan Macmillan for making it such a beautiful one. The golden sheep on the spine! The colours! The foiling! Extra details under the jacket! I will show you guys the special editions as soon as they arrive, too.