HUGE-O congrats to the #HugoAward poetry nominees, @mariness.bsky.social, @elismontgomery.bsky.social, @theodoragoss.bsky.social, @therisingtithes.bsky.social, @angelaliu.bsky.social, and @jenniferhudak.bsky.social! I hope you'll be at WorldCon so I can high-five you all in person!
A failed attempt to pronounce "dyscalculia" led to "discount Caligula" and now I think I have a new name for the orange Cheeto.
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President Trump’s new executive order attempts to restrict mail-in voting, which would make it more difficult for millions of people to cast a vote.
We’re taking him to court to protect our right to participate in our democracy.
The WILDWOOD issue of The Fairy Tale Magazine is out now, chock full of stories and poems about tree spirits -- including a dryad-ish sonnet from me! Download for free, or toss a donation their way:
www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/wildwoo...
In other news, I am still a giant Classics nerd, albeit a fairly rusty one. (I had to look up the meter for elegiac couplets! Magistra would hang her head in shame!)
Actual thought process as I write this poem: "Too many syllables. Well, not if I have an elision there like it would be in Latin -- and this *is* a Latin pair of words. I can get away with that, right? Except wait, then under Latin scansion rules that would be a long syllable, not a short one . . ."
I was quiet due to travel, but LADY TRENT'S FIELD JOURNAL has unlocked a second bonus "notebook" page, and is a quarter of the way to a third one! #Kickstarter #ProjectsWeLove
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Looking to do more than just scream about AI? PauseAI has numerous local groups and ways to get involved with pushing back against the stampede to hand over our society to some billionaire's algorithms:
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I've always boggled that writers are expected to speak in public, yet get basically no support for learning to do so. So I cheer on Jackie Kessler and Emily Sachs, who are holding a free demo for a writer-specific Toastmasters club Sunday, April 19th:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down (read: post eagerly in a Discord server) with @swantower.bsky.social, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, & @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social to talk about speculative poetry as part of @locusmag.bsky.social's special specpo feature for Poetry Month!
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Speculative Poetry Feature: Closer to the Heart: A Poetry Roundtable with Marie Brennan, Brian U. Garrison, Brandon O’Brien, Holly Lyn Walrath locusmag.com/feature...
Final/ongoing stretch goal of Lady Trent's Field Journal unlocked: pages from The Dragon Naturalist's Notebook, each one crammed with quick sketches and close studies! All backers get every unlocked page, regardless of pledge level! #Kickstarter #ProjectsWeLove
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The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.
Final/ongoing stretch goal of Lady Trent's Field Journal unlocked: pages from The Dragon Naturalist's Notebook, each one crammed with quick sketches and close studies! All backers get every unlocked page, regardless of pledge level! #Kickstarter #ProjectsWeLove
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Both volumes are available (Vol. II as add-ons rather than a tier) in digital format, loose-leaf sheets, or paperback books, including a signed edition with a little sketch from the artist, @aliellkok.bsky.social. We've also unlocked upgraded paper stock for the books! #Kickstarter #ProjectsWeLove
Given how wild a ride the opening days have been in the #Kickstarter for LADY TRENT'S FIELD JOURNAL, I think I need to do a catch-up thread! For starters, now there will be two volumes, both available as coloring books or fully-colored art books. #ProjectsWeLove
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