The title "NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention" across the top, with the cover in the middle of the title. Below are several endorsement quotes, as well as an image of an astronaut and octopus tentacles entering from either side against a backdrop of stars. “I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafted.” –Myna Chang, Microverse “Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted...” –Naseem Jamnia “Intense and beguiling...” –Sherwood Smith “Nuanced...” –Locus Magazine “Complex and experimental...” –SF Book Reviews

There's has been a lot of discourse lately about reviews, especially for older and indie titles. NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, released in 2024, got lovely coverage from indie & mainstream reviewers alike. I wanted to highlight them again w/ a big THANK YOU 🧵

(and we're still happy to give out review copies!)

This mountain is the hill I will die on.

New year, new awards, new cover!

I'm excited to join the Spring Workshop @futurescapesww.bsky.social . This workshop is for honing those first 3,500 words, and this Meanderthal draft needs some focus and a deadline!

That can be arranged.

Oh hey my NYC peeps! My new play The Misopeds get a reading on Monday the 15th courtesy of the wonderful @nakedangelsnyc.bsky.social ! Would love to see you there.

Oh how I love our new cover. (Can't figure out what to buy your weird nephew for Xmas/Hannukkah/It's Winter Here's a Present? This.)

To the Jellyfish in my life.

Tips? Republicans don't tip.

Why yes, this WAS on my bingo card.

Hey! It's Tuesday!

A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC x HOUSE M.D.

Days before graduation, blood-magic medical student Nettle accidentally girlbosses herself into the middle of a murderous conspiracy. Her best friend has been hiding his radical political activism. And worst of all, she’s *really* broke.

#DVpit #F #A #LGBTQ

Scotland, 1925: A gentleman thief, a lonely demon hunter and a married sorceress embark on a glittering heist to destroy the English occult.

Forbidden passions and their own ambition threatens to destroy them before the English get the chance.

Bi rep, ace rep, mf, mmf, mm

#dvpit #a #f #queer

I read a profile on this. Not only is it in record mode at all times, but it's an ass (no doubt modeled on the inventor). It kept telling one journalist testing it that it was bored while she was working. Like she's supposed to entertain the thing?

Full moon through light clouds above city skyline just before dawn.

Moonset, New York City.

End of an era.

Happy birthday!

In these extra-crappy times it was wonderful to laugh that hard for 90 minutes.

Saw Improvised Shakespeare tonight in Brooklyn and why aren't they on Bluesky so I can hype them up? (Will email, because I am that stranger that replies to your newsletter and says, hey, get on Bluesky so I can hype you up!)

Season opener for @nakedangelsnyc.bsky.social Tuesdays @ 9:00! Huge thanks to Jean-Marie McKee, @michaelcoday.bsky.social, @barbaramato.bsky.social and this killer cast who threw caution to the wind on a read from my new farce The Misopeds:

Your chance to fund a bingo square on Christie Yant's fab Tools for Writers:

M*th*rf*ck*rs. It never ends.

And sign up for @kmveohongs.bsky.social 's newsletter.

See? Hire @apottern.bsky.social

Too many to list. Lucky to have parents who did the same and would figure out what the heck I was saying and pronounce it in English, no mockery. I Det Er Mined (long i) to read everything.

Ooo I took a class from @apottern.bsky.social ! Marketing, which she excels at and which gives me anxious fits. GAVE me anxious fits: now I have class notes. Allison is practical and will give you forms. I need those.

So the 2:30am - 3:30am insomnia draft seems to be the keeper?

Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use The tool's creators are seeking to make it so that AI model developers must pay artists to train on data from them that is uncorrupted.

And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...

The Spanish town celebrating New Year’s Eve in August When an accidental power cut put an abrupt end to their festivities, the residents of Bérchules, Spain, decided to make the best out of an unfortunate situation.

What's the Bérchules New Year? The town of Bérchules in Spain was forced to cancel their normal December 31 shebang one year when they had a power outage. The city council still had the party money in the budget so...how about August? www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

Hey! We missed the Bérchules New Year—it came early on August 2nd this year. But we can catch up quick with a big sale on spec fic anthology New Year New You running through WorldCon. books2read.com/newyearnewyo...