Congratulations to the Hugo finalists!!!
But also, and in all sincerity, congratulations to everyone who has a book out today!!!! It's TUESDAY and that is NEW BOOK DAY and I don't want everyone's book news to get lost in all the Hugo excitement!!!
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Congrats!!!!!
Jess Fishlock on the #NWSL: "I love going into games and looking at the opposition and going, so-and-so is great, so I need to be at my best. Otherwise, these players are going to kick my ass, because everyone is good."
She'll retire after 2026.
Plus a funny take on her first NWSL game. 👇
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!
Chapter One of it's-a-long-short-story-oh-it's-a-novelette novella is fully drafted!
A two page review copied from Goodreads posted by a librarian reviewer. You can find Hone's full review can be read at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240575024-hornytown-chuztpah
One month in and the reviews for Hornytown Chutzpah are trickling in. This one made my day. It was written by a Kansas City, MO #librarian.
Full review can be found at www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
@aliciahillervo.bsky.social @atthisarts.com #booksky #reviews #amreading
Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.
Minnesota isn't Indiana, but I have fond memories of that book (no, Phil is not short for Friday)
Ooooh THE EQUALIZER x FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Hegseth saying “The Pharisee Press” should be a fully mask off moment. He is saying “The Jewish Press”. But Christians of all political stripes are so devoted to using Pharisees as a rhetorical prop that liberal Christians regularly insist it’s totally fine, no matter how many Jews try to explain.
Love it when total strangers show up in my replies to make my point perfectly for me. There is already a word for hypocrites! The word is “hypocrites”! You do not need to use the word for “Jewish rabbis and their followers from the time of Jesus” when you want to say “hypocrites”!
Today is the three year book birthday of ZEN AND THE ART OF STARSHIP MAINTENANCE by @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social! 🎉🎂🚀
If Artemis II and PROJECT HAIL MARY left you craving more hopeful scifi, Buckell's 15 galactic adventures exploring humanity's cosmic wonder are made for you. Check them out below! ⬇️
engage in forbidden sexual intercourse, the Gemara notes that Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: There was an incident involving a certain man who set his eyes upon a certain woman and passion rose in his heart, to the point that he became deathly ill. And they came and asked doctors what was to be done with him. And the doctors said: He will have no cure until she engages in sexual intercourse with him. The Sages said: Let him die, and she may not engage in sexual intercourse with him. The doctors said: She should at least stand naked before him. The Sages said: Let him die, and she may not stand naked before him. The doctors suggested: The woman should at least converse with him behind a fence in a secluded area, so that he should derive a small amount of pleasure from the encounter. The Sages insisted: Let him die, and she may not converse with him behind a fence.
reject modernity (online r*pe academy), embrace tradition (the Beit Midrash telling a man to die)
I recently dipped my toes into the science fiction and fantasy book discourse on Facebook, and I find I have things to say about the "Golden Age" of science fiction. By which I do not mean being twelve. Stick that in your back pocket, though, as it's really useful for understanding some people.
Registered!
Join me and four other incredible authors tomorrow, April 18, at 11:00amEST for a fabulous panel on Language in SFFH!
Hosted by the wonderful @britfantasysoc.bsky.social, it's a full day event of multiple panels, some of them including bestselling authors!
Hope to see you there!
Got it, we all got to come and hang out with your cavern. And, sorry, no matter how large the cave is, there's enough of us they'll be no room for weasels, brain or otherwise.
In an unexpected and honestly bizarre turn of events, one of my publishers is reprinting God's War, Infidel, and Rapture next year.
It baffles me that these books are 15 years old and still in print. From a purely financial perspective, they should not be. But publishing is nothing if not weird.
NEW STORY COMING SOON!
The sequel to my Nebula & Sturgeon award-winning short story, TANTIE MERLE & THE FARMHAND 4200, is out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social this May/Jun!
I can't wait for you to read LINCOLN & THE HARVESTER C-100!Here's the original story:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/tant...
Two flying saucers descend to a woodland field. A human stand nearby, seemingly unafraid. The text says " WHEN WE SAY EVERYONE IS WELCOME, WE MEAN EVERYONE." Charm City Spec logo in the corner.
Tonight's the night! Come out and hear a full-to-bursting program of captivating authors as they read their truths, at Charm City Spec! 6pm at the Bird in Hand Cafe, 11 E. 33rd Street in Baltimore. We want to se YOU there!
Indie book sale: fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, April 11-13; text on banner surrounded by a mosaic of book covers
It's a great weekend to show some love for indie authors!
This is an awesome selection of indie ebooks on sale for $0 to $1.99, including Warped State -- plus I spy some other excellent books in here: indiebook.sale
You can filter the list by genre and representation, too!
#booksky #sffbooks
My kingdom (or the share of same that represents a reasonable price for a piece of professional software) for a product that is Scrivener but with working multi-device sync
Yay!!!!
Shortlist for Chinese drought goddess vs. Asian-fetish guy story?
“I always thought it was interesting how people use water, as if it was infinite.”
ICYMI, here's the video of me and @jrdawson.bsky.social reading our two Nebula-nominated short stories on @storyhour.bsky.social !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5W...
A screenshot of a Facebook post by CBS 2 Boise. The post text reads: "A new state law required the City of Boise to take down the Pride flag outside City Hall. Tuesday morning, the City wrapped flag poles in Pride colors and added a new sign to the window on City Hall. CBS2 reached out to the Mayor and Governor’s office for comment." Below the text is a collage of three photos showing these updates: Left: A tall metallic flagpole in a plaza at night, with its lower section wrapped in horizontal stripes matching the colors of the Progress Pride flag (black, brown, light blue, pink, white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple). Top Right: A closer view of a flagpole base, also wrapped in horizontal Progress Pride flag colors. Bottom Right: A large window on City Hall featuring a graphic with diagonal stripes in the Progress Pride colors alongside the text, "Creating a city for everyone."
Oh, this is good. Idaho passed a bill banning local cities from flying the Pride flag. So the cities decided to wrap the poles themselves in pride colors.
This is amazing.
Beautiful poem by @marissalingen.bsky.social!
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From 18k words to 140k! 🥹