Screenshot from Mastodon, white text on black background: Erik Uden @ErikUden@mastodon.de Once libraries are nonexistent any modern fascist movement wouldn't even have to burn books, but flick one switch and they'd be remotely deleted from your Amazon Kindle or similar digital "library". Capitalists are already building the infrastructure to do this through DRM, so stop believing tech is apolitical - the defunding of libraries and paywalling of information are all part of this.

A reminder during #NationalLibraryWeek, libraries are our best and last defense against the fascist monopoly on knowledge and information

Some old work! I've always enjoyed these illustrations I did for the Cleveland Playhouse years ago. The fun problem solving for this project was hinting at characters but not adding features because some actors weren't yet attached so we really leaned into the silhouette motif.

That's amazing to hear!!! Thank you for sharing!!! Made my day!

Kind words about my debut YA graphic novel Soulmates from an early reader review via Goodreads. 😊

College design professor here... 1. Thank you for sharing!!! Always good to keep seeing insight on this. 2. In my syllabus I state there will be no use of generative AI in my class... I get applause or smiling and head nodding every time I read it. Majority of students I interact with hate AI.

@carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social I also start with word bubbles first. It helps me figure out how to compose the panel faster because it sort of limits my options within the panel after I see how much space is allocated to type.

I'm telling you, the solution to many problems in education is to hire school librarians (at a liveable wage, with administrative support, and adequate resources). Your students don't need an LLM, they need a librarian.

Very very excited to share this blurb for Soulmates (my upcoming YA Graphic Novel) from the amazing Vanessa Montalban, who masterfully crafts elements of premonitions, family, magic, and creepiness in her books. So, let's just say that any praise from her is really special!

Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.

009. Making Stuff / Life, Referenced How I used reference in my upcoming graphic novel Soulmates

April's newsletter is here and it's all about how I use reference from my life in my work, specifically my upcoming graphic novel, SOULMATES. There's also a special little story about a special little fox.

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Highschool male resting his head against against highschool female surrounded by flowers. Text reading 'dark and heartwrenching and so beautiful' with an image of the book cover in the bottom left corner.

Here's a snippet from an early reader review for my young adult graphic novel SOULMATES coming out August 4 on MacMillan. 😊

yeah so I don’t think the choice we’re being offered is “pay the police to play Candy Crush or pay them to lock up your neighbors” it’s that this even *being a job* is a choice and we can unmake it at any time

So... What's your favorite way of getting books promoted to you? Asking for a friend... And me...

I remember seeing an ad for AI where a guy sent an email using AI then went surfing (since he got his work done so efficiently )and thought...what "corporate" job would let you leave because you got a task done? They would obviously just give you more work to do or eliminate your job...

They fired forest rangers making $50k

If the Rightwing and some liberals successfully dismantle public libraries, they will not be replicated again in the U.S.

ANOTHER cover reveal!!! (we all need cheering up!) We're so excited for this one, by @awestfell.bsky.social, coming next fall. From @beltpublishing.bsky.social with cover design by @downpourdw.bsky.social.

Wow! This sounds amazing. Book marking this!!!

Soulmates "We may not all have premonitions of death, but Wilson's exploration of the pressures teens face is universal. A sweet, honest book with a healthy dose of cr...

Hello! I have a YA horror-romance-speculative graphic novel coming out (Soulmates) via MacMillan in August! Link below. Can get you an early reader widget too if you'd like to check it out!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Pit: A Story of Chicago August 25, 2006  Financial ambition, a tortured marriage, and an American city on the rise are brilliantly depicted in Frank Norris’ 1903 masterpiece. Curtis Jadwin is obsessed with speculating on the...

Cover reveal! Coming in August from @beltpublishing.bsky.social , with an introduction by Whet Moser. (Thanks to many of you here who encouraged we choose this title!)

New generative AI statement for @hinterland.bsky.social's games, being added first to the Episode Five build launching at the end of March.

(Needs some formatting tweaks for widescreens apparently...😅)

We had $18k in rent requests come in just today (so far).

We’re anticipating needs at our neighborhood school to be over $100k again this month, but this time donations are WAY down. We don’t have enough money to cover everyone.

Please help us keep our neighbors w/ young kids from being evicted!

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

We tend to think of successes as these big moments. They aren’t. Success is fighting through the inertia and putting in the work every day. Success is showing up. Celebrate that and you will be happier.

The next installment in our Revivals series received a starred review from Kirkus! Available for preorder!

It’s a classic feminist novel originally published in 1915, set in Iowa. Featuring an intro by Sarah Blackwood, and a cover by @downpourdw.bsky.social!

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Seriously thankful for journalists who are risking their physical and mental health covering this timeline. Also thankful for non-journalist people who are trying to connect dots as well. Not a lot of good right now but seeing people searching for answers for justice is heartening.

Amazing!!!!

I got my first trade review for You’re Déäd To Me, Reed Walker & it's a glowing one from Kirkus!

It's such a pinch me moment to see reviews roll in & this book find its readers!

Intrigued: My bïø has the review, pre-ørder + Goodreads 🔗s

#booksky #writingcommunity #amreading #tbr #debut #romcom

Hey what's going on with people getting arrested for trying to block AI data centers all over the country

It's almost like the AI industry and fascism have the same goals in mind IDK IDK I'm not a doctor

New blurb for my upcoming graphic novel Soulmates from the wonderful Sam Prentice-Jones, author of the Arcana Duology.