Ack! I wish I'd had this info last month when I was in Shropshire. Excellent read. Thank you!

A quote from Tom Clancy reading "The different between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." The background features two books with green covers on a green background. The top book reads "Mysteries" in gold lettering.

Speaking of Calibri being too "woke" ...

#writingcommunity #writingquotes #booksky #amwriting #makeitmakesense

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

In just a few weeks, I'll be at the World Fantasy Convention! If you'll be there too, here's where you can find me.

#STORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #SerendipityLiteraryAgency

A quote from Ann-Marie MacDonald that reads: "Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable." The background shows sepia-toned photographs strewn on a desk.

Did you remember to write today?

#writingcommunity #booksky #canlit #unreliablenarrators #writingquotes

Lush green trees with a road visible in a safety mirror. The text reads: A novel is a mirror walking down a road," by Michael Ondaatje.

What's in your rear mirror?

#writingcommunity #writingquotes #canlit #booksky #amwriting #amreading #writeyourway

I'm seated at a banquet table beside a standing Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, who has an arm around my shoulders. She's wearing a red flowered dress with a green wrap, while I'm in a grey suit. Other banquet tables can be made out in the darkness behind us.

So sorry to learn we've lost Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, seen here on that night in 2009 when the Horror Writers Association presented her with the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award. She'll be missed not only for the stories she told, but also the life she lived. A remarkable writer and person both.

And since we're here being helpful, North Americans should note that clocks go back in the UK on Oct 26 but in the US and Canada on Nov 2.

I was lucky to see it in festival at Toronto After Dark. Fun fact: the entire set is practical - built by an arts collective in Seattle, I think.

I didn't know Marks and Spenser was an option. Thanks for the tip!

Saturday, 16 August, Edmonton is hosting an online WorldCon Bid Party during the @seattlein2025.org. Canadian writers and artists talk about scifi and do readings. There's also a social space to hang out and another for a gaming session. I'll be reading. Please visit www.edmontonin2030.org/bidparty

Blue and yellow flowers with a quote from Isabel Allende that reads: "Write what should not be forgotten."

#writingquotes #booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #amreading #womenwriters #leaveyourmark

Uncanny Magazine Year 11 Covers: The Duet by Nilah Magruder, Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong, and Blessed Universe by Galen Dara

PLEASE REPOST! The Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is 88% funded with ONE WEEK TO GO! We are $6K away from funding a 12th year of Uncanny Magazine! WE CAN DO THIS MAGICAL THING, SPACE UNICORNS!!! buff.ly/HPEcU9t

Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W A comic anthology featuring ten fantasy stories from Black women creators.

OMG we are soooo close under $2k left 😭😭 and 11 hours to go !

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Cave drawing of amber, four-legged animals on a stone wall, overlaid with a quote: "To survive, you must tell stories" by Umberto Eco

#writingquotes #writingcommunity #booksky #writingislife

Christopher Caldwell, P. Djèlí Clark, AnaMaria Curtis, Tananarive Due, A.T. Greenblatt, Stephen Graham Jones, Angela Liu, Ken Liu, Seanan McGuire, Sam J. Miller, Sarah Pinsker, John Wiswell

ICYMI, Have you seen the AMAZING solicited short story writers for the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter?!? YOU WILL WANT TO READ THESE STORIES!! Help us make this happen! buff.ly/cU4kQIq

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...

The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.

"People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future." A quote by Canadian suffragist Nellie L. McClung. Behind this text, old books rest on a wood tabletop.

#quotesbywriters #canlit #canadianhistory #writingcommunity #booksky #readthepast #writeyourfuture

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I would have a joke about Odysseus, but he's nobody.

1. The Magical Monarch of Mo by L. Frank Baum, hands down, no question.
2. I read a lot of bonkers childrens' books (see #1), but for reasons I can't quite explain, the one that stuck with me is The 35th of May by Erich Kästner.

The Bewitching cover shows a creepy hand.

Another starred review for THE BEWITCHING, this time from Library Journal. That makes a perfect *4* starred reviews from the trade journals (PW, Kirkus, Booklist and LJ). This is out next month and I don't know what else to say except pre-order now.
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🚨📣 PSA 📣🚨 📚💙🩸
Beginning of the month reminder that I have both a starter pack and a Feed List of #indie #horror #publishers (mostly) who have stated they

do NOT and will NOT use or accept LLM/generated Words or Art

Starter Pack:
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Feed List:
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This is TOMORROW, friends!

The writing quote "Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you" by Stephen Leacock in yellow text with a line drawing of a lightbulb.

#booksky #writingcommunity #writingquotes #canlit #noproblem

Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process - AHA Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA and partner organizations are convening an Information Exchange about the N...

Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA and partner organizations are convening an Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process TODAY at 11am ET on Zoom. Register now. 🗃️

Heyyyy! I have a couple new classes coming up in May.

Beyond the Book Deal: Why Publishing Smaller Works Matters and

Submission Tracking Made Easy: Build a Spreadsheet, Build Your Career

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The what now?

The words "You never know when the devil might come calling. By Farley Mowat" against a black background with red flame.

#writingquotes #writingcommunity #booksky #canlit #pleasevote

Today on Canadian writers you should be reading:

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