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#SFFH #AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Language #BookSky
NEW EPISODE: Jim & Zach reveal nine SFFH novels that still sit on their TBRs, perhaps so intimidating they just haven't been able to bring themselves to read them yet. Have YOU read them? What books are like this for you? Come see. #SFFH #TBR youtu.be/8Vf4IaLJ3qA
#amwriting #sffh #flashfiction #shortfiction
Hey there, this story developed in a different direction than I had intended. So please heed the content warning in the post. Otherwise, please enjoy - it is purely fiction, after all.
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some of us will be lucky to go gently.
some will try to bring us back.
#WIPSnips #gentle #SFFH #writingcommunity #writingprompts
NEW EPISODE: Jim explores the phenomenon of the "middle book slump", where speculative fiction trilogies almost don't make it to book 3 because of how far book 2 goes off the rails. Why does this happen, again and again? Let's look at some examples. #SFFH youtu.be/565appT7eqc
Yesterday's dragon was the scavenger dragon!
This dragon hoards shiny things, burrows, and has a rare prehensile tail. They are notoriously hard to trap. I wrote a throwback to Evolution (2001) for its scene in Book 5. #dragons #dragonart #SFFH
@thatguytommy2.bsky.social @mistymassey.bsky.social
Yesterday's dragon was the sulfur dragon!
This dragon lives near volcanic environments as it feeds off of the ash and it can survive Yellowstone hot spring mud, which it loves to bask in! #dragons #dragonart #coloring #SFFH #dragonbooks
@thatguytommy2.bsky.social @mistymassey.bsky.social
Alternately, if you're quick on the uptake, you can book a three month KU trial for 99p, and read my entire catalogue for under a quid!
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#SFFH #CrimeFic #NonFiction
Well, there's mine. Not brand new (published in 2022) but it fits with your categories of weird litfic, scifi & fantasy. And maybe horror too! The title sounds like memoir, but let's hope it isn't. Ha.
#BookSky #amwriting #sffh
Make mine a 99! Don't miss this Bargain Birthday Bonus Bonanza - (almost) everything I've ever written, all on for 0.99 each for one week only.
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#SFFH #Crime #NonFiction
Delve Post 115
The threshold of everything.
A simple act can tear at one's soul. Yet, when you've found all you've ever desired, can you leave it behind?
In most stories, a door is a way out. But in the depths of Delve, an exit is just another descent.
Serial New | Tues & Fri
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Today's dragon is the Nordic sea serpent! It's currently the only dragon that is bioluminescent and has unique blubber that if ignited, it can burn brightly for hours and inspired the Greek fire myth! #dragons #dragonbooks #dragonart #art #SFFH
@thatguytommy2.bsky.social @mistymassey.bsky.social
Just pulled out an old cozy ghost story I never submitted (why? I have no idea!) Maybe zhuzh it up a little. Maybe send it out into the world. Who doesn't need a cozy cute ghost story right about now, right?
#WritingCommunity #SFFH 💙📚📝
Here's your new dragon: the beloved Pete! She is a varanus lacerto dragon, which is basically a leaf dragon that lives in wooded areas. They eat mostly fish and small prey and normally are only the size of an iguana. @thatguytommy2.bsky.social @mistymassey.bsky.social #dragons #dragonart #art #SFFH
#JudeFireSong #FabulousPhoenixBoy
#3SupernaturalBoys
#GregoryAndHisHuman
#SFFH #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic #SpecFicWriter #AchilleanRomance #RomanceWriter #QueerRomanceWriter
#OwnVoices #writer #QueerWriter #TransWriter
#queer #trans #transmasc #nonbinary #genderqueer
#MentalHealth #FoundFamily
Last day, last chance to collect this amazing, never to be repeated gift. 50 years of shocking SFFH absolutely FREE for no reason other that it's my birthday soon and things have been going really well for me lately.🤠
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#Horror #SFFH
#JudeFireSong #FabulousPhoenixBoy
#3SupernaturalBoys
#GregoryAndHisHuman
#SFFH #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic #SpecFicWriter #AchilleanRomance #RomanceWriter #QueerRomanceWriter
#OwnVoices #writer #QueerWriter #TransWriter
#queer #trans #transmasc #nonbinary #genderqueer
#MentalHealth #FoundFamily
#JudeFireSong #FabulousPhoenixBoy
#3SupernaturalBoys
#GregoryAndHisHuman
#SFFH #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic #SpecFicWriter #AchilleanRomance #RomanceWriter #QueerRomanceWriter
#OwnVoices #writer #QueerWriter #TransWriter
#queer #trans #transmasc #nonbinary #genderqueer
#MentalHealth #FoundFamily
My first sci-fi space story was just rejected. And you know what? It’s still just as good as it was before I submitted it.
#WritingCommunity #SFFH
Background image is a book cover: the top third is bright green with yellow text that reads Tiffani Angus, Val Nolan. The middle third is black with white text that reads Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 3; the bottom third is green with yellow text that reads A Beginner's Guide to Writing Even More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Foreground text: “Fungal horror explores our fear of the ‘other,’ especially when you consider how ‘alien’ mushrooms and other fungi can seem. They freak us out because of their not-plant-but-not-animal ambiguity…” p. 226
Fungus isn't really a plant... or an animal, making this field ripe for Horror stories! SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 digs up the source of Fungal Horror, identifies specimens, & provides 2 activities to get you started! Pre-order now from @lunapress.bsky.social at linktr.ee/specficforne... #Writing #SFFH
Thank you @theamandademel.bsky.social 🖤
My list of five inspiring women in SSFH (so difficult to choose just five!)
@ivygrimes.bsky.social
@emmaemurray.bsky.social
@jawmccarthy.bsky.social
@wytwavedarling.bsky.social
@cmrosens.com
#wihm #womenwriters #sffh #womeninhorror #horrorlit
Thank you! I am honored. And now my list of (just five!) inspiring women in SSFH:
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@jolietoomajan.bsky.social
@rebeccakaras.bsky.social
@authorterribruce.bsky.social
@christinogle.bsky.social
#wihm #womenwriters #sffh
So many inspiring women in SFFH! Shout out to 5 everyone should be reading:
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
@joellekillian.bsky.social
@vivianhchou.bsky.social
@shanaross.bsky.social
@cjtavares.bsky.social
#specfic #SFFH #womeninwriting
NEW EPISODE: It's Oscar season! Our favorite speculative fiction films rarely get a notice. Could "Sinners" break the mold this year, scooping up Best Picture? Today we look at the mighty few SFFH films to ever earn a Best Picture nod - & rank them! #SFFH
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Updated the #shortfiction link list to my #KoFi posts! You will find 80 pieces (about 120k words) #free2read there. Get your #sffh fix!
Sharing/liking/commenting your favorite pieces will grant you my immortal (yes, I will haunt you with it!) gratitude.
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Just submitted a flash fiction piece about a dystopian, yet hopeful, future. I tweaked it a little, read it out loud again, and thought, "I really like this story." And I do! Hoping the editors like it too.
#hopespringseternal
#writing #amwriting #sffh #scifi
Number one, baby! #fiction #books #booksky #sf #sff #sffh #scifi #scienceFiction #weirdFiction #horror #dreampunk #speculativeFiction #shortFiction #shortStories
Three stories currently out on submission at five venues. I've got three more stories to clean up and then I'll be adding them to the list. It sure feels good to be back at it again.
#SFFH #shortstory #writers #authors #amwriting #amrevising #writerslife
Nothing like spending an entire week doing research for a science fiction story for it to get rejected in less than 24 fucking hours. I love it here. I never run out of self-pity in this fucking job. #booksky #writesky #writersky #writingcommunity #SFFH #BIPOC #thisishopelessomeonepleaseshootme
