January rent is past due and I also need some help to keep the lights on and pay me health insurance. Any amount helps and so do shares 💖
ko-fi.com/A356F63/goal...
Hi friends, just checking in from Minneapolis. Can we put out a couple asks for your support? 💕
Turns out, it's really hard to run a lit mag in your free time when the federal government has besieged your beloved city.
“I’m not mad at you.”
“Are you okay?”
These are the final words of the Minnesotans murdered by ICE in the past two weeks.
Please reflect on their kindness, humanity, and grace in the days and weeks and months to come. These people were the best of us.
Sharing this again as it has various ways to support Minnesotans right now!
standwithminnesota.com
Urgent call to action, Texans: we need to write to our State Board of Education members and tell them NOT to adopt the proposed required reading list they’re considering at the the end of the month. It is BAD. I wrote about why here: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/call-to-ac...
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Today’s the last day to vote in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! I’m so happy to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS in the Fantasy category in stunning company. Go vote for your faves!
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Earlier this year, I took a trip to south Wales to see how many Doctor Who filming spots I could find in one day. Watch my new video to learn what I discovered during my adventure through time and space ... and Cardiff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRA7...
If you're in Texas, do not miss @frankstrong.bsky.social's outstanding guide to some of the biggest and most consequential school board elections: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/the-book-l...
IT IS ALIVE!! Behold the cover for Rabbit Test and Other Stories, out in April! Preorder while it is still legal to distribute through the mail!
At ArmadilloCon I had a fun interview with Ellie Blackwood (@looseleafellie.bsky.social) about short stories, novels, worldbuilding, and more! The video is up now :3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
My ArmadilloCon 2025 interview with award-winning sci-fi author Samantha Mills is up on my channel! Samantha told me about writing short stories vs novels, how she researches and builds worlds, and how she got her debut novel published 7 years after writing it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtX...
Thrilled to share that I will be a guest at @armadillocon.bsky.social in Austin next weekend! I'll be taking part in some amazing panels and interviewing one of the guests of honor 🤩 Here's a list of everything I'll be up to: www.ellieblackwood.com/p/armadilloc...
I believe they face no charges, but state troopers can arrest them and bring them to the state capitol. BUT the warrant only applies in Texas, and most if not all of the absent lawmakers aren't in-state. I recommend the Texas Tribune's great coverage of this: www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/t...
Last chance for speak up for US library funding
🔗 to take action: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together.
Part of this is messaging on reauthorizing the Museum and Library Services Act.
bookriot.com/we-can-still...
One thing you can do Right Now is be extremely vocal when you have librarians stocking inclusive collections. Call and tell them how happy you are, show up to board meetings. Bc the other side is *always* complaining and doing it in an organized way.
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
🚨 Save US library funding 🚨
🔗: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
“This is where we are in 2025: There are people trying to restrict books, and the ideas they contain, at every level and in every way possible. And every single one of them will tell you they’re not a book banner.” franklinstrong.substack.com/p/so-you-say...
Hey pals, today (June 1st) the UK ebook of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is only £0.99! Happy Pride!
www.amazon.co.uk/This-How-You...
Yayyy I'm so glad you liked it!
Update: this session’s school library book ban bill- SB 13 - has been added to the calendar for Monday. 😩
Keep calling your reps to urge them to run out the clock on this horrible bill.
If this passes, we will not be able to undo the harm done to TX public school libraries.
Texans, we REALLY need your help. HB3225 would restrict young people from library collections and SB412 would be used to threaten and intimidate librarians and teachers. This thread has EASY steps you can take to fight both.
If you love your library, take action now.
There are multiple ways to speak up for your library here: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Y'all.
Look at what DOGE is posting on the IMLS Instagram account.
this is....really fucking bleak.
www.instagram.com/us_imls/?hl=en
I am so grateful to all the authors who contributed to this video! @lisellesambury.bsky.social @nekamarie.bsky.social @dnbryn.bsky.social @noralestermurad.bsky.social @sylvesterbarzey.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social @ryanestrada.com @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social &more!
youtu.be/sLsGK5kEhxs
Correct! (I didn't see the need for it)
On today's episode of Writing About Spaceships Is Hard: Several months ago, I wrote a scene where a character lies down in a cryo-chamber that fills up with cryo-gel while the lid of the chamber is open, and only today realized that would be a catastrophically bad idea in zero gravity.
