you cant teach this. either you have it or you don't.
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Another good day with SFWA and SFPA. Many SFF fans have found us but not all.
Come get a respite from the literary journals and enjoy a speculative space.
Ends March 7 (tomorrow)!
Check out my 25% off sale books at Smashwords! Includes the Refuge omnibus, "The Rattri Extraction," and "Bedtime Story Treats." #sale #wlw #specfic #sf #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐 #Booksky #promo
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I had such a great time being interviewed by Renan. He asked some great questions and also gave me a chance to shout-out @culagovski.net and @theahmedraafat.bsky.social. Give this one a read!
Ugh, I'm so sorry.
So far so good! I hope you are, too.
Orange and yellow nasturtiums amid ivy on a pale green wall.
The garage nasturtiums next to my car are getting started (a little early, I think).
::joins you in migraines:: (I don't get them often anymore, but the weather change has given me two since yesterday evening.)
Don't let the American government decide what books you and your family are allowed to read.
action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
New story out today in @clarkesworldmagazine.com ! "Person, Place, Thing": go, read, enjoy! clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_03_26/
My top 5 weekly #lastfm artists: Les Rita Mitsouko (14), Jeanne Cherhal (11), Jane Birkin (10), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (9), David Bowie (8).
Oh, a new story by @marissalingen.bsky.social came out today and I LOVE it.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_03_26/
Midnight Oil: "U.S. Forces" and "Minutes to Midnight" (and probably others by them I've forgotten)
Reading for awards? 🙈
Please give the work by these authors a glance.
Nebulas, Hugos, Locus, SFPA, and more...
Everything in our recent three issues was pubbed in 2025!
Poetry, flash fiction, short fiction - all original, wonderful works!
Read something *Fantastic*!
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
Are you reading for the #HugoAwards or the #NebulaAwards?
Would you like to read a story of rage and catharsis, but also a whole lotta lols?
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.
Nebula nominations close tonight! Don’t forget to vote for your favorite poems! It’s not too late to check out the archives of your favorite spec magazines and discover some wonderful new work.
I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them.
At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.
We're down to the FINAL HOURS on our Nebula nominations, where SFWA chooses the best of what they loved in 2025. REMEMBER: This is the first year for Best Comic & Best Poem! Let's make all our awards shine.
Vote for some truly moving SFF before 11:59 PM PST on March 1!
www.sfwa.org/2025-nebula-...
I love the old-school end credits. #horrorwatch
I would bet money that no one ever remembers this segment is called "Amelia." #horrorwatch
It's a very Dan Curtis style, too. #horrorwatch
George Gaynes! (Of General Hospital and Tootsie fame.) #horrorwatch
John Karlen! (Willie Loomis!) #horrorwatch
And silly Bob Cobert (who wrote the music). #horrorwatch
James Storm! #horrorwatch
When I was in an MFA program with Lara Parker (Dark Shadows), she did a seminar on the uncanny and showed us the famous scene from Trilogy of Terror! I don't think I knew the Dan Curtis connection then. #horrorwatch
imagining a caveperson getting super annoyed that they can’t make the bison look right. they’re crumpling up the whole cave and throwing it away. makes me feel much better
![A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran:
YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today.
YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.”
YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately:
- Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement
- Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House.
- Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization.
YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly.
YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreihe6g2l2zn2cx4pblvsgmdykxykwi44mqhd7jeqyv57qclqkbv6mq@jpeg)
A call script for elected representatives: U.S. attack on Iran: YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m a constituent from [ZIP CODE]. YOU: I’m calling to demand [MOC/SENATOR] take urgent action after the United States joined Israel in launching strikes on Iran today. YOU: The Trump administration has again taken military action without any specific Congressional authorization. President Trump has also confirmed that the U.S. has undertaken “major operations” in Iran and has also said “U.S. lives might be lost.” YOU: I am calling on [MOC/SENATOR] to call for the following actions immediately: - Public clarification on the scope of U.S. involvement - Call for and support support the Khanna–Massie War Powers Resolution in the House. - Oppose ANY funding for military escalation without Congressional authorization. YOU: Are we or are we not at war with Iran? Congress needs to answer this question, and do it quickly. YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS – e.g. Clarify you’d like a written response]
Do it now.
Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices.
Script here again.
