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Nisi Shawl

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Writer editor singer songer. I'm just another part of you.

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It is a time travel story, and customarily I loathe such things. I may not have made this one completely work, but my critique group felt the feelings, so at least there's victory on that front.

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You will love it!

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Who can I tell? Feeling so mighty now I've finished writing this story!

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The underpaid and unsung (till now!) heroes of SFFH publishing are our venues' first readers. Thank you Nelly Garcia-Rosas for writing "The Ballad of the Slush Reader": www.sfwa.org/2024/07/03/t...

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It's July 3! It's @andreahairston.bsky.social and me on Octavia Butler's influence in our oeuvre: sistahscifi.com/pages/events From 5 to 6 p.m. US Pacific Time

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New post by Nelly Garcia-Rosas up for the @sfwa.bsky.social Publishing Taught Me online antho: Ballad of the Slush Reader www.sfwa.org/2024/07/03/t...

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I mean there's that Jill Scott song where she's chanting "Living my life like it's golden."

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Their shadows were golden if you say so. Besides, gold is more than a color. It's a feeling. It's a value. It's a memory. And so on.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen 🏳️‍⚧'s avatar Stone Cold Jane Austen 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social
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ICMYI I wrote about the importance of being a citizen archivist. We've seen so much incredible art and writing from marginalized people, and we need to preserve it in the face of a huge, well-funded backlash.

This is something concrete you personally can do!

buttondown.email/charliejane/...

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Sometimes I block new followers just because they're looking kinda suss. Like, you took that photo from Vogue online, right? And the quote about Jesus? Knock it off.

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Hey, Zin A. Rocklyn was slogging through shit and broken glass this year to get to the middle of July when she could have the refuge of being with her people at ReaderCon and Camp NeoCon this month. That rug got pulled yesterday. But we can help:

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You're a dear. And I agree with your argument, btw.

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That's reining, not reigning. As in horses, not kings.

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It was kinda nice not being an automatic outlaw for a hot geological minute.

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This what I keep sayin in response to "Boomer hate" posts. Like, it was tried on us born in the 1950s and 60s and yes, there are diffs between lived experiences across years but they don't break down to Good vs. Evil. Waiting for the racists to die off? Yeah, you and Dylan Roof have fun with that.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi's avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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Consider which communities typically revere their elders and work to keep them integrated in said community, and which just… don't, and there's a throughline with which communities have been actively, intentionally destabilized and disrupted. Not causal, necessarily, but definitely correlated

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Giving out ARCs of my Beat era fantasy at #ala2024, booth 2534C! That's Rosarium Publishing, and they have FREE copies of The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox. Plus more great stuff to read and fondle and buy.

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Let me be clear: my 13-year-old cat would make a better president than trump.

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Man, nothing like a blurb from Larry Correia, "NYT Bestselling author," to get your book read by the masses.

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70 Trillion Human Cells in a Trenchcoat's avatar 70 Trillion Human Cells in a Trenchcoat @kezmet.bsky.social
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Seeing some posts about fascist groups using the eagle as a symbol, and thinking about the murder of crows I saw, let’s say ‘escorting’ an eagle out of the neighborhood. We should make that a flag: a comet of angry crows mobbed around a fleeing eagle.

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One of them complained to me about being outed after I posted their handle, but before I'd gotten them blocked. I dunno about pics, but behavior's a real giveaway.

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As a public service, here are the handles of two creeps who approached me via DMs uninvited. I'm blocking them. Maybe you want to as well: @dannwilliam.bsky.social, @robertssss.bsky.social

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No sooner do we get DMs than phishers start sliding into them with comments on my "cuteness" etc. STAAAP!

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I have to wear my shoes for medical reasons, but there are these things called shoe covers, I think, basically like foot-long cotton condoms or shower caps you can put over them.

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Reactor (formerly Tor.com)'s avatar Reactor (formerly Tor.com) @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Set after the events of Everfair, espionage, betrayal, and political intrigue follow, when the estranged son of a founding member of Everfair visits his sister in Zanzibar... Next week. "The Colors of Money" by Nisi Shawl. Illustrated by Jabari Weathers | Edited by Aislyn Fredsall

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To quote Charlie Brown, "Augghhh!"

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It tasted like it's in the trash. Because it is. Unopened.

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Cupboard cleaning has unearthed cans of soup that expired in 2012. Reader, I've only lived in this apartment 11 years.

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I would like to somehow get to you a tea blend I created in honor of this book's publication. It's called "Blackheart" and it consists of Amba estate Ceylon black with linden leaves, cherries, and pieces of vanilla. Sound interesting?

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A new approach to social media is emerging, so we broke down what we’re seeing so you can get involved.

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Pictures of the Floating World's avatar Pictures of the Floating World @floatingworlds.bsky.social
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I keep reminding anyone who will listen that the first sign of a fascist regime is the elimination & deep control of the fine arts. The part of our brain that allows us to create also allows us to see through problems, propaganda, & perversions of reality. W/o the arts people are easy to manipulate.

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Locus Magazine's avatar Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social
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Happening in 15 minutes!

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