@zeus-japonicus
they/them | creator of Trice Forgotten, Les Mis Podcast | writer for Asian Pirate Musical, Marvel Move and more | PhD: Les Mis, fandom, race & gender | JSPS Postdoc Research Fellow looking at queer domesticity & masculinity in Japan nemomartin.com
Art of a map with river run in flowing letters
Hey everyone! I’ve got a new project, and I’m looking for guest writers.
River Run is an American Gothic dark fantasy, set on an alternate Mississippi River that runs through states, territories- and other worlds.
Paid. Pitch Call is open till the 30th.
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I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests?
UK #writers, I'm hearing alarming stuff about morality clauses in contracts, and increasingly in the small print of competitions (including one wanting a DBS check on anyone shortlisted!) The Writers Guild has a lot of useful information here - writersguild.org.uk/wggb-campaig...
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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.
There are just DAYS left to enter this year's Future Worlds Prize! Don't miss out on the chance to win mentoring and money. If you're an unpublished SFF writer of colour based in the UK and Ireland, check out our entry criteria: www.futureworldsprize.co.uk/2026-prize/
i don't know how serious this question is, or how feasible it is to yamato a futon to tokyo... but i would take one and some zabuton for the price of shipping ? :D
lae astra is going to zine fest tokyo on 2026.3.8 (sun), 12:00 to 17:00. entry 500 yen. location is tokyo metropolitan industrial trade center taito building in asakusa
sneak peek of a brand new self published photobook zine with a pigeon photograph on the cover. the title says "hey friend"
✨ event news / お知らせ ✨
#zineフェス東京 参加します！
my first ever self published photobooks & artbooks will be at zine fest tokyo, march 8th!
3月8日(日) 12:00〜17:00
入場料 500円
東京都立産業貿易センター台東館(浅草)
主催: ZINE FARM TOKYO
here's a peek at the bird photobook that i made :) more info to come~
初フェス出展なのでドキドキ〜
よろしくお願いします！
did you use a tutorial or anything? I've been wanting to for a while but I'm not the most computery person
looks so freaking good raf 🪻
If Reform are pushing propaganda through your letterbox, don’t engage with it. Don’t argue with it. Don’t platform it.
Return it to sender.
Write REFUSED on the envelope and put it straight back in the postbox. Unopened.
They pay for that. Every time.
Bulk mail returns are
Jisho has long been an incredibly valuable website for learning Japanese - huge range of definitions, well sourced, and no ads. It's an honor that my silly little slang dictionary is now part of it. Can't wait for the full launch of the new version (plz bring back the dark background Kimtaro 🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺)
a pack of sweets. ミルクセメン菓子 is transliterated as "milk semen kashi"
some old sweets (kashi) i found in Japan from a cement manufacturer, assumedly before the transliteration of "cement" was standardised
Welcome
@zeus-japonicus.bsky.social as Kaidan! Nemo Martin is an award-winning writer and academic. They are the creator of Trice Forgotten (Rusty Quill), recent writing credits include Blade; X-Men (Marvel/Six to Start) and Asian Pirate Musical, and they host Bread & Barricades: A Les Mis Podcast.
(I've been trying to go on meds in the UK since 2018. i walked into the clinic in Japan 5 days ago and today i was handed medication. i cry.)
literally everywhere in Japan asks you to put whether you're "male" or "female" (including at my local cheap yakiniku place) - and today i found my first "other" option: on the form for being legally prescribed ADHD meth. lmao. because of course.
AntennaPod - so far so good but I've not used it for long!
My next book, Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain, is now live and available for pre-order through the publisher, Pluto Press!
www.plutobooks.com/product/devi...
also the qobuz app icon is so freaking ugly. have reskinned it on my desktop but having trouble doing it on my phone 😭
🧵 If any of you are responsible for this, here's some advice:
This isn't how you honour creators. This is theft. And this isn't how you hone your creativity. This is theft.
Learn how to impersonate people and do your roleplaying that way. Because this? IS THEFT. caibotlist.com?search=daisy... 1/4
(I only mention these negative factors because i've been wanting to do this for a while but only now got around to doing it, and I would be lying if i said there were no inconveniences or "sacrifices" one has to contend with)
i use spotify a lot (60k mins last year). This morning I transfered everything to qobuz & a podcast app. some songs didn't make the transfer, there are less features, i've lost my podcast listen history, some of my fav bands are now only on bandcamp. but convenience comes at a cost ya know
I am seeking a BIPOC trans/NB voice actor with an older voice print for a lead role in Dustwalker season 2!
This is a paid role — $35-45 USD per half-hour live recording. $3 per async line.
Auditions close on Dec 14th 2025 at 11:59PM CST.
You can pre-order Audiofuturism from @fordhampress.bsky.social now!
📢 #CallForPapers for the Trans #Asian Transcultural #Fandom Symposium happening on May 28, 2026 prior to @mechademia.bsky.social in #Singapore🇸🇬
Deadline for 500-word abstract⏳Feb 1
Find out more ▶️ transasianfan.wordpress.com
We welcome your submissions🫰
@berthac.bsky.social @profweiyu.bsky.social
CFP: Queer Identities in East & Southeast Asia, to be held at the University of Edinburgh from 6–7 April 2026
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If the phrase '90s audio drama musical' makes you go OOOOH! then please check out this campaign and contribute if you can!
I really want to live in a world with more cool, creative indie projects like this!!!💪
im just gonna say this from now on whenever someone tries to sell me on AI
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
So, if you have a story with paranormal elements starring asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters, we want to see it!
We'd love to see some more stories that explore the unexplained from different lenses
All the details can be found here: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co
On Wednesday 5 November, the very same day the Prime Minister publicly reaffirmed the importance of music education, staff in the Department of Music at the University of Nottingham were informed of the immediate suspension of recruitment to all undergraduate degree programmes. This announcement precedes proposed plans to permanently close all Music degrees at the University. This decision threatens to end over a century of music education in the East Midlands, offered continuously since the University opened in 1881. Across that time, the Department has educated thousands of composers, researchers, performers, educators and other creative professionals. Its graduates have taken up leadership roles within the country’s leading arts organisations, fostering creativity and growth within the UK’s dynamic creative industries. It remains a centre of world-leading research, using music to explore and address complex societal and global challenges.
The Department is deeply embedded in the local community, working with schools, music hubs, community groups and venues. Its closure would not only dismantle a thriving academic and cultural institution but also severely diminish musical life and future opportunities across Nottingham, the wider East Midlands and the nation as a whole. As staff we are devastated, especially on behalf of our students, but also for the future of music education and research in the UK. We remain committed to advocating for the value of Music programmes at Nottingham and beyond. If you share our concern and wish to support efforts to protect music education at the University of Nottingham, please get in touch with protectuonmusic@gmail.com. Your voice can make a difference. Thursday 6 November 2025
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
