This Saturday is the Goths for Breakfast charity day. Goths unite! We're raising money for Magic Breakfast to feed hungry kids with a teaching marathon of fascinating talks and writing workshops. Pop in and out as you like - the talks are recorded!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982926549...
Tell someone else they matter. Because they do, and we all need to hear it.
And then look in the mirror and tell it to yourself. Because you matter, too.
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#WeeknightWriters A5: Keep being yourselves and doing awesome things! I get such a kick out of hearing what everyone's doing, and it gives me a chance to luxuriate in the wonderful surplus of outstanding literature and other niceties, so keep promoting your stuff!
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Friend of the Damned is getting a sequel and it's looking like a novella at shortest. If you haven't read the original short story, you can get it right here. It's PWYW over on Payhip!
books2read.com/u/bwxaAY
Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast
Ebook: mybook.to/forsakenbeauty
Print: books2read.com/forsakenbeauty
📚 Fairy tale retelling
📚 Beauty and the Beast
📚 Slow-burn romance
📚 Steampunk world
📚 "Who did this to you?"
📚 Cinnamon roll hero
📚 Strong heroine
📚 Found family
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#WeeknightWriters A5: Get up, go to work, make your stuff. Keep going. Reach out to someone if you need to. Be kind to yourself. APPARENTLY "doing your best" isn't supposed to be "until you collapse", it's "doing your best, sustainably"? Sounds fake, but I'm willing to try anything.
I can't think of anything this time. Just keep taking care of yourselves and posting your pet pics to break up the feed with bright spots :)
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Thank you! The convention schedule will probably be up in April, but here's the general info for now: demicon.org/37/index.html
Three traveler's notebooks
Insert of one of the traveler's notebooks for a brain dump, featuring collaged stickers.
Thank you! The notebooks have been a huge help.
Love it!! That is awesome
Reach for my traveler's notebooks or a single use device instead of my phone whenever I feel the urge to doomscroll. It makes a huge difference. Today, I was distracted and it showed, but after I moved my phone to a different room, I was back on track.
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Haha, same!!
The monster of the week sounds like so much fun!!
It should be fun! I need to figure out what I'm paneling about, but I have a few fun ideas.
(The only trouble is, now I think I need a thigh tattoo to go with the boots. I can't do the recovery time right now or I'd just do it lol)
I'm going to be a pro guest at DemiCon in May and this year's theme is Outpost (influence of westerns in sci-fi and fantasy.) I have nothing in my wardrobe that matches that, so I ordered a gorgeous pair of red cowboy boots to go with my steampunk skirts. I'm excited for them!
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I would love it if other speculative fiction writers shared any workshops that they found particularly valuable (preferably ones that were about 60-90ish minutes long.) I was asked to do something later this year. I'm an experienced panelist, but this is different.
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Better this week, but still getting my bearings. I have A LOT of Zoom meetings this week, which are all for things I enjoy, but it can be a lot to be "on" so much.
Spending less time online during the day has done wonders for my revisions.
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Hello! I write steampunk fairy tale retellings and monster stories depending on my mood. Writing is going better this week as my mom's health is improving. I fixed an outline for one of my WIPs, so revisions should go smoother now.
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Artists, I want you to hear this and embrace it: you're amazing. I love you and I want you to keep making art. Don't listen to anyone who tries to tell you it isn't as important and necessary as it is.
The Fourth Annual Tippy Golden Teacup Awards will be presented Friday night during a free live streaming event. The awards recognize accomplishments by #steampunk luminaries. @madameaskew.bsky.social @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social @everiotartist.bsky.social
steampunk-explorer.com/news/fourth-...
This is a perfect excuse to polish those tiaras and dust off your top hats! Come celebrate with us!!
Anyway, I'll ask this again when it's not a late Friday night, but I'd love to hear about any favorite or memorable workshops attended at conventions (especially writing or speculative fiction ones!)
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(Usually, I memorize the page number, but I'm reading 5 wildly different books right now, and I've apparently met my limit for memorization 😅)
Yay for having a quiet night after a wild week. 💖
A holographic card of Eggman from Sonic Boom, wearing one of his alternate outfits, on top of a book. Book title: How to design & teach workshops that work every time. The Workshop Survival Guide by Rob Fitzpatrick & Devin Hunt.
Studying while watching Friday the 13th Part 2 because I've been asked to do a thing later this year. (I'm an experienced panelist, but running a workshop is something else.)
I couldn't find a bookmark when I needed one, so I'm using this Eggman card my youngest gifted me 😂
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My darlings! @teagrandarbiter.bsky.social and I have invited the truly delightful @drslayton.bsky.social and @atimpson.bsky.social to join us this Friday, the 13th, for a rousing chat about queer romance. Join us live at 6:30 PM Pacific
madameaskew.com/2026/02/11/2...
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Oh missed the doctor story because my notifications failed me. Whoops 😅😂
This was so much fun! You can catch the replay here: www.youtube.com/live/lqJPDkL...
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