Caleb Huitt

Okay, I may need to hear this story someday

I did better than I expected for someone who once told his spouse “they look the same to me” only to have her hold the two paint chips next to each other and they were definitely different

Cover of Flightless: Riff is front and center. He is a man with "glidesheaths"--flaps of skin extending from his arms and sides to help him glide. And he's showing off, gliding through the air. He wears a red hood and brown tattered clothing with patches galore and a knife in his boot. In the background is a beautiful sunset sky and a few "Divians" or flyers--people with wings. Below him is the City of Quilia, a town with red roofs and towers abutting a bay of blue water.

BEHOLD! The absolutely stunning cover art for Flightless, my solo-written debut, is here. I'm so excited to share my social justice fantasy heist with y'all. @sumrow.bsky.social absolutely killed the artwork. Some details I particularly love are in the comments.

Interesting perspective to read

Over a background image of the Sandia Mountains, the words, "Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop. April 24-27, 2026. Albuquerque, NM. Starforgers.com." Then, there are photos of the instructors and pitch guests with their names: Charlie Jane Anders, Mary Robinette Kowal, dave ring, Geoff Habiger, Marie Parks, Darling Heart, Alexandria Valentine.

I'm going to be giving critiques on 5,000-word submissions and teaching a class on mining your personal history at the third annual Sandia Starforgers retreat for SFF writers. All topics by instructors are now listed on the event page. Only 3 tickets left, and doors close March 10. starforgers.com

Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing

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Where are you at mentally?

If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.

Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.

I’ve attended the past two years and of course am going back for a third… lots of lovely writing discussions among a classroom-sized group of writers, and other wonderful discussion, and sometimes I even get some writing done

Sparks of joy?
Bits of blessings?
Kindling of warmth held against a vast backdrop of crippling despair? (Okay maybe not that one)

A good thread to review and remember

I've posted the first part of this tutorial. "Principles of Friendship"
Free to read on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/januar...

That looks like the model I got a couple years ago on the recommendation of a coworker, who reported her lighting-obsessed husband bought it for her. The only complaint I’ve had so far (not quite tall enough to go over my computer monitor) was solved with a scrap of 1x2 atop the desk

I’ve liked quite a few (and haven’t seen Stranger Things S5 yet) but for me the best in recent memory was The Good Place. I recall it got a mixed reception but I thought it was great

This is your energy for 2026

*via Zjaan on masto/original source unknown

I don’t know, I’ve never met a cobol programmer, though (true story) I was mistaken for one once while I was still in college

In my experience if you know other programming languages, Python is absurdly easy to learn for at least the basics… but some people apparently can’t get over syntactically significant whitespace

The Big Idea: Jes Honard & Marie Parks Great minds think alike. For authors Jes Honard and Marie Parks, their great minds had to do just that to co-author the second novel of their Grigori Cycle series. Come along in their Big Idea as t…

This was fun to write.
Also, shockingly hard to write.
Thanks for using your platform to elevate other writers, @scalzi.com

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Over a background image of the Sandia Mountains, there are headshots of all the instructors, plus the words, "Sandia Starforgers: Writers Retreat and Workshop. April 24-27, 2026. Albuquerque, NM. Starforgers.com." Then the instructor names are listed: Charlie Jane Anders, Mary Robinette Kowal, dave ring, Geoff Habiger, Marie Parks, Darling Heart, Alexandria Valentine."

Over a background image of the Sandia Mountains, the words "Scholarship Applicaiton Due Nov 30" and below that are the words, "Sandia Starforgers: Writers Retreat and Workshop. April 24-27, 2026. Albuquerque, NM." Then the instructor names are listed: Charlie Jane Anders, Mary Robinette Kowal, dave ring, Geoff Habiger, Marie Parks, Darling Heart, Alexandria Valentine." Finally is the URL: starforgers.com.

I'm faculty for Sandia Starforgers, a weekend SFFH writing retreat in NM. I'm joined by @charliejane.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social @marieparks.bsky.social @harrietshouse.bsky.social

Early bird discount ends 10/15. Scholarship app due 11/30. starforgers.com/2026

Both covers look awesome

PUT AWAY YOUR GLAIVE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE SELF DOUBT. AND YOU WILL WIN.

A picture of a package of curex C-Y Cyanoacrylate Super Glue in packaging which looks highly suspiciously and dangerously like durex K-Y Jelly Personal Lubricant.

Branding is important.

Other Quotes from AI-Generated Founding Fathers at the Trump-Commisioned Founders Museum “A new history exhibit commissioned by the Trump administration has some historians perplexed…. The museum features over 40 AI-generated short vide...

“A lot of people are saying, ‘Maybe we like a dictator.’” — George Washington

“You also had some very fine people on both sides.” — John Adams

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" — Alexander Hamilton

The first was great (and I still have a related sticker on my water bottle). Looking forward to the next one

Gonna do the promo thing for a minute here...

...because @marieparks.bsky.social and I FINALLY have a release date for Undeniable, the sequel to Unrelenting.

If you like found families, ancient magic in a modern setting, and ace main characters, save the dates. 👇

Congratulations and well deserved on both

A photo of an old magazine page showing a diagram of an FTM type Transbrother and an MTF type Transsister, and a picture of a 2N3904 and 2N3906 semiconductor package with 3 legs. Below is a diagram, with the Base taking in T and removing E for the Transbrother, and taking in E and removing T for the Transsister.

On the Perennial Embarrassment of Worldcon In the interest of fairness, I will begin with something that we already know: running a convention is hard. This is the one concession I will make: running a Worldcon really is hard. It’s hard in …

Welp, time to blowup my notifs!

Thesis: Worldcon COULD be good, but we may have to drag it there kicking and screaming.

I’ve read each of Jenny Lawson’s previous books and they are all great

I knew about molten salt, heat stored in rocks, and a couple of hydraulic options, but this is cool because it looks pretty straightforward to create, easy to explain to others, and might be relatively inexpensive