John Edward Lawson

Discouraging at Best, by John Edward Lawson Already known for his works of speculative fiction, author John Edward Lawson uses Discouraging at Best to take a look at the "real" world. On the pages within are five interlinked tales that, when pi...

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I WANT YOUR STORIES!
Latin American Shared Stories | Call for Submissions - We want your stories for our new title in our Beyond & Within series: Latin American Shared Stories ✨ Edited by the one and only @vlatinalondon
Deadline is the 15th December 2024
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Reminder that we are now on Netgalley and real excitement is happening for 8114!

PseudoPod 733: Late Sleepers | PseudoPod Ted woke up in the dark with a dull headache, deciding to sneak out before the rest of the family got up. Going home for Thanksgiving was a terrible idea. He’d have to find some excuse to stay on…

Here’s some free appetizing reading for Thanksgiving. You can read or hear my story "Late Sleepers" at Pseudopod. This story is also included in my new collection EVERYDAY HORRORS.
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I feel seen

I really liked that movie The Runner by Boy Harsher.

Raw horror poetry as only women could tell it.Horror is the best mode for speaking of our time.

a man and a woman are behind a camera that says red chillies on the bottom ALT: a man and a woman are behind a camera that says red chillies on the bottom

Reminder that @nighttidemag.bsky.social is compiling a list for 30 days of indie horror features/shorts directed by women. If your film was: on the festival circuit between 2023 & today or was showcased, we'd love to boost you and the project! Please contact us through nighttidemag.com/contact!

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they're dealing with.

Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology has been listed on the Publishers Weekly BookLife best of 2024!

It’s a fat positive anthology filled with bakers, roller derby stars, creatures, and so much more!

Here’s the link for buying. Link for article in comment

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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.

Get Involved THE VOLUNTEER FORM FOR 2025 SELECTION LIST & AWARD COMMITTEES AND JURIES IS OPEN. FILL OUT THE GNCRT VOLUNTEER FORM

I cannot take on any new things right now.

Which is a shame because @libcomix.bsky.social is doing AMAZING things and needs volunteers. Just look at these lists and *new* awards opportunities!

In short: go volunteer so I can live vicariously through you!

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I am doubling down on joy on the blog this week. Follow along for advice to help you help your patrons in a positive way:

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CONGRATS! Keep on shining 🍾👑🎉

WriterThreads Do you struggle with creating likable characters? On 11/19, John Copenhaver, Harry Szabo and I will discuss how to write characters you can't look away from. Registration secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

The block lists are coming in handy for me as this platform grows more popular, that’s for sure.

Noooooo it will just rot your brain…thousands upon thousands of details from all the publishing fights…

There is limited time to sign up to join me at Space Camp in January. I'd love to prepare for a space mission with you. Learn more at maryrobinettekowal.com/spacecamp

Interview with me about my new novel, Ninety-Eight Sabers!

#horror #HorrorWriters #HorrorWriting #HorrorWritersChat #HorrorBooks 💙📚😱 💙😱📚

So far I haven’t had to take screenshots of people being wild on here for later reference. That’s a good sign Bluesky is the superior social experience. Fingers crossed it stays that way!

The best strategy 💯

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

BGP books on NetGalley and BookSirens

Looking for some ARC reading this week? Find these titles on NetGalley and BookSirens.

I have to go back and rewatch now…

That movie hit me hard when I was a kid.

So BluesKy is doing well enough that scammers are here now? Awesome! That indicates high confidence this platform will survive, and that users here aren't bots (unlike that other place). Nobody is trying to scam bots.

Here's a repost of this for all the new people, if you didn't know about the Murderbot TV show yet. I can't answer any questions about it yet. Basically everything I can say is here on Deadline: deadline.com/tag/murderbot/

Can't believe it's been 20 years this week since my father died. I've been contemplating what his take on the state of things might be. He would have been 92 in September.

2024?, by Pandeathic from the album 2023

Those who remain are diminished yet feel empowered
Dangerous angels from strange stars filled with fractured morals
And scars, telling themselves we ain’t gonna take no more
None of this was ever meant to be sustainable

(Coming soon, listen to most tracks free!)

pandeathic.bandcamp.com/track/2024