Christine Crabb 🦀

The em dash supposedly being a “tell” for AI generated text does sort of give away the game on the enormous amount of work stolen from journalists and news organizations that these things were trained on

A snippet from the Aurealis review by @jemofthebrew of The Crimson Road. 💚💚

"The Crimson Road bolsters Slatter’s luscious collection of novels that intertwine fairytale with richly-imagined settings, brilliant and formidable female characters, and winning storylines where anything could happen."

A new Genesys RPG Bsky Starter Pack just dropped! Go follow these fantastic designers, developers, writers, and editors who helped bring the Narrative Dice System to life! go.bsky.app/LPYJLeS

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Our UK & Europe starter pack has been updated! If you're looking for a curated list of diverse good beans, this is the one for you.

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Now with added feed! View posts from folk in the pack, plus extra added friends of friends on this side of the pond!

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Hello, lovely new followers + beloved long-term followers, ICYMI: Reactor kindly posted an excerpt from The Crimson Road when they did the cover reveal. And y'all can read it here reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

#thecrimsonroad
#agslatter
#angelaslatter
#gothicfantasy
#gothichorror
#gothicfairytales

Sensitivity Consultant Starter Pack

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Here we go! A starter pack to help you keep up to date with trans voices in the TTRPG industry! Share share!
If you need to be added, lemme know and I'll get you included - we need more voices and visibility!
#ttrpg #trans #pride
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How to write a content warning for your self-published book: Interview with Alistair Caradec, author of The Old Love and the New - KN Editorial This blog is a little different. It’s an interview with Alistair Caradec, an editor and author who I think really nailed the content warning in his own book.I was lucky enough to be Alistair’s editor ...

Today's blog is about how to write a content warning for your book (or comic, or game, or anything really!), and it features the brilliant @alistaircaradec.bsky.social
#writingcommunity

I've started an #RPGLatAm starter pack. If you think you should be added (or excluded from the list) let me know.

go.bsky.app/VhK51dS

It's a personal list and a work in progress, thank you for your patience.

Hello #ttrpgcommunity I decided after my post chatting to so many wonderful UK #TTRPG people I wanted to make a starter pack of everyone

This is for UK based TTRPG writers, designers, artists, dice makers, actual plays, etc. Far from exhaustive if I missed anyone let me know

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Omg it finally works. Anyway, making a starter pack for #RPGSEA, for all #ttrpgs, card game, and board game game workers - devs, writers, consultants, editors, artists, layout, podcasters, community folks, publishers and more.

Let me know if you'd like to be added.

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Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions - Tachyon Publications [STARRED REVIEW] “A commanding short story collection.” —Foreword Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as having “an imagination that most of us would kill for,” Hopkinson and her Afro-Caribbean, Canadian...

Happy book birthday to my short story collection "Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions," out today from Tachyon: tachyonpublications.com/product/jama... My second book this year. I'm so happy that the stars aligned this way.

Getting on these Starter Pack things!

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Okay, here are the two #TTRPG starter packs I put together:

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Hear that high-pitched screaming? That's the sound of the bound proof of The Crimson Road landing at home, baby! Thank you @cathtrech @whereisbahar and the @titanbooks team!!

Countdown is on... I mean it's 5 months away, so it'll be a long countdown, but still.

#thecrimsonroad

A comic book with a crab holding a phone on the cover titled “calling all crabs”

Crab comic anthology hell yeah

200 New Words and Definitions Added to Merriam-Webster.com Including beach read, street corn, touch grass, and nepo baby

Merriam-Webster just dropped a new batch of entries, including heat index, shadow ban, true crime, burrata, MAGA, nepo baby, and (of personal interest) IDGAF.

www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/new...

I'd love to be added! Thank you!

Photo of The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition. A very large book with a vibrant yellow cover.

Shield your eyes from the glory! The new copy of CMOS is here! It’s already a fairly conspicuous volume (at 1180 pages), but now you REALLY can’t misplace it. #AmEditing

The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition Find it. Write it. Cite it. The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. ¶ It is the indispensable reference for ...

Edibuddies, if you want to see what the significant changes to the Chicago Manual of Style are in the 18th edition, go here: www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/help-tools/w... #CMOS #AmEditing

At the end of my work email, I accidentally typed 'beset" instead of "best." I did change it to "best," which was the proper professional thing to do, but truly I regret the accuracy lost in not using "beset." #amediting

CRAB ART

Crab planet, crabs made of other smaller crabs, crabs with hats, abstract crabs, crabs on a beach, crabs in the water, crab wizard gathering, hermit crab meet up, crabs eating a black hole, crabs doing magic, crabs hiding, crabs as the stars themselves.

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A box of paperback copies with a stunning cover of vultures and roses.

Holy mackerel! The paperbacks of A House With Good Bones are out, and will you LOOK at this cover?! Christina Mrozik is a genius!

New video: Editor thinky thoughts!

It’s okay to question your editor’s feedback, especially if you feel they’re not respecting your voice. I promise! #WritingCommunity #Editing #Writing

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Cover to Jamaica Ginger by Joshua Mays https://tachyonpublications.com/product/jamaica-ginger-and-other-concoctions/

 COVER REVEAL!!! Check out the cover of @nalohop.bsky.social's new book JAMAICA GINGER illustrated by artist extraordinaire, Joshua Mays. 

Love an exclusive? Like & share this post to be entered to win an early ARC copy of my book from @tachyonpub.bsky.social

Winner to be chosen May 21

In title case, the words “is” and “be,” crucial words of existence and just plain verbs anyway, are capitalized.

Nonnegotiable.

A good copyeditor is basically a practitioner of magic, from my perspective

I remember one comment where the CE cheerily commented "If the characters are turning left here, based on their previous movements for the past three pages, they're heading north rather than east"

Me:

Me:

Me: A WITCH!!!!

Welcome to Arkham Explore the town of Arkham, setting for the beloved Arkham Horror series of tabletop games, in this comprehensive, full-color, hardcover guide to its people, places and strange goings on… It is the he...

Welcome to Arkham: An Illustrated Guide for Visitors is on sale in North America on Tuesday, April 19th. Pre-Order your copy and read more here!

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