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Rest in Piss. May every big game hunter of endangered animals be reminded of their place in the circle of life as viscerally as possible.

A happy book says: I'm so proud you chose me as your holiday read! I can't wait to start entertaining you! A smiling drink says: And I'm right here! Ready to keep you cool and refreshed while you read! A gleeful phone adds: Yay! So great! How about we kick things off with a load of the same old rubbish you always look at, plus some gloomy news and mavbe a few emails from work!! Hours later... The drink and book lie untouched. The phone is out of view but a bubble reads: Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll The book says “I hate that guy.”

My cartoons for this week’s @theguardian.com books
#holiday #vacation #reading

They've let the AI get too cozy with autocorrect. It was bad before, it is worse now.

We've been watching Department Q and love it. Tartan-noir is always fun. We are only a few episodes in right now. (I have zero time to binge anything.)

Go vote!

Just got August's newsletter ready to go out on Monday. An interview with Josh Berliner about his book Cryptid Currency, ebook deals, publisher news, and another autograph book giveaway.

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One Night at Kedasi | Artemesia Publishing Being a freelancer is never easy—especially in this intergalactic economy. Ship captain Zip Turbine usually has a sarcastic quip ready, but work has been rough, and the pay has been worse. After a str...

Coming soon!

One Night at Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay.

Captain Zip Turbine never wanted to go to a suspiciously abandoned theme park asteroid, but freelancing is never easy—especially in this intergalactic economy.

#preorder #scifi #sciencefiction #booksky💙📚 🚀📚

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The Women of Bandit Bend | Artemesia Publishing Give a woman a challenge and see what happens. Straitlaced Tally Tisdale and her free spirited sixteen-year-old sister Ivy arrive in Sutton Creek, Colorado in 1863 to take over their missing father’s ...

Now available!

The Women of Bandit Bend by C.C. Harrison

Never underestimate the determination of courageous women in the American West.

#historical #strongwomen #western #booksky💙📚

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Maiden Voyage | Artemesia Publishing Three female thieves, a priceless painting, and a Pinkerton agent aboard the Titanic. What could go wrong?Colette DuVall, a young jewel thief from Canada, follows Mary Carr, the 'Queen' of the crimina...

Coming in November!

Maiden Voyage by Bradley Harper

3 female thieves after a priceless painting. A Pinkerton agent on his first major assignment. An iceberg. What could go wrong? Love and larceny aboard the ill-fated Titanic.

#historical #heist #Titanic #booksky💙📚

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A Cowboy's Dilemma (The Kelly Can Saga Book 3) | Artemesia Publishing Building a business empire is bound to make enemies, but when your rivals brandish Tommy Guns it will take a cowboy’s grit to face them down as only KELLY CAN! A new day dawns for Charlie and Susan Ke...

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A Cowboy's Dilemma by E. Joe Brown.

Book 3 of the KELLY CAN SAGA! When your rivals brandish Tommy Guns it will take a cowboy’s grit to face them down as only KELLY CAN!

#booksky💙📚 #historical #romance #western #preorder

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National Association Of Black Bookstores Launches To Preserve Black Literary Culture And Voices | Essence The first-of-its-kind collective was created to unite historic and emerging Black-owned bookstores, promoting literacy, celebrating Black voices and preserving a cultural legacy nationwide.

Happy National Book Day!

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Chance to get free books!

Yes, Salvador does amazing art and his style is perfect for the series.

Awesome! @rodavlas.bsky.social did a great job again on this cover!

Artemesia Publishing, LLC | publishing Artemesia Publishing, LLC is an independent book publisher from the Land of Enchantment focusing on adult, middle grade, and YA fiction.

Updates to our website with the newest titles coming soon.

Dinosaurs and Other Felonious Mischief: The Art of Jason C. Poole - #dinosaurs #art #paleoart #artist

One Night at Kedasi - #scifi #humor

Maiden Voyage - #historical #thriller #Titanic #heist

#booksky💙📚

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Large stand up banner with "Shadow Dragon Press" at the top amd a collection of five book cover images beneath. Books featured are Sub-Luminal, One Night at Kedasi, Red Screen, The Magick of Chaos, and Maple Springs.

New banner has arrived in time for Bubonicon at the end of the month.

#indiepublisher #shadowdragonpress #bookevents

Got together with my co-author last night to hammer out a part of the story in Unspeakable that had been a sticking point. We made great progress and I think the block has been unstuck.

We also came up with a name for the series this book will be the first of AND generated ideas for 2 more books.

Abilities Not Required Part 1: The Everyperson's Guide to Combat By Ben Hille - Decapod Games Staff

New blog over at Decapod Games.

Guide to Age of Eana combat part 1 by Ben Hille.

I have always enjoyed how AoE handles combat. More flexible than D&D amd other RPGs.

#ttrpg #gamedesign #gaming #roleplayinggames

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@wingedlion.bsky.social and his Tempest Blades series. Perfect for an animated series. Lots of great action, amazing characters who deal with real problems while saving the world, romance, magic, and oh, saving the universe by book 4.

Meme: Top image. Man setting plate of food for another man at a table. First man is labeled "Literally Every Company". Plate is labeled "AI". Second man labeled "Me". Bottom image. First man sits down. Second man throws the plate away.

I am in this meme and for once I am happy I am.

Cover Reveal: Dragonlance Legends Omnibus by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman I’m excited to share the cover for the new Dragonlance Legends Omnibus, releasing in February of 2026! The omnibus contains Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, and Test of the Twins. These b…

Cover reveal!! I'm excited to join author Margaret Weis in sharing the gorgeous cover for the upcoming Legends Omnibus. I'm so excited about this!

#Dragonlance #DragonlanceCoverReveal

Households Age 55 and Above Own a Growing Share of Household Assets - Apollo Academy A growing share of US household assets is owned by people age 55 and above, see chart below. A contributing...

This chart isn't exactly shocking, but it pretty clearly illustrates why so many younger people accuse older generations of hoarding wealth/ resources.
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Over a background image of Sandia Peak are the words: "Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop. April 24-27, 2026. Albuquerque, NM. Mary Robinette Kowal, Charlie Jane Anders, Geoff Habiger, Marie Parks" including headshots of all 4 instructors.

Sandia Starforgers is happening again, April 24-27, 2026! The intimate writing retreat/workshop will feature instruction by @charliejane.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @tangentgeoff.bsky.social at a historic farm in Albuquerque, NM. Scholarship available. Early bird $100 off: starforgers.com

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.

this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.

we can beat them

phone numbers and a script:

Is Olivine the Future of Battery Material Supply Chains? Aspiring Materials' process extracts valuable minerals from olivine, offering a cleaner, sustainable solution for battery material supply chains.

New Zealand engineers have figured out how to turn Earth’s most abundant mineral into zero-waste battery metals. They dissolve olivine to yield silica (50%), magnesium (40%) and nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide (10%) for lithium-ion cathodes, leaving only brine. buff.ly/NSzykIk
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Finding Your Pain Points and Joy Points Most authors instinctively know what brings them joy in the writing process, but they've been trained to ignore it in favor of what they think they "should" be doing. Here's what I tell authors: Identify your pain points — the parts of the process that are most annoying and aggravating. Then let AI handle the majority of the work in those areas. Some examples I've seen: The author who loves plotting but hates description now uses AI to flesh out scene details while keeping all the plot development for themselves. The author who adores character development but struggles with pacing uses AI to help structure scenes while diving deep into character work personally. The author who enjoys dialogue but finds action scenes tedious collaborates with AI on fight scenes while writing every conversation by hand. There's no right or wrong way to divide this work. The only rule is to protect your joy.

The Suffering Myth Needs to Die Let's crush this toxic idea once and for all: You are not supposed to suffer for your art. The notion that you have to practically open your veins and bleed onto the page for your work to be any good is romantic nonsense that's keeping authors miserable. If writing is your full-time job, why are you making yourself miserable doing it? Think about it this way: If you had a friend who was constantly miserable at their job, you'd tell them to quit or find a different approach. You wouldn't tell them that suffering was necessary for success. I want my writing career to be a total joy. I can still write stories that people love and enjoy every moment of the process. I don't need to suffer, and neither do you.

This is an "author" using the idea that you shouldn't suffer for your art AS A REASON TO USE GENERATIVE AI TO WRITE INSTEAD.

That is not what that phrase means. It doesn't mean you shouldn't emotionally connect with your art--it means you shouldn't fucking starve or have chronic depression.

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So apparently, if I don't keep encouraging people to subscribe to Clarkesworld, they don't.

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All new subscriptions go towards increasing staff pay. They deserve it, so I can't be silent.

Big news, friends & enemies!

Willow Wraith Press is starting an Indie Bookclub!

Our goal is to get more eyes on indie books & authors. Come join our Goodreads group, pick our reads via the poll, come discuss/read-along w/us, & join us as we livestream at the end!

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We've had a statement about no AI training on our copyright page for a while now, but I like that statement about no AI was used. And the credits is a cool idea.

Dang it. Now I gotta find a new file transfer service.