T.L. Bodine

Two plush seals that spontaneously appeared on my table.

I have been bested by the mystery of the seals that arrived at my #authorcon table and @martinshannon.bsky.social and @michelleheller.bsky.social and @halfbloodlycan.bsky.social and @bitterkarella.bsky.social are tormenting me by revealing no answers.

If you have seal Intel, please stand up.

THE 1ST ANNUAL AUTHORCON RUNNING OF THE AUTHORS #authorcon

I sure wish I wasn't 1,883 miles from home the weekend our country decided to go to war.

I mean, I'd rather we not start wars in general, but gdi can I at least go fucking home first.

Just a quick reminder of where I'll be today. #authorcon #fightrealmonsters

If you have a kitten who has never been given canned food or seen it happen, it still goes wild when it hears the sound of a can opener.

This indicates that deep in the evolutionary past, cats hunted to extinction some type of robot containing fish

The last three Republican Presidents started wars with middle eastern countries, for those keeping score at home. 🤷

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

Come see me and @bitterkarella.bsky.social in the #Authorcon ballroom #fightrealmonsters

Tenebrous Press - The Home of New Weird Horror Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.

For no reason, just posting this here as a reminder that art doesn’t need to be owned by a corporation and sold and conglomerated for billions.

Support indie art. It is (almost literally) the only art that remains🖤☠️

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AMERICAN GESTAPO: A new anthology from RHP Press this fall. We're looking for dark crime stories (2-7k words) about American fascism. Subs open Feb 15 to March 15. More info: bit.ly/4pTIdJF

To be 100% clear, my survival does not depend on my book income. It helps, but I’m pretty safe.

A lot of trans authors are one stroke of bad luck away from the street.

One bad law away from prison.

Pay them directly if you can!

Buy their books!

Commission their art!

Boost their crowdfund!

The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.’

Susan Sontag, At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches , speech Of courage and resistance

Hey remember how Discord and like every other online service is shifting to requiring verifying your identity with a valid license

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

This is it. Way past time for everyone in this country - literally everyone - to find practical ways to support trans people and immigrants, this regime's primary targets.

Starting right now, find something practical to do to actually help people.

What’s really striking in Saruman’s speech to Gandalf is how broadly (and unusually for Tolkien) relevant it is. Take out the one specific reference to the Elves and Númenor and it is just an absolute classic rationale for collaborating with evil in the confidence you can ultimately direct it.

Limited to 500 copies! You may be able to go on a cruise one day because you own the first run print issue of TBQ that was only available at the lit con. Come grab one early if you WANT/NEED one!

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

I misread this as "bonermaxx" and was surprised at the end of "punching yourself in..."

Both seem equally plausible in the current environment, tbh

Awesome news! Congratulations!

If you have work on the final Stoker ballot, congrats. If you had something in the preliminary ballot, congrats. If you published something last year, congrats. If you managed to cope with the constant tire fire and get any writing done, congrats. If you wrote today, congrats.

I really enjoyed it also. I think it hits a perfect tone, with such wonderfully drawn characters. And that kid who plays Egg is extraordinary.

10:45am - 11:45am - Panel 12:30pm - 1:15pm - Reading 2:15pm - 3:15pm - Panel 4:45pm - 5:45pm - Panel Or come see me in the ballroom!

Going to #Authorcon next week? Stop by and say hello!

I will see you there!

Our own Bitter Karella will be at Authorcon next week! Come see us if you're around, why not?

discord is once again running it back after getting relentlessly bullied online but pls continue cancelling your nitro until they PUBLICLY commit to not doing this shit again, so proud of everyone btw this is what ive been sayin for yrs dont give these bastards your money when they stomp on you

Next time I really should just ship my books to the hotel. I'm gonna be so up a creek if the airline loses my luggage xD

That feeling of triumph when you manage to cram 60 books and table supplies into a suitcase and it comes in at 44lbs. Let's fuckin goooo

If you are anti-zon, there are lots of other places to grab The Denizens. Bookshop, Kobo, your local bookstore etc. You can even grab the ebook directly from the publisher.

every shot-on-video, made-with-a-camcorder horror movie that's just some teenage friend group fucking around in the woods with some fake blood and a monster mask contains more artistic merit, human joy and creative light than anything AI has ever made or will ever, ever make