Raima Larter

Reached 40,151 words for my #nanowrimo project today - less than 10K to go! The story is moving along at a good pace, too, so as long as Thanksgiving doesn't derail me, I should be able to make it.

#writing #amwriting #scifi #sff

The 7 day count down to our Alien Celebrations issue has begun. It's our art special with profits donated to charity, so we're very excited to share it. It's also your last chance to get our latest issue before it becomes an old one #sciencefiction
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I'm keeping up with #nanowrimo, but only barely - just 22 words ahead of par tonight. But, I wrote 1646 words today, which I honestly didn't expect to be able to do. Just one more week of this, and no idea what's going to happen in this story tomorrow.

#writing #amwriting #scifi #sff

since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.

Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…

Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...

Congratulations!! That takes a lot of dedication. Enjoy the shopping trips!

A screenshot of the Diabolical Plots homepage which shows a shoutout to Erin Cairns and DP's first readers for cataloguing Metadata for all previous DP stories, with a description of InkFoundry too!

AHHH! Shoutouts make me feel all wibbly!!! Go discover some Diabolical Stories here: thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Market/Stori...!

Another Novel?

Report on my #nanowrimo progress - took a little break from the actual novel I'm working on to write a blog post. Now...back to #writing. #amwriting #scifi #sff

Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she's resigning from her House seat "with my last day being January 5, 2026."

This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.

Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.

Another Novel?

Report on my #nanowrimo progress - took a little break from the actual novel I'm working on to write a blog post. Now...back to #writing. #amwriting #scifi #sff

Another round of badges and a helpful reminder. Remember to back up your novel!
Make sure your work is saved before going to NaNo2.org to collect your badges.

Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan

The Moon-forming impactor Theia originated from the inner Solar System The Moon formed from a giant impact of a planetary body, called Theia, with proto-Earth. It is unknown whether Theia formed in the inner or outer Solar System. We measured iron isotopes in lunar sampl...

A giant impact between proto-Earth and a planet called Theia produced the Moon. Hopp et al. use isotopic measurements of lunar samples and cosmochemical modelling to show that Theia formed in the inner Solar System, probably closer to the Sun than Earth. ☄️ #planetsci
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber Sparks Learn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.

Friends! I am teaching a workshop in December that I am so excited about! I’ve been writing and writing about domestic fabulism forever, but I’ve never actually fashioned a workshop around it before. I think this is going to be so much fun - I hope you’ll join!

Barely made par today, but I'm 2 words ahead, so I'll take it! 31,669 words as of right now in my #nanowrimo project. I finally had to skip way ahead and write a possible ending scene so I have some clue where this thing is headed. Hope to make some progress tomorrow!
#writing #amwriting #scifi #sff

Congress to send bill to Trump to force disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein files The House overcame a months-long impasse, and the Senate quickly dispatched with the issue.

Breaking news: Congress will send a bill to President Trump to force the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, overcoming a months-long impasse in the House and quickly dispatching with the issue in the Senate.

Congratulations, James! Very cool.

This is happening right now in my NaNo project. The characters are taking over my keyboard!! #amwriting #nanowrimo

Nice. I used to fly in and out of SLC to visit my family in Idaho and always tried to stay near a place I could do my run on those trails. Haven't been back there in years, but I still think about those great trail runs.

For some examples of authors whose weirdness we admire, try Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, M. John Harrison, China Mieville, and also our non-fiction editor, Raima Larter, @raimalarter.bsky.social who writes her own brand of weird science fiction.

haha - guilty as charged!!

I agree with this - it doesn't matter to me if their opinion writers are biased. What I want is accurate news, and both of these newspapers have it.

Another good #writing day for my #nanowrimo project -> 2252 words so far today, which brings me within about 750 words of where I should be. It's a lot closer than I've been for about 10 days. Catching up! And the story is cooking now, too. 😀

#amwriting #scifi #sff

A graphic from the front page of the WSJ, titled, "The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump." Using blue does it compares how many of the email threads released by Oversight are about various people. 1,670 are about Trump. 207 mention Michael Wolff. 155 Kathryn Ruemmler, 117 Larry Summers, and 512 Clinton.

Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.

DEVELOPING: House Judiciary Committee chair launches inquiry into Arlington’s top prosecutor | ARLnow.com The chair of the House Judiciary Committee is challenging Arlington's top prosecutor over a case involving a local activist critical of the Trump administration. Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a le...

Local Arlington story, but this is the US House that's getting involved.

Wow - a month is a long time. Safe travels! ❤️

Amazing but true - I need to think about getting out early for my run to beat the heat. On Nov. 14!

I love small airports. Are you heading home?

Wow - what a cool poem! Nicely done, Tara.