Dannie Gray

The Thing.

A parody of the Little Golden Books logo featuring a circle of vintage black Halloween cats surrounded by spilled potions, lit matches, pawprints, and candies. Text reads: "Apex Magazine Kickstarter 2026"

"Apex Magazine Submissions OPENING! October 1st!"

The Apex Magazine team is thrilled to announce that our Kickstarter for 2026 begins OCTOBER 1ST!! 🎃🍁

We're keeping all the rewards you love, adding exciting new rewards for readers and writers alike, AND reopening submissions! Mark your calendars, and we'll see you at the graveyard smash! 👻🌙🐈‍⬛📅

An image of Earth from space with the title “This week on…” followed by the Planetside magazine logo. Featured article: “Ink Stains on Fingers and the Smell of Coffee: A Guide to Writing Elsewhere” by Steve Horton Teaser: Explore the benefits of writing in public spaces, from improved focus to fresh inspiration. Series name: Writing by Other Means

This week on Planetside… Writing at home? Too distracting. @stevehorton.bsky.social makes the case for coffee shops as the ultimate creative refuge. Read “Ink Stains on Fingers and the Smell of Coffee” at www.sfwa.org/2025/08/05/i.... Part of Writing by Other Means.

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Got any questions, queries or quandaries for @jasonsanford.bsky.social? He's hosting an AMA on the r/Fantasy subreddit right now! If you want to chat about short fiction, publishing, or sandworms, then come on down!

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On July 2nd, Paramount agreed to settle a baseless lawsuit brought against 60 Minutes and CBS News by President Trump for $16 million. On July 15, during a regular show of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert went on-air and called the settlement a “big fat bribe” in exchange for a favorable decision on the proposed merger between Paramount and Skydance, a charge currently under investigation in California. Less than 48 hours later, on July 17, Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a show currently performing first in its timeslot, giving vague references to the program’s “financial performance” as the only explanation. For ten years, the show has been one of the most successful, beloved and profitable programs on CBS, entertaining an audience of millions on late night television, on streaming services and across social media.

Given Paramount’s recent capitulation to President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show’s cancelation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval. Cancelations are part of the business, but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society. Paramount’s decision comes against a backdrop of relentless attacks on a free press by President Trump, through lawsuits against CBS and ABC, threatened litigation of media organizations with critical coverage and the unconscionable defunding of PBS and NPR.

The Writers Guild of America calls on New York State Attorney General Letitia James, no stranger to prosecuting Trump for illegal business practices, to join California and launch an investigation into potential wrongdoing at Paramount. We call on our elected leaders to hold those responsible to account, to demand answers about why this beloved program was canceled and to assure the public that Colbert and his writers were not censored due to their views or the whims of the President. In the meantime, the Writers Guild of America will support our members at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and across the late-night industry as they speak truth to power and we will explore all potential legal and political avenues to fight for our members in the aftermath of this decision.

The following is a statement from the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) on Paramount’s Decision to Cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

Someone just offered to license our entire back catalog of issues for "AI" training.

No way in hell.
Not gonna happen.
No means no.
Don't come back.
Don't even look this way.
Seriously.
We don't want you here.

URGENT ACTION: The Senate is about to hold the vote to cut all current funding for PBS, PBS Kids and NPR. Call your Senators now at (202) 224-3121 and demand they VOTE NO ON THE RESCISSIONS ACT. #SavePublicMedia

A picture of a sticker on a metal structure on the sidewalk. The sticker says: “read mother fucking books! All damn day”

Good stickers in the wild

I recently signed a contract asking if there was any AI generated content in a story I had written. I simply wrote “no” when what I really wanted to write was “I’d rather die.”

"When I was ten. I read fairy tales in secret & would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C.S. Lewis

Art by Adelaide Claxton.

The Right’s War On America’s Children Kids Are Under Attack On Multiple Fronts

.@owillis.bsky.social writes about how the American Right hates children and families. Something I knew intellectually but truly didn't grasp until I became a parent.

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #indieauthor #author #authorsky

I have a notebook where I keep quotes from books, or IRL people. I will be adding this one to it, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com

@inventingreality.bsky.social
What's the elevator pitch for your novella?

From 2017 @tomgauld.bsky.social considering the @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Norse Mythology Book Tour

ICYMI: @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com's Anansi Boys is coming to comics! @marcbernardin.bsky.social, Shawn Martinbrough, Christopher Sotomayor, and Jim Campbell will be adapting the series, which begins June 26, 2024. See more details: bit.ly/3uGSvq4

Shitty ai being integrated into everything despite it being ass is like nepotism with a bunch of tech billionaires insisting we have to work with and take seriously their idiot robot son

we went from "stop eating avocados" to "stop eating"

📽️ screenshot of my letterboxd review for A GOOFY MOVIE (1995)

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My advice to aspriting writers of a fantasy series is that each book needs two main plots. The big story plot of the entire series, and the complete-in-itself on-book plot. -Juliet Marillier - Background a sea blue and green image.

Nurture your writing. Give it a place in your life. Nurture your inspirations, let them out in ways that grow and inspire you. Write because you enjoy the creation of it. -Wrtr #amwriting #amediting Be Writing. #author #writing

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