Damn Kold Bones

Now: listening to Kaitlin Samocha in the standing-room-only #ASHG25 session on advancing rare disease research through collaborative genomics. This needed a room twice as large.

A good thread. I've been submitting short fiction since the days when I had to send an international reply coupon with my self-addressed stamped envelope, and honestly I think even that was better than today. The early 2010s was when the process was its most writer-friendly, I think.

BOOKS ARE GOOD GO GET BOOKS I maybe wrote some and a bunch are creepy —

Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!

— so get some boooooks

Happy October, everyone!

“Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality: for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it wisely”
@terriwindling.bsky.social

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It's October, the greatest month of the year, and the Halloween pseudonym has been chosen.

a blue and yellow heart shaped flag on a white background ALT: a blue and yellow heart shaped flag on a white background

I stand with #Ukraine.

a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... '' ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... ''

Apologies for recent silence -- the entire family is slowly emerging from the fog of influenza A. Never have I measured so many temperatures over 101 degrees in my life. I'm the only one who hasn't caught it... yet.

Same, nine times out of ten the caller hangs up before the robo-assistant finishes its spiel. Probably the best feature of the Pixel

I am dying

It's what we do

I think your problem was too many books :-D

More than my 11?

Thrilled to share (at last) that I'm writing another dragon book for Baen Books! DRAGONS GONE WILD will be installment #3 in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence.

Happy Valentime's Day to all! 💘

Man I hope so

Who Wants a Stinky Swamp? Guest Blog by Jerri Jerreat Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown). I grew up afraid of wetlands, and thought swamps,...

"Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown)."

Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚

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I just want to say that going from a high of 65 to a high of 25 in four days is a crime against Ohioans

Thanks for reading... hope you enjoy it!

Chihuly! I love his art

I promise I'm here on this platform! Life has just gotten in the way lately.

Traditionally-published authors, today's the day to tell people about your work in the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Go to the link below to add a comment about your books. Indie authors, your day is tomorrow!

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No one can! Thanks, Liana.

So I was wondering if anyone can read this, and if so, tell me (1) the language, and (2) what it says. It's on the bottom of an old hand-painted porcelain bowl I bought today!

photo of a viking warrior captioned pick your battles pick fewer battles than that. put some battles back. that's still too many battles.

PSA

Getting mental illness right in fiction: a guide for writers, by expert @kathleea.bsky.social : dankoboldt.com/mental-illne... #ScienceInSF

Welcome to October, the best month of the year. It is a time of change, a time of colors, a time to go out and walk among the trees with bow and arrow (if you're me, at least)

Probably for the best. People with Covid shouldn't be giving immunizations :-P

Boosting... if you have a blog or a website and don't want it scraped to train AI tools like ChatGPT, follow these instructions.

Tonight for the second time ever, saw a string of Starlink satellites. These were deploying, too, so gradually spreading apart.