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Writers should never modify their own prose as a reaction to what stupid fucking generative AI is doing -- that shit stole from us, and it stole poorly, incompletely, and has none of our magic and zero of our humanity, our experience, our wonder and fear, and it never ever will. Fuck AI. You do you.

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

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Reclaiming the Stars Through Comanche Futurism: An Interview with Weyodi OldBear Weyodi OldBear’s novel As Many Ships As Stars is a sweeping work of Indigenous science fiction, reimagining the Quahadi band’s first encounter with horses, not on the Southern Plains, but across the c...

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My bestie @weyodi.bsky.social was my very first interview for @redpopnews.bsky.social! Grateful for being able to celebrate her work and brilliant storytelling.

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doing the AMA thing on Reddit Wednesday, 1pm mountain. come one, come all. I really like these, because it always feel like a typing race, one where there's zero time to think, meaning, then, no time to lie, so they can turn into that Jon Hamm game show sketch (linked in reply). but hopefully not.

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JANE EYRE x KILL BILL x PHANTASMA by Kaylie Smith

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #A #F #W
Imose’s beauty cost her everything—her mother’s life, her freedom, her future—and she escapes her enslavement to strike a bargain with an imprisoned god who agrees to help her hunt down her abusers, only to find it isn’t her soul on the line—it’s her heart.

a silhouette of a person riding a horse in a dark forest ALT: a silhouette of a person riding a horse in a dark forest

THE FAIRY KING is a #w #r #f #NA #portal-fantasy #urbanfantasy #romantasy.
Marcy is having a terrible 21st birthday. First, she’s chased by the headless horseman, her toxic boyfriend turns into a vampire (not the hot kind), and her father disappears after a mysterious fire. #BluePit #bluepit📖 #nd

themes/tropes list - fish out of water - love and loss -acceptance of self -predator x prey? -fractured fairy tale -odd friendship -sacrifice -sacred first kiss -culture class -magically binding deal -grumpy x naive, confused sunshine -perceptions - The immigrant experience

third draft snips - '"It's not about whether they're dangerous or not. It's about who they are."' - 'He was a killer. A predator of the sea. The one thing all sea folks collectively agreed to avoid the ire of.' - 'The landwalkers' world had grown. And Pearl, with the rest of the sea folks, were left behind to a time long passed - 'And for once, she began to question. Question her perceptions of the world.'

THE LITTLE MERMAID X SHREK X THE PRINCESS BRIDE

An obsessive mermaid must kiss a prince to avoid the fate of sea foam, but when his sea-folk-hunting cousin returns from a trip, her simple quest for a pair of lips turns into evasion of a man's harpoon and adapting to the unfamiliar.
#BluePit 📖 #F #W

The Virgin Suicides x On the Road

Dying is easy. Living is the hard part. Trevor survived a suicide attempt and is now treating his depression with drugs and alcohol. Serena's parents keep her locked in her bedroom. How long can they sneak around for before they get caught?
#YA #R #Q #ND #BluePit

IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP MOVIE POSTER

IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP:

MY HUSBAND X ANNIHILATION

💔 Obsession
🌃 Subtle Dystopia
👀 Psychological Thriller
⚖️ Dual Perspectives
☠️ Thanatophobia
👫 One Volatile Marriage
#BluePit 📖 #A #M #SF #Q #AgentsGuide

Background, Flying sail ships amids obscuring clouds. presenting an Agents Guide to: Cavern Clipper. A WIP being actively Written. Image Credit: “The Stormriders: Steampunk Pirates” by neko1206 on Deviantart.

Background, cavern lit up by bright orange-yellow light. The Pitch: WHEN SAM DIES, HE AWAKENS IN A WORLD OF ENDLESS TUNNELS AND MASSIVE CAVERNS. JOINING A HUNTER CLIPPER CREW, HE GETS CAUGHT BETWEEN PIRATES AND A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER WHOSE SECRETS COULD SAVE HUMANITY.

Background, massive square cavern in background with small forest and deer in foreground. Comps: TREASURE PLANET X A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH Tropes and themes: • TRANSMIGRATION (ISEKAI) • AIRSHIPS • PIRATES • CAT AND MOUSE BATTLES • A MESSAGE THAT MUST BE DELIVERED!

Background, Cavern with a skull face being watched by a woman. Excerpt: THE CLIFF FACE STRETCHED DOWN FOR KILOMETERS! HOUSES WERE BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF IT! WALKWAYS BUILT INTO THE CLIFF-SIDE ALLOWED WALKING ACCESS DOWN TO THE BUILDINGS, WITH PEOPLE ON THEM AS IF IT WAS THE MOST NORMAL THING TO DO!… …HIS STOMACH TURNED AT THE SIGHT. HE STARTED BACKING UP WHEN A SHADOW PASSED OVER HIM, ANOTHER WONDERFUL, TERRIBLE SIGHT FLYING IN THE AIR FAR ABOVE HIM. A SHIP. WITH SAILS, LIKE YOU’D SEE ON THE OCEAN, IN HISTORY BOOKS OR PIRATE MOVIES. FLYING!

4) Cavern Clipper #W #A #SF
#Bluepit 📖
#Agentsguide

Green sun with planets in background. "Agents guide to: Fractured Binary, a Sundered Galaxy sequel WIP."

Red planet with asteroids in background. "The Pitch: ANTHONY IS STUCK, NOT JUST ON THIS SHIP WHICH HE’S NAMED THE INVICTUS, BUT IN THIS NEW REALITY. NOW HE NEEDS TO LEARN TO ADAPT TO THE SITUATION, WHICH INVOLVES HIM AND THE REST OF HIS NEW FELLOW CREW TAKING EMPLOYMENT FROM A CRIME-LORD, BY INVITATION, TO KIDNAP A CRAZY TORTURE-SURGEON FROM HIS OWN SHIP. WHILE DOING SO, ANTHONY DISCOVERS SOMETHING, OR SOMEONE, WHICH CHANGES HIS SITUATION FOREVER... AGAIN. AN THEN THERE’S ALSO THE HUNT FOR ANTHONY’S HEAD THAT NO ONE EVEN KNOWS IS COMING..."

Planet and multi-coloured nebula in background. "Tropes: • FISH-OUT-OF-WATER MC(S) • FOUND FAMILY • FINDING FAMILY • SPACE BATTLES • MANY MANY DIFFERENT ALIENS • DEALING WITH CRIMINAL UNDERGROUND • BEFRIENDING THE SENTIENT SPACESHIP Comps: Pictures of Farscape and Nophek Gloss."

Dark cliffs under starry night sky background. "Excerpt: The Captain nodded. “I’ll make sure our employer is informed of these stipulations, but I can guarantee you that it will irritate him, more so with your small breach of contract.” “That’s my problem to handle. Are we done here?” Anthony asked him. “Our business is concluded. Fare well, Anthony of the Invictus! I hope to see you survive our employer on your next encounter, if only because it would definitely make for an excellent story!”

2) Fractured Binary #W #A #SF
#Bluepit 📖
#Agentsguide

Sun and planets background. An Agents Guide to: Sundered Galaxy A Space Opera adventure, first of a series and currently standing at 146K words.

The Pitch. Picture in background of planet surface, moon in distance, sun peeking out from behind moon. Text of pitch reads: "Last week Anthony was just like any other average guy. Now he's on a stolen alien warship with a small alien crew of prison escapees, an extra set of skin keeping him alive, and a mysterious and powerful fleet of unknown adversaries after him. All he wants is to just go home."

Comps and Tropes. Same background picture as slide two. Comps: Farscape and Nophek Gloss Tropes: Fish out of water MC Space Odyssey Befriend the AI Android Diverse Aliens, Locations, FTL Travel and Space Battles A Galaxy Ravaged by War.

Same background picture as slide two. Excerpt text: "Dozens of such empires die every century, often in the same manner as this. there are thousands of Empires, Unions, Alliances, Dominions and Nations, or whatever variant of galactic government you'd care to mention, and they all shift and change and die. New ones rise up all the time. They are all like trees in a rain forest, quick to sprout and grow given the right circumstances, quick to fall and die and their corpse scavenged by everything around them" -Kenam Suldaray, former operative of the Confederacy of Vigilant Systems, on the nature of the galaxy.

1) Sundered Galaxy #W #A #SF
#Bluepit 📖
#Agentsguide

And for my final post for #Bluepit 📖 on this fine day, allow me to summarise my posts into one complete list of #Agentsguide for all to see:

1) Sundered Galaxy #W #A #SF
2) Fractured Binary #W #A #SF
3) Tides of Sourcery #W #A #F #SF
4) Cavern Clipper #W #A #SF

Marines and DHS arrest anti-ICE protester after children were spotted in chains at the federal detention center in LA

My Sister's Stolen Soul five photos in a rectangle with the purple text in the center with gray angel wings behind it. A car mirror at sunset, an eye with a purple iris, an angel statue, hands with linked pinkies at sunset, a dark snowy road lit by streetlights.

When Lyra is abducted from their shared body, Melody will do anything to get her back... Including going on a 3,000 mile road trip with Lyra's girlfriend she's never met and an angel inhabiting a corpse that's now missing from their workplace.

#bluepit 📖 #A #F #SP #W #OV #LGBT #ND

Agent guide for I Am Chosen, an M/M paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography by Dawn Berkoski

Several photos are shown on this mood-board for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski

Photo of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle. It reads: PITCH: IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT? Photo by Dawn Berkoski

Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story. The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others. The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel. Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch. Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. 💙📚📖
#BluePit #PN #R #Q #A

Inspiration and comp titles: Monk and Robot, Service Model, Activation Degradation, Mal Goes to War, and The Murderbot Diaries.

Opening lines: PART 0 [AUTONOMY DAY] My feed notified me of a message in the security request channel. [Threat: Datalifter - Level 1 Location: ^Square F0 Request: Retrieve and disintegrate lifted pleasure vids Requester: vidshop_clerkbot] This was the fifth time that clerkbot had requested my assistance for the same issue at the same exaggerated threat level. Any level 1 threat it reported was technically a level 2. The difference was whether I walked or ran.

When mall securitybot Eight suddenly finds itself fully in control of its actions and emotions, it embarks on a mishap-ridden journey to find a new purpose—one it actually enjoys.

SERVICE MODEL x MONK AND ROBOT

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #SF #LGBT

Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!

Theo a brown dog swims with the words books keeping me afloat and photos of the covers of Theory of Water by Leanne Betasmosake Simpson The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer Undrowned by Alexis Pauline Gumbs Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba We Are the Middle of Forever Practicing New Worlds by Andrea J Ritchie Loving Corrections by adrienne maree brown

Amidst escalating fascism and horror, the books we have been reading for the Strength in Community Book Club have been a particular life line. These books point to nature and the wisdom of our ancestors as a guide, and hope, creativity and imagination as key tools in the dreaming of a new world.

Submission Grinder Delists Analog Analog Science Fiction & Fact has been delisted on The Submission Grinder due to new terms in the magazine’s recent contracts. Steven Salpeter of parent company Must Read Books has respon…

Hi. If you know me, you know I don't often wade into industry discussion. But this response from MRM is fucked. Not only doubling down on a rights grab but lecturing writers about what scraps they should accept. The arrogance is off the charts. Talk about slamming your dick in a car door.

BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work.

She orders the agencies to stop.

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Soon, the people in control of the weed industry will be people you'd never wanna smoke with...

This is the post - sharing b/c it’s an example of stuff Indigenous authors deal with, but pls don’t try to find the original poster or interact with her. It’s not worth it.

We're celebrating @sgj.bsky.social's KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES double novel (drops 7/15 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social) with a double-sided tee designed by @hagcult.bsky.social! Starts shipping 7/10 from threadsofdread.com (fka jadeshirt.com), perfect for SGJ's book tour!

A picture of writer Premee Mohamed embedded into graphics for the Writing Worlds Podcast featuring a dragon a space rocket and a map

We're delighted to have the fantastic @premeemohamed.com as our guest on the latest episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast. Our topic this time is terraforming and how it can be used in sci fi world building + stories

Join Premee, Chris and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social here 👇
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Episode 37: "A Fish Story" with Stephen Graham Jones Listen to The Scares That Shaped Us on RedCircle

NEW EPISODE

Stephen Graham Jones (@sgj.bsky.social) returns to the show to talk about his new double-novel release from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social, and to take a deep dive into Gene Wolfe's eerie, fascinating "A Fish Story!"

Also, Mothman disrupts our communications!

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