emma burnett

I may be blathering too. Possibly wittering. Likely nattering.

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I’m doing #writingfighting live at Comicon in London on Sunday October 26th at 11:30-1230 with my friend and co-author @phokion.bsky.social. There will historical martial arts demos and some of him blathering about cultural artifacts, history, fantasy and martial arts.
Come join us!

Is it ghostbusters?

Just read this phenomenal story by @slashnburnett.bsky.social: mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...

It features food as a sensory metaphor for generational trauma and is heartbreakingly rendered, with just the right touch of hope at the end.

‘Could the problem be you?’

Oh. Yes. The problem is 100% me. Next question.

Might need new headshots, tho… 🤨

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So I’m hearing yes?

Every time I’m on a film set, I get jealous of the stunt people. I do lots of the stuff they do, but for funsies. So, train as a stunt person: yes/no?

The Apex Kickstarter is at $11345!! 🎉🎉🎉

They need $20k by October 31!

If you were holding out on other goodies before kicking in, check this out!

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Ooh, yaaaay! Glad you liked it!

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.

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Join me for more deep thinks when I should instead be doing big writes.

If you're the last person on the planet, are you still an introvert?

Thank yoooou 🫂

I’ve got a new position! It is called ‘fetal’ and I’ll be here for a while.

'25 Peppercorns' is out now with @mythaxis.bsky.social.

This has been a particularly difficult story for me to publish, both personally and in finding a good home for it. It is deeply personal, but it's also political.

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...

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So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows "exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation," with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty." Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down." The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote. Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

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Our editor, Emily, has made it through a lot these past five years, and hopes you will enjoy this deeply heartfelt and personal collection of her unpublished writing during that time.

Quiet, Quirky, Queer — and now on #NetGalley.

The older I get, the more NO

No, I know, it just feels like the rage is slightly off point. It’s not the terminology that’s really the problem, it’s the subsidies, the backroom agreements, the continued support for mega farms and poor animal welfare. This feels like a bait-and-switch.

Plant-based 'burger' label grilled in EU parliament – DW – 10/08/2025 Can a veggie schnitzel legally be called a schnitzel even if it contains no meat? Some have argued such names are confusing consumers. The European Parliament seems to agree.

Watching people rage bait over burgers and sausages. Like, I get it’s stupid, and driven by big ag lobbies, but surely there are bigger fishfingers to fry?

www.dw.com/en/dishing-o...

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Sad thought: today isn’t Saturday.
Worse thought: tomorrow isn’t Saturday either.