J.R. Andrews

2027

J.R. Andrews, Zak Cowell, Suzy Eynon, Ivy Grimes, Rebecca Harrison, Travis D. Johnson, Cliff Jones Jr., Massimo Magee, T.J. Price, Rhiannon Rasmussen

@jrobertandrews.bsky.social @reprobvte.bsky.social @suzyeynon.bsky.social @cliffjones.bsky.social @eerieyore.bsky.social @charibdys.bsky.social

Hard no. There’s enough AI slop in this world. I look to lit/genre mags as one of the few curated spaces where I don’t have to worry about encountering it.

Being on a fixed salary is ALWAYS a scam:

Either you're in charge and trying to hide your true income from the IRS.
OR you're being exploited by that guy^ for unpaid overtime.

THAT'S IT!

Abolish ICE.

There’s no reforming it.

There’s no compromise.

There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

My friend texting: (((Going through some stuff)))

AI Pop-Up: Hey, just reminding you I'm always here now, reading everything.
Sounds like your friend is going through A LOT. Want me to summarize his human words, thoughts, and feelings? Because, I mean, fuck him, right??? Hahahaha.

For those who don't know, Cursed Morsels is based out of Minneapolis. You've probably noticed that shit's kinda fucked here. That said, thousands of people are organizing with their neighbors to stop fascism and provide mutual aid, which is pretty goddamn cool. Let's keep it up. ❤️

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Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!

We want you 🫵 to vote in The Hugo Awards and it's really not as complicated as it looks:

Writing Thoughts | Ivy Grimes | Substack Writing thoughts from me, Ivy, and from writers I interview. Click to read Writing Thoughts, by Ivy Grimes, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

If you want to read interviews with various indie authors, I post them regularly on my newsletter.

I could also post lil advice columns sometimes if anyone wants to DM me a question. I know nothing, but I like to meddle.

ivygrimes.substack.com

I distinctly remember watching this on its first go-around in 1996 and being scared to go to bed that night.

Twitter is owned by a fascist, Facebook and the Washington Post have gone MAGA, and now CBS News is about to be turned into far-right state TV. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.

Deep Thoughts (Writers' Edition):

If you keep enough critique partners, and you're constantly throwing your work into different slush piles, a truly enviable number of readers are already familiar with your work.

Agreed.

Previous Text: “Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” New Text: “Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” -and- Previous Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot” New Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and those works will be disqualified.”

It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:

For the evening crowd:

I had the privilege of being interviewed by the great @ivygrimes.bsky.social about writing.
As if I know what the hell 😂

So humbled (and relieved!) my first ever interview was with none other than @ivygrimes.bsky.social !

kermit the frog from the muppet show is standing in front of a red curtain . ALT: kermit the frog from the muppet show is standing in front of a red curtain .

The first "Fantasy"-ish -esque?... adjacent? story I ever wrote was just accepted by @thecoloredlens.bsky.social! Woo-hoo!

The biggest scam of the 21st century -- and boy are there some heavy contenders in that pool! -- was to convince everyone to call Large Language Models "A.I."

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

One of my all-time favorite fiction venues (@ergot.bsky.social) is selling merch, y'all!

www.teepublic.com/user/ergot

Wow! Just added this to my To-Read list.

ergot. innovative + experimental horror

There is no new work up on ergot. today.

Instead, take a peek at our archive: www.ergot.press/authors

Really liked this one!

Prayer v. Productivity uselessness, art, spirit

Benign writing reflections o' mine:

ivygrimes.substack.com/p/prayer-v-p...

New Writer's Trophy Unlocked!:
A venue has been considering one of my submissions for over 1 year now.

My partner to me (a serious political discussion):

If you like Sailor Moon, you vote Democrat.