Travis Heermann

Travis' Memorial Scholarship Auction at Schur Success Auctions bid.schursuccessgroup.com/ui/auctions/...

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀' 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲!

The Travis Heermann Memorial Ronin Writer Scholarship to is honors his unwavering commitment to his dream, his broad array of works and talents, and his devotion to supporting beginning writers on their journey.

Auction link in comments.

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲!

I swear Scrivener's onboard spell checker actually gets worse. The words it flags are absolutely ridiculous.

Donald Trump banned from Colorado ballot in historic ruling by state's Supreme Court The Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot under the Constitution's insurrection clause.

May the dominoes start to fall. The Colorado Supreme Court found Citrus Scumbag guilty of insurrection.
apnews.com/article/trum...

AI images of war Adobe is selling AI-generated images of the Israel-Gaza war, and it’s not just irresponsible -- it's downright dangerous. Business Insider recently reported that images of “war-torn streets, explo...

More AI fakery fuckery

"Business Insider recently reported that images of “war-torn streets, explosions, soldiers, tanks, and buildings on fire, and children standing in rubble” from Adobe Stock -- all fake -- are being used across the internet."

actionnetwork.org/letters/ai-i...

There are two lists to mute/block AI scrapers:
bsky.app/profile/did:...

bsky.app/profile/did:...

I hope it helps

Especially when you carpet bomb your own career.

Musk's AI roasting the fuck out of him. It's mostly the kind of mid insult you'd expect but in a rare move it's actually got some bangers in there. Full transcript in comments.

pleased to report Frankenstein's monster has turned on its creator

Snakes and birds don’t eat their molt. :)

Have I mentioned how good Godzilla Minus One is?

14 would make a great streaming series.

Did you know I'm running a huge Black Friday sale in my online store?
40% off everything! Ends Tuesday! If you want Limited Edition Hardcovers for my Ronin series, this is a HUGE savings.
Signed books make great gifts, even if they're for you. bear-paw-publishing.square.site?cc=BLACKFRID...

That would indeed be fabulous.

Congratulations! Still some of the best sci-fi storytelling ever.

Scrivener’s dictionary is just abysmal. It’s worse than no dictionary at all.

All set up for GalactiCon! If you’re there, come and say hi!

Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "I would go so far as to say that the natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. They bear meanings. A novel is a medicine bundle, holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us."

Thanks to @suchmayer.bsky.social for this bookmark from London's Burley Fisher Books, with a quote from Le Guin's brilliant "Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction."

How about Redshirts?

"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."
– Madeleine L'Engle

My book, "Grandiloquent Words: A Pictoric Lexicon of Ostrobogulous Locutions" is in stores now!
bit.ly/GWOTDbook
I implore you to offer your review at goodreads.com.

Wow, that is unbelievably sad. 20% of the visual space is Christianity and conspiracy theories.

#foodforthought

Seriously, how much more evidence do they need that it was planned, calculated, executed, and that Trump was at the top? Is 1001 people saying the same thing weightier than 1000?

I think I've glanced back at Twitter once since leaving a few months ago. Back then I was seeing the same thing, plus a bunch of toxic fascist sympathizers who came crawling out of the woodwork. Over here at least the air is fresh, for now.

JFC. This makes my head hurt.

Agreed. Some minor flaws, but totally fun. Kamala Khan steals the show. And kitties.

I'm writing a whole book about this for a client and I'm afraid it's only barely going to scratch the surface of how toxic and oppressive it is.

There are a lot of #scifi #authors around here. This is a thought-provoking video on the state and future of AI. As a science fiction writer myself, I'm still processing mine. What are yours?
youtu.be/lgwrRn1uHkg?...

I’ve been struggling with this for years. I’ve had some modest success but nothing close to yours. It’s the same struggle though. I often remind myself that I could be putting books out till I die and never have any real “breakout” success, no matter how good they are.