J.R. Dawson

The Disneyfiction of Storytelling - Uncanny Magazine Content Note: racism, sexism, transphobia, and overall bad vibes from the year 2025.   The Disney Essays, Three of Three “I don’t want a Disney vacation of our history! I don’t want a whitewashed hist...

Was reminded of how proud I am of this essay I wrote for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Back to the WIP from hell. Fixed a tension/plot situation. Slowly making my way through. Still don't have an ending.

Just discovered a new reviewer with like amazing taste. So many TBRs added after reading through these articles.

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I have a story in this, all about General Jinjur!

It’s Friday! We made it!

Six People to Revise You - Uncanny Magazine A parent or guardian Someone who has known you since childhood A mentor or teacher An employer or coworker A spouse, partner, or close intimate friend Someone who does not consider themself a loved on...

February standout #3:

Six People to Revise You by @jrdawson.bsky.social

I Met You on the Train - Uncanny Magazine I met you on the train. The first time it happened, I didn’t know what to do or what to say to you. I just saw your patches on your backpack. And they were from the same TV show that mine were from. S...

January standout #2:

I Met You on the Train by @jrdawson.bsky.social

That is extremely kind

Yes, your donations matter and count. Keep it in mind while people are struggling in Kansas and try to come up with an exit plan. We wouldn't have been able to move to Minneapolis if it hadn't been for a GFM.

Actually wrote this morning. I've been sick and it's nice to get back on the saddle, but now everything I write looks like crap. Crappy crap crap.

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

Two grumbly dudes from the movie The Lighthouse with Snoopy outside a lighthouse with the title The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World.

ABSOLUTELY DECEASED.

I have been WAITING for this

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

This is a great story

If you happen to be filling out your Nebula ballot tonight or tomorrow, I just wanted to squee one more time about a story I’m super proud of. “Six People to Revise You” is one of my favorite things I’ve written. #nebulas #sfwa

The Millay Illusion - Uncanny Magazine For the whole of the year that I now look back on as the best of my life, Susanna Miller’s act began twenty-three minutes after mine ended. I went first, to warm up the crowd, followed by the dog trai...

I'm finishing my Nebula ballot, which makes me think others may be doing the same.
For your consideration, my one publication of 2025 was the novelette "The Millay Illusion," about two young magicians in a traveling show, and the nature of illusion. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

A girl with a dragon in front of a backdrop of a castle

We’re showing pictures of us when we were wee. Here I am being a nerd. I really wanted to be an author. And now looking at this pic I think I was supposed to be scared of the dragon? But I’m petting it and mugging with it.

We wouldn’t have made it without a gofundme and a prayer and it’s been a rough go of it.

No Children

Never has a song matched a season of reality TV so well.

Love is Blind Season 10

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This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

This. If you want to write, you gotta read. But more importantly, you should *want* to read.

Reading through the "Wake Up Dead Man" script and sobbing in the dark. This is such a beautiful script.

Ooo, I have gotten to the part in writing my WIP where I'm finding lines that are actually good. Hear that, my wonderful agent?? I'm making progress, makin' bacon' progress!!!!!!

The book THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD beside a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection pin

Thank you to the @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social for this honor! What a beautiful pin. It matches the lettering! @zenoagency.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social

The book THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD beside a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection pin

Thank you to the @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social for this honor! What a beautiful pin. It matches the lettering! @zenoagency.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social

What would the circus do

Rin Delivery and transportation. Odette medic. Mauve dispatch and donation. Jo resistance art. Bernard legal observer.

Use your spark. We all have our gifts. We all can make a difference. What can YOU do?

Minneapolis is still in need. Sometimes the world can feel very big. But we all can contribute our gifts in some way. #minneapolis

What would the circus do

Rin Delivery and transportation. Odette medic. Mauve dispatch and donation. Jo resistance art. Bernard legal observer.

Use your spark. We all have our gifts. We all can make a difference. What can YOU do?

Minneapolis is still in need. Sometimes the world can feel very big. But we all can contribute our gifts in some way. #minneapolis

There was a 3-way tie for Top Story, which included the short story “Six People to Revise You” by @jrdawson.bsky.social!

Oh wow thank you for your kind words!