Just because I'm not sure I've seen anyone else draw the connection: Mining the Strait of Hormuz is the first new action taken by Mojtaba Khamenei since his ascension. It's a pretty good indicator of where things are headed.
@rsagarcia
Sturgeon & Nebula Award winning SpecFic author. MIFRE Media Award Winner. Locus, Ignyte, Eugie Foster Finalist. Codex/SFWA. She/Her. Banner: Andy Dudak THE NIGHTWARD Out Now! Agent: @cammc9.bsky.social Go Fund Me for Cancer: https://tinyurl.com/mvuyw5t7
Just because I'm not sure I've seen anyone else draw the connection: Mining the Strait of Hormuz is the first new action taken by Mojtaba Khamenei since his ascension. It's a pretty good indicator of where things are headed.
Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the worldβs most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue.
holy shit
This Wednesday, join us with C.S.E. Cooney & Kristina Ten for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, this Wednesday, March 11th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all!
@csecooney.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
Aaah you're too awesome.
To anyone that saw that... my book looks really good on the shelf with her books π
The only thing cooler than seeing my book on other people's shelves, is seeing it with my friend's book next to mine
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βGirls Just Want to Have Funβ peaks at #2 today in β84
βWe got every racial group of girlβmixed, Spanish, white, black, Asian,β said Lauper, βso that every little girl who looked at that video would .. understand that every young woman, older woman, every person is entitled to a joyful experience.β
Re-upping this: check out the Lit for Queer Liberation auction!
My friend @kateforrest.bsky.social has a book! Please buy it so she can support herself and her wonderful family.
www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Pu...
Author With One New York βTimesβ Best Seller $49,000 $30,000 from book advance $14,000 from teaching two retreats $5,000 from narrating own audiobook Iβm trying to manifest more abundance, but Iβm really feeling the income streams have dwindled. I have over 800,000 Instagram followers. Before, if I wanted to do a brand partnership on social media, $10,000 was an easy get. Now itβs, like, $500. I pretty much live from a bucket of savings.
Also: checks out
OMG.
Remote job scams have gotten wild lately. I've seen fake "senior architect" positions asking for upfront certification fees, targeting nomads who desperately want that EU visa sponsorship.
Scam artists are completely out of control. Just throwing shit at the walls to see what sticks.
Because what do you mean my sister saw a job advert online for a remote job with the European Union that cost β¬300 to APPLY for?
Sir, I think even the merest idiot knows that's not how jobs work.
Book cover for AMAZONS! edited by Jessica Salmonson, published by DAW Books
Cover illustration for the anthology edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (DAW) 3/3
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/am...
Framed by a full moon rising over hilltop, a female warrior poses triumphantly with her foot on the corpse of a defeated foe. Her heavy armor is a combination of segmented plate and exposed chainmail. Pauldrons flare wing-like, as does the bottom of her helm which is topped with a high tassel. Unrestrained wispy blonde hair is caught by the breeze. She holds a long spear with ribbons also stirring. A heavy mace hangs on her opposite hip while a sword with thin curving blade and crescent ornament on the grip hangs low on her back. A black steed cranes its neck ever so slightly to see around her.
AMAZONS (1979)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 24" x 17"β¨β¨
When doing a cover for an anthology, I usually just had to come up with an image that communicated the underlying theme tying the stories together, and then run with it. 1/3
A #wip snippet for Monday, or whatever day this is. From Hierarch:
"What is it you truly want from us? Speak it!"
"Schools and hospitals," Bashasa said. "Archives. The ones you destroyed in my city. I would be happy to rebuild them with your bones."
Great article about Murderbot the show: collider.com/murderbot-ap...
Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.
Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.
The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.
The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.
Lily Brooks-Dalton
Becky Chambers
Amal El-Mohtar
Nicola Griffith
N.K. Jemisin
Malinda Lo
Emily St. John Mandel
Arkady Martine
Seanan McGuire
Tamsyn Muir
Malka Older
Sofia Samatar
Vivek Shraya
Kai Cheng Thom
Catherynne M. Valente
Nghi Vo
Tillie Walden
G. Willow Wilson
Shout-out great women writers! (Also - #Cancon) :
@tanyahuff.bsky.social
@nalohop.bsky.social
@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social
@silviamg.bsky.social
@karinlow.bsky.social
@amalelmohtar.com
@kellyarmstrong.bsky.social
@premeemohamed.com
@diannalgunn.bsky.social
And always : Monica Hughes
Lois McMaster Bujold
Elizabeth Bear
Patricia C. Wrede
Ann Leckie
Marie Brennan
Theodora Goss
Seanan McGuire
Tamora Pierce
Martha Wells
Genevieve Cogman
Katherine Addison
Susanna Clarke
Megan Whalen Turner
Kristin Cashore
Kate Beaton
Cornelia Funke
R. M. Meluch
Arkady Martine
Faith Erin Hicks
Lois McMaster Bujold
Kelly Thompson
Q Hayashida
Louise Simonson
@cartamonir.com
@unamccormack.bsky.social
Ruth Rendell
Diana Wynne Jones
CJ Cherryh
Elizabeth Hand
George Eliot
Charlie Jane Anders
Jean Stafford
Andre Norton
Gail Simone
Naomi Kanakia
Margaret Jacob
Adding to the list
Lois Bujold
@lindsayburoker.bsky.social
@marthawells.com
@cemurphy.bsky.social
@tkingfisher.com
@tanyahuff.bsky.social
I'm sure there are others but those are the ones that immediately come to mind!
Ah thank you :hugs:
And it's the first day of the Queer Liberation Network Fundraising Auction today! Tons of signed books, calls with agents, manuscript critiques and more! Including the illustrated edition of Murderbot, hardcover Witch King & Queen Demon, mass market Raksura:
www.32auctions.com/organization...
@diane.dianeduane.com
...is one.
:HUGS:
β€οΈ ...But don't forget @tkingfisher.com and @cemurphy.bsky.social !!
@stephanieburgis.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social and... uh, now I've forgotten who has already been named.
Let's shout out awesome women writers we love! I'll start:
@sillysyntax.bsky.social
@mousielouse.bsky.social
@ajknights.bsky.social
@arula-ratnakar.bsky.social
@kashinggiwa.bsky.social
@edenroyce.bsky.social
@veronicaghenry.bsky.social
@justmarvewrites.bsky.social
Who're some of your faves?