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Parlei Rivière

@priviere.bsky.social

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Parlei Rivière is interested in language, anti-colonialism, and space. Member of SWFA and Codex. My work can be found in Uncanny Magazine.

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · Aug 29

Working on my Fiction page this morning on my clunky website. Check it out: anticolonialpedagogy.wixsite.com/jbrooks/proj...

Preview page: Uncanny Magazine cover of 3 witches in purple garb, one of the witches is in a gilded wheelchair and has a fox on her lap.

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Julie C. Day (Essential Dreams Press) will be at WFC in Brighton @thisjulieday.bsky.social · 3d

You can also find copies of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology at the book table near the art show (part of the main convention space)!

“Sixteen authors, including big names like Martha Wells, Andy Duncan, and Nisi Shawl, celebrate the late World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tanith Lee in this passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.” --Publishers Weekly

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 1d

I'm participating in #NoNotWriMo this month but something that has always eluded me is how to stay organized. I have hundreds of little snippets of ideas all over the place because that's how I meet my writing goal. How do you all stay organized? #amwriting #writingcommunity #freewrite

An electronic typewriter and cortado coffee sit in the sunlight by a street-facing window.

Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to share I'll be joining @futurescapesww.bsky.social Long Manuscript Workshop with Miriam Cortinovis! This is a huge step as I've struggled with writing beginnings, so I'm excited to sharpen up my early worldbuilding and get this novel done! #amwriting #speculativefiction #amwritingscifi

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Braydon Beaulieu @ludoclast.bsky.social · 4d

My first short story in 7+ years is in this issue of Augur. Give it a read! 🍯

Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 4d

Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
🦖 a monstrous hymn of awe and destruction
🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
& so much more!

🔗 Starting reading here: augursociety.org/augur-issue-...

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An illustration of a field on a sunny day and here’s a clothing line with yellow and red sheets flowing in the wind, and behind them are two people, one with purple wings touching hands. with a blue overlay. At the top of the image reads: “Read it Now” in a yellow banner and underneath reads: “Augur Issue 8.2.” Bellow is the link to the website: http://www.augursociety.org. In the middle of the image is a book with the cover art of Issue 8.1. There are 6 arrows around the book pointing to blurbs from some of the pieces that read: elemental aftermath of an affair, toxic love festers through shed skin & wet sheets, young love, rusted metal, & shattered sunlight, monstrous hymn of awe & destruction, old age drama between two languages, and devastation dripped in honey and rain .

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 5d

This thread rules.

R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · Oct 1

It's Black Speculative Fiction month!

All October, health allowing, I'll update this thread with fun recs for classic & current black spec fic & a bonus work of my own.

1. MY BONES & MY FLUTE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-bones-a...

2. A RUIN OF SHADOWS
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ruin-of-... 1/2

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 6d

The Seaglass Blade queer epic fantasy kickstarter launched this morning and hit its initial funding goal in 10 minutes! 🥰

We have unlocked the first stretch goal and I hope we'll reach stretch goal 2 soon!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcs...

Book Cover for The Seaglass Blade, by JC Snow

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 6d

oh my. Best wishes for your kickstarter!

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, exactly. It's easier to feign ignorance and let discussion spiral on exactly the wrong topic. It feels like the "why don't you wear a suit?" discourse all over again.

Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 6d

After a year of my laptop not being backed up, and a month after I found the backup drive, can I now say I backed it up and can finally stop panicking anytime I take my laptop somewhere. Ok meteor, you can now crash into my car and destroy my laptop, my novel is secure (pls don't actlly do that)

Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 6d

Oh I think they know.

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 6d

Book 1: *My spoiled character doesn't get to enroll in military school and gets grounded on Earth* --> Poor lil dude *pat, pat*
Book 2: *my character experiences horrors upon horrors* --> Please, stop! He's already nearly dead! Think of the children 🥺😭

Sorry/not sorry the plot told me to.

futurescapesww.bsky.social @futurescapesww.bsky.social · Jul 28

💡Writing Tip: Your plot should test your character—not just physically, but emotionally & morally.
Readers remember stories where characters are changed by their choices.

What’s one moment in your WIP where your protagonist has to make a difficult decision?

#WritingTips #SpecFicWriters

Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 7d

It's that lack of awareness of geographic diversity, too. (Admittedly, coming from LA, I lacked that, too) I couldn't imagine the small town I ended up in where Walmart was the only place for groceries. But it's that humility that is absent--humility to say my reality and access may not be yours.

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 7d

I still remember the looks I got when I shopped at Walmart in college for basic goods but we were all supposed to be so socially "aware". Sorry, but I literally couldn't afford underwear at the boutique shop.

IMMIGRANTS MATTER. @shinery.bsky.social · 7d

Before I go to bed, unfriendly reminder that boycotting Amazon and other services is just *not feasible* for some people. Income, disability, access to other services, lack of transportation, delivery fees, etc.

It doesn't mean they're "complicit". It means they're a victim of capitalism too.

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 13d

Trying to push through the disappointment, but at this point 13 rejections / 14 submissions this year (goal was 1 sub / month which I was so happy to exceed) is really weighing on me. I just needed ONE win. Ugh #amwriting #writingrejections

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 23d

Awesome masterclass coming up with NK Jemisin through BlueStoop. Can't wait!

Poster featuring a photo of the author NK Jemisin and language describing her upcoming masterclass entitled, "It Builds Character: Finding the Heart of Your Story" on Sunday 12/7 at 1-3p, virtually. Details can be found at bluestoop.org/classes

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 24d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 24d

The Brotherly Shove slash fic novella will have to wait for another hero.

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 24d

Yes, this! I love it because it counteracts the usual brusque brutality of football plays. It's like, "Here... let me urgently and ardently fold you towards where you need to be, my vicious dove."

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 24d

In true Philly fashion (I just got here tbh) I concede our argument with some kind of curse word and a respectful bow.

Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 24d

I like your stories and I don't want to fight you but we might have to square up re: it 'being boring'.

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 25d

Your kid has good taste ;) #gobirds (I am not a sports person at all I just live here and the vibes are strong)

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 25d

Day 9, Black SpecFic month recs

1. MY SOUL TO KEEP by Tananarive Due
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-soul-to...

2. A NECESSARY CHAOS by Brent Lambert
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-necessar...

3. My free bonus story, 3rd in a series: BISHOP'S OPENING
clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_01_22/

Share & enjoy!

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Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 26d

I love that definition of talent! Talent = party tricks. Skill = training over time.

Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 26d

Short stories to add to the reading list

Adria Bailton @adriabailton.com · 28d

Did you miss any of the short story recs and poetry I gave in September? There's 21 of them! I've rounded them up in a single blog post for your easy clicking.

adriabailton.com/short-story-...

Short Story Round-Up #102 - Adria Bailton

My life got to some semblance of “normal” in September. I’m still in temporary housing, but I was able to post regularly starting on the 1st! I missed a day, but all in all, I suggested twenty-one…

adriabailton.com

Parlei Rivière @priviere.bsky.social · 26d

Migraines are the worst, so sorry. I would send an alien mind healer but they can't travel from the page into the real world just yet.

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