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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 41m

Rewatching Dept Q. Scene where Akram says to Rose that his wife "WOULD be pleased to know you liked them."

They really do set them up and knock them down.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 3h

Is life often terrible? Yes.
Are there still always people out there going “Let’s make a cool ass thing for other people to see?” Also yes.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 9h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 4h

Oh 100%!

I recently got a check for a whooping $12.50 for the big Facebook privacy settlement.

Rolling in it, we are.

Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 4h

beyond the complete "we didn't register your copyright" fuckup, my other fundamental issue is that I don't believe any of the estimates for how much an author could get, like those huge lawsuits where the check at the end is for $35

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 6h

Yeah, if authors can prove material damages - as they could of this goes thru - it could get interesting. There's a reason Macmillan proactively agreed to pay the difference.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 7h

If this settlement actually happens, this publisher fuck up will have cost me about $30,000.

the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 7h

“Publisher didn’t register copyright”

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 16h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

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the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 7h

“Publisher didn’t register copyright”

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 16h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 16h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 22h

I make the vast majority of my writing income via Patreon.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 23h

This was also a 2020 show. That plus Netflix and it was probably always doomed. But what a triumph. The research that went into it is exquisite. Having read a lot of the same books they did, I suspect, I could pick out where they'd gotten a lot of the details. It's extremely accurate

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 23h

All the actors are incredible. The female lead owns every scene. The male lead is ridiculously handsome in that almost painfully pretty way that I usually don't like, but his acting is good enough that he comes across as extremely endearing. Apparently he was in the first season of True Detective?

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Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social · 1d

Is Sally especially radiant or did she just get a new squeaky tennis ball?

Border collie long stride with blue tennis ball

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 23h

Got about a thousand words today that AREN'T just scenery 😆. Characters do things!

Got me back in the mood to rewatch The Defeated on Netflix for the... Third time? Another incredible show kneecapped by the Flix.

But the season stands great on its own. The worldbuilding is top notch.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

Taking a different tack with the #wip this morning and just going full dialogue and fight scenes. I think I was relying too much on scenery to eat up pages, which meant nothing was really moving or happening. But it sure was PRETTY.

Now we've got some Nyx energy.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

Compared to Ohio summer it will be dry 😆

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

I'll be in Phoenix next week for work and thought it would be hideously hot, but when looking up the weather to pack accordingly, turns out it will be a perfect 79 degrees.

And it's a dry heat!!!

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian calls ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM "one of the best science-fiction books of the year."

US release is Tuesday, 10/14!

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu; When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift; The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell; Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; Remain by Nicholas Sparks with M Night Shyam...

www.theguardian.com

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 2d

Good night, ducks.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 2d

The low tomorrow is 39!!!!

This is NOT a drill!!!!!

a man with a pumpkin on his head is standing in a cemetery

ALT: a man with a pumpkin on his head is standing in a cemetery

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 2d

I am Big Mad that writing the last half of my book in two weeks is no longer a thing I can really do reliably.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 2d

a woman with red hair looks at the camera in front of a wall with shields and a sign that says resub x63

ALT: a woman with red hair looks at the camera in front of a wall with shields and a sign that says resub x63

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 2d

Right????

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 2d

Someone asked me if I do marketing consulting work, and the answer is:

Absolutely not 💃🕺

I am extremely good at that job, but reason I started fiction Patreon was so I DIDN'T feel need to do MORE corporate work as my side hustle.

I do enough for capitalism 😆

Let me write about sentient plants.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 2d

I've never been a "rules" magic system person. I prefer that shit to remain somewhat mysterious. Gandalf school of magic. But having an idea of what's done most often with it serves as a baseline. Then when I need weird shit to happen it's as startling to the characters as the reader.

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