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Katie Hallahan
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THE TWICE -SOLD SOUL - out now!
THE TWICE-WANTED WITCH - 2025

Author of fantasy, gamer, adventure game designer, sometime podcaster, liberal snarker, mom, bi, all around geek! she/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Katie Hallahan @katiehal16.bsky.social · Nov 12
The Twice-Sold Soul is available now!! My debut novel is out there in paperback, ebook, and audiobook! If you're craving some witchy action and not ready to quite let go of spooky season, go out and grab it! :D

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/katie...
The Twice-Sold Soul
I locked away my magic and ran from home for a good reason. So why am I ready to undo everything when my demon ex finally tracks me down?  You can’t out...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.

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Father's anger at girl's potentially fatal testosterone dose The child, who was 15 at the time, was given the prescription by the private GenderGP clinic after one online counselling session He has lost contact with his daughter - he does not even know what she got in her GCSEs - and now that she is 18, he no longer gets court-ordered medical updates. In the final one he learnt that she was booked in for surgery imminently. Now he drives over with birthday presents but is not allowed in. He remembers the last time he saw her, after she had started taking testosterone. Looking at his photographs, he remembers dropping her home: "When she said goodbye, her smile was the same girly shy smile she had as a little girl. Somewhere in there is my daughter."
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
katiehal16.bsky.social
✨COVER REVEAL!✨ for The Twice-Wanted Witch, by the talented Elizabeth Peiro! McKenna's ready for action with Bastien by her side on the cover (don't worry, Remi's still very present). 😘

Of course, the Archdemon is in the details and this cover has plenty!

Coming Jan. 20, pre-order link in bio!
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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karenyin.bsky.social
Absolutely thrilled to see “The Conscious Style Guide” in Right Touch Editing’s holiday 🎁 guide. Thank you, @imaginedworlds.bsky.social, for shining a light on my work.

#Edibuddies #AmReading #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #GiftGuide @consciousstyleguide.com 🎄
What to Get Your Favorite Writer for Christmas - Right Touch Editing
Holiday shopping for the writer in your life? These essential books on style, structure, and craft make perfect holiday gifts for creators of every kind.
www.righttouchediting.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
katiehal16.bsky.social
Why even go to a publisher if they aren't going to do dev edits or marketing? Just self pub at that point.
sjgochenour.bsky.social gochenourabout @sjgochenour.bsky.social · 2d
from sarah mclean on threads.

WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING
screenshot of threads post by sarah mclean: “A (gobsmacking) cautionary note for authors looking to sell/move to a new publisher: There are some shocking stories going around about publishers ending developmental editing in house and sending manuscripts directly to copyedits. Might be worth asking directly if your book will receive developmental editorial support before deciding which publisher you'll be going with.”
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social
1/ The actual answer as to why the lib arts and general education are useful is because they make a bunch of boring (but necessary) skills fun. Do you want to take a class that's just writing emails, or would you rather write some personal/topical essays?
vikrambath.bsky.social Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 3d
No one quite knows why college works to get graduates higher wages, but somehow it does. Boot camps and others have tried to unbundle college to get rid of the useless waste and just keep the productive parts and no one has quite found a superior substitute despite many trying their best 1/2
rivertam.bsky.social River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 3d
The professor indicates that he doesn't think the point of education is vocational training and then asks students to trust that professors are designing their curriculum to maximize vocational training. Come on!

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December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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jadebunbun.bsky.social
Sinking a ship and then killing the survivors is literally a textbook example and definition example of a war crime and should be treated as such
mistyksnow.bsky.social Misty K Snow @mistyksnow.bsky.social · 6d
Never forget that when the Nazis sunk the SS Peleus and then killed the shipwrecked survivors, it was treated as a war crime and prosecuted as such after the war.
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in 1944, the captain ordered his crew to attack the survivors, three sailors survived and faced their attackers in a war crime trial.
www.usni.org
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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megelison.bsky.social
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The Trump administration and Larry Ellison are going to go out of their way to ensure that Larry is the one that gets to buy HBO/CNN/Warner Brothers
Paramount Accuses Warner Bros. Discovery of Unfair Bidding Process, Favoring Netflix in Letter to Zaslav
The letter accuses the sales process of being "tainted by management conflicts"
www.thewrap.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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mhayinde.bsky.social
Friends! There’s an AMA happening over on Reddit Fantasy NOW with Orbit New Voices! Come and ask us questions! (But not in a Glokta way.)

www.reddit.com/user/orbitbo...
From orbitbooks's profile on Reddit: AMA: Orbit's 2025 New Voices!
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December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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azaykova.bsky.social
Ask us anything!
Me and other new Orbit authors are on r/fantasy today:
www.reddit.com/u/orbitbooks...
#ama #fantasy #scifi #author
From orbitbooks's profile on Reddit: AMA: Orbit's 2025 New Voices!
Explore this post and more from orbitbooks's profile
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December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
They need to release this video to the public
Natasha Bertrand: Lawmakers are apparently being shown the full video of the Sept 2 boat strikes in their meetings with Adm Bradley and Gen Caine. HIMES: “what I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service…you have two individuals and clear distress, without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, were killed by the United States.”
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This sign raises more questions than it answers
"Wife missing a shoe? Hemorrhoids treated here."
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Federal Government Announces Racial Profiling Campaign, Explains It’s Because of the President’s Personal Bigotry
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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lydiakiesling.bsky.social
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
Donate to Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention, organized by CLEAR Clinic
Our client Lorena (pseudonym) is a single-parent asylum-seeker w… CLEAR Clinic needs your support for Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention
gofund.me
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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sapphixy.bsky.social
Iain McDiarmuid in the prequels.
sophianyx.bsky.social Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 11d
Defend a terrible film by picking something from it that saves it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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authoremcaro.com
i don't know how to say this exactly but just for posterity: i write progressive, anti-capitalist characters because i'm a fucking *socialist* not because i'm worried about (checks notes) twitter

AND HISTORICAL PEOPLE WERE PROGRESSIVE ffs. tiffany problem shit.
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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anniebellet.bsky.social
I'd pay my rent.
basicincomeaction.org Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 15d
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?

Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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sarahsbrannen.bsky.social
It's small business Saturday! It's a great day to visit a local independent bookstore. Every day is a great day to buy books, and independent bookstores work so hard to support authors. :)
A bookstore display of figure skating books: Nathan Chen's One Jump At A Time, Lolly on the Ice, Trinity's Big Olympic Skating Dream, The Comeback.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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tkingfisher.com
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
jackattack.bsky.social Jack Musto 🐇 🌕 🐺 @jackattack.bsky.social · 16d
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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jesbattis.bsky.social
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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jesbattis.bsky.social
When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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jesbattis.bsky.social
And I swear, once again, this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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kadoore.com
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM