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I wrote this for the BFS while it's World Autism Day. Take a look if you like :)
This World Autism Awareness Day, BFS Secretary @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social shares his experience of being an autistic writer in the publishing world, and calls for more support for neurodivergent people in the industry.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I wrote this for the BFS while it's World Autism Day. Take a look if you like :)
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I was saddened to learn of the passing away of Benjamin Zephaniah. I was fortunate enough to hear him speak on a panel and also perform years ago at the Auckland Literary festival
December 7, 2023 at 1:45 PM
I was saddened to learn of the passing away of Benjamin Zephaniah. I was fortunate enough to hear him speak on a panel and also perform years ago at the Auckland Literary festival
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This is one of the most honorable way to approach making art, to believe in your ability to put something into the world that helps *somewhere, sometime* & that hypothetical audience is worth caring about
Listening to an album for the first time that released nine years ago and every time I do this with music, I remember it works the same way with books. What you write today may take some time to be found by those who will love it but you can’t lose hope of that discovery occurring.
December 3, 2023 at 4:29 AM
This is one of the most honorable way to approach making art, to believe in your ability to put something into the world that helps *somewhere, sometime* & that hypothetical audience is worth caring about
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Flew in to Nashville at night, Ubered right to hotel/convention center. Generous @TASLTN president Katelyn J. not only drove @livluvlibrary and me to the airport, but also drove us through downtown Nashville. Then took us to the Nashville Public Library.
People!
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People!
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November 7, 2023 at 10:55 PM
Flew in to Nashville at night, Ubered right to hotel/convention center. Generous @TASLTN president Katelyn J. not only drove @livluvlibrary and me to the airport, but also drove us through downtown Nashville. Then took us to the Nashville Public Library.
People!
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People!
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Great story.
Cute sticks.
Bats!
Cute sticks.
Bats!
Hands up who’s still awake in Aotearoa? 👋 Here’s a fun little story to reward your insomnia.
It’s a story about this little stick in the photo.
It involves creatures that glow in the dark and bats and it just happened tonight. I guess we’ll just extend Halloween season for tonight. 🍄 💡 🦇 🧵
It’s a story about this little stick in the photo.
It involves creatures that glow in the dark and bats and it just happened tonight. I guess we’ll just extend Halloween season for tonight. 🍄 💡 🦇 🧵
November 6, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Great story.
Cute sticks.
Bats!
Cute sticks.
Bats!
I never thought I'd be happy about being late to the party, but hearing about Rebecca Yarros's misuse of Scots Gaelic makes me very thankful that I have not yet read Fourth Wing. Now I don't have to give up on a series I'd invested time in. #StopMisappropriatingCelticCulture #NotReadingFourthWing
November 6, 2023 at 7:15 AM
I never thought I'd be happy about being late to the party, but hearing about Rebecca Yarros's misuse of Scots Gaelic makes me very thankful that I have not yet read Fourth Wing. Now I don't have to give up on a series I'd invested time in. #StopMisappropriatingCelticCulture #NotReadingFourthWing
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I got fired from my job as a fantasy writer because my boss said I was away in a world of my own.
I got fired from my job as a conspiracy theorist. And I suppose you expect me to believe that was just some random coincidence, do you?
November 5, 2023 at 6:01 PM
I got fired from my job as a fantasy writer because my boss said I was away in a world of my own.
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At this crucial moment in SAG-AFTRA negotiations, here’s some WGA history that SAG members should know.
In our 2007-08 strike, our leadership wanted to hold out a little bit longer to get the best deal. But 30 wealthy WGA members thought they knew better.🧵
In our 2007-08 strike, our leadership wanted to hold out a little bit longer to get the best deal. But 30 wealthy WGA members thought they knew better.🧵
Here is a #SagAftraStrike story you haven't before. Several weeks ago, there was an email campaign that hoped to pressure union negotiators into settling with the studios. #SagAftraStrong www.allyourscreens.com/en/component...
The Proposed SAG-AFTRA Strike-Breaking Letter You've Never Seen (Exclusive) - AllYourScreens.com
That "A-list" star plan to end the SAG-AFTRA strike wasn't the only effort aimed at pressuring union negotiators.
www.allyourscreens.com
November 5, 2023 at 6:43 AM
At this crucial moment in SAG-AFTRA negotiations, here’s some WGA history that SAG members should know.
In our 2007-08 strike, our leadership wanted to hold out a little bit longer to get the best deal. But 30 wealthy WGA members thought they knew better.🧵
In our 2007-08 strike, our leadership wanted to hold out a little bit longer to get the best deal. But 30 wealthy WGA members thought they knew better.🧵
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Remember to always hide at work.
Because good employees are hard to find.
Because good employees are hard to find.
November 4, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Remember to always hide at work.
Because good employees are hard to find.
Because good employees are hard to find.
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Ah, yes, let us not desecrate the memorial to the War to End All War by protesting for the End of a War.
Also, it’s been 105 years, all of the people who fought it are dead, the “Ending all Wars” didn’t even make it a decade, so yeah, honoring the war dead is best done by not making more war dead.
Also, it’s been 105 years, all of the people who fought it are dead, the “Ending all Wars” didn’t even make it a decade, so yeah, honoring the war dead is best done by not making more war dead.
November 4, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Ah, yes, let us not desecrate the memorial to the War to End All War by protesting for the End of a War.
Also, it’s been 105 years, all of the people who fought it are dead, the “Ending all Wars” didn’t even make it a decade, so yeah, honoring the war dead is best done by not making more war dead.
Also, it’s been 105 years, all of the people who fought it are dead, the “Ending all Wars” didn’t even make it a decade, so yeah, honoring the war dead is best done by not making more war dead.
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ISO3103 is the International Standard covering the serving of tea. It's there to ensure consistency in taste testing.
Key points:
- Pot should be porcelain or earthenware
- Milk should be added AFTER hot water
Ireland were the only country to object, noting there is no provision for pot-warming.
Key points:
- Pot should be porcelain or earthenware
- Milk should be added AFTER hot water
Ireland were the only country to object, noting there is no provision for pot-warming.
October 25, 2023 at 10:47 AM
ISO3103 is the International Standard covering the serving of tea. It's there to ensure consistency in taste testing.
Key points:
- Pot should be porcelain or earthenware
- Milk should be added AFTER hot water
Ireland were the only country to object, noting there is no provision for pot-warming.
Key points:
- Pot should be porcelain or earthenware
- Milk should be added AFTER hot water
Ireland were the only country to object, noting there is no provision for pot-warming.
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As a fellow editor, it's my duty to agree. There are very few hard and fast rules in book writing, but this is one of them.
Adding a dragon is always a good idea.
Adding more dragons is an even better idea.
Adding a dragon is always a good idea.
Adding more dragons is an even better idea.
October 25, 2023 at 3:28 AM
As a fellow editor, it's my duty to agree. There are very few hard and fast rules in book writing, but this is one of them.
Adding a dragon is always a good idea.
Adding more dragons is an even better idea.
Adding a dragon is always a good idea.
Adding more dragons is an even better idea.
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Authors: DO NOT TALK DOWN ABOUT YOUR BOOKS
You worked hard on those books. You finished them and got them published. Saved the false modesty for when you sweep the awards ceremony, not for your book launch. Do not Aww Shucks your book!
You worked hard on those books. You finished them and got them published. Saved the false modesty for when you sweep the awards ceremony, not for your book launch. Do not Aww Shucks your book!
October 25, 2023 at 6:10 AM
Authors: DO NOT TALK DOWN ABOUT YOUR BOOKS
You worked hard on those books. You finished them and got them published. Saved the false modesty for when you sweep the awards ceremony, not for your book launch. Do not Aww Shucks your book!
You worked hard on those books. You finished them and got them published. Saved the false modesty for when you sweep the awards ceremony, not for your book launch. Do not Aww Shucks your book!
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Maybe it's time to retire the term "diverse books".
It seems to be replacing the warm, moist spot left by "world literature".
It seems to be replacing the warm, moist spot left by "world literature".
Scholastic Book Fairs is ending their segregated book program. We made ourselves heard.
October 25, 2023 at 6:52 AM
Maybe it's time to retire the term "diverse books".
It seems to be replacing the warm, moist spot left by "world literature".
It seems to be replacing the warm, moist spot left by "world literature".
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It also brings up, imho, the uneasy discomfort that POC artists must reckon with while engaging with these larger systems of white hegemony--namely how they essentially ask them/expect them to package their identity/culture into a 'saleable' and 'consumable' product, reduced to a sort of 'brand'.
This Scholastic controversy just made me realize that using "diverse" just to mean non-white or non-straight is the way it goes now, another special category to be put into. Diversity has to include everything or else it isn't diverse. Otherwise, it's just a new way to say black or queer or whatever
October 23, 2023 at 3:14 PM
It also brings up, imho, the uneasy discomfort that POC artists must reckon with while engaging with these larger systems of white hegemony--namely how they essentially ask them/expect them to package their identity/culture into a 'saleable' and 'consumable' product, reduced to a sort of 'brand'.
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Have you seen this, @oisinmcgann.bsky.social ? @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social ?
OK this is a bit late, but we just opened up WebGlaze today, a free web service that Glazes your art for protection against style mimicry by generative AI models.
If you need/want an invite, please reply here (no DMs???), DM me on twitter (@ravenben) or IG or email. No AI artists please.
If you need/want an invite, please reply here (no DMs???), DM me on twitter (@ravenben) or IG or email. No AI artists please.
October 23, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Have you seen this, @oisinmcgann.bsky.social ? @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social ?
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Yes, I am extra. Yes, I filled a ziploc bag with autumn leafies and flew it from North Carolina for my dog to play with on our walk tomorrow because nothing fills her little heart with more joy than playing with a bunch of dead leafs on the ground and Florida doesn’t get autumn weather 🐕🍁
October 23, 2023 at 9:40 PM
Yes, I am extra. Yes, I filled a ziploc bag with autumn leafies and flew it from North Carolina for my dog to play with on our walk tomorrow because nothing fills her little heart with more joy than playing with a bunch of dead leafs on the ground and Florida doesn’t get autumn weather 🐕🍁