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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 3h

Welcome to the world of women, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color in the United States. We marginalized people have to put up with this nonsense only all the time.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 3h

For those of you wishing NaNoWriMo was still around #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 23d

Looking for something to fill the NaNoWriMo-shaped voice in your life? Check out #FirstDraftFall, our challenge to write a first draft in the fall, separated into three parts:

October - Planning
November - Drafting
December (until the 12th) - Wrapping up

See the full schedule at the link below!

#FirstDraftFall - Weeknight Writers

The Weeknight Writers answer to NaNoWriMo, #FirstDraftFall is a challenge to write a first draft in October - December.

weeknightwriters.com

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 4h

I’m so close to completing a short story

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 5h

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Check in #WritingCommunity! How's your progress going today?

Fall forest scene overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall Nightly Check-In: What aspects of your story are you working on tonight? If you’ve already worked on it, how did it go?”

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 9h

If you’re a speculative fiction writer or reader and you live in the San Francisco area, I hearby order you to consider attending #WriterCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #SpecLit #SpecFic #sff

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10h

And while I'm on the subject of appearances, where I'll be tomorrow night, with Kim Stanley Robinson, in San Francisco:

www.jccsf.org/event/john-s...

JOHN SCALZI & KIM STANLEY ROBINSON – THE SHATTERING PEACE

Two masters of sci-fi take the stage for a thrilling conversation where imagination meets urgency, and the future of humanity hangs in the balance.

www.jccsf.org

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 1d

One of the silent pain points of the moment is that so few people are who they think they are.

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 9h

And be safe when protesting

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 23h

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 9h

Now if only the United States did the same thing #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

Stina Dark And Stormy Night Leicht @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 11h

holy crap. apparently ireland passed a living wage for artists. this is something every country should have—particularly in the states.

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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 1d

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 11h

Well, he did also pour glue on his arm, wait for it to dry, and eat it when he was a child.

Paul Sluggo Shelly Jr @paulsluggoshellyjr.bsky.social · 1d

Now that you mention it...

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 1d

In case you haven't heard of it, PhilCon is happening in November 2025. And it definitely looks like it's going to be fun. #WritingCommunity #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #newjersey

philcon.org

Welcome to Philcon 2025 – The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society Convention

philcon.org

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

israelpalestinenews.org/return-to-ga...

Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble

"There is nothing here that can be called life. We remain alive, struggling and enduring only for the sake of survival—nothing more. We have nothing.”

israelpalestinenews.org

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 2d

Please tell me I’m not the only one who writes the first draft by hand #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 3d

Precisely

Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 3d

rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/08/w...

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

rewirenewsgroup.com

NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 5d

It is haunted. I just know it.

Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 5d

Is this chair haunted???

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 5d

I had to look this up to help plot a speculative fiction series I'm working on. The things writers have to do. #WriteSky #WriterSky #SpecLit #SpecFic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnic_...

Limnic eruption - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly my thought these days

Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 6d

“I hope I live to see the Nuremberg for all this” is my new intrusive thought.

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 6d

I never thought an extraterrestrial-centered religion would give me an idea for a dystopian government, but here we are. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #religion #alien #aliens #dystopian #dystopia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geniocr...

Geniocracy - Wikipedia

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 7d

Note to all New Yorkers or anyone who believes in labor rights! Kickstarter United is now on strike. At stake: higher wages and a four-day workweek among others. #LaborRights #WorkersUnite #newyork #nyc

www.rascal.news/kickstarter-...

Kickstarter United strikes in New York City for fairer contract

The workers were joined on day one by elected officials and various union leaders.

www.rascal.news

NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 7d

And that’s why you never underestimate the conniving creativity of a scammer. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #law

Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 7d

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 7d

Alert, everyone! If you're a published author and you think your book might be in the Anthropic settlement, you have a way to find out. Check the link below. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #news #Lawsky #law

authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

Is Your Book in the Anthropic Settlement Class? Find Out and File a Claim - The Authors Guild

The court granted preliminary approval of the settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic on September 25, 2025, and you can now search the official Works List to confirm whether your books are part of the class...

authorsguild.org

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 8d

This is what writers do in the name of writer’s research. (And yes, my boyfriend was laughing at me when I told the photo.

#WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #food

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 9d

I still write the first draft of my stories by hand. And I still don't type a draft immediately.

(Do I really want to look at the pile of writing I need to type up on my desk right now?)

#AmWriting #AmDrafting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 10d

And then it proves to be a hit

~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 10d

Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 10d

Definition of heroes. Shame on ICE.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Banned Books Week! Looks like I might have some books to buy. #BannedBooksWeek #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #BookSky

American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 10d

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association

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