Rachel Hartman
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Rachel Hartman
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· Jul 12
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Do you enjoy my books? Then you'll be right at home over at Fake Folktales, where I publish the stories I couldn't squeeze into my novels, plus the adventures of my Folkloric Arts Research Team (two monks and a dragon) who dig up stories even *I* haven't heard before
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Something my son didn't really appreciate until he started meds is that meds don't do the work for you. Extra time on tests, doesn't do the work for you. Wearing glasses--the most widespread accommodation of all, so common that we don't even think about it--doesn't do the fucking work for you.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Something my son didn't really appreciate until he started meds is that meds don't do the work for you. Extra time on tests, doesn't do the work for you. Wearing glasses--the most widespread accommodation of all, so common that we don't even think about it--doesn't do the fucking work for you.
Wherein I attempt to warm my shriveled soul:
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The First Coziness: Crispy Onions | Rachel Hartman
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December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Wherein I attempt to warm my shriveled soul:
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Buy my parenting book!
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November 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Buy my parenting book!
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If your government believes that a person’s (let alone a unicorn’s) bootie is an organ of reproduction, then maybe it’s time to reexamine what passes for sexual education. 3/
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If your government believes that a person’s (let alone a unicorn’s) bootie is an organ of reproduction, then maybe it’s time to reexamine what passes for sexual education. 3/
I just need to say, when I was teaching at university, I was always SO FUCKING DELIGHTED to be able to give accommodations to students. Because my son had an IEP the entire way up through school, and it was never taken seriously and never amounted to diddly-squat.
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I just need to say, when I was teaching at university, I was always SO FUCKING DELIGHTED to be able to give accommodations to students. Because my son had an IEP the entire way up through school, and it was never taken seriously and never amounted to diddly-squat.
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"The universe is queer because I am in it" is a good line. Subscribed
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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My nickname is The Incredible Sulk for a reason. Also: AI sucks
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My nickname is The Incredible Sulk for a reason. Also: AI sucks
This is sort of my apology for only posting one story in November. November, always my arch-nemesis, had been de-fanged a bit in recent years, but this year it came back to bite me good and hard.
New at Fake Folktales, free for ye: Brother Erne has gone silent for some time now, and some people are more worried than others
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December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is sort of my apology for only posting one story in November. November, always my arch-nemesis, had been de-fanged a bit in recent years, but this year it came back to bite me good and hard.
New at Fake Folktales, free for ye: Brother Erne has gone silent for some time now, and some people are more worried than others
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December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
New at Fake Folktales, free for ye: Brother Erne has gone silent for some time now, and some people are more worried than others
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We don’t need to use the grotesque term “double-tap.” It’s from movies. It pretends to be knowing but it’s witless. It pretends to be tough but it’s squeamish. It’s euphemism for murder, a means of turning the dead into rhetoric. That’s why fascists like it: murderous abstraction.
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We don’t need to use the grotesque term “double-tap.” It’s from movies. It pretends to be knowing but it’s witless. It pretends to be tough but it’s squeamish. It’s euphemism for murder, a means of turning the dead into rhetoric. That’s why fascists like it: murderous abstraction.
Well, our record is now 0-3, but I'm proclaiming a moral victory since we only lost 8-7 after being down 8-0 after four ends.
Off to the curling club to play the glorious roaring game. And almost certainly lose, because that's how this mini-season is shaping up, but oh well. Worst case, we try to lie back and think of it as draw-weight practice. Which we desperately need, *lolsob*.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Well, our record is now 0-3, but I'm proclaiming a moral victory since we only lost 8-7 after being down 8-0 after four ends.
Off to the curling club to play the glorious roaring game. And almost certainly lose, because that's how this mini-season is shaping up, but oh well. Worst case, we try to lie back and think of it as draw-weight practice. Which we desperately need, *lolsob*.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Off to the curling club to play the glorious roaring game. And almost certainly lose, because that's how this mini-season is shaping up, but oh well. Worst case, we try to lie back and think of it as draw-weight practice. Which we desperately need, *lolsob*.
Learning to bake croissants and pretzels with my son. Also, weirdly, playing the game Pandemic, because whenever we would lose, we would all race for the hall closet and try to abscond with the toilet paper and hand sanitizer. This was what passed for humour in those days.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Learning to bake croissants and pretzels with my son. Also, weirdly, playing the game Pandemic, because whenever we would lose, we would all race for the hall closet and try to abscond with the toilet paper and hand sanitizer. This was what passed for humour in those days.
There are many more songs about curling than I realized. Some are actually pretty catchy.
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
There are many more songs about curling than I realized. Some are actually pretty catchy.
This is where the concept of the "weirdness budget" comes in particularly handy. Sure, you COULD spend it all on making a whole new calendar. If the calendar is super important, then arguably you SHOULD. Just remember that readers have to keep track of all the new stuff you throw at them
Not sure how I feel when a book tells me that instead of "12 months" they have "10 arcs," which are each 40 days long, and they all have names like Blossomarc, Flamearc Snowarc,.... I appreciate the world building, but couldnt we have just kept the calendar the same?
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is where the concept of the "weirdness budget" comes in particularly handy. Sure, you COULD spend it all on making a whole new calendar. If the calendar is super important, then arguably you SHOULD. Just remember that readers have to keep track of all the new stuff you throw at them
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Harbor seal
Echidna
Skunk
Copperhead
Lynx
Harbor seal
Echidna
Skunk
Copperhead
Lynx
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Bald eagle
Marmot
Elk
Snapping turtle
Humpback whale
Bald eagle
Marmot
Elk
Snapping turtle
Humpback whale
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
California condor
Mountain lion
Cuban tree frog
Moorean viviparous tree snail
Malayan pit viper waaaaay too close
California condor
Mountain lion
Cuban tree frog
Moorean viviparous tree snail
Malayan pit viper waaaaay too close
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Harbor seal
Echidna
Skunk
Copperhead
Lynx
Harbor seal
Echidna
Skunk
Copperhead
Lynx
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I’m really, genuinely stunned that THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the final round of the Goodreads choice awards for Fantasy, & very grateful to everyone who read & enjoyed it enough to make that happen! Voting closes on Sunday, vote for your faves before then!
Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Fantasy of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Fantasy in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m really, genuinely stunned that THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the final round of the Goodreads choice awards for Fantasy, & very grateful to everyone who read & enjoyed it enough to make that happen! Voting closes on Sunday, vote for your faves before then!
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This is an excellent book that I recommend to people all the time. Get yourself the new edition.
Just want to point out that "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada" has a new edition coming out in the spring of 2026 with a much expanded exploration of administrative definitions of Indigenous folks (and more).
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is an excellent book that I recommend to people all the time. Get yourself the new edition.
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December is right around the corner, and with it, our somewhat-annual holiday party!
Come by during store hours on Saturday December 6th! We'll have tasty treats, discounts, and almost all our staff will be in! Come pick our brains for the perfect recommendations for holiday gifts or for yourself.
Come by during store hours on Saturday December 6th! We'll have tasty treats, discounts, and almost all our staff will be in! Come pick our brains for the perfect recommendations for holiday gifts or for yourself.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
December is right around the corner, and with it, our somewhat-annual holiday party!
Come by during store hours on Saturday December 6th! We'll have tasty treats, discounts, and almost all our staff will be in! Come pick our brains for the perfect recommendations for holiday gifts or for yourself.
Come by during store hours on Saturday December 6th! We'll have tasty treats, discounts, and almost all our staff will be in! Come pick our brains for the perfect recommendations for holiday gifts or for yourself.
This is horrifying and well worth reading. It doesn't apply perfectly to Canada, but it doesn't NOT apply, either.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is horrifying and well worth reading. It doesn't apply perfectly to Canada, but it doesn't NOT apply, either.
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'Who cares?': Carney, when asked about last time he spoke to Trump
Mark continues the tradition of Canadian Prime Ministers being petty bitches. 🚬
gorgeous no notes
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Mark continues the tradition of Canadian Prime Ministers being petty bitches. 🚬
gorgeous no notes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o37n...
'Who cares?': Carney, when asked about last time he spoke to Trump
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
'Who cares?': Carney, when asked about last time he spoke to Trump
Mark continues the tradition of Canadian Prime Ministers being petty bitches. 🚬
gorgeous no notes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o37n...
Mark continues the tradition of Canadian Prime Ministers being petty bitches. 🚬
gorgeous no notes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o37n...
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You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
My son says his friend's sibling googled car repair, only read the AI summary, and was in an accident when the "repair" failed while driving.
On one hand, this story feels bullshitty*. OtOH, I'm tickled that these are the bullshitty stories young people are telling about AI, ie. that it sucks.
On one hand, this story feels bullshitty*. OtOH, I'm tickled that these are the bullshitty stories young people are telling about AI, ie. that it sucks.
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My son says his friend's sibling googled car repair, only read the AI summary, and was in an accident when the "repair" failed while driving.
On one hand, this story feels bullshitty*. OtOH, I'm tickled that these are the bullshitty stories young people are telling about AI, ie. that it sucks.
On one hand, this story feels bullshitty*. OtOH, I'm tickled that these are the bullshitty stories young people are telling about AI, ie. that it sucks.
ADHD meds saved my son's life, I will keep shouting this forever, but yeah, he also discovered that he still had to actually DO his homework, lol.
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ADHD meds saved my son's life, I will keep shouting this forever, but yeah, he also discovered that he still had to actually DO his homework, lol.
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I'm not sure anyone will even see this thread, but we all have projects we wished had gotten more attention. What did you make in 2025 that you feel was overlooked? Tell us about it and share links so more of us can discover it!
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm not sure anyone will even see this thread, but we all have projects we wished had gotten more attention. What did you make in 2025 that you feel was overlooked? Tell us about it and share links so more of us can discover it!