Rebecca Wilcox
@rebeccawilcox.bsky.social
SFF illustrator/writer, SAHP. Coffee, cats, & fountain pens. Brown Ajah. RevPit 2020, HiveMentor 2022. SLF Diverse Writers/Worlds finalist 2024. She/her. Hard of hearing. Not straight. No AI, ever. Never ever. https://linktr.ee/rebeccawilcox
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Rebecca Wilcox
@rebeccawilcox.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Joy to have merited the Pain: Balancing Joy and Suffering in Fiction
I have been thinking, as one does in times like these, about the balance between joy and suffering. It’s impossible to avoid the news these days, and honestly, avoiding it for too long risks missin…
swordfightsandspaceflights.com
I'm up on Swordfights & Spaceflights today! swordfightsandspaceflights.com/2025/07/15/j...
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Where is everyone getting their fabric from online now? My local store is almost entirely quilting cotton, and it's lovely, but their selection of apparel fabrics is dismal at best.
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Where is everyone getting their fabric from online now? My local store is almost entirely quilting cotton, and it's lovely, but their selection of apparel fabrics is dismal at best.
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Where is everyone getting their fabric from online now? My local store is almost entirely quilting cotton, and it's lovely, but their selection of apparel fabrics is dismal at best.
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Where is everyone getting their fabric from online now? My local store is almost entirely quilting cotton, and it's lovely, but their selection of apparel fabrics is dismal at best.
I still want a Benoit Blanc audiobook reading of Dante’s Inferno (Longfellow translation, of course), but this will do for the moment.
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I still want a Benoit Blanc audiobook reading of Dante’s Inferno (Longfellow translation, of course), but this will do for the moment.
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*the horrors persist, but so do cucumbers*
HEY KIDS, WANNA WORKSHOP AN ASIAN CUCUMBER JAR SALAD WITH UNCLE KEVIN?
Most of these I’ve seen online are for huge cucumbers and intended for multiple folks, but what if it’s just you? Can we do a single serving for funsies? LET’S TRY.
1/
HEY KIDS, WANNA WORKSHOP AN ASIAN CUCUMBER JAR SALAD WITH UNCLE KEVIN?
Most of these I’ve seen online are for huge cucumbers and intended for multiple folks, but what if it’s just you? Can we do a single serving for funsies? LET’S TRY.
1/
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
*the horrors persist, but so do cucumbers*
HEY KIDS, WANNA WORKSHOP AN ASIAN CUCUMBER JAR SALAD WITH UNCLE KEVIN?
Most of these I’ve seen online are for huge cucumbers and intended for multiple folks, but what if it’s just you? Can we do a single serving for funsies? LET’S TRY.
1/
HEY KIDS, WANNA WORKSHOP AN ASIAN CUCUMBER JAR SALAD WITH UNCLE KEVIN?
Most of these I’ve seen online are for huge cucumbers and intended for multiple folks, but what if it’s just you? Can we do a single serving for funsies? LET’S TRY.
1/
Spouse gave me my holiday gift early. I don’t have enough pens for this. 😂
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Spouse gave me my holiday gift early. I don’t have enough pens for this. 😂
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"The sort of sci-fi that could get Prince's sexyass ghost to slink outta the celestial void to host a book club." That is a quote & a half from dear friend Patty Templeton, who interviewed me when AFRO PUFFS premiered. Nice start to a celebration.
www.blackgate.com/2020/12/04/z...
www.blackgate.com/2020/12/04/z...
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"The sort of sci-fi that could get Prince's sexyass ghost to slink outta the celestial void to host a book club." That is a quote & a half from dear friend Patty Templeton, who interviewed me when AFRO PUFFS premiered. Nice start to a celebration.
www.blackgate.com/2020/12/04/z...
www.blackgate.com/2020/12/04/z...
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Are you joining me for this year's December Writing Challenge? Keep your creative muscles primed and start 2026 with great momentum. Get all the details for this low-key challenge in my most recent newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/working-th...
Working Through the Chaos
Welcome to the 2025 December Writing Challenge
nepheletempest.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Are you joining me for this year's December Writing Challenge? Keep your creative muscles primed and start 2026 with great momentum. Get all the details for this low-key challenge in my most recent newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/working-th...
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There are a ton of spambot/scammer comments going around on AO3 (and elsewhere). If you get spurious accusations of using AI/generally being evil, or someone vaguely proposing a collaboration of some kind, or an odd-sounding fan art offer, check around to see if it's scam. Then report!
AO3 authors: If you get a spambot comment on a story, AO3 has a specific reporting path that lets them get rid of your spammer in hours rather than weeks. Turns out that following these steps REALLY WORKS.
First, here's the link with nice context:
archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/...
First, here's the link with nice context:
archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/...
Protect Your Contact Information From Scammers | Archive of Our Own
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There are a ton of spambot/scammer comments going around on AO3 (and elsewhere). If you get spurious accusations of using AI/generally being evil, or someone vaguely proposing a collaboration of some kind, or an odd-sounding fan art offer, check around to see if it's scam. Then report!
Props to Spouse, who has finally learned that the best way to help my mom or me in the kitchen while cooking is to stay tf out of it. 😂
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Props to Spouse, who has finally learned that the best way to help my mom or me in the kitchen while cooking is to stay tf out of it. 😂
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Hello this means the ebook for AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, which won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, is FOUR DOLLARBS
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hello this means the ebook for AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, which won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, is FOUR DOLLARBS
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
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I'm proud of this podcast and especially of this final episode. I feel like we went out with a bang!
It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm proud of this podcast and especially of this final episode. I feel like we went out with a bang!
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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Things to be thankful for: an upcoming workshop with @labyrinthrat.bsky.social & @elleeire.bsky.social!
Regaining and Maintaining Writing Motivation
Dec 6, 1-3pm EDT
Virtual via GoogleMeet
Register: regaining-and-maintaining-writing-motivation.eventbrite.com
Regaining and Maintaining Writing Motivation
Dec 6, 1-3pm EDT
Virtual via GoogleMeet
Register: regaining-and-maintaining-writing-motivation.eventbrite.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Things to be thankful for: an upcoming workshop with @labyrinthrat.bsky.social & @elleeire.bsky.social!
Regaining and Maintaining Writing Motivation
Dec 6, 1-3pm EDT
Virtual via GoogleMeet
Register: regaining-and-maintaining-writing-motivation.eventbrite.com
Regaining and Maintaining Writing Motivation
Dec 6, 1-3pm EDT
Virtual via GoogleMeet
Register: regaining-and-maintaining-writing-motivation.eventbrite.com
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Choose delusion optimistically!
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Choose delusion optimistically!
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
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If you have someone in your life who could use a good story about fascists getting what they deserve, snag COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com for them and wrap it in Antifascist paper. Order direct from us and you get bonus goodies.
hornedlarkpress.com/product/coyo...
hornedlarkpress.com/product/coyo...
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you have someone in your life who could use a good story about fascists getting what they deserve, snag COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com for them and wrap it in Antifascist paper. Order direct from us and you get bonus goodies.
hornedlarkpress.com/product/coyo...
hornedlarkpress.com/product/coyo...
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In case anyone missed this #RevPitFiF editor panel about editing, self-editing, and dealing with publishing.
I enjoyed chatting with @fromcarly.bsky.social, @ashpreads.bsky.social, @azali-avenger.bsky.social, and @demimschwartz.bsky.social
Let us know if you have any other Qs! #RevPit #RevPitFiF
I enjoyed chatting with @fromcarly.bsky.social, @ashpreads.bsky.social, @azali-avenger.bsky.social, and @demimschwartz.bsky.social
Let us know if you have any other Qs! #RevPit #RevPitFiF
Our editor Q&A panel is LIVE! You asked, we answered! Get some answers to questions from our community about editing, querying, and more: #FiFRevPit #amwriting #amquerying #writersky www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXP...
Fall Into Fiction with RevPit: Editor Q&A Panel
YouTube video by Revise & Resub
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November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In case anyone missed this #RevPitFiF editor panel about editing, self-editing, and dealing with publishing.
I enjoyed chatting with @fromcarly.bsky.social, @ashpreads.bsky.social, @azali-avenger.bsky.social, and @demimschwartz.bsky.social
Let us know if you have any other Qs! #RevPit #RevPitFiF
I enjoyed chatting with @fromcarly.bsky.social, @ashpreads.bsky.social, @azali-avenger.bsky.social, and @demimschwartz.bsky.social
Let us know if you have any other Qs! #RevPit #RevPitFiF
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So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
I attempted to do a bulk promotions delete before I turned off all the smart BS in my gmail, and it just...didn't work. Sometimes there's a lag, but it just did not go through this time. Luckily, I have enough spite to fuel me while I unsubscribe and delete it all manually.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I attempted to do a bulk promotions delete before I turned off all the smart BS in my gmail, and it just...didn't work. Sometimes there's a lag, but it just did not go through this time. Luckily, I have enough spite to fuel me while I unsubscribe and delete it all manually.
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much