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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 1d

My friends and I call it submissions Tetris

Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 1d

<totters out onto porch>

<settles into rocker>

<thumps cane a few times>

Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 1d

Operation aerial toy:
Whiskers, activate!
Begin Stage 1 crazy eyes!
Tiniest blep, go, go, go!

A mottled gray cat on a bed. She is looking upward at a toy with all her whiskers spread and her tongue is just visible with a little curl in the middle.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 2d

Unscientific survey time: fellow thrifters! Have places been weirdly packed lately for you as well? I put it down to Halloween at first, but people's carts didn't seem to have costume- or decor-type stuff.

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 2d

I'm crowdsourcing out of desperation so please be kind.

I'm looking for 2 things for a friend. An adult residential ED program that has scholarships or can help offset cost. And while we look for that, a 🏳️‍🌈 friendly CPTSD therapist in the Loxahatchee, FL.

Please help me save my best friend's life.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 2d

Unscientific survey time: fellow thrifters! Have places been weirdly packed lately for you as well? I put it down to Halloween at first, but people's carts didn't seem to have costume- or decor-type stuff.

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 6d

I forgot to include the link in the original post, so I'm going to be a little spammy and post about this review again: www.readindiefantasy.com/book-recomme...

So, this is my review of the novella Mistaken Captives, by @rhiannonheld.bsky.social, and I'm happy to recommend it. :)

/nils

anner image for the book review of Mistaken Captives by Rhiannon Held.
The banner shows the cover of the book over a background of a misty forest. A picture of a wolf's eyes has been overlaid on the background to hint at the werewolfiness of the story.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 6d

For those who might want to see more of Faith from this novella, her story continues here! books2read.com/ladyschildren

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 8d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 8d

Oh hey, looks like this is up! I had a ton of fun being a guest on the Writing About Dragons and Stuff podcast to talk about a favorite craft topic of mine: plot twists!

open.spotify.com/episode/37ZQ...

Ep. 172: Plot Twists 2: What a Twist!

open.spotify.com

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 9d

Opposing beans

A black cat and a mottled gray cat are on the stairs in the sunlight. Each has one set of back foot beans showing, one black and facing left, and one pink and facing right.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 12d

First preventative mammogram: unlocked.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you for your blessing! My elderly mother and I pick up apples that have fallen over the property line onto the sidewalk to make applesauce, but we are too skerrd to knock on doors.

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🧟‍♀️ Fraided Rosie 🐈‍⬛ @fadedrosie.myatproto.social · 15d

If you live in South Seattle, especially if you're in Beacon Hill, consider signing up to throw candy and help out at the @soseaemerald.bsky.social's T'Challaween, a family costume parade on the Safe Streets route through North Beacon Hill, celebrating its SIXTH year in 2025!

Be our hero! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

T'Challaween | Family Friendly Halloween Event | Seattle, WA, USA

Join us for T'Challaween, South Seattle’s annual free, community-powered, family friendly Halloween event happening October 25th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Beacon Hill.

www.tchallaweenparade.com

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 20d

Portland people, what are you doing tonight? Why not join me and @morganrichter.bsky.social at Broadway Books at 6 pm to talk about mystery, murder, opera, and Jane Fonda????
broadwaybooks.net/event/2025-0...

Morgan Richter in conversation with Wendy N. Wagner

We are pleased to welcome Morgan Richter with her new novel The Understudy. She will be joined in conversation with Wendy N. Wagner, author of Girl in the Creek.

broadwaybooks.net

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 20d

Bliss

A mottled gray cat is sleeping in strong sunlight on the stairs. One back leg and her tail are draped down.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 21d

Apparently my cucumber plant heard I'd messed up--the cucumber salad I made went off in the fridge and I had to throw it out. Because I found these among the half-dead vines I had stopped watering?? I had somehow managed to miss them when I checked before giving up on watering??

Two cucumbers with a hand for scale. They are not so much long as incredibly beefy in their diameters.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 21d

@misconmt.bsky.social in Missoula in June has incredible fan energy!

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 22d

With all the traveling I've been doing this month, I've been lax in my marketing responsibilities and, as a result, we're down 13 over this time last month. So here I am, taking a very jet-lagged moment to remind you that each subscription makes a difference:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

clarkesworldmagazine.com

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 23d

Hey, it's my birthday!

I am Moderately Old!

If you want to do something nice for me today, you could buy either of my new books for yourself or a friend!

books2read.com/b/angelmaker

books2read.com/b/thefoldedsky

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Angel Maker by Elizabeth Bear

books2read.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23d

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

Alt: a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

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