A.M. Tuomala
@amtuomala.bsky.social
Author of fantasy novels about language nerds, dragonslayers, and roaming geologists. Pronouns are xie or zie/hir.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala
Website: https://amtuomala.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala
Website: https://amtuomala.com/
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A.M. Tuomala
@amtuomala.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Hello to anyone new! I write fantasy stories about loving broken things. My most recent book was The Map and the Territory, a post-apocalyptic picaresque about a cartographer and a wizard trying to get home in a shattered world haunted by a death goddess.
A small frustrating thing about being a writer with no agent, no mentor, limited experts giving feedback, and no money for classes is that when you know there's something that isn't working about your draft, there are limited resources for telling you what actions (if any) you can take to fix it
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A small frustrating thing about being a writer with no agent, no mentor, limited experts giving feedback, and no money for classes is that when you know there's something that isn't working about your draft, there are limited resources for telling you what actions (if any) you can take to fix it
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Part 7/7 is in people’s inboxes today!
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Part 7/7 is in people’s inboxes today!
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
That’s a wrap on “A Road Less Taken.” I hope y’all enjoyed it, got a glimpse into what @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social offers, & had a good National Book Week wherever you happen to be!
This was part 6: mailchi.mp/scottishbook...
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bit overwhelmed by the influx of patrons
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thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
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thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
thanks for all the kind words 🖤🥲
thank you to everyone that showed up to support @thedeadlands.com via Patreon
this is how we keep publishing that zine, with your support
🙏🏻🖤💀
if you want to support us + read great death fiction/poetry/nonfic, here is the link:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/pa...
thank you to everyone that showed up to support @thedeadlands.com via Patreon
this is how we keep publishing that zine, with your support
🙏🏻🖤💀
if you want to support us + read great death fiction/poetry/nonfic, here is the link:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/pa...
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
psychopomp.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
bit overwhelmed by the influx of patrons
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
PATRONS
support us and get access to our ePub/print issues
YOU CAN DO THAT, really.
also support tiers increasing in new year 😿
but if you sign up this year NO INCREASE,
really.
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If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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I've been thinking on this for a while, and instead of a holiday season sale, Bonedust Press will instead dedicate 10% of all direct sales to the San Diego Food Bank.
Times are tough and since I have to do the marketing song and dance anyway, I'd like to accomplish a little good with it.
#booksky
Times are tough and since I have to do the marketing song and dance anyway, I'd like to accomplish a little good with it.
#booksky
Shop small for the holidays, support independent publishing, and do some good!
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've been thinking on this for a while, and instead of a holiday season sale, Bonedust Press will instead dedicate 10% of all direct sales to the San Diego Food Bank.
Times are tough and since I have to do the marketing song and dance anyway, I'd like to accomplish a little good with it.
#booksky
Times are tough and since I have to do the marketing song and dance anyway, I'd like to accomplish a little good with it.
#booksky
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If you've got spare cash, Palestinians need midwinter aid and the donations are dropping.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nears
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you've got spare cash, Palestinians need midwinter aid and the donations are dropping.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Build new skills & strengthen your writing with an Odyssey Online Class!
*highly praised instructors
*live, intensive, interactive classes
*deep practice with demanding assignments
*thorough feedback from instructor & classmates
odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli...
#amwriting #writetip
*highly praised instructors
*live, intensive, interactive classes
*deep practice with demanding assignments
*thorough feedback from instructor & classmates
odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli...
#amwriting #writetip
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Build new skills & strengthen your writing with an Odyssey Online Class!
*highly praised instructors
*live, intensive, interactive classes
*deep practice with demanding assignments
*thorough feedback from instructor & classmates
odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli...
#amwriting #writetip
*highly praised instructors
*live, intensive, interactive classes
*deep practice with demanding assignments
*thorough feedback from instructor & classmates
odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli...
#amwriting #writetip
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Massive congrats winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards!
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Massive congrats winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards!
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
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In honor of Link, who was banned for the crime of speaking truth to power, I am continuing Fund Me Friday in his stead. The last two Fridays have been delayed due to life stuff, but today I am back on the ball.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In honor of Link, who was banned for the crime of speaking truth to power, I am continuing Fund Me Friday in his stead. The last two Fridays have been delayed due to life stuff, but today I am back on the ball.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
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If I can grow my Patreon x20, I'll be able to write full-time without crashing and burning. But it really is the ✨worst✨ possible time for people to add a single non-essential subscription to their budgets. Still! Even x5 would make a huge difference. I strive, I dream, I persevere, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If I can grow my Patreon x20, I'll be able to write full-time without crashing and burning. But it really is the ✨worst✨ possible time for people to add a single non-essential subscription to their budgets. Still! Even x5 would make a huge difference. I strive, I dream, I persevere, etc.
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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
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For now, tiers start at $4 CAD a month! There are 56 chapters of a fantasy serial, collections of themed flash fiction, early book releases, and bonus epilogues to the Flos Magicae novels.
Arden Powell | Patreon
Creating fantasy fiction and strange imaginings
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November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
For now, tiers start at $4 CAD a month! There are 56 chapters of a fantasy serial, collections of themed flash fiction, early book releases, and bonus epilogues to the Flos Magicae novels.
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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Obviously I'm celebrating #TransDayofRemembrance with a rec list. DUH.
Five SFF with trans leads! incl
✨witches and their theses with @charliejane.bsky.social!
🎨rebellious artists from @isaac-fellman.bsky.social!
😇Dark Cosy by @johannestevans.bsky.social!
everybookadoorway.com/trans-leads-...
Five SFF with trans leads! incl
✨witches and their theses with @charliejane.bsky.social!
🎨rebellious artists from @isaac-fellman.bsky.social!
😇Dark Cosy by @johannestevans.bsky.social!
everybookadoorway.com/trans-leads-...
Trans Leads For Trans Day of Remembrance - Every Book a Doorway
Cue a rec list!
everybookadoorway.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Obviously I'm celebrating #TransDayofRemembrance with a rec list. DUH.
Five SFF with trans leads! incl
✨witches and their theses with @charliejane.bsky.social!
🎨rebellious artists from @isaac-fellman.bsky.social!
😇Dark Cosy by @johannestevans.bsky.social!
everybookadoorway.com/trans-leads-...
Five SFF with trans leads! incl
✨witches and their theses with @charliejane.bsky.social!
🎨rebellious artists from @isaac-fellman.bsky.social!
😇Dark Cosy by @johannestevans.bsky.social!
everybookadoorway.com/trans-leads-...
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It's my giveaway day! Share your favourite book by a trans author or featuring a trans character on the original post below and win an ebook copy of my queer fantasy short story collection THE CARNELIAN KING. Open internationally, winner chosen randomly. Rec some indie trans books! 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 🌈📚
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's my giveaway day! Share your favourite book by a trans author or featuring a trans character on the original post below and win an ebook copy of my queer fantasy short story collection THE CARNELIAN KING. Open internationally, winner chosen randomly. Rec some indie trans books! 🌈💜 🌈🚀💫 🌈📚
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to stick with it!
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred
Hey y'all,
I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
to stick with it!
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!
gofund.me/ce21d48c2
My and my wife's favorite restaurant just permanently closed, so we went to visit another, comparable restaurant we've never been to before, and found it delightful.
The world keeps changing, and change means grief--but also unlooked-for opportunities for joy.
The world keeps changing, and change means grief--but also unlooked-for opportunities for joy.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My and my wife's favorite restaurant just permanently closed, so we went to visit another, comparable restaurant we've never been to before, and found it delightful.
The world keeps changing, and change means grief--but also unlooked-for opportunities for joy.
The world keeps changing, and change means grief--but also unlooked-for opportunities for joy.
Rice Weevils: A Horror Story
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Rice Weevils: A Horror Story
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Non writers nearly always presume that I need "inspiration" and I'm always at a loss for how to explain that a single moment of inspiration can generate literally DECADES of hard, careful work actually building the story.
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Non writers nearly always presume that I need "inspiration" and I'm always at a loss for how to explain that a single moment of inspiration can generate literally DECADES of hard, careful work actually building the story.
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You know, I want to read more utopian fiction. Something has changed in me. What are some of your favourite reads imagining a future where we all survive this, and build something together?
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You know, I want to read more utopian fiction. Something has changed in me. What are some of your favourite reads imagining a future where we all survive this, and build something together?
It's frustrating how much book marketing is bound up in confidence. "Why should I believe in your book if you don't even believe in it?" is a valid question, but also, authors are the lowest self-confidence group of people I've ever met
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's frustrating how much book marketing is bound up in confidence. "Why should I believe in your book if you don't even believe in it?" is a valid question, but also, authors are the lowest self-confidence group of people I've ever met