G. H. Austin
@ghaustin.bsky.social
SFF writer who reads and sews things
Living on Wadawurrung land
She/her
#NoAI
Living on Wadawurrung land
She/her
#NoAI
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G. H. Austin
@ghaustin.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hello! It’s good to be here. 🖋️✨
I’m an Australian SFF writer. I’m currently editing a novel about necromancy and grief, while writing a novella about a robot at the end of the world.
#writer #writersky #booksky
I’m an Australian SFF writer. I’m currently editing a novel about necromancy and grief, while writing a novella about a robot at the end of the world.
#writer #writersky #booksky
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I haven't had the space to write in the last few days, until tonight. I'm very tired. But amongst it all, some words have been written tonight. We also have a project name change - Project Bone to Project Rune. Better aligned as the world has evolved. #writingcommunity
January 26, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I haven't had the space to write in the last few days, until tonight. I'm very tired. But amongst it all, some words have been written tonight. We also have a project name change - Project Bone to Project Rune. Better aligned as the world has evolved. #writingcommunity
iconic honestly
Invasion Day Rally: 17,000 attendees
March for Australia Rally: 2,000 attendees
😂
March for Australia Rally: 2,000 attendees
😂
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
iconic honestly
Trixie hopes you enjoyed the words you wrote today
(I haven’t written yet, hence the side eye)
(I haven’t written yet, hence the side eye)
January 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Trixie hopes you enjoyed the words you wrote today
(I haven’t written yet, hence the side eye)
(I haven’t written yet, hence the side eye)
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Read the whole thread. "If your art didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be working so hard to steal it."
One tiny comfort I experience as a creator right now:
Some of the richest people on the planet have poured billions into a plagiarism machine because they are so utterly desperate to be us
But no machine learning program can give them our skills, our vision, or our heart
And they hate that
Some of the richest people on the planet have poured billions into a plagiarism machine because they are so utterly desperate to be us
But no machine learning program can give them our skills, our vision, or our heart
And they hate that
January 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Read the whole thread. "If your art didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be working so hard to steal it."
In the beginning, this novel was being pants with only two plot points in mind. But now I have reached a point where I have an idea of where I'm going and I've now created the goal posts to mark the beats. It's a fantasy murder mystery! How fun! #amwriting #writingcommunity
January 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
In the beginning, this novel was being pants with only two plot points in mind. But now I have reached a point where I have an idea of where I'm going and I've now created the goal posts to mark the beats. It's a fantasy murder mystery! How fun! #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Wondering why you should write now with the world the way it is? Have you taken time recently to read a book? Was it a welcome relief? A moment of calm? Of normalcy? Sure it was. That's why you need to write, so your book can be that for someone else. And, of course, you do it for yourself too.
January 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Wondering why you should write now with the world the way it is? Have you taken time recently to read a book? Was it a welcome relief? A moment of calm? Of normalcy? Sure it was. That's why you need to write, so your book can be that for someone else. And, of course, you do it for yourself too.
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
Today was the first day back to work for the year. It was hard. I was tired. I wanted to go to bed early. But I sat down to the laptop and got it done. Even hit word count, somehow. Time for sleep.
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
January 15, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Today was the first day back to work for the year. It was hard. I was tired. I wanted to go to bed early. But I sat down to the laptop and got it done. Even hit word count, somehow. Time for sleep.
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
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It might be helpful right now to remember that collective achievements for the common good are possible. We don’t know the names of everyone who contributed to this and some are probably lost to history. But all of their individual contributions mattered.
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
It might be helpful right now to remember that collective achievements for the common good are possible. We don’t know the names of everyone who contributed to this and some are probably lost to history. But all of their individual contributions mattered.
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Yesterday I woke up feeling like hardly anyone’s reading my work and no one cares. Then I opened an email from someone telling me they loved one of my stories and how important they feel it is. All this to say, let people know when you like their art. Your words can find them when they most need it.
January 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Yesterday I woke up feeling like hardly anyone’s reading my work and no one cares. Then I opened an email from someone telling me they loved one of my stories and how important they feel it is. All this to say, let people know when you like their art. Your words can find them when they most need it.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Imagine you were about to appear at a writers' festival to talk about your first book... then the whole thing fell apart.
I wanted to find debut authors who almost talked at Adelaide Writers' Week. These are 21 folks I've identified so far but *please* let me know who I've missed or mixed up.
I wanted to find debut authors who almost talked at Adelaide Writers' Week. These are 21 folks I've identified so far but *please* let me know who I've missed or mixed up.
January 14, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Imagine you were about to appear at a writers' festival to talk about your first book... then the whole thing fell apart.
I wanted to find debut authors who almost talked at Adelaide Writers' Week. These are 21 folks I've identified so far but *please* let me know who I've missed or mixed up.
I wanted to find debut authors who almost talked at Adelaide Writers' Week. These are 21 folks I've identified so far but *please* let me know who I've missed or mixed up.
I finished it. 5⭐️. No notes. Did in fact cry multiple times.
It is time and I’m ready to cry. #amreading #realmoftheelderlings
January 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I finished it. 5⭐️. No notes. Did in fact cry multiple times.
Half way through and the tears have hit. Oh no.
It is time and I’m ready to cry. #amreading #realmoftheelderlings
January 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Half way through and the tears have hit. Oh no.
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Not apocalyptic looking at all
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Not apocalyptic looking at all
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100/124 writers due at Adelaide Writers Festival have pulled out, as has sponsor, the Australia Institute. I'm loving this display of solidarity, and rejection of racism and Islamophobia.
Close to 100 authors have pulled out of Adelaide Writers Week over the board’s decision to remove Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from its lineup
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Writers' Week under threat of collapse as list of writers leaving nears 100 - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
A multitude of high-profile authors has joined the flood of names demolishing the Writers' Week lineup.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
100/124 writers due at Adelaide Writers Festival have pulled out, as has sponsor, the Australia Institute. I'm loving this display of solidarity, and rejection of racism and Islamophobia.
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Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
Adelaide Festival board facing a stark choice: Are they willing to sacrifice the entire festival to prevent a single Palestinian-Australian author from speaking?
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
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night shades is OPEN!
🛸 500 words max, any speculative
🛸 sim subs ok (multiples not)
🛸 quick response and pro+ pay
please read the guidelines!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
🛸 500 words max, any speculative
🛸 sim subs ok (multiples not)
🛸 quick response and pro+ pay
please read the guidelines!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month.
Night Shades is OPEN
Night Shades opens sporadically and for indeterminate periods of time. The detai...
www.nightshadesmag.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
night shades is OPEN!
🛸 500 words max, any speculative
🛸 sim subs ok (multiples not)
🛸 quick response and pro+ pay
please read the guidelines!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
🛸 500 words max, any speculative
🛸 sim subs ok (multiples not)
🛸 quick response and pro+ pay
please read the guidelines!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
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If you can leave, leave now. Vic Emergency at tonight’s briefing in Seymour. Emergency services will *not* be able to swoop into the middle of these fires tomorrow. #VicFires
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
If you can leave, leave now. Vic Emergency at tonight’s briefing in Seymour. Emergency services will *not* be able to swoop into the middle of these fires tomorrow. #VicFires
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Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
I have to say being sick while having time off work and it being over 40 degrees is an awful combination. I had such a productive few days and now this is me
a painting of a woman laying in a bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow
ALT: a painting of a woman laying in a bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow
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January 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I have to say being sick while having time off work and it being over 40 degrees is an awful combination. I had such a productive few days and now this is me
It is time and I’m ready to cry. #amreading #realmoftheelderlings
January 6, 2026 at 10:24 AM
It is time and I’m ready to cry. #amreading #realmoftheelderlings
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Have your fire plans ready folks.
January 6, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Have your fire plans ready folks.
Second read for the year and I read it in 24 hours. What an absolute rollercoaster, a master craft of fast pacing. Did I predict the plot? Yes. Was I entertained the whole time? Absolutely. I’m seeing the movie on Friday and I’m excited to compare them. #amreading
January 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Second read for the year and I read it in 24 hours. What an absolute rollercoaster, a master craft of fast pacing. Did I predict the plot? Yes. Was I entertained the whole time? Absolutely. I’m seeing the movie on Friday and I’m excited to compare them. #amreading