R. K. Duncan
@rkduncan.bsky.social
Fat queer polyamorous wizard and SFF author.
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R. K. Duncan
@rkduncan.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Taking lengthy breaks from this website for my mental health for the foreseeable. Here are some stories about politics and anger while you wait.
magazine.trollbreath.com/day-one/
www.baublesfrombones.com/reminiscence...
littlebluemarble.ca/2023/08/25/m...
www.rkduncan-author.com/desert-where...
magazine.trollbreath.com/day-one/
www.baublesfrombones.com/reminiscence...
littlebluemarble.ca/2023/08/25/m...
www.rkduncan-author.com/desert-where...
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
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If you want my books to be free for anyone to just grab off the internet and read, I'm all for that, I'll just be expecting you to get yer arse in gear & start *making* the fuckin sandwiches for *me* to grab whenever I'm hungry, that's called mutual aid, ya wee ancap motherfucker, get in the kitchen
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you want my books to be free for anyone to just grab off the internet and read, I'm all for that, I'll just be expecting you to get yer arse in gear & start *making* the fuckin sandwiches for *me* to grab whenever I'm hungry, that's called mutual aid, ya wee ancap motherfucker, get in the kitchen
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
Sure thing, Jod
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Sure thing, Jod
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Does anyone in Baltimore need (or could use) a 20 lb turkey? Because reasons, we have acquired one, and while we can come up with uses for it, it's A Problem for my allergy issues and if someone needs it more, Sarah is happy to deliver anywhere in Baltimore
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Does anyone in Baltimore need (or could use) a 20 lb turkey? Because reasons, we have acquired one, and while we can come up with uses for it, it's A Problem for my allergy issues and if someone needs it more, Sarah is happy to deliver anywhere in Baltimore
I'm not hugely personally hit by piracy rn. But I'll say this.
There is more brilliant indie work available without supporting Amazon than you could read in a lifetime. There is more brilliant work available free than you could read in a lifetime. Piracy is pure selfishness. Don't pretend otherwise.
There is more brilliant indie work available without supporting Amazon than you could read in a lifetime. There is more brilliant work available free than you could read in a lifetime. Piracy is pure selfishness. Don't pretend otherwise.
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm not hugely personally hit by piracy rn. But I'll say this.
There is more brilliant indie work available without supporting Amazon than you could read in a lifetime. There is more brilliant work available free than you could read in a lifetime. Piracy is pure selfishness. Don't pretend otherwise.
There is more brilliant indie work available without supporting Amazon than you could read in a lifetime. There is more brilliant work available free than you could read in a lifetime. Piracy is pure selfishness. Don't pretend otherwise.
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You cannot respect artists at a fundamental level and steal their work.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You cannot respect artists at a fundamental level and steal their work.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
Sorry, but that's why we hate AI.
What if a Chinese room had anime titties and told you to kill yourself?
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What if a Chinese room had anime titties and told you to kill yourself?
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What if I told you that LLMs aren’t learning and that they don’t deceive or engage in behaviors, and that they have as much agency as different preparations of concrete?
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
What if I told you that LLMs aren’t learning and that they don’t deceive or engage in behaviors, and that they have as much agency as different preparations of concrete?
New follow back button in the notification for a new follower. Amy way to turn that off?
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New follow back button in the notification for a new follower. Amy way to turn that off?
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I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
America's Atlantis: The "Lost" Colony of Roanoke
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
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It’s hard to choose my favorite part of this wonderful panel we held in my writing classes this morning, but… no, yeah, my favorite part was absolutely the “fuck AI” part.
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
I was on a panel today, organized by the delightful @mruthrobinson.bsky.social , with @rsagarcia.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com and @filiphdz.bsky.social , and the unified front of hate and disdain for genAI when some asked how it had affected our writing process is still making me smile.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It’s hard to choose my favorite part of this wonderful panel we held in my writing classes this morning, but… no, yeah, my favorite part was absolutely the “fuck AI” part.
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
Huge thanks to these four brilliant panelists for our most fun session of the semester! 🤍
I was on a panel today, organized by the delightful @mruthrobinson.bsky.social , with @rsagarcia.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com and @filiphdz.bsky.social , and the unified front of hate and disdain for genAI when some asked how it had affected our writing process is still making me smile.
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I was on a panel today, organized by the delightful @mruthrobinson.bsky.social , with @rsagarcia.bsky.social , @deborahldavitt.com and @filiphdz.bsky.social , and the unified front of hate and disdain for genAI when some asked how it had affected our writing process is still making me smile.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.
I myself am in the awkward position of awaiting a contract from Asimov's. I think, given Scott's account and others I have read of MRM's behavior, I will hope for a good contract, not expect one, deliver a single list of necessary changes if I get a bad one, and walk away if they won't meet them.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I myself am in the awkward position of awaiting a contract from Asimov's. I think, given Scott's account and others I have read of MRM's behavior, I will hope for a good contract, not expect one, deliver a single list of necessary changes if I get a bad one, and walk away if they won't meet them.
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
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