SE Daniels
@soyoused.bsky.social
Words & Illustration | • | Narrative Director | • | Assoc Fiction Editor @NarrativeMag | • | @soyouSED everywhere | Tweets my own (or whatever we call them now)
“I Love You More Than Spiders” on Ingram and Amazon.
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“I Love You More Than Spiders” on Ingram and Amazon.
https://tinyurl.com/5t2zvf7d
I feel judged.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I feel judged.
“Be the most ME artist.”
Before we called it content, it was art. This is how we got Crumb, Larsen, Gorey.
If the powers that be want to shove homogenized AI slop down our throats, use it as permission to get off the content hamster wheel and be your own weird wonderful self.
Before we called it content, it was art. This is how we got Crumb, Larsen, Gorey.
If the powers that be want to shove homogenized AI slop down our throats, use it as permission to get off the content hamster wheel and be your own weird wonderful self.
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Be the most ME artist.”
Before we called it content, it was art. This is how we got Crumb, Larsen, Gorey.
If the powers that be want to shove homogenized AI slop down our throats, use it as permission to get off the content hamster wheel and be your own weird wonderful self.
Before we called it content, it was art. This is how we got Crumb, Larsen, Gorey.
If the powers that be want to shove homogenized AI slop down our throats, use it as permission to get off the content hamster wheel and be your own weird wonderful self.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Dear potters of the world.
Please know that if you make a giant mug, I will buy that mug.
It’s like a hug for your food.
Please know that if you make a giant mug, I will buy that mug.
It’s like a hug for your food.
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Dear potters of the world.
Please know that if you make a giant mug, I will buy that mug.
It’s like a hug for your food.
Please know that if you make a giant mug, I will buy that mug.
It’s like a hug for your food.
Creativity is the core human experience. Rebecca’s thread contains some great reference for folks looking to engage in the AI debate and examine its implications for the future of human creativity.
Hey, all!
My kid's public school is having a meeting for a discussion about AI implementation. If anyone has talking points that have worked in the past to keep it out of the classroom, I'd love to hear them.
My kid's public school is having a meeting for a discussion about AI implementation. If anyone has talking points that have worked in the past to keep it out of the classroom, I'd love to hear them.
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Creativity is the core human experience. Rebecca’s thread contains some great reference for folks looking to engage in the AI debate and examine its implications for the future of human creativity.
No one who knows me will be surprised that this is on my “must listen” list.
Some great news from the world of podcasting, geeks. Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk have just launched a new show, called "Once We Were Spacemen", and it is as lovely a listen as you might hope it to be.
podcasts.apple.com/bh/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/bh/podcast/o...
Once We Were Spacemen
Comedy Interviews Podcast · Updated weekly · Nathan FIllion and Alan Tudyk were once spacemen. Since co-starring on Firefly, they have also been aliens, mystery writers, veterinarians, superheroes, ch...
podcasts.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
No one who knows me will be surprised that this is on my “must listen” list.
“Just because” is the perfect excuse.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Just because” is the perfect excuse.
I read something beautiful today.
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I read something beautiful today.
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
Though I can’t share who wrote it, please, dear writer, imagine it was you.
Thank you for doing the thankless job of putting down word so others may read them and think “that was beautiful.”
TIL: The second shingles shot feels like taking a cannon ball to the chest then being set on fire.
What a prick.
What a prick.
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
TIL: The second shingles shot feels like taking a cannon ball to the chest then being set on fire.
What a prick.
What a prick.
Yes. More of this. When the world seems bent on its own destruction, let’s pause to appreciate beauty wherever we find it. Every time I take this walk, I can’t believe how lucky I am to call this place home.
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Yes. More of this. When the world seems bent on its own destruction, let’s pause to appreciate beauty wherever we find it. Every time I take this walk, I can’t believe how lucky I am to call this place home.
Rescue dogs are the best.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Rescue dogs are the best.
There’s no such thing as a small election. Voting is an act of citizenship. It’s the acknowledgment of those who came before who were denied a voice in the course of their nation. Let’s send a message that we’re still here, and our voices matter.
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
There’s no such thing as a small election. Voting is an act of citizenship. It’s the acknowledgment of those who came before who were denied a voice in the course of their nation. Let’s send a message that we’re still here, and our voices matter.
There’s nothing as thrilling as a cover reveal, and Interim Poetics have outdone themselves with this gorgeous cover.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There’s nothing as thrilling as a cover reveal, and Interim Poetics have outdone themselves with this gorgeous cover.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
I’m honored to be among the authors featured in this special print edition, and now I’m extra excited to receive my contributor’s copy.
The best part of Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The best part of Halloween.
Look what came in the mail today!
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Look what came in the mail today!
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
That’s right. I bought a copy of Quentin Reiser’s Field Guide to Birds because I will always support glorious weirdos wherever I find them.
Yes. I’m yet another LISTERS evangelist, so consider this your call to go watch the best film you’ll see this year.
“…The smell makes you feel something in the space between your
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
Sure, let's have a little fun. New apple review: THE RUBY SLIPPER. Ahem.
Apple Review #32: Ruby Slipper
This is the apple in your hand. Some would say it is so red that it looks black, but that’s not quiteright. It’s the color of wine and offal, of liver soaked in Pinot Noir.Bruise-dark and blood-bri…
terribleminds.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“…The smell makes you feel something in the space between your
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
heart and your stomach...
In that feeling is the dying of summer, the rise of fall, the coming of winter, and threaded throughout, a season of funerals and flowers left on a grave.“
Yes. He’s writing about an apple.
Perhaps this is a good thing. Maybe this is how dystopia becomes utopia and these apex predators will consume themselves like an ouroboros while the rest of us return to the roots of our humanity.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
So Microsoft wants Copilot to play the games, Twitch wants AI to stream the games, and a whole bunch of publishers want AI to make the games.
Very sustainable much inspiring.
Very sustainable much inspiring.
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Perhaps this is a good thing. Maybe this is how dystopia becomes utopia and these apex predators will consume themselves like an ouroboros while the rest of us return to the roots of our humanity.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
Still, it’s tough to watch your industry turn into a game of corporate centipede.
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This past year, I have been reading gobs of novels and short story collections published by small presses. I nominated three for inclusion in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. If you shared your novel with me, thanks! I enjoyed reading all of them.
#100SmallPress
#100SmallPress
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This past year, I have been reading gobs of novels and short story collections published by small presses. I nominated three for inclusion in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. If you shared your novel with me, thanks! I enjoyed reading all of them.
#100SmallPress
#100SmallPress
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Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that.
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
I highly recommend going to search and following @why.bsky.team Quiet Posters.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I highly recommend going to search and following @why.bsky.team Quiet Posters.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
As it true in life, the folks who say the least are the most worth hearing.
The rabbit hole that is social media means I rarely remember how I find a profile I follow. This thread on random goodwill posts that includes a $1500 Rauschenberg poster will be the exception. A rabbit hole that spawned a rabbit hole.
I would inspect this poster first, but if it's genuine, it's remarkable someone donated a signed Robert Rauschenberg poster: shopgoodwill.com/item/246302476
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The rabbit hole that is social media means I rarely remember how I find a profile I follow. This thread on random goodwill posts that includes a $1500 Rauschenberg poster will be the exception. A rabbit hole that spawned a rabbit hole.
It’s also the best palliative for the flu.
A cheap, boring way to make extra-potent ginger tea is by chopping up fresh ginger, putting it into a thermos, pouring hot water in, and forgetting about it for several hours. I also add fresh lemon juice and honey.
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It’s also the best palliative for the flu.
B&T, founded in 1828, was one of the largest distributors of print and audiovisual materials for more than 4,000 libraries. Without B&T, small rural libraries will feel the pinch, and yes, that means a loss for all of us.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...
Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations | American Libraries Magazine
Despite measures to continue operations and preserve pending contracts with libraries, the book distributor Baker & Taylor will shutter.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
B&T, founded in 1828, was one of the largest distributors of print and audiovisual materials for more than 4,000 libraries. Without B&T, small rural libraries will feel the pinch, and yes, that means a loss for all of us.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/08/b...
It's hard to pick my favorite, though I keep refreshing to page to see if I can find one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's hard to pick my favorite, though I keep refreshing to page to see if I can find one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
Today's "kat thought." You can't punch a sandwich, but you can press one.
Proof the American people still value the arts. Let the grant writing begin.
Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/
About | Literary Arts Fund
The Literary Arts Fund advances support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
literaryartsfund.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Proof the American people still value the arts. Let the grant writing begin.