Theresa N Tyree
@theresatyree.bsky.social
(they/she) 🏳️🌈 Writer, book pub, married to my platonic life partner, prone to romancing aliens in sci-fi games. Mostly fanart and news about my stories. theresatyree.com
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Publishers and corporations can be exploitative, absolutely; IP law is objectionable on several fundamental grounds, fully agree; a system of universal basic income would be better for artists, I'm on board - but until those changes are in place we're talking about stealing
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Publishers and corporations can be exploitative, absolutely; IP law is objectionable on several fundamental grounds, fully agree; a system of universal basic income would be better for artists, I'm on board - but until those changes are in place we're talking about stealing
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Mexican Gothic 2 of 3
Sticking with the theme and color palette my patrons chose, for this one I wanted to explore the Mantilla
Join my Patreon if you want this set and to see the process for making them
www.patreon.com/c/yoshiyoshi...
Sticking with the theme and color palette my patrons chose, for this one I wanted to explore the Mantilla
Join my Patreon if you want this set and to see the process for making them
www.patreon.com/c/yoshiyoshi...
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Mexican Gothic 2 of 3
Sticking with the theme and color palette my patrons chose, for this one I wanted to explore the Mantilla
Join my Patreon if you want this set and to see the process for making them
www.patreon.com/c/yoshiyoshi...
Sticking with the theme and color palette my patrons chose, for this one I wanted to explore the Mantilla
Join my Patreon if you want this set and to see the process for making them
www.patreon.com/c/yoshiyoshi...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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i mean it's odd to say "tell us how you make your money" and then not actually let us respond, but
Hello, I make my money from writing books and through the kindness of people who bail me out of emergencies on ko-fi and kick in a few bucks a month on patreon
my biggest advance was $15k per book
Hello, I make my money from writing books and through the kindness of people who bail me out of emergencies on ko-fi and kick in a few bucks a month on patreon
my biggest advance was $15k per book
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
i mean it's odd to say "tell us how you make your money" and then not actually let us respond, but
Hello, I make my money from writing books and through the kindness of people who bail me out of emergencies on ko-fi and kick in a few bucks a month on patreon
my biggest advance was $15k per book
Hello, I make my money from writing books and through the kindness of people who bail me out of emergencies on ko-fi and kick in a few bucks a month on patreon
my biggest advance was $15k per book
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Long ago in the pre-sideshave days, @laurenshippen.com & I met on a fun D&D webseries. Lauren went on to create thrilling, heartfelt (queer!) stories in podcast, novels, & self-produced indie art I fell in love with.
Now we’re reunited! I’m proud to be Cal in Phantom Pulse. Please check it out! 🎸🖤
Now we’re reunited! I’m proud to be Cal in Phantom Pulse. Please check it out! 🎸🖤
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Long ago in the pre-sideshave days, @laurenshippen.com & I met on a fun D&D webseries. Lauren went on to create thrilling, heartfelt (queer!) stories in podcast, novels, & self-produced indie art I fell in love with.
Now we’re reunited! I’m proud to be Cal in Phantom Pulse. Please check it out! 🎸🖤
Now we’re reunited! I’m proud to be Cal in Phantom Pulse. Please check it out! 🎸🖤
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I just put up a bunch of my pen and ink originals on my et*y . They are looking for a good home.
www.etsy.com/shop/MaskIll...
www.etsy.com/shop/MaskIll...
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I just put up a bunch of my pen and ink originals on my et*y . They are looking for a good home.
www.etsy.com/shop/MaskIll...
www.etsy.com/shop/MaskIll...
Hot take, but do we know of any version of Frankenstein that’s been directed by a non-man? Just kind of tired of watching men turn a woman’s conversation about what creators owe to creations into one about abusive father’s and toxic masculinity.
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Hot take, but do we know of any version of Frankenstein that’s been directed by a non-man? Just kind of tired of watching men turn a woman’s conversation about what creators owe to creations into one about abusive father’s and toxic masculinity.
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as an MIT-trained science writer: being willing to ask dumb questions is a superpower
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
as an MIT-trained science writer: being willing to ask dumb questions is a superpower
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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I made it to Cincinnati via train! It takes sooo much longer than plane, but it was a truly lovely trip and is a far more reliable form of transportation at the moment. I am looking forward to attending Books by the Banks tomorrow. Here is the schedule for this free event: booksbythebanks.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I made it to Cincinnati via train! It takes sooo much longer than plane, but it was a truly lovely trip and is a far more reliable form of transportation at the moment. I am looking forward to attending Books by the Banks tomorrow. Here is the schedule for this free event: booksbythebanks.org
Your Idol who? youtu.be/eU0gOXTIMGo?...
Hazbin Hotel – Season 2 Gravity Clip | Prime Video
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October 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Your Idol who? youtu.be/eU0gOXTIMGo?...
As another writer, I approve this message
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
As another writer, I approve this message
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It was fun chatting with our publisher about ALL THE THINGS!
On this episode of TILTING AT WINDMILLS, @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social talk with @jessihonard.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social, authors of THE GRIGORI CYCLE beginning with UNRELENTING and continuing in UNDENIABLE.
bit.ly/WNWHome
bit.ly/WNWHome
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It was fun chatting with our publisher about ALL THE THINGS!
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Less than a week to take advantage of our October eBook special. I heard you like short stories.
It's October! Hurrah!
I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.
@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice.
@seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
October 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Less than a week to take advantage of our October eBook special. I heard you like short stories.
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It's because, the good folk at bookshop.org have now made it possible for you to buy ebooks from them.
And a slice of the profits from every purchase you make with them goes towards indie bookshops, meaning they are one step closer to buying a rocket, renting Venice, or just paying the rent. 5/?
And a slice of the profits from every purchase you make with them goes towards indie bookshops, meaning they are one step closer to buying a rocket, renting Venice, or just paying the rent. 5/?
a woman is sitting in front of a laptop with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: a woman is sitting in front of a laptop with #schitts creek written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's because, the good folk at bookshop.org have now made it possible for you to buy ebooks from them.
And a slice of the profits from every purchase you make with them goes towards indie bookshops, meaning they are one step closer to buying a rocket, renting Venice, or just paying the rent. 5/?
And a slice of the profits from every purchase you make with them goes towards indie bookshops, meaning they are one step closer to buying a rocket, renting Venice, or just paying the rent. 5/?
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Shall we talk about ebooks?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Shall we talk about ebooks?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.
Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
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Doing "normal" mundane things during a crisis is a coping mechanism so you don't get overwhelmed. Grounding yourself in these activities is healthy.
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Doing "normal" mundane things during a crisis is a coping mechanism so you don't get overwhelmed. Grounding yourself in these activities is healthy.
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also you can download the files to your computer so you aren't forced into keeping an app forever. big fan!!!!!!!!
As a Libro.fm acolyte, it is my duty to inform you that audio that's purchased from your favorite indie bookseller sounds better and is also more emotionally fulfilling than the same audio purchased from a megacorp that's assisting the authoritarian federal regime.
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
also you can download the files to your computer so you aren't forced into keeping an app forever. big fan!!!!!!!!
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Campaign started for @roguestarmag.bsky.social. If we meet our $1200 goal, we'll be able to pay authors SFWA pro rates for fiction (one previously unpublished story quarterly) starting January 2026. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... (re-posted w/corrected link) #signalboost #writers #authors
Get Ready for Rogue Star Magazine
From Tonya R. Moore - Get Ready for Rogue Star Magazine
www.backerkit.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Campaign started for @roguestarmag.bsky.social. If we meet our $1200 goal, we'll be able to pay authors SFWA pro rates for fiction (one previously unpublished story quarterly) starting January 2026. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... (re-posted w/corrected link) #signalboost #writers #authors
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billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
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#AceWeek
Men's voices are often overlooked in this community. I write about my own experiences to show other men out there who are ace/demi or think they might be ace/demi, that they are not alone. They are not broken or weird for not feeling what the men around them seem to feel.
Society 1/2
Men's voices are often overlooked in this community. I write about my own experiences to show other men out there who are ace/demi or think they might be ace/demi, that they are not alone. They are not broken or weird for not feeling what the men around them seem to feel.
Society 1/2
October 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#AceWeek
Men's voices are often overlooked in this community. I write about my own experiences to show other men out there who are ace/demi or think they might be ace/demi, that they are not alone. They are not broken or weird for not feeling what the men around them seem to feel.
Society 1/2
Men's voices are often overlooked in this community. I write about my own experiences to show other men out there who are ace/demi or think they might be ace/demi, that they are not alone. They are not broken or weird for not feeling what the men around them seem to feel.
Society 1/2