Rosa Leonie de Haas

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Slow spec fic writer (she/her). I like golden hour. I don't like imperialism.

Oh, hey, happy book birthday to Alix E Harrow's newest 'Starling House'! If you don't recall, I loved it, tons and tons and tons. Here's a link back to my original review on Nerds of a Feather, so you can remind yourself of how good I said it was, and go buy yourself a copy:

http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/07/review-starling-house-by-alix-e-harrow.html

(Tor.com also has an excerpt of it, so you can wet your whistle before taking the plunge: https://www.tor.com/2023/10/02/excerpts-starling-house-by-alix-e-harrow/)

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Review: Starling House, by Alix E Harrow

Look, just do what the nice sentient haunted house wants. Let’s get this out of the way first: I loved this book — I loved it so, so much. I...

I had a great time with Nicholas Fuller on his podcast and youtube channel! Check out the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDClilZCzU
Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal - Award winning sci-fi author & my favorite writing teacher!

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Stories can wound or heal. In this @writingtheother webinar, award-winning author and editor Nisi Shawl will talk about the ways stories can hurt, the ways they can help, and how you can use their power--particularly when writing speculative fiction and alternate history.

When: 8/20 @ 10AM P
Price: $75 (live) $50 (video only)
Scholarships available

Learn more & register: https://writingtheother.com/healing-historys-wounds-2023/?utm_source=tempest&utm_medium=socials&utm_campaign=historys-wounds-2023

#WritingTheOther #WritingCommunity #CreativeWritingCraft

Webinar: Healing History's Wounds with Speculative Fiction - Writing the Other

Nisi Shawl will talk about the ways stories can hurt, the ways they can help, and how you can use their power in speculative fiction.

Writing the Other

Someone told me this news item sadly matches the horrors in my story "The Eight-Thousanders."

I wish I could say this isn't the case, but there's a reason I wrote my story. Mountain climbing is riddled with entitlement, wealth inequality, & racism. 1/2 https://news.yahoo.com/kristin-harila-accused-walking-over-162436888.html

Yahooist Teil der Yahoo Markenfamilie

We are finally here 🎉

Super delighted to announce that Asteria Press is open for submissions!

We are looking for cosy fantasy stories brimming with fun and magic and all the excitement.

For more details, head to the submissions guidelines page on our website where you can find out exactly how to make a submission!

https://www.asteriapress.com/submissions

#OnSub #Submissions #FantasyWriters #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy

Submissions | Asteria Press

Asteria Press
Since we reached over 925 Backers in the Uncanny Magazine Year 10 @kickstarter , here is an exclusive mini-interview with solicited poet Roshani Chokshi! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lynnemthomas/uncanny-magazine-year-10-a-decade-of-delightful-defiance/posts/3874520
@Jorsh @MarianHellema @bookstodon oh those books are fun! You might also like Robin McKinley, Patricia McKillip, PC Hodgell.
For tags, I imagine there is a #literature or #LitFic tag that might get traction! I think putting some key people and accounts in a list can really make it feel like you have a way in to the conversations.
I adore Alice Munro. I really liked “In Memorium” by Alice Winn recently.

Great social media campaign by WWF Germany over on the dark site:

https://www.wwf.de/themen-projekte/artensterben

Artensterben

Bereits im letzten Artenschutzbericht des Weltbiodiversitätsrats (IPBES) der UN zeichnete sich Dramatisches ab: Rund eine Million Arten könnten innerhalb der nächsten Jahrzehnte verschwinden, wenn sich der Zustand unserer Ökosysteme weiterhin verschlechtert.

Like seemingly everyone on this app I have plenty of opinions about the launch of The Torment Nexus, the opening of the Xthonic Gateway, and release of the arch-demon Tzaunh MAY HIS REIGN BE DARK AND ETERNAL, who has begun his foretold 10,000 years of suffering and torment. I figure now is a good time to open up a bit about my experience at the company.

Elon Musk lies a lot. He lies about being a "utopian socialist." He lies about being a "free speech absolutist." He lies about which companies he founded:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-cofounder-martin-eberhard-interview-history-elon-musk-ev-market-2023-2

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/#demon-haunted-world

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Ousted Tesla cofounder sounds off on Elon Musk, Tesla, EVs

While Elon Musk is sometimes referred to as the founder of Tesla, Martin Eberhard cofounded Tesla in 2003 with his friend Marc Tarpenning.

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