#Writers

Tren Griffin

trengriffin

1/ The benefits of writing down your ideas is one of the topics I discussed with Patrick OShaughnessy's father in our recent Infinite Loops conversation. I also argued putting your

Cara Pace

CaraPac46808618

With this Guardian thing... reason people are upset is that when your own (perceived) allies stick the knife in, it is so much more painful. You expect the right-wing press

Alex Brown

gravity_fail09

Also reminded of/thinking about how, if publishing only puts out a limited number of stories from BIPOC, those stories/authors often become the default spokespeople for their identities, and this is

May Peterson, Eldritch Monstergirl (she/her)

maidensblade

We need more understanding of how there’s a culture of hyperscrutiny around the work of trans writers, particularly on the way trans life or suffering are depicted. I routinely see

Sim

shipcourse

writing tips for people who aren’t assholes and/or just subtweeting she-ra and star wars (yes I am subtweeting that thread, no I don’t care if that’s hypocritical) Twists and mysteries

bora 🐢💜

modooborahae

Highlights from a Clubhouse Conversation with Youngdae Kim*a simple summary of a 1hr conversation and based on my notes so all errors are mine!Q: about the Korean media/general public's perception

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weiwuxiansnose

Explicit fanfiction is generally written by adults and meant for other *consenting* adults to read. It is no different, morally-speaking, than safe, sane, and consensual sexual roleplay behind closed doors.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebonyteach

LRT: The answer is no. Agents are for trade publishing, not academic.I sent feelers out about #TheDarkFantastic to a couple of editors I knew 6-7 years ago. (In education, you

Nathan J Robinson

NathanJRobinson

One of the most serious threats to free speech is the silencing of criticism of the government of Israel. I have now found this out the hard way, having just

Mx. T. 🐡

meringutang

Some SFF authors really don’t want to hear anything about disability that disagrees with their own (inaccurate) views. They especially don’t want to be educated by disabled people about how

Aisling, Love Triangle Apologist

bazineapologist

I’ve read a lot from people who think manic pixie dream girl is an inherently misogynistic term. I’ve held onto it because I think it’s useful shorthand for a certain

Elizabeth Yin

dunkhippo33

Last week, I wrote a thread about generating momentum for startups. Today's thread is on how emerging fund managers can generate momentum for their fund.Whatever you do, momentum is so

ny-antifa super soldier: ATTACK AND DETHRONE GOD

emiyannn

calling out transphobia in fandom is super important, but arguing over pronouns for fictional characters =/= calling out transphobia. there are nonbinary and trans people who use non-standard pronouns are

Sarah Kapit

SarahKapit

I have some thoughts on disability representation and incidental diversity in #kidlit.Namely, I'd like to see more of it.So many times I see books with disabled characters where disability is

Helene von Bismarck

HeleneBismarck

I am so tired of historians quoting Thatcher's dismay ("a dagger to my heart”) about German MPs singing “Deutschland über alles” in the Bundestag on the night when the Berlin

Li Jin

ljin18

Thread: New tools are emerging and focusing on *consumers* first. That's because consumers today aspire to become businesses tomorrow. I’ll dub this the "Enterprization of consumer." It used to be

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