#Authors

Thread for cis authors who want to write trans women or transfem/AMAB non-binary characters (esp. in romance)!I encourage reading the whole thread as my point may be more than it
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Weekly Update: Romance Date 4670.146. If we thought Romancelandia years were long… Has everyone read all the books? None of the books? What’s your quarantine reading list look like? #RomanceSparksJoy
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along w signing petitions & donating, non black people need to educate ourselves on racism— imo books from authors who face that racism firsthand are invaluable in this learning process.
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I've remained publicly silent about this because quite frankly, I’ve had some tremendous personal & professional events simultaneously happening in my life that required my focus. Honestly, trying to think
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Hi, are you an author publishing a book now (or soon) during COVID-19? I'm thinking of starting a Google Group for us where we can emotionally support each other as
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#PeerReview A fantastic way of defining a high-quality peer review: 'In this paper we explore extracts of reviews authors have received on their submissions which they regard as particularly harsh
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If you are not very familiar with @BarringtonStoke you might not realise what an amazing list of authors they have. Sometimes when I am selling the books into bookshops I
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A few silly things I didn't post to Four Short Links this week (a thread).1. Dunning-Krugerrands schadenfeude.https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/13/yam_cryptocurrency_bug_governance/ 2. Republishing books under the actual name of the w
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I have woken up tonight to find a sudden #MedBikini movement.Whether you post a picture of yourself in a bikini is your decision. Whether it is “unprofessional” is up for
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Authors are often judged for their audience, not just their work. Have a "bad" audience, and the works are bad by association.I suspect this is a motive behind a lot
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So I decided to take a look at the contents of the Women's Prize's Reclaim Her Name eBooks - and it just seems to get worse. Here's George Eliot's introduction,
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The author at Yallfest who talked over a panel of queer and PoC authors as a moderator about how important the narrative of straight white males are is Lauren Myracle.
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The abstract and table are posted from the latest Didier Raoult article, a summary of their first 1,061 #covid19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.For anyone who was displeased with
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I'm usually pretty thick skinned about the bullshit that comes out of Desiring God, and Rosaria Butterfield in particular.But this?This one hurt. This of course would not be complete without
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The legality of this order is doubtful. In Babri judgement SC said “A finding of title cannot be based in law on the archaeological findings which have been arrived at
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This is from the book, #DelhiRiotsTheUntoldStoryHowever, the fact of the matter is : @sioindia was founded in 1982 and SIMI was banned in 2001!#BloomsburyPublication #DelhiRiots #Book Another gem from the
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