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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The Kirkby Stephen Parish Council Bigamy Detection League is going on my TBR right now!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Definitely adding this podcast to my aggregator!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

@danifinnwrites.bsky.social I'm reading 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way by Geraldine Woods. The book quotes lovely sentences from literature and other sources and discusses what makes them worth. She uses a passage with your name in it that I hope/think you will like.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

On TWO occasions today, I've delayed my progress with a recipe by thinking a stick of butter was 8 ounces. I've been baking in the US for 50 years; you'd think this would be engraved somewhere in my brain. Possibly I am short on sleep.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm getting interested in solo RPGs, and I'm conceptually fascinated by Spine, where you use a physical book and gradually alter it as you play, and Wreck This Deck, where you progressively deface a set of playing cards.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I love that my kids (now sophomores in college) are creating their own adventures and having independent lives that I don’t even know everything about. I just found out that one kid is spending the long weekend with my mom (kid attends a small liberal arts college an hour and a half away from her).

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Graphic novel of young Regency queers with a racially diverse cast and beautiful art. Check out the free preview and see if it’s your jam!

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gochenourabout @sjgochenour.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

thread of important info for people working in SFF.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Do you make smoothies at home? I’d love to hear your favorite recipe! The classic at our house is frozen cherries, milk, and chocolate syrup. I sometimes upgrade mine nutritionally by using Boost instead of milk and adding almond butter and whey powder. I showed you mine; please show me yours!

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wordhippo is definitely my favorite thesaurus website. I just now needed some alternatives to using "fucking" as an intensifier. I looked it up, and yes, they have synonym lists for five different uses of the word, including as an adjective or adverb strengthening another word.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve started doing some collage art again. This spread turned out to be more spooky season than I generally lean.

A two-page collage spread on a brown kraft paper background. On the left, a haunted-looking house, two creepy-looking Victorian children, and a disturbingly large moon, all in black and white. On the right, a black and white kingfisher in front of purple and gray rectangles with a jaunty yellow crescent moon with sparkly stars.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I liked this brief story so much that I just read the whole thing aloud to my husband while he did his morning stretching routine. Enjoy a bite-sized fantasy (with a sting in the tail) to start your day!

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've seen a lot of comic artists looking to itch with the upcoming Tapas closure, so reminder that I made a very detailed guide about publishing books on itch, for those who have never done so (and since it's a little different than uploading games): riengray.medium.com/a-beginners-...

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A beginner’s guide to publishing books on itch.io

There’s a high chance that you’ve never heard of itch.io. This website was originally — and is still focused on — highlighting indie game…

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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Well fuck! I left it on draft yesterday so it wasn't active. It is now! 50% off each or $5 for the lot!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had an 8-tooth gum graft this morning and am hopped up on valium and hydrocodone. AMA and be prepared for unusual frankness.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had an 8-tooth gum graft this morning and am hopped up on valium and hydrocodone. AMA and be prepared for unusual frankness.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Siman tov u’mazel tov u’mazel tov v’siman tov yihey lanu! Finally some good news.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Indie Authors, I'm especially seeking more authors in the Asia-Pacific, Africa or Central or South America for my Books Direct From Authors Around the World Blog. Selling on Itchio counts, as well as Payhip/ on your site, etc. There's still room for more indies in Europe & North America too 😉

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My husband is reading Love Me Like a Rock Song on my recommendation. He was getting worried for the characters and was pretty relieved when I told him about the HEA/HFN guarantee.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 24/09/2026

Anyone looking for human illustrators, check this out!

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 24/09/2026

this newsletter is a great way to find new queer indie-published books!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The more I think about this, the better I realize it describes my gender situation: Female is my legacy gender. It's far from perfect, but I've had it for a long time. I've got workarounds for its most annoying features, and I have an awful lot of infrastructure built on top of it.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Joe goes to places so distant and likely uncomfortable that I for one will probably never go there and brings back beauty for the rest of us. Keep up the good work, Joe!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love it when indie authors put out audiobooks. My reading tastes lean Indie, but these days I’m doing more and more of my book intake through my ears, and there’s not nearly as much stuff available.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I skipped my PT exercises yesterday because of Yom Kippur, but to judge from how my muscles feel today, sitting and standing and sitting and standing and occasionally bowing for four hours was actually a workout.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

‘It's not about "number go up" it's about "body gets functional" and "life gets better", whatever that looks like for you.’ Amen!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m doing some research on paper wasps for a speculative fiction idea I’m noodling around. I searched on YouTube, and naturally found some videos on wasp control, which isn’t what I want. Then I found one on how to raise a wasp colony and I thought, yes, this weirdo is one of my people.

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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you have a sci-fi, fantasy, or horror novella, this contest is lovely! It’s free exposure & takes about 2 minutes to apply if you have your files handy. I entered Terra Flux this year and I’d love to see more 🏳️‍⚧️ books in the mix! Get in there. www.sfincscompetition.com

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship | SFINCS

The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”) is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community.

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Gavin / G. B. Ralph @gbralph.com · 21/09/2026

Killer on the Kelvin Explorer is out now in ebook and paperback, with audiobook to come in April 2027 🎉 gbralph.com/killer-on-th... #Mystery #Books 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️

The latest Milverton Mystery is available now in paperback. Text shown above an open book.

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Aaron Sofaer ✍️🏳️‍⚧️ @aaronsofaer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do you like cozy fantasy, #booksky? HearthCon is coming up on October 3rd & 4th! There are a lot of awesome panelists talking much coziness, and indeed I'm going to be on the Cozy Fantasy Over The Rainbow panel (🌈📚) at 6PM PDT on Sunday. I love so many of these books, and it's gonna be a great time!

A promo graphic for HearthCon, the online cozy fantasy convention at www.LazyDragonBooks.com , which will run October 3rd-4th 2026.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I want this on a T-shirt, or maybe a pillow. Coffee cup. Anything. I'm not a tattoo person, but...

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I used to do an exercise with first year writing students where I would give them sentences in which I had replaced each word with its worst thesaurus option, and ask them to work out what the original sentence had been. They liked it, and it drive home the dangers of thesaurus-based writing

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

May all of us who are observing Yom Kippur learn, grow, and be cleansed. May we all care for our physical and mental health as we care for our souls and our relationship with the holy. And may we all be sealed for a good year of growth, blessing, and compassion.

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Heating the oceans increases likelihood of catastrophic weather and also breaks prediction models. Your local hardware store will deliver durable supplies now to help you through coming winters. I'm glad Home Depot just delivered me a pallet of sandbags

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anyone can write a romance with a menorah on the cover. Tzom Gedaliah representation? That's gotta be Rose Lerner.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Would you like your next book to be my new special interest? I'm scheduling copyediting and line editing clients for 2027, and I'd love to add you to my list! I edit queer stories in genres like romance, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

PTs have some kind of special demonry. They have you do something simple like “step“ or “lean,“ and it feels like nothing. But then they have you do three sets of 10 on each side and by the 30th/60th, you want to die.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I am currently listening to Fan Service by Rosie Danan because @kjcharleswriter.com recommended it on here and eye-reading Love Me Like a Rock Song by Shelly Jay Shore because a post on here reminded me that it’s out now. They’re both fantastic!

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11/09/2026

THINK, WRITE, EDIT, ROMANCE is 25% off preorders in the Barnes & Noble sale, which ends today. Let me hold your hand while making sarcastic remarks at you, as we proceed from blank page to respectably tidy MS!

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Think, Write, Edit, Romance: The Romance Writer's Journey from Blank Page to Finished Novel

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My peak experience at Worldcon was attending a panel on writing neurodivergent characters. Everyone on the panel and everyone in the room self-identified as neurodivergent.

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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s the Barnes and Noble preorder sale until Friday! With the coder PREORDER25, you can get 25% off preorders! That includes The Witch of the Wood! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-witch-...

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The Witch of the Wood

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Jane Austen-inspired RPG, Good Society, is running a kickstarter for the new second edition. I love this game and recommend it to fans of Jane Austen or of Regency romance more generally. To give you an idea of how much existing players love the game, it funded fully in under 20 minutes.

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Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd Edition

Navigate the pitfalls of romance, reputation, manners, and marriage in the sumptuous new edition of this award-winning regency rpg.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Aster Glenn Gray’s historicals are so good! She really digs into how men in various eras conceptualized their queer identities and activities. My personal favorite is The Sleeping Soldier, a Sleeping Beauty retelling in which 1860s and 1960s attitudes collide. Now on Overdrive and Hoopla!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you write or edit romance, you should read this. KJC has written so many insightful (and enjoyable!) blog posts on topics from how consent negotiations can illuminate character on the page to how to punctuate dialogue. I am certain this book will be excellent.

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This free online convention for queer spec fic writers looks perfect for so many of my clients and mutuals!

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Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It looks like the new GBBO season has two contestants who use they/them pronouns and one wheelchair user. The usual gamut from young to old, newbies to experienced bakers. One is from Portugal originally. First episode drops September 22 in the UK, so I’m hoping for Friday the 24th here.

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Great British Bake Off 2026: Meet the new bakers

Meet the 12 new bakers entering the Great British Bake Off tent in 2026, including a children's doctor, a student and a hairdresser.

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