iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 4h

Same. I think about it any time I start to feel superior to Kids These Days, as a reminder that our humor was just as cringe. Also whenever I visit the Swedish.

020

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That's amazing! The way you capture all their different styles! 🤯

030

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the "ts" in a "boots'n'cats" beat is a hi-hat being hit open and then closed with the left foot in time with the snare. (Was just remembering how I spent *years* wondering how the heck to make that noise before finally learning to play the drums.)

021

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been finding that for Covid shots, Novavax doesn't hit me nearly as hard as the mRNA ones. Harder to find, but Costco has them, and I don't lose the next day.

020

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love trad publishing, but it's wild how we tell each other "DON'T WRITE FOR EXPOSURE! GET PAID!"—and then sign contracts where we get 5-10% of a book's price. We do it in hopes publishing will make us famous enough that we can start earning decent money—so in a way, we're all writing for exposure.

270

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apparently I missed Bi Visibility Day yesterday, but since it's still Sapphic September, maybe you need a queer fake-dating rom-com about a teenage ghost hunter who finds an actual ghost? jameslsutter.com/novels-ghost...

A hardcover copy of THE GHOST OF US by James L. Sutter, showing two girls kissing in front of a full moon, positioned among some fall leaves.

061

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@zackdavisson.com A friend just invited me to a yokai lecture for her birthday and I thought "I bet it's Zack" and then I googled it AND IT TOTALLY IS! Looking forward to seeing you speak!

130

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yuuuuuup. It takes me probably a year after recording a demo before I can stop hearing everything I wish I could tweak and just enjoy the songs.

000

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Right?! I generally don't like live readings—after all, the text is the only part of the author the reader already has unlimited access to—but every time I do one, I find myself editing lines on the fly as I realize how they could have been tighter or smoother...

000

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Totally, though I feel like I'm just egotistical enough that that one can go either way for me. 😅

010

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Making an author read their book after they're no longer able to revise it should be banned by the Geneva Conventions.

1123613

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There's a dwarf blueberry in our back yard that's been there for nine years. In all that time—despite plenty of water and fertilizer—it's never produced a single berry. This year, for no reason I can discern—blueberries! Tons of them! So don't give up, okay?

0112

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This just in: 66% of straight women *missing out*

130

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I literally almost sent this post to you.

010

Reposted by James L. Sutter

TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

562872427

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anyway, if "M*A*S*H meets Terminator but as a slow-burn gay romance" sounds good to you, please preorder the paperback and show B&N that they should carry my book! <3 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hearts-aga...

barnesandnoble.com

Hearts Against the Machines: A 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.

041

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What's especially wild is that this phenomenon is recursive: authors who focus on paperback sales instead of hardcover due to B&N's algorithms will undoubtedly have it used as evidence later in their careers that they shouldn't get hardcovers at all.

110

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So now I'm in the bananas position of asking folks to *not* preorder my hardcover from B&N—which is more profitable for everyone—and instead preorder the paperback. Because the automated systems that control our fate don't recognize that interest in one format represents interest in the other. 🤦‍♂️

100

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today in Why Publishing is Nuts: My new novel, HEARTS AGAINST THE MACHINES, is going to be published simultaneously in hardcover and paperback—but Barnes & Noble will apparently only be looking at the paperback preorder numbers to determine if they should carry the book. Hardcover doesn't count. 😵‍💫

130

Reposted by James L. Sutter

Capn Borscht @capnborscht.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

The best thing about this planet is that every few days I'll learn about an animal I've literally never seen or heard of before, like the Nilgai which is just a stupidly massive antelope

2334182786

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bluesky has been chock-full of book recommendations recently, and I am HERE FOR IT.

050

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Anybody got a good craft book recommendation for writing mystery novels?

030

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Did not expect the second paragraph in this article to mention the time I got China to write for Pathfinder! Fun fact: after he turned in the draft of his intelligent-angler fish society, I had to send a note explaining why we shouldn't call their bioluminescent lures "fleshlights"... 😅

2161

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nick is one of my SF instabuys. The fact that Titanium Noir has a sequel but it's not available in the US (yet?) is bananas to me—I'm actually planning to buy it on the gray market because seriously, WTF.

141

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"This song speaks perfectly to all my grief around aging and illness, and our attempts to carry on regardless." *loads up music video* *sees cartoon cat vomiting on a keyboard* "That... was a choice."

000

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seriously. The enshittification as all the big companies fight with each other over who gets to most exploit our personal data is deeply annoying. I miss when technology felt exciting and hopeful.

120

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

100%. I've always said I read Barbara Kingsolver for the worldbuilding and sense of place as much as any of my fantasy faves.

010

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Glad to see some things never change! 😆

170

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yeah, my first thought was "some things never change" 😆

060

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I had no idea about his stuff before DCC either, I just have a weird habit of reading the Wikipedia entries for whoever I'm reading at the moment. 😆 May we all survive the industry long enough to become overnight successes!

010

James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The irony, of course, being that I believe Dinniman's been publishing in some form for decades—it's just that nobody was paying attention until DCC!

130