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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke

@lnclarke.com
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Video Game Production Director, SFF Writer, Artist, Programmer, Puzzle Lover. (she/her) Opinions are my own. New book out now! YA tarot-themed escape room in space - for love! lnclarke.com/available-for-preorder…

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eri (e.m. caro) @authoremcaro.com · 24/09/2026
IT IS LIVE! behold, the cover to my next book!! Thank you so much to Dahlia at LGBTQReads for revealing it exclusively, and ofc to @thistlearts.bsky.social for creating this STUNNING classic romance cover art for me! preorder here: books2read.com/AffairsandAssets (lol, how this crops. i love it!)
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 22/09/2026
ICYMI: Coming this April from Hachette's new novella imprint, Union Station - SHOUTING DISTANCE, which you can read more about and maaaybe click through for a preorder (if you are so inclined) 👇👇👇 www.cheriepriest.com/blog/coming-...
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Shouting Distance: Coming This April — The Haunt*
As some of you no doubt saw on the ol’ socials: I’ve got something new coming out in April, from Hachette’s new novella imprint Union Station! Shouting Distance is… well, let’s call it a weird sout...
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 21/09/2026
MD folks: Please DO NOT skip Election Board research before you vote!!! There are some folks campaigning on openly anti-trans agendas who made it past the primaries! (Heather Fletcher in Frederick Couny for example)
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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My friend made a cool game on a game jam and within a month a slopclone of it is on Steam. This is happening every day for indie devs and I hate it.
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eri (e.m. caro) @authoremcaro.com · 18/09/2026
folks... Rears & Vices was reviewed in Publishers Weekly!! And it's a FANTASTIC review! 😭 www.publishersweekly.com/9781968767006
review in publishers weekly: 
Rears & Vices
E.M. Caro. E.M. Caro, $18.99 trade paper (380p) ISBN 978-1-968767-00-6
Caro debuts with an entertaining polyamorous pirate romance set in 1816. After the disastrous loss of his ship, Capt. Everard Anderson de Anglada is just trying to hang onto his Royal Navy career long enough to be put to shore with a pension. When he’s called to assist in a court-martial, Everard finds one former lover, Post-Capt. Preston D’Arcy, at his side as part of the court-martial panel—and another, Vitaliy Gray, in the dock, under charges that mean he’ll hang. Panicked, Everard fabricates enough evidence to contradict the charges. But Vitaliy is more than just a Marine, as Everard thought; he’s the notorious pirate V. Varfolomey, and defending him means Everard has put his own neck on the line. A grateful Vitaliy concocts a plan: should Everard become his husband and heir to his command, Vitaliy’s crew will surely accept him. But with D’Arcy joining them as they flee south, intent on rekindling things with Everard himself, and three nations and a rival pirate crew all after them, the path to a happy ending is far from smooth sailing. The quantity of double crosses and political intrigue sometimes overwhelms the love story, but the emotional and physical chemistry between the men is strong and the swashbuckling adventure is good fun. As naughty as it is nautical, this is a winner. (Self-published)
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In two short weeks our Forged in FIYAH anthology will be out in the world! So naturally we'll take this time to scream about all the authors who contributed their stellar work, beginning with @mhayinde.bsky.social!!!
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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 12/09/2026
GOD'S JUNK DRAWER is out in paperback in November!
The paperback copies of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER are arranged in two stacks, spines out, with one in the front with its cover out. The cover shows a dinosaur skeleton in a black void, along with a space suit helmet, a human skull, a bionic arm, and a stone-tipped spear. The toy Allosaurus looms behind the stack of books.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 10/09/2026
hey B&N preorder sale is up! no cover yet but if that doesn't make u feel like you're buying a pig in a poke, get 25% or more off on hardcover or ebook preorders of HERO COME HOME (or anything else preorderable) if you're a B&N member. runs through Friday www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hero-come-...
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Hero Come Home
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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arnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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eri (e.m. caro) @authoremcaro.com · 08/09/2026
OUT TODAY! 📰✊🗽 1905 M/M historical romantic suspense about a muckraker who must investigate a reclusive, openly queer NYC businessman. Secrets; murder; intrigue; kissing in blueberry fields. Anti-capitalist journalist x marshmallow neurospicy! No compromises made. ✊ books2read.com/ByAnyMeans
cover for the book BY ANY MEANS by E.M. Caro. the man on the left is blond, handsome, wearing a flat cap and a blue houndstooth suit. he's holding a fountain pen in his right hand. The man on the right is dark-blond haired, dodgy-looking, wearing a country suit and knickerbocker plus-twos trousers and holding a pair of sharp-looking glassblowing tongs - called "jacks."
they are surrounded by blueberries on a backdrop of a 1905 photo of the Bowery, NYC
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Serious Bichon @serious-bichon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The man in this image is Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, a known white supremacist and supporter of ICE. His department in Frederick Maryland has a 287g agreement with ICE and his deputies actively help with kidnappings. An ICE Camp is being built 30 minutes for Frederick. He’s up for reelection this year.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 30/08/2026
I would like to belatedly enter the “do authors talk about their books too much” discourse on the side of “EVERYONE should talk about books too much.” Please. If you enjoyed a book, talk about it so the rest of us know what to read next!
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Stitch and Cobra Bubbles with 'READ THIS!' Book
Alt: Stitch throwing a book at Cobra Bubbles with caption 'READ THIS!'
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 29/08/2026
Republicans in Texas purge 1.2 million voters off the rolls. Here is how to beat it and other ways they will cheat.
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Katie Hallahan is at WorldCon @katiehal16.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My #WorldCon schedule! Very excited for my signing slot and panels!
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CG Partridge @partridgecg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Don't forget to comment! Docket is here: www.regulations.gov/search?searc... Docket number: NSF-2026-OTR-0001
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Video Game Producer: Please accurately update the status of the cup in JIRA.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 19/08/2026
Real-life Submachine may take me slightly more than a year. 😅 And “build a puzzle adventure” is what I’d do with 250m so… 🤔 maybe just leave me until I’m done.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"The book banners are going after bookstores now. Libraries weren't enough for them. They want to censor your books, pure and simple." buff.ly/TROf5Gp #Library #Libraries #Services #Resources #1stAmendment #FreedomToRead #Censorship #Injustice #BookBans #BookBanning
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Book Banners are Going After Private Businesses
The book banners are going after bookstores now. Libraries weren't enough for them. They want to censor your books, pure and simple.
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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
✨19k PRINT GIVEAWAY!✨ Winner picks any S/M size Fine Art Print from my shop 💘 Rules: • Follow me • Like • Repost Ends Sunday Aug 16 6pm EST Open to US & Canada *Winner will be contacted through DMs 🎨 ko-fi.com/babeandoak
19k print giveaway graphic - square photo of a selection of my fine art prints all spread out at various angles. On top is a large white rectangle with a black transparency border and the text GIVEAWAY. Above is white text 19k with radial lines coming from it.
Below is the logo for BABE&OAK and the URL
Babeandoak.carrd.co
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A new federal book banning bill is under consideration in the Senate. But library advocates are making our voices head. The right to read is too important to stay silent. Tell your Senators to reject S4925: www.action.ala.org/campaign/S4925
Show up for our libraries, ALA 150, American Library Association
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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 28/07/2026
Look, I'm only in this article because Andy mentioned me in a quote from nine years ago, but points to @slashfilm.bsky.social for also bringing up some of my other books (including GOD'S JUNK DRAWER).
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Andy Weir's Favorite Authors Are Legendary Sci-Fi Writers - SlashFilm
Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir is a lifelong fan of science-fiction, so it's no surprise that his favorite authors of all time are legendary.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
This is ... horrific
lawsuit, Anthropic used a hydraulic powered cutting machine to neatly remove the pages from the books it procured from book resellers and then scanned them usina industrial- grade imaging equipment. In other words, it was literally ripping off authors' books to train its Al
This process took advantage of a egal concept known as first-sale doctrine, which allows a buyer to do what they want with a purchase without the original copyright holder's say-so. And since Anthropic was turning the original physicak texts into digital ones - rather than redistributing them as new copies a iudqe found this to be "transformative." and therefore
protected by fair useOne small book seller said that in April, he suddenly went from selling no more than 20 books a week to hundreds. and he's almost certain that the customers are Al labs. noting the random selection of the books and how they all have ISBNs He added that his inventory is full with rare and out of print books. meaning that an Al company could be destroying some of the few remaining copies that can be found
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
WRITER FRIENDS: if you distribute books using INGRAM SPARK you *need* to fill out this opt-out form so they don't sell your books to AI corps to rip apart and feed to their machine for training AI.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 21/07/2026
Okay… what the heck
Photo of a math problem that just says “Estimate: 526”
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 12/07/2026
Sick and tired of the Cult of Cthulhu pushing religion down our kids’ throats.
Picture of a math page from a kids math packet with a question 5 that asks “How old is the oldest?” No other questions before it mention age.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 12/07/2026
Nobody mentioned Project Hail Mary had Orion Lee!! Just interrupted my husband’s viewing by pointing at the screen going “Omg it’s the guy! The lines! The expert!” 😂😂😂😂 I’m sure the rest of the movie is cool too.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 08/07/2026
A morning thought: Consciously or not, writers internalize lessons from editors and critique partners. Generic slop machines favor boring plots and sterile prose. Therefore... Writers who use slop machines "just to critique/edit work" are poisoning their mental datasets. Possibly forever.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 06/07/2026
All my ❤️ to the folks impacted by layoffs today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
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Despina Karras @despinakarras.com · 05/07/2026
The @romancingthevote.com auction ends in just a few hours and my wheelchair use sensitivity read is still available for a super low price! Comes with inline edits/suggestion as well as a letter. If you have any questions, DM me! www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Sensitivity Read from Despina Karras
Auction item 'Sensitivity Read from Despina Karras' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 01/07/2026
auction.romancingthevote.com GO FORTH. SNIPE. FIGHT. WIN.
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Romancing the Vote 2026
Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 30/06/2026
Maryland folks: Angela Alsobrooks is STILL responding to requests to oppose this nonsense with a long email explaining why she cosponsonsored and supports it. She claims potential harm has been addressed. Please keep calling/writing.
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Soen Ordo 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @soenordo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨⚠️SHIT GOT BAD REAL FAST⚠️🚨 So the house passed it, call your senators. We have a singular final chance to stop this. CALL.👏 NOW. 👏OR.👏 THE. 👏NET. 👏WILL. 👏DIE. You can tell how bad shit has gotten because I am pulling out the Emojis to try and get this to spread far and wide. Badinternetbills.com
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Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
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Ed Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Elder Scrolls Online Pride Parade, June 20, 2026. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Imagine that someday your witty post offends a thin-skinned fascist who wants to use his authority to ruin your life. Now imagine that he has easy access to everything you personally have ever posted, bought, liked, or read on the internet, with no anonymity or incognito mode available.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 23/06/2026
‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Lawmakers cement bipartisan deal for kids online safety package
The new package complicates a separate push for a kids safety bill coming from the Senate.
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taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Wacom recently asked me to talk about why I make queer comics, and given there are multiple bills right now floating around in congress that are effectively "we will kill your livelihood if we get a sniff of queer" I had some pretty strong, simply feelings to relay.
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✨Cloud✨ @princeofcloudcity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hey so this new KOSA/KIDS Act proposal has a little note in it that creates a whole new special Trump-appointed team to regulate the internet. So no more Congress votes. No more checks & balances. Just whoever the president picks to decide the future of YOUR internet. You aren’t mad enough.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 24/06/2026
Playing Ether One before I start Dimhaven. Thought this beer poster was a dalek for a minute. … actually I still think it’s a dalek. Is this a dalek?
Video game beer poster that says “pinwheel brew” and has a brown… building? Ruin? With windows open to the sky and green ivy. It is in the shape of a dalek. I can’t unsee it.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Do you like dystopian speculative fiction? Stories about food? A focus on parenting? Raging against the predatory capitalist machine? Awesome because I have a book for you! Pre-order your copy here: emmaburnett.carrd.co #scifi #stories #booksky 📚🪐 #parenting #food #agroecology
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Emma Burnett
Writer of stories
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 13/06/2026
(Nervous laughter) I’m in danger
Maryland Toy Expo door signPhoto of a toy booth where my husband has already claimed a $45 “Dormoo Vis” toy
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Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
not joking, I will literally just gossip about the industry for a full hour. I said ask me ANYTHING
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Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
LAOC auction week? LAOC auction week!!
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Literary Auction for Change
Silent auction 'Literary Auction for Change' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Ellen (L.N.) Clarke @lnclarke.com · 09/06/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you can lament the lack of originality in modern media without 💩ing on the fans of older IP OR being overtly ageist. Yikes.
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Annie💀 @anniemay.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My state is currently proposing a 50% tax on porn. This would wipe out my income. There is a 15.3% self employment tax and onlyfans takes 20%. This would mean if I was tipped $100, my take home would be $15. This isn't a tax, it's a fucking ban.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEW: While Meta publicly said it was still deciding whether and how to deploy facial recognition in its smart glasses, the company was quietly distributing it to millions of users. WIRED found an unreleased facial-recognition system embedded in the Meta's AI companion app. w/ @dell.bsky.social
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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 28/04/2023
If you're games industry and following some folks already, reply with who you are and what you do, and then re-post this or whatever it's called. Let's try and find each other on this new place
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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride! As far as I know, none of my books are on sale, but if you want a romance involving an anxious bisexual man or a museum ethics adventure with a princess lesbian and a feral knight bisexual woman, I got you. tachyonpublications.com/product/bitt... bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Bitter Medicine - Tachyon Publications
[STARRED REVIEW] “Sparks fly in Tsai’s refreshing and enchanting paranormal debut. . . . With brilliantly developed, multifaceted characters; a clever magic system; and witty prose, the pages of this ...
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