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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing, thank you so much for this community service!

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15h

Is there a place in Ottawa where a person could take a cab (rideshare whatev) to get whatever heirloom apple varieties are local? I don't want to buy in bulk, it's just that when I travel in the north in October, having one each of new-to-me apples would be great. @canconsffh.bsky.social peeps help?

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

you spooty his booty WHILE HE SLEEPING THE RUDEST FATHER

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm home from my family trip and getting ready for my trip to @canconsffh.bsky.social ! I've posted my Can*Con schedule here, but please pay particular attention to the Horned Lark event on Sunday morning! Hope to see some of you there! marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4470

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Can*Con Schedule! – Novel Gazing Redux

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Cannot snap snap too strenuously, have to save some for the working week

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

what a quality nom for a sweet sweet boy

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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

she said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before." since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I do wonder about the overlap between the kind of readers who decry “plot armor” and sadists. There are writers who I fell out of love with because I got tired of sucker punches disguised as realism. I can *absolutely* be trained not to emotionally invest in your characters.

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Clay Hack It 🔪 @hackett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Finished @marissalingen.bsky.social’s A Dubious Clamor on the plane home last week. I was hooked from the beginning, from the initial antagonist being so very Wodehousian he could’ve been a member of the Drones Club *chef’s kiss*

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Friends, allow me to (re)introduce you to... ...my new website and newsletter! 🎉🎉🎉

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Catherine Tavares

Speculative Fiction Author

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Well done, John, but I'm sorry they're still making it necessary to do it.

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V. Astor Solomon @howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So, an update on moving: I may get the chance to stay in Seattle in the next 3 months or so. I've talked to people and they think they can get me settled to move by the time I go back to FL in December. So, if you'd like to give me an early birthday gift and help me stay out there, here you go:

gofund.me

Donate to Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live, organized by Vale Solomon

Hi there, my name is Vale and I’m a disabled, trans, neurodivergent person… Vale Solomon needs your support for Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm really enjoying Frostbite right now. I also like Northern Spy and Zabergau Reinette. I had a Ribston Pippin today and it was great.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today is the last farmer's market of the year, and I'm not going because we're leaving town on Friday. This is the right choice, but it doesn't stop me from having big autumnal feelings about it.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also why are you being weirdly possessive about Keeley's pillows, Michelle?

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I grew up in a family that loved me and LIKED me, and treated me with care and respect and taught me to treat them that way. Growing up in that family meant not growing up with some biological relatives. That was A GOOD CHOICE, and I am GRATEFUL for it.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am also a person who was estranged from a grandparent, and I consider it one of the many great gifts my father gave me, that I didn't have to grow up with his father as an influence in my life. I see people saying "and if you cut your parents off you'd deprive your kids of--" WELL OF WHAT?

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh it's a STUFFED version! The green bit was throwing me off

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 06/10/2026

One month before an election has us feeling some kind of way. It’s a mood. Tired of techbros and the one percent buying governments and need a world where they don’t win? We got you. Stories by @lilithsaintcrow.com, @jomiles.bsky.social, & @marissalingen.bsky.social. Out now wherever you buy books!

Books to give you a little hope and inspire you to fight oppressive systems:
COYOTE RUN
THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH
A DUBIOUS CLAMOR

3 ANTI- FASCIST
READS

$#1 Coyote Run New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow serves up science fiction pulp in a North America fractured by drones, bioweapons, and ideology, giving us a heroine practically made out of violent resistance. "A GNARLY, ADRENALINE-PACKED SPRINT OF A TALE, BRIMMING WITH GUTS, GRIME, AND DELICIOUSLY BLOODY ANTIFASCIST CATHARSIS." -LAUREN THOMAN, AUTHOR OF YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE Your revenge fantasy come to life Badass, angry and grungy female characters Breaking into a secret prison camp Shape Shifter$ #2
Horned Lark Press
The Final
Chronicle of Yeneh by Jo Miles
Alien first contact tangles up with portal fantasy in this lush, adventurous tale, perfect for anyone who grew up dreaming of visiting Narnia or traveling to the stars.

Let's talk about the connection between colonialism and capitalism
Sci-fi rewilding
Nepo-baby redemption arc
A socialist xeno biologist
Incredible world building

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Horned Lark Press
The Final
Chronicle of Yeneh by Jo Miles
Alien first contact tangles up with portal fantasy in this lush, adventurous tale, perfect for anyone who grew up dreaming of visiting Narnia or traveling to the stars.

Let's talk about the connection between colonialism and capitalism
Sci-fi rewilding
Nepo-baby redemption arc
A socialist xeno biologist
Incredible world building

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A Dubious Clamor by Marissa Lingen
Enjoy a world of sorcerous aunts, musical magic, and moody swords in this delightful tale of finding one's balance in an unbalanced world.

Pining for your ex
Immigrants: we get the job done
Enchanted swords, fed up harpies
and musical
magic
The power of community

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I mean, not as concerning a trajectory as friend thrown into tree, I admit

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I feel like the mussmuss has INTENSIFIED OF LATE which is a concerning trajectory Soon life nothing but 24/7 mussmuss, baff, and spooting

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks for writing it, dear heart!

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

he a beautiful flower even when sick

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My extended family acquired an additional familial 19yo and he is great. (Not a romantic partner of the young people we already had! Just: kid needed family, family turns out to be better off with kid as well.)

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reuben @liesandperfidy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i have had full surfeit of these Baybes practicing the customme of Nepotysm. wherefore ought a childe so gain position through favor of his Uncle, when his father be a mere Fayluire-Son

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Look, I drove somewhere I'd never been before in 2021 that did not have GPS service the whole way there. Cell network coverage does not go everywhere even now. Being able to work with actual maps and written directions is still useful.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Is it a typo for '91, or is there something else I'm missing?

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