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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 6h
Yes, join us! Also... 👋🏾 Hey #WritingCommunity! Please boost so more writers see this 🙏🏾 bsky.app/profile/writ...
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Writing the Other (@writingtheother.com)
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop w/ @nisishawl.bsky.social & @ktempestbradford.com. Dig into character background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 champ.ly/IN06b9vH
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 21h
A hard day. Trying to remember joy and peace and plenty.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join me or @ktempestbradford.com for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm going to do it. No one try to stop me. I'm going to call someplace with an automated phone tree. See you on the far side.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join me for this craft-focused webinar to sharpen your dialogue skills & learn how to represent dialect on the page. I'll give some short lectures and lead you through hands-on exercises. 📅 Nov 21 🕘 10a–3:30p Pacific 💰 $175 - Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...
on the right, Nisi Shawl, a light-skinned Black person stands in front of the ocean holding a magic wand and wearing the white clothing of a goddess incarnate. on the left, name of the class
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 05/10/2026
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop with me & @nisishawl.bsky.social! Dig into their background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...
on the right, fantasy image showing silhouette of a young woman with a glowing ember in her chest that explodes outward into a river of stars and clouds resembling a nebula. Class details on the left.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 04/10/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ALT text of the day on this Caturday is a dog! Love this dog-centric ALT description of that cute and manipulative expression. Work it!
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, join us! Also... 👋🏾 Hey #WritingCommunity! Please boost so more writers see this 🙏🏾 bsky.app/profile/writ...
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Writing the Other (@writingtheother.com)
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop w/ @nisishawl.bsky.social & @ktempestbradford.com. Dig into character background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 champ.ly/IN06b9vH
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Join me or @ktempestbradford.com for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Constructive workers ahead!
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 01/10/2026
In this craft-focused webinar you'll sharpen your dialogue skills & learn how to represent dialect on the page through short lectures and hands-on exercises led by author, editor, & WtO co-author @nisishawl.bsky.social. 📅 Nov 21 🕘 10a–3:30p Pacific 💰 $175 writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...
on the right, Nisi Shawl, a light-skinned Black person stands in front of the ocean holding a magic wand and wearing the white clothing of a goddess incarnate. on the left, name of the class
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I want to speak to another time traveler.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 30/09/2026
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop with me & @nisishawl.bsky.social! Dig into their background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...
on the right, fantasy image showing silhouette of a young woman with a glowing ember in her chest that explodes outward into a river of stars and clouds resembling a nebula. Class details on the left.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW!! NGHI!!! VO!!! We are THRILLED to present an excerpt from @nghivo.bsky.social's next novel, a bloody Gilded Age gothic coming October 6th. Come check out The Scarlet Ball!
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Read an Excerpt From The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo - Reactor
An all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed weds The Gilded Age with the Gothic vision of Guillermo del Toro.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📢 New From @writingtheother.com 📢 Dialogue and Dialect Workshop 2026 👇🏾 Check it out! 👇🏾 writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join me for this craft-focused webinar to sharpen your dialogue skills & learn how to represent dialect on the page. I'll give some short lectures and lead you through hands-on exercises. 📅 Nov 21 🕘 10a–3:30p Pacific 💰 $175 - Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...
on the right, Nisi Shawl, a light-skinned Black woman stands in front of the ocean holding a magic wand and wearing the white clothing of a goddess incarnate. on the left, name of the class
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, join us! Also... 👋🏾 Hey #WritingCommunity! Please boost so more writers see this 🙏🏾 bsky.app/profile/writ...
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Writing the Other (@writingtheother.com)
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop w/ @nisishawl.bsky.social & @ktempestbradford.com. Dig into character background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 champ.ly/IN06b9vH
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is so exciting! A whole new book line for Writing the Other! Here's a link to the post on the Aqueduct Press blog: aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2026/09/aque... And @ktempestbradford.com really and truly did say those very words, right @timmi.bsky.social?
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Aqueduct's Creating Inclusive Narrative series will launch in 2027
For immediate release     Aqueduct Press, in association with Writing the Other, is excited to announce a new book series launching in 2027...
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A whole Writing the Other series from Aqueduct Press! The Creating Inclusive Narratives series will feature an updated edition of Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, followed by books written by WtO’s online class instructors delving into the craft of writing respectful, representative fiction.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 28/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join me or @ktempestbradford.com for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Joqatana @joqatana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spoiler. Happy slime mold Sunday. By the time the book shows up in my app the slimes should be in High Season!
Slime mold Stemonitis growing on a log in Ukiah, CA. They look like dark gray floofs. This patch is as big as my hand.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My latest story, "Olden," made @reactorsff.bsky.social's Must Read list! Live now on the site of @3lobedmag.com: www.3lobedmag.com/issue48/3lbe...
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3LBE Magazine - Olden by Nisi Shawl
What's hard for us modern viewers to understand is exactly how filthy our forebears were. Not out of laziness or stupidity, but from the sheer privilege of living in that trough between Miasms running...
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Having my @hugohouse.bsky.social Yearlong students read an excerpt of this promisingly-premised new novel!
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Writing the Other @writingtheother.com · 26/09/2026
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop w/ @nisishawl.bsky.social & @ktempestbradford.com. Dig into character background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 champ.ly/IN06b9vH
on the right, fantasy image showing silhouette of a young woman with a glowing ember in her chest that explodes outward into a river of stars and clouds resembling a nebula. Class details on the left.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, join us! Also... 👋🏾 Hey #WritingCommunity! Please boost so more writers see this 🙏🏾 bsky.app/profile/writ...
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Writing the Other (@writingtheother.com)
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop w/ @nisishawl.bsky.social & @ktempestbradford.com. Dig into character background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 champ.ly/IN06b9vH
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Join me or @ktempestbradford.com for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📢 New From @writingtheother.com 📢 Character Deep Dive Workshop 2026 👇🏾 Check it out! 👇🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...
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Writing the Other @writingtheother.com · 22/09/2026
Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop w/ @nisishawl.bsky.social & @ktempestbradford.com. Dig into character background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 champ.ly/IN06b9vH
on the right, fantasy image showing silhouette of a young woman with a glowing ember in her chest that explodes outward into a river of stars and clouds resembling a nebula. Class details on the left.
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 22/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Joqatana @joqatana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There’s also the matter of what it is you want to cast, and what metal you want the finished piece in. I can probably find you resources local to you.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Jewelers--any of you all familiar with the lost wax method of casting? @carlbrandon.bsky.social is looking for you! We need your work!
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Join me or @ktempestbradford.com for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Self-serving maybe. ALT text of the day is this description of graphic for Writing the Other class I'm teaching saying what the image actually looks like. Words are already accessible via screen reader because they're already in post's the regular text. It works!
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here it comes in one week: Writing Class with me, Nisi Shawl, online at Hugo House for 30 sessions! Register, get a scholarship, lay it all out here hugohouse.org/product/year...
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Yearlong in Speculative Fiction with Nisi Shawl | Class
Learn the core craft of speculative writing—worldbuilding, stakes, structure—and grow your work in a creative, community-driven cohort.
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Writer of “Rape Apologists Must Die!” @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There are really only two things in life I genuinely give a fuck about. Trying to make life a little better for my fellow human beings, us collectively, and storytelling. I've not been able to figure out how to make either of these financially "responsible" and compatible with autism, simultaneously
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New book out from "noted Afrofuturist" @shereereneethomas.bsky.social! With secret (shhh!) code SEPTEMBER you get 20% off at check out. "Taste with this book’s tongue the salty sweetness of her world." pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
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The Tongue I Dream In
Sheree Renée Thomas The tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Adorable! As a kid in elementary these Great Blue Herons were my favorite dinosaurs. This potent ALT text describes every cool thing about this stunning picture, down to that last iconic ruffled feather. I groove upon thee! Best ALT text of the day!
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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 16/09/2026
Join me or @nisishawl.bsky.social for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join me or @ktempestbradford.com for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...
On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.
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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Whatcha up to in a few hours? I've been looking forward to this one for a bit!
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Worldbuilding takes place in all fiction whether it is set in our world in the present, in the future or past of our world, in an alternate version of our world, or in a secondary (not Earth) world. The author makes decisions whether consciously or unexamined about how the foundational system works
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A lot of what I've been saying lately to younger friends is some variant on "Fuck you, I'm old."
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Students call me a legend! Want online access to my teaching brain? Want a scholarship? Want to pay in installments for months and months of speculative fiction learning? Sessions start soon--in 10 days! Sign up here: hugohouse.org/product/year...
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Yearlong in Speculative Fiction with Nisi Shawl | Class
Learn the core craft of speculative writing—worldbuilding, stakes, structure—and grow your work in a creative, community-driven cohort.
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Up your skepticism quotient! The Hidden Persuaders was one of the major secret influences on me and other Boomers, and it was a banger! Bang! Boom! It taught me this: Don't trust anything anybody ever says. www.igpub.com/hidden-persu...
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Hidden Persuaders - Ig Publishing
"One of the best books around for demystifying the deliberately mysterious arts of advertising."-Salon "Fascinating, entertaining and thought-stimulating."-The New York Times Book Review “A brisk, aut...
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
All Hail Puss! The wise and beneficent Puss has departed the planet, leaving behind the ALT text of the day:
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Stories can happen to anyone, anywhere, any time.
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SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk · 12/09/2026
Tanith Lee alert!
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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My niece just texted me to say that she saw ICE at the neighborhood gas station. We live around 50th and Genesee in Seattle
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