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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I, a nonfootballish person, spent most of the game giggling that the logo looked more like lix than LIX and pronouncing it licks. Super Bowl Licks.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 09/02/2026

🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer 🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I bought myself a present and I’m using it so much and I really love it and oh noes I’m now one of those people aren’t I.

A peachy pink Le Creuset of impressive size.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

My kids discovered that you can sing “So Long Farewell Auf Wiedersehen Good Bye” to the melody from “Look Down” in Les Mis and I will never again know peace (but I am duly impressed by their enthusiasm).

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Well it’s going to be face stripping cold and possibly dump a foot or so of snow on us this weekend but it’s ok because I bought Nutella.

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Amy Carol Reeves @amycarolreeves.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I’ll be in conversation with the fabulous @rowennam.bsky.social this Friday at The Whispering Shelf in Indianapolis. ❤️📚 #booklaunch #books #writer #author #bookevents

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

“We’re running out of good ideas.” What? No we’re not? Who says this? What an utterly bogus premise to even begin from.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

For the record, this is still true.

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Kristina Del Valle 🎨 ✒ @kristina-inkmancer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

To get me in the holiday spirit, I'm reading @rowennam.bsky.social 's reimagining of The Nutcracker, my favorite Christmas story. 🎄❄️ #whatimreading #yafantasy #thepalaceofillusions #rowennamiller #christmastime

A snapshot of the book cover for The Palace of Illusions by Rowenna Miller.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/12/2025

These clowns trying to turn everything into vocational education are preparing students for an economy that won't exist in four years. NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THE JOBS WILL BE. "A.i." major? Christ almightly. Deeply irresponsible.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I dared to look at the Reddit sub for the theft place, and 1) those people don't understand that when they say "down with corporations" that creators are not part of corps 2) they refuse to acknowledge libraries + free library apps exist

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Lou @laenij.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

also if you want free literature??? go to the library!! that's what they're there for!!!

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!” Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

It's interesting how easily a lot of ppl say oh it's over, it's inevitable just use it. Most Artists I know aren't like that. From day one. They are built different. They are resistant to conformity. You're not going to tell them what to do or say. Don't tell me what to say gpt. I speak for me.

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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Me an international Art Police officer grabbing a thief surrounded by his spoils. "I have you at last! Jail for you! For ten thousand years!" Art Thief "But I'm using it to train my AI." Me. "Me, oh, sorry, be about your business. I'll close the door on my way out."

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Nobody asked for this! We just wanted to be able to add images to Word docs without the formatting going haywire, have y’all fixed that yet?

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Look, The Haunting of Hill House and House on Haunted Hill are both beautiful and delightful in their own ways.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

What a lovely morning to fill out a class action claim form. La la la la sunshine and autumn leaves and screw you AI and la de dum de dah.

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Jen Williams | STONEBOUND out next year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Important information from the Richard Scarry book I picked up at the charity shop

Big cat and little cat read together. The caption reads ‘all animals love to read books’

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Also, at least scam the correct author. I’ve gotten these clearly intended for other recipients about books I did not write. Like I’m sorry that Rando P Author III is criminally underrated but I ain’t them, soooo.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

We are delighted to reveal the cover for First Mage on The Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social! Ella is on a mission to reach the moon–even if that incurs a little blasphemy (and Unity interference). Look for it April 14, 2026 from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social! reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

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Revealing First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston - Reactor

Cameron Johnston, author of The Maleficent Seven, returns with an innovative space fantasy, where wizards race to be the first on the moon—also known as the land of the gods. We’re thrilled to share t...

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Sitting on the screen porch during a gentle thunderstorm: a thing I will never get tired of.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The reason many of the commentators don’t like Bluesky is because the infrastructure is set up in a way that no longer benefits them. On Twitter it was always easier to gain an audience by purposefully saying things that upset people. Getting ratio-ed was a tactic. Here, that’s much harder.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Well I figured out why the door to the chicken coop keeps breaking.

Red feathered rooster perched on the hinged door of his coop

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The uptick in “our book club wants to read your book!” followed by expensive fees to share with their members is absolutely wild. Be careful? These scams wouldn’t be so prolific if they didn’t work every now and again.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I didn’t have “discover a bat colony in a loose window frame at my parents’ house” in my plans for the weekend but here we are. (Yes bats are really cool no I didn’t come into contact with any of them yes I’ve already googled histoplasmosis.)

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

When you get out the big ladder for some home maintenance but notice there’s already a vulture circling. Great sign. Really great.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I Read Your Essay About What You Did Last Summer But I’m Pretty Sure It Was Plagiarized Please See Me After Class

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 27/08/2025

Anyone who says a book is badly edited because there's like two typos really needs to give it a try from this side and see how they do.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I have been in transit for over 24 hours and have become a gremlin on one of the country’s last blessed interurban trains, hoovering Burger King French fries in the same clothes I wore yesterday. Say hi if you see me.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Honestly deeply disappointed I’m traveling home today and will miss this!!

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Had a great time at WorldCon, best part was seeing so many friends, now I’m at the airport, I think I fixed the beginning of the next book, update now complete.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I’m headed to WorldCon next week—if we’re friends, let’s try to cross paths! If we’re not friends yet, let’s try to remedy that!

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I have been largely absent from socials this summer but hi, have some baby chicks.

One black and one grey and yellow baby chick held in my hand, just chilling.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I know a lot of novelists. No one I know writes “slop.” On the side or not.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Oooof man, “this industry requires this unethical behavior” arguments age like milk…see “but the cotton industry” vs abolition and “but coal mining” vs child labor laws for only two examples.

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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

OMG this. Authors are a group of people in which imposter syndrome runs rampant, creating work without a performance element so without immediate feedback from the audience, often with no idea how our work is faring, no control over it, often with out of date sales data. Prime brain weasels fodder.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Think I’ll get canned if I make this required reading for my students?

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The question I’ve never had someone answer to any satisfaction when it comes to AI is “Why would you want to outsource thinking? Why would you cede your freedom of creation and expression and ideation to someone else, let alone a computer program?”

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Fun thing—you can enter to win a copy of my (written by a real human) book in Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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The Palace of Illusions

This enchanting and atmospheric fantasy brings readers …

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This! The limited space available for book coverage and it gets allocated to...fake books.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

You know, I thought "Best Books for Summer" and similar lists rehashing variations on the same 20-30 titles over and over wasn't great, but at least they featured real books people could, presumably, read.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

You know, it really hurts to keep seeing my fake books passed over for lists like this. My imaginary books are just as good as these hallucinated books.

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Rowenna Miller @rowennam.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Today I sewed a lot and read a book and watched the chickens run around their yard a little while and I highly recommend this restorative regime.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In short: * there is very little the author can do on social media to sell books * the Good News Firehose is just as detrimental as the Bad News Firehose * taking a walk >opening your feed * if publishing is hard for you right now, you're not alone * keep writing; we need your stories 14/14

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14/05/2025

*crab-walked

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