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Premee Mohamed

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Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · Oct 17

Pinned post time! :D I am a scientist and author based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- I write about gods, monsters, magic, science, and people running in circles screaming "WHAT IS THAT WHAT IS IT DON'T LET IT TOUCH ME"

My Bookstore bookshop is here! :)

bookshop.org/lists/premee...

Premee Mohamed Books

Books I wrote, books I'm in! Not in any kind of order mostly.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 55m

“One person was bitten by the bat and is now seeking medical care, the county said… Any direct contact with a bat should be treated as a potential exposure, even if there is no visible bite or scratch, according to the county’s news release.”

Rabid bat bites person in southeast Michigan

The rabid bat found in St. Clair County has triggered warnings from health officials who say even minor contact with bats can be dangerous.

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 49m

I would say that, basically, you have hit the nail on the head as to why (some) writers drink

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

Anyway I have like TWO WEEKS TO RE-LEARN FRENCH (AGAIN) and I am as far as "BONJER HI!" which is currently the entirety of my vocabulary 😩

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

(I actually, as discussed, did NOT quit my real job to 'write full time.' I already knew that wasn't going to be sustainable, because I'm very good at math. I more sort of fell into this by accident, and am now "Oh ha ha, I am coming apart at the seams AND not selling books, yikes on bikes.")

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

But anyway, it WAS a fun experiment, I met a lot of cool people and went to some places I never would have gone otherwise (Barcelona! Moose Jaw!) and have SO many writerly friends now. :D Maybe I will write better books in the future!

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

-- like, *I* certainly don't like every book I pick up, and would never expect people to like *mine.* It's just, books are how I'm paying the bills these days and my health has deteriorated to the point where teaching/speaking is not really do-able. So there's a little more at stake now.

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

In Banff we talked about how the best driver of book sales and big deals is word of mouth: people like your books and recommend them to others.

So if my books aren't selling, guess what? Womp womp. This is not a super big deal, honestly, because --

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

The publishing experiment of "Hey I wonder if I'm publishable" seems to have been answered with
a) yes, but
b) "Write better books, assclown" 😆

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

This isn't 'my worst' royalty report btw, this is just a relatively recent and representative one. Even if my entire backlist were earning $210 per book per six month period, I'd still be starving to death. It is what it is! And anyway it's useful experimental data.

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 2h

"What do you mean" Well sometimes people ask me "So, do awards help with book sales?" and anyway, not universally. I definitely do NOT believe that I (or indeed any author!) am entitled to book sales. But I, uh. Can't live on mine. :)

a screencap from the ISFDB showing 'highest ranks authors and editors since 1950 by decade,' then the top 12 list showing premee mohamed at #3 for the 2020s. then a royalty statement indicating $209.10 total earned over a six month period, and, quite reasonably, an arrow pointing to a beetle with a clown face labeled 'me'

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 3h

LOL it's not even stability, it literally is just dollars

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 3h

Thank you for the kind words!

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 4h

SECURITY

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 5h

But there's a million billion squillion undergrads! They're the more sustainable resource!

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 6h

If you assessed the risk and said "Well, it's only one undergrad, that's collateral damage basically," it's still science

Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 8h

Did you risk assess it?
If you risk assessed it, it was science.

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 6h

I adore her little face

She always seems so surprised, still, to find herself in the world

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 6h

UGH! I hope your (new) social worker gets back to you soon!

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 6h

Looking v. respectfully

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 8h

It just VISUALLY looks like a delight! And I love that it has a nice nib!

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 9h

LOOT LOOT LOOT

TASTY LOOT

I like that swirly patterned pen

Also I have a bottle of that Jacques Herbin inke on the far left (it is not my preferred colour to write in but it IS very nice in its own rights)

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 9h

LOOT

I WANT TO SEE ALL THE LOOT

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 9h

I hope you have a slide that says "YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME NOW, SUCKAS!"

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 9h

*inhales*

SCIFI.radio @scifi.radio · 1d

Groundbreaking Image Shows Two Black Holes Orbiting Each Other

For the first time ever, astronomers have imaged two black holes orbiting each other, finally offering visual proof for the existence of black hole pairs (with the caveat that we might just be looking at one big blazar instead of two…

Groundbreaking Image Shows Two Black Holes Orbiting Each Other

For the first time ever, astronomers have imaged two black holes orbiting each other, finally offering visual proof for the existence of black hole pairs (with the caveat that we might just be looking at one big blazar instead of two of them).

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 9h

I keep hearing this from people who took an MFA! Like "Yeah we learned A but didn't learn B, C, or D for some odd reason"

Or "We were taught A through D, but not how publishing works" etc

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 9h

But honestly it never gets less funny to say "Yeah no I have two science degrees and no arts degrees, let's fuckin GOOOOOOOOO" (as I open my powerpoint slides)