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A.M. Tuomala

@amtuomala.bsky.social

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Author of fantasy novels about language nerds, dragonslayers, and roaming geologists. Pronouns are xie or zie/hir. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala Website: https://amtuomala.com/

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · Oct 3

Hello to anyone new! I write fantasy stories about loving broken things. My most recent book was The Map and the Territory, a post-apocalyptic picaresque about a cartographer and a wizard trying to get home in a shattered world haunted by a death goddess.

The cover of the book The Map and the Territory, which depicts two people standing back to back. One of them is a tall Black man in elaborate wizardly robes, and the other is a short woman with brown skin who wears practical clothes for adventuring.

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 4h

I need you to understand that if you think you are a nobody in SFF, I have likely drunkenly ranted to my wife about how ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL you are as a loadbearing member of the genre community

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 12h

Oh also! (I did not know this was announced, haha.) :D

See you online next year for WisCon!

WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 4d

Introducing our next Guest of Honor: Nebula Award Winning Author Premee Mohamed!
#WisCon2026 #Wiscon #premeemohamed #WisCONline2026

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · Jun 16

The frustrating thing is. Sometimes the story of your heart is not shaped like the story a publisher is looking for. And while you may find your audience--the people who recognize that it is the story of their hearts, too--you will have to find them on your own.

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DannyAraya @dannyaraya.bsky.social · 17h

Creators, be less tasteful and more indulgent.

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 17h

ASCENSION featured a sapphic polyamorous romance (a "V" rather than a triad) between two disaster lesbians and a bisexual doctor.

My current project's romance is monogamous, strangers to friends to lovers between a holy woman and a kind, dapper "monster" (Guillermo del Toro monster vibes).

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 17h

Tell me about the Romance you’ve written! What is the pair/polycule like? What made them right for each other? How did they get there? #WritingPrompt

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 17h

There's a surprisingly big market for those! "Cozy fantasy" is experiencing a groundswell right now.

For me, I enjoy worldbuilding! I could write landscapes and weather and mythology all day long. I am genuinely excited to think about foodways and what clothing is made of and how labor is divided.

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 18h

I like to write stories where nothing happens--I find it very restful. I like not having to worry about whether my characters have earned what they get. I like stories that are not rough drafts of a marketable thing that can be edited into shape; their final shape is inherently Not Marketable.

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 19h

Unfortunately, I have so little energy remaining for writing due to the day job that I basically have to decide whether I'm writing for fun or writing for work at project start. The kinds of things I write for fun are intentionally not marketable, because writing marketable things isn't fun for me.

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 1d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

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Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 20h

I am giving myself permission to have a self-indulgent personal project that I don't think I can sell; given the choice between that and a bunch of excellent projects that I can't seem to write, I'll definitely take the option where I'm writing.

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

Why do fully-fledged novel ideas always strike when you're trying to get to sleep

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

I love you both; thank you for validating me 💕

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 1d

when people complain that a story has “too many digressions” I want to ask them whether perhaps the digressions ARE the story

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

In my defense, my version is consistent with Spanish

A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

... which is the bluescreening version, this is important, our friendship depends on it

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SB Divya @sbdivya.bsky.social · 2d

US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology (Meru + Loka) is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5 and enjoy some “woke as woke can be” #spaceopera and far future #sciencefiction.

(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)

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Wole Talabi @wtalabi.bsky.social · 1d

Join this online bookclub discussion with Nikki and Tanya about my novel SHIGIDI. I'll make an appearance and talk about supernatural heists at the British museum, African gods, belief and sex as sources of power, plus more. It'll be fun.

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

Plaza.

I was raised to say it with the first "a" as in "fall"; in this neck of the woods, they say it with the first "a" as in "cat." My pronunciation made it immediately clear that I was Not From Around Here.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1d

help support small press!

help support death magazines!

we're just out here trying to do some cool shit, like:

@vajra.me is guest editing OCTOBER and JANUARY deadlands DOUBLE VAJRA !

with CUSTOM DOUBLE ART BY @carlydraws.bsky.social !!

upcoming NOVELETTE (April 2026) by @dianadima.com !!!

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

Currently reading Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles, which is very "Hey, I saw you across the battlefield and liked your vibe, do you want my eternal love and loyalty?"

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Fiction Fans Podcast @fictionfanspod.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven’t read this book, go read it. Seriously.

(And then you can listen to us talk about it with Premee, if you want—but go read the book! www.fictionfanspodcast.com/post/author-...)

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

Early-stage story ideas are all like:

* Compelling characters
* Engaging plot
* Immaculate vibes

Pick two--no. Pick one and a half.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 1d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

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Allison Mulder @amulderwrites.bsky.social · 2d

It's up! My new sci-fi drabble, "Time Capsule from a Crumbling Earth" is now available to read at @100footcrow.bsky.social .

If you have a minute or two free, give it a look, and I hope you enjoy!

Time Capsule from a Crumbling Earth - 100-Foot Crow

By: Allison Mulder. Last. People keep commenting that on the Capsule goodbye forum, and for someone, it will be true. The last entry on the last server shoved in beside the records, the art, the every...

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 1d

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

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