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BrightFlame (she/they)
@brightflame.bsky.social
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I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. THE WORKING: feminist #Witch #solarpunk novel. Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SpecLit #SFF CliFiWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #LGBTQ+ #justice #resist
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BrightFlame (she/they) @brightflame.bsky.social · Feb 5
I wrote The Working to offer ways to exercise power & agency to counter harms & oligarchs. Reminder that my "fantasy" has real tools for resilience, activism, and change.

+ I'm donating all royalties to #climate & #justice organizations.

#BookSky 💙📚 #WitchSky #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #solarpunk
"Reminder! contains tools for resilience & agency" atop image of book cover. Words surround: Hope! Justice, Magical Activism, Solarpunk...
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Got to catch up with @carolgyzander.bsky.social this weekend at @philconconvention.bsky.social ... a Con highlight to be together in person! ... plus the 3 panels I was on were lively and interesting.

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF #SFFH
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
More #enshittification by the #technofascists
pematson.bsky.social TrishEM @pematson.bsky.social · 5d
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Salute to Fantasy Magazine, and The Deadlands. 🫡😢 I’m sorry to see you go. It hurts.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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slotkin.senate.gov
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
I'll be on 3 panels at Philcon this weekend. Two adjacent to #climate fiction and #solarpunk, which are my jam. If you're in the Philly area, join us.

philcon.org

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #BookSky #SFF
On brick red background, Philcon rocketship logo at top and text: BrightFlame's Schedule. Saturday 1pm. Writing Dystopias in a Dystopian World. Saturday 5pm. What I Wish I'd Understood about Publishing before My Novel's Launch. Sunday 10am. Can Fantasy Fiction Help Us with the Climate Crisis?
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
A tale for the #WritingCommunity. Thank you @scottedelman.bsky.social for lifting us all... even if that publisher doesn't understand. #SFF #SpecLit
scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 8d
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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nkjemisin.bsky.social
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
sfwa.org Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.org · 10d
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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leftlanesmith.bsky.social
How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?

@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers 11 am PST Nov 16th Free for Nebula attendees $50 for new guests events.sfwa.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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sfwa.org
Quasar is all about RANGE. From science panels & horror, we're bringing wide-ranging SFF writers together.

That's why we're also excited about Tarot Need-to-Knows.

Register by Nov 8 to join @brightflame.bsky.social & @leftlanesmith.bsky.social!

Do the cards show you coming out? 👀

buff.ly/CbgABOU
Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers FREE for Nebula attendees $50 for new guests events.sfwa.org Swipe to learn more about our esteemed presenters Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers BrightFlame (presenter): BrightFlame writes, teaches, and makes magic towards a just, regenerating world. Register at events.sfwa.org Register at events.sfwa.org Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers BrightFlame (presenter): Lane Smith is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. Register at events.sfwa.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
What a list! #solarpunk #hopepunk #hope
otterkit.bsky.social Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 20d
Hey #Hopepit! I'm Olivia Wylie. I write about ways to climb out of the dark under the pen name O.E. Tearmann, and on today's theme: ta da! I run both a VERY big collaborative list of solarpunk books and a positive future review blog. Got a book? Add it here! www.oetearmann.com/positive-boo...
What Could Go Right: Open List Of Positive And Hopeful Futures — O.E. Tearmann
www.oetearmann.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Excited to offer a #Tarot seminar for #SFF #writers with @leftlanesmith.bsky.social at the upcoming @sfwa.org Quasar online conference.

We've begun some juicy convos as we prepare. Hope you'll join us!

www.sfwa.org/events/ (Free for Nebula attendees or $50)

#SpecLit #WritingCommunity #writing
Two headshots amidst a teal and purple nebula cloud. Text: Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers. 11am PST, Nov 16th. events.sfwa.org Same imagery with text: Join us at Quasar, SFWA's Fall Online Nebula Event. Virtual Panels & Seminars, Grand Master Keynote, Office Hours. sfwa.org/events. Free for Nebula attendees! $50 for new guests! same imagery and heading with Lane Smith headshot and bio: Lane Smith is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. same imagery and heading with BrightFlame headshot and tagline: BrightFlame writes, teaches, and makes magic towards a just, regenerating world.
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Kat helped me immensely with my speculative witchy novel, The Working. Thumbs up! 🙌

#WritingCommunity #writing #SFF #SpecLit
katwithsword.bsky.social Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 26d
Bumping this more visibly, as due to rescheduling I have extra spots open right now!
katwithsword.bsky.social Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · Oct 22
I have openings in my editing calendar. I do developmental edits of novellas and novels, and work with multiple genres. More information here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Back from our Witchcamp in the Texas Hill Country where we worked at the feral edges with wild alchemy. Such a severe drought there. The big storm wasn't enough to make a dent in aquifers. But brought a 🌪 tornado within a mile to us.

#Witch #Witchsky #pagan
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Hope you'll join us for #tarot seminar for #writers at the Quasar Conf!

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit #SFF
@sfwa.org @bsfwriters.bsky.social
leftlanesmith.bsky.social Lane Smith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥 @leftlanesmith.bsky.social · Oct 23
It is my very great honor and pleasure to be on the schedule for this @sfwa.org conference next month, talking about writing & Tarot along with @brightflame.bsky.social ! ✨🃏

#Tarot #TarotSky #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpecFic #Writers
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
#Solarpunk Bookclub Thu 8pm ET!(online)

We're reading Solarpunk Creatures!

Jitsi link meet.jit.si/SolarpunkBoo...

Newsletter for recaps&monthly picks!
www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bo...

Edited @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
Stories @teffeau.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social & more
#booksky
Solarpunk Bookclub logo Solarpunk Creatures cover
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Glad I'm in Terminal A at Newark as it's rather nice and my flight is delayed.

Heading to play with the #Witches at Tejas Web. Looking forward!
#WitchSky #Witch
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Who's got to pack to teach at Tejas Web Witchcamp? Me! Looking forward to being with dear friends and making potent magic.

#WitchSky #PaganSky #Witch
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
Finally began @aemarling.bsky.social 's Neon Riders and love the #solarpunk features of the story.

The novel was selected as one of the 5 best Solarpunk books by @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social (mine too!)

So join me in reading it!

@fivebooks.com #BookSky
October 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
#solarpunk book club with @susankayequinn.bsky.social ! Next up is a wonderful anthology that decenters humans, edited by @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social .
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
Check out my latest blog that notes many #writers would rather write #horror #grim #dystopian works than #hope these days. (Is that what you all prefer to read?)

Hope you'll take a look: brightflame.com/writers-frau...

#hopepunk #solarpunk #SFF #SpecLit #WritingCommunity
Writers' fraught relationships with hope ⋆ BrightFlame
Why are authors reticent to write hopeful fiction? So many write dystopian, grim, and horror stories. Where is the hope?
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October 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
I highly recommend @teffeau.bsky.social 's A HUNGER WITH NO NAME. A story of rebellion and #hope. Take a look.

#solarpunk #hopepunk #SpecLit #SFF
#BookSky
teffeau.bsky.social Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · Sep 25
This is still ongoing!
teffeau.bsky.social Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · Sep 22
A Hunger with No Name has been out in the world for a year! I'm still in love with this story of hope in the high desert, dealing w so many things we’re grappling w now.

Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway
September 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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@acwise.bsky.social Just noticed the reverse side of your postcard for Ballad of the Bone Road (that I look forward to reading). "Wish you were here darlin' xoxo Jimmy Valentine" Really fun to see that following your reading at #Capclave!
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
brightflame.bsky.social
I'm procrastinating from a story deadline. So here's a little chipmunk for you.

#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #Writing (not) #WillIMakeThisDeadline?

@susankayequinn.bsky.social , I think you can relate!

#SpecLit #SFFH
brown chipmunk with darker brown back and white stripe on side stuffs their cheeks with chewed leaves. They sit in a flower pot filled with green leaves of many shapes--all volunteer plants.
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
brightflame.bsky.social
I should be finishing a story I'm writing against a deadline ... so of course, I'm inspired to write a blog post instead.

#WritingCommunity #SpecLit
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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gianaclis.bsky.social
I hope you enjoy The Binding. Looks like you kind of have a theme going with both of these titles :-)
buchanan.today Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · Sep 22
The postie was doubly kind to me today, delivering not one but two books - @brightflame.bsky.social’s “The Working” and “The Binding” by @gianaclis.bsky.social. Apologies in advance - with 500 pages of Daniel Ottalini’s “Legion Rising” to go, it may be a few days before I get to either! #BookSky
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM