Martha Wells
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
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PSA: if you get an email out of the blue that is supposedly from me, offering to help you with marketing or other publisher services, or asking for money, it is not me, it is a scammer.
This is a very common scam now, one of the many scams aimed at aspiring and new writers.
This is a very common scam now, one of the many scams aimed at aspiring and new writers.
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Good stuff from @askpaddypower.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Good stuff from @askpaddypower.bsky.social
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Episcopalians going *hard*
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Episcopalians going *hard*
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We’ll get this list sorted out then make it super public. Serve ICE Gestapo at your own financial peril, friends! We will not forget.
A lot of businesses serving ICE agents in the Twin Cities are going to be in for a rude awakening. I already have a list of businesses that I will never patronize and I’m sure a bunch of others do, too. I know this info is being collected, but I haven’t even seen campaigns to share anything yet.
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
We’ll get this list sorted out then make it super public. Serve ICE Gestapo at your own financial peril, friends! We will not forget.
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A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
www.humblebundle.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
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Oooooh that looks super good
Go grab
Go grab
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @cheriepriest.com & more! This is a good bundle
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @cheriepriest.com & more! This is a good bundle
Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
www.humblebundle.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Oooooh that looks super good
Go grab
Go grab
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if you've been digging my writing so far, it would be a tremendous help to me right now while I'm waiting for some other payments to come through if you tossed a coin to your [poet/game designer]
if you can do it, and love supporting working writers and want to essentially pay to read a working writer work through how we get better at making arguments that defend the labour of working writers, I'd love it if you joined my Patreon!
You can also support me with a Ko-Fi donation:
You can also support me with a Ko-Fi donation:
Support Brandon O'Brien
Support Brandon O'Brien
ko-fi.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
if you've been digging my writing so far, it would be a tremendous help to me right now while I'm waiting for some other payments to come through if you tossed a coin to your [poet/game designer]
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Drag Story Hour at Loyalty is BACK baby! The wonderful Charlemagne Chateau will be reading from some of our favorite picture books tomorrow, Sunday 1/11, at the DC shop! Join us with your kiddos and let's brighten up this January with some queer joy! loyaltybookstores.com/dshpw3
Drag Story Hour with Charlemagne Chateau
Welcome to our updated Loyalty Bookstores website! **RETURNING USERS MUST RESET THEIR PASSWORDS. CLICK THIS MESSAGE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD**
loyaltybookstores.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Drag Story Hour at Loyalty is BACK baby! The wonderful Charlemagne Chateau will be reading from some of our favorite picture books tomorrow, Sunday 1/11, at the DC shop! Join us with your kiddos and let's brighten up this January with some queer joy! loyaltybookstores.com/dshpw3
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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“I think their policies were so extreme, they caused so much trouble on the school board, that in just a short time period, voters were like, ‘Okay, yeah, we’ve seen enough. We’re done.”
Could This State Senate Runoff Be a Tipping Point for Tarrant County?
The special election in Senate District 9 pits “people power” against mountains of conservative cash and the rising influence of Christian nationalism.
www.texasobserver.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
“I think their policies were so extreme, they caused so much trouble on the school board, that in just a short time period, voters were like, ‘Okay, yeah, we’ve seen enough. We’re done.”
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Fucking great book.
Wish I had one with that cover, mind you: gorgeous.
Wish I had one with that cover, mind you: gorgeous.
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... About twelve hours left to enter this Goodreads giveaway, for US readers.
Book giveaway for The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman Dec 27-Jan 10, 2026
Enter to win one of 25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 27-Jan 10, 2026. Historian and wordsmith Finn Longman’s atmospheric retelling of B...
www.goodreads.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Fucking great book.
Wish I had one with that cover, mind you: gorgeous.
Wish I had one with that cover, mind you: gorgeous.
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Warning about writing scams seems kind of beside the point right now...but a scam is still a scam. Scammer posing as a literary agent on MSWL & falsely claiming association w/ the Ampersand Agency. Her website is full of lies & a "team" of AI people patchenlucillen.wixsite.com/patche-n/about
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Warning about writing scams seems kind of beside the point right now...but a scam is still a scam. Scammer posing as a literary agent on MSWL & falsely claiming association w/ the Ampersand Agency. Her website is full of lies & a "team" of AI people patchenlucillen.wixsite.com/patche-n/about
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I’m in search of book recs for my niece. Criteria:
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I’m in search of book recs for my niece. Criteria:
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
- Science fiction
- Female lead(s)
- Has an audiobook
Bonus points for space opera and queer books. She doesn’t mind if the books aren’t super recent (she loved the Honor Harrington series).
#Booksky
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Cliff Palace, built by the Ancestral Puebloans, is located in Mesa Verde National Park.
#ScapeFriday #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin
#ScapeFriday #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin
January 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Cliff Palace, built by the Ancestral Puebloans, is located in Mesa Verde National Park.
#ScapeFriday #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin
#ScapeFriday #landscape #photography #EastCoastKin
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Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean.
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean.
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
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Turns out Roseanna's favourite novella of the year is really very good in facts that perhaps do not surprise.
Gloriously eclectic in form, it threads community and joy through the climate crisis in a way that resonates with many of my favourite works from last year.
Gloriously eclectic in form, it threads community and joy through the climate crisis in a way that resonates with many of my favourite works from last year.
The Thing You Do When Crying Isn’t Enough: for the latest Small Press Dispatch, @chloroformtea.bsky.social looks at Syr Hayati Beker's WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE (@stelliform.press)
Small Press Dispatch: The Thing You Do When Crying Isn’t Enough
Roseanna Pendlebury In Syr Hayati Beker’s What A Fish Looks Like, a book of fairytales is transformed by annotation into a collection of new fables, more suited to the climate-change-ravaged future…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Turns out Roseanna's favourite novella of the year is really very good in facts that perhaps do not surprise.
Gloriously eclectic in form, it threads community and joy through the climate crisis in a way that resonates with many of my favourite works from last year.
Gloriously eclectic in form, it threads community and joy through the climate crisis in a way that resonates with many of my favourite works from last year.
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A poster on NextDoor is reporting ICE activity in SE Austin outskirts this morning, at the Pilot gas station here: maps.app.goo.gl/VzSbiuYFi7BY...
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
A poster on NextDoor is reporting ICE activity in SE Austin outskirts this morning, at the Pilot gas station here: maps.app.goo.gl/VzSbiuYFi7BY...
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ACCIDENTAL ALIEN LANDSCAPE (2016)
Acrylic on Mat Board - 17” x 17”
Week 34(!) from the first Leftovers & Palette Gremlins gallery back in 2016. I set out to share a painting a week, and it ending up being mostly new work except for a couple older pieces. 1/3
www.michaelwhelan.com/leftovers-pa...
Acrylic on Mat Board - 17” x 17”
Week 34(!) from the first Leftovers & Palette Gremlins gallery back in 2016. I set out to share a painting a week, and it ending up being mostly new work except for a couple older pieces. 1/3
www.michaelwhelan.com/leftovers-pa...
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
ACCIDENTAL ALIEN LANDSCAPE (2016)
Acrylic on Mat Board - 17” x 17”
Week 34(!) from the first Leftovers & Palette Gremlins gallery back in 2016. I set out to share a painting a week, and it ending up being mostly new work except for a couple older pieces. 1/3
www.michaelwhelan.com/leftovers-pa...
Acrylic on Mat Board - 17” x 17”
Week 34(!) from the first Leftovers & Palette Gremlins gallery back in 2016. I set out to share a painting a week, and it ending up being mostly new work except for a couple older pieces. 1/3
www.michaelwhelan.com/leftovers-pa...
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ICE agents are more likely to accidentally shoot and kill themselves than be killed by an immigrant.
Pizza delivery drivers face far more danger than ICE and police.
Pizza delivery drivers face far more danger than ICE and police.
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
ICE agents are more likely to accidentally shoot and kill themselves than be killed by an immigrant.
Pizza delivery drivers face far more danger than ICE and police.
Pizza delivery drivers face far more danger than ICE and police.
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
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if you're looking for a non-appropriative alternative: "may their memory be a revolution" started in the Orthodox Jewish community for victims of domestic violence, but it was suggested by the head of the organization that came up with it for George Floyd, so I think it's ok to use more broadly
Reminder that “Say her name” was developed specifically to call attention to murders of Black women
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
if you're looking for a non-appropriative alternative: "may their memory be a revolution" started in the Orthodox Jewish community for victims of domestic violence, but it was suggested by the head of the organization that came up with it for George Floyd, so I think it's ok to use more broadly
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Remembering the late Jeffrey Catherine Jones, born on this date in 1944, who in a better timeline would still be with us. When I was a freshman at SUNY Buffalo in 1973, I crossed the border for the first time to attend a Toronto CosmicCon where I bought this remarkable piece from her — for $20.00.
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Remembering the late Jeffrey Catherine Jones, born on this date in 1944, who in a better timeline would still be with us. When I was a freshman at SUNY Buffalo in 1973, I crossed the border for the first time to attend a Toronto CosmicCon where I bought this remarkable piece from her — for $20.00.