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Food Battle Episode 3 Season 1 Dance Floor Chaos

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Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Aug 22

LA area friends! Wanna see something awesome? And support some amazing filmmakers too? Check this out! #film #independent #filmmakers

🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · Aug 14

LOS ANGELES!

see our trans sci-fi short LONG AWAY screening in the Long Beach QFilm Fest's Queer & Trans Shorts Program, Sept 6 at 1 pm! It's our official US PREMIERE!

it's really good! but you don't have to take my word for it...

tickets at the link!

qfilms2025.eventive.org/schedule/689...

"What a beautiful film. lt reminded me of what I love about Ted Chiang's short stories.
--Aaron Waltke, Star Trek Prodigy
"LONG AWAY is a soothing balm. Art that heals cracks in our hearts is vital now
more than ever."
--Lilly Wachowski, The Matrix
"What a privilege to see this beautiful, deeply moving short film... a beautiful work of trans art filled with love and hope."
--Amy Chase, Abuzz

"Achingly beautiful, beautifully directed. Can't believe it was the first time for both of you."
--Cort Lane, My Little Pony
"Such a sweet and uplifting story; truly moving, it was a joy to watch."
--Craig Carlisle, Pete the Cat
"I was so moved by this tender, touching story. What a treasure of a short."
--Eric Glover, Star Trek: Starfleet
Academy
"Damn it ladies, you have made me ugly cry."
—Jenn Court, Leverage, Marry Me

"Just saw LONG AWAY - wonderful work, it will get you RIGHT IN THE FEELS!"
--Javi Grillo-Marxuach, The Witcher, Cowboy Bebop
"Such an absolutely beautiful film."
--Ben Crane, Cosmic Cadets, A Man
of Lies
"This is incredible. It's wonderful. It's this perfect microcosm of humanity and hope."
--Lauren Hitzhusen, Senior Editor at Maverick, Mad Cave Studios

"A beautiful, cathartic, emotional piece of work."
--Dan Hageman, Star Trek Prodigy,
Trollhunters
"I'm ugly crying, in a good way. It was really, really wonderful. Bring tissues."
-- Matthew Dow Smith, Misfits of Magic, The October Girl
"Sweet, powerful, poignant--made my heart happy, even as it made me cry."
--Ali Trotta, Offerings for Ordinary Gods

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Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Aug 13

Got 10 minutes to encourage a young writer/animator? My 10 y.o. Elsa has released her 3rd episode with her friend Jay!

She wrote and animated it and did some of the voices.

Please watch and vote for the food you want to leave the contest! Voting ends 8/24. Thanks!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH9Y...

Food Battle Episode 2 Season 1

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Hannah, haunted by a bevy of quirky ghosts @hannahr.bsky.social · Jul 16

please meet Alex the Great, a therapy bunny who works at the San Fran airport and now Giants games to help people who are overwhelmed

LOOK AT HIS TINY BALLCAP. LOOK AT IT.

A very large roly-poly light brown bunny rabbit wearing a tiny SF Giants ballcap is cuddled by a man wearing a Giants jersey.

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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · Jul 16

Look Out. 2026.

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Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Jul 16

Got 5 minutes to encourage a young writer/animator? Elsa’s second episode of _Food Battle_ is out! (She's ten years old & making it with a friend from 1st grade!)

Please like, subscribe, and vote! Voting ends this Friday.

Episode 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bHO...

Thanks!

#animation #writing

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Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Jul 4

4. Click pause on the character you want to vote out & then click the “thumbs up” button under the video of that character (Thumbs up = a vote off the show).

5. Voting ends July 5.

Then they will make the next episode. They plan to release a new episode about every month.

Thanks again!

Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Jul 4

To vote one of the contestants out of the next show, please look in the description under the video, and…

1. Click “more”
2. Click on the picture or words for “Season 1 Episode 1 Voting.”
3. Each of the contestants has a video, which will run through pretty quickly....

Season 1 Episode 1 Fridge Climb

Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Jul 4

My 10-year-old and her friend created an ongoing show all by themselves!

Please share, watch, like, subscribe to her channel... and VOTE a character out of the show! (Voting instructions in comments).

THANKS SO MUCH!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGPq...

Area 51 Studios - Issue 1

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Monster Matador @thestevenprince.bsky.social · Jun 9

AREA 51 STUDIOS from the writer of all your favorite DC Animated Universe films Ernie Altbacker
and Josh White is an irreverent sci-fi comedy about what really goes on at Area 51 - I've read an advance and it's great. Check it out on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/470...

Where all your favorite galactic reality shows are made!

www.kickstarter.com

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Hopsgeeknews @hopsgeeknews.bsky.social · May 13

Going live on our YouTube page in 15 minutes with Ernie Altbacker to discuss his comic Area 51 Studios as well as his works on DC Animated projects such as Teen Titans Judas Contract, Justice League Dark and Apokolips War and more! #rsvlts @dc.com

youtube.com/@hopsgeeknew...

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · Jun 9

#booksky

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Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Jun 3

Every so often, you read something from someone and think, "Why isn't this writer big and famous by now?!" That's what I thought when I first read something by Jesse Akins. Read his short story for free in this fan zine! prideanthology.itch.io/2025 #writers #anthology #Battletech

BattleTech Pride Anthology 2025 by Battletech Pride Anthology

A queer BattleTech fanzine full of Pride

prideanthology.itch.io

Area 51 Studios - Issue 1

Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Jun 2

You know how people say the DC comics cartoon movies are even better than their live action ones? Ernie Altbacker is one of the #writers to thank for that. And he's got a Kickstarter out that makes me giggle. I just preordered the #comic and novella. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/470...

Where all your favorite galactic reality shows are made!

www.kickstarter.com

Query Mark O'Brien at Azantian Literary Agency

Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Apr 16

Weird. Guess West Coast folks who want to pay their taxes, extension payments, or estimated taxes a few hours before the deadline... can't? (I'm all good. I was using tax day as a reminder to pay 2025 estimated taxes... life of a freelance writer. But I'm sorry for others!)

Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Feb 26

Happy birthday, Ben!

Everyone, Ben Crane's book A MAN OF LIES is worth reading for the prologue alone. Grab it!

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · Feb 25

Hey, hi, and hello. I, your local associate literary agent at Azantian Literary, am opening up my list to YA genre fiction, including sci-fi and fantasy. I love authors like Gail Carriger, Marie Lu, Roseanne A. Brown, Lydia Kang, and N.D. Stevenson. Query me? querymanager.com/bookmarkobrien

querymanager.com

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Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · Feb 25

Tell everyone you know — DON’T RANK CANDIDATES YOU DON’T WANT

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Feb 25

New York City voters: we are four months from a ranked choice mayoral primary! That means you get to list candidates you like for mayor in the order in which you like them. Crucially, if you don’t want someone to become mayor, you *shouldn’t rank them at all*
A rank is effectively a vote for them

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · Feb 25

NYC Dem Mayoral Polling:

Cuomo: 38%
Mamdani: 12%
E. Adams: 10%
Lander: 7%
Stringer: 5%
Blake: 3%
A. Adams: 2%
Myrie: 2%

Honan Strategy Group / Feb 23, 2025 / n=1214

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Ben “Invincible Editor Boy” Ravid @inkben.bsky.social · Feb 25

Do I know anyone on the new DC animated shows that just got announced that could put in a good word for me! I would be SUCH a perfect editor for one of these!!

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Shaene Siders @shaene.bsky.social · Feb 26

Makes sense to me! We may have to borrow from your playbook. Wait, STEAL, I mean steal!

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⚡️Dr. Keira Von Frankenstein @keira-incognita.bsky.social · Feb 26

Adding the issues of Grimstone to DriveThruComics. (Still available at itch.io too.)

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Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social · Feb 3

Here is the recording of our #SupportPlaywrights Ask A Literary Agent Q&A with Jessica Jones of Independent Talent & Camilla Young of Curtis Brown, led by me, @mogster.bsky.social & Jane Christie.

90 mins of brill questions and even briller answers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdY7...

Please share.

Ask a Literary Agent Q&A - Jessica Jones from Independent & Camilla Young from Curtis Brown

YouTube video by Without a Paddle