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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · 2d

It’s finally here!!! Thank you @loadingreadyrun.com (and Beej!) 🫶🏼

A playmat featuring illustrated versions of LoadingReadyRun members as their Friday Nights characters battling the monstrous Simic Slaw.

G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · 8d

If you had the time and financial support (sky’s the limit!), what would be your dream writing/creative project(s) - either with LRR or outside of LRR?

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · 20d

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WHAT

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 20d

Happy Birthday Mr. Baggins!

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you for the feature! 💖

Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social · Sep 5

See creators highlighted in HWA AUGUST SEERS’ TABLE column:
Katherine Silva, Wendy Dalrymple, @sundialgirl.bsky.social, @xuetingni.bsky.social
@horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
horror.org/the-seers-ta...

The Seers’ Table August 2025

horror.org

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Aug 28

Pre-ordered from @bookshop.org ages ago and finally arrived. Clearly Katabasis is a PhD book so I really need to finish my chapter so I can read this.

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Aug 25

Heading into the 5th year of PhD (not my arm).

An arm holding up a small metal lantern in front of a blue and yellow sign saying “Hail to Pitt!” in cursive letters.

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Aug 20

Today’s conversation with PhD chair was mostly about being held to a higher standard because he knows I can do it. I actually don’t mind it - I’m glad to work with someone who cares about what I can/can’t do, and pushes me towards quality work.

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Aug 12

The many many screams I scrumpt while watching this episode is 💥💥💥💥💥

Loved the end credits too 😂

Game Changer @gamechangershow.bsky.social · Aug 11

Out now on @dropout.tv: the season finale of Game Changer! 🚨

Watch as host Sam Reich moderates a debate with 5 titans of Dropout (Brennan Lee Mulligan, Aabria Iyengar, Vic Michaelis, Ally Beardsley, Demi Adejuyigbe) in front of a live audience for the ULTIMATE PRIZE

#GameChanger

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Aug 4

Guess who was able to push out a second newsletter email? 😅

Now let’s see if we can get to a third. 🤞🏼

G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Jul 20

Trying to start a newsletter for my non-academic/non-professional writing and would love it if you could keep me accountable by subscribing at buttondown.com/sundialgirl 😊

Little Rays of Light

Welcome to Gabriela Lee’s newsletter project! This is an attempt at keeping a record of thoughts and ideas during her last year as a PhD student. She’s hoping to update this space every 2-3 weeks, an...

buttondown.com

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Aug 3

*shakily climbs back on the Critical Role fandom*

*hopes she doesn’t fall off again*

Dropout @dropout.tv · Aug 3

Congrats to @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social for taking over as Game Master for @criticalrole.bsky.social's upcoming Campaign 4 (premiering October 2nd)!

We know he'll miss making custom shoes for American Girl Dolls, but this feels like the right move.
variety.com/2025/digita...

Critical Role Sets Brennan Lee Mulligan as Game Master for Next Core Campaign as He Signs New Three-Year Deal With Dropout (EXCLUSIVE)

Dropout's "Dimension 20" star Brennan Lee Mulligan joins Critical Role as the game master for next season, Campaign 4.

variety.com

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you as well, kind sir! Your words bring wonder and joy in an increasingly bleak world.

G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Jul 29

I had to sit with this for a moment. Sam just distills what science fiction can do, in terms of scale and storytelling, and how it tells that story through Magic. I am just in awe.

Sam @rhysticstudies.bsky.social · Jul 28

In a parallel space between chaos and oblivion, two opposing faiths are warring over the fate of a dying star. #MTGEternities

#sponsored by @magic.wizards.com and featuring @grayhaem.bsky.social

🎥 youtu.be/9PIezDimHvs

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Jul 20

Trying to start a newsletter for my non-academic/non-professional writing and would love it if you could keep me accountable by subscribing at buttondown.com/sundialgirl 😊

Little Rays of Light

Welcome to Gabriela Lee’s newsletter project! This is an attempt at keeping a record of thoughts and ideas during her last year as a PhD student. She’s hoping to update this space every 2-3 weeks, an...

buttondown.com

G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Jul 11

AAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Sydney Paige Guerrero (she/her) @sydneyficant137.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our book Mapping New Stars is a finalist for a World Fantasy Award!!

Thank you to our contributors for their invaluable work, the UP Press for giving MNS a home, & my co-editors @sundialgirl.bsky.social & Anna Sanchez for making this book a reality ❤️

Please cross your fingers for us ✨

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · Jul 7

Special Award, Professional (continued)
Gabriela Lee, Anna Felicia Sanchez, and Sydney Paige Guerrero, for Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction (The University of the Philippines Press)
David Thomas Moore, for editorial work with Solaris/Rebellion
(Continued next...)

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks Charles! 😊

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · Jun 11

Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement

Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

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Kristy Park Kulski @garnetonwinter.bsky.social · May 19

Unmarked Graves and Tortured Roots: Defining #FolkHorror from the Perspective of the #AsianDiaspora

Recorded yesterday for #VirtualStokerCon-- this special and meaningful #panel. If you are attending Virtual #StokerCon, don't miss it.

#silkandsinewantho #badhandbooks #readhorror #hwa

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Apr 3

Spring is starting to spring! (Although it is also raining a lot ☔️)

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Mar 9

Back from the brink

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · Mar 1

Setting aside [waves hands] all of this for a moment, the Banff Centre's upcoming sci-fi residency looks STACKED: @aijiang.bsky.social, @amalelmohtar.com, and @premeemohamed.com on the faculty!

Science Fiction 2025

This residency supports science fiction writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.

www.banffcentre.ca

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · Feb 26

“That is why I like novels: instead of heroes they have people in them.”

Happily revisiting The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin: stillmoving.org/resources/th...

Black text on white background, by Ursula K. Le Guin:

“So the Hero has decreed through his mouthpieces the Lawgivers, first, that the proper shape of the narrative is that of the arrow or spear, starting here and going straight there and THOK! hitting its mark (which drops dead); second, that the central concern of narrative, including the novel, is conflict; and third, that the story isn't any good if he isn't in it.

I differ with all of this. I would go so far as to say that the natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. They bear meanings. A novel is a medicine bundle, holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us.”

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Feb 25

Con crud caught up with us 😭😷🤧

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · Feb 24

Lol John Oliver set up a how-to guide for how to make Meta make less ad $$$ from you. johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

How to Change Your Meta Settings | Make yourself less valuable to Meta. Brought to you by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Feb 24

Thank you so much for your kind words! 💖

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G. Lee @sundialgirl.bsky.social · Feb 24

I promise that I am usually a lot more eloquent compared to when you met me 😂 Thank you for all that you do!

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