A.M. Tuomala
@amtuomala.bsky.social
Author of fantasy novels about language nerds, dragonslayers, and roaming geologists. Pronouns are xie or zie/hir.
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I did not realize that "8 hours of sleep a day" could be a writing goal, but that is now one of my goals
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I did not realize that "8 hours of sleep a day" could be a writing goal, but that is now one of my goals
(Also, I know we're not supposed to cop to mercenary ambitions, but I would love to make five or six figures on a book) (Currently, hitting four is a struggle)
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
(Also, I know we're not supposed to cop to mercenary ambitions, but I would love to make five or six figures on a book) (Currently, hitting four is a struggle)
I would like a Hugo or a Nebula someday; I am not greedy, I would take one or the other
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I would like a Hugo or a Nebula someday; I am not greedy, I would take one or the other
This insight brought to me by: You
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This insight brought to me by: You
I think she explicitly said something like, "I was excited about hopepunk until I realized What It Was, so instead I wrote what I originally thought it was" and frankly we should all give this approach more consideration
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I think she explicitly said something like, "I was excited about hopepunk until I realized What It Was, so instead I wrote what I originally thought it was" and frankly we should all give this approach more consideration
The best hopepunk story I have ever read was and will continue to be Sascha Stronach's astoundingly gory "Tomorrow, Dawn," which is about brutally dismembering fascists with a shovel longtrek.xyz/2024/12/11/t...
Tomorrow, Dawn
by Sascha Stronach Terau Farm used to grow half the colony’s wheat. That’s what made it first an objective, then – as it changed hands again and again and again – a target. If it could not be held,…
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January 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The best hopepunk story I have ever read was and will continue to be Sascha Stronach's astoundingly gory "Tomorrow, Dawn," which is about brutally dismembering fascists with a shovel longtrek.xyz/2024/12/11/t...
Can confirm, releasing within a month AFTER a major election is also not the best timing
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Can confirm, releasing within a month AFTER a major election is also not the best timing
The best part is, I think I gave you that feedback about three separate characters
January 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The best part is, I think I gave you that feedback about three separate characters
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"Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows" by Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. I have yet to be disappointed by a Somto Ihezue story...
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows by Somto Ihezue
They put you in a room with the other girls—soon to be brides like yourself. Your aunties say it is tradition. They too were sealed in the room. So was your mother. So was her mother.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
"Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows" by Somto Ihezue @somtoihezue.bsky.social, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies @bcsmagazine.bsky.social. I have yet to be disappointed by a Somto Ihezue story...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/into...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/into...