Amy Keeley
@amykeeley.bsky.social
I write fantasy, usually with a romance in it somewhere. My online home is currently amykeeley.wordpress.com. My books are available at a number of places.
Fantastic news! Absolutely loved Danger Mouse as a kid, and Wind in the Willows was fun and soothing.
Cosgrove Hall Films Archive exhibition at Sale Library is open to the public! Here's a story we posted earlier: downthetubes.net/forever-home...
Forever home unveiled for Cosgrove Hall Films’ iconic animation collection at the newly refurbished Sale Library
New permanent free exhibition opens in January 2026
downthetubes.net
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Fantastic news! Absolutely loved Danger Mouse as a kid, and Wind in the Willows was fun and soothing.
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Apparently January 16th is Appreciate a Dragon Day. So who is your favorite fantasy dragon? Mine is Scarlett the Fantasy-Faction dragon. - JI 🐉
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Apparently January 16th is Appreciate a Dragon Day. So who is your favorite fantasy dragon? Mine is Scarlett the Fantasy-Faction dragon. - JI 🐉
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Hey listeners…
Something I keep coming back to is this —
we’re not always meant to fix what’s heavy.
Sometimes it’s enough to just stay present, keep listening,
and let something beautiful sit beside what hurts.
Music helps with that.
It gives our feels a resting place for a while.
Something I keep coming back to is this —
we’re not always meant to fix what’s heavy.
Sometimes it’s enough to just stay present, keep listening,
and let something beautiful sit beside what hurts.
Music helps with that.
It gives our feels a resting place for a while.
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Hey listeners…
Something I keep coming back to is this —
we’re not always meant to fix what’s heavy.
Sometimes it’s enough to just stay present, keep listening,
and let something beautiful sit beside what hurts.
Music helps with that.
It gives our feels a resting place for a while.
Something I keep coming back to is this —
we’re not always meant to fix what’s heavy.
Sometimes it’s enough to just stay present, keep listening,
and let something beautiful sit beside what hurts.
Music helps with that.
It gives our feels a resting place for a while.
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Hello #portfolioday 💙
I'm Julia, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany! I do a lot of work for TCGs and TTRPGs, like Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons&Dragons, Humblewood and Daggerheart.
🌍 juliametzger.net
📧 julianatmetzger(at)gmail.com
I'm Julia, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany! I do a lot of work for TCGs and TTRPGs, like Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons&Dragons, Humblewood and Daggerheart.
🌍 juliametzger.net
📧 julianatmetzger(at)gmail.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Hello #portfolioday 💙
I'm Julia, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany! I do a lot of work for TCGs and TTRPGs, like Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons&Dragons, Humblewood and Daggerheart.
🌍 juliametzger.net
📧 julianatmetzger(at)gmail.com
I'm Julia, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany! I do a lot of work for TCGs and TTRPGs, like Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons&Dragons, Humblewood and Daggerheart.
🌍 juliametzger.net
📧 julianatmetzger(at)gmail.com
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Hey #portfolioday!
I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache
My style vibes with what I need it to do
[email protected]
fallenlights.net
I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache
My style vibes with what I need it to do
[email protected]
fallenlights.net
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Hey #portfolioday!
I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache
My style vibes with what I need it to do
[email protected]
fallenlights.net
I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache
My style vibes with what I need it to do
[email protected]
fallenlights.net
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GenAI companies keep claiming the books and copyrighted works their programed were "trained" on without permission didn't retain complete copies in their systems. This was a lie.
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
GenAI companies keep claiming the books and copyrighted works their programed were "trained" on without permission didn't retain complete copies in their systems. This was a lie.
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases, including:
THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by Kalyn Josephson
THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/01/anti...
THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by Kalyn Josephson
THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/01/anti...
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Book Releases, including:
THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by Kalyn Josephson
THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/01/anti...
THE RED WINTER by Cameron Sullivan
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons
THE LIBRARY OF AMORLIN by Kalyn Josephson
THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES by A. S. Tamaki
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/01/anti...
Yes! This book is amazing. It was like medicine for my soul, too.
I am currently reading 'My Roommate is a Vampire' by @jennalevine.bsky.social and it is like medicine for my frazzled soul.
I just thought everyone should know because maybe I'm not the only one who feels like they're living in a dumpster fire, and maybe you need this book too.
I just thought everyone should know because maybe I'm not the only one who feels like they're living in a dumpster fire, and maybe you need this book too.
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Yes! This book is amazing. It was like medicine for my soul, too.
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This week's Sunday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, which is available in ebook & paperback now: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave
If you haven't yet read the 1st cozy-spooky romantasy novella in this series, you can grab that, too: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience
#romancelandia
If you haven't yet read the 1st cozy-spooky romantasy novella in this series, you can grab that, too: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience
#romancelandia
January 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
This week's Sunday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, which is available in ebook & paperback now: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave
If you haven't yet read the 1st cozy-spooky romantasy novella in this series, you can grab that, too: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience
#romancelandia
If you haven't yet read the 1st cozy-spooky romantasy novella in this series, you can grab that, too: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience
#romancelandia
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For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
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*rubs my nose* okay, let’s try to explain this one more time.
Think of your book like a food item, and AI like nuts.
« Nuts free » would be you being 100% sure no AI even looked in the direction of your manuscript
🧵
Think of your book like a food item, and AI like nuts.
« Nuts free » would be you being 100% sure no AI even looked in the direction of your manuscript
🧵
December 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
*rubs my nose* okay, let’s try to explain this one more time.
Think of your book like a food item, and AI like nuts.
« Nuts free » would be you being 100% sure no AI even looked in the direction of your manuscript
🧵
Think of your book like a food item, and AI like nuts.
« Nuts free » would be you being 100% sure no AI even looked in the direction of your manuscript
🧵
Excellent thread. Very important point.
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
January 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Excellent thread. Very important point.
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
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You can see some of these stereotypes - the simple, morally pure countryside vs. the morally compromised, inauthentic city - play out in Greek and Roman literature.
So this is a very old idea that recurs regularly.
So this is a very old idea that recurs regularly.
Do other countries have this weird notion that you’re not a “real” representative of the nation if you live in an urban center? Like do the French say Parisians aren’t really French? Are you considered not a real German if you live in Berlin? Or is this mainly a weird American thing?
January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
You can see some of these stereotypes - the simple, morally pure countryside vs. the morally compromised, inauthentic city - play out in Greek and Roman literature.
So this is a very old idea that recurs regularly.
So this is a very old idea that recurs regularly.
😂
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
😂
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Welcome to 2026 Factioneers! 🥳
It's time again to help us pick our Top 50 SFF (science fiction & fantasy) reads of the year! What books stood out to you in 2025? Do you have a new all-time favorite? Let us know below!
But first! The Rules: (🧵 1/5)
#booksky #happynewyear #bestof2025 #reading
It's time again to help us pick our Top 50 SFF (science fiction & fantasy) reads of the year! What books stood out to you in 2025? Do you have a new all-time favorite? Let us know below!
But first! The Rules: (🧵 1/5)
#booksky #happynewyear #bestof2025 #reading
January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Welcome to 2026 Factioneers! 🥳
It's time again to help us pick our Top 50 SFF (science fiction & fantasy) reads of the year! What books stood out to you in 2025? Do you have a new all-time favorite? Let us know below!
But first! The Rules: (🧵 1/5)
#booksky #happynewyear #bestof2025 #reading
It's time again to help us pick our Top 50 SFF (science fiction & fantasy) reads of the year! What books stood out to you in 2025? Do you have a new all-time favorite? Let us know below!
But first! The Rules: (🧵 1/5)
#booksky #happynewyear #bestof2025 #reading
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If you're in the US, today is your last chance to preorder the gorgeous trade paperback edition of Enchanting the Fae Queen for 25% off at @barnesandnoble.com (with the code PREORDER25):
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enchanting...
#romancelandia
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enchanting...
#romancelandia
January 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
If you're in the US, today is your last chance to preorder the gorgeous trade paperback edition of Enchanting the Fae Queen for 25% off at @barnesandnoble.com (with the code PREORDER25):
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enchanting...
#romancelandia
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enchanting...
#romancelandia
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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We have not updated you all in little bit. Some personal stuff has come up that has resulted in there being no December or January issue. The end result is it has us reconsidering our structure to ensure this doesn't happen again. I are temporarily closing submissions
January 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
We have not updated you all in little bit. Some personal stuff has come up that has resulted in there being no December or January issue. The end result is it has us reconsidering our structure to ensure this doesn't happen again. I are temporarily closing submissions
Read this today and thought I'd share. The page itself is old, but the information is evergreen, especially for those who write or just love creating worlds. And it's totally free. Don't even have to sign up. (Article/workshop is by Holly Lisle.) hollylisle.com/maps-worksho...
Maps Workshop — Developing the Fictional World through Mapping – Holly Lisle: Writer
hollylisle.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Read this today and thought I'd share. The page itself is old, but the information is evergreen, especially for those who write or just love creating worlds. And it's totally free. Don't even have to sign up. (Article/workshop is by Holly Lisle.) hollylisle.com/maps-worksho...
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