In these trying times, it's important to remind ourselves of the beauty in the world - including right off your own lanai! ❤️ Maui

The No Kings/No Dictators protest in Kahului, Maui brought out over 1,500 people to express their rage against POTUS. This Maui Indivisable march occurred simultaneously with one in Kihei, and there was an earlier one in Lahaina - making it thousands of Maui people coming together to demand better!

In honor of Banned Books Week, I gathered all of the banned fiction from our bookshelves. They made only a tiny tower, because when we moved to Maui we had to leave most of our books behind. We've been collecting more, but still have a ways to go!

Please read banned books! They're eye opening.

Seattle WorldCon was a blast! Mia and I had a great time manning (womanning!) the Authors Against Book Bans booth, and my 2 panels went great.

WorldCon starts tomorrow! If you're going, come by my panels and say hi!

Just finished the ARC for The Witch Roads, compliments of @kateelliottsff.bsky.social (in consolation for me missing out on paddling this outrigger season)! Kate is a master worldbuilder, and this book proves she’s at the height of her powers. Lovers of High Fantasy are going to eat this one up!

On May 15 at 4:00pm PDT, join me and 5 other authors reading 8 minutes each from their speculative fiction stories – it’s free on Zoom! Here’s the registration link: tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n

@swsworlds
@authorterribruce
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@ephemerily
@nicolemwolverton
@pacificnorthwitch
@andreahairston

Happy Independent Bookstore Day - let's go buy books! This one is a bit far away - INDIE, not a bookshop, is in Cascais, Portugal. It's definitely a bookshop, though I bought socks rather than a book!

So many reasons to rub the Buddha's belly these days. This one is outside of Danang, Vietnam.

Mystery author Tana French DM'd me last week. After a few days I figured out that it wasn't really Tana! I trust Tana didn't sanction this deception and that she doesn't know a member of her marketing team (or an AI) is pretending to be her on Bluesky. If you know her, please tell her about it!

I'm a member of Women Writing Other Worlds, an international association of Sci Fi and Fantasy authors. Our new website just went live! Find us at www.womenwritingotherworlds.com.

We're open to new members, so if you're interested, take a look at the website and let us know.

Writing, paddling ... life is good.
Shout out to Napili Canoe Club - yesterday evening's practice was beautiful!

With everyone sharing their good news for Nebula and Hugo nominations, I get to share that my first submission to Uncanny Magazine ... got rejected. In case the rest of you forgot, here's what a rejection looks like.

But don't worry, because it sure won't stop me from writing and submitting!

A shout out to Stephan Pastis for today's Pearls Before Swine comic (from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser). Stephan's got it right, though he didn't mention a few other things I can think of, like intestinal fortitude!

I'm excited to join Bluesky the same week I launched my first newsletter! I'm going to be much more ambitious in the next one with my book/cocktail pairing - stay tuned for it in April. You can sign up for my newsletters and get a free story at annekeck.com.