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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve always thought of her as a secular saint!

Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · 1d

The goats are here!
Every year they come through to eat the dry grasses in the open space areas and reduce the risk of wildfires.
It’s fun to watch them 🥰🐐🐐🐐

Three white goats are grazing on dried grass near oak trees.

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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · 5d

I really like the way Writing Memoir in Flashes focuses on writing short, meaningful memoir and Lita Kurth’s friendly writing style.
For those who don’t know, I’m with Thinking Ink Press—we’re the publisher.
So, if you’re up for showing this book some love, like/share, or follow!

Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 5d

www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
Our Kickstarter prelaunch page is live for Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth! 📚💖
Click Notify me on launch to follow. (This is free and does not commit you to backing.) We'll have an early-bird deal when the campaign launches on Oct 14.🎉

#booksky #writing

Coming soon: Writing Memoir in Flashes nonfiction book

Learn to write your true stories in short form memoir

www.kickstarter.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 11d

If you're looking for a flexible/forgiving novel writing challenge that starts today, runs until end of October, I've created my first Pacemaker group challenge (limit 100 users). Open to both free & premium Pacemaker.press users. Details below:

www.pacemaker.press/users/inkygi...

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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · 12d

It’s beautiful!

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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · 13d

A couple of weeks ago I went to a lovely tea tasting at Senpais Anime Cafe in Roseville. They offer three different kinds of tea along with treats!
I don’t see them on BlueSky, but if you’re in the Roseville/Sac area, check them out senpaiscafe.com

A fancy tea infuser made of black wood with tea leaves in the top part and a small glass teapot full of tea in the bottom part

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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · 17d

These earrings are even cooler in real life!
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, check out Poetry Center of San José’s small press fair on Sep 28!

Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 17d

New book earrings from Poetose! 💖📚 Get yours at Thinking Ink Press’s table at
Markham House in History Park
10 am - 1 pm
Sunday, September 28
635 Phelan Ave,
San Jose CA 95112

Browse books, earrings, and more.

www.pcsj.org/festival-2025 for full poetry festival details
📕

8 boxes of small handmade book earrings in assorted designs

One pair of book earrings from Poetose with floral book covers

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Sheri Bentley @birthdaygirl.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent list…❤️

Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 20d

I used to think royalties would pay my bills. Spoiler: they didn’t. But that wasn’t failure—it was education. Here’s how authors actually build sustainable careers 👉 buff.ly/xkIN8tE

Make Money as a Writer: Additional Income Streams Beyond Book Royalties

ere are so many ways to make money as an author that don’t involve hitting refresh on your Amazon sales dashboard every five minutes.

athomeauthor.com

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · 21d

🎉 We’re happy to announce we’ll be publishing a new book Writing Memoir in Flashes by Lita Kurth in Spring 2026! 🎉
This book is for anyone who wants to tell their true stories through writing short memoir or a collection.

Follow us for news about the upcoming Kickstarter! 📚💖

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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · 23d

Gluten-free bread is much better and more available!

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 23d

Just had a great session #2 of the workshop on theme and motif. We're grappling with some hard stuff, but having fun with it. Here's a story I asked them to read for the next session, John Chu's lovely "The Water that Falls on You From Nowhere" - reactormag.com/the-water-th...

The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere - Reactor

Winner of the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. In the near future water falls from the sky whenever someone lies (either a mist or a torrential flood depending on the intensity of the lie). This ...

reactormag.com

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 26d

This is the last day for the Murderbot + Witch King and my other fantasy Humble Book Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/martha... We've raised $89,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen so far!

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR

Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.

www.humblebundle.com

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 28d

It's been ages since I've done a craft thread! I want to get back in the habit, so here goes...Let's talk about inciting incidents, and how to set them up!

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 29d

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR

Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.

www.humblebundle.com

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · Sep 8

this is so goddamn good

Maggie Millner: “Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing?”

A reckoning with Mary Oliver’s reputation as an unserious poet explores how her best work has been misunderstood.

yalereview.org

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Sep 8

I think that if you are trying to understand the Anthropic book settlement, and you are not doing it in light of the (extremely) failed Google book settlement from 2011, you will never be able to understand what is happening.

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Laurie (THE QUEEN OF CHESS) Wallmark @lauriewallmark.bsky.social · Sep 8

Setting: How do you amp up your story's setting? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
lauriewallmark.blogspot.com/2025/09/sett...

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · Sep 7

Small Wonders will be open to original flash fiction submissions this Friday, September 12th. We'll be open through October 31st!

We'll also be closing to reprint flash fiction on Friday, September 12th.

Send us your weird, wild, wonderful little stories with big emotions!

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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · Sep 6

It's my understanding that this settlement is only for the piracy issue, and it does not cover licensing for LLM learning.
Ideally, LLM learning would be separate class action lawsuits with additional payments/penalties going to authors. I have no idea what will actually happen though!

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Busy yesterday so I missed that Anthropic had settled. Figures. LLMs have violated thousands of copyrights; they *knew* it would kill them if it went to trial. Anyway, the Authors Guild has some useful info here: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v Anthropic...

authorsguild.org

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Betsy Miller @betsymiller.bsky.social · Aug 30

I've heard if you put their litter box outside, that also helps encourage cats to return as they smell the familiar scent.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Aug 28

The indispensable @janefriedman.com looks at four key ways publishing has changed in the past 10 years janefriedman.com/how-publishi...

How Publishing Has Changed Since 2015 | Jane Friedman

To mark the 10-year anniversary of this newsletter’s launch, here’s a look at some of the biggest industry changes in the past decade.

janefriedman.com

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Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social · Aug 27

Publishers Weekly interviewed @shinylizard.bsky.social about Thinking Ink Press for an article on collective and co-op publishers!

@indyartssf.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Read it here: tinyurl.com/246wcxcv

Collective and Co-op Publishers Find Strength in Numbers

Indie collectives and co-ops are creating their own definitions of success—and finding their people.

tinyurl.com

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Calling all Black visual artists! Submissions are OPEN for our 2026 covers! Artists should submit portfolios or work samples which illustrate an understanding of composition, and feature fantastical elements and/or can be categorized as fantasy, science-fiction, horror, & their related subgenres./+

entitled "call for artists" with various magazine covers in the background. "Portfolio submissions are now open for 2026 issue covers

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