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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 3h

haha even here in Detroit we know it's Turauo

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 4h

Until an AI understands '80s slow jams enough to shiver when El DeBarge hits that crescendo in 'Love Me in A Special Way' miss me with your marketing revolution.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 4h

Anyway, if you want to know how things are feeling, this 17 year Holy Priestess of Elune is running Legion Remix with a DPS DH named Angst.

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 4h

awww some people have requested this - I'm so happy

I just want some people to enjoy my stories

Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 10h

Our editor, Emily, has made it through a lot these past five years, and hopes you will enjoy this deeply heartfelt and personal collection of her unpublished writing during that time.

Quiet, Quirky, Queer — and now on #NetGalley.

Sexy Garlic

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Wole Talabi @wtalabi.bsky.social · 5h

Join this online bookclub discussion with Nikki and Tanya about my novel SHIGIDI. I'll make an appearance and talk about supernatural heists at the British museum, African gods, belief and sex as sources of power, plus more. It'll be fun.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 5h

oh no

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 6h

We aren't fighting fascism right now

and most people aren't willing to admit that because they don't want to say

" I am invested in a world where I am UNABLE to wield certain privileges when I am uncomfortable"

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 7h

jeez I could create a whole longlist without even thinking about it

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 7h

Now I'm thinking there could be Civility Awards added to the Hugos. By gender, obvs.

Men: Most Aggressive Refusal to Listen to a Woman
Women: Most Aggressive Protection of a Man

Wait, we can't say aggressive, maybe they could be called Professional?

maybe these are bad ideas i'm a lady editor

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 7h

Which is probably why they don't want me around.

Because they're all acting like their decision to ...

well you get it

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 7h

omg though, I know Sydette is talking about media

But if I weren't shadowbanned from all the north american conventions, I would 100% wear a shirt I bought from Sydette to them that said:

"I am not perfect but you know what I WON'T do is act like my decision to not listen isn't a choice I made."

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 7h

You can get mad at Jake Tapper ... but no one can get mad at you

I get mad at folks .. and there are people who can be justifiably be mad at me

and I am not perfect but you know what I WON'T do is act like my decision to not listen isn't a choice I made

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 8h

I may not have "money for a cover" but not only did I make this cover MYSELF - I photographed the elements and then ATE them.

I AM THE BOOK AND NOW THE BOOK IS ME.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 8h

HEY Who's downvoting my cover.

NO TASTE.

Sexy Garlic cover has 4 up votes and 3 down votes

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 9h

Hey #Detroit area - the resistance gathers!

Festival this Saturday, downtown #FerndaleMI, 10-4, book shop, hanging out, really great panels. If you can, I hope you'll make space to join!

*Lots* of awesome authors and anti-censorship voices are coming in, I know @elizmanderson.com will be there!

Ban This Book Fest 2025 - Shuttle Bus Available, Tickets are $10 at Door, October 11th 2025 from 10am-4pm Ferndale, MI www.banthisbookfest.com

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 10h

I would really be honored if you'd give my stories a look. Truly. They're on NetGalley now, and no pressure - just knowing people care enough to give them a try means so much to me.

More than anything else, I am a storyteller. And this is the real me. 💔

Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 10h

Our editor, Emily, has made it through a lot these past five years, and hopes you will enjoy this deeply heartfelt and personal collection of her unpublished writing during that time.

Quiet, Quirky, Queer — and now on #NetGalley.

Sexy Garlic

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

www.netgalley.com

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 13h

We really don't have to applaud people for using ableist slurs when they won't say things like "white supremacy".

It contributes to the deflection of the root issues and also strengthens the idea that popularity holds more credence than truthtelling.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 14h

This is both a beautiful book for your shelf, and also you'll love reading it!

Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1d

As is THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR signed limited edition hardcover.

Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · Jul 11

Also slightly discounted, the limited ed hardcover of my novella THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, a coming of age story set in 90s/00s Calcutta, about Ru, who realises his family may be refugees from another reality, living in a house that may be a dragons' nest.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 14h

I also think I get mad when folks place value judgements on human ass things like wanting safety, recognition and consistency , or acknowledging they can be influenced

Like no shit it’s called teamwork when applied correctly . Ain’t it nice!

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

And look, I know there's this gut instinct of, "But the nice white guys I like wouldn't lie!"

But would they refuse to hear any single detail of what happened from a woman so that they can still not know?

Ask it. Believe it.

I've told the truth the whole time.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

Time to go! Agents, editors, marketers, publicists, publishers, anyone who's interested - sign up. (Rumor has it my face will make a quick cameo from Ontario...)

Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans @pubprosabb.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, a virtual town hall, Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors. (More in this thread)

We’d love for you to join us. Register in advance for the webinar at this link:

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 15h

Interested to take a journey away, through, and back again, now with cosmic lines of peace around your soul? Please, let go of the weight, just for a while, and let yourself experience Everything Endless by Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge.

Everything Endless

A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless, sheds brilliant light in dark times. …

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

oh no wait I think you're saying you're missing the deadline for something by a day

I'm so tired I can't human

but let me know what I can do to help!

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

Not sure I understand but I have a book out on 03 December.

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 1d

Help fund the translation of these books!!!

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

The translations we're hoping to fund for a Black small press are:
- A story about a Black trans woman in South Africa.
- A story about a Black woman in Zimbabwe who deals with the corruption of the men around her.
- A story about three Black men in Tanzania who must grapple with masculinity.

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

News is, six are still being held:

Abdeladim Bendraoui, Morocco
Aziz Rhali, Morocco
Christoforos Schuff O’Moore, Norway
Elaine Froysa Norli, Norway
Reyes Rigo Cervills, Spain
Samuel Rostock, Norway

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