Jana Wekel
@jana-w.bsky.social
Reads and sometimes writes SFF. She/her.
*dusts off account* Happy New Year everyone! Will this be the year I actually use Bluesky? And/or the year I finish the first draft of this novel? I guess we're going to find out!
January 1, 2026 at 10:18 AM
*dusts off account* Happy New Year everyone! Will this be the year I actually use Bluesky? And/or the year I finish the first draft of this novel? I guess we're going to find out!
Challenge accepted!
Okay, so @jana-w.bsky.social arrived from Berlin today to help me reorganize the Big Bookshelf - wish us luck…
#booksky
#booksky
August 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Challenge accepted!
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When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'
March 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'
Let's keep it up, Berlin!
The text on the front banners say 'We are the Firewall'. Massive demo in Berlin today against right-wing extremism.
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Let's keep it up, Berlin!
Looking for some joy in these dark days @otherlandberlin.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Looking for some joy in these dark days @otherlandberlin.bsky.social
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"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
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Octavia Butler couldn’t see the future. She saw what was happening in front of her and, in addition to studying the past, was able to imagine where it would lead. It’s important to tell the truth about her because mythologizing her is a disservice to her legacy.
January 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Octavia Butler couldn’t see the future. She saw what was happening in front of her and, in addition to studying the past, was able to imagine where it would lead. It’s important to tell the truth about her because mythologizing her is a disservice to her legacy.
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3/ There's a whole slice of the right-wing trying to "claim" the history of "western civ" in support of their 21st century agenda. They mostly don't know anything about the history, but just thinks roman busts and latin quips make them sound smrt. The ones who do know, they're just liars.
December 31, 2024 at 3:20 PM
3/ There's a whole slice of the right-wing trying to "claim" the history of "western civ" in support of their 21st century agenda. They mostly don't know anything about the history, but just thinks roman busts and latin quips make them sound smrt. The ones who do know, they're just liars.
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“Christopher Nolan will make the plot of The Odyssey comprehensible to people who haven’t read it.” Sir, have you ever seen a Christopher Nolan movie
December 24, 2024 at 9:02 PM
“Christopher Nolan will make the plot of The Odyssey comprehensible to people who haven’t read it.” Sir, have you ever seen a Christopher Nolan movie
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December 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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forgetting your headphones at home is the modern equivalent of leaving your sword behind in medieval times
November 19, 2024 at 2:04 PM
forgetting your headphones at home is the modern equivalent of leaving your sword behind in medieval times
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When I was a buyer at a large indie, my rule of thumb was:
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
More detail: When booksellers get pre-orders, it's a quantitative and qualitative signal that there is like *something here* about a book. The avalanche of new books out there is hard to communicate if you're not in the industry, and pre-orders are one of vanishingly few signals. It is a real thing!
The thing about pre-orders: If you pre-order thru an indie bookstore (which generally doesn't cost you up-front!) it is HUGE for the lifeblood of the book, it is a boost to authors, the publisher, and the booksellers who steward this life. It's a little thing but it's meaningful should this inspire!
November 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM
When I was a buyer at a large indie, my rule of thumb was:
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Faster than light?"
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
May 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM
"Faster than light?"
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
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Some time back, my friend @sigridellis.bsky.social ended a disability-related panel at WisCon with the following sentiment, & it's what I'm holding onto today:
Joy is the best reason to work for a better world, but if joy is inaccessible to you right now, spite will do.
Joy is the best reason to work for a better world, but if joy is inaccessible to you right now, spite will do.
November 6, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Some time back, my friend @sigridellis.bsky.social ended a disability-related panel at WisCon with the following sentiment, & it's what I'm holding onto today:
Joy is the best reason to work for a better world, but if joy is inaccessible to you right now, spite will do.
Joy is the best reason to work for a better world, but if joy is inaccessible to you right now, spite will do.
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fwiw my therapist was straight-up like “pull every single legit coping lever you have right now and don’t feel guilty about it, distraction is key,” maybe you also needed to hear this
November 4, 2024 at 8:20 PM
fwiw my therapist was straight-up like “pull every single legit coping lever you have right now and don’t feel guilty about it, distraction is key,” maybe you also needed to hear this
📚✨Repost with your five favourite reads from this year ~SO FAR
Witch King by Martha Wells
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Witch King by Martha Wells
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
📚✨Repost with your five favourite reads from this year ~SO FAR
T. Kingfisher "Nettle and Bone"
Veronica Roth "When Among Crows"
Emily Tesh "Some Desperate Glory"
Gabrielle Zevin "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
Leigh Bardugo "The Familiar"
T. Kingfisher "Nettle and Bone"
Veronica Roth "When Among Crows"
Emily Tesh "Some Desperate Glory"
Gabrielle Zevin "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
Leigh Bardugo "The Familiar"
📚✨Repost with your five favourite reads from this year ~SO FAR~
The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (I think that was this year...)
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
The Cannibals Guide to Ethical Living by Mykle Hansen
The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (I think that was this year...)
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
The Cannibals Guide to Ethical Living by Mykle Hansen
November 4, 2024 at 9:12 AM
📚✨Repost with your five favourite reads from this year ~SO FAR
Witch King by Martha Wells
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
Witch King by Martha Wells
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
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We are thrilled to announce that Sir Terry Pratchett’s NIGHT WATCH is set to become a Penguin Classic, publishing in April 2025.
terrypratchett.com/news/terry-p...
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Sir Terry Pratchett's Night Watch to become Penguin Classic | Terry Pratchett
Sir Terry Pratchett's iconic Discworld novel Night Watch, featuring Commander Sam Vimes, to be published as a Penguin Classic.
terrypratchett.com
October 31, 2024 at 7:58 PM
We are thrilled to announce that Sir Terry Pratchett’s NIGHT WATCH is set to become a Penguin Classic, publishing in April 2025.
terrypratchett.com/news/terry-p...
terrypratchett.com/news/terry-p...
Mein Exemplar ist heute angekommen - freue mich schon, die tolle Pilzpunk-Geschichte von @krachstelze.bsky.social wieder und die anderen Beiträge neu zu lesen!
Druckfrisch bei @amrunverlag.bsky.social eingetroffen: Die 13. Ausgabe der Queer*Welten! Ihr bekommt sie am Amrûn-Stand auf dem #BuCon2024 - und dort gibt es auch ein Panel zu Queer*Welten: Um 15 Uhr im Raum "Basement". Ihr könnt dort Fragen stellen (oder sie schon hier kommentieren)
#GermanBookSky
#GermanBookSky
November 2, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Mein Exemplar ist heute angekommen - freue mich schon, die tolle Pilzpunk-Geschichte von @krachstelze.bsky.social wieder und die anderen Beiträge neu zu lesen!
Went to see the exhibition about the Palace of the Republic in the Humboldt-Forum today (highly recommended if you happen to be in Berlin!), now trying to decide what to read next ...
November 1, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Went to see the exhibition about the Palace of the Republic in the Humboldt-Forum today (highly recommended if you happen to be in Berlin!), now trying to decide what to read next ...
So many great books on this list! Now off to think long and hard about which ten books I'll put down for the readers' submissions ...
It’s a great time to read speculative fiction.
We asked over 50 authors about the most iconic SFF books of this century. Here's what they had to say.
reactormag.com/the-most-ico...
We asked over 50 authors about the most iconic SFF books of this century. Here's what they had to say.
reactormag.com/the-most-ico...
The Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st Century - Reactor
We surveyed some of our favorite writers and asked them to share their choices for the most iconic books of the 21st century (so far).
reactormag.com
October 31, 2024 at 9:23 AM
So many great books on this list! Now off to think long and hard about which ten books I'll put down for the readers' submissions ...
#currentlyreading and savouring this lyrical tale of (re-)building a fantastical city, with all the grief and love cities bring.
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo: Review by Gary K. Wolfe locusmag.com/2024/10...
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The City in Glass, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom 978-1250348272, $24.99, 224pp), October 2024. Nghi Vo is full of surprises. I suppose one could argue that her first novel, the Gatsbyesque The Chosen and the …
locusmag.com
October 30, 2024 at 1:03 PM
#currentlyreading and savouring this lyrical tale of (re-)building a fantastical city, with all the grief and love cities bring.
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Disco Elysium offers a tremendous variety of roleplaying choices & alternate solutions I will never see because they'd disappoint Kim Kitsuragi
October 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Disco Elysium offers a tremendous variety of roleplaying choices & alternate solutions I will never see because they'd disappoint Kim Kitsuragi
The other project for my time off: make at least some dent in all the short stories I've bookmarked 😅
October 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The other project for my time off: make at least some dent in all the short stories I've bookmarked 😅
Okay then, got two weeks off from work, guess it's time to get back into this writing thing ...
October 28, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Okay then, got two weeks off from work, guess it's time to get back into this writing thing ...