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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 1d

Loved this book. #amreading

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Katherine Rundell’s middle grade fantasy Impossible Creatures takes to the skies with Disney 🐉

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Disney Plans to Turn Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures Into Its Next Big Fantasy Franchise - Reactor

The company closed a seven-figure deal with Rundell to adapt the middle grade series.

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Lynn Baldwin @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social · 4d

“Every NO is a breadcrumb leading you to a YES.” @ecfeinberg.bsky.social at @SCBWIOhioNorth #kidlit

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 4d

Love the pic! School is at CalArts north of LA now. A great facility for the residency programs #VCFA runs all at once. Love going there for #kidlit. #amwriting

Jerry Piatt @watercolor-wannabe.bsky.social · 22d

Loose line and wash of VCFA College Hall in Montpelier, VT. (The college has actually moved in recent years. I think it's in Colorado now)
#art #watercolor #watercolour

A watercolor painting of the old 'College Hall' at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont.

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 4d

Yay! So excited to read Sunward when on holiday break from school. #amreading #VCFA

Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 4d

Ottawa! We’re privileged to have @willalex.bsky.social among us! He’s at Perfect Books signing his adult debut SUNWARD until 3PM! Swing by & say hello!

Will Alexander, a bearded man with glasses and wearing a black flat cap and a dark plum coloured button-down, sits at a table in a bookstore peeking mischievously over copies of his new book SUNWARD.

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 4d

Kinda my strategy in a nutshell. Or on a chessboard. Either, really.

Chess.com @chess.com · 4d

Opening tips:
- pawn(s) out to control center
- develop horses and bishops
- castle (magic move)
- do whatever looks fun

Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 4d

This gives the #mnwild a chance to see what they have in Jesper, let him grow a bit into the roll. Not rush him. So no way are they trading him as a result of Gus extending unless he tanks in the regular season.

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 8d

#amwriting and #amquerying friends!

Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · 8d

HONK HONK COUPLE HOURS LEFT!

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Silly Goose Press Submission Manager

Honklo, Goose! Welcome to The Pond!Submissions for SGP6 will be open September 1-30, 2025! Here are the guidelines:- Use standard formatting (i.e., 12 pt font, 1 inch margins, some sort of serif/sans ...

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 14d

It arrived! Excited to read Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social. Had to wait for the local shop to order it for me, so a little delayed from the release date. But...yay! 🎉🎊🎉 #amreading #SFF #scifi

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 15d

Pretty sure that was 1993, because I was at that show too!

Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 16d

Kind of a crazy thing my wife just shared with me from the James Webb Space Telescope Facebook page. #science #astronomy

Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 18d

My friend just sent me a copy of a book she published. So excited to read this! The drafts were amazing. Congratulations, Katherine! a.co/d/i5EItfI #amreading #kidlit #sff

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Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · 20d

HONK HOOONK

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 22d

Happy book birthday, @willalex.bsky.social! Excited for my copy to arrive at my local bookstore. #amreading

Saga Press Books @sagapressbooks.bsky.social · 22d

Happy book birthday to SUNWARD, a cozy scifi adventure by award-winning writer William Alexander (@willalex.bsky.social)! 🎉

SUNWARD follows a planetary courier training adolescent androids in a solar system grappling with interplanetary conflict after a devastating explosion on Earth’s moon.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 22d

Behold:

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

New 'Murderbot' book promises 'family road trip from hell': See the cover

"Murderbot" fans are in for a treat with Martha Wells' eighth book "Platform Decay." The author shares what she's excited for readers to see.

www.usatoday.com

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 23d

Got mine on order through my local bookstore. #amreading

William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 23d

🎶 The world is still consumed in flame,
but I must joyfully proclaim:

Tomorrow you'll discover
what my novel SUNWARD has in store!

One more dawn.
One more day.
ONE DAY MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE...🎶

William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 29d

🎶One week more.
Another seven days remain my friends,
until the lengthy wait for SUNWARD ends.
What secrets do these pages hold?
What lunacy will soon unfold?
One week more...🎶

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 24d

Is there a video of this somewhere to share, please?

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 24d

Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 27d

If KK97 is traded, where might he want to go - thinking on his NTC - and what might the Wild expect to get in a return from some of these possible teams?

Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 28d

🤔🤔🤔 #amwriting

Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · Sep 6

Happy honkin weekend send us ur words 🪿🪿🪿 sillygoosepress.submittable.com/submit

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 28d

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a sign that says ' chicago auto '

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a sign that says ' chicago auto '

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Jason Hussong @jasonhussong.bsky.social · 29d

Dear Santa, would it be a bother to come a little early with this one on your sleigh? #amreading

William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 29d

🎶One week more.
Another seven days remain my friends,
until the lengthy wait for SUNWARD ends.
What secrets do these pages hold?
What lunacy will soon unfold?
One week more...🎶

A stack of several copies of SUNWARD stand in a stylish way. The cover sports a gorgeous illustration of the sun and the moon by Owen Gent.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Sep 5

Yup.

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Sep 5

My early thoughts on the Anthropic settlement:
a) good, fucking pay us
b) no, that’s not enough
c) shouldn’t have stolen our shit to train your stupid mediocre plagiarism artbarf robot in the first place, you fuckers
d) this isn’t something to celebrate; it is a Pyrrhic victory at best

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · Sep 5

AUTHORS: AG has prepared a detailed explainer on the Anthropic settlement and how it affects us. Full details:

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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