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Kellie M. Hultgren
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Freelance editor and book coach, fiber artist, and fan of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative writing
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tkingfisher.com
So, since we have Yet More Discourse going on, I wanna toss out a thing because I keep seeing it come up.

Writing is not always fun, and that’s actually pretty normal.
tkingfisher.com Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 5d
Same. Frankly, I can’t imagine any situation where using an LLM to generate text would not make writing the book take ten times as long.
kateheartfield.com Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 6d
In case it doesn't go without saying: I have not used gen AI to create text in any of my books. I have not used Grammarly etc to "clean up" the text. I have not used it to research any of my books, except where it might be built into search engines under the hood (I do not use labelled AI results).
December 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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delilahsdawson.bsky.social
C'mere, pookie. We need to talk about how now is a difficult time for lots of people in publishing. Not just bc--*waves arms*--but bc we're seeing Best of the Year lists and Award Eligibility posts, and bc the last book deals of the year are being announced while sub times are longer than ever. 1/
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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majnouna.com
… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…

www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
Coming soon: Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED
A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social
Just over two weeks left (!!!) to get your applications in for our first ever Wholehearted Writers Week.

Come bring your whole self to write, learn, and build community just in time to kick off the new year. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com
Wholehearted Writers
What is Wholehearted Writers Week? This five-day-long online event is a writer’s retreat, a conference, a festival, a community space . It's also highly individualized and flexible. Your  ...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social
Things to expect from our conference:

1. A lively, lovingly moderated private Slack server for connecting with fellow writers and your four facilitators. Ask questions, share experiences, set goals, and report on your progress every day.

#writersconference #w3 #writers
A man sits on the floor of his messy living room, leaning against his couch. He has a laptop on his leg and is holding a tablet. Around him, clothes are in random places, a cat sits on the couch, and another cat peaks around the corner of the picture. Pink cartoon bunny slippers sit next to him. Text: Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. Come as you are. Leave with community. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
kelliemhultgren.bsky.social
Not to attempt Discourse, but 3-item lists are not proof of AI writing. Human writers just LOVE 3-item lists, so AI mimics it. Long before LLMs, I was highlighting two or three or more lists per paragraph and begging writers to resist the urge. Same goes for em dashes. It’s us. The problem is us.
July 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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We originally published this in 2022, and its official title is 'Birds Are Real' but unofficially it is known as 'This is how you lose the safety war'.
June 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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princejvstin.com
Sunday marks five years since the murder of George Floyd
May 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
kelliemhultgren.bsky.social
Tonight I’m sparkling at the IBPA awards dinner with 🌟IBPA Gold🏅 winner Linda Ruggeri (for ‘Networking for Writers’)!
Linda Ruggeri, a Latina author and editor in a teal dress, poses for a selfie in a banquet hall with Kellie, a white woman in a blue sequin-covered dress.
May 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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shing.bsky.social
I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.

(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)
May 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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tanyagold.bsky.social
Penguin Random House is looking for new queer voices and is currently taking unagented submissions for fiction and nonfiction by LGBTQ+ writers.
www.instagram.com/p/DI9PlxCRp38/

#BookSky #QueerBookSky #LGBTQBooks #WritingCommunity 🌈📚
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April 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Just an editor wrapping up conference surveys from #ACES2025 while eyeing her inbox with suspicion... If we chatted at the conference, feel free to say hi here or drop me a note!
April 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
Vikings in the Mediterranean. Open access conference proceedings. Good reading!

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February 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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The ACES conference this spring is in Salt Lake City.

www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Screenshot from the linked article at the Salt Lake Tribune, dated February 13, 2025, reading “Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says: A new bill would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in some instances in Utah schools and government buildings, but pride flags would be banned. By Addy Baird | Feb. 13, 2025, 6:20 p.m. | Updated: 8:06 p.m.” photo credit (Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Progress Pride flag waves in front of the Utah Capitol during the Rally for Trans Community Support in Salt Lake City Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.
February 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
well that alt text got me crying on a Tuesday morning
violetblue.bsky.social Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · Feb 4
Timeline break: Max is here to check on you #Catsky
Photo: an extremely handsome brown and black striped tabby cat: Max is standing at the threshold of a doorway between kitchen and balcony. Blurred in the far background is Sam, another gorgeous tabby cat in silver and white, laying like a stunning Rubenesque model ready to be painted. Max is facing us and standing on three legs while his front arm is outstretched, reaching and extending under the camera. We can see his little fingers are spread as he widens his paw to touch us. He is looking at us as if he's concerned and is reaching out a hand. Max is the check-in cat. He is here for you. When this photo was taken Max actually tapped me with his paw like he was saying: 'Hey, stop for a minute, I am here.' Sometimes when I'm asleep and I have a nightmare, I wake up because Max is doing exactly this, a few taps and then he lays on me, all draped over like I'm a big log or tree branch, and then settling in on me and purring. 'No bad dreams; I am here now.' (That's what I say to Max when I gently wake him from kitty nightmares.) I often wonder if I was making nightmare noises when he does that. Max is the check-in cat. He is here for you. We are all doing Herculean amounts of emotional inventory management right now. It's okay to look up.
February 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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jessigrace.bsky.social
But did you know that elk dance in puddles in the woods when we’re not watching? 🤩

🔊
🎥 DanMaxwell
January 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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kameronhurley.com
When discussing this strategy I've run into a lot of folks desperate for news. My suggestion is the one I just gave my mom, which is to watch PBS News Hour once per day. They will have had time to collect the day's events into a cogent narrative instead of disjointed headlines. And there's few ads
January 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
kelliemhultgren.bsky.social
Me: Oh hey, improving my desk ergonomics is an easy 2025 goal to meet!

Five days, one missing monitor arm plate, four screws of incorrect length, and two temporary reassemblies of my previous workspace later… 🤦🏻‍♀️
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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mishellbaker.bsky.social
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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majnouna.com
I've teased people with this enough, here it is at last...

GATEWAYS (Book of A Life)

#ArtistBook. Mineral pigments in egg tempera on hand-cut paper, coptic binding with linen thread, cork for the cover. 28 × 20 × 7 cm, 1.9 kg.
Completed: 13 January 2025.

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Gateways (Book of A Life)
Artist book Materials: Mineral pigments in egg tempera on hand-cut paper, linen thread, cork for the cover. Size: 28 (L) × 20 (H) × 7 (Th) cm. Weight:…
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January 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
"The rules governing the exercise of power in a representative democracy should not — must not — be Calvinball." The MNGOP illegally seizes power in the statehouse. It's part of a pattern. From MSNBC.

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Minnesota voters elected a split state House. Republicans seized power anyway.
Even when Republicans have a lot of power, it often will not be enough,
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January 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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cbassa.bsky.social
Combining the 8.4 million individual exposures (2TB of data) into a single keogram covering the 4 years from 2021 upto 2025 shows the repeated change in length of the night, and also highlights the small differences in sunset and sunrise times due to the eccentric orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
January 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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For the 4th year in a row, my all-sky camera has been taking an image of the sky above the Netherlands every 15 seconds. Combining these images reveal the length of the night changing throughout the year, the passage of clouds and the motion of the Moon and the Sun through the sky. #astrophotography
This image shows the hourglass shape of the nights shortening and lengthening from winter to summer and from summer to winter, passing clouds, the Moon passing through the night sky every month (diagonal bands) and the Sun climbing higher in the sky during summer.
January 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM