Sarah JH Fletcher
@sjhfletcher.bsky.social
I'm interested in things. Editorial consultant; Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. She/her.
I read Behind Frenemy Lines today and absolutely LOVED it. What a book.
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/zen-...
The fabulous cover art is by the hugely talented Bo Feng Lin!
UK: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/zen-...
The fabulous cover art is by the hugely talented Bo Feng Lin!
Behind Frenemy Lines
Award-winning author Zen Cho delivers a sparkling and witty rivals-to-lovers romance reminiscent of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game and Sajni Patel's The Trou...
us.macmillan.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I read Behind Frenemy Lines today and absolutely LOVED it. What a book.
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This whole thread.
To add, I feel like "what makes your work stand out?" is such a normal-ass question and if you can't answer it, you're not ready.
To add, I feel like "what makes your work stand out?" is such a normal-ass question and if you can't answer it, you're not ready.
I'd believe this anecdote because I've met guys like this at conventions. People do ask (politely) about their work and they can't pitch it because what makes it special is that they are the specialest boy. They go to panels and hear queer and BIPOC writers talk about their work and think "ah ha". +
This shit is made up, actually
December 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This whole thread.
To add, I feel like "what makes your work stand out?" is such a normal-ass question and if you can't answer it, you're not ready.
To add, I feel like "what makes your work stand out?" is such a normal-ass question and if you can't answer it, you're not ready.
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![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
waaaaaaiiiiiiiit, the Girl Who Is Going To Be Okay meme is Caitlin from Dropout??
December 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
waaaaaaiiiiiiiit, the Girl Who Is Going To Be Okay meme is Caitlin from Dropout??
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just feeling more and more like it’s journalistic malpractice not to lead with the fact that the instructor in question is trans
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
just feeling more and more like it’s journalistic malpractice not to lead with the fact that the instructor in question is trans
No Two Desserts Are Not On Fire
My mum and I made a bombe alaska for Christmas lunch today. The base worked really well, but the Italian meringue didn't set properly and we couldn't find the blowtorch to brulee it, so we flambéd it instead, and that just melted the meringue even more.
Still tasty.
Still tasty.
December 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
No Two Desserts Are Not On Fire
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I would unironically listen to every one of these bands
Included in this week’s That’s Marvelous newsletter is a list of horrible fake (mostly) nü-metal and rap-rock bands I accused @tedleo.bsky.social of playing in. If you would like more context, you can read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/162-malort-a...
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I would unironically listen to every one of these bands
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The uncritical acceptance of ABA=good illustrates why we need not just more disabled reporters, editors, and other staff, but specifically disabled people covering disabiltiy and newsrooms respecting disability as a beat. Lot of parents-of quoted in here, but I don't see autistic self-advocates.
ABA is NOT the 'gold standard of autism care.' The lack of autistic staffers is showing here and with so many devastating Medicaid cuts to programs that serve children, focusing on a controversial one targeting autistics in this political climate is a loaded choice.
It's the 'gold standard' in autism care. Why are states reining it in?
Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.
www.npr.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The uncritical acceptance of ABA=good illustrates why we need not just more disabled reporters, editors, and other staff, but specifically disabled people covering disabiltiy and newsrooms respecting disability as a beat. Lot of parents-of quoted in here, but I don't see autistic self-advocates.
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I have a lot of thoughts about why people devalue romance and romance writers and have expressed those thoughts in numerous long form places but it is INCREDIBLY telling that people doubt the technical and business savvy of people who work in an extremely feminized arm of publishing.
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I have a lot of thoughts about why people devalue romance and romance writers and have expressed those thoughts in numerous long form places but it is INCREDIBLY telling that people doubt the technical and business savvy of people who work in an extremely feminized arm of publishing.
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I just saw an AI generated Bunnings ad and I literally just exclaimed “what the fuck”.
The terrible, gross irony of a hardware store, literally the definition of a store for handmade and DIY of both novice and professionals, using AI to make an ad.
Fuck. Off.
The terrible, gross irony of a hardware store, literally the definition of a store for handmade and DIY of both novice and professionals, using AI to make an ad.
Fuck. Off.
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I just saw an AI generated Bunnings ad and I literally just exclaimed “what the fuck”.
The terrible, gross irony of a hardware store, literally the definition of a store for handmade and DIY of both novice and professionals, using AI to make an ad.
Fuck. Off.
The terrible, gross irony of a hardware store, literally the definition of a store for handmade and DIY of both novice and professionals, using AI to make an ad.
Fuck. Off.
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So as everyone kind of knew, when Chris Minns talked about cracking down on protests and gatherings, he really meant specifically pro-Palestine and anti-mass-murder protests: racist, white nationalist protests (probably attended by neo-nazi anti-semites) are completely fucking fine
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
So as everyone kind of knew, when Chris Minns talked about cracking down on protests and gatherings, he really meant specifically pro-Palestine and anti-mass-murder protests: racist, white nationalist protests (probably attended by neo-nazi anti-semites) are completely fucking fine
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truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
Met a 40yo gallery-ist at a party in SF. We spent most of the party talking abt the art world, but mostly what she talked abt was how most of her life now is telling AI “artists” that they are not artists, she won’t sell their “work” in her gallery, & that “prompt writer” isn’t an artistic medium.
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
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It is the time to read this article. Merry #GravyDay everyone archive.junkee.com/how-to-make-...
Junkee Investigates: What Crime Did Joe From Paul Kelly's 'How To Make Gravy' Commit?
Australia's favourite Christmas song has a dark underbelly.
archive.junkee.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It is the time to read this article. Merry #GravyDay everyone archive.junkee.com/how-to-make-...
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This especially. I am super worried that publishers are going to try to start cutting corners by replacing more human beings whose skills are vital to this process. We've already seen them flirting with it with covers. I don't want this shit copyediting my books. Or trying to edit them.
So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This especially. I am super worried that publishers are going to try to start cutting corners by replacing more human beings whose skills are vital to this process. We've already seen them flirting with it with covers. I don't want this shit copyediting my books. Or trying to edit them.
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
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I think parsing what % of a work can be based upon the unpaid nonconsensual exploitation of your members while still being eligible for industry awards is... a poor choice.
I would not pay dues to a professional organization who does not think my work is worth protecting.
I would not pay dues to a professional organization who does not think my work is worth protecting.
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I think parsing what % of a work can be based upon the unpaid nonconsensual exploitation of your members while still being eligible for industry awards is... a poor choice.
I would not pay dues to a professional organization who does not think my work is worth protecting.
I would not pay dues to a professional organization who does not think my work is worth protecting.
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Stop me if I'm wrong but isn't this PW saying they recommend publishers feed MSS into the Chat GPT sausage machine, in order to get it to spit out blurb slop?
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Stop me if I'm wrong but isn't this PW saying they recommend publishers feed MSS into the Chat GPT sausage machine, in order to get it to spit out blurb slop?
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
Because my contract says 'no you fucking don't'.
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Nothing fills me with more optimism than the major journal of publishing signing up for the "steal from authors in order to put all the book people out of work" industry.
AI isn’t coming to publishing—it’s already here. PW’s new AI for Publishing Bootcamp gives teams the tools and workflows to keep up.
First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
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First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
👉 buff.ly/jTdumKC
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Nothing fills me with more optimism than the major journal of publishing signing up for the "steal from authors in order to put all the book people out of work" industry.
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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as much as I don't want a strike, I FULLY support the WNBA players fighting for fair pay and better working conditions.
BREAKING:
The WNBPA Exec. Committee has been authorized to call for a strike "When Necessary":
Statement from the WNBPA:
#WNBA
The WNBPA Exec. Committee has been authorized to call for a strike "When Necessary":
Statement from the WNBPA:
#WNBA
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
as much as I don't want a strike, I FULLY support the WNBA players fighting for fair pay and better working conditions.
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Here’s a story about French translation and context I heard when I worked in-house at Lonely Planet. Possibly apocryphal, who can say. 1/4
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here’s a story about French translation and context I heard when I worked in-house at Lonely Planet. Possibly apocryphal, who can say. 1/4
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This sort of thing bugs me a lot. There are valuable use cases for machine learning, involving pattern recognition and sifting thru a ton of data quickly. Totally valid + useful.
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This sort of thing bugs me a lot. There are valuable use cases for machine learning, involving pattern recognition and sifting thru a ton of data quickly. Totally valid + useful.
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
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Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, it's worth remembering that fascism relies on us being afraid of the people who seek to impose it.
When we have the safety to speak out, making fascists look like fools is a marvelous use of our time.
When we have the safety to speak out, making fascists look like fools is a marvelous use of our time.
Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, it's worth remembering that fascism relies on us being afraid of the people who seek to impose it.
When we have the safety to speak out, making fascists look like fools is a marvelous use of our time.
When we have the safety to speak out, making fascists look like fools is a marvelous use of our time.
I logged on to the Bad Place (Facebook) to conduct some business, as I do two or three times a year, and the way vulnerable people in some of those communities are talking about LLMs is so scary and sad. I love my bsky anti-AI bubble!
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I logged on to the Bad Place (Facebook) to conduct some business, as I do two or three times a year, and the way vulnerable people in some of those communities are talking about LLMs is so scary and sad. I love my bsky anti-AI bubble!